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According to the FSC, the amended regulation proposals reflect some of their legal bulldogging efforts but still fall short of anything within reasonable expectations for working pornographers. "Some of the ... points are troubling and represent the intransigence which we have come to expect from Attorney General Gonzales and his associates," the organization says.

Intransigent is a good way to describe the attitude of a government that in the name of "protecting children" (2257 is code-speak for the 1988 Child Protection And Obscenity Enforcement Act) assumes that all depictions of sexuality are child porn unless proven not to be.

Among the disturbing "clarifications" in the proposal are directives regarding the genitals and the "lascivious" focus thereon as well as the notion that it might still be lascivious if the genitals have a protective covering of clothes.

Most troubling to bloggers or individuals or entities who reproduce the work of pornographers (workers at Fotomat are excluded) is the fact that they would also be lumped in with the original producers.

Therefore the term "secondary" producer has been jettisoned. So both the director of and the website editor who replicated images from "Dirtpipe Milkshakes" are in the same boat, legally.

Interested in voicing your concern? You have until September 10 to write Admin.ceos@usdoj.gov with your helpful suggestions, but do read the document first, if for anything your prurient interest.

· Free Speech Coalition (freespeechcoalition.com)
· Federal Register 2257 Proposal (frwebgate.com)

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The Federales turned up this morning at Filmco Productions, a Sun Valley specialty production house, checking 2257 records. ""It turns out that the older women Filmco shoots are really older women," the company's general manager told adult trade magazine AVN. Along with sniffing out obscenity, a charge that bedevils people like Max Hardcore, Feds look for evidence of companies using underage performers. The current (and contested) state of 2257 legislation (we're paraphrasing) says that even a MILF is underage unless proven otherwise. That is why porn companies must keep scrupulous records in addition to not releasing Kim Kardashian videos.

All ended well; the FBI agents asked for a restaurant recommendation (from Sun Valley, try driving about 15 miles away) and left. - GP

· Filmco's "Proud And Pregnant 4" (filmco.com)
· FBI Inspects Filmco Productions 2257 Records (avn.com)

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· Yes, it's a Natalie Portman side boob! If it wasn't Monday, we'd be prepared to call it a week. (egotastic.com)

· In a related story, here's half of Maggie Gyllenhaal's milk-swollen ta-ta. Unfortunately, there seems to be a small creature attached to it. (Gawker)

· Great, another reason to worry about getting older: "You turn 50 and it's like all the breasts in the world know that you're 50 ... You are invisible to them." ("Naked" by Rachel Dretzin @ nytimesshorts.feedroom.com)

· Loyal Chinese citizens have ratted out dutifully reported over 13,000 websites since their government announced a crackdown on internet porn. Now that's a People's Republic. (chinadaily.com.cn)

· Maybe Kristine Lefebvre can use her business sense to save Playboy's stock price. You know ... after she puts her suit back on. (money.cnn.com)

· The Wall Street Journal proposes raising the minimum pornstar age to 21. But then who will star in our hot and horny teenage action? (opinionjournal.com)

· No debate about gun control is complete without pictures of naked chicks holding firearms. It's a First and Second Amendment double team! (wonderwinds.com)

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