Re: Thoughts on....
  By: Darryl Perry to All on Tue Jun 21 2005 02:34 pm

 > Hello all!
 > 
 > I am considering opening a new BBS, one that is adult oriented.  I know that
 > there are alot of long-time sysops who read this echo, so I thought I'd pick
 > your brains on the right-way/wrong-way of doing such a thing.  I want to
 > protect myself as much as possible.
 > 
 > I've been sysoping for 15 years, and except for my first 2-3 years of doing
 > so, I never offered any adult material.  I was just flying under the radar
 > then, didn't give a lot of attention to the news about the Rusty and Eddie
 > debacle.
 > 
 > Anyways, what are your thoughts on the best way to ensure that all the users
 > are of appropriate age and such?

The issue with Rusy and Edie's was with copyright violation (piracy), not
underage users/downloaders/viers. Today, that's still the biggest issue. If
you're gonna put (or allow the upload of) adult material, you gotta make sure
it's copyright-free so Playboy (or whoever) doesn't come after you.

Of course, that threat level is pretty low if you're just talking about a
dial-up or Telnet BBS. I doubt very much adult content copyright holders are
dialing or telnetting to BBSes much these days. But if you make those files
availble for download via anonymous HTTP or FTP, then it's likely you'd raise
a red flag eventually.

                                                  digital man

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