Re: Re: Thoughts on....
  By: Darryl Perry to Rob Swindell on Wed Jun 22 2005 10:16 am

 > On 06-21-05, Rob Swindell said...
 > 
 > RS>   Re: Thoughts on....
 > RS>   By: Darryl Perry to All on Tue Jun 21 2005 02:34 pm
 > RS>
 > RS>  > Hello all!
 > RS>  >
 > RS>  > I am considering opening a new BBS, one that is adult
oriented.  I kn
 > RS> that
 > RS>  > there are alot of long-time sysops who read this echo,
so I thought I
 > RS> pick
 > RS>  > your brains on the right-way/wrong-way of doing such a
thing.  I want
 > RS>  > protect myself as much as possible.
 > RS>  >
 > RS>  > I've been sysoping for 15 years, and except for my first
2-3 years of
 > RS>  > so, I never offered any adult material.  I was just
flying under the 
 > RS>  > then, didn't give a lot of attention to the news about
the Rusty and 
 > RS>  > debacle.
 > RS>  >
 > RS>  > Anyways, what are your thoughts on the best way to
ensure that all th
 > RS> users
 > RS>  > are of appropriate age and such?
 > RS>
 > RS> The issue with Rusy and Edie's was with copyright violation (piracy), no
 > RS> underage users/downloaders/viers. Today, that's still the biggest issue.
 > RS> you're gonna put (or allow the upload of) adult material, you gotta make
 > RS> it's copyright-free so Playboy (or whoever) doesn't come after you.
 > RS>
 > RS> Of course, that threat level is pretty low if you're just talking about 
 > RS> dial-up or Telnet BBS. I doubt very much adult content copyright holders
 > RS> dialing or telnetting to BBSes much these days. But if you make those fi
 > RS> availble for download via anonymous HTTP or FTP, then it's likely you'd 
 > RS> a red flag eventually.
 > 
 > I don't really envision having picture files online for download.  I'm
 > thinking maybe text stories at the most.  The way I envision it is to have a
 > place taylored to user interaction, rather than just downloading porn.
 > 
 > I would have it so that people would fill out in-depth profiles about
 > themselves and have that information available for other users to see.  It's
 > not a new concept by any means, but it's not something that is being used to
 > it's fullest in any of the BBSes I call in this day and age.
 > 
 > I guess what I'm getting at is that I want to go back to the very highpoint
 > of the BBSing era with adult oriented BBSes.  Basically a community where
 > people can get together and socialize by chatting, and messaging.

Okay, cool. Good luck!

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