Hello all, I just wanted to say Hi!

[MMemmer]

:angel: Hello all and thanks for the invatation to stop by Chem!

The board looks great and I will do my best to stop by and say hi!

[JT]

:angel: Hello all and thanks for the invatation to stop by Chem!

The board looks great and I will do my best to stop by and say hi!

Great and welcome :)

Whats your insight into UK webmasters hosting on US servers and the new 2257 regs?

[Tim]

Welcome :)

[ChemicalEyes]

:angel: Hello all and thanks for the invatation to stop by Chem!

The board looks great and I will do my best to stop by and say hi!
NP, Welcome to B&B! Mark :drink:

[MMemmer]

Great and welcome :)

Whats your insight into UK webmasters hosting on US servers and the new 2257 regs?

Well by no means am I am expert on it and in regards to something this important I would always recommend seeking legal advice to ensure that I was protected.

That being said from what I have read the following would seem to apply:

1. Hosts are not responsible for enforcement.
2. Hosts that also provide content would be liable to comply with the regulations.
3. 2257 seems to be mainly directed at US based companies and enforcement outside of the US would be difficult.

I will not be surprised to see implementation delayed in the 11th hour as some of the high-powered legal entities test the law and it could take a significant amount of time before decisions are rendered allowing the current version to be applied.

IMHO if we could accept what our legislators tell us then for the face value of it I think that 2257 actually could be beneficial for the industry, unfortunately it has been my experience that something like this is used as only the tip of the iceberg to implement even farther reaching effects going far beyond what the original intent of the legislation.

In the short term, as a UK based webmaster, I would just suggest being as compliant as you can be and wait and see where it all falls out. As with the majority of legislation here in the US, writing and implementation are a long way from funding and enforcement.

I hope that helps and it will be interesting to see what counterpoints are added from here.

[JT]

Well by no means am I am expert on it and in regards to something this important I would always recommend seeking legal advice to ensure that I was protected.

That being said from what I have read the following would seem to apply:

1. Hosts are not responsible for enforcement.
2. Hosts that also provide content would be liable to comply with the regulations.
3. 2257 seems to be mainly directed at US based companies and enforcement outside of the US would be difficult.

I will not be surprised to see implementation delayed in the 11th hour as some of the high-powered legal entities test the law and it could take a significant amount of time before decisions are rendered allowing the current version to be applied.

IMHO if we could accept what our legislators tell us then for the face value of it I think that 2257 actually could be beneficial for the industry, unfortunately it has been my experience that something like this is used as only the tip of the iceberg to implement even farther reaching effects going far beyond what the original intent of the legislation.

In the short term, as a UK based webmaster, I would just suggest being as compliant as you can be and wait and see where it all falls out. As with the majority of legislation here in the US, writing and implementation are a long way from funding and enforcement.

I hope that helps and it will be interesting to see what counterpoints are added from here.

Great post. This is pretty much my opinion too. Id be interested in knowing if hosts have started to see the euro trash moving hosts away yet