2257 Compliance questions

[JR]

Hi, i was "unregistered"

i have thought about this issue quite a bit because its an interesting issue... that presents some interesting questions -

"how do you help people that you really know deep down, will do none of these things;

1) take the time to fully read and understand the law and the issues surrounding the law

2) take the time to consult an attorney and have an attorney review their sites and them come up with a plan to be complaint

3) follow through completely with everything they learned from 1 and 2."

I would spend my time trying to impress upon people the seriousness of compliance - i.e. an introduction discussing the criminal penalties and fines.

then i would review carefully the comments on the law from the DOJ site which highlights a lot of issues that are going to be natural questions anyway and outline the objections and complications those points present to webmasters - as well as the DOJ point of view on those issue.

then it might make sense to not discuss the law so much as it might to itemize the comments point by point to understand the objections, issues and problems they will cause and it will help drive home the governments pretty harsh "yeah well, fuck you, its your problem" stance on most of them.

if thats not enough to scare them into understanding that they need to take it seriously and understand every letter, period, question mark and semi-colon, and hire an attorney, then i would put those people on ignore because they can't be helped.