Okay, we all know what the internet is best at -- porn, porn, rants and porn. Sure, blogging is nice, but it doesn't really pay all that well. There was certainly a point after the dot-bomb where the only people hiring HTML and Photoshop wizards were porn sites, and yes, we totally took their little nudie-photo color correction tests and sent them our resumes. Hell, we might have even considered acting in a few films -- it was that bad.

Everybody's favorite Attorney General (and possible future Supreme Court appointee) Alberto Gonzalez saw his changes to Section 2257 of the "Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act" take effect at 12:00am today. Annalee Newitz framed it as a largely privacy and free speech issue online in her latest column. She also pointed out that the EFF has filed an amicus brief in a case where the Free Speech Coalition, an adult industry rights group, seeks an injuction top stop the new regulations.

We think the new regulation will chill free speech by forcing people to choose between privacy and sexual expression. It also converts the definition of "producer" of adult materials into a category so broad as to be meaningless -- it would cover blogs like Fleshbot, and certainly anyone who reviews erotic material. It would also potentially even cover sites posting things like the Abu Ghraib photographs.

Fleshbot has been on the story for months now, so go check out their coverage. After the jump, we got in touch with a some local businesses to see what they had to say on the issue.

Photo of lewd sex act featuring Derek Jeter and Gary Sheffield from Reuters -- happy Pride week, boys! The DOJ can come browse our baseball card collection for their personal information.