Easy2257

What Easy2257 is

Easy2257 sells a custodian-of-records service for adult content, with the software built around it. The vendor describes itself as the official Custodian of Records under 28 CFR Part 75, and its pitch is that the Easy2257 address goes on a producer's 2257 statement in place of the producer's own, so federal inspectors and card-network reviews are directed to the vendor rather than to the producer. The Terms of Service name the operator as Website Design Company LLC, with an address at 7150 E Camelback Rd, Unit 444, Scottsdale, Arizona. The terms are governed by Arizona law, with disputes heard in Arizona courts.

The site has three doors: talent, producers and studios, and platforms and developers. For a site operator the producer and platform doors are the relevant ones. A studio creates a scene, invites its talent by link and ends up with an audit-ready archive and a cross-reference index. A platform integrates through an API so its creators are covered without the platform ever handling an ID; the partner signup page points site owners who want their creators verified to a separate platform account. A solo plan for people who film only themselves sits at the bottom of the ladder and is the creator side of the business.

The pricing page puts the position bluntly: the custodian designation is the product and the platform is the way it is delivered.

What it sells an operator

Every plan includes the custodian service, ID verification, copies of depictions, SHA-256 record authentication, cross-reference indexing, digital signatures, encrypted cloud storage and PDF compliance reports. As of October 2026 the pricing page lists a single scene at $39.95/scene with no subscription, Producer at $143.95/mo, Studio at $299/mo and Enterprise at $599/mo. The monthly plans include 4, 9 and 20 scenes a month, and scenes past the limit are billed per scene, from $35.99/scene on Producer down to $29.95/scene on Enterprise. Annual billing saves 10% on the three monthly plans. The about page adds that pricing is per scene or a flat plan, never per seat.

The ID check is the part that overlaps with age verification. Talent get an invite link, upload the front and back of a government-issued photo ID and take a selfie, which is matched against the ID photo by facial comparison. The features page adds document authentication meant to catch fraudulent or borrowed IDs, and says returning talent skip re-verification because the existing check carries over to new scenes. Verifications per scene run up to 4 on the Per Scene and Producer plans, up to 6 on Studio and up to 8 on Enterprise. The homepage says IDs are encrypted at rest and never shown again after verification, and that producers and platforms never see the document itself.

Around the check sit the paperwork tools: model release and consent templates signed electronically with SHA-256 integrity hashing and an audit trail of timestamp, IP address and time on page, plus pre-shoot and post-shoot video consent recordings made from the talent's own device. A scene cannot be closed until every performer has a valid release on file. The system generates the alphabetical cross-reference index as JSON and PDF and exports a full archive on demand. The features page maps each part to a rule: records are kept in dedicated database tables and storage paths, encrypted separately, to meet the segregation rule in 28 CFR 75.2(e), and every uploaded file is hashed at upload so it can be authenticated later. Identification numbers and dates of birth carry a second layer of application-level encryption.

Platforms get a Partner API: one call to onboard a creator, a webhook when the creator is verified and a call to log each upload. The developer docs say the platform's database never holds a government ID, a legal name or a date of birth, because the API returns only an opaque account id and the platform's own user id. They also state there is no sandbox: calls use a live key and every call writes a real record. The quickstart is billed as a 15 minute integration.

Terms that decide the choice

Records are kept for 7 years under 28 CFR 75.4, and the pages say early deletion is not permitted, including at a performer's request. Records inside that window stay in custody whatever the subscription status. A producer can export at any time, and if it names a new custodian the vendor will provide the complete records for transfer. New content needs an active plan.

Responsibility stays with the producer. The terms say the producer is solely responsible for compliance with 18 USC 2257 and Part 75, and that naming Easy2257 as non-employee custodian does not relieve it of them. The vendor describes itself as warranting the integrity of what is submitted, not the truth of its contents. If it receives an inspection request about a producer's records, it says it will tell the producer, to the extent the law allows. Liability is capped at what the customer paid in the 12 months before a claim.

The card-network layer is part of every plan. Performer-signed releases under Mastercard AN 5196 and a depicted-person removal portal under the TAKE IT DOWN Act are listed on the pricing page. The portal is a public intake form with no login, and deadlines are computed per claim: 48 hours for TAKE IT DOWN Act claims, 72 hours for claims under state intimate-image laws and 7 business days for card-network appeals. Reports involving minors are sent to the NCMEC CyberTipline before intake. The monthly acquirer report, a PDF plus JSON generated on the 2nd of each month with a nil report when nothing happened, starts at the Producer plan. The page is explicit about the limit: merchant-side duties such as registration, transaction monitoring and content review before publication stay with the producer and its acquirer.

Billing is through Stripe. Subscriptions renew until canceled, and cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period. The first payment is refundable on request; later payments are non-refundable except as the law requires, and a refunded or disputed charge does not touch the compliance records. Price changes come with at least 30 days of email notice. The terms let the vendor suspend or terminate an account for a breach, non-payment, fraud or at its discretion. For platforms with written agreements, identity checks can be billed to the platform per attempt, monthly in arrears, with a limit of 5 attempts per creator and a check expiring 7 days after it starts. The terms say the creator is never charged for an attempt.

The DMCA policy names a designated agent registered with the U.S. Copyright Office under number DMCA-1077696. A valid notice leads to removal and notice to the uploader; after a valid counter-notice the material may be restored in 10-14 business days unless the complainant files suit. The policy adds that takedown requests aimed at 2257 records are judged case by case, since those are compliance documents rather than published content.

Getting started and support

The homepage says the account itself is free. A producer creates a production and a scene, activates and pays for it, invites talent by secure link, and the system collects the ID checks and signatures before the scene is closed into an archive. The Help Center walks through each of those steps, plus identity documents from outside the United States, closing out with received records and correcting a closed scene. A free statement generator builds the public notice, with the option of a statement page the vendor hosts when it is the custodian.

Support is by email through a contact form with subjects for technical support, billing, features and partnership. The vendor says it aims to respond within 24 business hours on weekdays and that it supports inquiries by email only, with the technical support subject reserved for urgent issues. A public record lookup is linked from the site.

Company and fit

The about page says the service was built by producers frustrated with existing tools. The pages do not state a founding year, a team or a client list. The 2257 explainer, the forms worksheet and the statement generator are each marked as general information and not legal advice, and the terms say the vendor does not provide legal advice.

The service fits a producer or small studio that wants a per-scene or flat monthly fee with a named custodian and the card-network paperwork included, and a platform that carries creator content and would rather not hold ID documents, which is the audience for the API. Operators who need legal advice will need counsel alongside it, and a platform's fees are set in its own written agreement rather than on a public price list. Its strength is the combination: custodian designation, ID checks, signed releases and a removal portal on every plan, with the monthly acquirer report added from the Producer tier.