If a 12 years old child want to view something, he will do it, no mater if the parents permit or do not.
If he want to view porn pictures, he will find a way and find a correct link, parent can put firewall, he will break them, in most cases the child/teens are very much knowledge about computers/internet that their parents have.
It is only an illusion of the parents that are controling something. The story was the same for my father, for me, for my sons, and so on.
Have you forgotten when you were a child or teen what you have done and how you find a way for doing it?

Renderosity is practicing caution by means of the TOS with regards to underage use. But what the child does at home is beyond Renderosity's capacity to protect the child from such actions. IMHO, it is the responsibility of the parent or the guardian.

JohnRender - deleting the Photography section in Renderosity will not solve the problem. Moreover, if you say that this is a graphic artist's community then maybe we should not allow purely hand-drawn work here either?

I have been following this thread in silence, and I think this has gone for way too long already. As a moderator, I am insulted by the sweeping generalizations made by some entities, and I think it is unfair to say that my hardworking co-moderator is 'lying through her teeth'. What will Michelle A. possibly gain from doing that? We certainly do not draw gratification from deleting images and deliberating over fuzzy issues.

gilo25, you have been given four (possibly more) different explanations on why your image was removed. I don't see why you need a detailed explanation anymore. It is unfortunate that you are disgruntled with the incident but I don't think an apology is in order either. The Renderosity team is simply doing their job.

I'd appreciate it if all business is conducted in a very cooperative fashion. We must help each other to solve the problem. I have heard your side and I have given mine.

I do not like to end things sourly. But if you are not happy with the way things are running here, I believe there are other options, and those options are all up to you.

Thank you for your time.

starshuffler
Renderosity Photography Moderator