"As to the members ... we would much rather you guys left it up to the site management to deal with such things." Most of what was expressed in this thread was opinion on a subject that is legitimate and relevant. Namely, how to deal with situations where people who have done wrong want to mend their ways and make amends for any potential damage done. Forgiveness, what a concept. :-) It's odd to me that Renderosity will forgive a first incident of improper merchant appropriation (which IMO is a good thing...to let correct the error of their ways,) but if a member dares to mention that they did something wrong, once, they risk instant, permanant banning. Pardon me, but "hmmmm." Unfortunately, "zero tolerance" policies tend not to help in cases where people made stupid mistakes, and then realized it, and admitted it. Of course Renderosity is entitled to set and stick by its own rules, no argument there. I agree that it's best to privately refer any potential violations to the staff rather than to mob up on alleged violators. However, we are certainly entitled to our own opinions. I was impressed with this thread ... It has a mature and thoughtful tone, which is rarely the case in the discussion of the warez problem. More frequently, the masses rush to show off their halos and use their righteousness as an excuse for abuse. Again, I support Renderosity's TOS but am aware of people who did wrong in the past but then saw the light and stopped. I don't see the point in humiliating such people. It's the ones who defend their infringements and continue whom I think need to be dealt with less tolerance. Just my two bits.