ChromeTiger opened this issue on Oct 09, 2003 ยท 47 posts
ShadowWind posted Fri, 10 October 2003 at 3:50 PM
Such imagination ladynimue :) Got to get that shower now myself...
Richabri:
That is very true that there are people that want to see adult type images, and i don't think the intent is to get rid of them or hide them away. It will be interesting to see Chrome Tiger's TOS proposal which may fix this when it's done.
Zhann:
I can see your point to an extent about the marketplace, but having an item that can be used for a sexual pic and actually displaying the sexual pic is two different things. For example, cuffs are not sexual in themselves, but show a girl cuffed to a wall with a gag in her mouth, and that is quite a different issue. I agree that there should be discretion in the marketplace as far as promotional pictures as they relate to such items, but I don't think they shouldn't be sold if Rosity finds a market in them.
The new TOS changes are to address people's concerns that the TOS wasn't specific enough. So they tried to make it specific and in doing so, included some vague passages, who's intent weren't vague, but who's phrasing was.
In thinking about this, the nudity flag in itself is quite vague. It can mean anything from a see-through outfit to a girl with her legs spread open. People who leave the flag on are often not offended by nudity in itself, but some applications of that nudity, so it's not fair to say that if you don't like it, don't look at it, because even with the nudity flag, you may not know what you are getting yourself into when you look. Maybe the issue is fixing this vagueness rather than deleting ones that are borderline against the TOS.
Rosity is always going to err on the side of caution. They are not an art museum, who's goal is to fight against those that would curb freedom of speech. They are an online business that can't afford to get caught up in a legal entanglement because someone raised enough of a stink about a particular image. They also have to deal with local laws as well. Unfortunately this forces them to answer to the minority in many cases. You certainly have the right to choose to be angered at such people for complaining. You also have the right to find a site or real world museum that displays the types of images you want to see. No one is taking away your right to choose, just limiting the selection to choose from. Something that is a necessary evil when dealing with a business.
ShadowWind