Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Warning to gallery members

Heart'Song opened this issue on Mar 11, 2005 ยท 131 posts


Everseer posted Sat, 12 March 2005 at 2:14 PM

Jus' a thought..and an unofficial one at that.... Numerous sites may indeed use the exact same ToS but will individually come to varyin' conclusions about each piece brought to their attention, and if an image is infact reviewed and they find it acceptable its simply another case of opinion and interpretation which is of course subjective. I personally feel that while the ToS can appear less than specific at times this can be beneficial..how so? and how does an artist know whether they've broken the ToS? and why can't we have completely specific ToS set in stone? There are clear definitions of what is and isn't acceptable and some room either way to judge an image for what it is, if it's unacceptable the member is informed why its not acceptable and the image is changed or removed, and from this the artist knows that what they've done won't be accepted whether its in the ToS or not. I'm sure a ToS can be written coverin' exact specifics for everythin' faced thus far and coverin' a vast amount that is yet to come...but (gotta love the buts huh) what of the art that is creative and 'original'? how can a rule be written to stop a specific unless the writers of such a ToS have the monopoly on all new original possibilities of unacceptability? Simple...they can't, so the ToS would have to be constantly rewritten and missed or ignored by some members and those who already scream that their freedoms of expression are already bein' crushed will scream that little bit louder about how oppressive this site is...and will more than likely remain at this site rather than find a place they feel comfortable with jus' so they can continue to moan...some folks jus' like to moan :p Of course this isn't the only scenario but its one thats sat in my head right now. The way i see it is that if you find you've broken the ToS and it was grey area that got you there you don't get banned for that first offence, but you do get some reasonin' of why...if you take this reasonin', ignore it, and continue to post pretty much the same and you get slapped down whether its in the ToS or not then you really don't have much of an argument. This isn't towards any one person, jus' strikes me as common sense :) Not everybody will come out of any solution entirely happy, but we can all show respect while we work towards...no? ps don't flame me..its my birthday and i really don't wanna have to get moody :p Ever