StaceyG opened this issue on Mar 21, 2005 ยท 174 posts
ShadowWind posted Tue, 22 March 2005 at 2:43 PM
Orio, You are missing the point. This is not about art. This is about perceptions of the pictures posted here. You said yourself that some of the ones may be considered pornographers. I don't consider Playboy-esque images pornography, but then you don't see the latest centerfold hanging in the Louvre. Why? Because of perception. Renderotica does not allow children to be posted at all, even if completely covered in a turtleneck, jeans, sneakers, hat and sunglasses. Why? Because they are perceived as an adult site. And to have children on an adult site, no matter how innocent, is enough to get someone to think it's child porn. It's not worth the risk. Rosity, while not to the degree of Rotica has the same problem. In the midst of the playboy-esque images meant to be sensual and sexy, you can't present nude child images and expect people to consider them protectable art, if they consider the pinups to not be. They are not pornographic, but try telling that to a zealous viewer with a line to the ISP. Remember it's not what the law is, or how artists see it, it's how the public as a whole sees it. And there are people who have wanted the David statue covered...