XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Jun 07, 2005 ยท 43 posts
AntoniaTiger posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 7:39 AM
I know of, through friends, American companies which are extremely restrictive on employee use of the internet, even during lunch breaks. One of the problems is that the companies which offer access control software, either family use or corporate, tend towards the extremes of censorship. I've not a major problem with them blocking porn, but their definitions can be rather too wide. People may recall that, when Renderosity tightened the rules on images of children, a character similar to Mowgli in Disney's animation of "The Jungle Book" would have been banned. Renderosity realised that problem and adjusted their rules. The porn-blockers don't seem to be that smart. Want to find out about breast cancer? Or you're searching for pictures of fortifications and typed in "breastworks"? That sort of dumb mistake is one of the big problems. Now, I don't think the pre-teen market for Poser is that big, and if I wanted to sell a version for that market I'd drop the naked figures. And "Family Friendly" is a dumb term to use. It's been politicised, and it's about making it safe for the small kids. These people are playing all sorts of dirty tricks with words, and stretching definitions of children out of all sensible shape. I just wonder what they made of "Team America". Puppets are for kids, right?