Quote - JenX, I think what people are ranting and raving about concerning this issue is that it highlights just how pathetic Rendo's TOS enforcement has become. If any common sense is required it is from Renderosity/Bondware themselves.

I couldn't care for zeppelin-breasted, huge nippled, horribly lit thumbnails or art...but I do care about art and what it stands for. Art is a freedom of expression.

Now Rendo, may have the right to make rules as they wish (and I respect them for that), but they should remember a couple of things:

1. It is the members that pay for the upkeep of this place through the market place.

2. From Renderosity's mission statement: "MISSION STATEMENT
   The mission of Renderosity is to create a thriving, productive environment that encourages an atmosphere of community, respect, collaboration, and growth for graphic artists, digital artists, animators, photographers and writers of all backgrounds and levels. We are a community created by artists, for artists ... *Because The Art Matters!"

"Because The Art Matters!" -* if you enforce censorship, then I will argue that art isn't the thing that matters.
"growth for graphic artists" - growth isn't encouraged by censorship!

The TOS doesn't actually bother me, but I will stand for an artists right. Besides, Rendo's TOS is full of double standards - they won't allow copyright infringement (and rightly so), but do allow copyrighted characters from all media's (be it TV, film etc) to be used as avatars.

While I doo see your point, I still roll my eyes at the fact that so many want no censorship.  EVERY gallery on the planet has their own policies of censorship, whether it's "it doesn't fit our tastes" to "it has too much blue in it".  (For real)  I can guarantee that there are about 100 or less members out of the thousands of members here who have gotten their artwork into a brick-and-mortar gallery.  And I'll bet you that they faced some form of rejection and/or censorship while getting their art there. 
The fact is, Renderosity has a pretty lax TOS, in the scheme of things.  The nude thumbnail ruling will only serve to better Renderosity, by making it look more professional.  I know that I was forced to create my own, non-Rendo, gallery to showcase my portfolio, because I felt that even if I cried out for the ridiculously in-your-face thumbnails to cease, I would either get tarred and feathered, laughed at, or decried as a "censor". 
I know I'm not the only one who has created a non-Rendo gallery for portfolio work.  I've found, as I shop my work around, arthouses, printshops, publishers, and the like WILL join a "community" if they think your art is good enough.  And, if they find that your work is amidst trash (I've actually had that comment given to me...), they find that you find your work is trash, and DON'T ACCEPT  YOUR WORK. 
This isn't just about censorship.  This isn't about not being fair, or being contradictory.  This is about people who, from as far back as I can remember, ALWAY fight any version of change.  The only thing that Rendo is forcing anyone to do is to be creative.  On an art site.  What a damn concept.  :rolleyes: 
As for the avatars...I don't know what to say.  Not all of us watch t.v., or the same t.v. programs.  shrug  The only time I've used an avatar that wasn't me or created by me, I gave credit (as I had gotten it from the "official" site) as was necessary.  But, that's me. Staff here reside worldwide.  What might be highly recognizeable to you, some of the staff may have never heard of.  If you find problems, there are links to the homepages of mods and coords at the top of every moderated forum.  Use those links when you have problems.  That's what they're there for. 

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