wheatpenny opened this issue on Jan 22, 2007 · 112 posts
zonkerman posted Mon, 29 January 2007 at 9:22 AM
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I hate to break it to you, but whether anyone sees you or not, you're almost certainly in grievous violation of your company's policy anyway just for viewing the stuff all by your lonesome on company time. That isn't a great justification for the new policy either.You ought to take advantage of the nudity filter. It's unreasonable to force hundreds of artists to conform to the needs of a pretty small number of complainers when a perfectly workable feature already exists to protect those sensitive types e.g. your kids and co-workers.
First let me say for those that are unaware that in a large company with an Information Technology department that there is most likely no such thing as looking at anything on a computer by your lonesome. Large companies like the one I work in have I.T. Security groups with specialized software that allows them to see what end users see. Typically, it only takes a phone call or some form of contact to these groups to monitor an employee based on a complaint.
Once this notice comes in, the accused person’s PC is remotely monitored for sites they are visiting; even pictures of what they are viewing are captured. This material is collected so it is brought to the table in a later meeting with the employee's supervisor as part of supporting evidence of any discipline that may take place.
Myself and others in the I.T. organization aware of this police activity obviously do not browse sites like Renderosity during work hours because of this. However, the vast majority of end users who think they are by their lonesome do not know of this or do not believe it and do so anyway.
Now, I’m not saying that Renderosity is a forbidden zone for large companies. I do believe that employees can have a legitimate reason for visiting the site such as the CAD groups or graphics departments in search of content for business presentation or design projects. The whole issue of concern is for those persons who may just be in the wrong place at the wrong time and see someone browsing a page that contains icons that are offensive to them. That is why I agree with that the icons should not be so revealing and rather be labeled appropriately.