This IS an interesting thread, and I'm glad to see it's gone so long without any problems. Bravo. Now, topically, I have several opinions of my own, just like anyone. However, let me address some thing from the point of view of how I see the effect of these subjects on the site as a whole. The staff of renderosity are also waiting to see the particular outcome fo these debated laws. In the meantime, the safest thing for our membership is to adopt an attitude of possibly erring on the safe side. While we have not yet hammered out a hard and fast rule, we have been working on it. The difficulty lies in the changing nature of laws- if the courts of the land are having difficulty with this one, you can imagine it won't be a breeze for us, either. We are trying to maintain the greatest possible freedom here for everyone- the freedom of artists to post, as well as the freedom of people to browse without serious offense to their principles. All of this must be done in a manner which takes into account the laws of the land, and the regulations of the site. Pleae be patient if it seems that we are working things out in a case by case manner at the moment. If we did immediately make a new rule, that would be a knee-jerk reaction which ignored the needs and opinions of the membership, so many of which have been eloquently stated here. Where am I going with all this? Just to say this- give us time. We are trying to work within the bounds of the laws as they will be to reach the fairest solution for everyone. This is why your input is valuable, and if there is a particular issue which anyone thinks should be addressed right away, please contact me or one of the other mods directly. Thanks!