Spike opened this issue on May 15, 2002 ยท 88 posts
Tilandra posted Wed, 15 May 2002 at 4:24 PM
Spike, all of this is covered in the TOS anyway. "Members/Users will not use this community for; Transmitting any libelous, defamatory, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law." Here's what I say... let people post what they want. If anyone emails you about an image they think should be removed, say "Tough Sh*t. We don't police our members." only in a more polite way of course. Place a very large graphic to that effect at the top of the gallery pages, to cut down on emails. Add a line to the TOS that reads, "Renderosity assumes no legal liability for images posted to our galleries." Remove an image from the gallery when someone is brought up on charges for it, not before. Doesn't anyone remember when I tried to decrease my liability for my bed product by adding an addendum to the licence restricting what it could be used for? I got some nasty IM's about that one. I reworded it to something similar to what I suggested above, and now everyone's happy. Stop trying to police us. If someone is offended by an image, tell them not to look at it. No one is forcing them to be here, or telling them what to look at. What, do they lie in bed at night and fume that a specific image is "out there"? They have much bigger problems to deal with, in that case. Most of them involve hours of therapy, or a trip to the gym. Creating art can be an exhaustive, cathartic, emotional process all by itself. Then add someone's expectations of what they think that art should look like? Possible exile from the community that is supposed to be here for them to express themselves? Artists cannot express themselves when people try to tell them how to do it. And when you write that Poll, be sure to add two things. A "None of the above" and a write-in for an explaination as to why.