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Subject: The TOS has been updated

Spike opened this issue on May 15, 2002 ยท 88 posts


Thorne posted Mon, 20 May 2002 at 4:12 PM

honestly, it has been very good to see common sense prevail in this issue. I sincerely hope that this new era of common sense will continue, as it is off to a great start. There are ALREADY on the books legal interpretations that define in pretty explicit terms what is considered "child-porn" and what isn't. There will always be those who want to push the limits, see how far they can go to get away with something, but by far the vast majority of people, the vast majority of Renderosity members, are not of that mindset at all. In my own studied opinion on this matter as a faerie artist almost exclusively, I think that the TOS SHOULD just merely reflect the current wording of the local law, PERIOD. (That would be Nashville, TN in this case.) Paraphrased, it does not single out images that may or may not be interpretated by the highly subjective terms of what is "erotic", or "sensual", the law states that images of children engaged in sexual acts of any kind are illegal, as is ALSO the "lewd display of genitals" of underaged individuals. C'mon people! You know and I know and any body with any sense about them KNOWS what that means! NO nude faeries who look 12 years old with their legs spread open to the "camera" (virtual camera or otherwise) leering seductively at the viewer! There is a whole lot of what gets deemed "subjective" that isn't- and if it does not break the LEGAL interpretation then nobody gets in trouble. Though a few malcontents are always gonna complain, that is their right of free speech the same as it is to post an innocent nude image, no matter what the "apparent" age of the virtual subject. COPY THE LOCAL LAW WORD FOR WORD INTO THE TOS AND LET THAT BE THE END OF THE ISSUE. IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, THEY MAY TAKE IT UP WITH THE TENNESSEEE SUPREME COURT.