As a member of this community, I am concerned about the Renderosity management's practice of confidentiality. In a thread in this forum entitled ATTN:ClintH, former community member Entropic revoked his permission for Renderosity to trade in, or re-distribute, his copyright materials. Shortly after he began that thread, he was banned. I don't plan to discuss the rights and wrongs of that banning. What concerns me is that tutone1234, listed as an admin of this site, made public the reason for banning Entropic in post 12 of tht thread. tutone's entire post reads: Before anyone draws conclusions as to why Entropic was banned ... Entropic was banned for copying information out of the private Merchant forum and posting it word for word at another site. This is a clear violation of the TOS. I have always understood that this information was confidential. I accept that Entropic (and others) discussed the fact that he was banned. When someone disappears halfway through a thread he started, the simple fact of a ban is pretty clear for all to see. But, after extensive searching, there seems to be no place on this site where Entropic, or anyone speaking on his behalf, revealed the reason for his ban. It seems that tutone revealed it first. His post seems to support that conclusion: he reveals the reason for the ban in order to prevent speculation. The members of this site have provided me with practical help, emotional support, and a great deal of entertainment, in the year and a bit that I've been coming here. In return, I've been able to do the same things for others. I like it here and I want to stay. If Renderosity isn't a safe environment, however, that changes things. Renderosity hold personal and financial information on its members and I need to be assured that site management understands the concept and implications of confidentiality. To that end, I would like a member of site management to address the following questions: 1. Was tutone1234 the first person to reveal on Renderosity the reason for banning Entropic? If not, please demonstrate where Entropic, or someone posting with his permission, revealed the reason for the ban. 2. The TOS states, with regard to banning members: Renderosity considers this information private and confidential. However, there may be certain situations that necessitate otherwise. If the decision was taken by site management to breach confidentiality on this matter, on what grounds was it taken, and by whom? If there are limits beyond which I risk the disclosure of confidential information on this site, it becomes important to know what those limits are and who has the power to decide that they've been reached. 3. If tutone1234 did breach confidentiality improperly, will he apologise to Entropic, and to the membership in general in either this thread or one that he would start himself? If confidentiality has been breached improperly, my faith in this site (and probably that of other members) needs to be restored. Ignoring these questions will undermine it further, as will 'spin'. I can understand an honest mistake, even something done wrong in anger, but it needs to be admitted honestly. I've brought these questions to a new thread because they're fundamental to the trust that I hold in Renderosity. Whatever issue these questions grew out of, they constitute an issue in themselves. I would be grateful if Renderosity management could address them fully. Many thanks