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15 years ago
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██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ I'm gonna go off on Fur Affinity for a moment here, and I do believe my BFF should as well on this because I do find this to be a continuing issue that I find very ridiculous.
The part I find ridiculous is the constant change of the TOS regarding Second Life pictures. There's no point, and no reason to have that in the TOS. Why do I say that? Because it's good publicity for Linden Labs and their software! Want more it's good publicity for the content creators who's products are VIEWED IN THE PHOTOS!!!
I sent a message to one of FA's more distinguished admins in hopes it'll get somewhere, and maybe with a little help from everyone we can help make this change. The message is as follows.I know you probably get allot of these... but when will the policy on Second Life picture posting be finally done with re-vamping?
I mean the likely hood that FA being sued or in trouble no less for allowing the images is very low, but I'm sure like myself many find that piece of the TOS a bit ridiculous. Of course I'll continue to adhere to it cause I do love FA, and the people involved in it. Which is more important than the simple fact I agreed to it upon registering.
FA has become a fairly large part of my public furry life. And sure as big as FA has become and with how big it is in the furry community I simply just fail to see why Second life photo's, even if their get slightly modified in photoshop, are an issue for FA.
If anything it'd be great publicity for Second Life as there are still armies of furries that have yet to see or even hear of Second Life that roam around the Fur Affinity web pages.
I myself on Youtube was nearly hit with copyright infringement on a video I made seen here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhEHDct2SG0
However the decision was reversed because the owners of the audio felt it was great publicity. And even Microsoft whom owns the Halo franchise has let this and armies of other similar videos continue to not only be viewed, but uploaded countless times on a public website giant as big as Youtube.
So you can see my point.. Hopefully if you find my point interesting enough you could bring it to the other admins and help correct this rather limiting part of the TOS.
Sincerely,
Soupa, faithful id fan and av of FA
To be clear on what I mean by "help correct this rather limiting part of the TOS."
I call it limiting because it limits a persons ability to express themselves. Being this is a site based and surrounded by art. Photo's from an in-world game are still just that. PHOTOS.
That being said it's safe to say it's an art form (for those that can't or lack the ability to draw) that needs to be allowed.
This same AUP also applies to the gary's mod and poser programs so it's not only SL photos being taken down. They also don't allow sl photos because of the by you for you policy, and that if you have not created it you must alter it to the point that it doesn't look like the original creation.
Case and point why sl mods are also not allowed, because you cannot mod to the point of total altercation less you created the parts yourself. You will still see the parts of the stock avatar that you 'bought'.
Anyway, even though its against the AUP people are going to do it still. Why? I don't know, there are plenty of image sites that allow sl.
But thats just my opinion.
Personally I don't know why some people upload sl photos, they aren't anything special. I understand if you upload your own creations like you built it from top to bottom then, yes that is a feat but, if you really need a picture of your character wouldn't it be better to find someone to draw it up for you. You are most likely paying the same price as buying an av/clothing it/ putting hair/accessories on it.
Secondly, giving LL good publicity is not really a concern for FurAffinity. That's Linden Labs' job. Also, there's nothing in the ToS or AUP to keep content creators from posting their work on FA. They are free to post their own original work, and many of them do. So they already have a fair amount of publicity.
I honestly do not think sending a message to one of the admins on FA is really going to make a difference. People have been bitching about the ToS and AUP for ages, and they haven't budged an inch because of it. So really, this is a pointless journal (other than letting a butthurt person like yourself let out some steam).
All in all though I do appreciate your maturity on the matter. Coming to pointless journals though I can say the vast majority of members here post allot of them so whether this journal is pointless or not really doesn't matter. But believe me I thank you for being mature about the issue. I rarely get like this.