so the issue that brought it up is the perennial one of people under 18 finding what is considered in the US "adult" material or X-rated material? and how to try to stop that? kind of like adult bookstores or ratings on movies?
hmm.
yeah, I have to confess that I did not look through all the many dozens of comments on that original discussion. i just did not want to devote the time to what is certainly a very preliminary discussion.
i have to agree that "18 and above only" is a very arbitrary way of dealing the legal issues that, at least in the US, define the "adults only content" issues, but I have no idea what the ideal system, or even a proper system, would be.
so yeah. i myself was reading explicit stuff when i was well under 18, but i am totally not up on the implications of all that for an archive. i probably need to go back and revisit some of these rules now that this is going on, huh....
all i know is, the fannish names i've seen associated with forming the archive are totally in support of nc 17 content, so it's not going to be another situation where explicit stuff is not allowed in this archive. i'm sure the legal issues are real but i am not informed enough to have an opinion on the best way to proceed at this point.
so much of the slash i love is explicit sex; and i think that view is shared widely, so i'm glad to have a better understanding of where you're coming from with your concerns.
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Date: 2007-06-06 02:52 am (UTC)hmm.
yeah, I have to confess that I did not look through all the many dozens of comments on that original discussion. i just did not want to devote the time to what is certainly a very preliminary discussion.
i have to agree that "18 and above only" is a very arbitrary way of dealing the legal issues that, at least in the US, define the "adults only content" issues, but I have no idea what the ideal system, or even a proper system, would be.
so yeah. i myself was reading explicit stuff when i was well under 18, but i am totally not up on the implications of all that for an archive. i probably need to go back and revisit some of these rules now that this is going on, huh....
all i know is, the fannish names i've seen associated with forming the archive are totally in support of nc 17 content, so it's not going to be another situation where explicit stuff is not allowed in this archive. i'm sure the legal issues are real but i am not informed enough to have an opinion on the best way to proceed at this point.
so much of the slash i love is explicit sex; and i think that view is shared widely, so i'm glad to have a better understanding of where you're coming from with your concerns.