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[Niche Market]

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[valerie Inshan]

PLEASE DO NOT SHOUT!

this is a resident forum hrere. Yelling won"t hlep.

[Irene Muni]

1) See the valerie's advice

2) Your only (and our only) resource for that situation is the Abuse Report, there is no more resources.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

A lot of classic statues are a) male and b) nude.  They are considered art and would be allowed in general areas.  I'm not so sure that this is as clear a violation as you say.  You do not say whether you are living on mainland or not.  If not you should contact your landlord.

[Of course, it may be that you're objecting to them being LARGE male nudes.  If so Irene and Valerie wouldn't see the problem, hehe]

[Lindal Kidd]

Linden Lab never ignores Abuse Reports.  However, they may have determined that your neighbor's actions don't constitute a violation of the maturity policy.  Nude statuary has a long history, going back to the classic Greek sculptors and earlier, and is considered by many to be artistic rather than pornographic.

On the Mainland, there is a great deal of real estate available.  If you feel you simply cannot live next door to your neighbor, the simplest solution to your problem is to move somewhere else.

EDIT:  One thing that Second Life will teach you, if you will let it, is greater tolerance for the views and opinions of others.  It would appear you have a ways to go in that department.  Good luck to you!

[Irene Muni]

It all depends on "how LARGE"

[Griffin Ceawlin]

John Ashcroft had issues with large nude figues, too. Please don't be John Ashcroft.

[Irene Muni]

As Hamlet says, "Nipples or not Nipples, that is the question": http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/New-Mature-policy/td-p/1451639

[Griffin Ceawlin]

Yeah, I've seen that. I've yet to see the Maturity Policy updated, though, interestingly enough. ARE nipples no longer allowed to be seen in Moderate land?

 

I know one is not supposed to "make available content ... that ... depicts nudity" in General regions, but... When did simple nudity in ART become so very offensive that "your grandmother or a grade school class" (as if 16 and 17 year olds are "grade school" children...) needed to be protected from it?

[PeterCanessa Oh]

Lawyers, and the US litigation culture ^^

[Irene Muni]

The thread continues here: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Abuse-and-Griefing/thanks-for-the-input-on-nude-figures-in-general-region/qaq-p/1485701

[Innula Zenovka]

Is there an exemption for art objects in G-rated areas? There never used to be, as far as I remember.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

It's never been made clear. Lawyers don't have genitals or appreciate art (allegedly) so they never thought of it and although other Lindens have thought of it their rulings have been inconsistent - sometimes "the sort of thing your grandmother or grade-school kids can see" at other times "no male nipples, even on statues or reproductions of famous paintings. So, for instance, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel may well be banned, even if my grandmother would only be offended by it because there aren't enough explosions.

[Innula Zenovka]

Certainly way back when the Adult Content policy was first introduced, I remember this being debated very hotly. At the time, the Lindens involved were of the view that -- for example -- a Mapplethorpe exhibition would be very welcome in SL but it would need to be on Adult land. I think they may have moderated their position slightly when one very eminent resident found himself suspended for 3 days because an art exhibit of his on G land included a pre-Raphaelite painting with bare female breasts, but I'm pretty certain that "it's art" doesn't give it a free pass.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

No, I don't think so either - and the "it's art because I say so" excuse is over-played in RL, let alone SL. Nevertheless this is very much an area where LL have not given clear guidance. I think that we'd all like a bit of common sense from LL but also that for perfectly good reasons (unlike the one in my comment above) the lawyers can't give a solid legal definition of 'art' in this context.

 

That leaves us with the situation I originally mentioned: "I'm not so sure that this is as clear a violation as you say"

[Baloo Uriza]

When asking a question, don't edit your question to be blank later.  That's just poor form.

[Baloo Uriza]

I tend to disagree; the Lindens routinely ignore abuse reports lately. Not sure if they're understaffed or just stopped caring about holding up their end of the TOS.

[Marigold Devin]

It looks like all the negative comments hurled at the OP caused the linked thread to be removed. Poor woman certainly got a baptism of fire !

[Irene Muni]

Also she deleted the text in this question

[Baloo Uriza]

Which in itself prevents other people searching for the same topic from finding this thread easily, thus causing an unnecessary duplication of effort for all involved. Boo!