I think I may be missing something in the latest round of LJ v HP fen

[redfiona99]

So as far as I can tell the story is this:

People outside of LJ complain that there is kiddie porn on LJ.
LJ have a fit and suspend everyone who they think might have it.
HP fen object.
LJ try, and fail miserably, to clarify their stance, but do, in some of the most tortured English ever get across that, okay, we'll let you back, just try not to post anything that might be misconstrued as kiddie porn.
HP fen grumble but acceed.
Only they don't and some people do post art which could be seen as kiddie porn (I don't think it is, but you know that's why I said misconstrued).
LJ act and ban the fan artists in question for breaking the rules.

I fail to see how anyone can be offended at LJ for that.

It's really not the freedom of speech issue some HP fen are making it out to be. LJ aren't saying don't draw/write it, they're saying don't stick it on our servers where we can get into trouble for it. Which is understandable. They have a business to run.

Sorry to anyone I've offended, I'm in a bad temper and also presently taking part in the ancient British pass-time of moron baiting, or rather, moron-goading, on an on-line game I play.

Comments

[opera142.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting my thoughts into words this so reasonably. It annoys me that lots of people (and I'm not speaking of just fen, or lumping fen as a whole) seem to believe that "freedom of speech" = everyone must happily put up with whatever gets said/drawn/written.

[wolfshift.livejournal.com]

What I don't get is how LJ's stance on child porn has been in any way at all even slightly unclear. They keep posting "clarifications", and I keep thinking, "Well, duh, that's what you said last time". What is the problem? Are people simply not able to read?

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I think it's because of just saying 'don't post kiddie porn or kiddie porn art; fiction dealing with the subject will be subject to the Miller test' and maybe giving links to information on the Miller test they take about 15 paragraphs to say that so it all gets a bit lost in the mass of words.

But I do think that there's also a distinct element of people not wanting to be able to read or not wanting to understand, and generally lacking common sense.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

That should read 'instead of just saying'. I rite gud!

The more I read, the more I'm convinced you're right and that it's people being stupid.