Whats up with Daz removing Images from Gallery

nickashman68nickashman68 Posts: 21
edited February 2018 in The Commons

I recently have had an image removed from the Gallery and several hours later got an email saying so, with no clear reason why except being "found to be outside the Terms of Service for the site".

I find it ironic that DAZ sell the products, but then ban your artwork when you upload to their Gallery..........

There are many characters for sale, either Vampires or Zombies/Undead, how is my image any different to the promo images on the shop pages ?

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    edited February 2018

    Images that depict blood or certain degrees of violence and torture aren’t permitted. Whether they allow undead zombies and such depends to be up to the mod but usually zombies are ok since they are ambulatory monsters and not people. I would suggest contacting the mod for clarification. As they tend not to like discussions talking about moderation. In the forums.

    my guess is that she looks like a murdered girl and it was probably reported as being violent and bloody.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    this mod is the one I would contact as she works with the gallery [email protected]

  • Peter FulfordPeter Fulford Posts: 1,325
    edited February 2018

    Try something less violent and bloody and more family friendly, like seen in the DAZ store:

    https://www.daz3d.com/severed-man

     

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    The store in the past allows more leeway in promo art for products than it does in what’s allowed in the gallery.

  • Evidently.

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    Try something less violent and bloody and more family friendly, like seen in the DAZ store:

    https://www.daz3d.com/severed-man

    laughOMFG

     

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843

    Evidently.

    LMAO!

    It's too bad DAZ doesn't have an adult section for those that are not easily offended.

    To the OP, setup an account at deviantart, it's where I post most of my images because they violate the TOS.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,973
    edited February 2018

    I think probably the more and more we head toward photo-realism the less and less things that are bloody, violent, or sexual will be tolerated as acceptable for commercial product renders in the store and reflective of Daz products in the gallery. For better or worse. 

    Pretty much no one could mistake the "Severed Man" product images for something that is real. However with Iray, and some of the advancements made with texturing and shaders, if a product like that was made today and promo images of it rendered with the advancements that have been made, they could probably come very close to realistic looking.

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  • If i had posed the girl standing or walking it would have been allowed, i just dont understand why just because she is laying it makes any difference.

    Afterall this is all 3d images, its not like they are real photos of real people.......

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    nothing about the image really indicates she is a zombie. She just looks dead. 

  • I recently have had an image removed from the Gallery and several hours later got an email saying so, with no clear reason why except being "found to be outside the Terms of Service for the site".

    I find it ironic that DAZ sell the products, but then ban your artwork when you upload to their Gallery..........

    There are many characters for sale, either Vampires or Zombies/Undead, how is my image any different to the promo images on the shop pages ?

    I thought your image was very well done by the way. Quite good in fact.

    I had to censor this one for having too much blood in it. This is the Daz version.

    https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/94003/

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    I like your image AnotherUserName. Its got a lot going on. Is there a deviant art version?

  • Ghosty12Ghosty12 Posts: 2,080
    edited February 2018

    Pretty much as has been said here make a Deviant Arts account, as they have the image filter setup for images and hides them from view unless the viewee has an account as well..

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  • I like your image AnotherUserName. Its got a lot going on. Is there a deviant art version?

    Thanks Serene Night!

    No, thats the only version thats online. In the uncut version there are some very prominent splashes of blood on the wall above the bodies as opposed to whats there now. Not a huge difference.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    I agree with getting a DA account :)

    Unfortunately, websites are not democracies and the owners are free to allow/remove whatever they see fit. I've had more than my share of posts deleted, so don't take it too personally ;). It's happened to all of us at some time or other. LOL.

    Laurie

  • Thank you for all the comments, i do have a DeviantArt page, but i also like to post some on the DAZ gallery page and FB pages

     

    https://nickashman68.deviantart.com/

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    AllenArt said:

    I agree with getting a DA account :)

    Unfortunately, websites are not democracies and the owners are free to allow/remove whatever they see fit. I've had more than my share of posts deleted, so don't take it too personally ;). It's happened to all of us at some time or other. LOL.

    Laurie

    That may be true, but its the whole double standard thing that is really off putting. If they allow their store renders to do it, then the galleries should be able to it, plain and simple. And to be frank, I believe it is FAR worse to have it in the store, because the store is what this site is about. The store is what gets advertised. The store splash page was quite proudly selling severed heads just a couple days ago.

  • exstarsisexstarsis Posts: 2,128

    If i had posed the girl standing or walking it would have been allowed, i just dont understand why just because she is laying it makes any difference.

    Afterall this is all 3d images, its not like they are real photos of real people.......

    She's laying down, so we don't have the bit running that tells us 'this isn't real'. And some days people are just a lot more sensitive to seeing realistic corpses than others.

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,555
    edited February 2018

    I got into trouble over three ladies in lingerie not revealing or sexual just posed and standing behind each other with their arms wrapped around each other friend like got into lot of trouble cause I reuploaded thought there was a glitch didn't relise was removed got threatened with banning didn't understand why maybe one hand was too close to a breast? Had a facebook one of one lady posed in a one piece lingerie leaning on a statue someone reported again nothing sexual or revealing I won tat one facebook saw nothing wrong with it. You get them on Deviant too had one comment saying I should kill myself was actually on this photo of my avatar here one of my sculptures

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  • I got into trouble over three ladies in lingerie not revealing or sexual just posed and standing behind each other with their arms wrapped around each other friend like got into lot of trouble cause I reuploaded thought there was a glitch didn't relise was removed got threatened with banning didn't understand why maybe one hand was too close to a breast? Had a facebook one of one lady posed in a one piece lingerie leaning on a statue someone reported again nothing sexual or revealing I won tat one facebook saw nothing wrong with it. You get them on Deviant too had one comment saying I should kill myself was actually on this photo of my avatar here one of my sculptures

    Heck, I've seen a few folks I watch get banned for a month for making enemies on dA...
  • Apparantly a lot of people should look up the definition of "deviant" before actually going to Deviant Art.

    And sadly, you find people randomly linking your image that's safely tucked away on DA to another site where said image would be refused, and someone who shouldn't be on the internet to begin with gets offended, such as a child, or an over-protective parent who lets their child browse unattended.

    As Daz is a publicly accessible commercial site, images posted to their owned galleries are subject to public scrutiny, including that of the Moral Majority and other SJWs who feel compelled to force their draconian notions of "decency" upon the rest of the world, so Daz sometimes has to swing a wide brush when declining certain images.

    However, I do believe the mods should be legally required to offer a more detailed explanation than "violates ToS", so the artist has at least some idea of how to adjust the image. "Female laying down appearing to be dead promotes violence againt women in the eyes of the simple-minded who frequent the internet", for example.

     

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,788

    Apparantly a lot of people should look up the definition of "deviant" before actually going to Deviant Art.

    And sadly, you find people randomly linking your image that's safely tucked away on DA to another site where said image would be refused, and someone who shouldn't be on the internet to begin with gets offended, such as a child, or an over-protective parent who lets their child browse unattended.

    As Daz is a publicly accessible commercial site, images posted to their owned galleries are subject to public scrutiny, including that of the Moral Majority and other SJWs who feel compelled to force their draconian notions of "decency" upon the rest of the world, so Daz sometimes has to swing a wide brush when declining certain images.

    However, I do believe the mods should be legally required to offer a more detailed explanation than "violates ToS", so the artist has at least some idea of how to adjust the image. "Female laying down appearing to be dead promotes violence againt women in the eyes of the simple-minded who frequent the internet", for example.

     

    The forum exists as a courtesy; there is no way to legally require a host to explain to a guest why the guest has to follow house rules in the host's own house.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    edited February 2018

    I think the tos is pretty clear. And questions should go to the gallery mods. Us rehashing it will not really change the fact they can remove an image for whatever reason they choose. As indicated in TOS.

    Gallery and Posted Image Conduct

    • Images may not show genitals, or the bare groin or buttocks, of humanoid figures. Images of female humanoids may not show the breasts.
    • Any image that conflicts with the nature of this forum or is found to be inappropriate for the forum’s wide audience will be removed and the author notified.
    • Images will not display the act of sexual copulation, masturbation, or oral sex.
    • Images that may be considered sexually suggestive will be reviewed by the staff of this site as to its appropriateness for inclusion in the Gallery.
    • Daz 3D retains the rights to remove any image(s) for any reason.
    • Images will not display rape, torture, or the act of physical mutilation.
    • Images that may appear gratuitously violent will be reviewed by the staff of this site for its appropriateness for inclusion in the gallery.
    • Images that contain depictions of children are especially sensitive and will be reviewed even more strictly than other such images.
    • Images that may be considered as an attack on a person or their beliefs will be reviewed for its appropriateness in the gallery.
    • This gallery is intended for works of art only and not for advertising purposes. Any image that can be construed as a “product shot” may be removed at the discretion of the staff. However, a listing of the products used in an image is acceptable and encouraged. Products used in the creation of gallery images that are for sale at http://www.daz3d.com will be shown with active links. Products used that are not available from http://www.daz3d.com will not be linked to.
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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,729
    edited February 2018

    Well when the censors abandoned ship to allow mass media businesses to exploit that sort of gore it shouldn't be surprising that amateurs looking for notariety are looking to follow suit.

    It's common public decency not to mentally or physically assault people, besides the point that those images are truthfully out of bounds with most public decency laws in most jusridictions in the world, including many in the United States.

    There is not anything draconian about treating people in a way that doesn't mentally abuse or physically abuse those people. Some of those mental and physical abuse victims eventually snap and become perpetrators of abuse themselves. It's called mutual respect.

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  • ButchButch Posts: 800

    And sadly, you find people randomly linking your image that's safely tucked away on DA to another site where said image would be refused, and someone who shouldn't be on the internet to begin with gets offended, such as a child, or an over-protective parent who lets their child browse unattended.

    To prevent that, set your DA images as mature.  If someone links the image to somewhere else, the viewer has to log into DA to view it. 

  • It's common public decency not to mentally or physically assault people, besides the point that those images are truthfully out of bounds with most public decency laws in most jusridictions in the world, including many in the United States.

    What? In what jurisdiction in the US is an image of a dead body in an art gallery legally "out of bounds"? Some of them have actual dead bodies.

  • DAZ_ann0314DAZ_ann0314 Posts: 2,876

    As this is a discussion meant for the moderation staff rather than something to debate, we have decided to lock the thread. Please send any Gallery Moderation Quiries to [email protected] which is the proper channel for discussing gallery issues.

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