[spectre] Re: Artreview: Important message regarding (the censorship of) user content

[marc garrett]

signed...

marc
> I have started a petition about this to gauge interest and if 
> significant enough present to Artreview.  If you are a member of the 
> Artreview community, use the site, read the magazine or feel that this 
> is yet another example of creative expression suppressed online then 
> please sign the petition here:
>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/artreview-isp-censorship/
>
> and forward to lists, family, friends, colleagues etc.
>
> Garrett
>
>
> On 6 Sep 2011, at 23:59, Vera Frenkel wrote:
>
>> To those in charge at ArtReview.com,
>>
>> This is to say I agree with Garrett Lynch's comments.  I hope that 
>> your investigation of the complaints will result in a robust defense 
>> of the artists' rights to choose their modes of expression and that 
>> unless the works involved are clearly racist or vicious in some 
>> contagious way, that you protect your constituency.
>>
>> Vera Frenkel
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Garrett Lynch <lists at asquare.org 
>> <mailto:lists at asquare.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Strike one more for creative expression online.
>>
>>     Not sure how many people here use the artreview community but
>>     this may be of interest.  This is poor form that they are
>>     allowing an ISP provider to dictate what is acceptable art but
>>     surprising that they did not predict issues like this with
>>     community growth.  There are many art friendly providers out
>>     there and rather than censor a blossoming community they should
>>     migrate to another ISP.  Note that art review have provided no
>>     means of replying to the message ether directly in their email or
>>     on their website (no email contact is provided on the website).
>>
>>     Garrett
>>     _________________
>>     Garrett at asquare.org <mailto:Garrett at asquare.org>
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>>
>>     Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>>     *From:* "artreview.com <http://artreview.com>"
>>>     <mail at artreview.com <mailto:mail at artreview.com>>
>>>     *Date:* 6 September 2011 11:18:43 GMT+01:00
>>>     *To:* "garrett at asquare.org <mailto:garrett at asquare.org>"
>>>     <garrett at asquare.org <mailto:garrett at asquare.org>>
>>>     *Subject:* *Important message regarding user content*
>>>     *Reply-To:* do-not-reply at artreview.com
>>>     <mailto:do-not-reply at artreview.com>
>>>
>>>     artreview.com <http://www.artreview.com/>
>>>     Contemporary artists & photography | Online Art Magazine | ArtReview
>>>
>>>
>>>           A message to all members of artreview.com
>>>           <http://artreview.com>
>>>
>>>     Dear artreview.com <http://artreview.com> community,
>>>
>>>     ArtReview has recently received several complaints about content
>>>     on artreview.com <http://artreview.com> from our website
>>>     platform provider. The complaints concern nudity and related
>>>     content on members’ pages that breach conditions set by the
>>>     platform provider. They have been accompanied by demands that we
>>>     remove relevant content immediately; failure to do so could
>>>     result in the website being taken offline. As we investigate
>>>     these complaints over the next several days, we will likely be
>>>     removing some content from the website, including from members’
>>>     pages. We thank you for your understanding. We will get back to
>>>     you once we have looked into the situation in more detail.
>>>
>>>     ARTREVIEW.COM <http://ARTREVIEW.COM>
>>>
>>>     Visit artreview.com <http://artreview.com> at:
>>>     http://www.artreview.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
>>>
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