Re: How is this against the rules?
@arjan, 35, that's what I gathered as well. The thing is, whatever; outside of this forum they shouldn't be harassed by the mod panel and they won't be.
@Jaidon, 28, we're talking apples and oranges. It's easy enough to fall short of following a rule on a forum like this one where you're an international member. The argument has already been made as well that US jurisdiction probably doesn't even play a role in the matter at hand time and time again owing to the fact that this site is not based in the US.
But it would be hard to know for sure and for certain one way or the other who truly owns this site, what kind of legal recourse they actually have when it comes to this site, how much of that legal recourse they can actually arbitrate if they were to cross what line with what government or any other agency that may or may not have government backing and how much trouble everyone else would get into because of it, which might or might not result in a forum shut-down. That's a lot to not know and a lot to risk just to share a site that provides content in an illegal fashion.
But put another way? This site is open to anyone! That's a lot of people! We also don't know how many people are looking in from the outside, how many of those people belong to reputable companies, how many of those people go back and report to said companies and how that information is used. Do you want this site branded and labeled as a hotbed of illegal distribution as has been the case with massive torrent sites just because they chanced upon a link that suggested we were providing access to illegal content by virtue of the fact that we didn't have it removed?
At present, if you type audiogames into google the first thing that pops up is this site. Googling game accessibility or accessible games will lead to this wiki page which makes mention of the audiogames.net website. So yes, people really are watching, and yes, people really can get here, and yes, people really can and do obviously write about their findings. I'm also sure I'm not the only person who has made mention of the fact that I've worked for this site throughout my life. The last thing I'd want is a future prospect employer coming out here and telling me I wasn't hired because I didn't help to uphold rules and regulations while I was on the moderation panel while I had a chance there, or that I looked the other way when I had a chance to weigh in on such a controversial topic, where it's obvious that I've weighed in on many other issues that were just as supercharged.
The argument that Jayde made in 24 is simple; if you've been here for a fair amount of time, as cyco has, you should, in theory, already know what the rules are. If you have chosen to violate them either because you chose not to have a quick reread to refamiliarize yourself or because you just don't care, that's entirely on you. No one, especially the mods should have to babysit you on such things, and the fact that Liam and Jayde were willing to simply hand out cautions, warnings and a removal of links rather than an outright ban is rather lenient in comparison to what could have happened.
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