battle@cs.utk.edu (David Battle) (03/09/90)
From wuarchive.wustl.edu ~ftp/graphics/gif/R_X_rated/README: > We're sorry, but the R_X_rated directory of GIF files has been taken > off-line due to questions about its usefulness as a research and/or > academic tool as required by the Appropriate Use Guidelines for the > Internet. They as though pictures of Bill the Cat (which are still available) are useful in research but nudes are not. I can think of at least two uses for images of nudes in academic/research situations. One might be a figure drawing class where art students are studying the human form and another might be sample images for an image analysis project. I can't think of any use for a picture of Bill the Cat in research except maybe to make a poster for said researcher's wall. They might as well admit that, despite popular demand, you have caved in the the demands of a prudish minority and succumbed to their censorship. > If you are a faculty member at a degree granting institution of higher > learning and you, or a graduate student under your supervision, would > like to use this material for research or teaching purposes please let > us know by sending e-mail to archives@wugate.wustl.edu. We will > contact you as soon as possible and request a letter describing your > position and how the material would be used for teaching or research, > the material will then be returned to the archives. I have not seen any of these images myself, but until I have I could not possibly hope to decide whether they might be useful in research. And if they are not on-line, how am I supposed to make that decision? I am not a faculty member but I hope that some art or image processing (or other) professor out there will muster his or her courage and request that these images be returned to the archives. -David L. Battle battle@utkux1.utk.edu -- -David L. Battle battle@utkux1.utk.edu battle@battle.esd.ornl.gov