Just so users are aware, we were reported to our hosting provider by a notoriously unstable furry who, interestingly enough, goes by 'insane kangaroo', on charges of child pornography.

As you know, we here are big defenders of first amendment rights and artistic freedom, but defending against such charges is notoriously tricky. It's possible that we COULD lose our hosting over this. It's believed that he not only contacted our server provider, but also the owners of the datacenter itself. So there's multiple possible ways for this to go bad.

Here is the email that we received, published because we feel it's of definite interest to our users (with personal information redacted):

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I'm writing in regards to a site e621.net hosting child pornography on your servers. I'll include a couple of examples below, but simply going to the site and typing in "child", "kid" or "loli" in the search box will provide materials which are child porn.

Site: http://www.e621.net

An example hosted on Softlayer
Site Link:
http://www.e621.net/post/show/92407/canine-chest_tuft-digimon-elbow_gloves-female-fox-
Where the image is on the server:
http://e621.net/data/sample/11/ea/sample_11ea80b74779864b295292b3e2748526.jpg

An example linked to an account on DreamHost Site Link:
http://e621.net/post/show/90878/animal_ears-blue_hair-braid-brown_eyes-bukkake-cat
Where the image is located:
http://baddragon.e621.inthesewer.net/data/1a/24/1a248331ab929308507a36e784979ac5.jpg

iroo-laptop:~ wolfe$ host e621.net
e621.net has address 173.192.209.70
e621.net mail is handled by 0 aspmx.l.google.com.
iroo-laptop:~ wolfe$ host 173.192.209.70 70.209.192.173.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 173.192.209.70-static.reverse.softlayer.com.

iroo-laptop:~ wolfe$ host inthesewer.net inthesewer.net has address 69.163.156.53 iroo-laptop:~ wolfe$ host 69.163.156.53 53.156.163.69.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer apache2-snort.hawkman.dreamhost.com.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors#United_States

Cartoons depicting pornography, even if said child is fictitious, does fall under 18 U.S.C. ?? 1466A Child pornography laws in the Unites States of America.

I'm also request a callback from an individual in legal regarding another matter of the site, gross violations of copyright and the ignoring of takedown notice and DMCA requests from artists. The site KNOWINGLY hosts infringing material.

Sincerely,
David Ross
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