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Community Guidelines

Effective 18 August 2026 · Last updated 18 August 2026

The guestbook in THE SCENE is a public wall. These are the rules for it, how to report something, and what we do when you tell us about a problem.

The rules

Be a person. Beyond that:

Nothing illegal. No content that is unlawful where you or we are.
No abuse. No harassment, threats, or pile‑ons. No slurs or attacks on anyone for their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. This scene was built for the people those attacks usually land on.
No personal information. Not other people’s, and not your own — no addresses, phone numbers, schools, or workplaces. Anyone can read this wall.
Nothing sexual involving minors, ever, in any form. This is reported to the authorities, not just deleted.
No sexually explicit content generally. Plenty of the internet is for that.
No impersonation. Not of us, not of our artists, not of anyone else.
No spam or advertising, and no bots.
Don’t post other people’s work as your own or in breach of their copyright.

Posting something that breaks these rules can get the post removed and your access blocked. Serious or repeated breaches get a permanent block.

Reporting a post

If you see something that breaks these rules or that you believe is illegal, tell us. Anyone can report — you do not need to have an account or be involved.

How

Either use the report link next to any post on the wall, which opens a pre‑filled message, or email harry@r-m.art directly.

What to include

So we can act quickly, and to meet the requirements of Article 16 of the EU Digital Services Act, please give us:

An explanation of why you think the content is illegal or breaks these rules.
Where it is — the page address, and enough of the post text or the post’s reference to find it.
Your name and email address, so we can confirm receipt and tell you the outcome. You may leave this out when reporting certain serious offences against people, including child sexual abuse material.
A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the information in your report is accurate and complete.

What happens next

We confirm we received your report, without undue delay.
We review it carefully, without discrimination, and decide in a timely and non‑arbitrary way. Reports are always reviewed by a person, never decided automatically.
We tell you what we decided, and why. If we removed content or blocked an account, we also tell the person affected, with our reasons and the facts we relied on.
We tell both sides how to challenge the decision.

If you disagree with a decision

Whether we acted or declined to act, you can appeal. Reply to our decision email, or write to harry@r-m.art within six months, saying what you think we got wrong. A different person reviews it where that is possible. If we were wrong, we reinstate the content or take the action we should have taken.

Users in the EU may also refer a dispute to a certified out‑of‑court dispute settlement body under Article 21 of the Digital Services Act, and may complain to their national Digital Services Coordinator. None of this stops you going to court.

Copyright complaints

To report content that infringes your copyright, email harry@r-m.art identifying the work, where the infringing copy appears, your contact details, and a statement that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them. Our designated agent for copyright notices is Sassy Sounds Touring Inc, 2217 Campus Drive, El Segundo, CA 90245 (harry@r-m.art). If you believe your content was removed in error you may send a counter‑notice to the same address.

Points of contact

For users and reporters: harry@r-m.art. We accept messages in English.

For authorities — Member State authorities, the European Commission, and the European Board for Digital Services, under Articles 11 and 12 of the Digital Services Act: harry@r-m.art, and by post at 2217 Campus Drive, El Segundo, CA 90245.

How we moderate

We are a very small operation. We do not pre‑screen posts by hand and we are not required to monitor them. We act on reports, and on things we notice ourselves.

Automated tools. At the moment you post, an automated filter rejects posts containing links and posts matching a blocklist of slurs and spam terms. That filter only ever refuses a post at the point of submission and tells you so immediately — it never removes a post that is already up, and it never blocks an account. Its error rate is low but not zero; if it refused something it should not have, tell us at harry@r-m.art and a person will look.

Human decisions. Everything else is a person: removing a post, blocking an address from posting, and, where content appears to involve a serious criminal offence threatening someone’s life or safety, informing law enforcement.

We do not rank or recommend posts — the wall is in reverse chronological order and nothing else. We do not profile you, and there is no advertising on it.