Legal Disclaimers
Registering here at Free Range Talk is an implicit acceptance of all of these terms and conditions.
Legal Age:
By accessing Free Range Talk, you represent and warrant that (1) you are an adult of legal age AND that it is legal for you to read, download and have access to adult material and that the material on this site is not illegal in your area or jurisdiction. (2) That you do not consider the content you access at or through Free Range Talk to be obscene, and that you believe that the site's contents has serious literary value; and, (3) That you will not provide or cause others to provide the site's content to people under the legal age.
Copyright:
- All the material(s) posted on Free Range Talk are the opinions, thoughts and/or ideas of the author(s) and are not necessarily endorsed by Free Range Talk or its agents.
- All the material posted on Free Range Talk are copyrighted and the property of their authors and Free Range Talk, unless explicitly noted otherwise.
- Pursuant to the Berne Convention, all works contained inside the site are copyright with all rights reserved by their authors and Free Range Talk unless indicated otherwise. You may keep one copy for your own personal use. You may not redistribute any of the works by ANY means or ANY method without the express permission of each work's author or Free Range Talk; unless explicitly noted otherwise.
- All other contents on the site, (other than stories like artwork, data etc...) are copyright Free Range Talk. You may not re-use or distribute any of it without the express permission of the site's operators.
- You would NOT use the material available here to infringe on any copyright -- expressed or implied -- held by the author of the material.
Hot Linking:
Hot linking is defined as inserting a link in a piece of HTML to an image on another server. Hot linking takes server time, control, copyright and consumes bandwidth, and we will not allow it, whether it is a hot link from this site to another site, or another site hot linking to this site.
Policies and Procedures:
Registered email must be valid.
Flaming is a hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_war
No flaming. Don’t deliberately insult someone personally in order to get a rise out of them or to make a point in a debate. The good-natured insults you throw at each other are fine. In other words, be civil with everyone else here at Free Range Talk
If flaming does occur, here is how it is going to be handled:
- The 1st offense gets a written warning. This is your chance to disagree with the decision that your post or comment was flaming. You may win your case, you may not.
- The 2nd offense means a three-day suspension with a statement about mending your ways
- The 3rd offense earns a one-week suspension with above statement repeated
- The 4th offense means goodbye forever, no appeals.
You will receive emails at the address we have on file if you are violating this policy.
We have an appeals process if you think you have been unfairly targeted. Submit your concerns to admin@freerangetalk.com along with any supporting evidence that you have. It will then be examined by a board of admins and editors to determine if your privileges should be reinstated. The decision of this board is final.
If you have been sanctioned and have no more flames, you will be reinstated after a period of ninety days.
Posting here on Free Range Talk is a privilege, not a right. You have to earn your way to author, columnist, editor or admin status.
Status Change – When you are first registered here you come in with the status of subscriber. A subscriber is a person who can read and comment on articles, though they cannot post an article. To have your status changed from subscriber to author you must let us know, in writing, that you are interested in becoming an author. The admins and editors will weigh in with their opinions and observations at that time. If your status is not changed, you will be informed in writing with the reasons why.
If we follow these simple policies I think everyone’s experience here will be better because of it.
Failure to Comply With Terms and Conditions:
Free Range Talk may deny you access to all or part of the Service without notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that Free Range Talk in its sole discretion believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. If Free Range Talk denies you access to the Service because of such a violation, you shall have no right (1) to access through Free Range Talk any materials stored on the Internet, (2) to access third party services, merchandise or information on the Internet through Free Range Talk, and Free Range Talk shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Free Range Talk and its affiliates harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of this Agreement by you or authorized users of your account, or in connection with the use of the Service or the Internet or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials on the Internet by you or authorized users of your account.
Miscellaneous:
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Free Range Talk's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement.
Free Range Talk may modify this Agreement from time to time by placing a notice of such modification in the "Free Range Talk Information" area, and your continued use of the Service following notice of such modification shall be deemed to be your acceptance of any such modification. It is your responsibility to check the "Information" area regularly to determine whether this Agreement has been modified. If you do not agree to any modification of this Agreement, you must immediately stop using the Service.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Service must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Free Range Talk with respect to the Service.