We are all here to have fun and we don’t want our fun to be judged by rules,
but sometimes it is essential to have rules in order to run a community smoothly:-
- Please don't do anything illegal or anything that would physically
or mentally be harmful for anyone related to thius forum.
- Be Welcoming!
When newcomers arrive, welcome them to our growing community. Many of our
community's senior members are a wealth of knowledge and have much to
share. Help new
members learn about how to find information and resources, save time,
and how to get involved in the Community.
- Be Courteous!
Don't attack others. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated.
Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully
and thoughtfully
... without insult and personal attack.
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and age. If
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There may be places where explicit, obscene or vulgar language, graphics
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Discussion
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removed. Similarly, discussion forum posts that solicit or offer explicit
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- Be Ethical!
The Chillout101's website: resources, articles and discussions are based
on basic, appropriate professional ethical behavior. Unethical behavior:
use
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warez, license sharing, and other illegal activites are completely inappropriate
and will result in the loss of membership at The Chillout101.
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service intended to enhance the Community experience. The purpose of
private messaging
is to allow for discreet conversations to take place between members.
This privilege is not to be abused! Solicitation, spamming, or harassment
of any
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right away. Although private messages are normally only accessible
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of The Chillout101. An Administrator, if so inclined, could locate the
Private Messages in the database and read them. They are private, but
not necessarily
secret. In addition, Private Messages are not intended to deprive the
Community of valuable information or experiences which could benefit
the entire group. Please do not use private messages if the content of
the
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libraries
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posting the information shall be held solely responsible. The Chillout101
shall not be held responsible for member-posted information that may
violate copyright law.
- You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without
permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article
correctly it’s still copyright infringement. Copyright law does not care
if you make
any money off of the work or not, what matters is if you hurt the potential
income of the copyright holder. In this case you would be depriving them
of ad revenue and it is illegal. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally
post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph.
So if you want to post an article you should do this and include a link,
or
just post the link. The exception to this rule is press releases; press
releases are meant for distribution and can be copied and distributed
as much as you
want. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on
the side of caution and simply post a link to the material.
- The Chillout101
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The Chillout101 and its assigned agents reserves the right to remove
a post which does not relate to the topic being discussed in the forum.
In addition,
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to best serve the majority of our members. For example, narrow-interest
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to a more appropriate discussion forum, or deleted entirely. The Chillout101
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members, the sites that comprise the Chillout101 or the rights of the Chillout101
or others. That said, we cannot ensure prompt removal of offending discussion
forum posts. We also reserve the right to remove your membership from you
should you violate these Guidelines.
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