Copyright Infringement and HotLinking

[Admin]

Articles, texts, and any other information not written by you must be properly credited to the author of said work. You are permitted to post articles, so long as they are within the scope of the forum policies. If you did not write the article in question, you must provide the author's name and source of the article (a link will do, where applicable).

Posts that do not have proper sourcing information will be removed, at admin discretion.

I believe most of the people on the forum are knowledgable enough to understand copyright protection laws in general.

Any works reproduced here are the sole responsibility of the poster. The posters are responsible for any liability or damages occuring due to the posting of copywritten materials. Neither rationalhedonism.proboards.com nor I take no responsibility for the posting of copywritten materials by the posters on the forum.

Should an article be contested by an author claiming copyright infringement, the ariticle will be immediately removed from public view during the investigation. If the author is determined to have cause for concern regarding an article, the article may be deleted from the forum and the poster penalized in accordance with Proboard forum policies.

If you find an article of interest on the internet that you'd like to share, this is the "Approved" way to do so: Post a paragraph or two, and a link to the source so that people, if they are so inclined, can click on the link and read the rest for themselves.

Hotlinking (bandwidth theft) is linking to images located on someone's server (website) other than your own, resulting in unauthorized data transfer. All forum members are reminded that using any image or words from another site without permission may violate the host site's Terms of Service Agreement and subject you to possible legal action. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have permission before using anything from another site for a quote, avatar or signature picture.

If I am notified that someone here is hotlinking, that member will be warned. If that member fails to comply by removing the hotlinked content, they will be banned. Many sites will allow you to use the images, free of charge. Some even allow hotlinking, though most require you to upload the images to your own server space. It is your responsibility to make sure you have permission.