freetech fourms Terms of Use, Rules, and Agreements Free Tech discussion forums and media are open to anyone who discusses and deliberates on related Free Tech content, including Free Tech’ announcements, rules, policies and all other relative subjects. Registration is required to receive full benefits of the site. Our policy is to keep the site open for honest discussion. We do not remove posts that are critical to the discussion of any topics mentioned above, but we do remove content we find indecent, offensive, malicious or unrelated to the purpose of the site; we also remove posts that seek to criticize or promote a third party or services provided by another site. Administrators and Moderators have the sole right to deem what is, and what is not within the guidelines provided to uphold our policy. We have made our Forums available for your use on this Web site subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document. By accessing the Forums contained herein, you agree to the Terms of Use. Any and all warnings and banishment are solely dependent on the severity of the situation and repeated offenses. Appeals are welcome but any permanent banishment goes without question. See List of Consequences at the bottom of the page. 1. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT While we try as hard as humanly possible, Free Tech reserves the right to make any change to these terms at any point in time without any notice. 2. USER ELIGIBILITY 2.1 In acceptance of this agreement, all users, in accordance with COPPA regulations acknowledge that they are at least 13 years of age and older, unless given the express permission of a parent or guardian via an email to angelscybercommunication@gmail.com 3. REGISTRATION 3.1 Any person upon opening this website, regardless of their registration status, falls under the Free Tech rules and guidelines. 3.2 All registration information must be accurate. 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None of the videos, video files, music, or software are hosted on this site or its servers, unless stated otherwise. If you believe that your copyrighted content is showing on Free Tech, please take your DMCA take down notices directly to the video or file sharing websites that are hosting your videos or files. All Rights reserved to their respective owners. 5. User Conduct 3rd Party Violations: 5.1 Do not post links leading to other sites similar to Free Tech's content, or post virus, worm, spyware, or malicious code hosting sites. Posting links to sites containing illegal material is STRICTLY prohibited. 5.2 Do not post advertisements, chain letters, junk email or bulk communications. 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The report button is NOT for: Saying thank you, responding to someone, saying random *****, etc. Malicious Content: 5.10 Do not upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment. 5.11 Do not post, upload, or display any content meant to maliciously affect any member, staff member, or person. 5.12 Do not post any material that is obscene, defamatory, racist, violent, harassing, profane or otherwise objectionable. Personal Information: 5.13 Posting or breaching anyone's personal private information is STRICTLY ILLEGAL. 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Trolling/Flaming: 5.26 Trolling/Flaming other members is frowned upon at Free Tech, please stay away from it. The following punishment will be served if user feels insulted. (Excludes Spamzilla board, and April Fools of course) Software, Code, Anime, Music, Movies, TV Shows, etc: 5.27 Free Tech serves as an online database for Software, Code, Anime, Music, Movies, TV shows, etc, it does not host any media or other copyrighted materials on its own web servers. 5.28 If any owner is bothered by any material, please notify the uploader or upload site, instead of Free Tech, it will automatically be removed from Free Tech once it is removed from its original location. Link Shorteners: 5.29 Monetization Link shorteners such as adfly, linkbucks, and adcrunch are STRICTLY not allowed unless given permission from an Administrator. Free Tech reserves the right to use its own shortened links and replace the users. Staff Infractions: 5.30 No impersonating staff members in any manner. Not even on April Fools. 5.31 Under no circumstances will anyone disrespect any staff members. Both violations will result in severe punishment. If a user has an issue with a staff member, they may file a report or appeal in the HQ Suggestions, Questions, and Discussions board. 6. User Rights: - All users are Innocent until proven guilty - Users can dispute their punishment in the Dispute board - Can notify any Admins about Moderator behavior/unfairness - Have the right to remain silent, ok not really… - If no action is taken to prove themselves innocent, they will be considered guilty until proven innocent. 7. Administrator's Authority: - An Administrator can dismiss any rule above! - An Administrator reserves the right to give any punishment - Any stickied/pinned post in any section by an Admin can bypass any of these rules. 8. Software releases 8.1 - Software released is not endorsed by Free Tech in any way if the author is not an official 7pm Tech developer, even if the company listed in the properties is Free Tech. 8.2 - Full responsibility is given to the releaser/original creator for their work, not Free Tech. 8.3 - Any software released under a name that is not the original creator, will be removed and the user sharing it will receive punishment 8.4 - Stolen code is not a crime as the US Supreme Court has deemed it as legal because code cannot be property. However we still do not promote or encourage users to do so. http://gizmodo.com/5...l-computer-code 8. 5 - Any code that is believed to be stolen and put into an application without credit cannot be requested by Free Tech for take down. See 8.4 8.6 - Users may ask for donations, however they are not permitted to ask for a donation for an upgraded version. Instead, they may ask for a purchase. 9. Piracy Free Tech as well as its owners and staff do not promote or encourage piracy. Any discussion about piracy as well as releases have full responsibility to the users involved in the act, not the discussion. Discussion does not deem one as a pirate, it is exercising freedom of speech with those who may be pirating. In the matter that someone releases a tool that can be used for pirating, that tool is not considered a tool purely for piracy. In many cases that tool may be used for legitimate purposes, the illegality of the tool is based on how the user uses it. Refer to 5.27 and 5.28 for information regarding the files themselves. In the matter of a thread containing a method of illegal activity, Free Tech takes no credit or responsibility. It is the original poster's responsibility. If an individual or group wishes for that thread to be deleted, inform an administrator and we will remove it. 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We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. Free Tech may also terminate access for users if found repeatedly posting offensive content. 11. Limitation of Liability In no way will Free Tech be held liable for any damages done to a user, whether verbally or physically. We do not reflect the views of any user or any other company or Person(s). Any losses or damages due to user discussions and actions will not be reprimanded by Free Tech that extends beyond banning and deletion, as seen fit by Free Tech staff. 12. User punishment Upon any rule infringement users will be given a warning. Warnings come with warning points set by the Moderator. A moderator may choose to give as many points as he/she deems suitable. If any illegal activity is found, the user will be reported to INTERPOL.