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You gotta have RULES! We aim to keep FCARL.Org a family-friendly site that is an educational and enjoyable experience for all visitors, and we can't do that without your cooperation. Like any fun community, there are certain rules of conduct that we expect from you.

NO running with scissors!
NO peeing in the pool!
NO poking somebody's eye out with that!
NO jumping on the bed unless we're invited!
Oh, and here are a few more to keep the lawyers happy...

Submission Rules
By submitting your original stories, articles, photographs or artwork to FCARL.Org ("the Site"), you agree to the following:

1. By submitting content to the Site (i.e., pictures, stories, poems, quotes), you automatically grant to us the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.
2. By providing or submitting content, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content, that the content does not violate any law, regulation or any right of any third party and is not designed to or will in any way have deleterious effect on the Site, other users or any computer, network, software or hardware.
3. No compensation of any kind will be paid and you agree that none is owed with respect to any use by the Site or its licensees or business partners of your content.
4. We are under no obligation to post or use any content and may remove any content at any time at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to edit any submissions for any reason. In particular, obscenity and foul language will not be posted.

Profile Page Rules

If you choose to have a personal profile page on the Site, we expect you to act appropriately. We have swear filters installed in the various interactive areas of the Site, and we won't allow language that is racist, sexually-related, or violent-sounding. If you wouldn't say it in front of your Grandma, don't say it on FCARL.Org! If we find inappropriate material on your profile page, your account will be deleted and we will telepathically let your parents and best friends know. Boy, will you be in for it.

Comments and Posting Rules

The Site allows visitors to post comments to articles published on the site. Visitors may also post comments and questions in our Forum area. These are regularly monitored for innappropriate behaviour and content, and neither will be tolerated. If you see postings on the Site which you feel are inappropriate, report them immediately to policies@fcarl.org.

No Inappropriate Language

Duh. We have swear filters installed, and we don't allow language that is racist, sexually-related, or violent-sounding. If you wouldn't say it in front of your parents or your teacher, don't say it in on FCARL.Org.

No Inappropriate Log-in Names

You know what we mean. If you wouldn't call yourself that in front of your grandparents, don't use it here.

No Monkey-Wrenching

What's monkey-wrenching? That's stuff like faking people, flooding the site with the same message over and over, or typing in nonsense like "Agfhgffda ashdhfdhg." No one wants to see that and it just clogs up the system. It also makes it harder for the monitors to do their jobs, and they'll warn you or kick you out.

No Javascript

Don't even think of trying to post javascript on the site -- you can be banned for it.

No posting of large graphics

Not everybody has a fast processor or modem, and it really slows things down. If you're going to post graphics, keep them small, post them only once, and do it for a reason rather than just because you're bored

No Inappropriate Pictures

Anybody caught posting graphics of a pornographic nature will be immediately banned for life, and their internet service provider will be notified. We log IP addresses and WILL report you to your ISP. Yes, we can be that mean.