WritingRoom.com is a social networking service that connects
writers and readers with friends who want to write, read and interact with
them. People use WritingRoom.com to share their writings, stories, ideas and
works with others, and to learn more about writing, reading and the people they
meet. We want WritingRoom.com to be a place where people respect the rights and
feelings of others, including third party intellectual property rights.
Therefore, we have established certain rules for using WritingRoom.com and for
posting writings, stories, works, messages, photos, video and other content
("Content") on WritingRoom.com, which rules are set forth in our Terms of Use
and in this Works Policy. WHEN YOU USE WritingRoom.COM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO
ABIDE BY THIS WORKS POLICY AND THE OTHER RULES SET FORTH IN OUR TERMS OF USE.
FAILURE TO ADHERE TO WORKS POLICY AND THE TERMS OF USE MAY RESULT, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, IN TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT AND THE DELETION OF CONTENT THAT YOU
HAVE POSTED ON WritingRoom.COM, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE, AS DETERMINED BY
WritingRoom.COM IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. Please refer to our Terms of Use for
more information about the rules applicable to your use of WritingRoom.com and
the other rights and remedies of WritingRoom.com.
WritingRoom.com allows you to upload and share user generated
Content with your friends, such as writings, stories, works and images and
videos you upload from your camera, webcam or mobile phone. This means that you
may post and share original writings, stories, works, photographs and video
that are of a personal nature that: (i) are of you or your friends, (ii) are
taken by you or your friends, or (iii) are original art or animation created by
you or your friends. It is not intended as a place for you to post third-party
copyrighted content, such as an excerpt from a popular book or newspaper, or
the latest episode of a popular TV show or your favorite music video. In
addition, we expect our users to use good judgment and respect the copyrights
and other intellectual property rights of others. Therefore, in using
WritingRoom.com, you may not:
- Plagiarize (e.g., take or use without express permission) any portion of any posted text, articles, stories, writings or works
- upload or share any writings, stories, works, photographs, videos or other Content other than original works that are created by you or another user
- post or share any Content that infringes upon or violates the copyright, trademarks or other rights of any third party
- attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we may employ
While we believe users should be able to express themselves
and their point of view, certain kinds of speech simply do not belong in a
community like WritingRoom.com. Therefore, you may not post or share Content
that:
- includes profanity unless Mature Rated
- is obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit unless Mature Rated
- depicts graphic or gratuitous violence unless Mature Rated
- makes threats of any kind or that intimidates, harasses, or bullies anyone
- is derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive or hateful
“Mature Rated” means content flagged and marked as adult
content, which shall be restricted to members who are 18 years or older and who
opt-in to viewing adult content. The Site only permits this type of content if
uploaded or posted to the Site as a work and not in any message boards. Any
work that is Mature Rated must have some artistic value and merit.
WritingRoom.com retains sole discretion to remove any Mature Rated content
without notice.
Although as an online service provider, we are not
responsible for the conduct of our users, we want WritingRoom.com to be a safe
place on the internet. Therefore, in using WritingRoom.com, you may not:
- violate any local, state, national or international law or post any Content that would encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense
- impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity
- use WritingRoom.com to send or make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation
- post or share any personally identifiable or private information of any third party
- solicit passwords or personal information from anyone, including those under 18
- use information or content you obtained on the WritingRoom.com website or service in any manner not authorized by the Works Policy or Terms of Use
- post 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
- register for more than one account or use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization or create a false identity on the Service or the Site
- engage in any predatory or stalking conduct
This Works Policy is subject to change at any time at WritingRoom.com's sole discretion.