Rules of the road @ MicaPeak.com
I don't always like rules, and I probably like even less having to
come up with rules.
Like my good friend Carl, I believe that most things in life work better
with more flexibility and fewer rules.
And I prefer to rely on a few guiding principles and the
fundamental good nature and judgement of people.
Although I do not personally believe in censorship, the US Government and
various powerful groups in the USA seem to, and as a result I need to be
careful.
Pragmatically, I don't (nor do my friends want) to go to jail because of
anything someone could find here at this Internet node. I don't mind it
much if some
people don't like or care about what's available here,
that's going to happen anywhere that people are allowed to express their
opinions freely.
So here are the 'guiding principles' of MicaPeak.com:
General Disclaimer.
This site is operated
for fun and as a public service. But it is a private organization which
does not charge fees and does not assume any obligation to continue
providing service in general or to any particular individual or
organization. I make no guarantee of uninterrupted service. I reserve the
right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. I reserve the right to
terminate service, in general or to any specific user(s) at any time for any
reason or no reason at all. Users have no recourse against MicaPeak.com. By
continuing to use this service, you agree to the rules above and
specifically that MicaPeak.com is not obligated to you in any way whatsoever.
No pornography.
There's not a firm legal definition of pornography,
but various laws strive to forbid it anyway. My primary focus here at
MicaPeak.com is motorcycles.
While I don't mind a bit of sexual inuendo and I don't
censor language, MicaPeak.com isn't interested in becoming a sexually-oriented
site; there are plenty of those available around the net. I certainly want
to forbid child-porn and anything "harder" than you'd find in Playboy or
Penthouse."
No SPAM.
I
hate unsolicited commercial email. I (and my friend Carl) have
done all we can to prevent micapeak.com generating or passing on SPAM of
any kind.
Furthermore, the State of Washington (where MicaPeak.com physically
resides) has a
law against junk email
which applies to SPAM sent to address within Washington. Given the law,
you would have to assume that the email addresses here at micapeak fall
under that statute.
No copyright violations.
I believe in respect for intellectual
property. Except for brief quotations and excerpts allowed under the "fair
use" doctrine, no postings or uploads of copyrighted material are allowed.
The authors of email messages are responsible for the content of their postings.
As a general rule, MicaPeak.com
does not censor or audit email. When you send email to or through
MicaPeak.com, you accept full and sole responsibility for all the
consequences of that email. You agree to hold MicaPeak.com harmless
against any legal action which might arise from your email or from the use
of your email by others, whether they were intended recipients or not. You
are expected to understand what the consequences can be, including but not
limited to liability for slander/libel, copyright violation, "decency"
violations, etc. When you receive email from or through MicaPeak.com, you
agree to treat it responsibly and to hold MicaPeak.com harmless against any
legal action which may arise from that email."
Nothing gets turned into a Web page here without my prior review and okay.
Should be clear enough, eh? My email address is
marcl.
