The Patchpanel

Conditions of Use

1. General

1.1 You may be held legally responsible for the content you submit to thepatchpanel.com.

1.2 All material published on thepatchpanel.com is at the thepatchpanel.com's sole discretion.

1.3 Your contribution may be edited, removed or not published if the thepatchpanel.com considers it to be:

1.3.1 defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or that it violates laws regarding harassment, discrimination, privacy or contempt;

1.3.2 intentionally false or misleading;

1.3.3 an infringement of intellectual property rights or copyright. See below for further information on copyright;

1.3.4 abusive or offensive, including obscenity, blasphemy and racial vilification;

1.3.5 of nuisance value, inappropriate, or vexatious.

1.3.6 compromising the privacy of yourself, other contributors or of thepatchpanel.com staff, or containing inappropriate personal information;

1.4 The thepatchpanel.com reserves the right to archive and republish all contributions to its interactive features across all platforms.

1.5 The thepatchpanel.com reserves the right to use contributions for internal training purposes.

2. Copyright

2.1 Material published on the internet is protected by the same laws of copyright which apply to books, videos and music.

2.2 The right to "copy" always remains with the owner of the material. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy or republish anything you find on the internet without the copyright owner's permission.

2.3 The thepatchpanel.com publishes links to other websites at its sole discretion.

2.4 Under Australian copyright law, limited quotation is permissible in the context of genuine review and criticism. However this does not permit extensive quoting of song lyrics etc.

Note:You are welcome to quote content from other thepatchpanel.com Online sites within your contributions, however we ask that you attribute the URL of the thepatchpanel.com page where you found the quote or picture or sound.

2.5 When you submit content, in any format, you acknowledge that you have all necessary rights, including copyright, in the material that you are submitting to thepatchpanel.com. You agree that the thepatchpanel.com may use the material online and in whatever other ways the thepatchpanel.com chooses, now and in the future.

3. Comments and Complaints

3.1 Contributions made to interactive features will not be treated as program or service complaints. The thepatchpanel.com has a variety of complaint handling mechanisms available to members of the public who wish to complain about thepatchpanel.com material. Details about how to lodge a complaint can be found at http://thepatchpanel.com/complaints_how.html.

3.2 Complaints or comments about the content and management of particular features can be made via the email contact form at http://thepatchpanel.com/contact/contact.php.

4. Registration and Login Names

4.1 The thepatchpanel.com may refuse registration of visitors whose suggested login names are considered inappropriate. Grounds for refusal may include:

4.1.1 offensive content;
4.1.2 obscenity;
4.1.3 abuse;
4.1.4 defamatory content;
4.1.5 contempt;
4.1.6 incitement;
4.1.7 copyright infringement;
4.1.8 brand names or registered trademarks;
4.1.9 company or organisation names;
4.1.10 names of high-profile or public figures; or
4.1.11 names promoting political, religious, social or economic issues.

4.2 The thepatchpanel.com reserves the right to refuse suggested login names at its sole discretion.

4.3 The thepatchpanel.com will not accept any registration that the thepatchpanel.com suspects is being made by or on behalf of a member who has been suspended for repeated violation of these conditions of use.

4.4 Repeated breaches of these Conditions of Use may cause the thepatchpanel.com to lock and/or delete member registrations.

Changes to these Conditions of Use will be posted on this page.

This page last updated: 11/11/07
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