Before you start posting, the rules below will help you better understand the community etiquette. Please read these rules carefully and follow them at all times.
§1 Please be respectful to other members at all times, even if you do not like that person or what they are saying. Being rude or disrespectful to others will not be tolerated. Users who engage in conduct that: threatens, victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability; will be immediately and permanently banned from the community.
§2 We do not oppose lively or controverse discussions. However these should be conducted in a manner that is constructive, encouraging dialogue between members. Threads that are disrespectful, threatening, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, or bad-mannered will be closed immediately.
§3 Since we can not control every single forum entry, you as the author are solely responsible for your postings. We also do not give any guarantees on the authenticity of content posted by others. By allowing users to post content in this forum, we are not giving any guarantees that the information is authentic or not.
§4 Access to this forum is a privilege, not a right. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to deny access at any time, for any reason with or without notice. We will exercise this right without hesitation if, but not only, you:
- post or distribute propaganda conducted against the constitution.
- post pornographic, obscene or offensive material.
- post entries that call for violent or criminal acts to be perpetrated on anyone.
- post entries that contain advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," or any other form of commercial or sales messages.
- post entries that contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware equipment.
- Post any information or material you do not own or may violate copyright, intellectual property, trademark, patent or other laws. Please keep in mind, you are solely responsible and can be held personally liable for your postings.
§5 The posting of private messages without obtaining prior approval from the parties involved is strictly prohibited.
§6 50plus-Club reserves the right to delete any threads or entries that,
- do not comply with §4 and §5 of the Forum’s Rules of Use.
- have nothing to do with the thread topic or the discussion being held, completely off topic remarks or posts that have no real relevance to the subject matter.
- have been written by members who have left the community.
§7 You are not allowed to post your or anyone's real name, home/work address, phone number, email address, IP Number, URL’s, ICQ-adress or any other means of contact.
§8 The administrator and moderator of this forum are not liable to you for any act performed in good faith or for any good faith failure to act. The administrator and moderator have the right to monitor, edit or remove any content at any time they should see fit to do so and have the final say on all matters concerning this forum. They are under no circumstances to be held liable for any of their actions.
§9 Please make sure to enter your postings under the matching topic. Also, please use the search function to avoid repeat postings or contributions that have been said before.
§10 You are not permitted to modify, distribute or publish any material found in this forum for any purposes without prior approval from the author and 50plus-Club.
§11 The posting of copyrighted material (texts, pictures or graphics), of which you are not the author, without the permission of the copyright holder(s) is illegal and is a violation of copyright policy. If you are posting prior approved third party content, please always include the source of your material and make sure to credit the original creator or copyright owner as the origin of the content.
50plus-Club is not to be made responsible or liable for any postings published by users of this forum. 50plus-Club explicitly distances itself from all content (texts, pictures or graphics) that may violate copyright law and intellectual property rights. You, as the author of the posting, are solely liable for all claims, damages or attorney fees arising from copyright violations and trademark infringements.
§12 If you find any threads or postings that violate the rules of this forum please do not reply to them. Instead, please notify one of the moderators or administrators.