Registration Agreement last updated February 17, 2007.
If you are below 13 years old then you CANNOT use the Veritas Games Company's forums without our separate written permission. Do NOT register if you are below the age of 13. The Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) requires that we must obtain parental consent before obtaining or using personal information from children under 13 (such as the information that may be required to register to use our forums). In using our forums you are acknowledging that you are 13 years of age or older, and you are agreeing to all the terms of this agreement.
By using our website and our forums you acknowledge that you have read our privacy policy and website terms of use (found in the Legal Info section of our website) and that you agree to all those terms.
One of the rules for posting on this board is that to use the boards you must agree that all game mechanics, card proposals, and other game-related elements that you propose or discuss on these boards shall be considered for all purposes wholly the property of Veritas Games Company, LLC, and that, if requested, you will execute any necessary documents required to make any such copyright, patent, or other intellectual property assignments. You agree that in posting such materials you gain such enjoyment or benefit to be considered reasonable consideration for the grant of intellectual property that you are making. You agree that this "click through" agreement is a written agreement, sufficiently valid, to make the above grants.
Additionally, regarding everything else you post in one of these forums, you grant Veritas Games Company, LLC, its agents, and its assignees a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reprint any or all of your posts, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes. By clicking "I agree" below, you are agreeing to these terms and all the others detailed hereinafter.
You agree not to post anything or use icons in relation to your forum profile if those posts or icons are in any way a violation of any other party's copyrights or trademarks. You further agree not to post to these forums or use the forums or the Veritas Games Company website if such posting or use will thereby expose Veritas Games Company, LLC to any other legal liability. You further agree to fully indemnify Veritas Games Company, LLC against all claims, damages, fines, and reasonable legal fees that may result directly or indirectly from your posts on these forums or your usage of the forums or of the Veritas Games Company website. You agree that you remain solely responsible for the content of your messages.
You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum.
You agree not to hold Veritas Games Company, LLC legally responsible in any way for the contents of any post made by any user of these forums and this website.
Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of Veritas Games Company, LLC, its members, its agents, licensors, or any other party in any way. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this forum immediately. We have the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to fully indemnify and hold harmless Veritas Games Company, LLC against any actions or harm that may arise from your message contents. We at this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you. You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password to another member, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another member's account to post messages or browse this forum.After you register and log into this forum, you can fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information we deem inaccurate or vulgar will be removed.
While we will make reasonable attempts to protect your personal information, in using this website and its forums, you hereby relinquish all your rights to legal relief against us should such information inadvertently become public, or should your personal information become public through the actions of any third party, including, but not limited to, third party attempts at computer hacking, spyware, viruses, etc.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will normally only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement, however, Veritas Games Company, LLC may, in its sole discretion, ban any user for any reason from posting, reading, and/or using this forum.
In using this website and these forums you agree to never challenge the validity of any trademarks (registered or common law), copyrights (registered or common law), or patents of Veritas Games Company, LLC, including but not limited to those associated with the following "Veritas Games Company", the Veritas Games Company crimson squares in the sky logo, and the Powerstorm CCG rules and trade dress.
If you have agreed to be a playtester for products in development by Veritas Games Company, LLC, any information you learn about in any forum area primarily reserved for the use of playtesters, consultants, and members of the Veritas Games Company, LLC shall be deemed wholly confidential with regards to any oral or written non-disclosure agreement that you have previously agreed to between yourself and Veritas Games Company, LLC.
These terms and conditions are subject to change. New versions of this agreement will be posted on the Veritas Games Company website and/or in its forums in the case that the terms and conditions are changed, but it will be your responsibility to look for and keep yourself informed regarding changes. Your continued use of these forums and this website will represent your acceptance of any changed terms or conditions to this agreement. Changes will never apply retroactively, but only to current and future terms of use. We will post updates to these policies on our forums and/or send them to you via email to help you track any changes we make.
In using this website and its forums you agree to all the terms and conditions listed above. You also agree that the use of these forums and this website is good and proper consideration being given to you in exchange for your compliance with these terms. However, you agree that we may nevertheless revoke your future right to use this forums for any reason, including, but not limited to, your violation of these terms.
Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of the United States of America. And any and all agreements and policies on our website shall be construed according to the laws of the United States of America, the state of Massachusetts, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.