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Notice of New Policy
Recently, it's become necessary to cover ourselves legally in a few ways.
One of those ways applies to role play journals. After much discussion and
tossing around of ideas, we decided that, instead of going on a mass
suspension spree and getting rid of all the role play journals, we would
require all role play accounts to have a disclaimer instead.
The rules for the disclaimer are simple.
-You MUST use the disclaimer found here:
http://www.blurty.com/talkread.bml?journal=abuse&itemid=198819. No other
disclaimer will be acceptable. IT MUST BE OUR DISCLAIMER.
-The disclaimer must appear on BOTH the userinfo page of your
journal/community AND the main journal page. The easiest way to do this is
by posting it in an entry and dating it several years in the future, however
it doesn't matter how you post it, as long as it always appears somewhere on
the main journal page in an easy to read font and font size.
-You have until November 18th to ensure that you have the disclaimers posted
in the proper places on your journal/community. After that date,
non-compliant journals are subject to suspension, until the owner of the
journal/community contacts the ABuse Team and agrees to post the disclaimer.
-You must understand that if we are contacted by the management of the
celebrity/owner of the copyrighted material/etc of whomever you are
roleplaying, we have no choice but to suspend your journal. It doesn't
happen very often, but it has happened before.
That's it! We know it's a bit of a drag, but this is what we have to do to
be legally compliant as far as roleplay journals go.
We also want to remind you that Blurty is a site for users who are over the
age of 18 ONLY. It's stated plainly on the account creation page, and you
must check a box verifying that you are 18 when you sign up for your
account. Accounts that are found to be held by users under the age of 18
will continue to be permanently suspended. . We understand that the age
policy is something that a lot of you have a problem with, however, it is
not going to change.
Thank you all for supporting the site, and helping Blurty grow!
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