Terms and conditions for NEWS Pronto

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We love hearing from you at NEWS Pronto and we've designed our forums and other community spaces as a great place for NEWS Pronto presenters and staff, listeners and online audiences around the world to get together to chat with other like minded people.

While we want you to feel free to express yourself, we also expect that everyone will treat each other with mutual respect in these spaces - even if your opinion differs from others.

When you choose to contribute to the forum or make comments, you will be asked to register or 'log in'. Once you have registered, you'll be able to contribute across the website and you'll see your comments appear immediately. There are moderators on the site every day making sure that it remains a good place for the whole NEWS Pronto community and comments will be removed if they fall outside of the following terms and conditions (see below). If you feel that somebody has breached these in any way please let us know using the 'alert moderator' link on the message.

Conditions of use

1. General
1.1 You may be held legally responsible for the content you submit to NEWS Pronto
1.2 Your contribution may be edited, removed or not published if NEWS Pronto considers it to be:
1.2.1 defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or that it violates laws regarding harassment, discrimination, privacy or contempt;
1.2.2 intentionally false or misleading;
1.2.3 an infringement of intellectual property rights or copyright. See below for further information on copyright;
1.2.4 abusive or offensive, including obscenity, blasphemy and racial vilification;
1.2.5 of nuisance value, inappropriate, off topic or vexatious. For example NEWS Pronto reserves the right to reject contributions from participants who seek to dominate the discussion;
1.2.6 compromising the privacy of yourself, other contributors or of NEWS Pronto staff or containing inappropriate personal information;
1.2.7 seeking to endorse commercial products or activities or to solicit business;
1.2.8 deliberate provocation of other community members;
1.2.9 a posting on behalf of a suspended member. This may lead to you also having your membership locked.

1.3 NEWS Pronto reserves the right to archive and republish all contributions to its interactive features across all platforms.
1.4 Contributors should be aware that their posts may remain online indefinitely. As indicated below (4.1) NEWS Pronto strongly recommends that contributors use a pen name or pseudonym as their login name and not use their real name.
1.5 NEWS Pronto reserves the right to use contributions for internal training purposes.
1.6 Repeated breaches of these Conditions of Use may cause NEWS Pronto to complain to the Internet Service Provider of the person responsible, and in very serious cases, initiate legal action.

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 If you wish to refer to material on someone else's website we recommend you include an attribution in your message. NEWS Pronto 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 MoreTopStories.com sites within your contributions, however we ask that you attribute the URL of the 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 contributing to NEWS Pronto. You agree that NEWS Pronto may use the material online and in whatever other ways NEWS Pronto 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. NEWS Pronto has a variety of complaint handling mechanisms available to members of the audience who wish to complain about NEWS Pronto programming material. Lodge a complaint at DesignProjects@gmail.com
3.2 Complaints or comments about the content and management of particular interactive features can be made via the email contact form at NEW Pronto by selecting our site as the recipient.
3.2 We are Not Responsible for Linked Sites: We are not responsible for the availability or content of other services that may be linked to our site. Because we have no control over such services, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external services, and that we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such services. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through such services.

4. Registration and Login Names
4.1 NEWS Pronto recommends that applicants register online using a pen name or pseudonym as their login name (not their real name). Applicants must not intentionally use the name of another living person.
4.2 NEWS Pronto may refuse registration of visitors whose suggested login names are considered inappropriate.

Grounds for refusal may include:
4.2.1 offensive content;
4.2.2 obscenity;
4.2.3 abuse;
4.2.4 defamatory content;
4.2.5 contempt;
4.2.6 incitement;
4.2.7 copyright infringement;
4.2.8 brand names or registered trademarks;
4.2.9 company or organisation names;
4.2.10 names of high-profile or public figures; or
4.2.11 names promoting political, religious, social or economic issues.

4.3 NEWS Pronto reserves the right to refuse suggested login names at its sole discretion.
4.4 NEWS Pronto will not accept any registration that NEWS Pronto suspects is being made by or on behalf of a member who has been suspended for repeated violation of these conditions of use.
4.5 Repeated breaches of these Conditions of Use may cause NEWS Pronto to lock and/or delete member registrations.

This page last updated: 27/07/14

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