NUST BLOG RULES
Acceptance of Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) Blog Rules
These Rules set out the terms for use of the NUST Blog which apply to all users. By using the NUST Blog, you accept, and agree to abide by, all the terms and conditions of these Rules.
Moderation
The NUST Blog is fully moderated. Every comment submitted to the NUST Blog will be checked by us for compliance with our NUST Blog House Rules before it is published. We will try to publish as many comments as we can but we cannot guarantee that all comments will be published. We also cannot guarantee how quickly comments will be posted on the NUST Blog.
Although the NUST Blog is fully moderated, we are under no obligation to you or any other person to oversee, monitor or moderate the NUST Blog and we may stop moderating the NUST Blog at any time. We reserve the right to remove, or to disable access to, any comment which we deem to be potentially defamatory of any person or which we deem unlawful or in violation of any third party rights. We expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of the NUST Blog by any person in contravention of these Rules.
Use of the NUST Blog by minors
The use of the NUST Blog by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use the NUST Blog that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online. Minors who are using the NUST Blog should be made aware of the potential risks to them and of their obligation to comply with these Rules when using the NUST Blog.
Submission of comments
To add a comment to a discussion you must be logged in through your Facebook, Twitter, Google or Yahoo! account or have set up a Disqus account using a verified email address.
Complying with NUST Blog House Rules
In making comments, you agree to comply with the provisions of our Terms of Use regarding NUST Blog House Rules
Copyright
By submitting a contribution to the NUST Blog, you agree to grant the NUST a non-exclusive licence to use that contribution. Although you will still own the copyright in this contribution, NUST will have the right to freely use, edit, alter, reproduce, publish and/or distribute the material contained in your contribution. This licence will be free of charge, perpetual and capable of sub-licence. NUST may exercise all copyright and publicity rights in the material contained in your contribution in all jurisdictions, to their full extent and for the full period for which any such rights exist in that material.
Please also note that, in accordance with the NUST Blog House Rules you must ensure that your contribution does not infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person. By submitting your contribution to the NUST Blog, you are warranting that you have the right to grant the NUST the non-exclusive copyright licence described above.
If you are not in a position to grant such a licence to the NUST, please do not submit the contribution to the NUST Blog.
Breach of these Rules
When we consider that a breach of the NUST Blog House Rules has occurred, we may at our discretion take such action as we deem appropriate. Failure to comply with these Rules constitutes a material breach of the terms of use on which you are permitted to use the NUST Blog, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the NUST Blog
- Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Comment already posted on the NUST Blog
- Issue of a warning to you
- Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach
- Further legal action against you
- Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law
We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of these Rules. The actions described above are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Complaints
If you wish to complain about any Comment posted to the NUST Blog, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will then review the Comment and decide whether it complies with our NUST Blog House Rules. We will deal with any Comment which, in our opinion, violates our NUST Blog House Rules as described above (see section "Breach of these Rules"). We will inform you of the outcome of our review within a reasonable time of receiving your complaint.
Changes to these Rules
We may revise these Rules at any time. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you.
Contact
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NUST BLOG HOUSE RULES
We reserve the right to fail messages which:
- Are considered likely to provoke, attack or offend others
- Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable
- Contain swear words or other language likely to offend
- Break the law or condone or encourage unlawful activity. This includes breach of copyright, defamation and contempt of court.
- Advertise products or services for profit
- Are seen to impersonate someone else
- Repeatedly post the same or similar messages
- Are unrelated to the topic
- Include contact details such as telephone numbers and postal or email addresses
- Are written in anything other than English
- Contain links to other websites
- Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of others
We may also close comments on a post if we think the discussion has become irrelevant or out of date.
We want to keep our blog as focused as possible. For this reason, messages not relevant to the post may be rejected.
Repeatedly posting personal or offensive comments about individual members of the public or people involved in the NUST may be considered harassment. We reserve the right to remove such messages and take action against those responsible.
