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Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at our discretion. We reserve the right to take action against any account with the Service at any time. You are granting us with a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content. These terms may be changed at any time without notice. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not register or use this Service. If you wish to close your account, please contact us. Forum Rules This is a community of Filipinos, expats and tourists, both experienced and inexperienced. Your behavior here, and ours, can be summed up in 4 words: “Mi casa, su casa” (my house is your house). The Dumaguete Info Forums is a place where it's okay to be yourself as long as you always act with respect for your fellow members as well as the Dumaguete Info staff. Our goal will be to treat our members as we would wish to be treated in their homes. In return, we ask that you act here as you wish for your own members to act in your home. You are not expected to leave your personality at the door. There are going to be topics and discussions that will have heated debates. Please think before you post and re-read what you type before you post it. Keep your comments limited to the debate at hand and do not make this a personal issue between you and another member. There is tremendous diversity in age, race, gender, language, location (worldwide) and more here and there will be a lot of varying opinions on different subjects. We're all human beings and we're all drawn to this site because we have a common bond as Filipinos, expats and tourists living in or visiting Dumaguete. We will willingly listen to your suggestions and complaints, and try to incorporate your ideas into the Board. If you come across any violations to these guidelines or have any problems navigating the site, do not hesitate to let us know through the Dumaguete Info Contact Form. We'll be happy to address your concerns. Here at the Dumaguete Info we encourage everyone to participate in and enjoy the Community while at the same time adhering to these Guidelines: Be Welcoming! When newcomers arrive, welcome them to our growing community. Many of our community's senior members are a wealth of knowledge and have much to share. Help new members learn about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved in the Community. Be Courteous! Don't attack others. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully ... without insult and personal attack. Be Cautious! Think before you post or speak: Do you really want to put your address or telephone number on a public discussion forum? We encourage you to keep personal information personal. In the same vein, do not ask for personal information from others. Discussion forum posts that request members to submit personal information to another party will be removed. Information that should be considered personal includes but is not limited to your home phone number, name, and age. If you must give this out for any reason, please do so privately. Be Forthcoming! Please identify all potential conflicts of interest clearly. If you are commenting on an issue or product that you have a financial interest in, you should identify this relationship. Be Appropriate! There may be places where explicit, obscene or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is appropriate however Dumaguete Info is not one of those places. Posts containing explicit, obscene or vulgar language will be removed. Similarly, posts that solicit or offer explicit or X-rated GIFs, JPEGs or similar content files will be deleted without notice! 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Dumaugete Info is a community and our members are our primary resource. Please play nicely with others whether you agree with them or not. Don't taunt or otherwise bully your fellow community members! This includes posts, profile comments, PC's, and post ratings. Anyone who uses such means to torment another member will find their ability to post, comment, PC, and/or rate posts curtailed, temporarily or permanently. Signature Guidelines -The maximum font size allowed in signature lines is 2. -The maximum number of lines in a signature is 3. -The maximum number of links or URLs in a signature is 2. -No images allowed in signatures except for a maximum of 4 Dumaguete Info smilies. -Signature text should comply with our regular posting rules. No all-caps, no alternating caps, etc.. -Signature links can not be bought and sold! You may include only links to your own sites. -Signature text that is too long or obtrusive will be removed. This would include overly creative use of punctuation, color, etc. which make the signature too flashy. -Signatures with just your username will be removed. Usernames are on the top of every post, so there's no need to have it in your signature too. -No affiliate links! -Links to other Communities may include referral ID's. If your signature is in violation of any of these new rules, the Staff may remove it without prior notice. If you have any questions as to whether something is acceptable, please PM a Staff Member. No Abuse of the Anonymous Posting Feature Dumaguete Info has an Anonymous Posting feature which is provided to allow for members to start threads and post replies without revealing their identity to the community. As you might expect, Dumaguete Info Admins know the identity of anonymous posters. This feature should not be used in situations where anonymity is not necessary. In addition, it must not be used to post anything which violates our usual posting guidelines. 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Dumaguete Info shall not be held responsible for member-posted information that may violate copyright law. You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article correctly it’s still copyright infringement. Copyright law does not care if you make any money off of the work or not, what matters is if you hurt the potential income of the copyright holder. In this case you would be depriving them of ad revenue and it is illegal. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph. So if you want to post an article you should do this and include a link, or just post the link. The exception to this rule is press releases; press releases are meant for distribution and can be copied and distributed as much as you want. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on the side of caution and simply post a link to the material. Dumaguete Info Discretion Dumaguete Info and its assigned agents reserves the right to remove a post which does not relate to the topic being discussed in the forum. In addition, Dumaguete Info reserves the right to organize discussion forums in order to best serve the majority of our members. For example, narrow-interest or minimal activity topics may, at Dumaguete Info discretion, be relocated to a more appropriate discussion forum, or deleted entirely. Dumaguete Info or its assigned agents also reserves the right to prohibit or delete discussions that are thought to violate applicable law or that may be harmful to other members, the sites that comprise Dumaguete Info or the rights of Dumaguete Info or others. That said, we cannot ensure prompt removal of offending discussion forum posts. We also reserve the right to remove your membership from you should you violate these Guidelines. However, we do not delete accounts once they are activated. 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This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately, in fact, we may not edit or delete posts that break our rules at all. We have many time constraints on us and cannot guarantee that we will be able to edit or delete posts that break the rules/user agreement. If you do not agree with this then do not view or register for Dumaguete Info. Although this Discussion Forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at Dumaguete Info reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Dumaguete Info, Xenforo Ltd. (the makers of the bulletin board software), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). 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