Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are born from Sapphire Metropolis’ superseding mission statement, and presides over our relationship with users and others who access Sapphire Metropolis (collectively, “SapphireMetropolis.com” or “Website”), its features, content, groups, applications and/or other services. By accessing and using the Website, you agree and are bound by these Terms.

The Terms, may be modified from time to time and such modification will be effective upon posting on this Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to these Terms when you use this Website after any such modification is posted. It is important that you review these Terms regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes made.

Without limiting any other provisions of these Terms, you may not use this Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and/or any applicable additional terms or laws. Your access of this Website may be terminated immediately, in our sole discretion, with or without notice, if you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms and/or additional terms, or for any other reason, or no reason. You expressly agree not to:

• Use SapphireMetropolis.com or its contents, features, member contributions and/or applications for any commercial purpose(s).
• Access, monitor or copy any content or reverse engineer information of this Website using any means, such as but not limited to: robots, spiders, scrapers or other automated means or any manual process(es) for any purpose without our express written permission.
• Take any action that causes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionate burden on our infrastructure.
• Transfer any contents, features, member contributions, applications to another person or “frame” or "mirror" the materials on any other server.

2. Community Guidelines and User Content

Sapphire Metropolis provides the opportunity to register via an online registration form to create a member account (“Account”) that may allow you to receive information from the Website, view specific content, make contributions and/or to participate in certain features of the Website such as but not limited to The Districts (“Forums”). By accessing, registering and/or becoming a member of the Forums you and other users are provided with an opportunity to view, submit, post, display, transmit and/or exchange information, links, ideas, opinions, photographs, images, video, creative works or other information, messages, transmissions or material with the Website or amongst other members (collectively “Member Content” or “Posts” or “Postings”). You are responsible for all use of your Account, regardless of whether you authorized such access or use, and for ensuring that all use of your Account complies fully with the provisions of these Terms.

Member Content does not reflect the views of SapphireMetropolis.com; and we have no obligation to monitor, edit, or review any Postings on the Forums. We assume no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such Postings nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such Postings on this Website or the Forum. You are strictly prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

The Website seeks to foster an open atmosphere for free debate of any subject and for the sharing of any views. However, without limiting the foregoing, the following behaviors are strictly prohibited on this Website:

• Consistent overly strong, vulgar, obscene or otherwise harmful language
• Actions offensive to the online community, including obvious expressions of bigotry, racism, abusiveness, discrimination, vulgarity or profanity.
• Harassing, intimidating, stalking or threatening other Forum members
• Using libelous, defamatory or otherwise tortuous language
• Online vandalism
• Posting, transmitting Posts that generally do not pertain to the designated topic or theme of a particular area.
• Impersonation of another person or persons
• Posting, distributing, transmitting or promoting illegal content
• Invasion of another’s privacy
• Actions that are hurtful or harmful to minors
• Posting, providing, transmitting or otherwise making available any materials or information infringing on the rights of a third party
• Posting or otherwise transmitting, without the Website’s written prior approval, Postings which contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services, including but not limited to the transmission or distribution of any junk mail or spam
• Posting, uploading, emailing or otherwise transmitting any material that contains any malicious computer code, or reverse engineering or hacking any materials on this Website.
• Uploading, posting, or otherwise transmitting any Member Content protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of such copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other proprietary right. The burden of determining that any Member Content is not protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other proprietary right rests with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, rights of publicity or other proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from such a submission.

SapphireMetropolis.com will cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order(s) requesting or directing the Website to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Neither we nor our staff or agents will be responsible for any misleading, false or otherwise injurious information and advice communicated on the Website or for any results obtained from the use of such information or advice. We will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user through the user’s reliance on information and advice gained through user-generated content posted on SapphireMetropolis.com.

3. Intellectual Property

By displaying or posting content on the Forum, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual, global license to publish the content submitted by you to the Forum. You also grant us global nonexclusive adaptation and resale rights over any content and material submitted to SapphireMetropolis.com. These nonexclusive publishing license and resale/adaptation rights extend to any materials submitted "for publication" within SapphireMetropolis.com, including both Postings and content submitted for uploading and subsequent publishing within non-message board portions of SapphireMetropolis.com.

4. Links

The Website has not reviewed all of the sites linked to it and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SapphireMetropolis.com of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user's own risk.

5. Disclaimer and Liability Limitations

The materials on SapphireMetropolis.com are provided "as is". The Website makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, SapphireMetropolis.com does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on the site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this Website.

In no event shall SapphireMetropolis.com or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Sapphire Metropolis's site, even if the Website or a Sapphire Metropolis authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

1/30/2010