Your use of Rantsylvania.com is governed by the following Terms of Service Agreement ("TOS"), and by using Rantsylvania.com you indicate your comprehension of, and agreement to, the TOS.  The TOS may be updated at any time without public warning.   Registered users of Rantsylvania.com will automatically receive a new copy of the TOS whenever it is updated.  Some services and features of Rantsylvania.com may be governed by additional rules and regulations, and those rules and regulations will be clearly posted in those services and/or features.

Use of Rantsylvania.com

The content, resources, tools, features and other services of Rantsylvania.com ("the Service") is provided on an "as-is" basis, and Rantsylvania.com provides no guarantees, implicit or implied, as to the quality or veracity of the Service.

Financial content of the Service is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended, nor should it be construed as being, for trading or investment purposes.   Caveat emptor.

In order to use the Service, you must provide true, accurate and current information about yourself during registration, and you must make a reasonable effort to keep that information up to date.

Due to the mature content on Rantsylvania.com, it is recommended that those under 18 years of age only use Rantsylvania.com under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.  If you are under 13 years of age, you must have your parents' permission before registering with, or providing any personal information to, Rantsylvania.com.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Rantsylvania.com account.  If you suspect a breach in the security of your account, please send an e-mail to webmaster@rantsylvania.com containing information about the breach.

Your use of Rantsylvania.com is subject to our privacy policy.

All content of Rantsylvania.com is the sole responsibility of the person who transmitted ("posted") it.  As such, by transmitting ("posting") any content to Rantsylvania.com, you assume sole responsibility for it.

You may not use the Service to:

• Transmit ("post") any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, racist, sexist, homophobic, religiously offensive, ethnically offensive or otherwise hateful.
• Impersonate another person.
• Cause harm to minors.
• Forge any element of the Service.
• Post any content which you do not have a legal right to post.
• Post any content which infringes on the proprietary rights of a third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark and patent rights.
• Post "spam", "junk e-mail", "pyramid schemes", "chain letters" or other unsolicited advertising.
• Post any content designed to degrade the performance of an appliance used to receive it, including but not limited to viruses, worms and "malicious scripts."
• Do anything to disrupt the service, including but not limited to "scrolling" of messages and chat rooms.
• Interfere with other computers, appliances or other devices capable of receiving the Service.
• Violate any local, state, national or international law in your jurisdiction, whether willingly or unwillingly, consciously or unconsciously.
• Stalk other users of the Service.
• Collect private information about other users of the Service.

Rantsylvania.com has the right, but does not guarantee obligation, to remove any content of the Service which, in its own discretion, it believes to be in potential violation of the TOS.  Rantsylvania.com may retain any content which it removes from the Service for use at its sole discretion, including but not limited to legal proceedings and response to claims of violation of the TOS.

By posting material on the Service you grant Rantsylvania.com license to reproduce and/or publish that material for the purpose of advertising the Service.

You agree to indemnify and hold Rantsylvania.com and its writers, partners and affiliates harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you post on the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.  You also agree to repay Rantsylvania.com any and all legal and attorney's fees arising from any legal action initiated against you.

You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.

Rantsylvania.com reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You may not hold Rantsylvania.com liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Rantsylvania.com reserves the right to terminate your account and remove any and all content you may have posted to the Service at its sole discretion and without prior notice.

Some of the content of the Service includes hyperlinks to Websites outside of Rantsylvania.com.  You agree that Rantsylvania.com is not responsible for the availability, reliability, quality or veracity of such content, and that unless explicity stated, hyperlinking to a Website outside of Rantsylvania.com does not constitute endorsement of that Website.  You also agree not to hold Rantsylvania.com responsible or liable for any dealings with a Website outside of Rantsylvania.com, including loss and damage.

Violation of these TOS should be reported in full to webmaster@rantsylvania.com.   You agree to report any known violations of this TOS, by yourself or another user of the service, at the earliest reasonable opportunity.

Rantsylvania.com reserves all rights not expressly contained within these TOS.