Corporate Blogging Policies - FOX Interactive Media Forums Rules of Discussion

This material is very interesting and we, at WordFrame, are happy to put it as one of the example Corporate Blogging Policies.

The Original document is on the Fox websites. Here is a direct link to these FOX Rules on one of the sites that you can find these:
http://community.myfoxdc.com/blogs/blogrules.aspx

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FOX Interactive Media Forums Rules of Discussion

You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (to bulletin boards, chat rooms, blogs or other public areas within this Site ("Forums"). In order to keep these Forums enjoyable and suitable for all our users, we ask you to follow the rules listed below. By participating in any of our Forums you are consenting to, and agreeing to abide by, these rules.

1. You agree that you are fully responsible for the content that you post. You agree to limit the content you post to the subject matter for which the Forums are intended. You will not post content that violates the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person. You will not post content that is libelous, an invasion or privacy or publicity rights, defamatory, obscene, profane or indecent, abusive or threatening. You will not post content that constitutes a criminal offense, that gives rise to any civil liability or that otherwise violates any local, state, national or international law.

You will indemnify Fox Interactive Media, Inc. (FIM), its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) related to or arising out of any content you have posted.

2. You understand and agree that FIM is not responsible for any content posted by you or any other third party. You further understand that FIM does not endorse and has no control over the content posted in the Forums by third parties, and cannot vouch for its accuracy or reliability. You also understand that FIM has no responsibility to monitor the Forums for inappropriate content posted by users. Even if FIM chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Forums, we nonetheless assume no responsibility for the content of the postings. However, FIM reserves the right to prevent you from posting content to the Forums and to edit, restrict or remove your content for any reason at any time.

3. You agree not to post content that contains advertising, is for commercial purposes, or solicits a person to buy or sell products and services or to make donations.

4. You agree that any content you post becomes the property of FIM. You understand and agree that FIM and its parent and affiliated companies may use, publish, copy, sublicense, adapt, edit, distribute, publicly perform, display and delete the content you post as they see fit. This right will terminate at the time you remove such content from the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a back-up or residual copy of the content posted by you to the Site may remain on the FIM servers after you have removed such content from the Site, and FIM retains the rights to those copies.