Forum Rules

Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.

Forum Terms And Conditions Of Registration.

Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here.

Please read and understand the below before joining Sattalk Forums.

1. (The ownership legalese)
This forum is a UK discussion forum about Satellite TV.

By registering and making posts on the Sattalk Forum, you agree to abide by the Forum Rules of Use, both stated and unstated.

By posting messages to the Sattalk Forum you give forum owner and maintainers permission to permanently store all message content, present it for public viewing, backup the data to any location and media, present it in other form, modify *, delete, or make any use whatsoever in the Forum.

All images posted are copyrighted to their respective owners and at no point are you allowed to post any picture, video of any BskyB's training centers inside or out. These pictures will be removed and the offending person banned and if needs be the offending person will be reported to Sky's legal department.

You agree to post only content/pictures/video's that you have copyright for, or with written permission from the copyright owner thats posted alongside or proof provided to admin of these forums.

Content copied in it's entirety from other websites, Forum or other media must be accompanied by a link or reference to the material, along with credit given to the original author as long as the original site allows this.

Sattalk Forum, its staff and moderators are not responsible for the content of any uploaded posts, files, pictures or video's nor is it in affiliation with any entities that may be represented in the uploaded files, pictures or video's.

All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Sattalk Forum, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message within.

Posts can be edited or deleted within 7 days by the poster. After that only mods can edit or delete them.
* Most often this is just the daily work of editing BBCODE problems, fixing non-working links or correcting blatant spelling errors. Content is, of course, not touched if it does not violate rules.

2. (The liability legalese)
Message content must conform with content guidelines outlined in each forum's description on Forum front page.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of Sattalk with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

You agree, through your use of the Forum, that you will not post any material or links to any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, rude, racist, disrespectful, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene, profane, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.

You will not upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

You agree not to violate the rights of others, such as content which infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violate any right of privacy or publicity, or otherwise violates any applicable law or reputation.

You will not impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
You will not register to the Forum with multiple identities.

Linking or giving information about any site that distributes illegal software, ROMs, media, or emulators, seeking help to circumvent any copyright laws, admitting to possessing and/or distributing illegal copyrighted material, or encouraging software or media piracy is grounds for an immediate ban.

3. (The "Anti-Spam" jargon)
Direct selling of any product and/or service on the Forum, in any other area than Marketplace forum (When active), is strictly prohibited and the rules enforced. In Marketplace forum, anyone (even vendors) can sell merchandise or services related to satellite TV or broadband. Please do not spam the Marketplace - one ad per item is enough.

Message bumping is prohibited.

Chain letters, pyramid schemes, "spam", multi-level marketing, blatant cross-posting or other solicitations are strictly prohibited.

Private Messaging is for personal use only - using it as a mass-marketing tool is forbidden.

You will not collect, record or otherwise use any other users' e-mail addresses or other personal information for any purpose other than those pertaining to participation in the Forum.

Political discussions and promotion of political agendas or ideas in posts, signatures, images or avatars is prohibited.
User names may not be rude, racist, disrespectful, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene, profane, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive. Moderators have right to force a user name change if needed.

User signature should go into the dedicated signature box and NOT in the actual post. Signature must not contain large fonts or distractive elements.

4. (The "don't be a jerk" language)
RULE #1 Have fun!
Rule #s 2-5 See Rule Number 1!!!

Though we encourage members to engage in healthy debate, we do not condone personal attacks on members. Ideas can be disputed or challenged, but attacks on a personal level are unacceptable and when they are discovered or brought to the attention of the staff, will be dealt with accordingly. Ideas can be attacked, but individuals cannot.

You will not "stalk" or otherwise harass other members.

Goodbye posts (post seeking attention when you are abandoning the Forum) are forbidden.

If you know an answer to a question either answer it or say nothing. Giving newbies blunt answers like "search the forum" is not allowed - please use the typing effort to giving the answer instead. Or just give the link to that post you wished the newbie should have searched for. Respect newbies - you were a newbie once.

Falsifying your identity to promote a site or business in which you are involved and/or solicitations are expressly prohibited on these Forum.

Falsifying your identity with numerous postings under different names is not permitted and can be cause for deletion of your postings regardless of the content.

You will not upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.

You will not attempt to access any protected sections of the site or Forum, nor make use of any hacks, cracks, bug exploits, etc. to bypass or modify the features of the Forum software at Sattalk Forum.

5. Username Change
You may request a username change once in a 6 month period only by click here.

6. (And of course, Big brother is watching)
Forum leaders such as Administrators and Moderators are entrusted with the ability and responsibility of removing objectionable posts. Warnings may also be sent out to the offending party or parties involved.

If violations to these rules are severe, or they continue after warnings, a user's privileges to this forum may be suspended for any length of time, up to and including a permanent ban.

You will, if asked by a Forum leader, cease posting any content, and/or links to content, deemed offensive, objectionable, or in poor taste by a Forum leader. NOTE: If you really need help in deciding if your intended post is acceptable, PM the text to admin or moderators for review.

Personal Messages (PM) between user and moderator are not to be discussed in public. Note that moderators may share moderator related PM content between other moderators.

DISCLAIMER: Although the operators of Sattalk Forum do not and cannot review the messages prior to being posted, and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. Further, we reserve the right to make any modification we deem necessary or desirable to any message posted to the Forum.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE RULES THEN DO NOT DISCUSS IT IN THE FORUM. CONTACT AN ADMINISTRATOR OR MODERATOR AND PRESENT YOUR REASONING TO THEM.

If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions of use, or should you consider any future amendments made to these conditions of use to be unacceptable, you should not post to Sattalk Forum.