CONTENT POSTED ON THE SITE

You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (which include uploading files, inputting data or any other materials, "blogging," or engaging in any form of communication in connection with this Site) (collectively "Content") to bulletin boards, chat rooms or other public areas within, or in connection with, this Site (collectively "Forums"). You are solely responsible for such Content. We accept no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such Content.

PROHIBITED CONTENT AND/OR ACTIVITY

You must use the Site in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Site. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending Content from the Site and terminating the membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes Content that:

1. is obscene, patently offensive, or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
3. contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter;
4. involves the transmission of "junk mail" or "chain letters" or unsolicited mass mailing;
5. promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
6. exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
7. solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
8. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses, including in your Member profile;
9. violates the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person;
10. furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
11. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users; or
12. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, solicitation of donations, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes.

The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the Site. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:

1. advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the Site. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although FIM cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, FIM reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which AmericanIdol.com deems appropriate in its sole discretion;
2. any automated use of the system;
3. attempting to impersonate another User or person;
4. using the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
5. selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
6. covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on Forums, or any FIM page via HTML/CSS or any other means; or
7. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the site or the networks or services connected to the Site.