These are the TOS (Terms of Service) agreed to at the time of member registration:

You agree to follow the Posting Rules of this Poetry Community, including requirements that must be met before posting your own poetry in the Poetry for Critique forums. Poets who do not abide to these rules run the risk of having their poems hidden from view on the forums until the poet complies to the Rules for Posting.

You agree, through your use of this Poetry Community, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate for this Poetry Community.

Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this Poetry Community. Please remember that we cannot always actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this Poetry Community or Poem.org. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this forum immediately. We have the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum, and any related websites to this forum. We at this Poetry Community also reserve the right to reveal your identity to authorities (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you. You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password to another member, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another member's account to post messages or browse this forum. After you register and log into this Poetry Community, you can fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information we deem inaccurate or vulgar will be removed.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this Poetry Community or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.