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The following is the current version of the Legal Information for the Macross RPG Community, updated on 3-1-2005.

Legal Basics

The term MRC is a Trademark of the Macross RPG Community Design Team. Lanji Information Technologies, LLC is a Trademark of Lanji Information Technologies, LLC. Webmasters, Inc. is a previously used "d.b.a." name for Lanji Information Technologies, LLC.

This page, the sites boards.macrossrpg.com, www.macrossrpg.com and any related sites, the MRC, and the "Macross RPG Community" Concept are Copyright © 1997-2005 Christopher Lange, and the Website Design Team as defined in the Einstein 15 Information Technology Division.

Posts by the various users/members of this site are copyright the writer of the post. Opinions of the writers do not represent the views or opinions of the MRC.

Macross, Macross Plus and Macross 7 are all registered trademarks owned and licensed by Big West/Bandai. Macross Plus is distributed by Manga Video in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.

Palladium Books® is a registered trademark owned and licensed by Kevin Siembeda and Palladium Books Inc. Mega Damage(TM), S.D.C.(TM), I.S.P.(TM), P.P.E.(TM), and others are trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembeda and Palladium Books, Inc.

This homepage is run on a non-profit basis for the enjoyment of others. For Palladium's Internet Policy please see the Palladium homepage.

The Original Beginhill 15 Site, its HTML properties, and text are © 1997-1999 Christopher R. Lange (Lanji). This copyright covers all aspects of online printed material. Material may be copied, and printed for personal usage, but not any other additional online copies may be stored.

Clarifications of Copyright Notices

The Palladium's copyright and Internet Policy supersedes the content on the MRC. Big West/Bandai's copyrights and trademarks supersede the copyrights and contents on the MRC. The MRC's accounting record will be available for distribution if requested by above said companies. As defined above, this site is run on a non-profit basis for the enjoyment of others. For an e-mail account on this ISP, you may send in a donation. In no way do the donations to this non-profit site out-pace the costs to run this site.

Next the reasoning behind the copyright. The reason the MRC, and its concept are copyrighted is to allow law enforcement officials to act on our behalf in case someone decides to 'Mousetrap' our site by pasting an exact copy online, and then using it for their gain.

The copyright on the Homepage is a response to the current content of the homepage. The fact of the matter is I spent many years putting these sites together. I personally think it would be a shame if I just let someone waltz right over it and take everything from it. I could also be found neglect if I didn't post a copyright of some sort.

The second line of the copyright on the Homepage cover's nothing of the already previously covered content from Palladium, and Big West/Bandai. All it is intended to cover is the site design, any homemade graphics, and the content of those design's meaning, pages not already covered by the existing copyrights of Palladium and Big West/Bandai. The borrowed part is a response to those people that love to take graphics and pages anyway. Perhaps we'll be lucky enough to see those graphics somewhere where they will be glad to point back to us.

Artists Copyrights

If an artist of a Macross graphic comes forward with word that the MRC is using an artwork from that artist, the MRC will elect to either discontinue use of that graphic, editing of that graphic, or giving that artist recognition. Due to the time demands on all people though, if this takes a few days (or weeks) it will. Once again I reiterate the non-profit status of this site.

Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy

By entering, viewing, or registering a member account at the html/php/perl 'pages' of the Macross RPG Community, at our main site, boards site, test sites, or other sub domains accounts, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use, and the Acceptable Use Policy of the Macross RPG Community.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must exit this website immediately.

For the purpose of this document, the MRC is the Macross RPG Community. A game or Game is any one of a number of Message Board, IRC, Chat Room, IRC/IM games that are ran on the MRC, or through the MRC where discussions are made, and messages posted. Message Boards are a public medium for the MRC for members to exchange messages. A member is a person who has registered at our message boards, or IRC chat at any time or date. A Character is a Playing, Non-Playing or other Role-playing character created by a member for use in any part of the game. Material is any type of written, typed, scanned Webpage (php, perl, html, shtml, pdf, doc, etc.), Statistics, Character Information, or other loose Information used in the game. E-mail is an e-mailed document to any user with a macrossrpg.com email account. IRC/IM/Chat Rooms are public places where discussions can be made, and occasionally comments are stored, copied and some games are played. Staff are the Gamemasters or other personnel that are used in the running of the MRC. Gamemasters are the staff of the MRC that run games. MRC Alliance is any outside group that joins the MRC for purposes of enriching games; they may run under different rule sets than the main MRC game rules. Game rules are the individual 'house' rules made for each board, and each game, and each campaign.

By Registering a Username, you agree to abide by any decisions made by the Staff of the MRC. You may at anytime appeal a non-game decision to Lanji at any time, but the decision will be final. Once you have registered a username, you are considered a member, if you make a post on our message boards or not, you are bound by the Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy.

By registering a username and a character 'skin', you agree to leave this character in the hand of the MRC for as long as it is needed, even if you as a member elect to leave the community. In addition, if a playing character dies by the decision of a GM, you can only appeal to the Senior GM's as a whole, and their decision on your character is final.

All members must respect the individual Game Rules for each individual game.

The MRC may remove, move, and edit a message on any Message Board at anytime. The MRC is not responsible for lost data.

E-mail sent to the MRC may be posted publicly at anytime. Furthermore, e-mails that are deemed to be 'un-intelligent, degrading, or otherwise stupid' will be posted on one of our game boards at the judgment of the Staff.

SPAM and Commercial Advertisements Policy

The MRC has a Zero Tolerance policy on SPAM. This includes sending un-solicited E-mails, Private Messages, or posting on the MRC Website and Message Boards. If you are found in violation of the SPAM policy, you may be charged a $250.00 USD clean up charge. This is for our protection with our Upstream Bandwidth Providers.

MRC License

Any Webpages, Statistics, Character Information, or other Information which will be know as "Material" created by you as a member that is used in any game at the MRC can be used by the MRC at any time, even if you elect to leave the community. In effect, by agreeing the Terms of Use, you agree to license the MRC to use any materials you create for the game. The MRC will keep all copyrights in the name of the member, unless another agreement has been made.

Questions and Comments

Questions and comments about the Terms of Use must be sent to Lanji at [[email protected]].