Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL LONGARMCHAT.COM. BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, USE OF LONGARMCHAT.COM SITE OR ANY BLUERIBBONQUILTCO.COM OWNED SITE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.


Understanding of How Our Site is Monitored and Operated
LONGARMCHAT.COM consists of 2 site owners, 4 moderators, and a growing base of users. Our moderators identities are kept anonymous from all users and from the moderators themselves. This is for their protection, fairness, and also for an unbiased discussion between the moderators.

The following policy below is enforced by the 4 moderators and 2 site owners working together to come to an agreement on any issues that arise. If an issue requires a vote between the moderators and site owners, only one site owner will vote in order to make an odd number of votes.

We do not seek out violations of the policy below, but rather address anything that might come up or be brought to our attention. More information on the guidelines that our moderators have agreed to abide by can be found here.

Please remember that LONGARMCHAT.COM is powered by (and owned by) Blue Ribbon Quilt Company which sells and services IntelliQuilter Quilting Systems by Kasa Engineering.


Member Names and Personal Information
While LONGARMCHAT.COM does not prohibit the use of nicknames for your username or "handle" in our forums, please refrain from using anything offensive. If you choose a username that, in our sole discretion, is obscene, indecent, abusive or which might otherwise subject us to public disparagement or scorn, we reserve the right, without prior notice to you, to automatically change your username, delete your posts from our sites, deny you access to our sites, or any combination of these options. And also never post a message under another person's name or pretending to be another person. When posting a message to a forum, your username is the only information that is displayed. However, you should always exercise judgment when revealing personal information about yourself when you post messages in public forums.


Topics of Discussion
While these discussion forums encourage a wide range of opinions, please keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which you are submitting your message. Any posts concerning this sites policies will be moved to the private moderators discussion area for further review. Each forum has a different topic, so what is appropriate in one forum or thread may not be appropriate in another. All queries are answered in the forums and not answered by email, so that everyone can benefit from the replies and its content.


Private Messaging and Privacy
All content, linking, signature, and advertisement sections of this document also apply to private messaging.

All private messages sent through the forum private message system are logged and stored in a database. If we didn't have them in a database, it wouldn't work - technically speaking. LONGARMCHAT.COM owners only (moderators excluded) reserve the right to monitor these private messages. We do this for the protection of the community.

We also feel this is necessary in a legal view as well. If someone made a violent threat against someone and then a crime was committed, we would be subpenoed by a court to turn over all database records and logs that pertain to that case.

This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered above; they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure. The e-mail address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one).


Chat Room
The public chat room is open to anyone who wishes to participate in a friendly, encouraging, and healthy live discussion. Every section of this policy also applies to the chat room. The moderator of this site reserves the right to log every chat transcript, including private chats. Special chat night transcripts maybe be available for review, but this at the sole discretion of the owners.


Inappropriate Language
The use of inappropriate or offensive language is not permitted in these forums. Inappropriate or offensive language includes, but is not limited to, any language or content that is sexually oriented, sexually suggestive or abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or that contains racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind. We ask that you please be considerate to other members in the forums when posting your messages.


Harassment and Flaming
LONGARMCHAT.COM registered members are not permitted to harass or "flame" other members. Please do not post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Please note that this also includes the posting of taunts on a forum solely for the purpose of deriding that forum's topic and/or members.


Copyrighted or Trademarked Materials
It is illegal to post any content that is copyrighted or trademarked, unless you hold the copyright or trademark. Any material protected by copyright may not be posted in the message boards without the expressed permission of the author or owner of the copyright on that material. This includes reproducing the full text of news stories, articles, etc. It is acceptable to provide a link to copyrighted material, to post brief excerpts, or to paraphrase other works, though we do strongly encourage you to cite the original source whenever possible.


Piracy or Unlawful Activities
This community forum is a place for ideas and constructive participation, and not a place to violate any laws or to discuss illegal activities. This type of activity includes, but is not limited to, advocating or asking for information regarding software piracy or unauthorized emulators of software or hardware, sharing or distributing viruses, licenses, registration information, software keys, "cracks," or other information designed to do harm to or allow unlawful access to any computer hardware, software, networks, or any other systems. Please refrain from posting this kind of message.


Posting Advertisements
This is a forum of ideas, so advertisements are not allowed in this venue. A member may answer another member's question about their occupation or business, however, blatant advertising or solicitations of or for business is prohibited. This includes, but not limited to, personal resumes and links to products or services with which the poster is affiliated, whether or not a fee is charged for the product or service. Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly, is also prohibited. Pyramid schemes --chain letters that involve money-- are not only prohibited by LONGARMCHAT.COM standards, but they're also illegal. It is permissible for members to mention services or products that are provided by them or the companies with which they are affiliated, as long as the information is germane to the topic, is not a blatant advertisement, and the members mention their affiliation with the company in the content of the message.

Please remember Longarmchat is owned and operated by Blue Ribbon Quilt Co. It is illegal to register on our forums for competitive business intelligence, and visit often.

A recent appellate federal court decision makes it both a criminal and civil violation of federal law to register on our forums "without authorization" and gain competitive business intelligence, visit often, and cause a loss of 5,000 dollars or more.

This decision was based on the CPAA - Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Many state computer crime laws will likely follow the reasoning, which could make you vulnerable to civil suits and criminal charges on both a state and federal level. That being said, any links connecting to competitors products will be removed.

The goal of our forums is to provide a place where users can interact in an open, friendly and constructive environment. While we appreciate all feedback from our users, please keep in mind that we reserve all rights to handle discussions concerning any competitors products.

While it is not our intention to keep all competitors or their products off this site, please keep in mind the rights the owners have to enforce these policies.


Embedded Images
Forum members are allowed to embed images in their messages by linking to an image that exists on another site, or by using our image upload tools. In addition to the copyright restrictions mentioned above, users should also refrain from embedding any images of a sexual or offensive nature. If you are uncertain an image is acceptable or not, please just post a link to the image with a warning that it goes to a page that some may find offensive. Any links to clearly offensive or pornographic materials will be removed immediately at the moderator's discretion. A very small LONGARMCHAT.COM watermark will be placed on all images that have been uploaded.


Posting YouTube Videos
Forum members are allowed to embed YouTube videos in their messages. In addition to the copyright restrictions mentioned above, users should also refrain from embedding any videos of a sexual or offensive nature. If you are uncertain is a video is acceptable or not, please just post a link to the video with a warning that it goes to a page that some may find offensive. Any links to clearly offensive or pornographic materials will be removed immediately at the moderator's discretion.


Posting Links
Our policy on linking to other forums is pretty simple. Members may link to any other site that provides information that helps answer another member's question or is just of general interest to members of that particular forum. One of the most basic tenets of the Web is the open exchange of information, and the LONGARMCHAT.COM forum managers wholeheartedly support this type of exchange.

The only type of linking (besides porn and spam, of course) that will not be allowed on our site is when members solicit people to leave our site and join a competing service as a complete replacement to this site. That's just common sense. However, people are always welcome to link to any online resource, whether it's on our site or any other site, in order to share useful information with fellow members.


Other General Rules of Conduct
You shall not post on these forums any Content which (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, (b) contains viruses or other contaminating or destructive features, (c) violates the rights of others, such as Content which infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity, or (d) otherwise violates any applicable law. You may not post on these forums any links to any external Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic. You shall not use these forums for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services or to solicit users to join competitive online services.


Banning
LONGARMCHAT.COM reserves the right at its sole discretion to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of these forums. If you violate any of the rules stated in this document or any other terms of use documents, the offending messages will be removed. Any member who violates our policies and refuses to comply with the policies of these forums will be banned.


Hack Attack Understanding
While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.


Forum Signatures
All forum signatures must abide by all the sections of this policy.


Outside Member Websites and Blogs
Members of LONGARMCHAT.COM are expected to provide a positive representation to the outside world about our site. Members who choose to outright attack LONGARMCHAT.COM on any external website, blog, or list may loose their member status on our site. The issue will be reviewed by our panel of moderators and, depending on severity of the attack, may choose to warn the member or instantly remove the user from our site.

The concept goes like this: if you are so unhappy with your experience here, you shouldn't be here. Notify us of any issues you may have before telling the whole world and give us a chance to provide a resolution first.


Managing User Content
Members of these forums are solely responsible for all Content that they post on our site. LONGARMCHAT.COM shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. When you make a post to LONGARMCHAT.COM, you are giving permission to LONGARMCHAT.COM to distribute your content on it's website for the public to view. LONGARMCHAT.COM is under no obligation to remove any posts because of this expressed permission you have given us by posting your content. More information can be found on internet Copyright laws at http://www.piercelaw.edu/tfield/copynet.htm. LONGARMCHAT.COM and its affiliates further reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to delete or remove any user content from the site and to deny the access of any member to all part of this site, at any time for violating any of the rules in this document without prior notice or liability. However, we obviously don't want to do that, so just follow the rules, okay?


Private Forums
Some of our forums are designated as private. Only a members in a particular usergroup will have access to them. If you are a member of any of these usergroups that have access to private forums, it is prohibited to copy and paste any part of any post to another forum (private or public).