Terms of Service

Use of this site implies consent to the following conditions:

• Users who read Philly Future should be at least 13 years of age.
• Users who contribute to Philly Future must be at least 18 years of age.
• When you contribute content to Philly Future (in any format), you grant permission to the site to display such material indefinitely and to form derivative works pursuant to the site's mission. In addition users grant others additional rights to copy, distribute, display this work under the referenced Creative Commons terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
• Users understand that material submitted to the site is like that of any public facing service (blogs, forums, etc.) on the web – it will be indexed and cached by numerous search engines leaving a permanent history on the web. Additionally, when subpoenaed, the site may abide by requests from law enforcement to give access to any data stored on its systems.
• Material submitted by users of this site is assumed to be original or, if not original, properly attributed to its source(s).
• Reproduced content from known third-party sources should be used judiciously, and in the spirit of fair use guidelines (substantial portions of protected content should only be reproduced with the explicit permission of its source)
• Material submitted to this site is expected to be free of libelous, racist or otherwise legally actionable content.
• Any use of this site that constitutes illegal, harassing or threatening behavior (as determined by site management) is forbidden.
• Any breach of these conditions may result in corrective action being taken, including:
  • the editing of submitted content
  • the un-publishing of submitted content
  • disciplinary actions against a registered user or IP address, up to and including banishment from this site and/or necessary legal remedies
• The site is not responsible for content submitted by users, unless the site operators are made aware of improper use and given ample opportunity to investigate and, if necessary, correct such use.
• If you do not consent to these terms, you should not use the site. In the event that a party has had content appear on this site without such party's knowledge or consent, that party may request that the content be altered or removed, and the site will make every reasonable effort to comply with any such plausible request.
• This service is provided as is. There is no waranty, implied or expressed, as to the serviceability or reliability of the site. Matters of editing, publishing or un-publishing, banishment or any other participatory choices are subject to the final decision of the site's management team.
• These terms are subject to change at any time. Likewise, the service can be altered or terminated at any time based on the discretion of site management.
• In the event that these terms change, the site will attempt to notify with a prominently posted notice of any change in terms.