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−	The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([https://www.huntedcow.com/home/terms Terms and Conditions]) tab on the Portal page. The Games Rules can be found at the ([~~https~~://~~www~~.legacy-game.net/tos.php Game Rules]) tab on the Portal Page. Take the time to skim through them briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.	+	The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([https://www.huntedcow.com/home/terms Terms and Conditions]) tab on the Portal page. The Games Rules can be found at the ([http://portal.legacy-game.net/tos.php Game Rules]) tab on the Portal Page. Take the time to skim through them briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
	Players who break the TOS or Game Rules can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].		Players who break the TOS or Game Rules can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].

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-The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([https://www.huntedcow.com/home/terms Terms and Conditions]) tab on the Portal page. The Games Rules can be found at the ([https://www.legacy-game.net/tos.php Game Rules]) Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
+The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([https://www.huntedcow.com/home/terms Terms and Conditions]) tab on the Portal page. The Games Rules can be found at the ([https://www.legacy-game.net/tos.php Game Rules]) tab on the Portal Page. Take the time to skim through them briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
-Players who break the TOS can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].
+Players who break the TOS or Game Rules can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].
 '''Terms of service are as follows:'''

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−	The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([~~http~~://~~portal~~.legacy-game.net/tos.php/ Game Rules]) ~~tab on the Portal page.~~ Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.	+	The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([https://www.huntedcow.com/home/terms Terms and Conditions]) tab on the Portal page. The Games Rules can be found at the ([https://www.legacy-game.net/tos.php Game Rules]) Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
	Players who break the TOS can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].		Players who break the TOS can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].

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   be met with harsh response by gang leadership if discovered.
 === Legal Terms ===
 The following are the legal terms covering the content of our website and services we provide. Any violation of these terms may result in legal action against you.
-L1.0 '''Content Control'''<br>
+'''Property Rights'''<br>
-Although we do our best to moderate user content we do not accept liability or ownership of it
+We are the owner or the licensee of all Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR's") on our Sites, and of the material published on it. All such rights are reserved.
- We do our best to constantly moderate user content to the above terms of service,
+Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our sites must always be acknowledged.
- however sometimes things will slip through the net or be displayed on our site before they can be removed.
+You must not use any part of the materials on our sites for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
- We take no liability and claim no ownership of such content, it does not reflect the companies views or opinions and will be removed
- as soon as it is reported to us.
-L2.0 '''Personal Safety''' <br>
+'''Personal Safety''' <br>
-It is important you do not give out personally identifiable information.
+Whilst we reserve the right to monitor and take action if any of our Sites are used inappropriately (including the posting of objectionable material on the chat facility or otherwise), we cannot promise that any our Sites won't contain such content or that we will remove / modify any particular content. Nor can we guarantee that users will comply with our terms and conditions or otherwise behave appropriately.
- Lots of people visit this website, although we do our best to keep it safe.
- You should be cautious when giving out any personal information about yourself, such as your address, telephone number, etc.
- If you are under 18 years old we would ask that you check with your parents before entering any personal details
- in to any part of our website.
-L3.0 '''Account Property'''<br>
+If you are the victim of offensive or inappropriate behaviour or receive any other unwanted communications, you should report all inappropriate behaviour to as well as seeking appropriate external help, for example from parents or law enforcement authorities. If you continue to suffer problems, or are not satisfied, then you must stop using our Websites.
-Legacy is here for you to play, not make money from.
- All virtual property on this website remains under our ownership including (but not limited to) accounts,
- currencies, items, achievements, subscription and abilities. You are not permitted to sell any of this property
- (except through the functionality of our website) nor the time required to obtain it.
- Any such sale or trade for external currencies will result in both the seller and buyer being removed from the game.
-L4.0 '''Copyright'''<br>
+'''Player Accounts'''<br>
-Our artwork may be used for non-profit personal use, some extra rules apply. [[Image:Creative_commons.png|link=TOS|right]]
+Hunted Cow reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or discontinue the service or modify the terms and conditions of players' access to the service, with reasonable notice to players. In such cases, we reserve the right to terminate your account or transfer it to another game on one of our Sites. If You have a subscription You will be eligible to receive a refund on a pro-rated basis. All the accounts created are the property of Hunted Cow Studios Ltd.
- All work published on this site falls under a Creative Commons License ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ details]),
+The player agrees to indemnify Hunted Cow Studios Ltd. against liability for any use of their account including (but not limited to) reasonable administrative and legal costs.
- in short you may use content from our site as long as it not used for profit and you credit us. <br><br>
+You may terminate your account with us anytime by email. If you have a subscription you must email us and your account will be terminated at the end of the month that you have currently paid for.
- If you find any content posted by our users to be in violation of your own copyright
- please contact us via the links on our home page for its immediate removal.
+'''Material Uploads'''<br>
 === Conclusion ===
 This is a free game, we pay money so you can play for free. Follow our rules and play in a sociable manner and you will have no problems. Those who set out to disrupt our game will be banned and removed without compromise.
 [[category: community]]

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-The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual ingame Terms of Service can be found in the [[Police Station]]. Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
+The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual in game Terms of Service can be found at the ([http://portal.legacy-game.net/tos.php/ Game Rules]) tab on the Portal page. Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
 Players who break the TOS can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].
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 === Introduction ===
-Everyone who creates an account on Legacy agrees to these terms of service, we reserve the right to change them at any time without notice. Any changes to this document will be posted in game login news. Any violation of these terms may result in deletion or suspension of your account. You can view this directly at: ([http://portal.legacy-game.net/tos.php/ Game Rules]) on the Portal page
+Everyone who creates an account on Legacy agrees to these terms of service, we reserve the right to change them at any time without notice. Any changes to this document will be posted in game login news. Any violation of these terms may result in deletion or suspension of your account.
 .0 '''Flame Forum'''<br >

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 The '''Terms of Service''' of Legacy are the basic rules. Abide by them, and players should have no trouble. If any of these are broken, players may find themselves banned or disfavored. The actual ingame Terms of Service can be found in the [[Police Station]]. Take the time to skim through it briefly, or you may suddenly find yourself suffering under the consequences.
 Players who break the TOS can be found under the "Banned Players" link located in the [[Police Station]].
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-.1 '''Forum Signatures'''<br >
+.1 '''Image Posting''' <br >
-Your forum signature cannot contain any images bigger than 400 pixels width and 300 pixels height. Multiple images are allowed but it is up to forum moderators' judgement as to what is considered too big.
+Any images that are posted within Legacy must be within the width limit (usually 400 pixels) that is specified. This includes but is not limited to your forum signature, forum posts, gang books or market stands. Some areas also have height limits such as forum signatures. Multiple images are allowed but it is down to staff judgement as to what is considered to big. All images are also considered a method of communication and are covered by rule 1.0.
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 .2 '''Enemy Assistance'''<br >
 The person or gang you are fighting cannot assist you in your efforts to gain points, experience, etc. This includes but is not limited to removal of items so you can be defeated, purposefully reviving so friends may defeat you and handing back and forth squares in warfare while asking others not to defend them. Attackers, defenders and gang councils may be subject to punishment for this.
 .0 '''Finally'''<br >
 We take all the measures within our power to protect information entered into our site, things such as emails will never be shared with anyone. However if our database security is compromised we can take no responsibility for information that is stolen.
 === Conclusion ===