We encourage and promote ISLANDMIX.COM as an environment that fosters interaction and participation among its members. We want all members to have the freedom to express themselves, however at the same time, we want all members to feel secure and respected. Members should thus feel free to express themselves. However, members should keep comments and contributions within the community values of this service and must comply with applicable laws and the terms of service of ISLANDMIX.COM.

ISLANDMIX.COM is a privately owned service, provided by us to you ("Member"), subject to the terms of service, and other terms that may be published from time to time on ISLANDMIX.COM. BACKCHAT currently is provided as a free service to any member who agrees to abide by the terms of service.

We reserve the right to change the nature of this relationship at any time. We may change, suspend or discontinue the Service or any other aspect of the Service, at any time without prior notice to members. We may also impose limits on certain features or services contained in BACKCHAT without prior notice.

MEMBERS WHO VIOLATE THE TERMS OF SERVICE MAY PERMANENTLY BE BANNED FROM USING ISLANDMIX.COM.

By using ISLANDMIX.COM, you agree to the terms and conditions outlined below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use ISLANDMIX.COM. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time, whenever we want. If you continue to use ISLANDMIX.COM after we have posted changes to the terms, it means you have accepted those terms.

[Content and Conduct]

Software files, text, sounds or otherwise transmitted, posted, linked or uploaded on or through BACKCHAT ("Content") by members should not be abusive, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, in violation of applicable laws, or otherwise offensive to other Members.

You may transmit, post, link or upload software files, text, sounds or otherwise on or through BACKCHAT that is not subject to any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights"), or Content in which any holder of Rights has given you express authorization for distribution on BACKCHAT. By submitting Content to any part of ISLANDMIX.COM you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such Content has expressly granted, ISLANDMIX.COM a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, transmit and display such Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any Rights that may exist in such Content.

You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to distribute your content, ISLANDMIX.COM is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and ISLANDMIX.COM is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any content or activities of its members. We cannot prevent members from placing prohibited content on the Service. Furthermore, we may elect at our sole discretion to monitor some, all, or no areas of ISLANDMIX.COM for adherence to these terms of service or other terms of service that may be published from time to time. Upon notification of inappropriate material, we reserve the right, but not the responsibility to remove the content. We further reserve the right to stop a member from accessing BACKCHAT upon receipt of complaints about the member's contributions and participation on BACKCHAT.

You and any person who have access to BACKCHAT must evaluate, and bear the risk associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content. We do not pre-screen Content as a matter of policy, but we reserve the right, but not the responsibility, to remove Content which is deemed in Islandmix.Com sole discretion harmful, offensive, inaccurate or otherwise in violation of the terms of service or any rules or policies we have in place at the time.

You or ISLANDMIX.COM may terminate your account at any time for any reason. Once your access to the Service is terminated, you cannot engage in BACKCHAT in any manner or for any reason without the express written consent of the Webmaster, and you cannot assist in enabling a terminated member access to BACKCHAT via your Account.

[Copyright Policy]

You are not allowed to post or distribute any material you do not own or which you do not have permission to use. Violation of this policy may result in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights violation and subject you to civil or criminal penalties. We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same.

[Liability Limitations]

To the full extent permissible under the applicable law, we shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use ISLANDMIX.COM. In no event shall we have any liability for any incidental, consequential, or indirect damages (including, but not limited to, damages relating to loss of business, profits, goodwill, data, programs or information, and the like) arising out of the use of or inability to use BACKCHAT or any information, advice, or services provided on or downloaded from BACKCHAT or accessed on the Internet from BACKCHAT, even advised of the possibility of such damages and regardless of the cause of action under which such damages are sought, including, without limitation, breach of contract, negligence or other tort.

BACKCHAT contains links to third-party World Wide Web sites and other resources. We assume no responsibility for the availability or content of these outside sites and resources. Therefore, any concerns a member may have regarding another site should be directed to the relevant site administrator or Webmaster.

The information, advice, facts, opinions or other content appearing on.

BACKCHAT posted by members are those of the respective authors and do not reflect the views of ISLANDMIX.COM. We assume no responsibility or liability for these materials.

[Disclaimer of Warranties]

Everything on ISLANDMIX.COM is provided to you "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE." We do not make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever (including, without limitation, warranties of title or non-infringement or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to the Service, any products, merchandise, information or services provided through or advertised on the Service, or the accuracy or results obtained from the use of any products, merchandise, or information or services provided through or advertised on the Service. We do not guarantee or warrant that any files available for downloading through BACKCHAT will be free of infection by viruses or other code that may contain contaminating or destructive properties.

[Internet Etiquette]

You are entirely responsible and liable for all of your activities on ISLANDMIX.COM. Listed below are some, but not all , violations that may result in termination of your access to ISLANDMIX.COM. By using ISLANDMIX.COM, you agree NOT to do any of the following:

1. Post, transmit, promote, or distribute content that is illegal.

2. Transmit or facilitate distribution of content that is libelous, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, obscene, defamatory, or objectionable in a reasonable person's view.

3. Pretend to be anyone whom you are not. You may not impersonate another member, the Webmaster, a BACKCHAT moderator, or anyone else.

4. Attempt to get a password, other account information, or other private information from a member, or harvest email addresses or other information.

Pornography{except the Opposite Sex Forum}, obscenities, and defamatory postings are not allowed anywhere on ISLANDMIX.COM. Postings of this kind will be removed immediately upon discovery, and a violation will be issued to the Member responsible for the posting (several violations will result in the termination of your account). If you see any pornographic, obscene or defamatory postings, please Notify Us immediately.

Usernames and/or signatures that contain obscene words, derogatory or racist remarks, or references to sexual acts or sexual anatomy are not allowed on ISLANDMIX.COM. Usernames and/or signatures of this kind will be deleted immediately upon discovery. If you see a Username and/or signature that contain obscene, racist or derogatory references, please Notify Us immediately.

In all Forums, please try to keep your postings relevant to the discussion.

Postings that are irrelevant to Forum discussions may be removed. If you see postings that contain foul language or that are intended primarily to harass other Members, please Notify Us immediately.

Intentional disruption of the flow of content or discussion by repeatedly posting the same message or image or posting excessively large images is not permitted. Members who cause disruption of this kind will be issued a violation that can result in the termination of their account. If you see another Member disrupting a chat room or forum discussion, please Notify Us immediately.

Harassment of another ISLANDMIX.COM member via Private Message, Email, Pages, or postings is not permitted. Harassment means: saying bad things about them; sending them unwanted messages; attacking their race, heritage, etc. While we encourage you to introduce yourself to other Members, please respect their wishes if they do not want you to send them mail. If you feel that another Member is harassing you, please Notify Us immediately.

Please remember that not everyone likes being put on a Buddy list. Please comply with a Member's wishes if they request to be removed from your Buddy list. As a Member, you have the right to refuse being saved to someone else's Buddy list. If another Member refuses to remove you from their Buddy list, please Notify Us and we will remove your name for you.

We can, whenever we want, edit or delete any content displayed, uploaded to, distributed, or otherwise published throughout BACKCHAT.

We reserve the right to remove content at any time, including any content that violates these standards. We are not responsible for any objectionable material you may encounter while using the Service.

[Age Restriction]

ISLANDMIX.COM is not directed to children under the age of 13. After November 2002, ISLANDMIX.COM will prohibit registration by and will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13 without parental consent.

This restriction will be posted at points of data collection within ISLANDMIX.COM, such as registration for services.

Note to Parents: If you have any concerns about ISLANDMIX.COM or its related services, wish to find out if your child is a member of one of our services, or wish to cancel your child's membership, please contact the webmaster.

[Moderators and Staff]

Forum moderators and staff are not to be held accountable for the actions or comments of Islandmix.com members.

Moderators are ineligible for contests being held within the forums.

ISLANDMIX.COM is your Caribbean community online.

The ISLANDMIX.COM Legal Statement of Terms & Conditions is our "social contract" of member interaction.