Terms of Use at The Poets Tree Website

This Agreement establishes the terms of use that govern this Website and your active membership. We may modify this Agreement from time to time. This Agreement includes The Poets Tree Community Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policy for any content published by you on the Website.

You acknowledge that you are an adult member of this Website, and accept full responsibility for any minor or user who gains access through your email address and your Login Password. The Poets Tree is committed to protecting sensitive younger readers. You are responsible for cooperating with parents or guardians of any minors who may read your publications on the site. To assist us, you must rate your poems for any content that includes sex, violence, or profane language. You are entirely responsible for all content that you publish on this Website. When you register, a User Name and Password is selected by you. Keep this information secure at all times. Notify us immediately if you suspect that anyone is using this information without your authorization. Non compliance will result in the termination of your membership.

Your use of the Website affirms your acceptance of this Agreement, and remains in effect so long as you use the Service and remain an active member. You may cancel your membership at any time. There are no refunds of subscription fees. Cancellations through PayPal before the end of a subscription term immediately cancels membership and all Website privileges. We may also terminate your membership at any time, for any reason that we judge appropriate.

Communicating with others at The Poets Tree

The Poets Tree offers you many ways to communicate with others on the Website. In addition to providing you with the opportunity to publish your new original poems, you may also communicate through the review process. You may also include personal profile information about yourself, and upload a photograph. All members have access to a message system that allows individual interactions. Members are urged to communicate responsibly, and to use the same manners they would use in face-to-face communication. Remember not to divulge private information that might in any way endanger yourself or others. Members are expected to behave in a responsible manner at all times, and to respect the dignity, feelings and privacy of others. We have established a few guidelines to raise your awareness of these important things, in order to promote a pleasurable experience at The Poets Tree Website.

Website Guidelines

The Poets Tree is established to help writers like yourself publish their poetry on a forum that will be read and enjoyed the world over. Our hope is that the Website will also encourage the development of rewarding friendships and relationships that can bring all of us closer together. Remember that everyone here is an amateur writer and not a professional poet. Every member has a different level of skill. We all try to improve our artistry by sharing our work with others. Helpful feedback is important to that goal.

Honest feedback is important, harsh criticism is not. Please provide honest reviews, but if you must provide criticism be sure that it provides the helps that may encourage the writer as he strives to improve his craft. Be respectful and courteous at all times.

Cyber-feuding between members will not be tolerated. Members who behave in any manner harmful to other members, or in a manner harmful to the Website, are subject to immediate cancellation without warning.

Please let us know if you discover content that you feel is objectionable or offensive, or in violation of the spirit of these Guidelines.

Acceptable Use of the Website

All of the material submitted for Publication on the Poets Tree Website must be original work of the submitting author, and must not violate any copyright laws. You must not submit or post any material that is the copyrighted material of others with out their prior written consent. You must not use Trademarks owned by others. You must not add any unlawful content of any nature to the Website. You must not add any content that is obscene, indecent, pornographic, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harmful, or otherwise objectionable material.

No member may impersonate or misrepresent himself as another person or entity.

No member may use the Website to harass or threaten anyone in any manner.

No member may use the Website to promote or encourage any unlawful act, or that violates in any way the legal rights of other individuals.

Subscription to the Website

Subscription to The Poets Tree is on a continuous renewal basis. Your subscription will be automatically renewed and your credit card will be charged based on the membership option you chose at your first registration (Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly).

You may cancel your membership at any time. Cancellations are effective immediately-- not at the end of your membership term. There are no refunds of subscription fees. Cancellations through PayPal before the end of a subscription term immediately cancels membership and all Website privileges.

Copyright Protections

The User affirms that by submitting poetic material to the Website, including reviews of poetry, and/or biographical information and photos, or any other content; that all are original creations solely owned by the User, and not in violation of any copyrights.

You agree that we may display your material, modify it in appearance (but not in content).

You agree that we may distribute, transmit or delete any Website content at any time, at our sole discretion. Users and contributors who submit content to the Website including poetry, and reviews of poetry, photographs and biographical information, retain all copyrights, but grant to us the right to reproduce and distribute their material in a variety of ways at our discretion. Among these are various forms of print media and publications, electronic media or internet publications and websites, audio or visual works, or by any other means we determine or choose.