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Over the course of a year you will submit at least two items to Science File in the form of an article, a book review, a DVD review or other item type. Click here for more information;
You will not submit any material in any section of the site which may be deemed offensive, racist, threatening, insulting, intimidating, defamatory or otherwise prejudicial;
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Science File may edit any submitted material for content, punctuation, grammatical or spelling errors;
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If you are the author of any items which have been published at Science File, as the author you have the right, at any time, to request the removal of any or all of your published items from the site, and without further explanation or justification being necessary;
Any submitted material may be rejected for publication without a reason being given;
Science File may remove published material from the site at any time without a reason being given;
You will not submit any material which is copyrighted unless you have secured, and can produce evidence of if asked, written permission from the copyright holder;
Your membership may be cancelled at any time should you violate these terms and conditions, at the discretion of Science File.
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Science File and Spammers
Because of the large number of individuals on the internet who constantly try to destroy the hard work of others by attempting to spam websites and forums, Science File operates a very strict and effective anti-spammer policy. When you register, your details are automatically checked against online anti-spammer databases. If you are thus indentified as a spammer, you will be permanently banned from the site. If you are not identified as a spammer, but proceed to attempt to spam any part of the Science File website, your details will be submitted to the same online anti-spammer databases and you will be banned permanently from this site. So we have a very clear message for spammers: go away.
