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BIRN may amend these terms at any time by posting such amendments online. Make sure you are aware of any amendments made by BIRN. Your continued use of http://fellowship.birn.eu.com after amendments are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or changed.

By contributing to any part of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence web site you automatically accept the following rules:

Civil and tasteful:
Contributions must be constructive and polite.  The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence encourages constructive debate.  Please ensure your communications do not include aggressive or abusive language.

Unlawful or objectionable content:
Defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable or illegal material is not acceptable. The promotion of such material or of any illegal acts is not acceptable.

No spamming or off-topic material:
Please do not submit multiple copies of the same or similar contributions. Please don't submit same contribution to more than one discussion, or contribute off-topic material in subject-specific areas.

No advertising or commercial activity:
The website is a non-commercial venture, intended for the promotion of the aims of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. Please do not advertise goods or services in your submissions. BIRN and its associated web businesses and print media offer a wide range of display advertising opportunities. Contact [email protected] for details.

No impersonation:
Whilst you may select a user name of your choice, you may not either by your user name, or by the comments submitted, infer, suggest or imply that you are another user of the site, or any other public or private individual.

No inappropriate user names:
Offensive, abusive or otherwise inappropriate user names are not permitted.

Intellectual Property Rights:
You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trademark, trade secrets, personal or proprietary rights.  By submitting any comment, article or other content to http://fellowship.birn.eu.com you are granting a non-exclusive licence to BIRN to use, re-publish or re-distribute such content, free of charge in perpetuity.

Moderation:
BIRN will moderate comments and reserves the right to delete any contribution at any time, for any reason. BIRN may at it's discretion suspend or delete user accounts if in its sole opinion, a user submits content which breaches any of the terms and conditions of use.

Republishing and Syndication:
The aim of this programme is to tackle the deficit in information and analysis on transitional challenges and opportunities in the Balkans.  We therefore welcome the re-publishing and syndication of our content.  All visitors have the right to re-publish and syndicate any articles or comments on the site provided that:

- The full name of the author appears before the body copy of the republished article
- The following copy appears prominently at the foot of the article: "This article was produced as part of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence." If used or transmitted electronically, the words “Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence” should additionally be a hyperlink pointing to http://fellowship.birn.eu.com