Guidelines

Welcome to Oceans of Osyrus, a web community loosely based around the band Phish. A wide variety of topics are discussed, from music, art, and film, to culinary delights and travel. We also encourage up and coming musicians, photographers, and artists to use the sites resources to promote and inform our community about their creative works.

By becoming a member of the Osyrus community, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to all of the guidelines that follow:

Strictly Prohibited 

Moderators may edit or delete any post or thread due to content that they deem offensive or disruptive to the community as whole. If you have a constructive comment, suggestion, or question on board policy, it may be posted in the "Feedback" forum. If you believe you have had a post or topic removed in error, please contact a member of the moderation team via your private messenger. 

Infractions of any of the above rules can result in warnings and/or suspensions.  Multiple infractions can result in permanent banning. 

Please also use the Report Post feature (a button in each post called "Report!") if you find something on the site that violates one of the above rules. It helps bring attention to problems that might otherwise be missed or overlooked.

We are a very friendly and forgiving community. However, repeated breaking of the guidelines listed above will be dealt with appropriately by the moderation team. The decisions of the moderators are final, and open harassment, flaming, or public bashing of the administration of this site can result in warnings, suspensions, or permanent removal.

Finally, after all the serious mumbo jumbo.... have fun, discuss your favorite things in life, and enjoy the community, as they and you are the true architects of Osyrus.

 

Note on Signatures/Avatars/Display Names:

All signatures and avatars should be kept to a reasonable size. The board will automatically resize avatars that are too large. Signatures should be kept to a size no larger than 100px in height or 500px in width (about the size of your avatar). A member will be given twenty-four (24) hours in which to fix a signature that is found to excessively break this guideline, after which time the moderator will resize/remove the signature for the member. Display names, avatars and signatures should not include illegal, sexually explicit, or otherwise inappropriate content, if so, they will be changed or removed immediately. 

 

"This site voluntarily complies with the Phish fan web site policy at http://phish.com/#/faq/web-guidelines."

 

CONSENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By using Oceans of Osyrus (“Website”), you certify that you understand and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. 

 

PROHIBITED USES

You may not use this Website in violation of any applicable law or these terms. If you violate these terms you risk having your user account revoked. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not use this Website (including chat rooms, message boards and other services which allow the posting or transmitting of information) for the purpose of (1) infringing upon the intellectual property rights of any party, (2) defaming or slandering any person, (3) engaging in fraud, (4) sending unsolicited commercial electronic mail, (5) violating or attempting to violate the security or integrity of this Website or any of its users, (6) violating any law, (7) misusing the proprietary information or property of others for his or her own purposes or otherwise or (8) posting or transmitting any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which is injurious to the safety, business or reputation of others, encourages conduct that would constitute a civil or criminal offense, violates the rights of others, or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national, foreign, or international law.

You are responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless Oceans of Osyrus and its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, agents, and representatives against any claim arising from any material that you post or transmit to or through this Website. Although Oceans of Osyrus and its affiliates may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, and message boards on the Website, neither Oceans of Osyrus nor its affiliates is under any obligation to do so. You acknowledge that Oceans of Osyrus and its affiliates do not control the information available on the message boards, private message and chat rooms and that any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content presented or disseminated on any message board, messenger or in any chat room are those of their respective authors who are solely liable for their content. Oceans of Osyrus and its affiliates reserve the right, in their sole discretion and without any liability therefore, to edit, refuse to post, or remove any material submitted to or posted on the chat rooms, messenger or message boards.

 

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE

Use of Materials

This Website, called Oceans of Osyrus and located on the Internet at www.oceansofosyrus.com, is owned and operated by Damon Callisto. Unless otherwise specified, all content on this Website regardless of if posted by yourself or others, including text, site design, logos, proprietary marks, graphic files, audio clips, video clips, icons, and images, as well as the selection, assembly and arrangement thereof ("Content"), is the sole property of Oceans of Osyrus or any applicable content provider who has granted Oceans of Osyrus the right and license to use such Content, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The term "Content" also includes any communication or material you post or transmit to this Website or through this Website to another user or otherwise. Said Content is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary in addition to be being owned by Oceans of Osyrus as provided for above. You assume full responsibility for anything you post or transmit, and you understand that Oceans of Osyrus may delete, edit, copy, publish, and distribute any information or content you post or transmit for any purpose.

The Content provided in this Website may be downloaded and/or reprinted for PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. Permission to reprint or electronically reproduce any Content, in whole or in part, for any other reason is expressly prohibited, unless prior written consent is obtained from Oceans of Osyrus. Any unauthorized use of the Content appearing on this Website, including but not limited to, the publication, reproduction, display, creation of derivative works, or performance of the Content, may violate copyright, trademark or other applicable laws and could result in civil or criminal penalties.

 

WARRANTIES/DISCLAIMERS

OCEANS OF OSYRUS AND ITS AGENTS, OFFICERS, AFFILIATES, AND EMPLOYEES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OCEANS OF OSYRUS IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND OCEANS OF OSYRUS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS MAKING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE FITNESS OF THE INFORMATION FOR ANY PARTICULAR USAGE OR PURPOSE, THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, ITS FITNESS, APPLICATION OR PURPOSE, ITS INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, OR ITS QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON INFRINGEMENT.

 

PROCEDURE FOR MAKING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS

We and our affiliates and agents respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying us and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.

For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information when providing notice of the claimed copyright infringement:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
• A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law.
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The above information must be submitted as a written notification to the following designated agent and the following address or email (please also label the inquiry as a DMCA inquiry):

OceansOfOsyrus@gmail.com

WE CAUTION YOU THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY US, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER'S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF OUR RELYING UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.

This information should not be construed as legal advice, for further details on the information required for valid DMCA notifications, see 17 U.S.C.A. 512(c)(3).

NOTE: This information is provided exclusively for notifying the service providers referenced above that your copyrighted material(s) might have been infringed. All other inquiries, including technical requests, reports of email abuse and third party reports of piracy, will not receive a response through this process.