DISCUSSION POLICY

User Discussion and Submission Guidelines

We invite you to submit your videos, photos, articles, and comments in certain areas of our website. It is our hope that you'll take the opportunity to contribute to these interactive forums and share your original content with our community. In order to keep these interactive forums enjoyable and interesting for all of our users, we ask that you follow the rules outlined below.

By submitting content, you are consenting to these rules:
You agree not to submit inappropriate content. Inappropriate content includes any content that:

• infringes upon or violates the copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of any person
• is libelous or defamatory
• is obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit
• violates a person's right to privacy
• violates any local, state, national, or international law
• contains or advocates illegal or violent acts
• degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability, or other classification
•  is predatory, hateful, or intended to intimidate or harass
• contains advertising or solicitation of any kind
• misrepresents your identity or affiliation
• impersonates others
   
• You agree that you are fully responsible for the content that you submit. You will promptly remove any content that you have posted should you discover that it violates these rules or that it is otherwise inappropriate. You will indemnify Travel Direct Corporation, Cruise Reviews Online and its parent and affiliated web sites, and its and their directors, officers, managers, employees, shareholders, agents, and licensors, from and against losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any claim brought by any third party relating to content you have posted.
• You understand and agree that we are not responsible for any user submitted content. You further understand that we have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor submissions and we may remove content that we deem inappropriate for any reason whatsoever without consent. We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user's privilege to post content on our site.
• You certify that you are at least 21 years of age. If you are under the age of 21, please do not submit any content to us. 
• You certify that you have the permission of others who have contributed to or are featured in any content that you submit.
• If there are any individuals under the age of 18 in any photos, video, or other content that you submit, you must obtain the permission of each such individual's parent or legal guardian prior to submitting the content.
• You acknowledge and agree any use and/or reliance on any information obtained through the interactive forums at your own risk. We are not in any manner endorsing the content of the interactive forums and cannot and will not vouch for its reliability.
• For any content that you submit, you give us permission to use such content. You hereby grant to Travel Direct Corporation, cruisereviewsonline.com and cruisereports.com free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute, perform, display, and otherwise exploit such content, in whole or in part in any form, media or technology now known or later developed.
• You grant cruisereviewsonline.com and cruisereports.com the unrestricted right to display and/or distribute the contents of the submitted text on its website, or to other websites. You understand that cruisereviewsonline.com and/or cruisereports.com may modify the text. Modifications may include, but may not be limited to: correcting misspelled words, removing or adding formatting, removing links or references to other websites, email addresses or travel agencies. You understand that cruisereviewsonline.com and cruisereports.com may distribute my review to other entities or websites. I understand and accept that my review may be sold, or licensed for a fee, to other websites by cruisereviewsonline.com and cruisereports.com and that you will receive no compensation of any kind as a result. You understand that this supercedes any copyrights that you may hold on this information.
• Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.