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A. User shall use www.affecttheculture.com for lawful purposes only. User shall not post or transmit through www.affecttheculture.com any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without Affect the Culture's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that in Affect The Culture's discretion restricts or inhibits any other User from using or enjoying www.affectheculture.com will not be permitted. User shall not use www.affecttheculture.com to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services competitive with Affect The Culture.


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