AOL Pictures Guidelines

You agree that you will not use AOL Pictures to distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data or other information -- that:

Language

• contains vulgarities directed toward another individual or group.
• harasses or advocates harassment of another individual or group.
• contains explicit, crude or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts including sexual language of a violent or threatening nature.
• is intended to victimize, harass, degrade or intimidate an individual or group of individuals on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. Hate speech is unacceptable.

Graphics

• contains images of nudity and/or sexual acts or other objectionable material.
• solicits the exchange, sale or purchase of sexually explicit images.
• contains images or displays symbols indicating hate towards another individual or group. 

Minors

• attempts to exploit a minor (under 18 years old).
• solicits personal information from a minor (under 18 years old). Personal information includes full name, home address, home telephone number or other identifying "offline" information.

Advertising

• advertises or sells prohibited items, including: lotteries, betting or wagering activities, ammunition, firearms, fireworks, tobacco, alcohol, adult products/services and explosive materials.

Violence

• depicts violence in a gratuitous manner, without journalistic or artistic merit, primarily intended to agitate or cause emotional distress.
• condones, threatens and/or instigates physical harm towards others, or oneself.

Illegal Activity

• is illegal or incites illegal activity such as physical and/or death threats, or providing instruction on how to conduct or participate in illegal activity.

Copyright and Trademark Infringements

• infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary right of any party.
• violates any applicable law or regulation.
• contains any content for which you do not have the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses.

Network Abuse

• uses our network in manner that causes undue strain (spam), is destructive (viruses), or compromises the integrity of our consumer audiences (Trojans, password/billing solicitation).

Links

• links to content not allowed under these guidelines.

Other

• otherwise uses the service in a manner deemed inappropriate by AOL Pictures.

Violations of these guidelines may result in actions, without warning, that range from removal of content, to suspension of access, to deletion of your Screen Name and/or User Account and all related material, to appropriate legal action.

AOL LLC reserves the right to make changes to these guidelines at any time, and you agree to be bound by any such changed guidelines. Please check these guidelines periodically for any changes.

When using AOL Pictures you are bound by these guidelines, the United States Terms of Use and applicable laws governing that AOL property in which you registered.

For additional information, please refer to United States Terms of Use.

Determination of whether there has been a violation of these guidelines or the United States Terms of Use, and whether any action is warranted, is made by AOL LLC at its sole discretion.