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1. As a user, you undertake that you will not publish any content that violate these rules, good morals or otherwise violate any law. You are prohibited, in particular, to

publish offensive, unlawful, pornografic or illegal content;
send spam to other users;
use protected content without authorization, in particular through copyright and trademark law;
perform any anti-competitive activities;
post your topic several times in the forum (no double postings);
publish third party articles without explicit authorization from the original author;
use the forum for any advertising without explicit written permission by the provider. This also applies to so-called surreptitious advertising, such as, in particular, the linking of your own homepage with or without additional text in the signature or within contributions. Homepage URLs and address or contact data may only be published in the user profile of the forum.
2. As a user, you undertake to review the content of your posts and topics before publishing them, whether or not they contain information that you do not wish to publish. Your contributions and topics can be indexed in search engines and thus accessible to the whole world. A claim for the cancellation or correction of such search engine entries against the provider is excluded.

3. In the event of a breach, in particular against the aforementioned rules § 3 paragraphs 1 and 2, the provider may also impose the following sanctions against the user, irrespective of a cancellation of his account:

deletion or alteration of the content provided by the user,
a written warning or
blockation of the access to the forum.
4. The provider is also entitled to block you as a user from accessing the online platform if there is a reasonable suspicion that you have violated these terms of use. You can avert these measures if you remove the suspicion by submitting suitable evidence at your own expense.

5. Should third parties or other users make a claim on the provider because of possible legal violations which a) result from the content that you have published as a user and / or b) from the use of the services of the provider by you as a user, you commit to release the provider from any claims, including claims for damages, and to compensate the provider for the costs incurred at the provider in relation to the possible infringement. In particular, the provider shall be released from the costs of the necessary legal defense. The provider is entitled to demand an appropriate advanced money from you as a user. As a user you are obligated to support the provider in good faith with information and documents in the legal defense against third parties. All further rights and claims for damages by the provider remain unaffected. If you as a user are not responsible for the possible infringement, the aforementioned obligations do not apply.