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<divstyle="font-weight:bold;"class="effectivedate">Effective date: 12th May 2009</div>
<p>You are not allowed to actively advertise in any of our games or forums. This includes advertising any website or product, and no web addresses are allowed.</p>
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<h4>Related Questions</h4>
<p>Below are some related questions which may help you to further understand and follow this rule:</p>
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<li><ahref="#why">Why do we have this rule? </a></li>
<li><ahref="#irc">Does this include messenger program IDs and IRC channels? </a></li>
<li><ahref="#rule1">Does this rule include giving out the link to my clan/fansite? </a></li>
<li><ahref="#fan">Do you have any conditions that you would like fansites to abide by? </a></li>
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<spanclass="title">1. Why do we have this rule? </span>
<p>Links to sites can sometimes be dangerous to players (by leading you to sites with inappropriate content) or your computer (by downloading a virus when you go to the site). This precaution has been taken in order that no links to any sites may be advertised in-game or in the Forums, thereby protecting you and your computer.</p>
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<spanclass="title">2. Does this include messenger program IDs and IRC channels? </span>
<p>Yes. These are not allowed.</p>
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<spanclass="title">3. Does this rule include giving out the link to my clan/fansite? </span>
<p>You should not give out the URL/link for your clan site, as we do not have enough resources to check that every site is safe, and you could put your account at risk of being muted. We have a list of fansites that can be discussed in-game and on our forums, and you can find it by heading to our official forums and visiting 'General', and reading the sticky entitled 'Fansite support information'.</p>
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<spanclass="title">4. Do you have any conditions that you would like fansites to abide by? </span>
<p>Yes we do. Please see the below:</p>
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<li>The site should abide by our Terms and Conditions.</li>
<li>The site should not promote any activity that is against our Rules of Conduct.</li>
<li>The site should not publish an article, text or images taken from any of our websites without permission. If we do give you permission, you must acknowledge the relevant site as the source, and link back to the site.</li>
<li>The site should not link to or promote any adult sites, or sites that conflict with Jagex interests.</li>
<li>The site should not promote any sites or information that provide or support hacking, software piracy or other illegal activities.</li>
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<p><i>To keep RuneScape enjoyable for everyone, please observe and follow our rules. We will not tolerate disruptive players, and if you break our rules your account is likely to be banned or muted. Members who are banned or muted for breaking our rules are not entitled to any sort of refund.</i></p>
