Copyright Details and Disclaimers

Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo is an unofficial fan site covering the Phantasy Star video game series. This statement is provided to make the intentions of Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo clear and help protect the rights of all parties involved or represented. For the purposes of this document, "the Web Site" refers to the Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo web site, located at http://www.psalgo.com.

Phantasy Star, related characters, and their likenesses are created by Sega. The Web Site is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sega.

Various forms of content (including, but not limited to, artwork, screen shots, magazine and book scans) from, or related to, the Phantasy Star games is presented on the Web Site. Portions of this content may be copyrighted by Sega or other parties. Such content is used with the intention of promoting the Phantasy Star games and related products while falling under Fair Use clauses of United States copyright law. No ownership of such content by Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo is stated or implied. Such content may be removed, when possible, following a reasonable request by the appropriate party. Proof of ownership may be required, at the discretion of the Web Site's operator.

Some images used in the Web Site are courtesy of Mazeguy Smilies and Open Clip Art Library.

Publishing Rights Statement

All content submitted to Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo is granted to Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo with perpetual, non-exclusive, electronic publishing rights. We need these rights in order to serve the web site to each visitor.

We recognize that people will occasionally leave our community for a variety of reasons, but we do not remove accounts or content simply because of these departures. Individuals may request the removal of items at any time, but the Phantasy Star: The Fringes of Algo staff will decide when and/or if any content will or will not be removed. We will generally honor requests to close an account and remove identifying account details, such as username and profile information, from the account holder when possible.

We also reserve the right to edit, replace, or remove any submitted content at any time, without notification. This is occasionally necessary to comply with requests like those described above, to perform maintenance on the web site, or preserve the quality of the web site by removing posts that violate our Participation Guidelines.