the Video Liberty project (beta)

Account Levels, Ranks, and Groups Information

Please refer to the following information about account types, site/forum "ranks," and user groups.

Account Levels

  Free Associate Producer3 Producer3 Executive Producer3
Annual Cost1 $0.00 $12.00 $25.00 $90.00
...per day? Nuthin' Less than a nickel! Less than a dime! Less than a quarter!
Can attach files to messages in forums   X X X
Can hide online status   X X X
Can use the [flash] code in private messages   X X X
Can forward private messages   X X X
Will not see ads on the site   X X X
Will not have ads shown on /who page or on video detail pages2   X X X
Can disable word censors     X X
Can save draft copies of forum messages     X X
Can view hidden online users     X X
Can change default group (see below)       X
Can change username       X
Can ignore the posting “flood” limit       X
Can send private messages to groups       X
Notes
  1. All subscriptions are in US Dollars and based on the calendar year. New subscriptions during the year will be pro-rated on a full-month basis, beginning with the current month. Subscriptions are refundable on a quarterly basis only, for fully-unused quarters. Please see the examples below for clarification.
    • Example 1: Kim wants to subscribe at the Associate Producer level starting on April 11. Kim would pay $4.50 (April through December).
    • Example 2: Pat subscribed last year at the Executive Producer level and renewed this year at the same level. Pat decides to cancel on July 5, which is just after the start of the third quarter of the year. Pat would receive a refund of $22.50 for the fully-unused fourth quarter.
    • Example 3: Chris has an Executive Producer subscription and, on September 6, decides to downgrade to Producer. Chris would receive a refund of $14.17, which is the fully-unused fourth quarter refund, minus the September-through-December Producer subscription.
    Prices are subject to change, but changes will not affect existing subscriptions until the year-end renewal.
  2. Ads being suppressed on the /who and video detail pages includes when those pages are viewed by non-paying members and anonymous site visitors
  3. If permissions are abused they may be taken away; paid members are expected to use their added permissions appropriately.

Ranks

The "ranks" in the forums and elsewhere on the site are just for fun. If you have a paid account, your rank will be the same as your account level. Otherwise, your rank will be automatically determined by how many messages you have in the forums.

User Groups

At this time, user groups are only used to determine permissions on the site. In the future, access to specific parts of the site may be limited based on user group membership.

In addition to user groups for the paid memberships described above, the following groups and group permissions will apply depending on your account registration and activation status:

  Guest
(anonymous)		 Newly-registered
(not activated)		 Registered user Approved user
Read messages X X X X
Post messages     X X
Post messages without moderation       X
Add videos to the Liberated Videos database       X
Create Crew Book entry (feature still in development)       X
Post classified ads (feature still in development)       X
View member list through forum interface X X X X
Notes
  1. Although the Video Liberty project is not intended for users under the age of 13, exceptions will be made with parent/guardian permission. Users under 13 years of age will be in separate Registered COPPA and Approved COPPA groups, but the permissions are the same as the matching non-COPPA groups

pending