This AUP (acceptable use policy) template details the sorts of content that a user may - and may not - submit to a website.

The publication of user generated content (UGC) by a website operate may create liabilities for the website operator, even where the website operator does not exercise any editorial function and does not moderate the UGC. The AUP may be used to prohibit the types of content that may give rise to this kind of liability. In addition the AUP may be used to prohibit the publication of content that, whilst not unlawful, may be offensive to users.

As well as rules about what UGC can and cannot be submitted to the website, this policy includes an express grant from the website user to the website owner of a right to use the UGC.

A full listing of the AUP's provisions is as follows:

(1) This Policy
(2) General restrictions
(3) Licence
(4) Unlawful and illegal material
(5) Graphic material
(6) Harmful software
(7) Factual accuracy
(8) Negligent advice
(9) Marketing and spam
(10) Netiquette
(11) Hyperlinks
(12) Breaches of this Policy
(13) Banned users
(14) Monitoring
(15) Applicable law

The AUP is 5 pages long (including the cover sheet) and is provided in Word (.doc) format.

You can review the first few pages of the template here:

Sample AUP

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