- All the toys and games here are just for you to play with. You can't sell them, give them to
anyone, or pretend you made them. You can't do anything EXCEPT play with them, unless you ask us
first and we say it's OK. Kind of like playing with your big sister's toys, right?
- If you see something you don't like, remember that most the stuff on the message boards, chat
rooms and "text us!" comes straight from other kids, not from someone at iCarly.com. iCarly.com
wouldn't tell kids what to say, because kids have minds of their own! But if someone sends ugly
messages, we'll do our best to take care of it. We all want iCarly.com to be a good, clean place
to hang out.
- If you write something that catches our eye in "text us!," on a message board or in a chat room, we might want to use it on the site or television show. By sending in your thoughts and hanging out in the chat rooms, and getting your parent’s permission to do so, you and your parents are telling us it's ok to repeat what you say. It's even ok to put it in an advertisement. It means we can use it in any way we want, anywhere, until the end of time. And wouldn't it be cool if we used something YOU said until the end of time?
Remember to ALWAYS check with your parents before you send anything to us. After all, they might want it to put on the fridge!
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