Legal Stuff

Well, you wanted me to write a page pertaining to contracts… well, here you go…

1. Personnel

By agreeing to be a member of Dark Knight Games, and it's parent company Dark Knight Management and Information Services(Hereby referred to as DKMIS), you agree that all information posted on this website is recorded to be proprietary information of the parent company(DKMIS) and have revoked any claim on the materials on this site, their use and all income pertained from it. In exchange for the materials provided, you will be given a portion of the Personnel Allocated Income, described later in the document. All members will be listed under the Dark Knight Team section of the site, including Moderators. Anyone not listed is NOT PART OF THE TEAM!!

Any work posted here is bound by the Terms of Submission agreement in Section 10.

2. Income

All donations made to Dark Knight Games, whether material or monetary in source, are considered donations under these following rules, and may be factored into the equation. An employee, to be paid, must have at least one contribution a month to "The Game" and any one of our other projects, be they our EBook selection, our EBay auctions, or anything else managed by the company. There are three fields that the income section must cover: Personnel Allocated Income, Growth Allocated Income, and General Expense Allocated Income. Generally, these levels will not change, with the exception of what will be defined at the end of this section as a "slow week." Here are the general percentages:

Personnel Allocated Income: 20%

Growth Allocated Income: 20%

General Expense Allocated Income: 60%

"Slow Week": A slow week is defined as a week where donations have totaled under 200$, and our primary operating expenses are not covered. In this instance, 100% of income will be diverted towards General Expenses.

Note: DKMIS reserves the right to make changes to this part of the contract as we see fit, supplying a week notice before changes are made.

3. Copyright

All materials appearing on this sight are copyright of Dark Knight Games, Dark Knight Management and Information Services, and it's respected companies. Break it, we will sue you AND put your soul in a nice little glass bottle for all to see.

4. The Game

The game is our primary "meat and potatoes" project. That being said, it is our most IMPORTANT project, and must not be ignored. we will be designing and hosting many other online games, but this is the one game that we want to keep expanding, and making sure all the material is new and interesting. As said above, for the company(DKMIS) to recognize a employee, they must contribute at least one idea or piece of code a month. Warnings will be sent, but you must keep on your own backs!

5. Other Games

There will be at least one other project going at a time, and, as above, we need continuing participation! This, as above, includes ideas, pieces of code, and outlining new projects. Any new ideas should be suggested to the web master for it to be included on the forum system and linked to a decided topic page.

6. Other Projects

From time to time, there will be other projects underway by the team, including auctions, Production of things being sold on internet sites and through other suppliers, working on other trivial projects from the company, moderating and such. These are expected duties, and please don't shun them! To make money, we need to invest time and effort, and this entire project can't fly without it.

7. Payroll

Payroll will be handled by a system internal to DKMIS, and you will be paid as though you had options of stock in accordance to the rules listed above. In an effort for transparency, each member will have a program or log-in that will allow them access to view all of the records of what has been paid out.

8. Responsibility

DKMIS takes no responsibility for the actions of anyone considered an employee by the above terms, or anyone claiming to be under their banner from any country. The views of these individuals do not represent the views of Dark Knight Games or DKMIS, any of it's subordinate companies, or anyone affiliated with the parent company. We acknowledge individual freedom, and freedom of speech, and hope others take responsibility for the consequences of their freedom. Any complaints can be sent to the web manager with the heading (Complaint).

9. The Company

Dark Knight Games is not a legally bound company, and as it stands is legally a written Gentleman's Agreement between all parties, bound to the statements here.

10. Terms of Submission Agreement

You agree that when you send a Submission via email or upload to this Website, you grant DKMIS, it's Subsidiaries and its owners a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use the work. We may use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, distribute, publish, display or otherwise use it as we see fit, in our sole discretion. By making a Submission, you waive the right to make any claim against DKMIS, its owners or any of its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents, directors or officers.

11. Record Keeping

Each generation of this contract will be bound and listed in a link at the bottom of the finished document, in the case of legal proceedings ever being taken up against us. Check at the bottom if you are looking for older versions of the contract, but for all intensive purposes THIS IS THE ONE THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE. Version: 1.0.0.3

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