CODE OF ETHICS
1. Maintain a professional attitude in all comments, and communications with the highest standard of integrity.
2. Stick to facts - operate on the basis of fact, not rumor.
3. Verify with the artist that their work is stolen, and do not under any circumstances assume that it is.
4. Refrain from bashing, foul/obscene language, yelling or calling someone a thief. This will absolutely not be tolerated under any circumstances...EVER!
5. If you are a volunteer, stay dispassionate and neutral in all your communications.
6. Refer all policy issues to the RATF administration.
7. Refer all disputes involving theft accusations, to the Administration staff to handle.
8. Remember that your actions/communications reflect on ALL RATF staff.
9. Refer disagreements about copyright issues to the Administration staff to handle.
10. Be aware that we will not tolerate unorthodox or illegal manners of handling theft.

We are working as hard and as fast as possible to deal with all the information coming in.
We are swamped and apologize - respond times to comments/questions may be slow.
We are not perfect – note us if there is an oversight…it is not intentional.
Comments left on the RATF site by others - are THEIR opinions – not necessarily ours.
We need volunteers who will uphold the volunteer code of ethics.
We WILL NOT tolerate unprofessional conduct or illegal or unorthodox methods… period.
This is not a vigilante task force.
We simply want to help people with their art theft and copyright issues.
We are volunteers and do not deserve abuse, we are merely assisting you to resolve your rip issues!

NOTICE
The Ripped Art Task Force gallery and images contained in it are Copyright ©2007-2008 RippedArtTaskForce. All rights reserved. All the materials contained in this deviantART gallery may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted, borrowed, duplicated, printed, downloaded, or uploaded in any way without the express written permission of the owner of said image. These images do not belong to the public domain.
It sucks having to be "the one" around my house. I work on the weekends but it seems like I have more time for myself when I am at work. *sighs* I have got to get my buns in college and get a better job so I can get the heck out of this situation.
*looks up at the ranting I was doing* oops
Deb