1. INTRODUCTION
While you can find information over the Internet on nearly any
type of topic, there are subject areas that could be deemed inappropriate
or objectionable to a number of different audiences. While
US Net does not express an opinion on whether specific
information should be or should not be be available over the Internet,
we do feel strongly that there are subject areas we do not want
to represent through our web service. As such, the
following acceptable use policies have been established for web
sites hosted on US Net web servers:
2. SPECIFIC USE POLICIES
US Net Services
May Only be Used for Lawful Purposes
Transmission, distribution, or storage of any
information, data or material in violation of United States or
state regulation or law, or by the common law, is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or any other statute.
US Net reserves
the right to remove such illegal material from its server immediately.
US Net expressly forbids anyone from using
US Net
servers for the propagation, distribution, housing, processing,
storing, or otherwise handling in any way lewd, obscene, or pornographic
material, or any other material which we deem to be objectionable. The designation of any materials as such described above is left
entirely to the discretion of the
US Net management.
Unlawful and/or Unethical Use
US Net does NOT allow sites that provide points of distribution,
participate in the act of or provide links to the following
types of sites:
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Distribution and/or Transmission
of Illegal Materials.US Net generally
does not exercise any editorial control over the content of
any Web site. However, materials that violate any laws are
a violation of US Net's AUP and may result in criminal penalties..
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Pirated
Software (Warez). Any software that is copyrighted
and not freely available for distribution without cost. ROMs,
ROM Emulators and Mpeg Layer 3 files (MP3).
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Copyright
Violation. Violation of copyrights held by individuals
and corporations or other entities can result in civil and
criminal liability for the infringer, and can involve the
ISP in litigation and possible loss of reputation.
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Hacking/Phreaking. Includes sites with material, links, or resources for Hacking,
Phreaking, Viruses, Anarchy, or any type of site that promotes
or participates in the destruction or compromises the integrity
of US Net.
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Defamation. Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result
in civil liability for the defamer and litigation against
the ISP whose facilities were used to distribute the defamatory
material.
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Distribution
and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials. Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal
penalties.
E-mail Acceptable Use
US Net strictly prohibits harassment, whether
through language, frequency, or size of messages. Forging of
header information is not permitted. US Net does not
allow unsolicited mail. This includes "Spamming" and
"Bulk Mail" sent to persons who have otherwise not
requested to receive such mail. The reason for this is that
not only is it generally frowned upon by the internet community,
but it also demands extra bandwidth to handle the effects of
such mail.
US Net Services are Intended for the
End User Only
Customers cannot sublease, sub host, or give away control
of any portion of US Net's resources. For customers who
do wish to sublease web space, US Net offers a very competitive
resale program.
Violation of any of US Net's Rules and
Regulations could result in a warning, suspension, or possible
account termination. Accounts terminated due to policy violations
will not be refunded.
3. PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE
Information that promotes racism, bigotry, religious intolerance,
ethnic bias, or social bias is prohibited.
4. TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE
Any site that promotes terrorism, war, hatred, violence, or murder
is prohibited at US Net.
5. COMPUTER VIRUSES
Computer viruses cause millions of dollars of damage to computers
every year. Any information or software that promotes
or supports the distribution of computer viruses over the Internet
is prohibited on US Net's web service.
6. COMPUTER HACKING
Computer hacking is an activity that focuses on breaking into
other computers or damaging them in such a way as to render them
inoperable. In severe cases it can result in the complete
destruction of the data stored on the computers that have been
compromised during the attack. If the data that is
destroyed belongs to a computer that controls one of more networks,
then those networks will fail too. Because hacking
can have such a detrimental effect on a large number of users,
US Net prohibits web sites on our service that promote
software and information used for computer hacking.
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7. PROMOTION USING SPAM
You can sell things from your web site, and you are welcome to
advertise your web page, but you may not use unsolicited commercial
e-mail (spam) or mass posting to news groups to promote
your web site over the Internet. This rule remains
in force even of you use a another Internet service (such as
Cyberpromo) to distribute your spam. Many ISPs
will block e-mail from sites that are promoted using spam. US
Net will remove web sites that promote themselves using spam.
8. RESELLING WEB SPACE
Customers on US Net's web servers may not resell web space
to others under their directory. If you want to resell
web space, contact US Net to learn how you can become a
reseller.
9. ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
You are not allowed to promote activities that are illegal according
to United States federal statutes or Maryland statutes. This
includes anything to do with making bombs, manufacturing drugs,
hacking phone systems ("phreaking"), breaking
into buildings and cars, and other illegal activities.
