--
Restricted Content --
Client is expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy,
and responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of other
Internet users. Client is expected to use his/her account
for the purposes of maintaining a website only. Common sense
is the best guide as to what is considered acceptable use.
Absolute Internet forbids websites with adult graphic content (softcore and/or
hardcore), including, but not limited to, banners advertising any adult website(s),
child pornography, and distribution of adult website passwords. Clients whose
accounts are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of Absolute
Internet, have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to
a maximum clean-up/disconnect fee.
Clients whose website promotes activities that violate
federal, state, local laws and/or violation of U.S. export
restrictions are also not welcome at Absolute
Internet. This includes "warez" sites (freely distributing copyright programs),
or sites promoting hacking and/or cracking programs. Furthermore, Absolute
Internet prohibits websites which primarly promote PokÈmon, professional wrestling
(WWF,WCW), photo archives, software distribution, and gaming (RGP). Websites
of this nature are considered non-professional and are not welcome.
Clients whose accounts are found in violation of this policy
may, at the discretion of Absolute Internet, have their
account(s) terminated without notice and are
subject to a maximum clean-up/disconnection fee. Additionally, Absolute Internet
may contact the Software Piracy Association ("SPA") and release any information
in connection with any illegal activities relating to software piracy on the
Client's account.
Sites whose primary purpose is for file distribution of non-web ready (such
as .zip, .tar, .rar, .exe, .mp3) or mirroring of a site are strictly prohibited.
IRC Bots, or any other automaton programs written in C, Perl or IRC-script
used specifically in conjunction with IRC are not allowed. These programs tie
up system resources and are in no way related to maintaining a website. Clients
are not allowed to have any programs, including but not limited to, Eggdrop,
or any other IRC-related programs, within their account. Client agrees not
to upload the tar file for any of these programs or to execute them within
their account. The first violation of this policy will result in the IRC-related
program to be removed from the Client's account and Absolute Internet will
notify the Client immediately of the violation. The second violation of this
policy may, at the discretion of Absolute Internet, result in the Client's
account(s) being terminated without notice and a maximum clean-up/disconnect
fee.
Simply put, we ask that you use your account for the purposes of hosting a
professional, non-adult oriented, legal website.

-- E-mail / Spam Policy
--
Spamming is the sending of unsolicited e-mail, regardless
of size or volume, to unknown persons or to people without
their prior consent. Using fictitious e-mail addresses @aimlv.com
or any domain name hosted with Absolute Internet is strictly
forbidden. Spamming also includes sending unsolicited advertisements
to numerous e-mail addresses or newsgroups and/or generating
a significantly higher volume of outgoing email than a normal
user. A violation of this policy extends to clients who send
unsolicited e-mail from a domain name not affiliated or hosted
with Absolute Internet but the mail message makes mention
of a website hosted with Absolute Internet.
Absolute Internet allows clients to send mailings to subscribers of their own
mailing list. Such mailings must have explicit instructions to the recipient
on how to remove his/her name from the list, and all requests to do so must
be honored immediately. Client agrees not to send mailings to lists provided
by an outside agency or individual. Client further agrees not to provide mailing
list services to others. Due to the nature of a shared-server environment,
Absolute Internetrequests that mailing lists be sent during non-peak hours,
specifically between the hours of 1:00 am and 5:00 am, Central Time. Absolute
Internet reserves the right to terminate a client's mailing program, whether
provided by Absolute Internet or not, immediately and without notification
to client if said list causes a problem with the e-mail services of other clients.
Absolute Internet also reserves the right to forbid a client from utilizing
any mail-sending program that jeopardizes the mail services of other clients.
Providing spamware or spam-related programs is strictly prohibited. Additionally,
clients may not have e-mail lists available for download on the site.
Due to the consumption of system resources and overloading of the e-mail server,
Absolute Internet forbids the use of the Gossamer Links program by any client.
Trolling, the posting of outrageous messages to generate numerous responses,
is also not allowed. Mailbombing, the sending of multiple messages without
significant new content to the same user and/or subscribing someone else to
a mailing list without that person's permission, cross-posting articles to
an excessive number of newsgroups, or attempting without authorization to enter
into a secured computer system is strictly forbidden. Absolute Internet reserves
the right to determine what constitutes abuse of this policy. Clients whose
accounts are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of Absolute
Internet, have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to
a maximum $500 clean-up/disconnection fee. Sites closed for violations of this
policy will not be reinstated under any circumstance.
--
Copyrighted Material --
It is the responsibility of the client to ensure that all
information within their account is their own work. Due to
distribution rights of shareware programs, clients may not
distribute freeware software programs unless the programs
are their own work. Copyrighted materials include art, music
and other works. MP3 is a popular file format for encoding
music. While we do not ban MP3s, we do ask that any MP3s
you have on your website are not in violation of any copyrights.
Copyrighted music, in any format, cannot be placed within
client's account. Clients agree to indemnify Absolute Internet
of any possible litigation involving trademark or copyrighted
materials.
Client agrees not to modify any copyright notices in features (Perl programs,
etc.) provided by Absolute Internet. Modification of scripts provided by Absolute
Internet without written permission is strictly prohibited.

-- Excessive Usage --
Client agrees to take all responsibility for all programs
including CGI scripts executed under their account. Programs
that consume an excessive amount of CPU run time or Random
Access Memory (RAM) are not permitted. Client agrees and
understands that such excessive use can have an adverse effect
on the performance of the webserver. Client agrees to accept
responsibility for programs executed under his/her account,
regardless of who authored the program. The use of cgi or
html chat scripts or pages is strictly prohibited. Absolute
Internet reserves the right to suspend accounts without notice
to clients who violate these terms. Absolute Internet has
sole discretion over what constitutes excessive usage.
Programs provided by Absolute Internet as an installable feature are not exempt
from this policy. While every efforts is made on Absolute Internet's end to
ensure the program it provides are efficient, problems with excessive usage
on particular programs may occur.
Note: Absolute
Internet may, at any time, revise the Acceptable Uses Policy with 10 days advanced
notice given to clients. Renewal
of a virtual server
service term with Absolute Internet constitutes acceptance to all modifications
to the Acceptable Uses Policy. Any revisions to the Acceptable Uses Policy
will be in effect upon renewal of a virtual server service term with Absolute
Internet. Client understands that the Acceptable Uses Policy is only a portion
of our service agreement.
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