ACCEPTABLE USES
AND POLICY
BYTE-HOST.COM customers are expected
to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility,
giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users. The
customer is expected to have a basic knowledge of how the Internet
functions, the types of use which are generally acceptable,
and the types of use which are to be avoided.
Content, all services provided by BYTE-HOST.COM
may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage
or presentation of any information, data or material in violation
of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material,
material we judge to be threatening or obscene or material protected
by trade secret and other statute. The subscriber agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless BYTE-HOST.COM from any claims resulting
from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or
any other party.
All pornographic content and sex-related merchandising
is prohibited on all BYTE-HOST.COM servers. This includes sites
that may infer sexual content or links to adult content elsewhere.
BYTE-HOST.COM will be the sole arbiter in determining violations
of this provision.
Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal
activity or present content that may be damaging to BYTE-HOST.COM
servers or any other server on the internet. Links to such materials
are also prohibited.
Net abuse, including
but not limited to activities such as using a non-existent email
return address on a commercial solicitation, spamming (sending
unsolicited advertising to numerous email addresses or newsgroups
and/or generating a significantly higher volume of outgoing
email than a normal user), trolling (posting outrageous messages
to generate numerous responses), mailbombing (sending multiple
messages without significant new content to the same user),
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. BYTE-HOST.COM reserves the right
to determine what constitutes net abuse. Accounts canceled due
to spam will be billed a "clean up" fee of $500
Background Daemons in general are prohibited
on BYTE-HOST.COM servers, including, but not limited to, IRC
bots, eggdrop, BitchX, XiRCON, warez sites and any other program
that interferes with normal server operation.
Policy Violation, If an account is used
unlawfully or is in violation of the user policy, BYTE-HOST.COM
reserves the right to terminate the account without notice and
without refunds. Files that violate the user policy are subject
to deletion without notice. Clients violating the User Policy
will be held responsible for damages to BYTE-HOST.COM, including
but not limited to, BYTE-HOST.COM systems, servers, connectivity,
reputation, business, service, network, operations, or equipment
and may be assessed a $500 clean up fee. Determining what constitutes
a policy violation is the sole discretion of BYTE-HOST.COM.
Web Site Content Management, BYTE-HOST.COM
is not responsible for web site management or files lost or
damaged by users. Web site construction and management is the
responsibility of the client. Client-maintained backup of all
site files is recommended, and should be maintained outside
of BYTE-HOST.COM's network. System backups are intended to be
used in the event of system failures and are not intended to
be accessed to restore files to individual sites. A fee of $100
is applicable should a client require any files from our back
up systems. We cannot guarantee that the files contained in
our backup systems will be the most current copies available
for a given site.
BYTE-HOST.COM reserves the right to modify its
Acceptable Use Policies from time to time at its discretion.
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