Illegal
Use
Join-Biz.net
servers may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or
distribution of any information,data,
or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material; trademarks; trade secrets or other intellectual property rights
used without proper authorization;
material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or
violates export control laws. Examples
of unacceptable content or links include: pirated software, hacker programs
or archives, Warez sites, MP3,
and IRC bots.
Adult
Content
Due
to the special system and network requirements of adult-oriented sites,
pornography and sex-related merchandising
are prohibited. This includes sites that may infer sexual content or provide
links to adult content elsewhere.
This is also true for sites that promote any illegal activity or content
that may be damaging to our servers or
any other server on the Internet, or provide links to such sites.
Security
Violations
of system or network security are prohibited and may result in criminal
and civil liability. Examples include but
are not limited to the following: unauthorized access, use, probing, or
scanning of systems security or authentication
measures, data, or traffic; interference with service to any user, host,
or network including, without limitation,
mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system, broadcast
attacks; forging of any TCP- IP
packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup
posting.
Server
Resources
Any
web site that uses a high amount of server resources (such as, but not
limited to, CPU time, memory usage,and
network resources) will be given the option to either pay additional fees
(which will depend on the resources required),
reduce the resources used to an acceptable level, or upgrade its service
to a Dedicated Server plan.Join-Biz.net
shall be the sole arbiter of what is considered to be a high server usage
level.
Any web hosting account deemed
to be adversely affecting server performance or network integrity will
be shut down without prior notice.
IRC
Join-Biz.net does not allow
IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.
UCE
(Unsolicited Commerce Email) - SPAM
Spamming, the sending of unsolicited
mass email from or through a Join-Biz.net server or using an email address that
is maintained on a Join-Biz.net machine is STRICTLY prohibited. Join-Biz.net
will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Customers are also in violation of this provision if they engage in spamming
using the service of another ISP or IPP, but channel activities
through a Join-Biz.net server as a mail drop for responses.
Violators will be assessed a minimum fine of $500 and will face immediate
suspension.
Server
Abuse
Any attempts to undermine or
cause harm to a Join-Biz.net server or customer are strictly prohibited.
Actions
Taken by Join-Biz.net
The failure by a customer to
meet or follow any of the above Terms of Use is grounds for account deactivation. Join-Biz.net
will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of the Terms
of Use. Join-Biz.net reserves the right to remove any account without
prior notice.
When
Join-Biz.net becomes aware of an alleged violation of its Terms of Use,
Join-Biz.net will initiate an investigation. During the investigation,
Join-Biz.net may restrict a customer's access in order to prevent further
potentially unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity
of the violation, Join-Biz.net may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend,
or terminate a customer's web hosting account and/or pursue other civil
remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, Join-Biz.net
will notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation.
Join-Biz.net
does not issue credits for outages incurred through service disablement
resulting from Terms of Use violations.
Join-Biz.net
customers agree to indemnify and hold harmless Join-Biz.net from any claims
resulting from the use of our services that damages them or
any other party. The Join-Biz.net service is provided on an as is, as
available basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Join-Biz.net expressly disclaims
any representation or warranty that the Join-Biz.net service will be error-free,
secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written information given by
Join-Biz.net, its employees, licensors or the like, will create a warranty;
nor may you rely on any such information or advice. Join-Biz.net and its
partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage
arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use of the
service.
Modification
Join-Biz.net
reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of its Terms
of Use at any time without notice.
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