Terms of Service (TOS) / Acceptable Use Policy

I purchase web space from a very nice company (P4HOST) and they have some rules regarding the use of the space on their servers, basically don't do anything illegal.  If you have doubts then you probably shouldn't be doing it.

These are the terms of service that I have agreed to uphold:

 

By using our web hosting services, you agree to comply with this Policy. You are expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users. We expect you to have a basic knowledge of how the Internet functions, the types of uses, which are generally acceptable, and the types of uses, which are to be avoided. Common sense is the best guide as to what is considered acceptable use. The following are unacceptable uses:

Illegality in any form, including but not limited to activities such as unauthorized distribution or copying of copyrighted software, violation of U.S. export restrictions, harassment, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, and other illegal activities.

Any and all services provided by P4HOST may be used for lawful purposes only. This means, that illegal material is strongly prohibited. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any US Federal, State and/or City law, is prohibited. Any data that violates international laws is forbidden as well. All content that we judge threatening or obscene, and/or material protected by trade secret and other statue can and will be reviewed by P4HOST. We can delete any material that fits into any of the above and below cases, with no prior warning.

We will be the sole arbiters as to what constitutes a violation of this provision, provided that all such determinations shall be made reasonably in good faith based on applicable law, regulation and the accepted norms of the Internet community. You will be notified in time, and you’ll have to remove (censor) the material we’ll point out, immediately. If P4HOST will need to contact you more than 2 times about a violation caused by you, your account will be discontinued with no refund.

Unacceptable Content
 
P4HOST forbids any material to be stored on our servers that ARE listed below. This includes links or any material referring to the following:
Pirated software (illegal duplication, distribution of licensed software)
Hacker’s material
Warez Sites (Cracks to licensed software for example)
Illegal audio/video (illegal mp3, illegal recorded samples)

Network and Server 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, probe, or scan of a 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 and broadcast attacks, forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a P4HOST server, customer of P4HOST or servers outside P4HOST is strictly prohibited, and is followed by an account deactivation with no refund.

Server Resources
It is a violation for anyone to post information or to include programs on our servers that consume server system resources and slow down the server in turn. Any party that slows our servers down, can and will be notified. P4HOST reserves the right to terminate any running software processes that are overloading a server, or slowing it down heavily.
We do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.

Spamming
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site.
It is contrary to P4HOSTpolicy for customers to use our servers to effect or participate in any of the following activities:
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, e-mail mailing list or other similar group or list articles which are off-topic according to the charter or other owner-published FAQ or description of the group or list;
To send unsolicited mass e-mailings, if such unsolicited e-mailings provoke complaints from the recipients;
To engage in any of the foregoing activities using the service of another provider, but channeling such activities through a P4HOST provided server, or using a P4HOST provided server as a maildrop for responses;
To falsify user information provided to P4HOST or to other users of the service in connection with use of a P4HOST service.
We react quickly and seriously to violations, and we further reserve the right to terminate the network services, with no refund, of any customer willfully disregarding this policy.
Consequences of Violation
When P4HOST becomes aware of an alleged violation of its Acceptable Use Policy, P4HOSTwill initiate an investigation. During the investigation P4HOST may restrict Customer 's access in order to prevent further possible unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, P4HOST may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate Customer's account and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, P4HOST will notify the appropriate law enforcement department of such violation.
Refund Policy
P4HOST does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy violations. In the event the customer has agreed to an annual contract in exchange for a discount of setup fees or ongoing fees, no refund will be offered if cancelled prior to the end of the contract date.
We would like to doing business with you all. Drop us a line if you have any questions.

Thank You all and have a wonderful day!

 

 

See, I told you they were nice.