The
following Terms of Service (herein named TOS) applies to all websites/domains
hosted by AuthorityHost. The term "applies" is defined as total content of each
website/domain, as well as "links" from any website/domain, or to any website/domain.
1. Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited. This includes sites
that may infur sexual content, or links to pornography elsewhere. Nude "art" is
permitted.
2. You may not upload any material that violates or infringes
on the copyright, intellectual property rights or trademark rights of any individual
or organization.
3. Piracy, hacking, cracking, phreaking, warez, pyrotechnics,
exploitive software or text that educates or encourages this activity and/or use
are not allowed.
4. You may not upload ROMs and Emulators. This is non-negotiable.
5. You may not publish any material that is grossly offensive, including , exploitation
of children, blatant expressions of bigotry, hatred, harassment, defamation, or
invasion of privacy. This includes material that defames, abuses, harasses or
threatens any person or group.
6. Mass Mailings. AuthorityHost has a zero
stance policy on SPAM, Junk E-mail or UCE. Spam, Junk-mail and UCE are defined
as: the sending of the same, or substantially similar, unsolicited electronic
mail messages, whether commercial or not, to more than one recipient. A message
is considered unsolicited if it is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter
or if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested or invited the message.
UCE also includes e-mail with forged headers, compromised mail server relays,
and false contact information. This prohibition extends to the sending of unsolicited
mass mailings from another service, which in any way implicates the use of AuthorityHost
whether or not the message actually originated from our network.
Mailing
Lists:AuthorityHost's mass mailing rules also apply to mailing lists, list servs,
or mailing services you may contract with. The policy is stated as follows: An
acceptable mailing list will be focused at a targeted audience that has voluntarily
signed up for your e-mail information or that has made their e-mail address available
for distribution of information from you. The list must also allow for automatic
removal by all end Customers with non-distribution in the future.
Accounts
found to be participating in any of the activities listed above will be terminated
immediately with no refund.
7. You may not use your service in the commission of any crime that violates the
laws of local, state, and federal government of the United States of America.
8. You are solely and fully responsible for the contents of your account. Any
and all repercussions will be born solely by you as the account holder.
9. In no event will AuthorityHost be liable for any damages, including, without
limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive
damages arising out of the use of or inability to use AuthorityHost's services
or any content thereon. This disclaimer applies, without limitation, to any damages
or injury, whether for breach of contract, tort, or otherwise, caused by any failure
of performance; error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation
or transmission; computer virus; file corruption; communication line failure;
network or system outage; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration
of, or use of any record.
10. We reserve the right to terminate any account
without warning or notice if any of the above restrictions are violated and to
examine the contents of any account at any time.