TWU AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)
(Revised June 14, 2008)
By utilizing TWU services and equipment, you hereby agree to abide by the
following policies, and that violation may be cause for fine or
prosecution as allowed under applicable law:
1. PIRACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
The illegal distribution of copyrighted, patented or
trademarked information via TWU services is not permitted. Violation of
this policy may result in an immediate cessation of services, with no moneys
refunded.
2. BANDWIDTH ABUSE
"Archive sites" or "distribution services" of any sort, except for
content created by or for the TWU user in question,
are prohibited. This is regardless of the legality or illegality of
the material in question.
This ban is in effect to combat the excessive bandwidth abuse that
"archive sites" and the like cause.
NOTE: ARCHIVING OR DISTRIBUTING
ONE'S OWN CREATIONS USING TWU IS PERMITTED (AND ENCOURAGED!)
TWU wishes to encourage creative expression-- not the warehousing of other
peoples' creativity.
3. "SPAM", "SPIM", ETC.:
Intentionally sending, relaying or permitting the sending or relaying of
ANY unsolicited, mass, automated e-mail, Instant Message, or any other sort of message for commercial gain or other types of solicitation (e.g. religious recruitment) is strictly prohibited, and users found
engaging in these activities will immediately have their accounts
suspended, with no monies refunded. Additionally, users may be
billed for abuse of TWU equipment and/or network uplink(s).
4. VIRUSES, TROJANS, SPYWARE/MALWARE, DENIAL OF SERVICE
Any account used to transmit viruses, trojans, or any sort of malware, or to initiate or participate in a Denial of Service Attack, will be subject to immediate suspension. If this use is found to be intentional (i.e. not the result of hijacking or cracking),
the account will be terminated, with no monies refunded. Additionally, users may be
billed for abuse of TWU equipment and/or network uplink(s).
5. RESALE OR REDISTRIBUTION OF TWU SERVICES:
TWU services are for the use of the purchasing entity
ONLY. Any reselling, lending or
leasing of TWU services, for profit or for free, is strictly prohibited,
and violators will have their accounts removed with no monies
refunded. This includes, but is not limited to:
- SELLING, LEASING, LOANING, SUBLEASING, OR GIVING AWAY WEB, E-MAIL, SHELL OR ANY OTHER TWU SERVICES
- Providing others with your account login ("username") and/or password
- Transferring and/or reselling your TWU account to another entity
without TWU approval (contact sales@REMOVEtwu.net if
you would like to request a transfer of account ownership)
6. NON-DISCRIMINATION:
TWU takes a very unequivocal stance on discrimination of any
sort. Any account used in a discriminatory fashion, or to transmit
discriminatory statements, images, animations, sounds, or other media
(via the Web, e-mail, FTP or any other service
involving use of TWU equipment) are subject to immediate termination, with no
monies refunded.
TWU strictly prohibits all discrimination against all persons
or groups based on:
- Race, creed, color, religion or lack thereof, cultural origin
or cultural affiliation(s), nationality or nation of origin
- Sex, sexual orientation or history, gender orientation or
expression
- Physical or mental handicap, medical or mental health condition
- Age (except where laws mandate special treatment by age) or marital status
Any and all accounts belonging to accountholders who participate in
or encourage such behavior, using TWU services directly or indirectly,
are subject to immediate termination, with no monies refunded.
7. HARASSMENT, DEFAMATION AND PERSONAL ATTACKS
TWU services are not to be used for the propagation of any sort of personal attack against any private citizen, regardless of whether the claims made in such an attack are true. This includes, but is not limited to: "Hate" sites, pages, or posts; "[X] is a jerk" sites, pages, or posts; or revealing sensitive personal information about others.
Links to such pages are also subject to this ban.
Any and all accounts belonging to accountholders who participate in, encourage, or tolerate such behavior, using TWU services or elsewhere on the Internet,
are subject to immediate termination, with no monies refunded. "Bullies" have no place on our servers.
8. TWU DOES NOT ENDORSE ITS USERS OR CLIENTS:
TWU is a privately held company. The presence of data belonging to any
given individual, corporation, organization or other entity on TWU does
not imply endorsement, approval or any financial connection between TWU
and that entity. TWU is not responsible for any user content hosted or
transmitted on its equipment, to the extent permitted by law.
9. LEGAL RESTRICTIONS:
TWU maintains a presence in New York and Texas in the
United States. All use of TWU services must be within New York and Texas
state law, as well as United States Federal law. TWU users are responsible
for their own actions on the system, but access may be terminated if
evidence of illegal activities is found. No monies will be refunded to
users terminated for illegal activities.
10. LIABILITY:
TWU is not an archive service. IN NO CASE shall TWU be held
responsible for any data loss or corruption due to normal hardware
failures, computer crime, "Acts of God", or any other cause. In the event of
any significant systems outage, users will be compensated with free
credits towards TWU services. However, it is the user's responsibility
to maintain a backup of all site files and email. By using TWU
services, you agree not to hold TWU or any of its employees or affiliates
liable for any data loss which may occur.
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