1. INTRODUCTION
While you can find information over the Internet
on nearly any type of topic, there are subject areas that could be deemed
inappropriate or objectionable to a number of different audiences. While
Outdoors Unlimited does not express an opinion on whether specific information
should be or should not be be available over the Internet, we do feel
strongly that there are subject areas we do not want to represent through
our web service. As such, the following acceptable use policies
have been established for web sites hosted on Outdoors Unlimited web servers:
2. SPECIFIC USE POLICIES
Outdoors Unlimited Services May Only
be Used for Lawful Purposes
Transmission, distribution, or storage
of any information, data or material in violation of United States or
state regulation or law, or by the common law, is prohibited. This
includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark,
trade secret, or any other statute. Outdoors Unlimited reserves the
right to remove such illegal material from its server immediately. Outdoors Unlimited expressly forbids anyone from using Outdoors Unlimited servers for
the propagation, distribution, housing, processing, storing, or otherwise
handling in any way lewd, obscene, or pornographic material, or any
other material which we deem to be objectionable. The designation
of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion
of the Outdoors Unlimited management.
Unlawful and/or Unethical Use
Outdoors Unlimited does NOT allow sites that provide points
of distribution, participate in the act of or provide links to the
following types of sites:
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Adult Sites.
Any erotic or pornographic material, links to adults sites,
or advertisements for adult sites.
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Pirated Software
(Warez). Any software that is copyrighted and not
freely available for distribution without cost. ROMs, ROM
Emulators and Mpeg Layer 3 files (MP3).
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Copyright Violation.
Violation of copyrights held by individuals and corporations
or other entities can result in civil and criminal liability for
the infringer, and can involve the ISP in litigation and possible
loss of reputation.
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Hacking/Phreaking.
Includes sites with material, links, or resources for Hacking,
Phreaking, Viruses, Anarchy, or any type of site that promotes or
participates in the destruction or compromises the integrity of
Outdoors Unlimited.
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Defamation.
Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result
in civil liability for the defamer and litigation against the ISP
whose facilities were used to distribute the defamatory material.
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Distribution
and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials.
Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal
penalties.
E-mail Acceptable Use
Outdoors Unlimited
strictly prohibits harassment, whether through language, frequency,
or size of messages. Forging of header information is not permitted.
Outdoors Unlimited does not allow unsolicited mail. This includes
"Spamming" and "Bulk Mail" sent to persons who
have otherwise not requested to receive such mail. The reason
for this is that not only is it generally frowned upon by the internet
community, but it also demands extra bandwidth to handle the effects
of such mail.
Outdoors Unlimited Services are Intended for the End User
Only
Customers cannot sublease, sub host, or
give away control of any portion of Outdoors Unlimited's resources.
Violation of any of Outdoors Unlimited's Rules and Regulations
could result in a warning, suspension, or possible account termination.
Accounts terminated due to policy violations will not be refunded.
5. COMPUTER VIRUSES
Computer viruses cause millions of dollars of damage
to computers every year. Any information or software that
promotes or supports the distribution of computer viruses over the Internet
is prohibited on Outdoors Unlimited's web service.
6. COMPUTER HACKING
Computer hacking is an activity that focuses on breaking into other
computers or damaging them in such a way as to render them inoperable. In
severe cases it can result in the complete destruction of the data stored
on the computers that have been compromised during the attack. If
the data that is destroyed belongs to a computer that controls one of
more networks, then those networks will fail too. Because
hacking can have such a detrimental effect on a large number of users,
Outdoors Unlimited prohibits web sites on our service that promote software
and information used for computer hacking.
7. PROMOTION USING SPAM
You can sell things from your web site, and you are
welcome to advertise your web page, but you may not use unsolicited
commercial e-mail (spam) or mass posting to news groups to promote
your web site over the Internet. This rule remains in force
even of you use a another Internet service (such as Cyberpromo)
to distribute your spam. Many ISPs will block e-mail from
sites that are promoted using spam. Outdoors Unlimited will remove
web sites that promote themselves using spam.
8. RESELLING WEB SPACE
Customers on Outdoors Unlimited's web servers may not
resell web space to others under their directory.
9. ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
You are not allowed to promote activities that are illegal according
to United States federal statutes. This
includes anything to do with making bombs, manufacturing drugs, hacking
phone systems ("phreaking"), breaking into buildings
and cars, and other illegal activities.
