Hosting Acceptable Use Policy
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR SERVICES.
THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY CONSTITUTES A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND LOCALNET CORP.
("LOCALNET", "WE" OR "US") a provider of retail web hosting, e-mail, electronic commerce,
and domain name services ("Services").
A. ACCEPTANCE:
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YOU AGREE TO REFRAIN FROM THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES OF PROHIBITED CONDUCT;
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IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT TO
LOCALNET THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH COMPANY; AND
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IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS POLICY PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR SERVICES.
B. PROHIBITED CONDUCT
You will violate this Policy if you engage in the following examples of
prohibited activities while using our Services:
- Spamming
- Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messages over the Internet (known as "spamming")
- Maintaining an open SMTP relay
- Facilitating a Violation of this Policy
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Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any software,
program, product, or service that is designed to violate this Policy, which
includes the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding,
mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and piracy of software
- Infringing Intellectual Property Rights
- Engaging in any activity that:
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infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others,
including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software
piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities
- violates privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others
- Obscene Speech or Materials
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Using LocalNet’s Services to advertise, transmit, store,
post, display, or otherwise make available child pornography or other forms
of pornography or obscene speech or material. LocalNet shall notify
law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child
pornography on or being transmitted through LocalNet’s Services
- Promoting Violence or Injury
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Advocating, promoting or providing assistance in carrying out violence or
any other unlawful activity against any persons, animals or any governments,
businesses or other entities
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Describing or displaying a weapon, or parts of weapons, or manuals for
assembling any weapon, including but not limited to firearms, ammunition,
explosives, grenades, bombs and caustic or other dangerous substances
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Promoting products or services that involve a significant risk of death or
injury to any persons, or damage to business or other entities or property
- Defamatory or Abusive Language
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Using LocalNet’s Services as a means to transmit or post
defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language
- Forging of Headers
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Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole or in part, to
mask the originator of the message
- Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks
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Accessing illegally or without authorization computers, accounts, or networks
belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of
another individual's system (often known as "hacking")
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Engaging in any activity that might be used as a precursor to an attempted
system penetration (i.e. port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering
activity)
- Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities
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Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, or denial of service attacks
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Engaging in activities that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability
of others to effectively use the network or any connected network, system,
service, or equipment
- Export Control Violations
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Exporting encryption software over the Internet or otherwise, to points outside
Canada or the United States
- Illegal Activities
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Engaging in activities that are determined to be illegal, including advertising,
transmitting, or otherwise making available ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes,
fraudulently charging credit cards, and pirating software
- Gambling
- Engaging in or promoting gambling
- Promoting Intoxicants
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Displaying or promoting any type(s) of intoxicant, alcoholic beverage, cigarettes
or illegal substance
- Instructing others in Prohibited Activities
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Providing instructions with respect to any activities listed in (a) through (n) above
- Other Activities
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Engaging in any other activity, whether lawful or unlawful, that LocalNet
in its sole discretion determines to be harmful to customers, operations, reputation,
goodwill, or customer relations.
DIGITAL CONTENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE DIGITAL CONTENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).
THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND LOCALNET CORP.
("LOCALNET", "WE" OR "US"), A PROVIDER OF RETAIL WEB HOSTING, E-MAIL, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE,
AND DOMAIN NAME SERVICES ("SERVICES").
WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO OFFER GUIDANCE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL USE OF THE DIGITAL
CONTENT. PLEASE CONSULT INDEPENDENT LEGAL RESOURCES IN CASES WHERE YOU ARE UNCERTAIN
ABOUT INTENDED USAGE. SUPPLEMENTARY RIGHTS MAY NEED TO BE ACQUIRED IN SOME CASES.
A. ACCEPTANCE:
- YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT;
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IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT TO LOCALNET
THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH COMPANY; AND
- IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS DIGITAL CONTENT.
B. LICENSE:
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Through our Services, you will be provided with objects including their API's
as well as images, photographs, templates, animations, video, audio, music, text
and "applets", and "online" or electronic documentation (together called the
"Digital Content").
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You may use, modify and publish the Digital Content in accordance with the terms
of this License Agreement.
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Any supplemental software code and supporting materials provided to you as part
of support services for the Digital Content shall be considered part of the
Digital Content and are subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement.
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The copyright and all other rights to the Digital Content shall remain with our
licensors.
C. PERMITTED USE OF DIGITAL CONTENT:
YOU MAY incorporate the Digital Content into your own original work and publish
your work in a web site provided that:
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The Digital Content is incorporated for viewing purposes only and no permission
is given to download or save the Digital Content for any reason; and
- You continue to pay for our Services.
D. UNAUTHORIZED USES OF DIGITAL CONTENT:
YOU MAY NOT:
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Post web pages containing the Digital Content on servers other than those owned
or operated by LocalNet or our suppliers;
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Use the Digital Content for any purpose, if you no longer pay for our Services;
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Use the Digital Content to create printed or "hard copy" documents;
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Use the Digital Content in electronic format, on-line or in multimedia applications
unless the Digital Content is incorporated for viewing purposes only and no
permission is given to download or save the Digital Content for any reason;
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Use the Digital Content in Web page design whereby the Digital Content is in a
format designed or intended for storage or re-use by others;
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Use or permit the use of the Digital Content or any part thereof as a trademark
or service mark, or claim any proprietary rights of any sort in the Digital
Content or any part thereof;
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Use the Digital Content with images of identifiable individuals, products or
entities in a manner that suggests their association with or endorsement of any
product or service;
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Create scandalous, obscene, defamatory or immoral works using the Digital Content,
nor use the Digital Content for any other purpose which is prohibited by law;
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Translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Digital Content;
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Rent, lease, assign, transfer or redistribute the Digital Content or a copy
thereof, to another person or legal entity; or
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Use the Digital Content or make copies of it except as permitted in this License
Agreement.
E. TERM:
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This License Agreement shall remain in effect only for so long as you:
- Are in compliance with the terms and conditions of this agreement; and
- Pay for the Services provided by LocalNet.
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You agree, upon termination, to cease using and destroy all copies of the Digital
Content.
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Section D above and the Limitations of Warranties and Liability set out below
shall continue in force even after any termination.
F. LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY:
THE DIGITAL CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THOSE ARISING BY LAW, STATUTE, USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF
DEALING OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
DIGITAL CONTENT IS ASSUMED BY YOU. NEITHER WE NOR OUR DEALERS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL
HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS
OF REVENUE OR PROFIT, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS,
EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR THEY ARE
FORESEEABLE. WE ARE ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CLAIMS BY A THIRD PARTY. OUR MAXIMUM
AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU AND THAT OF OUR DEALERS AND SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR ONE MONTH’S ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES. THE LIMITATIONS
IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE ALLEGED BREACH OR DEFAULT IS A BREACH
OF A FUNDAMENTAL CONDITION OR TERM OR A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH. SOME STATES/COUNTRIES
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
G. INDEMNIFICATION:
YOU SHALL INDEMNIFY LOCALNET, OUR LICENSORS, PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS OR AFFILIATES
AGAINST ANY LOSSES, EXPENSES, COSTS OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY ANY OR ALL OF THEM AS
A RESULT OF YOUR BREACH OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT,
OR YOUR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE DIGITAL CONTENT AND RELATED RIGHTS.
H. U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS:
With respect to any acquisition of the Digital Content by or for any unit or
agency of the United States Government (the "Government"), the Digital Content
shall be classified as "commercial computer software", as that term is defined
in the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (the "FAR")
and supplements thereto, including the Department of Defense ("DoD") FAR Supplement
(the "DFARS"). The Digital Content was developed entirely at private expense, and
no part of the Digital Content was first produced in the performance of a Government
contract. If the Digital Content is supplied for use by DoD, the Digital Content
is delivered subject to the terms of this Agreement and either (i) in accordance
with DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a), or (ii) with restricted rights in
accordance with DFARS 252-227-7013 (c)(1)(ii)(OCT 1988), as amended or applicable.
If the Digital Content is supplied for use by a federal agency other than DoD,
the Digital Content is restricted computer software delivered subject to the
terms of this Agreement and (i) FAR 12.212(a); (ii) FAR 52.227-19; or (iii)
FAR 52.227-14(ALT III), as amended or applicable.
I. GENERAL:
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In the event that LocalNet notifies you that certain components of the Digital
Content may no longer be used (for whatever reason), then such components cannot
be used as part of a web site design or template layout, nor can they be used
in any other larger work. If you receive such notification, you agree to cease
using and destroy all copies of those components of the Digital Content identified
by LocalNet in your possession or control.
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This License Agreement is the entire agreement between us, superseding any other
agreement or discussions, oral or written, and may not be changed except by a
signed agreement.
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This License Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, excluding that body of law applicable
to choice of law and excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods and any legislation implementing such Convention,
if otherwise applicable.
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If any provision of this License Agreement is declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such a provision shall
be severed from the License Agreement and the other provisions shall remain in
full force and effect.
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