Acceptable
Usage Policy
Anyone
Using the services offered on this website are subject to the rules
and regulations listed on this page. Using the services
constitute acceptance of this binding agreement.
1. Introduction
altyr.com supports the free flow of information and ideas over the
Internet. altyr.com does not actively monitor nor does altyr.com
exercise editorial control over the content of any Web site, stream,
chatroom, authorized message board or other
material created or accessible over altyr.com services.
Electronic mail transmission and, authorized mailing lists are
subject to spam blocking. altyr.com reserves the right to remove any materials that, in
altyr.com's sole discretion, are potentially illegal, may subject
altyr.com to liability, or violate this Acceptable Use Policy
("Policy"). Your violating this Policy may result in the
suspension or cancellation of your altyr.com services.
2. Policies
The following are violations of altyr.com's acceptable use policies:
- 2.1. Using a
personal account for high volume or commercial use. If you would
like to receive high-volume or commercial services, please
contact altyr.com's Business Sales Department at 1-818-891-1030
for information about establishing a commercial account.
Activities which are prohibited as high volume include, but are
not limited to:
- 2.1.1. Any
mailbox exceeding 5MB may, at altyr.com's discretion, be
transferred to a compressed temporary file or storage.
Members will be notified at that time with further
information. altyr.com reserves the right to delete the
temporary file from the server sixty days after this
notification.
- 2.1.2.
Exceeding 20MB of disk space for basic Web sites: Any
basic Web site exceeding 20MB will be charged $10/month per
additional 20MB.
- 2.1.3.
Exceeding 500MB of traffic in a one-month period for basic
web sites. Any basic web site exceeding 500MB of traffic
will be billed for the excess traffic. Traffic over 500MB
will be charged 1¢ per MB.
- 2.2. Using
altyr.com services for illegal purposes or in support of illegal
activities. altyr.com reserves the right to cooperate with legal
authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of
any suspected crime or civil wrong. Activities which are
prohibited as potentially illegal include, but are not limited
to:
- 2.2.1.
Unauthorized copying of copyrighted material including, but
not limited to, digitization and distribution of photographs
from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and
copyrighted software.
- 2.2.2.
Exporting software or technical information in violation of
U.S. export control laws.
- 2.2.3.
Posting or emailing of scams such as 'make-money-fast'
schemes or 'pyramid/chain' letters.
- 2.2.4.
Threatening bodily harm or property damage to individuals or
groups.
- 2.2.5. Making
fraudulent offers of products, items, or services
originating from your account.
- 2.2.6.
Attempting to access the accounts of others, or attempting
to penetrate security measures of altyr.com's or other
entities' systems ("hacking"), whether or not the
intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
- 2.2.7. The
illegal use of a person's name or likeness.
-
2.3. Harassing
others by 'mail-bombing' or 'news-bombing'. 'Mail-bombing'
constitutes sending more than ten (10) similar mail messages to
the same email address. 'News bombing' constitutes sending more
than 10MB of data to a newsgroup.
2.3.0a.
Harassing, threatening, stalking or perpetrating unsolicited
attention on anyone for any reason will result in immediate
account termination.
- 2.3.1.
Sending unsolicited electronic mail (email) messages where
the recipient objects to the content of the message or to
the receipt of the message in general is also prohibited
under this Section.
- 2.3.1.1.
Members acknowledge that they are expressly prohibited
from utilizing altyr.com's service, altyr.com's equipment
or any altyr.com email address in connection with the
sending of the same or substantially similar unsolicited
email message, whether commercial or not, to a large
number of recipients. This prohibition extends to the
sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another
service which in any way implicates the use of
altyr.com's service, altyr.com's equipment or any
altyr.com
email address(es).
- 2.3.1.2.
A message is unsolicited if it is posted in violation of
a USENET or newsgroup charter and /or if it is sent to a
recipient who has not requested or invited the message.
For purposes of this provision, merely making one's
email address accessible to the public shall not
constitute a request or invitation to receive messages.
- 2.3.1.3.
Member specifically agrees that he/she/it will not
utilize the altyr.com service, altyr.com's equipment or
any altyr.com email address in connection with the
transmission of the same or substantially similar
unsolicited message to 50 or more recipients or 15 or
more newsgroups in a single day. Members responsible for
these acts may be terminated at altyr.com's discretion.
For each day upon which this provision is violated,
Member agrees to pay altyr.com $10.00 per day for an
unintentional violation of this provision, but where
warranted, such as in the case of an accidental
transmission, altyr.com may waive all or part of the
applicable charge. In cases of willful violations of
this provision, Member agrees to pay altyr.com $200.00
per day. altyr.com at its sole discretion shall determine
whether such a violation was unintentional or willful.
Payment by Member under this provision shall not prevent
altyr.com from seeking to obtain other legal remedies
against Member, including other damages or an
injunction.
- 2.4. Revealing
your account password to others or allowing use of your account
by others (other than authorized users in your household).
- 2.4.1 At no
time can there be simultaneous use of the same username and
password combination.
- 2.5. Forging any
message header, in part or whole, of any electronic
transmission, originating or passing through altyr.com services.
- 2.6. Distributing
viruses to or from altyr.com systems.
- 2.7. Use of
software or any device that would allow your account to stay
logged on while you are not actively using altyr.com services or
use the account for the purpose of operating a server of any
type. (See section 3 below)
- 2.8.
Cross-posting advertisements for products, items, or services to
ten (10) or more unrelated USENET newsgroups.
- 2.9. Posting
articles to any USENET or other newsgroup, mailing list or
similar forum which are off-topic according to the charter or
other public statement of the forum.
- 2.10. Disrupting
any newsgroup with frivolous, excessively vulgar, or repetitious
postings.
- 2.11. Posting of
binary, or excessively large, unrelated text files to non-binary
newsgroups that have specifically requested such material not be
posted in the group's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), charter
or other public statement of the forum that such material not be
posted.
- 2.12.
Installation of 'auto-responders', 'cancel-bots' or similar
automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of
Net traffic, or disrupt Net newsgroups or email use by others.
- 2.13. Engaging in
any of the above activities using the service of another
provider but channeling such activities through an altyr.com
account or re-mailer, or using an altyr.com account as a mail
drop for responses.
3. Dialup Unlimited
Service
Member acknowledges that altyr.com's Service is intended for
periodic, active use of email, user newsgroups, file transfers via
FTP, Internet chat, Internet games and browsing the World Wide Web.
Member further agrees not to use the service on a standby or
inactive basis in order to maintain a connection. Pinging is
expressly prohibited. Accordingly, altyr.com maintains the right to
terminate Member's connection following any extended period or
inactivity as determined by altyr.com.
4. altyr.com
Assumes No Liability
altyr.com has no practical ability to restrict all conduct,
communications or content which might violate this Policy prior to
its transmission on altyr.com's systems, nor can altyr.com ensure
prompt removal of any such communications or content after
transmission or posting. Accordingly, altyr.com does not assume
liability to subscribers or others for any failure to enforce the
terms of this Policy.
5. Spam blocking
problems
altyr.com will block incoming spam if a complaint is received.
Please report any problems to
support@altyr.com
for removal. 6.
Refunds, Contracts and Warranties
This Acceptable User Policy is the only contract. There will
be no refunds unless specifically arranged in advance
in writing. altyr.com will diligently maintain it's system,
however it is not responsible for network, maintenance or any other
outages caused by any reason and offers no warranties or guarantee
of service during such a period. It is highly recommended that
you maintain a working backup of your website. 7.
Revisions to this Policy
altyr.com reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time.
Notice of modifications to this Policy may be given to subscribers
by posting such changes to the altyr.com policy page (http://www.altyr.com/policy/),
by electronic mail, or by conventional mail.
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