Terms
of Service
Abridged Version:
MP3's
Mp3 files are only allowed if they are your own work or
if you have express, verifiable, permission to use copyrighted
works online. If your mp3's do not meet the above conditions
do not put them on our servers. We do not allow streaming
audio.
Software "Backups"
So-called "backups" of your software, such as
copies of MS Windows, MS Office, Oracle, etc. This is not
allowed on our servers. This is because we have no way of
knowing whether this is actually a backup of yours or an
attempt at hosting illegal software.
Movies (mpeg, divx, etc)
We do not allow copyrighted content on our server. Whether
this be a copy of the super bowl, a copy of Ocean's 11,
or music videos or anything else that is copyrighted it
is not allowed. We do not allow streaming video.
Adult Content
Anything that is interpreted as adult content is not allowed.
Spam
Spam is not allowed. For our purposes spam is defined as
bulk unsolicited email.
Cgi-Based Message Boards
We do not allow cgi-based message boards. They are inefficient
and can quickly grow out of control causing network problems.
Please use a PHP based message board instead.
File Servers/Mirrors:
Due to copyright laws we do not allow download mirrors on
our servers. We also do not allow "file servers",
which by for our purposes is defined as solely, hosting
many large files with the express intent to distribute them
solely and where the domain contains little or no content
otherwise. The purpose of this is to avoid downtime caused
by the extreme bandwidth usage of such sites.
Warnings
1st Offense: Your site will be shut down
temporarily. Until you have been contacted and are aware
of the offenses. Any questionable content will be removed.
2nd Offense: Your site will be completely
removed. You will not be eligible for any kind of refund
or reimbursement.
Uptime Guarentee
Uptime guarentee only applies to outages caused by administrator error.
Network outages, hardware failures or other events out of our control
do not apply towards counted downtime.
Unabridged version:
Acceptable Use
Eternity-Web's services may only be used for lawful purposes.
Transmission of any material in violation of International,
Federal or State regulation is prohibited. This includes
but is not limited to: material legally judged to be threatening
or obscene, or material protected by trade secret laws.
If you are found in violation of the Eternity-Web Hosting
Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Use. Your account will
be terminated without notice and you will forfeit all of
the money that has been paid to Eternity-Web.
Examples of content that is not acceptable on Eternity-Web
Servers: "Pirated software" or "Warez",
"Hacker programs and/or archives", "IRC Bots",
"Gambling Related","Copyrighted Mp3's",
cgi-based message boards.
You specifically agree to indemnify and hold Eternity-Web
harmless from any claims resulting from a breach of these
terms, and/or their use of the service, which damages another.
Warez - Includes pirated software, ROMS, emulators, phreaking,
hacking, password cracking. IP spoofing, etc., and encrypting
of any of the above. Also includes any sites which provide
"links to" or "how to" information about
such material.
WE DO NOT HOST ADULT SITES.
Adult Content or links to Adult Content are not permitted
on Eternity-Web servers.
Spam
SPAM in any shape or form is NOT permitted and is grounds
for immediate account termination. Mailing lists via a mailing
list manager are acceptable as long as the list are OPT-IN
list that people have signed up for. Spam complaints from
other users will not be tolerated.
IRC and Chat Rooms
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) traffic is not permitted on our
servers in any of its many forms including, but not limited
to: bots and IRC servers. Chat rooms may be allowed on per
use basis, so please ask one of our support staff before
setting one up. (Some cgi/perl based chat rooms over utilize
the server processor.)
Web Site Hosting And Email
We make no representation and give no warranty as to the
accuracy or quality of information received by any person
via the Server and we shall have no liability for any loss
or damage to any data stored on the Server.
You shall effect and maintain adequate insurance coverage
in respect of any loss or damage to data stored on the Server.
You represent, undertake and warrant to us that you will
use the Web Site allocated to you only for lawful purposes.
In particular, you represent, warrant and undertake to us
that you will not use the Server in any manner which infringes
any law or regulation or which infringes the rights of any
third party, nor will you authorize or permit any other
person to do so.
You shall not post, link to or transmit: (a) Any material,
which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, malicious, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, blasphemous, profane or otherwise
objectionable in any way. (b) Any material containing a
virus or other hostile computer program. (c) Any material
which constitutes, or encourages the commission of, a criminal
offence or which infringes any patent, trade mark, design
right, copyright or any other intellectual property right
or similar rights of any person which may subsist under
the laws of any jurisdiction.
You shall keep secure any identification, password and
other confidential information relating to your account
and shall notify us immediately of any known or suspected
unauthorized use of your account or breach of security,
including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your
password or other security information.
You shall observe the procedures, which we may from time
to time prescribe and shall make no use of the Server, which
is detrimental to our other customers.
You shall procure that all mail is sent in accordance with
applicable legislation (including data protection legislation)
and a secure manner.
In the case of an individual User, you warrant that you
are at least 18 years of age and if the User is a company,
you warrant that the Services will not be used by anyone
under the age of 18 years.
Any access to other networks connected to Eternity-Web must
comply with the rules appropriate for those other networks.
While we will use every reasonable endeavor to ensure the
integrity and security of the Server, we do not guarantee
that the Server will be free from unauthorized users or
hackers and we shall be under no liability for non-receipt
or misrouting of email or for any other failure of email.
Intellectual Property Rights
You shall obtain any and all necessary consents and clearances
to enable you lawfully to make use of all and any intellectual
property rights through the Services, including without
limitation, clearance and/or consents in respect of your
proposed domain name.
Service Availability
We shall use our reasonable endeavors to make available
to you at all times the Server and the Services but we shall
not, in any event, be liable for interruptions of Service
or down-time of the Server.
We shall have the right to suspend the Services at any
time and for any reason without notice, but if such suspension
lasts or is to last for more than 30 days you will be notified
of the reason.
The Services provided to you hereunder and your account
with us cannot be transferred or used by anyone other than
you. No more than one login session under any one account
may be used at any time by you. User programs may be run
only during login sessions. If your account is found to
have been transferred to another party, or shows other activity
in breach of this sub clause, we shall have the right to
cancel the account and terminate the Services and/or this
Agreement immediately.
Termination Without in any way limiting our (Eternity-Web)
rights.
If a site violates these terms in any way, shape, or form,
the site will be deleted from our network.
Questionable Situations: If we find content that is questionable
and may or may not violate the terms of service we will
contact you. An example of a situation like this is a band
hosting their own music on our servers. However, you can
avoid this step if you notify us. If you are a band or if
you are planning to upload a large amount of files that
are questionable please notify us before you upload so we
are aware of the situation. This will keep everyone happy.
If you fail to pay any sums due to us as they fall due,
we may suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement
forthwith without notice to you.
If you break any of these terms and conditions, we may
terminate this Agreement forthwith upon written notice.
If you are a company and you go into insolvent liquidation
or suffer the appointment of an administrator or administrative
receiver or enter into a voluntary arrangement with your
creditors, we shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement
forthwith without notice to you.
On termination of this Agreement or suspension of the Services
we shall be entitled immediately to block your Web Site
and to remove all data located on it. We shall be entitled
to delete all such data but we may, at our discretion, hold
such data for such period as we may decide to allow you
to collect it at your expense, subject to payment in full
of any amounts withstanding and payable to us. We shall
further be entitled to post such notice in respect of the
non-availability of your Web Site as we think fit.
Accounts may be cancelled by the user with a 7 day notice.
Eternity-Web reserves the right to cancel any account with
or without notice. Please note upon submitting a cancellation
request, your account will be canceled within 24 hours.
Eternity-Web will not be held liable for any information
lost after submitting a cancellation request. Upon cancellation,
all accounts will be deleted and all information will be
completely removed from our network. For this reason, Eternity-Web
can not be held liable for any information stored on the
server, or lack of, upon cancellation of service. Please
Note upon account termination Eternity-Web will no longer
be held liable for any information which may be stored on
the server. This includes any actions such as retrieving
data. By agreeing to the terms of service Eternity-Web will
not be held liable for any loss of data which may occur
after termination of account.
Legal
Eternity-Web expects that its subscribers who provide Internet
services to others will comply fully with all applicable
laws concerning the privacy of on-line communications. A
subscriber's failure to comply with those laws will violate
Eternity-Web policy. Finally, Eternity-Web wishes to emphasize
that in signing the service agreement, subscribers indemnify
Eternity-Web for any violation of the service agreement,
law, or Eternity-Web policy, that results in loss to Eternity-Web
or the bringing of any claim against Eternity-Web by any
third-party. This means that if Eternity-Web is sued because
of a subscriber's or customer of a subscriber's activity,
the subscriber will pay any damages awarded against Eternity-Web
, plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
Limitation Of Liability
All conditions, terms, representations and warranties relating
to the Services supplied under this Agreement, whether imposed
by statute or operation of law or otherwise, that are not
expressly stated in these terms and conditions including,
without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory
quality and fitness for a particular purpose are hereby
excluded.
Our total aggregate liability to you for any claim in contract,
tort, negligence or otherwise arising out of or in connection
with the provision of the Services shall be limited to the
charges paid by you in respect of the Services, which are
the subject of any such claim.
In any event no claim shall be brought unless you have
notified us of the claim within 6 months of it arising.
In no event shall we ever be liable to you for any loss
of business, contracts, profits or anticipated savings or
for any other indirect or consequential or economic loss
whatsoever.
Notices
Any notice to be given by either party to the other may
be sent by either email, fax or recorded delivery to the
address of the other party as appearing in this Agreement
or ancillary application forms or such other address as
such party may from time to time have communicated to the
other in writing, and if sent by email shall unless the
contrary is proved be deemed to be received on the day it
was sent or if sent by fax shall be deemed to be served
on receipt of an error free transmission report, or if sent
by recorded delivery shall be deemed to be served two days
following the date of posting.
Payment
All payments must be in US Dollars. If your check is returned
by the bank as unpaid for any reason, you will be liable
for a "returned check" charge of $30.00. We do
reserve the right to suspend your account up to 7 days before
your billing date while we try to collect funds due for
the next month. Please note this only without a prior request
to cancel the account.
All charges payable by you for the Services shall be in
accordance with the scale of charges and rates published
from time to time by us on our web site and shall be due
and payable in advance of our service provision.
Without prejudice to our other rights and remedies under
this Agreement, if any sum payable is not paid on or before
the due date, we shall be entitled forthwith to suspend
the provision of Services to you.
Your Billing is based on the date that you signed up with
us. (ex. If you joined us on June 25th, 2000 Your Credit
Card will be charge on the 25th of every month). Any refund
due will be paid via check or money order.
Headings
Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation
of this Agreement.
Entire Agreement
These terms and conditions together with any documents expressly
referred to in them, contain the entire Agreement between
us relating to the subject matter covered and supersede
any previous Agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals,
written or oral: between us in relation to such matters.
No oral explanation or oral information given by any party
shall alter the interpretation of these terms and conditions.
In agreeing to these terms and conditions, you have not
relied on any representation other than those expressly
stated in these terms and conditions and you agree that
you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation,
which has not been made expressly in this Agreement. Misuse
Of Resources
Including but not limited to employing applications which
consume excessive CPU time. Chat/IRC, web proxy and mailing
list scripts are not allowed on our network under any circumstances.
Streaming media can be a drain on web server resources and
as such is not allowed. CGI based message forums which use
flat file databases are often found to use excessive system
resources, to avoid disappointment please use a PHP/ASP
message forum.
If you are unsure about content you intend to place on our
network, please check with us before you do. We reserve
the right to determine what constitutes acceptable use.
We may amend these terms of service with or without notice.
We do reserve the right to edit the terms of service at
any time with or without notice.
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