The following constitute violations of this AUP:
a. Illegal use. Using the Services to transmit any
material (by email, uploading, posting, or otherwise)
that, intentionally or unintentionally, violates any
applicable local, state, national or international
law, or any rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder.
b. Harm to minors. Using the Services to harm, or
attempt to harm, minors in any way.
c. Threats. Using the Services to transmit any
material (by email, uploading, posting, or otherwise)
that threatens or encourages bodily harm or
destruction of property.
d. Harassment. Using the Services to transmit any
material (by email, uploading, posting, or otherwise)
that harasses another.
e. Fraudulent activity. Using the Services to make
fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or
services or to advance any type of financial scam such
as "pyramid schemes," "Ponzi
schemes," and "chain letters."
f. Forgery or impersonation. Adding, removing or
modifying identifying network header information in an
effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting
to impersonate any person by using forged headers or
other identifying information is prohibited. The use
of anonymous remailers or nicknames does not
constitute impersonation. Using deliberately
misleading headers ("munging" headers) in
news postings in order to avoid spam email address
collectors is allowed.
g. Unsolicited commercial email/Unsolicited bulk
email. Using the Services to transmit any unsolicited
commercial email or unsolicited bulk email. Activities
that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited
commercial email or unsolicited bulk email whether or
not that email is commercial in nature, are
prohibited.
h. Unauthorized access. Using the Services to
access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of
others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate,
security measures of ComStar USA's or another entity's
computer software or hardware, electronic
communications system, or telecommunications system,
whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption
or loss of data.
i. Copyright or trademark infringement. Using the
Services to transmit any material (by email,
uploading, posting, or otherwise) that infringes any
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other
proprietary rights of any third party, including, but
not limited to, the unauthorized copying of
copyrighted material, the digitization and
distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or
other copyrighted sources, and the unauthorized
transmittal of copyrighted software. ComStar USA is
registered under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998.
j. Collection of personal data. Using the Services
to collect, or attempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their
knowledge or consent.
k. Reselling the services. Reselling the Services
without ComStar USA's authorization.
l. Network disruptions and unfriendly activity.
Using the Services for any activity which adversely
affects the ability of other people or systems to use ComStar USA
Services or the Internet. This includes "denial
of service" (DoS) attacks against another network
host or individual user. Interference with or
disruption of other network users, network services or
network equipment is prohibited. It is the Member's
responsibility to ensure that their network is
configured in a secure manner. A Member may not,
through action or inaction, allow others to use their
network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A Member
may not permit their network, through action or
inaction, to be configured in such a way that gives a
third party the capability to use their network in an
illegal or inappropriate manner.
m. News. ComStar USA Members should use their best
judgment when posting to any newsgroup. Many groups
have charters, published guidelines, FAQs, or
"community standards" describing what is and
is not considered appropriate. Usenet can be a
valuable resource if used properly. The continued
posting of off-topic articles is prohibited.
Commercial advertisements are off-topic in most
newsgroups, especially regional groups not
specifically named for such. The presence of such
articles in a group is not indicative of the group's
"intended" use. Please familiarize yourself
with basic Usenet netiquette before posting to a
newsgroup.
ComStar USA considers "multiposting" to
10 or more groups within a two week sliding window to
be excessive. ComStar USA servers currently limit the
number of allowable "cross-posts" to 9.
ComStar USA Members may not cancel messages other
than their own messages. A Member may cancel posts
forged in that Member's name. We may cancel any
postings which violate this AUP.
n. Long Connections and Multiple Logins. Using a
personal account for high volume or commercial use is
prohibited. The Services are intended for periodic,
active use of email, newsgroups, file transfers,
Internet chat, games, and browsing the World Wide Web.
Members may stay connected so long as they are
actively using that connection for the above purposes.
Members may not use the Services on a standby or
inactive basis in order to maintain a connection.
Pinging is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, ComStar USA
maintains the right to terminate any member's
connection following any extended period of inactivity
as determined by ComStar USA.
o. Exceeding Web Site Size and Traffic Limitations:
All ComStar USA Members receive free webspace for use
with their ComStar USA Internet access account. Each
member's free webspace is allocated a certain amount
of traffic per month (traffic is calculated on a
formula multiplying the number of hits that your site
receives by the size of your files). If a site exceeds
its maximum monthly allotment of traffic, the site
will become unavailable until the beginning of the
next calendar month. A site that exceeds the ComStar USA
Member's maximum allotment in size will also become
unavailable. Unavailability includes but may not be
limited to the inability to access the site publicly
or to publish to or modify the site's contents via
certain Web creation tools. More information about
appropriate use of the free member webspace appears
under.
