The following
is a condensed version of our
Terms of Use covering our Web Hosting and Administration Services. They are designed to
protect you and all of our clients. Please read them carefully. If you
would like to see or print the full version, please
click here. Any
questions, please e-mail us. Thank you.
Client is expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and
responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users.
Client is expected to use his/her account for the purposes of maintaining
a website only. Common sense is the best guide as to what is considered
acceptable use.
Paragon Computer Systems forbids websites with adult graphic content
(softcore and/or hardcore), including, but not limited to, banners
advertising any adult website(s), child pornography, and distribution of
adult website passwords. Client's whose accounts are found in violation of
this policy may, at the discretion of Paragon Computer Systems, have their
account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a maximum
clean-up/disconnect fee.
Client's whose website promotes activities that violate federal, state,
local laws and/or violation of U.S. export restrictions are also not
welcome at Paragon Computer Systems. This includes "warez" sites
(freely distributing copyright programs), or sites promoting hacking
and/or cracking programs. Client's whose accounts are found in violation
of this policy may, at the discretion of Paragon Computer Systems, have
their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a maximum
clean-up/disconnection fee. Additionally, Paragon Computer Systems may
contact the Software Piracy Association ("SPA") and release any
information in connection with any illegal activities relating to software
piracy on the Client's account.
IRC Bots, or any other automaton programs written in C, Perl or IRC-script
used specifically in conjunction with IRC are not allowed. These programs
tie up system resources and are in no way related to maintaining a
website. Clients are not allowed to have any programs, including but not
limited to, Eggdrop, or any other IRC-related programs, within their
account. Client agrees not to upload the tar file for any of these
programs or to execute them within their account. The first violation of
this policy will result in the IRC-related program to be removed from the
Client's account and Paragon Computer Systems will notify the Client
immediately of the violation. The second violation of this policy may, at
the discretion of Paragon Computer Systems, result in the Client's
account(s) being terminated without notice and a maximum
clean-up/disconnect fee.
Simply put, we ask that you use your account for the purposes of hosting a
non-adult oriented, legal website.
Spamming is the sending of unsolicited e-mail, regardless of size or
volume, to persons the sender does not know or have prior consent to send
the message to. Using fictitious e-mail addresses @Paragon Computer Systems
or any domain name hosted with Paragon Computer Systems is strictly
forbidden. Spamming also includes sending unsolicited advertisements to
numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or generating a significantly
higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user. A violation of this
policy extends to clients who send unsolicited e-mail from a domain name
not affiliated or hosted with Paragon Computer Systems but the mail
message makes mention of a website hosted with Paragon Computer Systems.
Paragon Computer Systems allows clients to send mailings to subscribers of
their own mailing list. Such mailings must have explicit instructions to
the recipient on how to remove his/her name from the list, and all
requests to do so must be honored immediately. Client agrees not to send
mailings to lists provided by an outside agency or individual. Client
further agrees not to provide mailing list services to others. Due to the
nature of a shared-server environment, Paragon Computer Systems requests
that mailing lists be sent during non-peak hours, specifically between the
hours of 1:00 am and 5:00 am, Central Time. Paragon Computer Systems
reserves the right to terminate a client's mailing program, whether
provided by Paragon Computer Systems or not, immediately and without
notification to client if said list causes a problem with the e-mail
services of other clients. Paragon Computer Systems also reserves the
right to forbid a client from utilizing any mail-sending program that
jeopardizes the mail services of other clients.
Due to the consumption of system resources and overloading of the e-mail
server, Paragon Computer Systems forbids the use of the Gossamer Links
program by any client.
Trolling, the posting of outrageous messages to generate numerous
responses, is also not allowed. Mailbombing, the sending of multiple
messages without significant new content to the same user and/or
subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person's
permission, cross-posting articles to an excessive number of newsgroups,
or attempting without authorization to enter into a secured computer
system is strictly forbidden. Paragon Computer Systems reserves the right
to determine what constitutes abuse of this policy. Clients whose accounts
are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of Paragon Computer Systems,
have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a
maximum $500 clean-up/disconnection fee.
It is the responsibility of the client to ensure that all information
within their account is their own work. Due to distribution rights of
shareware programs, clients may not distribute freeware software programs
unless the programs are their own work. Copyrighted materials include art,
music and other works. MP3 is a popular file format for encoding music.
While we do not ban MP3s, we do ask that any MP3s you have on your website
are not in violation of any copyrights. Copyrighted music, in any format,
cannot be placed within client's account. Clients agree to indemnify Paragon Computer Systems
of any possible litigation involving trademark or copyrighted materials.
The best rule to follow is not to copy work from someone else unless you
have been granted permission to use these materials on your website.
Client agrees not to modify any copyright notices in features (Perl
programs, etc.) provided by Paragon Computer Systems. Modification of
scripts provided by Paragon Computer Systems without written permission is
strictly prohibited.
Client agrees to take all responsibility for all programs including CGI
scripts executed under their account. Programs that consume an excessive
amount of CPU run time or Random Access Memory (RAM) are not permitted.
Client agrees and understands that such excessive use can have an adverse
effect on the performance of the webserver. Client agrees to accept
responsibility for programs executed under his/her account, regardless of
who authored the program. The use of cgi or html chat scripts or pages is
strictly prohibited. Paragon Computer Systems provides two (2) acceptable
chat programs for clients at no charge. Paragon Computer Systems reserves
the right to suspend accounts without notice to clients who violate these
terms. Paragon Computer Systems has sole discretion over what constitutes
excessive usage.
Programs provided by Paragon Computer Systems as an installable feature
are not exempt from this policy. While every efforts is made on Paragon Computer Systems'
end to ensure the program it provides are efficient, problems with
excessive usage on particular programs may occur.
Note: Paragon Computer Systems may at any time, revise the Acceptable Uses
Policy with advanced notice given to clients. Renewal of a virtual server
with Paragon Computer Systems constitutes acceptance to all modifications
to the Acceptable Uses Policy and to the Contract for Virtual Server. The
Acceptable Uses Policy is only a portion of our service agreement. Clients
who sign-up for an account will receive a copy of our service agreement.
