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» Website Hosting Terms and
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Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate
account deactivation without notice. Activity which results in
the suspension or deactivation of an account will result in a
forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses
of an account will be investigated and if found to be true will
be grounds for immediate suspension.
Illegal Usage
StudioPeg Design Hosting may be used for lawful purposes
only. Transmission, storage, or distribution of any information,
data or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation
is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property
right used without proper authorization, and material that is
obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates
export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content or links:
Pirated software, Hackers programs or archives, Warez sites, MP3,
and IRC bots. The subscriber to StudioPeg Design Hosting service
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless StudioPeg Design Hosting
from any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages
the subscriber or any other party.
Adult Content
Due to special system and network requirements of adult oriented
sites, pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited.
This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or links to
adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote
any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to our servers
or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials are
also prohibited.
Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and
may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples include,
but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use,
probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures,
data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or
network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding,
deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header
information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
Server Resource
Any website that uses a high amount of server resources (such
as, but not limited to, CPU time, memory usage, and network resources)
will be given an option of either paying extra (which depends
on the resource needed) or reducing the resource used to an acceptable
level.
Any hosting account deemed to be adversely affecting the server
performance or the network integrity will be shut down without
prior notice.
Chat Rooms
StudioPeg Design Hosting does not allow clients to install
their own chat rooms. Chat rooms tend to be large system hogs
and we cannot permit it as an account option. StudioPeg Design
Hosting does provide a choice of Java chatrooms which should meet
most users' needs and run without hindering the performance of
the machine of our servers.
Background Running Programs and Cron Jobs
StudioPeg Design Hosting does not allow background Daemons
such as IRC bots; eggdrop; BitchX; XiRCON; and any other program
that interferes with normal server operation.
IRC
StudioPeg Design Hosting does not allow IRC or IRC bots to
be operated on our servers.
Backups
StudioPeg Design Hosting's servers performs weekly backups
on all servers to ensure critical files are never lost. However
StudioPeg Design Hosting is NOT responsible for lost data,
time, income or any other resource due to faulty backups or non-existent
backups.
Client Responsibility
The client is responsible for all activity originating from the
account unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address
forgery. The client is responsible for securing their username/password.
The client assumes responsibility for all material on their site
that may be put on by a third party (such as the usage of Free
For All links pages). Use of StudioPeg Design Hosting's service
requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages,
protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies depending
on the anticipated use and desired content of the web space by
the client. The following examples are offered: Web Publishing:
requires knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents,
FTPing Web contents, Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc.
FrontPage web publishing: knowledge of the FrontPage tools as
well as Telnet and FTP understanding and capability. CGI-Scripts:
requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP
commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc. Mail: a use
of mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client agrees
that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create and maintain
their web space. Client agrees that it is not the responsibility
of StudioPeg Design Hosting to provide this knowledge or support
outside matter specific to StudioPeg Design Hosting servers.
UCE (Unsolicited Commerce Email) - SPAM
Spamming, or the sending of mass unsolicited email, from or through
a StudioPeg Design Hosting server or using an email address
that is maintained on a StudioPeg Design Hosting machine is
STRICTLY prohibited. If you engage in any of the foregoing activities
using the service of another ISP or IPP, but channeling activities
through a StudioPeg Design Hosting server as a maildrop for
responses, you are in violation. Violators will be assessed a
minimum of $500.00 fine and will face an immediate suspension.
Mailing Lists: We strictly DO NOT allow large mailing lists on
our servers, even though they are opt-in. We restrict the number
of email messages each hosting account can send per hour. Currently,
all our servers have limit of sending 100 email messages per hour
per hosting account.
Server abuse
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a StudioPeg Design
Hosting server or customer of StudioPeg Design Hosting is
strictly prohibited.
Any sub-networks of StudioPeg Design Hosting and dedicated
servers must adhere to the above policies. The failure to meet
or follow any of the above guidelines are grounds for account
deactivation. We reserve the right to remove any account without
prior notice.
Software Distribution
StudioPeg Design Hosting's shared Web Hosting accounts are
not to be used for the purposes of distributing software and multimedia
products.
Multimedia Files
Multimedia files are defined as any graphics, audio, and video
files. StudioPeg Design Hosting Web Hosting accounts are not
to be used for the purposes of distributing and storing unusual
amount of multimedia files. Any Web site whose disk space usage
for storing the multimedia files exceed 70% of its total usage,
either in terms of total size or number of files, will be deemed
to be using unusual amount of multimedia files.
Actions Taken by StudioPeg Design Hosting
The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above
policies/terms is grounds for account deactivation. StudioPeg
Design Hosting reserves the right to remove any account without
prior notice.
When StudioPeg Design Hosting becomes aware of an alleged
violation of its AUP, StudioPeg Design Hosting will initiate
an investigation. During the investigation, StudioPeg Design
Hosting may restrict a customer's access in order to prevent further
potentially unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of
the violation, StudioPeg Design Hosting may, at its sole discretion,
restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer's web hosting account
and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal
offense, StudioPeg Design Hosting will notify the appropriate
law enforcement authorities of such violation.
StudioPeg Design Hosting does not issue credits for outages
incurred through service disablement resulting from AUP violations.
StudioPeg Design Hosting customers agree to indemnify and
hold harmless StudioPeg Design Hosting from any claims resulting
from the use of our services that damages them or any other party.
The StudioPeg Design Hosting service is provided on an as
is, as available basis without warranties of any kind, either
express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties
of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
StudioPeg Design Hosting expressly disclaims any representation
or warranty that the StudioPeg Design Hosting service will
be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written
information given by StudioPeg Design Hosting, its employees,
licensors or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely
on any such information or advice. StudioPeg Design Hosting
and its partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost
or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction
or use of the service.
Modification
StudioPeg Design Hosting reserves the right to add, delete,
or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice.
Refusal Of Service
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at
our sole discretion.
Payments
Any amounts payable by you in connection with your hosting shall
be payable in U.S. currency. Your failure to pay any required
fees or charges when due may result in suspension or termination
of your website hosting account.
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