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Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy applies to domain registrations processed
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The following Terms of Service ("TOS") agreement is between Dragon Networks, Inc
(hereinafter referred to as "Dragon") and anyone purchasing and/or using Dragon's
Products and Services (hereinafter referred to as "Customer").
In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, Dragon and the Customer agree as follows:
Acceptable Use:
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") applies to all Customers and their
end users using the Products and Services provided by Dragon, including
internetworking services and internet transport. Customer use of Dragon's Products
and Services constitues Customer agreement to and acceptance of this AUP.
Customer is soley responsible for any and all acts and ommissions during
relating to their use and any use by their clients, agents and end users of
the Dragon Products and Serivces. Customer agrees not to engage, or permit
their clients, agents and end users to engage in any unacceptable use of
Dragon's Products and Services.
All Products and Services provided by Dragon may be used for lawful
purposes only. The Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dragon from
any claims resulting from the use of the Products and Services which damages
the Customer or any other party.
Prohibited Uses:
The following uses are prohibited:
Posting, transmission, re-transmission, storage, or presentation of any information
using Dragon's Products and Services, of data, information, or other material in violation
of any United States Federal, State or City law, in the sole opinion of Dragon, is
prohibited.
Posting, transmission, re-transmission, storage, or presentation of any information,
using Dragon's Products and Services, of any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, offensive, indecent, pornographic, profane, or otherwise
objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions
constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give
rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international
law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations, and
laws protecting intellectual property including copyright, trademark, trade secret,
patent, misappropriation, anti-dilution laws and other statutes.
Pornography, adult content and sex-related merchandising is prohitited on all
Dragon shared hosting servers unless server is explicitly designated
as an adult content server. This includes sites that may infer sexual content,
or links to adult content elsewhere.
Legal adult content is permitted on designated shared hosting servers, dedicated,
and co-located servers.
Dragon will be the sole
arbiter in determining violations of this provision.
Child pornography is absolutely prohibited on Dragon network
in any form whatsoever and will be immediately reported to law enforcement
upon discovery.
Any sites that promote any illegal activity or present
content that may be damaging to Dragon servers or
any other server on the internet. Links to such materials or sites are also
prohibited.
Installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not
appropriately licensed for use by customer.
Any "hacker" programs, archives, or "warez" sites. Links to such materials or
or sites are also prohibited.
Any resell of Dragon's Produts and Services, other than on a bona fide reseller
account, without Dragon's express prior written consent.
Any type of deceptive marketing practices including but not limited to those involving "spam".
Actions that restrict or inhibit anyone, whether a customer of Dragon or otherwise, in
their use or enjoyment of Dragon's Products and Services.
Any activity that generates excessive network traffic through the use of automated or
manual routines that are not related to ordinary personal or business use of internet services.
Any introduction of malicious programs or other malware into Dragon's network or servers or
other Products and Services of Dragon (e.g., viruses, trojan horses and worms).
Posting, publishing, transmitting, reproduction or distribution of any information or software
which contains a virus or other harmful component.
Posting, publishing, transmitting, reproduction or distribution which in any way exploits any
information, software, or other material obtained through the Products and Services for
commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information,
software, or other material).
Causing, attempting to cause, or participating in security breaches or disruptions of internet
communications. Examples of security breaches include but are not limited to accessing data of
which the Customer is not an intended recipient or logging into a server or account that the
Customer is not expressly authorized to access. Examples of disruptions include but are not
limited to port scans, flood pings, packet spoofing and forged routing information.
Executing or attempting to execute any form of network monitoring that will intercept data
not intended for the customer, such as but not limited to "packet sniffing".
Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network or account, whether on
Dragon's network or anywhere on the internet.
Interfering with, denying service, or attempting to interfere with or deny service to anyone
other than the Customer's Products and Services (e.g., denial of service attack).
Using any program, script, command, or sending messages of any kind designed to interfere
with or to disable any user's terminal session.
IRC servers and IRC-related software are prohibited.
Non-compliance with Dragon's TOS, policy and procedures relating to the activities of customers on
Dragon's network, facilites, and Products and Services.
Furnishing false information or incorrect data on any order form, agreement or communcation
(electronic or physical), including but not limited to fraudulent use of credit
card numbers or other information intended to defraud Dragon or other entities.
Attempting to circumvent or alter the
processes or procedures to measure time, bandwidth utilization or other methods to document
or measure use of Dragon's Products and Services.
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of unsolicited commercial email or
other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material,
who were not previous customers of the customer or with whom the customer does not have an
existing business relationship (email "spam"); or distributing, advertising or promoting
software or services that have the primary purpose of encouraging or facilitating unsolicited
commercial bulk email or spam.
Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages.
Unauthorized use or forging of mail header information.
Solicitations of mail or any other e-mail address other than that of the Customer's account or
service, with the intent to harass or collect replies.
Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other "pyramid schemes" of any type.
Use of unsolicited e-mail originating from within the Dragon network or networks of other
Internet Service Providers on behalf of or to advertise any service hosted by Dragon or
connected via Dragon's network.
Exporting, re-exporting, or permitting downloads of any content in violation of the export or
import laws of the United States or without all required approvals, licenses and exemptions.
Hosting and Reseller Accounts are not to be used for file hosting, data backup storage, or
other similar activities without prior express written approval from Dragon.
Any prohibited activity as described above, or any deliberate attempt to cause damage to
Dragon or any other internet servers may result in Customer's site Products and Services
may be suspended or terminated without prior warning. No refunds will be issued for accounts terminated
for cause.
Dragon will be the sole and final arbiter as to what constitutes a violation
of these policies.
Abusive Behaviour:
Customer acknowledges and agrees that insulting or abusive behavior,
including but not limited to harassing, insulting, threatening or intimidating
the administrative or technical support staff of Dragon; engaging in
foul language at any time with said staff; sending multiple e-mails, faxes,
or phone calls to Dragon instead of using the proper support channels;
repeatedly re-opening or posting new tickets on the same issue and continuing
to argue about it even after it has been addressed; making threats of legal
action against Dragon or making threats of fraudulently and illegally attempting
to avoid payment for amounts due to Dragon; or otherwise engaging in any other
behavior that, in the sole opinion of Dragon, constitutes an abuse of
resources, shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.
Customer agrees that in the event of such material breach, Dragon shall
have the right to charge an administrative fee of up to $500 immediately and without
notice by posting said amount as a debit to Customer's account, for each such
incident, at the option of Dragon.
Customer further agrees that Dragon shall be the sole and final arbiter
of what actions are deemed to constitute abusive behavior under this section.
Customer further agrees that if Dragon is unable to collect such charges or
Customer disputes such charges, Customer will be liable to Dragon in
the amount of $1,000 plus all collection costs as enumerated in the Collection
section of the TOS.
Customer further agrees that Dragon is authorized to suspend Customer's account,
terminate said account, or take any other such actions that Dragon, in
its sole discretion, deems necessary should Customer violate this provision,
and that Customer shall not be entitled to any refunds for prepaid portions of
the service.
SPAM Policy:
Dragon is committed to a zero-tolerance, anti-Spamming policy.
Under this policy, Dragon prohibits Spam, or any unsolicited commercial
email, from being sent in any way shape of form through, from, or
to Dragon's servers.
Dragon reacts quickly and seriously to violations, and Dragon further reserves
the right to terminate the services, without prior notice, of any
customer failing to comply with this policy.
Sending unsolicited commercial email
(otherwise known as "spam"), cross-posting messages to
a large number of Usenet groups, posting obscene or threatening
messages while using or referring to a Dragon email address
or web site URL is prohibited.
The use of Dragon servers as a mail drop for responses to activities
described above is also prohibited. Accounts canceled due to spam will
be billed a "clean up" fee of not less than $500.
Any complaints, reports or comments regarding spam on Dragon's network,
should be directed via email to abuse@dragon.com.
Email Policy:
Dragon's network or servers may not be the source, intermediary, or
destination address involved in the transmission of any unsolicited email,
email bombs, hate email, or any mass email.
Customer email accounts may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to
address of such email. Dragon considers mass email to be defined as any email message sent
to more than 25 email addresses or more than 10 news groups.
CGI and Scripts Policy:
Customer is allowed to install program scripts on their server or hosting account; however, Dragon
reserves the right to disable, without warning, any script that causes a server or network to
become dysfunctional.
The following scripts are banned from Dragon servers:
UltimateBBS (all versions)
Yabb CGI (all versions)
Ikonboard (all versions)
Eggdrops / Exploits
IRC Servers, Clients, BNCs, Bots, etc.
Proxy Servers
Game Servers, other than on Game Server plans.
The Anonymizer
Any soap mailers
Any cgi programs that consume large amounts of cpu resources hindering the performance of other websites on the server
Port scanners and Security Auditing tools/scripts
Web/CGI based telnet servers
All versions of Formail prior to version 1.9s
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