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 VCU.ORG'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. VCU.ORG
is registered under the Digital Millenium 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 VCU.ORG'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 VCU.ORG
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. VCU.ORG 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.
VCU.ORG considers "multiposting"
to 10 or more groups within a two week sliding window to be
excessive. VCU.ORG servers currently limit the number of allowable
"cross-posts" to 9.
VCU.ORG 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, VCU.ORG maintains the right to terminate any member's
connection following any extended period of inactivity as
determined by VCU.ORG.
o. Exceeding Web Site Size and Traffic
Limitations: All VCU.ORG Members receive 6MB free webspace for use
with their VCU.ORG Internet access account. Each members free
webspace is allocated 750MB 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 6MB 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 Free
Webspace Community Guidelines.
VCU.ORG requests that anyone who believes
that there is a violation of this AUP direct the information to
Director-Abuse Department, at: abuse@AccessTechnology.net
If available, please provide the following
information:
The IP address used to commit the alleged
violation
The date and time of the alleged violation,
including the time zone or offset from GMT
Evidence of the alleged violation
Email with full header information provides
all of the above, as do syslog files. Other situations will
require different methods of providing the above information.
VCU.ORG may take any one or more of the
following actions in response to complaints:
issue warnings: written or verbal
suspend the Member's newsgroup posting privileges
suspend the Member's account
terminate the Member's account
bill the Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation
charges bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or to
collect damages, if any, caused by violations.