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 Laguna Beach Internet'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. Laguna Beach Internet 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 Laguna Beach Internet'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 Laguna Beach Internet 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. Laguna Beach Internet 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.
Laguna Beach Internet considers "multiposting" to 10 or more
groups within a two week sliding window to be excessive. Laguna Beach Internet
servers currently limit the number of allowable "cross-posts" to
9.
Laguna Beach Internet 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, Laguna Beach Internet
maintains the right to terminate any member's connection following any
extended period of inactivity as determined by Laguna Beach Internet.
o. Exceeding Web Site Size and Traffic Limitations: Each member's
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 Laguna Beach Internet
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.
Rev. 06/17/2002
