Current
Policies
SoftekServices.net
agrees to provide client web hosting with a fixed annual fee. SoftekServices.net
will never require client to advertise for SoftekServices.net on
their website in any way shape or form. Client is allowed to use
site for business/commercial or personal websites or content.
Content:
All services provided by SoftekServices.net may be used for lawful
purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information,
data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State
or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
copyrighted material, material that is threatening or obscene, material
that is "adult only" content, or material protected by
trade secrets and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless SoftekServices.net from any claims resulting from
the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other
party.
Note:
Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on any
server. This includes sexual content, or direct 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.
SoftekServices.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of this provision.
Examples
of non-acceptable content or links
- Pirated
software
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Hackers programs or archives
- Warez
Sites
- Porn
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Spamming Software
SoftekServices.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of this provision.
Traffic
Guidelines
Due to the unique resource characteristics and traffic patterns
associated with certain types of sites, the following are limited
to 5 gigs (on average, close to a 100,000 hits per month) of free
traffic/bandwidth per month:
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Sub hosting - any domain housing additional users
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Shareware,
sound, video, image and multimedia archives
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Mirror
sites
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Distribution
points
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Any
site whose primary purpose is file distribution
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All
sites with files other than plain text webpages
Sites that go over the allowed free traffic will be charged $15
per gig. Sites must pre-pay this fee, and site is subject to suspension
if bandwidth is unpaid for.
Chat
Rooms:
We provide a FREE chat room that will more than fill your needs.
Background
Running Programs:
As a general rule we do not allow background running programs. We
may allow programs to run continually in the background , these
are considered on a one to one basis and an extra charge will be
incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance
needed.
IRC:
We currently do not allow you to link to or use IRC or IRC bots
such as eggdrop, and BitchX on our servers.
CGI
Scripts
Each SoftekServices.net account comes fully equipped with its own
pre-configured CGI-Bin. Customers are free to use any CGI-scripts
provided with their account or add any additional ones they require.
Any CGI-scripts deemed to be adversely affecting the server performance
or the network integrity may be shut down without prior notice.
CGI-script sharing with domains not hosted by SoftekServices.net
is not allowed.
Server
Resources
Any web site that uses a high amount of server resources (such as,
but not limited to CPU time, memory usage, and network resources)
can be suspended without notice, and then may be given an option
of either upgrading their service level or reducing the resource
used to an acceptable level.
Distribution
and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials
Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal
penalties.
Intellectual
Property Rights
Material accessible to you through SoftekServices.net's Services
may be subject to protection under the United States or other copyright
laws, or laws protecting trademarks, trade secrets or proprietary
information. Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such
rights, you must not use the SoftekServices.net Service in a manner
that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such
rights, with respect to any material, which you access or receive
through the SoftekServices.net Network. If you use a domain name
in connection with the SoftekServices.net Service or similar service,
you must not use that domain name in violation of any trademark,
service mark, or similar rights of any third party.
Network
Security
Customers may not use the SoftekServices.net Network with an attempt
to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network,
or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data
not intended for the customer, logging into a server or account
the customer is not expressly authorized to access, password cracking,
probing the security of other networks in search of weakness, or
violation of any other organization's security policy. Customers
may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host,
or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail
bombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host
or network. SoftekServices.net will cooperate fully with investigations
of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including
cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation
of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network
security may incur criminal or civil liability.
Defamation
Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in civil
liability for the defamer.
Refusal
of Service
SoftekServices.net reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse
or cancel service. Violation of any of SoftekServices.net's Rules
and Regulations could result in a warning, suspension, or possible
account termination. Accounts terminated due to policy violations
will not be refunded.
Spam
Or Unsolicited E-Mail:
You must not use the SoftekServices.net Network, SoftekServices.net
equipment or any SoftekServices.net email address in connection with
the transmission of spam, flames, mail bombs, or substantially similar,
unsolicited email messages. Your domain may not be referenced as
originator, intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above.
This prohibition extends to the sending of unsolicited mass mailings
from another service that in any way implicates the use of the SoftekServices.net
Network, SoftekServices.net equipment or any SoftekServices.net email
address. A message is considered unsolicited if it is posted in
violation of a newsgroup charter or if it is sent to a recipient
who has not requested or invited the message. For purposes of this
provision, merely making one's email address accessible to the public
will not constitute a request or invitation to receive messages.
If
you are found to have spammed, without warning, SoftekServices.net
reserves the right to disable your domain. In addition, SoftekServices.net
may impose a $100 penalty for each spam policy violation. SoftekServices.net
solely reserves the right to refuse or cancel service to known spammers.
Lastly, SoftekServices.net reserves the right to determine what violates
this policy. As such, any violation may result in cancellation of
services without refund.
As
such, any violation will result in immediate deactivation of services
without refund.
Abuse:
Any attempts to undermine, slander, libel, threaten, swear at, or
cause harm to a SoftekServices.net server, customer, employee, or
the company directly is strictly prohibited and is grounds for immediate
termination without refund. In addition, we will pursue all attempts
to the fullest extent of the law.
Indemnification:
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Softek Services, Inc
harmless from any and all demands, liabilities,
losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted
against Softek Servcies, Inc., its agents, its customers, officers
and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided
or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer,
it's agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify
and hold harmless Softek Services, Inc. against liabilities arising
out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products
sold or otherwise distributed in connection with our server; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or
allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party
and (3) copyright infringement. Customer agrees to limit the liability
of Softek Services, Inc. and to the amount paid for service.
Disclaimer
Softek Services, Inc. will not be responsible for any damages
your business may suffer. Softek Services, Inc. makes no warranties
of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Softek Services,
Inc. disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays,
non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions
caused by Softek Services, Inc. and its employees. Softek Services,
Inc. reserves the right to amend or update these policies without
notice. Failure to follow any terms and conditions may result in
account deactivation.
Softek Services, Inc. furthermore expects that its customers who provide
Internet services to others will fully comply with all applicable
laws concerning the privacy of online communications. A customer's
failure to comply with those laws will violate this policy. Finally,
Softek Services, Inc. wishes to emphasize that in accepting services,
customers indemnify Softek Services, Inc. for the violation of
any law or Softek Services, Inc. policy, that results in loss
to Softek Services, Inc. or the bringing of any claim against
Softek Services, Inc.. This means that if Softek Services, Inc.
is sued because of activities of the customer that violate any law,
or this policy, the customer will pay any damages awarded against
Softek Services, Inc., plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
If
any terms or conditions are failed to be followed it will result
in grounds for immediate account deactivation.
Softek
Services, Inc. reserves the right to change, edit, or update
the policies contained in this document at any time for any reason
without notice.
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