PlasmaHosting.Net Acceptable Usage Policy The following are considered violations of PlasmaHosting.Net AUP (acceptable useage policy: 1. Illegal use PlasmaHosting.Net's services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. PlasmaHosting.Net reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing. 2. Threats Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise ) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property. 3. Harassment Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise ) that harasses another. 4. 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. 5. Fraudulent activity Use of PlasmaHosting.Net service to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services, or to advance any type of financial scam such as "pyramid schemes" and "chain letters." 6. Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM) a. Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services to transmit any unsolicited commercial or unsolicited bulk e-mail is expressly prohibited. Violations of this type will result in the immediate termination of the offending PlasmaHosting.Net account. b. Anyone hosting websites or services on their account which support spammers or cause any of our IP space to be listed in any of the various Spam Databases will have their account immediately removed from our server. The account will not be reactivated until such time that thay agree to remove ANY and ALL traces of the offending material immediately upon reactivation and agree to allow us access their account to confirm that all material has been COMPLETELY removed. Severe violations may result in immediate and permanent removal of their account from our servers without notice to the customer. Any account guilty of a second violation WILL be immediately and permanently removed from our network without notice. 7. E-mail / News Bombing Malicious intent to impede another person's use of electronic mail services or news will result in the immediate termination of the offending PlasmaHosting.Net account. 8. E-mail / Message Forging Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through the PlasmaHosting.Net service is in violation of this AUP. 9. Usenet SPAMing PlasmaHosting.Net has a zero tolerance policy for the use of its network for the posting of messages or commercial advertisements, which violate the rules, regulations, FAQ or charter of any newsgroups or mailing list. Commercial messages that are appropriate under the rules of a newsgroup or mailing list or that are solicited by the recipients are permitted. 10. Unauthorized access Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net service to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of PlasmaHosting.Net'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, is expressly prohibited and the offending PlasmaHosting.Net account is subject to immediate termination. 11. Copyright or trademark infringement Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services to transmit any material (by e-mail, 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. 12. Collection of Personal Data Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services to collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent. 13. Network Disruptions and Unfriendly Activity Use of the PlasmaHosting.Net's services for any activity which affects the ability of other people or systems to use PlasmaHosting.Net's services or the Internet. This includes "denial of service" (DOS) attacks against another networks, hosts, or individual users. Interference with or disruption of other network users, services or equipment is prohibited. A Subscriber may not, through action or inaction, allow others to use their account for illegal or inappropriate actions. A Subscriber may not permit their account, 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. Unauthorized entry and/or use of another company and/or individual's computer system will result in immediate account termination. PlasmaHosting.Net will not tolerate any subscriber attempting to access the accounts of others, or penetrate security measures of other systems, whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data. 14. Fraud Fraud involves a knowing misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing or activity made with the intent that the person receiving it will act upon it. Such activity us prohibited and rejected by PlasmaHosting.Net. 15. Distribution of Viruses Intentional distributions of software that attempts to and/or causes damage, harassment, or annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer systems are prohibited. Such an offense will result in the immediate termination of the offending account. 16. Inappropriate Use of Software Use of software or any device that would facilitate a continued connection, i.e. pinging, while using PlasmaHosting.Net services will result in suspension or termination of service. 17. Third Party Accountability PlasmaHosting.Net subscribers will be held responsible and accountable for any activity by third parties, using their account, that violates guidelines created within the Acceptable Use Policy. 18. IRC networks Backround IRC processes and IRC related programs are permitted on PlasmaHosting.Net servers. Any IRC server software is strictly prohibited. Customer may not run IRC Servers from their PlasmaHosting.net shell account. 19, Adult Content The use of PlasmaHosting.Net's services for the hosting of adult content is not permitted under the terms of this Acceptable Useage Policy.