Acceptable Use Policy
All Clients, Resellers, and Reseller's respective clients must comply with ModernGigabyte's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). ModernGigabyte may at it full discretion terminate any accounts which fail to comply with the published ModernGigabyte AUP. The ModernGigabyte acceptable use policy may be amended from time to time by ModernGigabyte and is effective upon posting of the revised policy on the ModernGigabyte Corporate site. You may wish to review the ModernGigabyte Acceptable Use Policy at this time.
The ModernGigabyte Acceptable Use Policy covers numerous topics including:
Intellectual Property Violations: Engaging in any activity that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities. Also, engaging in activity that violates privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others. ModernGigabyte is required by law to remove or block access to customer content upon receipt of a proper notice of copyright infringement. It is also ModernGigabyte 's policy to terminate the privileges of customers who commit repeat violations of copyright laws.
Obscene Speech or Materials: Using ModernGigabyte's network to advertise, transmit, store, post, display, or otherwise make available child pornography or obscene speech or material. ModernGigabyte is required by law to notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on or being transmitted through ModernGigabyte's network.
Defamatory or Abusive Language: Using ModernGigabyte's network as a means to transmit or post defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.
Forging of Headers: Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole or in part, to mask the originator of the message.
Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks: Accessing illegally or without authorization computers, accounts, or networks belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of another individual's system (often known as "hacking"). Also, any activity that might be used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e. port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).
Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities: Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, or denial of service attacks. Also, activities that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively use the network or any connected network, system, service, or equipment.
Facilitating a Violation of this AUP: Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP, which includes the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding, mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and piracy of software.
Export Control Violations: Exporting encryption software over the Internet or otherwise, to points outside the United States.
Other Illegal Activities: Engaging in activities that are determined to be illegal, including advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently charging credit cards, and pirating software.
Other Activities: Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that ModernGigabyte determines to be harmful to its subscribers, operations, reputation, goodwill, or customer relations.