ResNet:
Acceptable
Use Policy and Corporate Disclaimer
1. Introduction
MVCC ResNet
Internet Access is provided by and managed by Dreamscape Online.
This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) specifies actions prohibited
by Dreamscape
Online,
LLC. Dreamscape Online retains the right to modify the Acceptable
Use Policy at any time, with or without any notification, and
any such modification shall be automatically effective as to
all customers when adopted by Dreamscape. Questions or comments
regarding the Acceptable Use Policy should be forwarded to policy@dreamscape.com.
2. Non-Monitoring
Notice - Corporate Disclaimer
Dreamscape customers
and users should be aware that Dreamscape Online does not exercise
any editorial control over, set standards for, or monitor the
contents of any message which appears on, or is accessed through
Dreamscape service, the "Internet", any electronic
bulletin board or "web site", or any electronic information
service. Responsibility for accuracy, suitability, and standards
of all such messages rests solely with the originators and recipients
of such messages.
3. Compliance
With Law
Customer shall not post,
transmit, re-transmit or store material on or through any of
Services or Products which, in the sole judgment of the Company
(i) is in violation of any local, state, federal or non-United
States law or regulation, (ii) threatening, obscene, indecent,
defamatory or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual,
group or entity (collectively, "Persons") or (iii)
violates the rights of any person, including rights protected
by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property
or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to,
the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other
software products that are not appropriately licensed for use
by Customer. Customer shall be responsible for determining what
laws or regulations are applicable to its use of the Services
and Products
3.1.
General Notice on DMCA
Violators of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act who have illegally shared copyrighted files are subject to civil penalties of between $750
and $150,000 per song. As of 2008, past pre-litigation settlements offered by copyright owners such as the Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) have ranged from $3,000 to $4,000 and up. Additionally, a court may, in its discretion, grant the copyright owner
reasonable attorney fees. Although prosecution of students for this type of file sharing is extremely rare, 17 USC § 506 lays out criminal
penalties for intentional copyright infringement which can include fines and jail time.
4.
Prohibited Use of Services and Products
4.1.
General
4.1.1 Resale of Services
and Products, without the prior consent of the Company
4.1.2 Deceptive Online
marketing practices (ie. Spam).
4.1.3 Violations of
the rights of any Person protected by copyright, trade secret,
patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations,
including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution
of "pirated" or other software products that are not
appropriately licensed for use by Customer.
4.1.4. Actions that
restrict or inhibit any Person, whether a customer of the Company
or otherwise, in its use or enjoyment of any of the Company's
Services or Products.
4.2.
Email
4.2.1 Sending unsolicited
bulk or commercial messages ("spam"). This includes,
but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial advertising,
informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for
signatures, and political or religious tracts. Such messages
may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it.
4.2.2 Collecting responses
from unsolicited bulk or commercial e-mail sent from accounts
with other providers.
4.2.3 Sending Unsolicited
Commercial Email from Dreamscape or from another provider to
advertise any service that is hosted by Dreamscape or connected
via Dreamscape.
4.2.4 Creating or forwarding "chain
letters" or other "pyramid schemes" of any type.
4.2.5 Harassment, whether
through language, frequency of messages, or size of messages.
4.2.6 Collecting replies
to messages sent from another Internet service provider if those
messages violate this Acceptable Use Policy or the acceptable
use policy of the other service provider.
4.2.7 Intentionally
distributing computer viruses, worms or any computer program
or message with the intent of causing harm to the recipient's
computer system or network.
4.2.8 Deceptively forging
Email headers or providing false information to deceive the recipient
or redirect replies to a non-existent Email address.
4.2.9 Using another
ISP's mail server to relay Email without authorization.
4.3. System and Network
4.3.1 Unauthorized access
to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt
to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures without express
authorization of the owner of the system or network.
4.3.2 Performing any
action that disrupts Internet access for another user or interferes
with Internet communications, including, but not limited to,
port scanning, ping flooding, nuking, packet spoofing or any
denial of service method.
4.3.3 Attempting
to forge any TCP-IP packet header.
