Last Updated September 12, 2007
1. INTRODUCTION
The Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") of Agristar Global Networks,
Ltd. (Agristar) and the Agristar Service is intended to help enhance the
use of the Internet by preventing unacceptable use. All users of Agristar
service (the "Service") – those who access some of our
Service but do not have accounts ("Visitors"), as well as those
who pay a monthly service fee to subscribe to the Services ("Subscribers")
– must comply with this AUP. We support the free flow of information
and ideas over the Internet and do not actively monitor use of the Services
under normal circumstances. Similarly, we do not exercise editorial control
over the content of any Website, electronic mail transmission, newsgroup,
or other material created or accessible over or through the Services,
except for certain proprietary Websites. However, in accordance with our
Subscriber Agreement, we may remove any materials that, in our sole discretion,
may be illegal, may subject us to liability, or which may violate this
AUP. Agristar may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties
in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong.
Your violation of this AUP may result in the suspension or termination
of either your access to the Service and/or your Agristar account.
2. VIOLATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
2.1 UNSOLICITED BULK COMMUNICATIONS.
You may not use the Service to send unsolicited bulk communications, including
through email. Similarly, you may not authorize others to use your account
or sub-accounts to send unsolicited bulk communications, or cause unsolicited
bulk communications to be sent by someone else. You may not harvest or
collect information about Agristar users from the Agristar Service, including
screen names, and use that information for the purpose of sending unsolicited
bulk communications. Any violation of these provisions may result in immediate
termination of your subscription and further legal action. You agree that
Hughes may take any legal and technical remedies to prevent unsolicited
bulk communications from entering, utilizing or remaining within the Agristar
Service or its facilities.
2.2 OTHER PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
You agree not to use the Service as follows: (a) for any unlawful, improper
or criminal purpose or activity; (b) to post or transmit information or
communications that, whether explicitly stated, implied, or suggested
through use of symbols, are libelous, defamatory, invasive of another
person’s privacy, obscene, indecent, pornographic, sadistic, cruel,
or racist in content, or of a sexually explicit or graphic nature; or
which espouses, promotes or incites bigotry, hatred or racism, or might
be legally actionable for any reason, or hurts minors in any way; (c)
to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any content transmitted through the Service; (d) to intentionally
or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial, state, national
or international law, including, but not limited to, rules, orders and
regulations having the force of law; (e) to attempt to access or access
the accounts of others, to spoof or attempt to spoof the URL or DNS address,
or to attempt to penetrate or penetrate our security measures or other
entities' systems ("hacking") whether or not the intrusion results
in corruption or loss of data; (f) to bombard individuals or newsgroups
with uninvited communications, data or information, or other similar activities,
including but not limited to "spamming," "flaming"
or denial or distributed denial of service attacks; (g) to transmit unsolicited
voluminous emails (for example, spamming) or to intercept, interfere with
or redirect email intended for third parties using the Service; (h) to
introduce viruses, worms, harmful code and/or Trojan horses on the Internet;
(i) to post information on newsgroups which is not in the topic area of
the newsgroup; (j) to interfere with another person's usage or enjoyment
of the Internet or this Service; (k) to post or transmit information or
communications that are defamatory, fraudulent, obscene or deceptive,
including but not limited to scams such as "make-money-fast"
schemes or "pyramid/chain" letters; (l) to damage the name or
reputation of Agristar, Hughes Network Systems, or its affiliates and
subsidiaries, or any third parties; (m) to transmit confidential or proprietary
information, except solely at your own risk; (n) to violate our or any
third party's copyright, trademark, proprietary or other intellectual
property rights, including trade secret rights; (o) to generate excessive
amounts (as determined in our sole discretion) of Internet traffic, or
to disrupt net user groups or email use by others; (p) to engage in activities
designed to or having the effect of degrading or denying Service to Agristar
users or others (including activities that compromise a server, router,
circuit or software); (q) to use any name or mark of Agristar or its affiliates
or subsidiaries, as a hypertext link to any Website or in any advertising
publicity or other commercial manner; (r) to use your Agristar account
for the purpose of operating a server of any type; (s) to use the Service
or the Internet in a manner intended to threaten, harass, or intimidate
others; (t) to cause the screen to "scroll" faster than other
subscribers or users are able to type to it, or any action that has a
similar disruptive effect, on or through the Service; (u) to use the Service
to disrupt the normal flow of online dialogue, (v) to use the Service
to violate any operating rule, policy or guideline of any other online
services provider or interactive service; (w) to attempt to subvert, or
to aid third parties to subvert, the security of any computer facility
or system connected to the Internet; (x) to impersonate any person or
using a false name while using the Service; (y) to install "auto-responders,"
"cancel-bots" or similar automated or manual routines which
generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or disrupt net user groups
or email use by others; (z) to make false or unverified complaints against
any Agristar subscriber, or otherwise abusing any of our complaint response
procedures; (aa) to export software or any information in violation of
US export laws; or (bb) to use the Service in contravention of the limitations
of the pricing plan you have chosen.
3. REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Agristar may revise, amend, or modify this AUP, at any time and in any
manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted
in accordance with the terms set forth in the Subscriber Agreement.
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