We are
unwilling to accept email spam because it wastes our time
and consumes resources of our computing equipment in terms
of processing, storage and network traffic; not to mention
our human resources. Therefore, we reserve the right to take
action against any company, group or individual who chooses
to abuse our resources for commercial purposes.
Specifically,
this refers to any entity who:
- Sends unsolicited
commercial materials through our systems, or in any way
causes unsolicited commercial materials to be passed into or
stored on our systems;
-
Misappropriates, rents, trades or sells any contact
information contained within the Site, including (but not
limited to) email addresses, phone numbers, postal
addresses, etc.
We reserve the right to take action as necessary to protect
our systems and keep the costs of maintaining these systems
to a minimum.
"Our systems"
refers to any network or computing equipment used in the
production, maintenance, storage or publication of the Site
in whole or in part, including the computer systems of
Webmasters, guest writers and affiliates who produce content
displayed on the Site.
Individuals who abuse our services, whether a customer or
not, will be pursued for compensation under the laws
pursuant to theft of service. We also reserve the right, at
our discretion, to notify connectivity and hosting providers
of such abuses in order to suspend or disconnect service of
the offending party.
Offenders will be tracked down using any available
information as well as proprietary spam-tracking and
security tools. For the time and expenses incurred in
dealing with such offenders, the industry-standard fee of
US
$500.00 per offense will be charged in addition to any compensation
provided under the laws pursuant to theft of service.
Any entity
refusing to pay the fees they have incurred will be turned
over to collection or law enforcement, as appropriate.
Last Update: February 13, 2007.
