Freeservers has a zero tolerance policy
for spam, pornography, and warez. Any
sites found to contain, promote, or link to
such content are subject to immediate removal
from our service.
By typing in the 4-character security code
and clicking the “submit” button at the bottom
of the registration page, you accept these terms
and conditions and acknowledge that your use
of Freeservers is subject to certain limitations
set forth below. If you do not accept
this agreement, do not proceed with the sign-up
process.
I. For the purposes of this agreement, Freeservers,
Freeservers.com, and About Web Services may
be used interchangeably.
II. Freeservers.com cannot be held responsible
for the content of pages hosted under our service.
Freeservers does not review pages for content
before they are posted and does not verify,
endorse, or otherwise take responsibility for
the content of any user-created pages. However,
we reserve the right to remove any page from
our servers which we determine is violating
our rules and guidelines. Users are solely
responsible for all files contained in their
own directory, and can be held legally
liable for the contents of their Web site.
III. Freeservers.com may terminate user
accounts at any time, without notice, for
conduct that violates these guidelines or for
any other reason. Freeservers may terminate
user accounts and delete any and all user information
for conduct that Freeservers.com believes is
harmful to the business of Freeservers.com or
to any of its users or partners. Pages found
violating these items may be subject to immediate
deletion and removal from our servers, and their
Webmasters subject to banishment from the Freeservers
network. The following is a nonexclusive
list of content and behaviors that are UNACCEPTABLE
on Freeservers.com.
a. Content that contains or contains
links to nudity, pornography, adult content,
sex, extreme violence, or foul language.
b. Content that condones, promotes,
contains, or links to warez, cracks, hacks,
their associated utilities, or other piracy-related
information, whether for educational purposes
or not.
c. Content that has been promoted through
the sending of unsolicited email (spamming)
or mail fraud schemes, or pages that promote
or condone the sending of unsolicited email.
Users who utilize Freeservers resources, including
e-mail addresses, for spam are also subject
to prosecution to the fullest extent of the
law.
d. Content that commits acts of copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual
property infringement.
e. Content that is racist, or otherwise
extremely offensive to others, including content
which aggravates, harasses, threatens, defames,
or abuses others.
f. Storage of log files or non-HTML
content, or any use of space that circumvents
the display of advertising.
g. Having password-only, hidden, or
restricted access pages (all Web pages must
be accessible to the Internet community at
large).
h. Sites that exploit images of children
under 18 years of age.
i. Binary files, downloads, etc. that
are not linked to an HTML page on the
user's site, such that an advertising banner
is displayed. Links back to files on a user's
Freeservers page from other sites must also
link first to an HTML page on Freeservers,
which then links to the binary files.
j. Content that contains, links to,
or participates in pyramid schemes, gambling,
raffles, lotteries, and so forth.
k. Content that posts or discloses
personal identification information or private
information of individuals under the age of
13 or in connection with materials directed
toward individuals under the age of 13 without
verifiable parental consent.
l. Content that provides, sells, or
offers to sell the following: controlled substances,
illegal drugs and drug contraband, alcohol,
weapons, pirated materials, pornography or
sexual products, programs to attack others,
illegal goods, escort services, instructions
on making, assembling, or obtaining illegal
goods or weapons, information used to break
copyright or trademark violations, to destroy
others' property, or to harm any people or
animals.
m. Content that takes part in, or allows
any third party to take part in, the following:
reverse engineering, reverse compiling or
otherwise deriving the underlying source code
or structure or sequence of the Technology;
individual passworking of Member sites or
pages; altering copyright notices and attributes
(unless permitted in writing by the author/owner);
and such practices.
IV. Freeservers.com provides space
for hosting Web pages but makes no implied
or express warranties about the reliability
of this space or related services. Freeservers.com
is not responsible for any deletion, alteration,
or loss of data due to network or system outages,
file corruption, accidental deletion, or any
other reasons. Freeservers makes no guarantees
about server reliability, speed, or consistency,
and cannot be held liable for such.
a. Users are responsible for regularly
monitoring and creating backups of their own
files, and agree to use the Freeservers.com
resources and infrastructure at their own
risk. This service is provided on an "as is"
basis without warranties of any kind, either
expressed or implied. Neither Freeservers.com
nor its partners makes any warranty with respect
to any content, information, services, or
products provided through or in conjunction
with this free service.
b. Freeservers.com and its partners
make no guarantee of the accuracy, correctness,
or completeness of any information on these
Web pages and are not responsible for any
errors or omissions arising from the use of
such information; any failures, delays, or
interruptions in the delivery of any content
or services contained on our servers; or losses
or damages arising from the use of the content
or services provided by Freeservers.com.
c. Freeservers.com may also link to
or include on its Web site resources and information
provided by third-party partners and providers.
We do not guarantee the reliability of this
information, nor does the inclusion of this
information imply our recommendation of these
services; it is merely provided to assist
you in the creation of your Web site and provide
added value to our service.
d. You agree to indemnify Freeservers.com
and its partners against any and all claims
and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising
from the your use of this service. This expressly
includes your responsibility for any and all
liability arising from the violation or infringement
of proprietary rights or copyrights and any
libelous or unlawful material contained within
your Web site.
e. Because Freeservers.com sites are
hosted by About Web Services, About Web Services
reserves the right to include traffic generated
by all web sites it hosts in its overall accounting
of page views, unique users, and other usage
measures. This includes providing web traffic
measurement companies with all URLs hosted
by About Web Services for use in their projection
of About Web Services's overall traffic.
V. Freeservers is advertiser-supported.
As a result, we ask that users be supportive
of our advertisers and their advertising, which
helps make this service free. We require
all advertising to be suited to general audiences,
and make every effort to provide advertising
relevant to the content of user Web pages.
a. Each page is required to display
a banner. An advertising banner will be displayed
by default on every page served by our servers.
Any attempts to undermine or avoid the display
of the banner is considered a violation of
this agreement and the site will be subject
to immediate removal.
b. Freeservers has made provisions
for those users who do not desire advertising
on their site to have an advertising-free
site for a small monthly fee. In such cases,
all other aspects of this Acceptable Use Policy
still apply.
VI. Other Freeservers rules and guidelines:
a. Each user is responsible
for building and updating his/her Web
page and regularly backing up any related
data.
b. User accounts may be deleted
after 60 days if there is no activity
on the account, in order to free unused
resources.
c. Each user is requested to
take only one account. Multiple accounts
may be taken, but only if each site
contains completely different subject
matter.
d. Business sites are welcome
and encouraged on Freeservers.
e. Freeservers sites MAY be used
as an entry to a non-Freeservers site
ONLY if the user is not automatically
redirected to the non-Freeservers site.
f. FTP Usage
· FTP access is provided for
the purposes of uploading content, maintaining
content, and downloading content for
backup purposes only. It is not to be
used for the distribution of files.
· FTP usage for webcam purposes
is not to exceed uploading once every
30 seconds.
· Freeservers reserves the right
to revoke or restrict any FTP access
and/or remove any web site for improper
or excessive FTP usage.
VII. Freeservers.com reserves the right
to amend or change these guidelines at any time
without notice.
This Acceptable Use Policy and any disputes
arising out of or related to the Service and
the Freeservers Sites shall be governed by,
and construed and enforced in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
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