Updated December 1, 2010
Paradigm Consulting Company and its affiliates, hereafter referred
to as Paradigm, provide a range of electronic and other services.
Internet Services provided by Paradigm, hereafter referred to as the
Site, are provided under the following Terms of Service agreement.
Short Version:
Unsolicited or Commercial Bulk Email Policy:
If you send
unsolicited e-mail or post excessive Usenet messages
promoting your site, business, or opportunity, or cause responses
from such e-mail message or posting to be directed to your mailbox at
Paradigm facilities, your site, account, etc. will be deleted without
warning. We will also bill you for the services you use while sending
such messages, the time required to clean up any mess that you make,
and any legal fees or other costs we incur while dealing with the
incident.
Free Speech policy:
We don't really care about what you
send in e-mail, or what you put on your web pages. But, material that
we deem to be grossly offensive, including clear expressions of
bigotry, racism, or hatred, will not be tolerated.
Piracy:
We will not tolerate the use of our services to
promote software piracy.
Full Version:
Paradigm Consulting Company and its Affiliates (Paradigm) offer a
number of Internet-related services.
It is contrary to our policy for any user of any of these services
to take part in any of the following activities through a Paradigm
provided service:
To post a single article or advertisement to more than ten
(10) Usenet or other newsgroups, forums, email mailing lists or
other similar groups or lists;
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, email
mailing list or other similar group or list articles which are
off-topic according to the charter or other owner-published FAQ or
description of the group or list;
To send unsolicited mass emailings to more than twenty-five
(25) email users, causing such unsolicited emailings to provoke
complaints from any of the recipients;
To engage in any of the foregoing activities using the
service of another provider, but channeling such activities through
a Paradigm account or with a Paradigm account as a maildrop for
responses;
To use the paradigmcc.com domain name or the domain name of
any Paradigm affiliates to advertise any Paradigm website or service
via Unsolicted Commercial Bulk Email as defined above.
Paradigm considers the above practices to constitute abuse of its
service and of the recipients of such unsolicited mailings and/or
postings, who often bear the expense. Therefore, these practices are
prohibited by Paradigm's terms and conditions of service. Engaging in
any of these practices will result in termination of the offender's
account and/or access to Paradigm services.
In addition, Paradigm reserves the right, where feasible, to
implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings as
described above before they are forwarded.
This policy addresses only the kinds of network abuse specifically
enumerated above. In addition to these activities, Paradigm's terms
and conditions of service also prohibit other forms of abuse such as
harassment and the posting of illegal or unlawful materials, and
Paradigm will respond as appropriate to these other activities as
well.
Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to limit
Paradigm's actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the
foregoing activities, and Paradigm reserves the right to take any and
all additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect to such
activities, including without limitation taking action to recover
the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them
from use of Paradigm services.
In addition, Paradigm reserves at all times all rights and
remedies available to it with respect to such activities at law or in
equity.
By use of the Site, you agree to use the Site in a manner
consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance
with the terms and conditions discussed below.
Site Guidelines
Paradigm is not responsible for the
content of any homepage, and the views expressed are the
responsibility of the User and not Paradigm. Paradigm does not review
Web pages in any way before they appear on the Site. Paradigm
reserves the right to remove any page from the Site at any time
without notice.
Paradigm provides space for Web Pages & Sites but makes no
implied or express warranties about the reliability of these pages.
Paradigm is not responsible for any damage caused by loss of access
to, or deletion or alteration of web pages; individual Users are
responsible for monitoring and creating backups of their pages.
Paradigm provides a single username and password for hosting customers
to use for the purpose of accessing and maintaining their websites. This
username and password combination may not be shared with any third party
without the express, written permission of Paradigm consulting. The
hosting customer is responsible for taking reasonable measures to prevent
the username and password combination from falling into the hands of any
third party. Evidence that an account has been compromised by or shared with
any third party is grounds for immediate suspension or termination of
the customer's account.
The following is a non-exclusive list of actions and
content that are not permitted on the Site:
Any use of copyrighted material
without the express permission of the author or owner.
Pages that exploit the images of
anyone under the age of 18.
Material that we deem to be
grossly offensive, including clear expressions of bigotry, racism,
or hatred.
Messages, web pages, or
communications of any kind that promote illegal activity.
Material that defames, abuses or
threatens others.
Making available copyrighted
software which has been “cracked” - i.e., the copyright
protection has been removed from the software.
Making available serial numbers
for software which can be used to illegally validate or register
software;
Making available tools which can be used for no purpose other
than for “cracking” software.
Indemnity
User agrees to indemnify Paradigm and any
third-party information providers against any and all claims and
expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from the User's use of
the Site. This expressly includes: (i) User's responsibility for any
and all liability arising from the violation or infringement of
proprietary rights or copyrights and (ii) any libelous or unlawful
material contained within User's Web Page or other portion of the
Site.
Termination of Service
Paradigm may terminate any and
all information, communications, Postings, or Web Pages at any time,
without notice, for conduct that violates this Agreement or other
policies or guidelines set out by Paradigm elsewhere on the Site.
Paradigm may terminate and delete any and all information,
communications, Postings, or Web Pages for online conduct that
Paradigm believes is harmful to other Users, the business of
Paradigm, or other third-party information providers.
Fees for unsolicited commercial e-mail
Paradigm will
apply the following charges to unsolicited commercial e-mail that
passes through the Site.
For each Unsolicited Commercial
E-Mail message received at the Site: $500 per copy
For each Unsolicited Commercial
E-Mail sent via the Site: $100 per copy
Cleanup charge for service
termination related to Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail: $1000 per
incident
Administrative charge for
redirection of “remove me” or other “abuse”
messages related to forged headers in Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail:
$100 per message
We will also charge for any legal fees or other costs we
incur while dealing with the incident.
Choice of Law
This Agreement shall be construed and
controlled by the laws of the State of Vermont, without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising hereunder will be
governed by the laws of the State of Vermont. The User agrees to
personal jurisdiction by the State and Federal courts of the State of
Vermont.
If you have any questions regarding the information on this page
please email or send us an email via our contact form.
You may also wish to view our hosting
agreement.
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