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updated on changes, since this policy may change at any time.
By subscribing to the-newsfeed.com I am stating that I have fully read, understood and
accepted all terms and conditions listed in this agreement. If you have any questions
about anything listed in this disclaimer please direct them to webmaster@the-newsfeed.com
before you subscribe.
The content of all discussion groups, including without limitation, the descriptions for
discussion groups and the content within a specific article, is provided by and is the
responsibility of the creator of the discussion group or the person posting an article.
the-newsfeed.com has NO responsibility for such content and is merely a conduit of
articles traveling across Usenet. Usenet in general is a public forum much like the world
wide web is available to the public. the-newsfeed.com does not control Usenet.
All articles on our servers are pushed to our servers via our upstream providers,
including large international corporations. the-newsfeed.com receives millions of articles
per day, and it is impossible for us or any other corporation running a usenet server to
moderate newsgroups. Currently there are no state or federal laws that require any ISP to
moderate usenet newsgroups.
By its very nature, Usenet groups may carry very offensive, harmful, inaccurate or
otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or
are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise
proper judgment when using Usenet.
Again, we must emphasize that it is impossible for us or any other usenet service to
police hundreds of thousands of articles that pass through our servers everyday. Any
article that passes through our servers is the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY of the person who
posted the article or created the newsgroup.
the-newsfeed.com does not produce any content that passes through our servers.
the-newsfeed.com does not publish any content that passes through our servers. What we
mean when we say publish is that we DO NOT extract pictures or programs from usenet for
redistribution by various means, such as putting them on CD-ROM or making slide shows or
putting them in zip files for download.
the-newsfeed.com does not condone nor support people posting copyrighted or illegal
content to Usenet. If you discover an article that contains any copyrighted or illegal
content please contact us at webmaster@the-newsfeed.com. We will then have the offending
article removed IMMEDIATELY, and forward any and all relevant information to the
appropriate federal law enforcement authorities.
The name of a newsgroup is not illegal in nature and does not necessarily imply
inappropriate or illegal activity. However we encourage customers to exercise caution and
discretion when viewing and posting to all Usenet newsgroups. All content, without
limitation, is provided by and is the responsibility of the person posting the content. We
expect all customers to abide by Usenet etiquette, copyright laws, and civil and criminal
laws.
Download Transfer Limits
Each account has a specified download transfer byte limit. For all accounts, the general
Acceptable Conditions of Use rules apply, even if there is no set download byte limit
(i.e.. Unlimited ). There is also a simultaneous connection limit (per username/IP-number)
depending on account subscription. We reserve the right to modify these settings at any
time. You agree that the-newsfeed.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for
any modification of the Service.
ACCEPTABLE C O N D I T I O N S O F U S E:
the-newsfeed.com may curtail excessive and/or continuous downloading usage of Unlimited
accounts. the-newsfeed.coms' Unlimited account does not constitute a dedicated connection.
If a customer appears to be unable to maintain a reasonable use of the service,
the-newsfeed.com may cancel, suspend, or decline to renew service for that customer
without notice. It is within the-newsfeed.coms' sole discretion to determine what
comprises unreasonable use.
accounts are for individual and/or personal use only. Any non-individual use, or any use
that is indistinguishable from non-individual or personal use, is prohibited. Usage that
can not be considered "individual or personal" also includes excessive
continuous downloading (of) or from any newsgroup(s), 24/7 downloading, or similar
activities, likewise you may NOT use a personal account to feed a news server, news
caching server, or similar. Any such use will be grounds for immediate account
termination. For example, the following uses are prohibited:
-Under no circumstances may a subscriber share their account or login information with any
third party whatsoever.
-Simultaneous logins from multiple IP addresses
-Connecting from a proxy of any kind
-Using DNEWS, NetCache, or any other multi-access caching system
-Excessive download volume.
the-newsfeed.com reserves the right to suspend, terminate, or refuse service to anyone, at
any time, for any reason. NO refunds will be issued if your account is suspended and/or
canceled for any of the above reasons.
AGE REQUIREMENT
I am at least 18 (21 where required) years of age and have the legal right to possess
adult material in my community.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS
I understand the standards and laws of the community, site and computer to which I am
transporting this material, I am solely responsible for my actions, posting of illegal
media is prohibited, violators will banned from our servers.
COPYRIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY
I will not sell, redistribute, or copy in any way the contents of this site. I will not
allow anyone to use my username, password. If I do post, I do so at my own risk.
SPAM AND FLOODING
We have ZERO tolerance for Spammers or Flooders. Posting is a privilege, not a right, if
you post SPAM and or flood any group, your account or posting privileges may be revoked
WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, and you may be billed (at the discretion of the System
Administrator) for the cleanup, at $200.00 (US) per hour, plus any Collections and or
Attorney's fee's incurred in collection of this fee. What is SPAM? it is any post(s) that
is unwanted, in the group it was posted to, in short if a group has a FAQ against
commercial ad's, and you post a commercial ad(s), on topic or not, and your reported, you
are Spamming. What is FLOODING? it is the act of filling a group(s), with unwanted posts
that are on, or off topic, pushing your point, freedom of speech is important, but not to
the point of damaging any person, and or group to prove your point of view. If your
posting access is disabled, it will remain so indefinitely. No refunds will be issued for
this reason.
SYSTEM SECURITY
I will not attempt to bypass any security and/or access features of this site.
VIOLATIONS
If I use these services in violation of this agreement, I understand I may be in violation
of local, federal and or civil laws. I agree to be responsible for all legal fees and loss
of any income due the owners, Corporate Officers of this site. I understand that my
membership will be canceled without notice or refund.
USE OF INFORMATION
I will not use or provide any information about or contained within this site against the
providers, owners, Corporate Officers, and/or creators of this site in any type of action,
legal or otherwise.
CANCELING AND REFUNDS
Absolutely no refunds will be given after a username and password have been issued. Even
if you immediately cancel after joining, your account will not end until it's current term
expires.If we find a charge has been forcefully refunded or charged back, you will be in
violation of this agreement. You may cancel your membership at any time, to do so send an
email to accounts@the-newsfeed.com with the receipt email issued to you by CCBILL. along
with your account username and password. Your account will then be canceled at the end of
your subscription period.Any chargebacks or forced refunds, that cause monies owing to
the-newsfeed.com, will be forwarded to collection agencies for recovery and be recorded in
credit record. Legal action may be commenced. Chargebacks or forced refunds from your
account will also cause you to be listed in an online fraud database. This will prevent
you from using your credit card, or phone number on the internet again with thousands of
companies that use CCBILL. for their online billing. If you were never assigned a username
and password due to an error on the part of the-newsfeed.com, we will activate your
account and compensate you (with extra time) for any lost time. We will not issue refunds
for any other reason, with the exception of fraud (read below for details).
FRAUD
If your credit card or phone number was fraudulently used to gain access to this service,
Email a copy of the Police Report to us at webmaster@the-newsfeed.com. We will have
CCBILL. refund the charge and have your credit card or phone number blocked from anyone
ever using it with CCBILL. again. We will provide this information to the FBI and/or
Interpol for substantiation of criminal fraud charges. We take fraud very seriously, and
will press charges, both criminal and civil. Users who commit fraud by gaining access to
our sites and then by what ever means obtains refunds, are committing fraud against a
corporation in interstate commerce.
A Note from our billing company regarding refunds and fraud claims:
It should be noted that, with very few exceptions, every credit card refund results in
that card number being entered into CBILL's negative database. This is our in-house record
of past problem customers. Yes, it's possible for a never-before-encountered credit card
number to fraudulently buy from one CCBILL client... once. After that, the card number is
forever blocked from purchasing anything from any CBILL client.
Anyone who thinks about requesting a refund by falsely claiming his card was used
fraudulently had better be sure that he will never again want to use that card on
thousands of web sites. Even if the charge arrived on your statement because someone else
used your card (my son did what???),CCBILL has to assume that if it happened once it might
happen again. If someone unknown to you is placing charges on your credit card, now would
be a very good time to call your credit card issuer, cancel that card number and start
over with a new one.
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
We do not provide dial-up service, you must have Internet access to use our service. Any
Windows, Linux or Macintosh system will work, and we are AOL and WebTV friendly. AOL and
WebTV users may have to use our web gateway to obtain access.
ACCOUNT SETUP
New accounts opened by credit card, will normally become active within one hour of
sign-up. If you are having difficulties accessing your account after two hours send email
webmaster@the-newsfeed.com.
INTENDED USE
Accounts are intended for personal use only, commercial use is prohibited without prior
written authorization from the-newsfeed.com.
WARNING GENERAL DISCLAIMER
the-newsfeed.com, (hereinafter "the-newsfeed.com") the owners of
the-newsfeed.com, does not represent nor endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the
information, content, or advertisements (collectively, the "Material") contained
on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded, or accessed from any of the services
contained on this website (collectively, the "Service"). the-newsfeed.com also
does not represent nor endorse the quality of any products, information, or other
materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any
other information or offer in or in connection with the-newsfeed.com (collectively, the
"Products"). You hereby acknowledge that any reliance upon any Material shall be
at your own risk. the-newsfeed.com reserves the right, but is not obligated to nor does it
accept any responsibility for refusing to, in its sole discretion to make improvements to,
or correct any error or omissions in any portion of the Service or Material contained in
the-newsfeed.com.
THE SERVICE AND THE MATERIAL AND THE PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE-NEWSFEED.COM ON AN
"AS IS' BASIS, AND THE-NEWSFEED.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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EVENT SHALL THE-NEWSFEED.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, MATERIAL, AND
PRODUCTS.
The contents of this web site may contain material that some people may find offensive or
inappropriate. In some communities, the contents may be deemed to violate the community's
norms or mores. If you believe that you will find the content to be offensive,
inappropriate, or in violation of your community's norms or mores, then you must stop
viewing the contents immediately and go to a non-offensive web site.
It is also possible that some material may be inaccurate, wrong, and defamatory in nature.
the-newsfeed.com does not review the material that is posted nor exert any editorial
control over the material. As such, the-newsfeed.com acts merely as a forum for the
expression of ideas, thoughts, and information, similar to the way that a public square
could be the forum for discussion of ideas, thoughts, and information.
the-newsfeed.com is not responsible for any inaccurate, wrong, offensive, inappropriate,
or defamatory material that is contained herein. the-newsfeed.com is also not responsible
for any material that violates a community's norms or mores. the-newsfeed.com expects and
demands that users comply with all federal, state, and local laws when using this web site
and when posting content to the web site and refrain from violating those laws. If a
person is unsure whether or not a posting will violate a law, that person is urged to
contact the Electronic Freedom Foundation or an attorney prior to posting the information,
document, or other type of content. the-newsfeed.com can not enforce the laws of each
locality, state, and even federal laws for all material that is posted to this site. As
such, the-newsfeed.com is not responsible for the content of this site.
INDEMNITY
If, as a result of a user's actions, postings, statements, or other activity,
the-newsfeed.com is named as a defendant in a lawsuit, threaten with legal action, has a
judgment issued against it, or incurs expense to defend itself, then the user shall
indemnify the-newsfeed.com for all expenses incurred by the-newsfeed.com to protect or
defend itself, or otherwise respond to the problem. Furthermore, the user shall hold
the-newsfeed.com harmless for the user's actions, postings, statements, or other activity.
These actions, postings, statements or other activity could include, but is not limited
to, defamation, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, copyright
infringement, trademark infringement, theft of a trade secret, economic espionage, and
transmission of pornographic material.
SPONSORS
The sponsors of the-newsfeed.com are separate legal entities and are not related to
the-newsfeed.com. The sponsors are not responsible for any action, postings, statements,
or other activity of a user. The user shall hold harmless and indemnify the sponsors of
the-newsfeed.com any lawsuit, dispute, or other legal action should the lawsuit, dispute,
or other legal action result out of a user's actions, postings, statements, or other
activity.
By entering this web site or by clicking on any of the links within this web site, I will
have released and discharged the providers, owners, Corporate Officers and or creators of
this site from any and all liability which might arise.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
the-newsfeed.com reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify the
Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that the-newsfeed.com
shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification of the Service.
