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- The Hotline Connect software suite enables Server communities on
- personal computers worldwide that combined, comprise the Hotline
- Network. Hotline Communications cannot, and does not, monitor, track
- or control the activity or content on Hotline Servers outside the
- Hotline Network, and as such, does not guarantee the accuracy,
- integrity or quality of such activity or content.
-
- Hotline Communications does, however, extend the following Usage Policy
- to all users, including those users on Servers outside the Hotline
- Network, as a guide to personal conduct while on Hotline. We advise all
- Hotline users NOT to use Hotline software to do the following:
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- a. upload, post or otherwise transmit Content that is unlawful,
- harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
- obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially,
- ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
-
- b. harm minors in any way (Server administrators who wish to share
- private material with Server visitors are asked to use the Server's
- security features to limit Server access to minors);
-
- c. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a
- Hotline Communications representative, employee, guide or host, or
- falsely state or otherwise misrepresent any affiliation with a person
- or entity;
-
- d. upload, post or otherwise transmit any content without the express
- right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
- relationships, such as inside information, proprietary and confidential
- information that is learned or disclosed as part of employment
- relationships or under nondisclosure agreements;
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- e. upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any
- patent, trademark, trade secret copyright or other proprietary rights
- of any party;
-
- f. upload, post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
- advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters,
- pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation, except in those
- areas (such as shopping areas) that have been designated for such
- purposes;
-
- g. upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains
- software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed
- to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
- software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
-
- h. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or otherwise act in a manner
- that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time
- exchanges;
-
- i. interfere with or disrupt the Hotline Service or Server Network
- connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
- policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
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- j. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local,
- state, national or international law, including, but not limited to,
- any rules of any national or other securities exchange, and any
- regulations having the force of law;
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- k. "stalk" or otherwise harass other users;
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- l. collect or store personal data about other users.
-
- Hotline Communications has also implemented a number of measures to
- help protect the rights, property, and personal safety of Hotline
- Communications, its users and the public on the Hotline Network,
- including:
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- Terms of Service: All administrators of Servers listed on the Hotline
- Network are required to agree to our Terms of Service before listing on
- our Network.
-
- Client License Agreement: All users of the Hotline Client are required
- to agree to the terms outlined in their Client License Agreement before
- downloading the Client software.
-
- Server License Agreement: All users of the Hotline Server are required
- to agree to the terms outlined in their Server License Agreement before
- downloading the Server software.
-
- Room 222: Updated information and online discussions on political and
- legal developments concerning the Internet are held regularly in Room
- 222 (IP 207.245.14.163.222), a Server on HLtracker.com.
-
- Please report any violations of the Hotline Usage Policy and/or Terms
- of Service to pr@BigRedH.com. If possible, please include the IP
- address of the offending Server and the approximate time, date and
- details of the violation.