Usenet.com Code of Conduct.

As a member of Usenet.com's online service (the "Service") you agree to uphold this Code of Conduct, and are liable for your activities and content you publish. Usenet membership is limited to individuals 18 years of age (21 where required) or older.

Prohibited Uses
Violations of this Code of Conduct, our Terms of Use, or our Copyright Policy may result in the termination of membership privileges and access to Usenet.com's service or deletion of content without notice.

As a member of Usenet.com, you may not participate in prohibited activities, which include but are not limited to:

1. Use of the Service in violation of any applicable local, state, national or international law, regulation, rule or ordinance;


2. Use of the Service in violation of generally accepted principles of Usenet etiquette and/or community standards;


3. Uploading, posting, disseminating, using, or otherwise making available through the Service any content that is unlawful, illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, subject to any restrictions on disclosure, or Content that could otherwise be considered to be objectionable;


4. Uploading, downloading, posting, disseminating, using, accessing, or otherwise making available any content involving child pornography;


5. Impersonating or using the identity of another person or organization, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or organization;


6. Engaging in any activities or manipulating identifying material to misrepresent the origin or nature of any content;
   
   
7. Uploading, posting, using, or otherwise making available any materials, items, information or content that infringes or otherwise violates the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of any third party;


8. Uploading, posting, using or otherwise making available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials, including without limitation, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;


9. Attempting to “flood” a newsgroup with posts;


10. Harassing or annoying, threatening or provoking confrontation with, or causing to fear for his or her personal safety any other user of the Service, any Usenet user, or any third party;


11. Uploading or posting content to a newsgroup that does not belong in that newsgroup or is otherwise “off-topic” for that newsgroup;


12. Uploading, posting, using or otherwise making available any content that contains software viruses or any other corrupt computer code, files or programs that impair the use of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;


13. Interfering with or otherwise limiting the use of the Service by other users;


14. Collecting, compiling, storing, uploading, posting, using or otherwise making available, personal information about other users of the Service and/or any other third party;


15. Using the Service for commercial purposes, including but not limited to feeding a news server or news caching server;


16. Providing inaccurate or fraudulent personal or billing information to Usenet.com in connection with your use of the Service; or


17. Attempting to bypass any security and/or access features or functionality of the Service.