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- Subscriber Acceptable Use Policy
-
-
- 1. Introduction
-
- EarthLink is committed to and supports the free
- flow of information and ideas over the Internet.
- EarthLink does not actively monitor nor does
- EarthLink exercise editorial control over the
- content of any web site, electronic mail
- transmission, mailing list, news group or other
- material created or accessible over EarthLink
- services. However, EarthLink reserves the right
- to remove any materials EarthLink does become
- aware of that are, in EarthLink's sole discretion,
- potentially illegal, could subject EarthLink to
- liability, or violate this Acceptable Use Policy
- ("Policy"). Your violating this Policy may result in
- the suspension or cancellation of your EarthLink
- services. You should read and interpret this
- Policy in conjunction with the EarthLink Network
- Internet Access Agreement.
-
- 2. Policies
-
- The following are violations of EarthLink's
- acceptable use policies:
-
- 2.1. Using a personal account for high
- volume or commercial use. If you would like
- to receive high-volume or commercial
- services, please contact EarthLink's
- Business Sales Department at
- 1-800-395-8425 for information about
- establishing a commercial account. Activities
- which are prohibited as high volume include,
- but are not limited to:
-
- 2.1.1. Any mailbox exceeding 10MB
- may, at EarthLink's discretion, be
- transferred to a compressed temporary
- file or storage. Members will be notified
- at that time with further information.
- Sixty days after this notification,
- EarthLink reserves the right to delete
- the temporary file from the server.
-
- 2.1.2. Exceeding 6MB of disk space for
- free Web sites. Any free Web site
- exceeding 6MB will be suspended until
- the customer brings the disk space
- usage under 6MB.
-
- 2.1.3. Exceeding 250MB of traffic in a
- one month period for free Web sites.
- Any free Web site exceeding 250MB of
- traffic will be billed for the excess traffic.
- Charges will be determined according to
- EarthLink's Rate Chart, which is located
- at
- http://www.earthlink.net/company/rates.html.
- These prices may also be obtained by
- calling 1-800-395-8425.
-
- 2.2. Using EarthLink services for illegal
- purposes or in support of illegal activities. In
- accordance with Section 5.2.1 of the Internet
- Access Agreement, EarthLink reserves the
- right to cooperate with legal authorities
- and/or injured third parties in the
- investigation of any suspected crime or civil
- wrong. Activities which are prohibited as
- potentially illegal include, but are not limited
- to:
-
- 2.2.1. Unauthorized copying of
- copyrighted material including, but not
- limited to, digitization and distribution of
- photographs from magazines, books, or
- other copyrighted sources, and
- copyrighted software.
-
- 2.2.2. Exporting software or technical
- information in violation of U.S. export
- control laws.
-
- 2.2.3. Posting or emailing of scams such
- as 'make-money-fast' schemes or
- 'pyramid/chain' letters.
-
- 2.2.4. Threatening bodily harm or
- property damage to individuals or
- groups.
-
- 2.2.5. Making fraudulent offers of
- products, items, or services originating
- from your account.
-
- 2.2.6. Attempting to access the
- accounts of others, or attempting to
- penetrate security measures of
- EarthLink's or other entities' systems
- ("hacking"), whether or not the intrusion
- results in corruption or loss of data.
-
- 2.3. Harassing others by 'mail-bombing' or
- 'news-bombing'. 'Mail-bombing' constitutes
- sending more than ten (10) similar mail
- messages to the same email address. 'News
- bombing' constitutes sending more than
- 10Mb of data to a newsgroup.
-
- 2.3.1. Sending unsolicited email
- messages where the recipient objects to
- the content of the message or to the
- receipt of the message in general is also
- prohibited under this Section.
-
- 2.3.1.1. Member acknowledges that
- he/she/it is expressly prohibited
- from utilizing EarthLink Network's
- service, EarthLink Network's
- equipment or any EarthLink
- Network's electronic mail address in
- connection with the sending of the
- same or substantially similar
- unsolicited electronic mail message,
- whether commercial or not, to a
- large number of recipients. This
- prohibition extends to the sending
- of unsolicited mass mailings from
- another service which in any way
- implicates the use of EarthLink
- Network's service, EarthLink
- Network's equipment or any
- EarthLink Network's electronic mail
- address.
-
- 2.3.1.2. A message is unsolicited if
- it is posted in violation of a USENET
- or newsgroup charter and /or if it
- is sent to a recipient who has not
- requested or invited the message.
- For purposes of this provision,
- merely making one's e-mail address
- accessible to the public shall not
- constitute a request or invitation to
- receive messages.
-
- 2.3.1.3. Member specifically agrees
- that he/she/it will not utilize the
- EarthLink Network service,
- EarthLink Network's equipment or
- any EarthLink Network electronic
- mail address in connection with the
- transmission of the same or
- substantially similar unsolicited
- message to 50 or more recipients or
- 15 or more newsgroups in a single
- day. Members responsible for these
- acts may be terminated at
- EarthLink's discretion. For each
- day upon which this provision is
- violated, Member agrees to pay
- EarthLink Network $10.00 per day
- for an unintentional violation of this
- provision, but where warranted,
- such as in the case of an accidental
- transmission, EarthLink Network
- may waive all or part of the
- applicable charge. In cases of willful
- violations of this provision, Member
- agrees to pay EarthLink Network
- $200.00 per day. EarthLink
- Network at its sole discretion shall
- determine whether such a violation
- was unintentional or willful.
- Payment by member under this
- provision shall not prevent
- EarthLink Network from seeking to
- obtain other legal remedies against
- member, including other damages
- or an injunction.
-
- 2.4. Revealing your account password to
- others or allowing use of your account by
- others (other than authorized users in your
- household).
-
- 2.4.1 At no time can there be
- simultaneous use of the same username
- and password combination.
-
- 2.5. Forging any message header, in part or
- whole, of any electronic transmission,
- originating or passing through EarthLink
- services.
-
- 2.6. Distributing viruses to or from
- EarthLink systems.
-
- 2.7. Use of software or any device that would
- allow your account to stay logged on while
- you are not actively using EarthLink services
- or use the account for the purpose of
- operating a server of any type.
-
- 2.8. Cross-posting advertisements for
- products, items, or services to ten (10) or
- more unrelated USENET newsgroups.
-
- 2.9. Posting articles to any USENET or other
- newsgroup, mailing list or similar forum
- which are off-topic according to the charter
- or other public statement of the forum.
-
- 2.10. Disrupting any newsgroup with
- frivolous, excessively vulgar, or repetitious
- postings.
-
- 2.11. Posting of binary, or excessively large,
- unrelated text files to non-binary news
- groups that have specifically requested such
- material not be posted in the group's FAQ
- (Frequently Asked Questions).
-
- 2.12. Installation of 'auto-responders',
- 'cancel-bots' or similar automated or manual
- routines which generate excessive amounts
- of net traffic, or disrupt net newsgroups or
- email use by others.
-
- 2.13. Engaging in any of the above activities
- using the service of another provider but
- channeling such activities through an
- EarthLink account or re-mailer, or using an
- EarthLink account as a mail drop for
- responses.
-
- 3. EarthLink Assumes No Liability
-
- EarthLink has no practical ability to restrict all
- conduct, communications or content which might
- violate this Policy prior to its transmission on
- EarthLink's systems, nor can EarthLink ensure
- prompt removal of any such communications or
- content after transmission or posting.
- Accordingly, EarthLink does not assume liability
- to subscribers or others for any failure to enforce
- the terms of this Policy.
-
- 4. Revisions to this Policy
-
- EarthLink reserves the right to modify this Policy
- at any time upon at least thirty (30) days prior
- notice. Notice of modifications to this Policy may
- be given to subscribers by posting such changes
- to the EarthLink homepage
- (http://www.earthlink.net), by electronic mail, or
- by conventional mail.
-
-
-
-
- EARTHLINK NETWORK, INC. INTERNET
- ACCESS AGREEMENT
-
- PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
- BEFORE YOU ACCESS THE SERVICE PROVIDED
- TO YOU BY EARTHLINK NETWORK, INC.
- ("EARTHLINK"). BY CLICKING THE "YES"
- BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT,
- DOWNLOADING, OR USING THE
- TOTALACCESS(tm) SOFTWARE OR THE
- COMPANY'S INTERNET SERVICES, YOU AGREE
- TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE
- COMPANY'S SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT,
- ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, AND SUCH OTHER
- USER POLICIES AS THE COMPANY MAY
- ESTABLISH FROM TIME TO TIME.
-
- IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS
- AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE
- THE SERVICE, SHOULD CLICK THE "NO"
- BUTTON, AND, IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AN
- EARTHLINK ACCOUNT, YOU MUST CONTACT
- OUR OFFICES AS SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 10
- AND 11 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS
- DOCUMENT.
-
- EarthLink provides the Service, defined below in
- Section 1, subject to your compliance with this
- Agreement. Other services provided by EarthLink
- will not be subject to this Agreement unless this
- Agreement is expressly incorporated into any
- other agreement regarding those services.
-
- 1. Service.
-
- 1.1 The Service includes: Internet
- access; Electronic mail ("email") and a
- single electronic mail address; one Web
- site (up to 6 megabytes) on EarthLink's
- server (regardless of the number of
- mailboxes per your account); and, a
- subscription to EarthLink's subscriber
- newsletter "bLink."
-
- 1.2. Any means of identification
- assigned to you by EarthLink (including
- usernames and email addresses) will
- remain the property of EarthLink and at
- EarthLink's sole discretion may be
- altered or replaced at any time.
-
- 1.3. EarthLink makes no guarantees as
- to the continuous availability of the
- Service or any specific feature of the
- Service. EarthLink reserves the right to
- change the Service or any of its features
- at any time with or without notice.
-
- 2. Registration Requirements.
-
- 2.1. You must be at least 18 years old to
- register for the Service. By accepting
- this Agreement, you represent that you
- meet this age requirement. Minors who
- use the Service are assumed to have
- parental or guardian consent to do so.
-
- 2.2. You agree to provide EarthLink with
- accurate and complete billing
- information including your legal name,
- address, and telephone number. All
- changes to this information must be
- reported to EarthLink within 30 days of
- the change.
-
- 2.3. By accepting this Agreement, you
- agree that you are responsible for all
- charges posted to your account until
- you cancel the account as specified in
- Section 11.
-
- 3. Fees.
-
- 3.1. Setup fee are nonrefundable, and
- EarthLink does not issue pro rata
- refunds for fees paid in advance.
-
- 3.2. Unlimited Internet access is offered
- by EarthLink subject to the following
- limitations:
-
- 3.2.1. Toll-free access is not included in
- this offer but requires payment of
- additional hourly charges. See the Rate
- Chart at
- http://www.earthlink.net/company/rates.html
- for full details.
-
- 3.2.2. Use of EarthLink's
- international access services
- will incur hourly charges as
- specified in the Rate Chart at
- http://www.earthlink.net/company/rates.html.
- Special offer accounts which
- have monthly service charges
- waived do not include 1-800 or
- international free access.
-
- 3.2.3. LOCAL ACCESS
- DIALUP NUMBERS MAY NOT
- BE AVAILABLE IN ALL
- AREAS. IT IS YOUR SOLE
- RESPONSIBILITY TO
- DETERMINE IF USE OF A
- PARTICULAR EARTHLINK
- DIALUP NUMBER WILL
- CAUSE YOU TO INCUR
- LONG-DISTANCE, TOLL OR
- OTHER CHARGES.
- EARTHLINK IS NOT
- RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
- LONG-DISTANCE OR TOLL
- CHARGES INCURRED BY
- YOU THROUGH YOUR USE
- OF THE SERVICE. YOU ARE
- SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
- ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- CHARGES INCLUDING LOCAL
- AND LONG-DISTANCE
- TELEPHONE CHARGES FOR
- CONNECTION TO THE
- SERVICE BY YOU AND BY
- THOSE WHO ACCESS THE
- SERVICE THROUGH YOUR
- ACCOUNT.
-
- 3.3. Current prices for EarthLink
- services are posted on EarthLink's Rate
- Chart at http://www.earthink.net.
- These prices may also be obtained by
- calling 1-800-395-8425. EarthLink
- reserves the right to change prices and
- institute new fees. EarthLink may change
- rates or institute new charges at any
- time upon 30 days prior notice.
- EarthLink does not issue pro rata fee
- refunds.
-
- 3.4. A service charge of $15.00 will be
- assessed to your account for each check
- that is returned to EarthLink for
- insufficient funds.
-
- 3.5. Payments for all charges are due
- within 30 days of the month in which
- the charges are incurred. If your
- account is delinquent, your account may
- be suspended or canceled at
- EarthLink's sole discretion If your
- account is suspended, regular charges
- continue to accrue until you cancel your
- account. EarthLink may, at its sole
- discretion, charge a fee of $9.95 to
- reinstate a suspended account.
-
- 3.6. Interest charges of 1% per month
- (or the highest rate permitted by law if
- lower than 1% per month) will accrue
- daily on any unpaid balance which is
- more than 30 days old.
-
- 3.7. You agree to pay all sales and use
- taxes, duties, or levies which are
- required by law as well as all attorney
- and collection fees arising from efforts
- to collect any unpaid balance on your
- account.
-
- 3.8. If you believe that EarthLink has
- billed you in error, you must contact the
- Customer Service Department (per
- Section 11) within 60 days of the invoice
- or transaction date of the charge.
- Refunds or adjustments will not be
- given for any charges which are more
- than 60 days old.
-
- 4. Use of the Service.
-
- 4.1. You and any members of your
- household are the only individuals who
- are authorized to access the Service
- through your EarthLink account. You
- must not permit anyone else to access
- the Service through your account and
- must ensure that all authorized users of
- your account comply with this
- Agreement.
-
- 4.2 You are responsible for maintaining
- the confidentiality of passwords used by
- you or members of your household .
-
- 4.3 You are responsible for all charges
- assessed as a result of use of your
- account. However, EarthLink will not
- hold you responsible for charges
- attributable to an unauthorized user's
- access to your account without your
- permission, provided that you notify
- EarthLink within 24 hours of
- discovering any such unauthorized use
- and the unauthorized use is not
- attributable to the failure of any
- authorized user to exercise reasonable
- efforts to maintain the confidentiality of
- the account or password.
-
- 4.4 Except for software provided by
- EarthLink, you are responsible for
- providing and maintaining all equipment
- and other software necessary to access
- the Service.
-
- 4.5. You will not use the Service or
- permit others to use the Service
- through your account in any way that
- violates any law or regulation; subjects
- EarthLink to liability; or is in
- contravention of EarthLink's Acceptable
- Use Policy. You agree to comply with all
- EarthLink security procedures and
- standards and to be bound by the terms
- and conditions of the End User License
- Agreement for any software provided to
- you.
-
- 5. Monitoring the Service; Disclosure of Member
- Information. EarthLink has no obligation to
- monitor the Service but may do so and may
- disclose information regarding your use of the
- Service to satisfy laws, regulations or
- governmental requests; to operate the Service
- properly; and, to protect itself and its members.
- However, EarthLink will not disclose member
- information to outside persons or entities for the
- purpose of soliciting EarthLink members.
-
- EARTHLINK, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY
- REMOVE OR REFUSE TO POST ANY
- INFORMATION OR MATERIALS, IN WHOLE OR
- IN PART, WHICH ARE UNACCEPTABLE,
- UNDESIRABLE OR IN VIOLATION OF THIS
- AGREEMENT.
-
- 6. No Warranties Provided by EarthLink.
-
- 6.1. Except for certain products and
- services specifically identified as being
- offered by EarthLink, EarthLink does
- not control any information, products or
- services on the Internet and except for
- such EarthLink-identified content, all
- merchandise, information and services
- offered, made available, or accessible on
- the Internet are by third parties who
- are not affiliated with EarthLink.
-
- 6.2. YOU ASSUME FULL
- RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE
- OF THE SERVICE AND THE INTERNET
- BY YOU AND YOUR AUTHORIZED
- USERS. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED
- ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
- BASIS. EARTHLINK DOES NOT
- WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL
- BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE
- OR THAT ANY INFORMATION,
- SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL
- ACCESSIBLE VIA THE SERVICE IS
- FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN
- HORSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL
- COMPONENTS. EARTHLINK MAKES NO
- EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
- REPRESENTATIONS OR
- ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT
- NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
- TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING
- ANY MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION
- OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH
- EARTHLINK OR ON THE INTERNET
- GENERALLY. NO ADVICE OR
- INFORMATION GIVEN BY EARTHLINK,
- ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR
- CONTRACTORS SHALL CREATE A
- WARRANTY.
-
- 6.3 EARTHLINK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
- FOR ANY COSTS OR DAMAGES
- ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
- FROM USE OF THE SERVICE. IT IS
- SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
- EVALUATE THE ACCURACY,
- COMPLETENESS, AND USEFULNESS
- OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES,
- AND OTHER INFORMATION, AND THE
- QUALITY AND MERCHANTABILITY OF
- ALL MERCHANDISE PROVIDED
- THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE
- INTERNET GENERALLY.
-
- 6.4. THE INTERNET CONTAINS
- UNEDITED MATERIALS, SOME OF
- WHICH ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR
- MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO YOU OR
- OTHERS ACCESSING THE SERVICE
- THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU
- ACCESS SUCH MATERIALS AND
- PERMIT OTHERS TO ACCESS SUCH
- MATERIALS THROUGH YOUR
- ACCOUNT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- EARTHLINK HAS NO CONTROL OVER
- AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY
- FOR SUCH MATERIALS.
-
- 7. Your Remedies.
-
- 7.1. If you are dissatisfied with the
- Service or any of its terms, conditions,
- rules, policies, guidelines, or practices,
- your sole and exclusive remedy is to
- terminate this Agreement and
- discontinue using the Service by
- canceling your account by one of the
- methods outlined in Section 11.
-
- 7.2. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
- SHALL EARTHLINK, ITS EMPLOYEES,
- AFFILIATES OR CONTRACTORS BE
- LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
- INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT
- RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM ANY: USE
- OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE SERVICE
- OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE
- SERVICE; ACCESS OF THE INTERNET
- OR ANY PART THEREOF; OR, YOUR
- RELIANCE ON OR USE OF
- INFORMATION, SERVICES OR
- MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR
- THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THAT
- RESULT FROM MISTAKES,
- OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS,
- DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS,
- DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR
- TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF
- PERFORMANCE.
-
- 8. Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify,
- and hold EarthLink and its affiliates harmless
- from any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses,
- including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to or
- arising from: any violation of this Agreement by
- you or those who access the Service through
- your account; AND, the use of the Service or the
- Internet and the placement or transmission of
- any message, information, software, or other
- materials on the Internet by you or by those who
- have access to the Service through your account.
-
- 9. Term of Agreement. This Agreement is
- effective from your acceptance thereof, which is
- indicated by your clicking the "Yes" button at the
- end of this Agreement or upon the first use of
- the Service through your account, whichever is
- first. If you are a current EarthLink member
- when this Agreement is activated, your continued
- use of the Service constitutes your acceptance of
- this Agreement.
-
- 10. Termination of Agreement.
-
- 10.1. You may terminate this
- Agreement by using only the methods
- outlined in Section 11. Your
- termination will only be complete
- upon your receipt of a confirmation
- number from EarthLink. You will
- receive verbal confirmation if you
- cancel by telephone, and a written
- reply through U.S. mail if you cancel
- by mail or webform. EMAIL
- CANCELLATIONS WILL NOT BE
- ACCEPTED. Charges to your account
- will stop accruing the day you receive
- your confirmation number. EarthLink
- does not issue pro rata fee refunds.
-
- 10.2. EarthLink may terminate this
- Agreement: at any time without cause
- upon 30 days prior notice; or,
- immediately upon notice if you, or any
- person who has access to the Service
- through your account, commit a material
- breach of this Agreement, including but
- not limited to a breach of any obligation
- imposed under Section 4 or you fail to
- pay any charges within 60 days of the
- date they accrue.
-
- 10.3. Upon termination of this
- Agreement all rights granted to you and
- your authorized users under this
- Agreement shall immediately cease and
- terminate; and, you must destroy or
- return to EarthLink all copies of
- software and documentation that you
- received from EarthLink.
-
- 10.4. Termination of this Agreement
- does not release you from the obligation
- to pay all accrued charges under this
- Agreement.
-
- 10.5. EarthLink's right to enforce the
- provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11,
- and 12 shall survive termination of this
- Agreement.
-
- 11. Notice.
-
- 11.1. You may change or cancel your
- EarthLink account by the following
- methods only: electronic webform at
- http://www.earthlink.net/assistance;
- first-class registered or certified mail,
- return receipt requested addressed to
- EarthLink Network, Inc., Accounts
- Customer Service, 3100 New York Drive,
- Suite 201, Pasadena, California 91107;
- or telephone calls directed to Accounts
- Customer Service at 1-800-395-8410.
-
- 11.2. EarthLink may provide notice to
- you by the following methods: Electronic
- mail (email) addressed to your email
- account; general posting to EarthLink's
- web site at http://www.earthlink.net; or
- by US Mail or courier service at the
- address you provided EarthLink when
- you registered for the service. All
- notices or other communications to you
- shall be deemed effective on the first
- (1st) calendar day following the date of
- electronic mailing or posting or on the
- fourth (4th) calendar day following the
- date of first-class mailing or deposit with
- a commercial courier service.
-
- 12. Miscellaneous.
-
- 12.1. EarthLink's failure to enforce
- strict performance of any provision of
- this Agreement shall not be construed
- as a waiver.
-
- 12.2. This Agreement shall be governed
- by and construed in accordance with
- the laws of the State of California,
- United States of America, without
- regard to its conflicts of law provisions.
- You consent to the personal jurisdiction
- of the federal and state courts having
- jurisdiction for Pasadena, California with
- respect to all disputes arising out of this
- Agreement, your use of the Service or
- otherwise between you and EarthLink.
- Any cause of action you may have with
- respect to the Service must be
- commenced within one (1) year after the
- claim or cause of action arises or such
- claim or cause of action is barred.
-
- 12.3. Any action at law, suit in equity,
- or other judicial proceeding concerning,
- relating to, arising from, or touching
- upon in any way, no matter how
- remotely, the contract for services
- between you and EarthLink Network,
- Inc. and/or your use of and/or
- EarthLink's provision of systems and
- services thereunder, shall be brought
- and litigated, if at all, only in the state
- court system of the State of California.
- In such event, you acknowledge the
- right of the specified court to assert
- personal jurisdiction in any such action
- over you and waive and release now and
- forever any defense to that assertion of
- jurisdiction that might otherwise exist.
-
- 12.4. Neither this Agreement, nor any of
- your rights or obligations arising
- hereunder, shall be transferable by you
- to any third party without EarthLink's
- prior written consent.
-
- 12.5. This Agreement, the Rate Chart,
- the Acceptable Use Policy, and the
- End-User License Agreement constitute
- the entire agreement between you and
- EarthLink with respect to the Service.
-
- 12.6. EarthLink reserves the right to
- alter, amend or modify this Agreement
- at any time upon thirty (30) days notice.
- No amendment or modification to this
- Agreement by you shall be valid or
- binding on EarthLink unless made in
- writing and signed by both parties.
-
- 12.7. Under California Civil Code Section
- 1789.3, California subscribers are
- entitled to the following specific
- consumer rights information: the
- Complaint Assistance Unit of the
- Division of Consumer Services of the
- Department of Consumer Affairs may be
- contacted in writing at 1020 N. Street,
- #501, Sacramento, CA 95814 or by
- telephone at 1-916-445-1254.
-
- EarthLink Network TotalAccess (tm) is a trademark
- of EarthLink Network, Inc.
- EarthLink Network(r) is a registered trademark of
- EarthLink Network, Inc.
-
-
- EarthLink Network TotalAccess
- Software License Agreement
-
- CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS
- AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY
- INSTALLING AND USING THE EARTHLINK
- NETWORK TOTALACCESS SOFTWARE, YOU
- INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
- FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND
- YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THEM.
- IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
- THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT
- INSTALL OR USE THE EARTHLINK NETWORK
- TOTALACCESS SOFTWARE.
-
- THE EARTHLINK NETWORK TOTALACCESS
- SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE
- PROVIDED FOR USE ONLY (I) WITH THE
- INTERNET ACCESS OR INTRANET ACCESS
- SERVICE OFFERED BY EARTHLINK NETWORK,
- INC. ("EARTHLINK") IN CONJUNCTION WITH
- THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EARTHLINK
- NETWORK TOTALACCESS SOFTWARE AND
- DOCUMENTATION AND (II) IN ACCORDANCE
- WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. NO
- RIGHT OR LICENSE IS GRANTED TO USE THE
- EARTHLINK NETWORK TOTALACCESS
- SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY
- COMPONENT OF THE EARTHLINK NETWORK
- TOTALACCESS SOFTWARE OR
- DOCUMENTATION WITH ANY OTHER INTERNET
- ACCESS OR INTRANET ACCESS SERVICE.
-
- THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES THE
- COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF
- THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND
- EARTHLINK WITH RESPECT TO THE
- EARTHLINK NETWORK TOTALACCESS
- SOFTWARE. THIS AGREEMENT SUPERSEDES
- ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL PROPOSAL , PRIOR
- AGREEMENT, OR OTHER COMMUNICATION
- RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS
- AGREEMENT.
-
- Section 1. License Grant. Subject to the
- provisions contained herein and payment of
- applicable fees, EarthLink hereby grants to
- Customer ("You") a personal, non-exclusive,
- non-transferable and non-assignable license to
- install and use the accompanying versions of the
- proprietary EarthLink Network TotalAccess
- software in object code format, its associated
- documentation and any updates thereto
- ("Licensed Program") on a single computer of
- which You are the primary user ("Authorized
- System"). The Licensed Program may include one
- or more of the following programs: Apple
- Computer, Inc. MacTCP; Merit Network, Inc.
- MacPPP or etherPPP; Microsoft(r) Internet
- Explorer; Netscape(r) Navigator'; QUALCOMM
- Eudora-Light(r); Network TeleSystems, Inc.
- TCP/IP Software for Windows(r); and other
- software which may from time to time be included
- in the Licensed Program ("Software"). You agree
- to use the Licensed Program solely in
- conjunction with EarthLink's Internet Service
- and for no other purpose. EarthLink may modify
- the Licensed Program at any time for any reason.
- You agree to use only the most recent version of
- the Licensed Program and destroy or return to
- EarthLink at its request any superseded version
- of the Licensed Program.
-
- Section 2. Intellectual Property Rights. You
- acknowledge and agree that the Licensed
- Program constitutes confidential and proprietary
- information of EarthLink and EarthLink's
- licensors and embodies trade secrets and
- intellectual property protected under United
- States copyright and other laws and international
- treaty provisions. You further acknowledge that
- all right, title, and interest in and to the Licensed
- Program, including associated intellectual
- property rights, are and shall remain with
- EarthLink and EarthLink's licensors. You agree
- not to translate, decompile, reverse engineer,
- disassemble, modify, reproduce, rent, lease,
- lend, distribute, remarket or otherwise dispose of
- the Licensed Program or any part thereof. You
- agree not to remove, obscure or alter any notice
- of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or
- other proprietary right in the Licensed Program.
- You may not duplicate the Licensed Program
- except to make one (1) copy of the Licensed
- Program solely for Your backup purposes. Such
- backup copy shall include all copyright and other
- proprietary notices contained in or on the original
- Licensed Program and shall be subject to all of
- the terms of this Agreement.
-
- Section 3. Term; Termination. This Agreement
- and the license hereunder shall be effective from
- Your first installation or use of the Licensed
- Program. This Agreement automatically ends
- upon the termination for any reason of the
- EarthLink Network Internet Access Agreement
- between EarthLink and You. In addition, if
- EarthLink in its sole judgment believes that the
- Licensed Program is being used by You for a
- purpose not approved by EarthLink, that
- EarthLink or EarthLink licensors' rights are
- being jeopardized or that You are in default
- under this Agreement or any other agreement
- between You and EarthLink, EarthLink may
- immediately terminate this Agreement. Upon
- termination or expiration of this Agreement, the
- license granted to You hereunder shall
- immediately terminate and You shall immediately
- cease to use the Licensed Program and destroy
- or, at EarthLink's request, return all copies of
- the Licensed Program to EarthLink. EarthLink's
- right to enforce the provisions of Sections 2-9 of
- this Agreement shall survive termination of this
- Agreement.
-
- Section 4. Exclusion of Warranties. THE
- LICENSED PROGRAM IS LICENSED "AS IS." NO
- WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, CONDITION,
- UNDERTAKING OR TERM, EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AS TO
- THE CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY,
- PERFORMANCE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
- MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A
- PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OF THE
- LICENSED PROGRAM IS GIVEN OR ASSUMED
- BY EARTHLINK, ITS LICENSORS OR ITS
- AGENTS AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES,
- REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS,
- UNDERTAKINGS AND TERMS ARE HEREBY
- EXCLUDED. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS
- DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY
- NOT APPLY TO YOU.
-
- Section 5. Limitation of Damages. EARTHLINK,
- ITS LICENSORS AND ITS AGENTS SHALL IN NO
- EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES
- (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
- DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS,
- LOST SAVINGS OR, TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED
- BY APPLICABLE LAW, DAMAGES RESULTING
- FROM DEATH OR INJURY OF CUSTOMER OR
- ANYONE ELSE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN
- CONNECTION WITH THE INSTALLATION, USE,
- IMPROPER USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE
- LICENSED PROGRAM AND/OR ANY
- INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE
- OF THE LICENSED PROGRAM, EVEN IF
- EARTHLINK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE
- SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
- EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL
- OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE
- EXCLUSIONS OF INCIDENTAL AND
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES MAY NOT APPLY
- TO YOU.
-
- Section 6. Export Controls. You may not
- download, use or otherwise export or re-export
- the Licensed Program or any underlying
- information or technology except in full
- compliance with all United States and other
- applicable laws and regulations. In particular, but
- without limitation, neither the Licensed Program
- nor any underlying information or technology
- may be downloaded, used or otherwise exported
- or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident
- of) Cuba, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia, North
- Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which
- the U.S. has embargoed goods or (ii) to anyone
- on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of
- specially Designated Nationals or the U.S.
- Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders.
- By downloading or using the Software, You
- represent and warrant that You are not located
- in, under the control of or a national or resident
- of any such country or on any such list.
-
- Section 7. U.S. Government Restricted Rights.
- Use, duplication or disclosure of the Licensed
- Program by the United States Government is
- subject to the restrictions set forth in
- subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical
- Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS
- 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of
- the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
- Rights at 48 CFR 52-227.19, as applicable.
- Contractor/manufacturer is EarthLink Network,
- Inc., 3100 New York Boulevard, Pasadena,
- California, 91107.
-
- Section 8. Third Party Beneficiaries. You agree
- that EarthLink's licensors including, but not
- limited to, Netscape Communications
- Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Apple
- Computer, Inc. and Network TeleSystems, Inc.,
- are direct and intended third party beneficiaries
- of this Agreement. To the extent the software of
- other software licensors/providers is included in
- the Licensed Program, such software
- licensors/providers shall also be deemed third
- party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
-
- Section 9. Miscellaneous. The terms of this
- Agreement may not be amended or modified by
- You. You may not assign its rights or delegate
- any of its duties under this Agreement, and any
- attempted assignment or delegation shall be void.
- If one or more provisions of this Agreement shall
- be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable,
- the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
- remaining provisions shall not be affected or
- impaired thereby. This Agreement shall be
- governed by the substantive laws of the State of
- California, United States of America, excluding (i)
- the conflicts of law provisions thereof, and (ii) the
- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
- International Sale of Goods. Any tax or duty that
- may be due or payable as a result of this
- Agreement or the license granted herein shall be
- paid by You.
-
- EarthLink Network TotalAccess is a trademark of
- EarthLink Network, Inc. EarthLink Network is a
- registered trademark of EarthLink Network, Inc.
- Microsoft and Windows are registered
- trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
- Netscape Navigator is a trademark of the
- Netscape Communications Corporation.
- Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape
- Communications Corporation.
- Eudora-Light is a registered trademark of the
- University of Illinois Board of Trustees, licensed
- to QUALCOMM Incorporated.
-
- Copyright(c) 1997 EarthLink Network, Inc.
-
-