You are solely responsible for providing compatible hardware, software and access necessary to allow you to use the Service.

You are required to fully abide by and comply with commonly accepted principles of Usenet etiquette, community standards, and all laws, regulations, rules ordinances applicable to your use of the Service. You acknowledge that any violation of these Terms of Use by you may result in the immediate and permanent suspension or termination of your account access or any portion thereof, at the Provider’s sole and final discretion.

You are solely responsible for any and all Content you supply in connection with your use of the Service, including without limitation determining whether you have the rights to use such Content and whether the use or dissemination of such Content is illegal and therefore prohibited.

Usenet users may access information from, and post information to, those newsgroup to which they have subscribed. You acknowledge and agree that the Provider is merely a conduit for Content traveling through the Usenet and a forum for the expression of ideas, thoughts, and information, similar to the way that a public bulletin board in a town square could be the forum for the discussion of ideas, thoughts and information. Some Usenet newsgroups may contain very offensive, harmful, inaccurate, explicit, and/or otherwise inappropriate content, and in some cases, content that has been mislabeled or is otherwise deceptive.

You agree to use caution and common sense and to exercise proper judgment when using the Usenet through the Service. You assume any and all risks associated with your use of the Service.

You acknowledge that the Provider has no obligation or responsibility whatsoever to monitor and/or remove any Content, and that Content is not monitored, screened, reviewed, produced, published, approved or endorsed by the Provider in any manner.

The Provider has a zero-tolerance policy for any inappropriate or unlawful use of the Service. Engaging in any such use of the Service may result in the immediate suspension of your ability to post Content to, and/or access Content through, the Service.

Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:

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

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

C. 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;

D. uploading, downloading, posting, disseminating, using, accessing, or otherwise making available any Content involving child pornography;

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

F. engaging in any activities or manipulating identifying material to misrepresent the origin or nature of any Content;

G. 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;

H. 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;

I. attempting to “flood” a newsgroup with posts;

J. 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;

K. uploading or posting Content to a newsgroup that does not belong in that newsgroup or is otherwise “off-topic” for that newsgroup;

L. 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;

M. interfering with or otherwise limiting the use of the Service by other users;

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

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

P. providing inaccurate or fraudulent personal or billing information to the Provider in connection with your use of the Service; or

Q. attempting to bypass any security and/or access features or functionality of the Service.

The ability to use the Service is a privilege, not a right.

Your ability to post and/or access Content, and your rights to use the Service generally, may be suspended and/or terminated by the Provider without notice in the event the Provider determines, in its sole discretion, that you are engaging in conduct or activities that are in violation of these Terms of Service. In the event you are unable to post Content or otherwise access the Service, you may send email to abuse@myusenet.net inquiring as to your account status, and you will be informed if your ability to post or use the Service has been restricted.