This Acceptable Usage Policy (the "Policy") governs, in addition to the First Due Studios "Web Hosting General Terms and Conditions Agreement", the terms of use by the ("Customer"), which is defined as any individual, web designer, or third-party consultant granted permissible access by Customer to Customer's account or First Due Studios ("Provider") servers or services.
Customer agrees when using, or accessing Media Temple's services that the following terms and conditions of this policy will be met:

Overview
In order to provide a high class, professional service, we have a few conditions for Customers of our service. Some of these conditions may seem strict, but they insure a safe, functional, and trusted environment for our customers to publish their information on the World Wide Web.
Some example scenarios that may warrant a service suspension:

  • Customer is knowingly or unknowingly hosting pornographic videos or photographs.
  • Copyrighted media such as music or videos are found to be distributed without the copyright owner's consent.
  • Illegal or un-licensed software or 'warez' download sites.
  • An unusual spike in resource usage is detected by our systems resulting in an account far outstripping the allotted resources. To protect the customer, a site may be suspended in order to verify that this resource spike is legitimate. 
  • A hacked script or otherwise compromised site is discovered. This condition usually results in one or more of the above conditions.

Some of our competitors do not require their customers to comply with such conditions. If any of our existing or potential customers are unwilling or unable to comply with these conditions, we respectfully invite them to visit one of our competitors.

Content Publishing Policies
Provider does not allow any of the following content, or links to such content, to be published on First Due Studio’s systems:

  • Content of a pornographic, sexually explicit, or violent nature.
  • “Hate” content or content that could be reasonably considered as slanderous or libelous.
  • Content of an illegal nature (including stolen copyrighted material).
  • Pirated software content.

Customers posting any of the above content on their sites will be notified using Customer's current email address on file, and may be suspended or given a time frame to take corrective actions. If no corrective actions are taken, Provider will suspend the services of the hosting account until a resolution is met between Provider and Customer. A repeated violation of this Policy may cause cancellation of service without refund of any fees.

Provider offers generous amounts of disk space, and network bandwidth. Customer is not permitted to knowingly allow another website or hosting server to link to content files stored on Provider's servers. Customer may not use hosting account as a remote storage server only.

 

Illegal Activities
Customers found using our system for illegal activities, including but not limited to breaking in to remote systems, credit card fraud, theft, vandalism, threats, or violence, will have their accounts immediately canceled without refund of any fees.

Hostnames, IP Addresses
Provider will remain the sole owner of all IP network addresses within the Provider's network. Best effort will be taken to maintain permanency of customer's allocated IP address, however Provider reserves the right to change customer's underlying IP network address during upgrades, security provisioning, or any other network migration service.