1. INTRODUCTION
2. SPECIFIC USE POLICIES
3. PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE
4. TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE
5. COMPUTER VIRUSES
6. COMPUTER HACKING
7. PROMOTION USING SPAM
8. ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
   

1. INTRODUCTION

While you can find information over the Internet on nearly any type of topic, there are subject areas that could be deemed inappropriate or objectionable to a number of different audiences.  While Dixiehost.com does not express an opinion on whether specific information should be or should not be be available over the Internet, we do feel strongly that there are subject areas we do not want to represent through our web service.  As such, the following acceptable use policies have been established for web sites hosted on Dixiehost.com web servers:

2. SPECIFIC USE POLICIES

• Adult Sites.  Any erotic or pornographic material, links to adults sites, or advertisements for adult sites.
  
  
• Pirated Software (Warez).  Any software that is copyrighted and not freely available for distribution without cost.  ROMs, ROM Emulators and Mpeg Layer 3 files (MP3).
  
  
• Copyright Violation.  Violation of copyrights held by individuals and corporations or other entities can result in civil and criminal liability for the infringer, and can involve the ISP in litigation and possible loss of reputation.
  
  
• Hacking/Phreaking.  Includes sites with material, links, or resources for Hacking, Phreaking, Viruses, Anarchy, or any type of site that promotes or participates in the destruction or compromises the integrity of Dixiehost.com.
  
  
• Defamation.  Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in civil liability for the defamer and litigation against the ISP whose facilities were used to distribute the defamatory material.
  
  
• Distribution and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials.  Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal penalties.

3. PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE

Information that promotes racism, bigotry, religious intolerance, ethnic bias, or social bias is prohibited.  

4. TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE

Any site that promotes terrorism, war, hatred, violence, or murder is prohibited at Dixiehost.com.  

5. COMPUTER VIRUSES

Computer viruses cause millions of dollars of damage to computers every year.  Any information or software that promotes or supports the distribution of computer viruses over the Internet is prohibited on Dixiehost.com's web service.

6. COMPUTER HACKING

Computer hacking is an activity that focuses on breaking into other computers or damaging them in such a way as to render them inoperable.  In severe cases it can result in the complete destruction of the data stored on the computers that have been compromised during the attack.  If the data that is destroyed belongs to a computer that controls one of more networks, then those networks will fail too.  Because hacking can have such a detrimental effect on a large number of users, Dixiehost.com prohibits web sites on our service that promote software and information used for computer hacking.

7. PROMOTION USING SPAM

You can sell things from your web site, and you are welcome to advertise your web page, but you may not use unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) or mass posting to news groups to promote your web site over the Internet.  This rule remains in force even of you use a another Internet service (such as Cyberpromo) to distribute your spam.  Many ISPs will block e-mail from sites that are promoted using spam.  Dixiehost.com will remove web sites that promote themselves using spam.

8.. ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

You are not allowed to promote activities that are illegal according to United States federal statutes or Maryland statutes.  This includes anything to do with making bombs, manufacturing drugs, hacking phone systems ("phreaking"), breaking into buildings and cars, and other illegal activities.