1. Welcome to TLC Network, Inc.

In order to provide its customers quality services, TLC Network requires that all Customers adhere to the guidelines, policies, terms and conditions as described herein. TLC Network reserves the right to change, amend or modify these guidelines, from time to time, without any prior notice to the Customer. By establishing an account and becoming a TLC Network customer you hereby acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to adhere to this acceptable use policy. In addition, you also recognize that failure to comply with these regulations may result in the termination of your account and services at any time with or without notice. Your use and/or continued use of the services and maintenance of your account shall be deemed an acceptance of this Acceptable Use Policy and any modification that may be amended thereafter.

The Acceptable Use Policy shall be used in conjunction with any other terms and conditions or service agreements that are made available to the Customer.

In an industry that provides and promotes free dissemination of information, TLC Network must take the necessary precautions and reserves the right to take certain preventive or corrective actions in order to protect its own rights and the rights of its Customers. TLC Network can not and does not monitor, verify, censor, or warrant for the accuracy or quality of information that is transmitted or disseminated by its Customers when using its Services. As such, it is the responsibility of each Customer to exercise its best judgment in relying on the information obtained via the Internet or the information that it transmits to others via the Internet. Recognizing that much of the information may contain sexually explicit or offensive material, TLC Network disclaims any liability for injury to its Customers or other third parties that results from inaccurate, unsuitable, offensive or illegal Internet communications. It is for these reasons that TLC Network has set forth these guidelines and restrictive policies for its Customer to adhere to.

2. Acceptable and Restricted Use of Services

All services provided by TLC Network shall be used by the Customer for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws. Since TLC Network is not a content provider and does not monitor the content being transmitted, posted or stored by the Customer, it’s the Customer’s responsibility to determine what laws or regulations are applicable to its use of the Services and Products provided. Customer is strictly prohibited from storing, posting, transmitting, re-transmitting or distributing material on or through any of the Services or Products which in the sole discretion of TLC Network (i) is in violation of any local, state, federal or non-United States law or regulation, (ii) threatening, obscene, indecent, defamatory or that other-wise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity (collectively, "Persons") (iii) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use by Customer (iv) that is a direct or indirect threatens physical harm, (v) that displays child pornography, (vi) information that is determined to be harassing in nature, (vi) material and programs that contain viruses or Trojans or tools to compromise the security of others, (vii) deceptive on-line marketing practices, or (viii) actions that restrict or inhibit any persons, whether a Customer of TLC Network or otherwise, in its use or enjoyment of TLC Network’s Services or Products.

3. Network and Systems Security

Customer shall not utilize any of TLC Network’s Services to compromise the security or tamper with TLC Network’s system, network or accounts on any of TLC Network’s computers, routers, terminal servers, or other equipment that is located at TLC Network’s site. Customer shall be specifically prohibited, without limitation, of the following:

(i) Introduction of malicious programs into the network;
(ii) Effecting security breaches or disruptions of Internet communication. Security breaches include, but are not limited to, accessing data of which the Customer is not an intended recipient or logging into a server or account that the Customer is not expressly authorized to access. For purposes of this section "disruption" includes, but is not limited to, port scans, flood pings, packet spoofing and forged routing information.
(iii) Executing any form of network monitoring which will intercept data not intended for the Customer's server
(iv) Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network or account
(v) Interfering with or denying service to any user other than the Customer's host (for example, denial of service attack).
(vi) Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind, designed to interfere with, or to disable, a user's terminal session, via any means, locally or via the Internet
(vii) Creating an "active" full time connection on a Company-provided dial-up account for Internet access by using artificial means involving software, programming or any other method
(viii) Utilizing a Company-provided dial-up account for purposes for Internet access other than facilitating connectivity to the Services and Products provided by the Company. This includes copying or creating files utilizing more than 5MB of disk space on the dial-up account servers
(ix) Failing to comply with the Company's procedure relating to the activities of customers on the Company's premises

4. Penalties

Any and all restrictive activities are subject to immediate termination of Customer’s account. Customer may also be subject to any and all criminal and civil penalties available under the law. Accounts that have been terminated as a result of abuse or violation of the Acceptable Use Policy shall not be re-opened and Customer shall not be reimbursed for any fees that may have been paid whose services had been suspended or terminated for reasons stated herein.

5. Indemnification

Customers agree to indemnify, waive and hold TLC Network, its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates harmless from any and all claims and expenses related to the Customer’s violation of this AUP, including any abusive or unlawful behavior on the part of the Customer or anyone using the Customer’s account or the infringement of any intellectual property or privacy rights of any person or entity. This shall mean that Customers can not sue or recover damages whatsoever from TLC Network as a result of TLC Network’s decision to remove material from its servers, warn you, suspend or terminate Customer’s account or take any other action during the investigation of a suspended violation or as a result of TLC Network’s conclusion that violation has occurred.

6. Restricted Use of Mail

The following mail practices are strictly prohibited:

(i) Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material, who were not previous customers of the Customer or with whom the Customer does not have an existing business relationship ("E-mail spam").
(ii) Harassment, whether through language, frequency or size of messages.
(iii) Unauthorized use, or forging, of mail header information
(iv) Solicitations of mail for any other E-mail address other than that of the poster's account or service with the intent to harass or to collect replies
(v) Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other "pyramid schemes" of any type.
(vi) Use of unsolicited E-mail originating from within TLC Network’s network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise, any service hosted by TLC Network, or connected via TLC Network’s network.

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