| As used herein, the term "User" or "Users" shall include any and all users, Customers, subscribers, affiliates (including without limitations Customers or non-Customers to whom LERNA provides links or banners to promote the services or products of LERNA or any third party the services or products of which are offered by or obtained through or in connection with LERNA), resellers or others (i) who sign up for, use or obtain services or products from LERNA or from any third party services or products of which are offered by or obtained through or in connection with LERNA, or (ii) who visit the Web site of LERNA or of any such third party. As a provider of Internet/World Wide Web access, Web site hosting, and other Internet-related services, LERNA, ("LERNA") offers Users, the means to acquire and disseminate a wealth of public, private, commercial, and non-commercial information. LERNA respects that the Internet provides a forum for free and open discussion and dissemination of information, however, when there are competing interests at issue, LERNA reserves the right to take certain preventative or corrective actions. In order to protect these competing interests, LERNA has developed this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), which supplements and explains certain terms of each User's respective service agreement and is intended as a guide to the User's rights and obligations when utilizing LERNA's services. This AUP will be revised from time to time. A User's use of LERNA's services after changes to the AUP are posted on LERNA's Web site, under the Terms of Service section, will constitute the User's acceptance of any new or additional terms of the AUP that result from those changes. One important aspect of the Internet is that no one party owns or controls it. This fact accounts for much of the Internet's openness and value, but it also places a high premium on the judgment and responsibility of those who use the Internet, both in the information they acquire and in the information they disseminate to others. When Users or others obtain information through the Internet, they must keep in mind that LERNA cannot and does not monitor, verify, warrant, or vouch for the accuracy and quality of the information that users may acquire. For this reason, the user must exercise his or her best judgment in relying on information obtained from the Internet, and also should be aware that some material posted to the Internet is sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. Because LERNA cannot monitor or censor the Internet, and will not attempt to do so, LERNA cannot and does not accept any responsibility for injury to its Users or others that results from inaccurate, unsuitable, offensive, or illegal Internet communications. When Users or others disseminate information through the Internet, they also must keep in mind that LERNA does not review, edit, censor, or take responsibility for any information its users, customers, subscribers or others may create. When Users or others place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation, and other harmful speech. Also, because the information they create is carried over LERNA's network and may reach a large number of people, including both Users and subscribers and non-subscribers of LERNA, Users' postings to the Internet may affect others and may harm LERNA's goodwill, business reputation, and operations. For these reasons, Users violate LERNA policy and the service agreement when they, their users, customers, subscribers, employees, affiliates, or subsidiaries engage in activities described herein. |
