Account Usage
All accounts are single-user accounts. This means that the owner of the account is responsible for all usage on that account.

Copyrights
You are responsible for determining the legal status of anything you download from our servers. Some of the material available on newsgroups is copyrighted, and some may have been distributed in violation of copyright laws. We can not and do not monitor information flowing through or stored on our servers.

You agree not to violate copyright laws by transferring copyrighted works through our system or by causing them to be transferred or stored without the permission of the copyright holder.

Illegal Activities
We will cooperate with law enforcement officials and with other server administrators in the investigation of suspicious activity. Intentional violations of the privacy of other users, whether on our system or another, will be grounds for immediate termination of your account and may lead to criminal prosecution or civil penalties.

Traffic in access codes, credit card numbers, or similar information is a crime that we take seriously. We expect you to respect the rights and privacy of others and to use your account only for lawful purposes.

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Controversial and Explicit Material
We are not responsible for the contents of any of your articles that appear on our servers. Using our service, you will have access to and you will at some time or another be exposed to materials that you find offensive. This may include sexually explicit text and images, religious debate, questionable political views, and hateful speech. We expressly disclaim liability for any harm resulting from encountering such material.

Service Renewal
UsenetNewsServer.com bills in advance for services rendered. Each billing cycle's invoice will be generated on or near your billing cycle anniversary date and at any time your account is renewed. Payment is due upon receipt.

Download Counting and Recording
Downloads are measured in bytes, as the articles leave our servers. Downloads are recorded, and charged to the current period, at the time the session ends. When the download limit of your account is reached, access will be suspended completely until the account is renewed on the regular monthly renewal date. If you want to renew it before the next scheduled billing let us know by email and we will make let you know how to purchase additional downloads right away.

Invoice Notification
Your only method for reviewing your invoices will be in our Member Center.

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Payment
Payment is accepted by credit card, online check and cash/money order. You may also select our phone billing option which may have a slightly higher cost due to high fee charges from the phone companies to offer this service.

Cash and money order payments may be sent to:

UsenetNewsServer.com
P.O. Box 622
Somerset, CA   95684

Always include a valid email address with mailed payments so we can contact you when the account is set up. Also include your choice of user name and password.

We will attempt to charge your credit card/checking account for your monthly charges if you have not cancelled rebilling. If rebilling fails we will make a second attempt in approximately 6-7 days, if that attempt fails we will close your account. You will need to go to our site and do a new signup to get your account going again.

Cancellation
Cancellation of service can be done by emailing support@usenetnewsserver.com and notifying us of your desire to cancel rebilling on your account. Please include either your user name or your account subscription number with your request. Cancellations can not become effective until we have received your valid user name or subscription number in your cancel request email. Please contact us if you have lost your user name or subscription number.

Cancellations must be entered prior to the end of the current service period in order for them to take effect before the next service period begins. Cancellations submitted after the next service period begins, will take effect when that next service period is completed. Accounts rotate to the next service period, on the date indicated, at or shortly after midnight, US Pacific Time.

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Refunds
No refunds will be given under any circumstances. No refunds will be considered for accounts deleted for violation of our Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policy.

Duplicate Accounts
Creation of multiple accounts will require payment in full for each account created. Cancellation and refund provisions apply to each account, without regard to any other accounts you may have with us.

Valid E-mail Address
All support and customer service is done by email. A valid email address is a prerequisite to obtaining service, since your account information is emailed to the address you provide. You are required to keep us notified of changes to your email address, using the update feature in our Member Center. We may send you periodic email, to this address, about the status of your account and changes in the service that might affect you.

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Indemnify and Hold Harmless
You are responsible for all actions that occur in regards to your account. As a condition of service, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this company its officers, employees, agents, and shareholders, for any cause of action out of your account with use or your use of the service.

Termination of Service
We reserve the right to suspend, terminate, or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason.

We reserve the right to revise, supplement, or rescind any of our policies or Terms of Service, at any time, without prior notice.

It is the customer's responsibility to stay informed of our current terms and acceptable use policies

By logging on to your account you agree to these Terms and Conditions and to our Acceptable Usage Policies.

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