Last Modified on: 2007-02-10

The following is the policy all customers must abide by when using their BuzzardNews.Com service. It outlines the various acceptable uses for your account and what we consider abuse. By signing up and/or using your BuzzardNews.Com account, you agree to abide by this policy and to keep updated on changes. This policy may change at any time.

Account Services
All Personal BuzzardNews.Com services are single user accounts. These accounts should be used by the owner of the account only, and there should only be one concurrent login session at any time. Personal accounts are not dedicated connection accounts and are not allowed a 24 hour per day connection. Abuse of 'Unlimited Download' accounts by excessive large scale downloading is prohibited. Failure to comply with this regulation is in direct conflict with the Terms & Conditions which every customer should have read and agreed to. Accounts are meant for the primary purpose of posting and downloading articles, use of limited accounts for the primary purpose of downloading headers is prohibited by our Terms & Conditions.

Net Etiquette and Abuse
At BuzzardNews.Com, we would like every customer to have the best Usenet experience possible; however, we do not wish it to be at other customers' expense. The Internet is a global computer network which is comprised of people from diverse backgrounds. When communicating with people on the Internet, it is best to keep in mind that there is another person on the other end of the computer that you are communicating with. Please treat others with the same respect as you would like to be treated.

Copyrights
Almost every country has copyright laws. BuzzardNews.Com cannot and does not review the information flowing through or stored on our system. When you become a BuzzardNews.Com customer, you are agreeing not to transfer or store copyrighted works on our system without the permission of the copyright holder.

Content
The content of USENET newsgroups is not regulated by BuzzardNews.Com; therefore, BuzzardNews.Com is not liable for their contents. Please do not contact the administrators regarding copyright issues, inflammatory posts, etc.

Commercial Posts
Commercial posts are frowned upon in many newsgroups. If you are attempting to sell goods or services, please make sure you do so in the proper forums (*.forsale, business groups, etc.).

Chain Letters/Pyramid Schemes
According to United States law, chain letters and pyramid schemes are illegal. If you are found to be posting these to the newsgroups, your account will be terminated.

Binary Posts
Certain newsgroups are specifically designated as allowing binary files to be posted, and some are designated for binary posts only. It is well accepted all over Usenet that binary files will be posted only in designated groups. Posting of binaries or text articles inappropriately, regardless of whether explicitly stated in a newsgroup charter or FAQ will bring your account under review for possible termination.

Spam
Spam is the repeated posting of articles to inappropriate newsgroups. BuzzardNews.Com does not tolerate spam in any form. We run filters on our incoming and outgoing feeds to cut down on spam traffic that goes in either direction. BuzzardNews.Com is very strict about spamming. You agree to not spam, and you agree to avoid heavy repetitive posting, as that may look like spam. If you are determined to have spammed, you will be charged a $50 cleanup fee per spam message that you post, and your account will be terminated.