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By subscribing to directfeed.net. I am stating that I have fully read, understood and accepted all terms and conditions listed in this agreement. If you have any questions about anything listed in this disclaimer please direct them to webmaster@directfeed.net before you subscribe.
The content of all discussion groups, including without limitation, the descriptions for discussion groups and the content within a specific article, is provided by and is the responsibility of the creator of the discussion group or the person posting an article. directfeed.net has NO responsibility for such content and is merely a conduit of articles traveling across Usenet. Usenet in general is a public forum much like the world wide web is available to the public. directfeed.net does not control Usenet.

All articles on our servers are pushed to our servers via our upstream providers, including large international corporations. directfeed.net receives well over 2 million articles per day, and it is impossible for us or any other corporation running a Usenet server to moderate newsgroups. Currently there are no state or federal laws that require any ISP to moderate usenet newsgroups.

By its very nature, Usenet groups may carry very offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise proper judgment when using Usenet, as well as use the service at your own risk..

Again we must emphasize that it is impossible for us or any other usenet service to police hundreds of thousands of articles that pass through our servers everyday. Any article that passes through our servers is the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY of the person who posted the article or created the newsgroup.

directfeed.net does not produce any content that passes through our servers.
directfeed.net does not publish any content that passes through our servers. What we mean when we say publish is that we DO NOT extract pictures or programs from usenet for redistribution by various means, such as putting them on CD-ROM or making slide shows or putting them in zip files for download.
directfeed.net does not condone nor support people posting copyrighted or illegal content to Usenet. If you discover an article that contains any copyrighted or illegal content please contact us at webmaster@directfeed.net. We will then have the offending article removed IMMEDIATELY, and forward any and all relevant information to the appropriate federal law enforcement authorities.
The name of a newsgroup is not illegal in nature and does not necessarily imply inappropriate or illegal activity. However we encourage customers to exercise caution and discretion when viewing and posting to all Usenet newsgroups. All content, without limitation, is provided by and is the responsibility of the person posting the content. We expect all customers to abide by Usenet etiquette, copyright laws, and civil and criminal laws.

Download Transfer Limits
Each account has a specified download transfer byte limit. For all accounts, the general Acceptable Conditions of Use rules apply, even if there is no set download byte limit (i.e.. Unlimited ). There is also a simultaneous connection limit (per username/IP-number). We reserve the right to modify these settings at any time. You agree that directfeed.net shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification of the Service.

AGE REQUIREMENT

I am at least 18 (21 where required) years of age and have the legal right to possess adult material in my community.

COMMUNITY STANDARDS

I understand the standards and laws of the community, site and computer to which I am transporting this material, I am solely responsible for my actions, posting of illegal media is prohibited, violators will banned from our servers.

COPYRIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY

I will not sell, redistribute, or copy in any way the contents of this site. I will not allow anyone to use my username, password. If I do post, I do so at my own risk.

SPAM AND FLOODING

We have ZERO tolerance for Spammers or Flooders. Posting is a privilege, not a right, if you post SPAM and or flood any group, your account or posting privileges may be revoked WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, and you may be billed (at the discretion of the System Administrator) for the cleanup, at $200.00 (US) per hour, plus any Collections and or Attorney's fee's incurred in collection of this fee. What is SPAM? it is any post(s) that is unwanted, in the group it was posted to, in short if a group has a FAQ against commercial ad's, and you post a commercial ad(s), on topic or not, and your reported, you are Spamming. What is FLOODING? it is the act of filling a group(s), with unwanted posts that are on, or off topic, pushing your point, freedom of speech is important, but not to the point of damaging any person, and or group to prove your point of view. If your posting access is disabled, it will remain so indefinitely. No refunds will be issued for this reason.

FORBIDDEN ACTIVITIES
directfeed.net has a zero-tolerance policy for the following activities, and performing any of them will cause permanent suspension of your posting ability. These activities include, but are not limited to:
- Flooding: Attempting to take over a newsgroup by flooding it with your posts.
- Trolling: Harassing or annoying other newsgroup users repeatedly.
- Copyright Infringement: Posting anything that is not in the public domain and that you do not own the rights to. This is a serious crime carrying serious legal consequences!
- Posting Illegal Content: Posting anything that is not legal in the United States.
- Posting Off-Topic: Posting something that does not belong in that newsgroup, as indicated by its charter or FAQ article.
- Crossposting: Posting the same article to more than three newsgroups is prohibited. The article posted must be on-topic for each group it is posted to.
- Harassment/Cyberstalking: Threatening or provoking confrontation with another party, causing fear for one’s personal safety. Posting anyone's personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, social security numbers, etc. without that person's prior consent also falls under this category. Report abuse issues here.

SYSTEM SECURITY

I will not attempt to bypass any security and/or access features of this site.

VIOLATIONS

If I use these services in violation of this agreement, I understand I may be in violation of local, federal and or civil laws. I agree to be responsible for all legal fees and loss of any income due the owners, Corporate Officers of this site. I understand that my membership will be canceled without notice or refund.

USE OF INFORMATION

I will not use or provide any information about or contained within this site against the providers, owners, Corporate Officers, and/or creators of this site in any type of action, legal or otherwise.

CANCELING AND REFUNDS

directfeed.net does not warrant that the newsgroups or the newsgroup servers will operate error-free or that the newsgroups or its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful items. If your use of the newsgroups or the material results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, directfeed.net is not responsible for those costs.

Your use of the Usenet service is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the materials or other contents of the service or with these terms and conditions, or other policies, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Usenet service. In no event shall directfeed.net be liable to any user or any third party for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or lost profits) resulting from the use or inability to use the Usenet service.

FRAUD

If your credit card or phone number was fraudulently used to gain access to this service, Email a copy of the Police Report to us at webmaster@directfeed.net. We will have CCBILL. refund the charge and have your credit card or phone number blocked from anyone ever using it with CCBILL. again. We will provide this information to the FBI and/or Interpol for substantiation of criminal fraud charges. We take fraud very seriously, and will press charges, both criminal and civil. Users who commit fraud by gaining access to our sites and then by what ever means obtains refunds, are committing fraud against a corporation in interstate commerce.

A Note from our billing company regarding refunds and fraud claims:

It should be noted that, with very few exceptions, every credit card refund results in that card number being entered into CCBILL's negative database. This is our in-house record of past problem customers.  After that, the card number is forever blocked from purchasing anything from any CCBILL's client.

Anyone who thinks about requesting a refund by falsely claiming his card was used fraudulently had better be sure that he will never again want to use that card on thousands of web sites. Even if the charge arrived on your statement because someone else used your card (my son did what???), CCBILL has to assume that if it happened once it might happen again. If someone unknown to you is placing charges on your credit card, now would be a very good time to call your credit card issuer, cancel that card number and start over with a new one.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

We do not provide dial-up service, you must have Internet access to use our service. Any Windows, Linux or Macintosh system will work, and we are AOL and WebTV friendly. AOL and WebTV users may have to use our web gateway to obtain access.

ACCOUNT SETUP

New accounts opened by credit card, will normally become active within one hour of sign-up. If you are having difficulties accessing your account after two hours send email to support@directfeed.net. Please enter and check the member's area for updates first.

INTENDED USE

Accounts are intended for personal use only, commercial use is prohibited without prior written authorization from directfeed.net.

WARNING GENERAL DISCLAIMER

directfeed.net, (hereinafter "directfeed.net") the owners of directfeed.net, does not represent nor endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content, or advertisements (collectively, the "Material") contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded, or accessed from any of the services contained on this website (collectively, the "Service"). directfeed.net also does not represent nor endorse the quality of any products, information, or other materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any other information or offer in or in connection with directfeed.net (collectively, the "Products"). You hereby acknowledge that any reliance upon any Material shall be at your own risk. directfeed.net reserves the right, but is not obligated to nor does it accept any responsibility for refusing to, in its sole discretion to make improvements to, or correct any error or omissions in any portion of the Service or Material contained in directfeed.net.

THE SERVICE AND THE MATERIAL AND THE PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED BY DIRECTFEED.NET ON AN "AS IS' BASIS, AND DIRECTFEED.NET EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL DIRECTFEED.NET BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTS.

The contents of this web site may contain material that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. In some communities, the contents may be deemed to violate the community's norms or mores. If you believe that you will find the content to be offensive, inappropriate, or in violation of your community's norms or mores, then you must stop viewing the contents immediately and go to a non-offensive web site.

It is also possible that some material may be inaccurate, wrong, and defamatory in nature.

directfeed.net does not review the material that is posted nor exert any editorial control over the material. As such, directfeed.net acts merely as a forum for the expression of ideas, thoughts, and information, similar to the way that a public square could be the forum for discussion of ideas, thoughts, and information.

directfeed.net is not responsible for any inaccurate, wrong, offensive, inappropriate, or defamatory material that is contained herein. directfeed.net is also not responsible for any material that violates a community's norms or mores. directfeed.net expects and demands that users comply with all federal, state, and local laws when using this web site and when posting content to the web site and refrain from violating those laws. If a person is unsure whether or not a posting will violate a law, that person is urged to contact the Electronic Freedom Foundation or an attorney prior to posting the information, document, or other type of content. directfeed.net can not enforce the laws of each locality, state, and even federal laws for all material that is posted to this site. As such, directfeed.net is not responsible for the content of this site.

INDEMNITY

If, as a result of a user's actions, postings, statements, or other activity, directfeed.net is named as a defendant in a lawsuit, threaten with legal action, has a judgment issued against it, or incurs expense to defend itself, then the user shall indemnify directfeed.net for all expenses incurred by directfeed.net to protect or defend itself, or otherwise respond to the problem. Furthermore, the user shall hold directfeed.net harmless for the user's actions, postings, statements, or other activity. These actions, postings, statements or other activity could include, but is not limited to, defamation, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, theft of a trade secret, economic espionage, and transmission of pornographic material.

SPONSORS

The sponsors of directfeed.net are separate legal entities and are not related to directfeed.net. The sponsors are not responsible for any action, postings, statements, or other activity of a user. The user shall hold harmless and indemnify the sponsors of directfeed.net any lawsuit, dispute, or other legal action should the lawsuit, dispute, or other legal action result out of a user's actions, postings, statements, or other activity.

By entering this web site or by clicking on any of the links within this web site, I will have released and discharged the providers, owners, Corporate Officers and or creators of this site from any and all liability which might arise.

MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
directfeed.net reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that directfeed.net shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification of the Service.