Effective Date: January 27, 2010
A Violation of any of the below Terms of Service will result in action by GeoCities.ws up to and possibly including the termination of your account, with or without warning.
GeoCities.ws is a private service which provides free web hosting. We offer our free members unlimited web space, and unlimited data transfer per account. GeoCities.ws reserves the right to cancel any account for any reason or no reason at all. GeoCities.ws provides web hosting to any site that abides to our terms and conditions. GeoCities.ws reserves the right to change the terms and conditions at any time. GeoCities.ws users are entirely liable for all activities conducted through your account.
The following rules apply while using GeoCities.ws services:
The most important rules are:
1. No adult content of any kind
2. No warez / hacking / phishing sites
3. No mass mailers / spammers (account will be automatically suspended if you will try to send mass mail), so if your software supports such feature, disable it right now.
4. We do not allow any file sharing scripts to be run.
5. Chat, proxy, or file download scripts are not allowed.
6. Paid-to-surf, auto-surf, buxto, and any other similar scripts are banned.
7. We do not allow online gaming scripts such as ogame, mafia, etc..
8. Nulled software such as ip.board or vbulletin is not allowed to be hosted.
9. Account cannot be used to store files only.
10. Sites related to torrents cannot be hosted.
Other rules:
Obscene, graphically violent, and other inappropriate content is strictly
prohibited.
GeoCities.ws is not responsible for the content of any member homepages. We
reserve the right to remove any homepages that are in violation of our Terms
and Conditions. Members will be held legally responsible for the contents of
their web pages including but not limited to use of copyrighted material
without the permission of the author or posting material considered indecent
for minors. The use of GeoCities.ws Homepages for illegal purposes is
strictly forbidden and any homepage found to be or believed to be, in
GeoCities.ws sole discretion, violating the law may be removed without
notice. GeoCities.ws membership will be revoked if any of the following
activities occur:
. Hate, Bigotry, and/or Intolerance
. Warez or Software Piracy related
. Music Piracy Related
. Hacking Related
. Making available copyrighted software which has been "cracked" (e.g.,
copyright protection for the software has been removed)
. Making available serial numbers for software which can be used to
illegally validate or register software.
. Making available tools which can be used for no purpose other than
"cracking" software.
. Spamming to promote your website
. Anything related to illegal activity
You agree to not use the Service to:
1. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content
that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy,
hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
2. harm minors in any way;
3. impersonate any person or entity.
4. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
5. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content
that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under
contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information,
proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of
employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
6. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content
that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
7. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited
or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam,"
"chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation,
except in those areas (such as shopping) that are designated for such
purpose ;
8. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material
that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
9. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material
that is of broadcast / streaming types.
10. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected
to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or
regulations of networks connected to the Service;
11. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations
promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any
national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any
regulations having the force of law;
12. provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the
nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to
any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act;
13. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; and/or
14. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise material for the purposes of
file distribution, relay, or streaming reasons.
15. collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the
prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs 1 through 14
above.
We do not allow any type of programs, software, or MP3 files on our server
unless you are the full owner and have all rights to the file. Copyrighted
files not belonging to users posting those files may be deleted without
notice!
You and any person who has access to your account must evaluate, and bear
the risk associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any
Content. GeoCities.ws reserves the right to remove Content which is deemed
in GeoCities.ws sole discretion harmful, offensive, or otherwise in
violation of the Rules or any rules or policies GeoCities.ws has in place at
the time.
You or GeoCities.ws may terminate your Account at any time for any reason.
To remove your GeoCities.ws site and account, please email us at
THE GeoCities.ws SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU .AS IS. AND .AS AVAILABLE. WITH
NO WARRANTY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GeoCities.ws DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, THE IMPLIED
CONDITION OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE
OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOU RELY ON ANY
INFORMATION OR CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
GeoCities.ws will not be liable for any of its services. We have the right
to cancel our service at any time, and we will not be liable for any files
that are lost and/or corrupted which may occur (including, for example, from
a system crash, security breach, or hard disk failure). To the full extent
permissible under the applicable law, GeoCities.ws shall not be liable for
any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting
from the use or inability to use GeoCities.ws services. You agree, at your
own expense, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless GeoCities.ws and its
affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, suppliers
and licensors from and against any and all third party claims, liability,
damages, losses and/or costs (including but not limited to reasonable
attorneys. fees) arising from or relating to: (a) your failure to comply
with these terms of use; (b) your infringement or violation of any
intellectual property or other right of a third party; or (c) your violation
of any applicable law.