Use Policy
Acceptable Use Policy
The MosCom Acceptable Use Policy has been formulated with the following
goals in mind:
- Ensure security, reliability and privacy of MosCom's
systems and network, and the networks and systems of others
- Avoid situations that may cause MosCom to incur
civil liability
- Maintain the image and reputation of MosCom as
a responsible provider
- Preserve the value of Internet resources as a
conduit for free expression
- Encourage the responsible use of net resources,
discouraging practices, which degrade the usability of network resources
and thus the value of Internet services
- Preserve the privacy and security of individual
users
This page serves as the main reference for Acceptable Use Policy of MosCom
subscribers. MosCom reserves the right to change, add, or modify any of
the policies at any time and will take effect immediately upon posting.
The Acceptable Use Policy below defines the actions, which MosCom considers
to be abusive, and thus, strictly prohibited. The examples named in this
list are non-exclusive, and are provided solely for guidance to MosCom
customers. If you are unsure whether any contemplated use or action is
permitted, please send mail to info@mozcom.com
and we will assist you.
Please note that the actions listed below are also not permitted from
other Internet Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise, any service
hosted by MosCom, or connected via the MosCom network.
General Conduct
1. Customers are prohibited from transmitting on
or through any of MosCom's services, any material that is, in MosCom's
sole discretion, unlawful, obscene, threatening, abusive, libelous,
or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give
rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national
or international law.
2. MosCom services may only be used for lawful purposes.
Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material
in violation of Philippine law, or by the common law, is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. MosCom reserves the right
to remove such illegal material from its servers.
3. The customer is responsible for keeping his billing
data with MosCom up-to-date and accurate. Furnishing false data on the
signup form, contract, or online application, including fraudulent use
of credit card numbers, is grounds for immediate termination, and may
subject the offender to civil or criminal liability.
4. The resale of MosCom products and services is
not permitted, unless specifically permitted and documented in a written
agreement.
System and Network Security
1. Customers may not attempt to circumvent user authentication
or security of any host, network, or account ("cracking").
This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for
the Customer, logging into a server or account the Customer is not expressly
authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks (such
as running a SATAN scan or similar tool).
2. Customers may not attempt to interfere with service
to any user, host, or network ("denial of service attacks").
This includes, but is not limited to, "flooding" of networks,
deliberate attempts to overload a service, and attempts to "crash"
a host.
3. Customers may not use any kind of program/script/command,
or send messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a user's terminal
session, via any means, locally or by the Internet.
4. Users who violate systems or network security
may incur criminal or civil liability. MosCom will cooperate fully with
investigations of violations of systems or network security at other
sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the
investigation of suspected criminal violations.
1. Harassment, whether through language, frequency,
or size of messages, is prohibited.
2. Customers may not send email to any person who
does not wish to receive it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving email,
the customer must not send that person any further email.
3. Customers are explicitly prohibited from sending
unsolicited bulk mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam").
This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial advertising,
informational announcements, and political tracts. Such material may
only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it.
4. Customers may not forward or otherwise propagate
chain letters, whether or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
5. Malicious email, including but not limited to
"mailbombing" (flooding a user or site with very large or
numerous pieces of email), is prohibited.
6. Forging of header information is not permitted.
7. MosCom accounts or services may not be used to
collect replies to messages sent from another Internet Service Provider,
where those messages violate this Acceptable Use Policy or the Acceptable
Use Policy of that other provider.
8. These rules apply to other types of Internet-based
distribution mediums as well, such as RLG's Ariel system (a system for
sending FAX-like documents over the Internet). USENET postings have
their own regulations; see below.
USENET
1. MosCom is not responsible for the content of any
USENET posting, whether or not a MosCom customer made the posting.
2. Postings to USENET newsgroups must comply with
the written charters or FAQs for those newsgroups. Advertisements should
only be posted in those newsgroups whose charters/FAQs explicitly permit
them. The poster is responsible for determining the etiquette of a given
newsgroup, prior to posting to it.
3. Customers are prohibited from posting the same
or similar message to large numbers of newsgroups (excessive cross-posting
or multiple-posting, also known as "USENET spam").
4. Customers are prohibited from posting chain letters
of any type.
5. Customers are prohibited from posting binary files
to newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose.
6. Customers are prohibited from canceling or superseding
posts other than their own, with the exception of official newsgroup
moderators performing their duties.
7. Customers are prohibited from forging header information.
This includes attempting to circumvent the approval process for posting
to a moderated newsgroup.
8. A customer may not solicit mail for any other
address other than that of the customer's MosCom account or service,
with the intent to harass or collect replies after MosCom service has
been terminated.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
1. MosCom is not liable for the content of any communications
made on the IRC.
2. IRC robots ("bots" or "clones")
may not be run from MosCom shell accounts.
3. Customers may not attempt to impersonate others
or use the IRC anonymously by disguising their hostname or username.
4. Customers are prohibited from using IRC scripts
or programs that interfere with or deny service to other users on any
server or host. They are also prohibited from engaging in activities
which harass other users. This includes, but is not limited to, "flooding"
(rapidly entering text with the intent to fill the screens of others),
"flashing" (disrupting terminal emulation), "takeovers"
(forcibly seizing operator privileges), attempting to send private messages
to those who do not wish to see them (via "ignore"), attempting
to return to a channel after being banned from it, and other disruptive
behaviors.
