Unsolicited bulk commercial E-mail (UCE or "spam") is unwelcome at any addresses in this domain. UCE is defined as any commerical E-mail that is:The very best that the sender of such E-mail can hope is that it will be deleted unread but, by sending such material, the sender agrees to the contractual offer shown below (in addition to risking the usual consequences of spamming, i.e. reporting to service providers).
- Bulk, i.e. distributed to a mailing list of harvested addresses
- If individualized, is obviously a form letter or computer-customized letter
- Has forged headers whose purpose is to disguise the true origin
- Any of the following (automatically)
- Pornography
- Make money fast schemes, chain letters, multilevel marketing (MLM)
- Viagra and other pharmacy-by-Internet ads
- Credit repair
- Mortgage counseling
- spamware (E-mail lists, software to facilitate spam, and offers to send spam)
E-mail, even if commercial, that shows that a human sender has actually taken the time to prepare and address an individualized message, is not considered spam and the worst that will happen is that I will delete it unread.
"In consideration of the domain owner's time (i.e. you are accepting the fact that my time is a consideration that is worth money or its equivalent) that is spent dealing with the UCE, the sender waives all rights to privacy and copyright protection related to the UCE. This means the sender is assigning me a nonexclusive license to use any images, text, or code in the spam or readily available (i.e. does not require a password to access) on the advertised Web site. Furthermore, you agree that any intellectual property or information (e.g. images) in UCE constitutes an unsolicited gift that I can use, resell, or give away."
- If the spam contains images, or advertises your Web site that contains images, please be sure that the photo releases (e.g. models, owners of photographed property) allow you to sublicense the pictures to third parties. By sending me UCE, you are warranting that you are allowed to sublicense these pictures and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold me harmless from any allegations of copyright infringement. If you are not entitled to sublicense such images, do not send me UCE. If you do not consider these terms acceptable, do not send me UCE. This does not constitute legal advice, if you have questions about the enforceability of this contract please contact an attorney.
- Assignment of copyright does not apply, of course, to web sites that are spamvertised without the owner's consent, i.e. where the spammer is not the owner or the owner's agent (affiliate). I am well aware of "revenge spams," sometimes known as "joe jobs."
- This contractual offer is effective immediately (24 December, 2001) with respect to new addresses posted at stentorian.com, as these addresses have not been added to any spam lists. It also applies to all other addresses in these domains as of 1 January, 2002, public notice having been given in news.admin.net-abuse.email on 12 December, 2001. Possessors of such mailing lists are advised to remove all addresses at stentorian.com,.
- These terms of use also apply to all addresses at omdurman.org, effective 12 May 2002.
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