Copyright Infringement Policy

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act available online here http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/hr2281.pdf, signed into law on October 28, 1998, amended the copyright law to provide regulations for the Internet. Epalon Hosting is committed to strictly apply this new law as well as all other applicable laws and regulations in its everyday practice.

1.Epalon Hosting strictly prohibits any and all of the following: copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property infringement, including but not limited to using any copyrighted
names, text or images, offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs, serial or registration numbers for software programs, copyrighted music, etc.

2. All Epalon Hosting clients are hereby advised that they can be held legally liable for the content of their web pages and may be held legally accountable if their web pages include material protected by copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret laws without the permission of the owner.

3. Epalon Hosting will not review the content of customer's web pages. The customer is solely responsible for everything contained in his (her) web pages. Epalon Hosting will not verify, endorse or otherwise control the contents of any of customer's web pages. All opinions and views expressed at the web sites belong to the respective owner and are NOT supported by Epalon Hosting

4. By using Epalon Hosting services, the customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Epalon Hosting for any loss, liability, claim, damage, attorney's fees and other expenses arising from or in connection with the contents of customer's web pages.

5. Epalon Hosting shall not be liable under any circumstances for any special, consequential, incidental or exemplary damages arising out of or in any way connected with Epalon Hosting services, including but not limited to damages for copyright infringements, lost profits, loss of use, lost data, loss of privacy, damages to third party, even if Epalon Hosting has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply whether any claims based upon principles of contract, warranty, negligence or other sort, breach of any statutory duty, principles of indemnity or contribution, the failure of any limited or exclusive remedy to achieve its essential purpose or otherwise.

6. Epalon Hosting reserves the right to terminate the services without compensation if it believes in good faith that there is a copyright infringement. Epalon Hosting will make such decisions at its sole discretion.

7. All inquires about copyright infringement should be forwarded to Epalon Hosting Copyright Infringement team. The team can be contacted at copyright@epalonhosting.com

8. All complaints must provide all the information requested by the law and including the following:

1. Contact information.
   
2. Statement from the copyright holder or its representative that in good faith, the information is believed to be infringing.
3. A signature or equivalent from the copyright holder
4. A list identifying the works potentially being infringed upon
5. Information about the location of the infringing material that the copyright holder seeks to be removed/blocked, with sufficient details to allow the removing/blocking.
6. Statement from the person complaining that the information supplied is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the person complaining is authorized to be making the complaint.

9. Upon receiving of complaint, an Epalon Hosting agent will decide within 7 days whether there is an obvious copyright infringement. If this is the case Epalon Hosting will terminate the services ( close the account ) in accordance with item 6 Customer will be notified by e-mail about the complaint and the termination action.

10. If there is not obvious copyright infringement the agent will pass the complaint to the Epalon Hosting customer.

11. Epalon Hosting will not provide customer with any compensation for down time or termination of the account. Prepaid accounts will not be prorated. No refunds. Epalon Hosting will wave the setup fee, if the account needs to be re-activated.

12. Epalon Hosting will keep a log of all copyright infringement complaints.

13. Epalon Hosting will deny services unconditionally to anyone who is considered as a repeated offender of the copyright laws.

14. Epalon Hosting will collaborate with other Internet Service Providers to the full extent of the law in order to reduce copyright infringement on the Internet.

15. This policy does not replace the Service Agreement, Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), or Terms of Service (TOS) which shall remain in full force.

 

Revised 4-02-07

If you have any question on any one of the polices contact us at support@epalonhosting.com