P.O. Box 1841

    Martinsville, In 46151

 

Members Terms of Service


 
Tec-Write On-Line agrees to provide you ("User") with those services ("Service") set forth below subject to User's compliance with the terms and conditions below.

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SERVICE. BY ACCESSING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.

Warranty Disclaimer

THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES SET FORTH ARE EXCLUSIVE AND NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.

Tec-Write On-Line exercises no control whatsoever over the content of the information passing through Tec-Writes system. Use of any information obtained via Tec-Write is at User's risk. Neither Tec-Write nor any of its affiliates, its licensers, its contractors or their respective employees warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error free; nor does Tec-Write make any warranty as to the results from use of the Service.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY Tec-Write,  ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. NEITHER Tec-Write NOR ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE ON THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, CANCELBOTS, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Tec-Write, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM USER'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR TO ACCESS THE INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR USER'S RELIANCE ON OR USE OF INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ALTERATION OF OR USE OF USER'S ACCOUNT, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. IN THE EVENT Tec-Write IS FOUND LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, Tec-Write 'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE UNUSED BALANCE OF USER'S SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT PRO-RATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT TERM.

If User is dissatisfied with the Service or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of Tec-Write in operating the Service, User's sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

Indemnification

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, User agrees to indemnify and hold Tec-Write, its affiliates, its licensers, its contractors or their respective employees harmless against any and all liability, loss, claim, judgment, damage and expense including without limitation attorney's fees and cost of litigation) incurred or suffered by Tec-Write, its licensers, its affiliates, its contractors, or their respective employees as the result of any and all use of User's account whether authorized or not authorized or as a result of the negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of any of the terms of this Agreement by User, including but not limited to claims, liabilities, losses, damage, judgment and expense which arise out of alleged injury or death of any person or damage to property of every kind and description. User shall promptly notify Tec-Write in writing of any claim of which it is obligated under this indemnity. User shall have the right to assume the defense of any such claim. User and Tec-Write shall confer as to and agree on the legal counsel(s) to be selected in any such defense.

Age Limit

User represents to Tec-Write that he or she is 18 years of age or older. User understands that certain materials available from Service provided under the terms of this Agreement may not be suitable for individuals under the age of 18.

Sexually Explicit Materials

User understands that the Internet contains unedited materials some of which are sexually explicit or may be offensive. User accesses such materials at his or her own risk. Tec-Write has no control over and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.

Prohibited Uses

User may not:

restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Internet;

post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations;

post on webspace provided any sexually explicit materials or materials that may be offensive.

post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, cancelbot, trojan horse, worm or other harmful component;

post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information, software or other material obtained through the Service for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information, software or other material);

upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the Service which is protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder;

upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the Service itself or derivative works with respect thereto;

send unsolicited advertising or promotional materials to other network users (See section titled "MESSAGING");

allow users to run Maillist, Listserv or any form of auto-responds from User's account;

run or activate processes while User is not logged in;

violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material including that deemed threatening or obscene, or engage in any kind or illegal activity;

attempt to defeat any idle timer or system tool intended to enforce the part-time and personal nature of User's connection, including the use of pingbots and other methods of avoiding timing disconnection (See section titled "LIMITATIONS OF DIAL-UP SERVICES"); or

violate any of the rules, regulations and policies of those networks and computer systems accessed via User's account.

Tec-Write has no obligation to monitor the Service. However, User agrees that Tec-Write has the right to monitor the Service electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as may be necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Service properly, or to protect itself or its subscribers. Tec-Write will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private E-mail message unless required by law. Tec-Write reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole and absolute discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement. Tec-Write reserves the right to suspend access to the Service for User's account. The account's suspension may be rescinded within the sole and absolute discretion of Tec-Write following payment of a reconnection charge, to be determined by Tec-Write in its sole and absolute discretion.

Messaging

User agrees to limit their use of the Tec-Write service, specifically regarding the use of Tec-Write 's electronic (email) services, to the following restrictions:

Unauthorized Use of Relay Servers

User agrees that any unauthorized use of any email server located throughout the Internet for the purposes of relaying or distributing messages is prohibited.

Fraudulent Addressing

User agrees that the purposeful distribution of any email message where the return address, originator's address, or any other identifiable aspect of the message has been purposefully altered, is prohibited. User may not purposefully misrepresent the origination information of any email messages sent while using the Tec-Write service.

Fraudulent Content

User agrees to be held responsible for the distribution of fraudulent materials.

VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS, RELATING TO THE TERMS DESCRIBED WITHIN THIS "MESSAGING" SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT, WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE PENALTY OF $200. Tec-Write RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHARGE USER'S CREDIT CARD, IF ON FILE FOR USE IN PAYMENT OF Tec-Write SERVICES, A ONE-TIME FEE OF $200 PER VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS. IN THE EVENT USER PRE-PAYS FOR THEIR Tec-Write SERVICE VIA CASH, CHECK, OR MEANS OTHER THAN CREDIT CARD, Tec-Write RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INVOICE AND HOLD USER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONE-TIME FEE OF $200 PER VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS. USER ALSO AGREES TO THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF Tec-Write SERVICES FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS.

Restricted Content

You agree not to post any of the following restricted contents: Illegal, Abusive or Unethical Activities include, but are not limited to, pornography, obscenity, nudity, violations of privacy, hacking, computer virus, gambling, or promotion of gambling, and any harassing or harmful materials or uses, as determined by us. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim resulting from your publications or use of Illegal, Abusive or Unethical materials.

Limitation of Dial-Up Services

Although Tec-Write advertises "Unlimited Access" in regards to some of it's Dial-Up services, there are several limitations applied. The sole purpose of these limitations are intended to limit the amount of unnecessary use of Tec-Write services by any such User, which restricts overall Tec-Write system availability for other such Users. These limitations apply only to Dial-Up access services offered by Tec-Write.

Set Up Fees/Membership Fees

There is a $25 setup fee unless noted otherwise. On memberships where no set up fee is charged, the second set up will also be free.  After the second set up a fee of $25.00 will be charged.  This fee will also apply to accounts that have expired for over 10 days. A yearly Membership Fee of $25 will be charged for all One Number Accounts. 

 

Idle Timeout

User agrees to have their online session automatically terminated after ten (10) minutes of consecutive inactivity. Inactivity is defined as less than 500 bytes of data transferred between User's modem and the Tec-Write service. (Morgan County Dial up accounts NOT included)

Maximum Single Session

User agrees to have an online session automatically terminated after eight (8) hours of consecutive time, (4) hours on the One Number Membership regardless of data transferred during such specific online session.  (Morgan County Dial up accounts NOT included) 

Minimum Re-Connect Limit

User understands they cannot log back onto the Tec-Write system for a time period of one (1) minute following the termination of their previous online session, regardless of the reason for the previous session's termination.

Multiple, Concurrent Online Sessions

User agrees to maintain no more than one (1) concurrent online session for each PPP/ISDN account purchased.

Terms of Payment

Payment is due by the renewal date.  If payment is not received the account will be terminated on the renewal date.  Payment can be made by credit card, bank card, bank draft, or check. If payment is made more that 10 days after renewal date, that will be considered a new account and a $20 set up fee will apply.There will be a $25.00 service fee for all returned checks.

Tec-Write reserves the right to change prices at any time without prior notice to it's customers or the public. Price changes will not be retroactive for existing customers, regardless of the length of their existing service subscription.

Right to Cancel

Tec-Write reserves the right to cancel Service for any reason without prior notice. Pre-paid service is non-refundable. Cancellations after the first of the month will be charged for that month.

User must notify Tec-Write via telephone or email to  cancel Service.. Fees for any set up  or monthly service charges placed by Tec-Write are non-refundable.

No Confidentiality

Information transmitted through Tec-Write and through the Internet in general is not confidential. Tec-Write cannot and shall not guarantee privacy or protection of any User. Tec-Write reserves the right to monitor any User's transmissions when deemed necessary for providing proper service and/or to protect the rights and property of Tec-Write.

Non-transferable

The right to use the Service is not transferable. Accounts are for User's use only. User shall be responsible for the confidentiality of User's password. Loaning User's account to others, connecting a system used by multiple persons, group use of user log-ins, and consuming more than one modem line are explicitly prohibited. If User has multiple accounts, then User shall be limited to one log-in session per system account at any time. Violation of those terms shall constitute theft of Service and may be prosecuted under civil and criminal law.

Purchases on the Service

If User wishes to make purchases on the Service, User may be asked by the merchant or information or service provider from whom User is making the purchase to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanism information. User agrees that all information User may provide any merchant or information or service provider on the Service for purposes of making purchases shall be accurate, complete and current. The merchants and information and service providers offering merchandise, information and services on the Service set their own prices and may change prices or institute new prices at any time. User agrees to pay all charges incurred by users of User's account and credit card or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. User shall also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to purchases on the Service.

No System Backup

Tec-Write does not and will not perform system backups on any User's E-mail account(s). Tec-Write shall not be held responsible for any lost E-mail data, email attachments, or any E-mail message contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Tec-Write will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity.

Tec-Write does not and will not perform system backups on any User's personal web site account(s). Tec-Write shall not be held responsible for any lost web data, web files, or any web site contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Tec-Write will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity.

Failure to Comply With Terms and Conditions

Tec-Write may deny User access to all or part of the Service without notice if User engages in any conduct or activities that Tec-Write in its sole discretion believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. If Tec-Write denies User access to the Service because of such a violation, User shall have not right (1) to access through Tec-Write any materials stored on the Internet, (2) to obtain any credit(s) otherwise due to User, and such credit(s) shall be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise or information on the Internet through Tec-Write , and Tec-Write shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification.

Miscellaneous

User agrees to remain signed into the network only when actually making use of same, and to disconnect when idle for significant periods of time (more than 10 minutes). User also agrees to not remain connected to Tec-Write 's system for periods exceeding (8) eight hours, in any single continuous session. User authorizes Tec-Write to enforce these restrictions by appropriate software and network measures, automated and manual.

User agrees to notify Tec-Write if User moves or otherwise changes his or her mailing address or phone number, and to list a truthful name, postal address and telephone number on the forms User supplies to Tec-Write .

In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Tec-Write  failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement.

Tec-Write may modify this Agreement from time to time by placing a notice of such modification on our website, and User's continued use of the Service following notice of such modification shall be deemed to be User's acceptance of any such modification. It is User's responsibility to check this online area regularly to determine whether this Agreement has been modified. If User does not agree to any modification of this Agreement, User must immediately stop using the Service.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any cause of action User may have with respect to the Service must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred.

Tec-Write shall not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance under this Agreement or interruption of service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, riots, civil disturbances, insurrections, accidents, dire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements, strikes, labor disputes, shortages of suitable parts, materials, labor or transportation or any cause beyond the reasonable control of Tec-Write .

Venue for litigation of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, naming Tec-Write as the defendant, shall be proper only in a venue determined by Tec-Write.

In any action between Tec-Write and User to enforce any of the terms of this Agreement, Tec-Write shall be entitled to recover expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between User and Tec-Write with respect to the Service.