Web Hosting Service Agreement

Agreed upon as follows:

"Provider":   Gothic Computer & Printing
"Client":       The person(s) or entity that are applying for Web Hosting services.

The Provider agrees to provide, and Client agrees to receive, access to the Web Hosting services according to the following terms and conditions:

1.  Client will use the web hosting services in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws of the state of Maryland, and the US federal government.

2.  Provider reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deactivate the client's web hosting account(s) upon an indication of credit problems including delinquent payments.

3.  The provider service is provided on an "as is, as available" basis. The provider gives no warranty, expressed or implied, for the web hosting services provided, including, without limitation, warranty of merchantability and warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. This no warranty expressly includes any reimbursement for losses of income due to disruption of service by provider or its providers beyond the fees paid by client to provider for services.

4.  Provider is not responsible for any damages arising from client's use of provider or by client's inability to use the web hosting services for any reason.

5.  While provider shall make every reasonable effort to protect and backup data for client on a regular basis, provider is not responsible for client's files residing on provider. Client is solely responsible for independent backup of data stored on provider.

6.  Client hereby agrees that any material submitted for publication on provider through client's account(s) will not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory, common law or proprietary rights of others, or contain anything libelous or harmful. Any potentially illegal activity may be be deactivated without warning by the provider. Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the provider for any claim resulting from the submission of illegal materials.

7.  Client hereby agrees that any material submitted for publication on provider through client's account(s) will not contain anything leading to an abusive or unethical use of the web hosting product(s) or the host server(s). Abusive and unethical materials and uses include, but are not limited to pornography, obscenity, nudity, violations of privacy, computer viruses, and any harassing and harmful materials or uses. Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the provider from any claim resulting from your publication of materials or your use of those materials. Provider may or may not give notice before deactivating the use of an account(s) which the provider decides is an abusive or unethical use of the web hosting account(s) or host server(s).

8.  Due to the public nature of the internet, all information should be considered publicly accessible, and important or private information should be treated carefully. Provider is not liable for protection or privacy of electronic mail or other information transferred through the internet or any other network provider or its customers may utilize.

9.  Use of distribution lists via unsolicited electronic mail or other mass electronic mailings is strictly prohibited. The provider reserves the right to deactivate the client's web hosting account(s) upon an indication of such activity. Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the provider from any claim resulting from the client's or another party's use of electronic mail service(s) on the client's web hosting account(s).

10.  Setting up accounts for purposes of flooding the search engines is strictly prohibited. Flooding search engines may include: using mirror sites, having several pages with essentially identical information, using meta tags that do not accurately reflect the content of the page, hiding large quantities of text so visitors can't see it, excessive submissions of the site to the search engines, or  other similar activities as defined by provider.  The provider reserves the right to deactivate the client's web hosting account(s) without notice upon an indication of such activity.

11. In the event it is necessary to refer any dispute to an attorney or resolve it in a court of law, the prevailing party will be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees and all costs associated with any legal action, whether or not a suit shall actually be filed.

12. Provider maintains control and any ownership of any and all I.P. Numbers and addresses that may be assigned to client and reserves in its sole discretion the right to change or remove any and all I.P. numbers and addresses.

13. The Client may only access the server by means of the Internet, an interstate common carrier of information.

14. Since the Internet depends on a complex system of utilities, (telephone, electricity, gas), institutions, (InterNIC, DNS, regulators, backbone providers, banks), people (transportation, food service, repairmen, governments), domestic peace, etc. Client agrees to accept the risk that Provider may be inoperable or unreachable due to disruptions in these basic utilities and circumstances.