WELCOME TO THE ARTELLOS.COM NETWORK!

When you connect to the Artellos.com Network, you agree to the following rules. If you break any of the following rules, you may find yourself banned from the server and all our other services. If you do not agree, simply disconnect from the network and do not reconnect.

ARTELLOS.COM PROHIBITS THE FOLLOWING ON ITS NETWORK:

Hate Speech
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You may not use any language defined as Hate Speech, which includes – but is not limited to text or actions that are any of the following:
- Demeaning in any manner.
- Harmful.
- An attack on religion, race, or sexual orientation.

Harassment
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You may not use any text or action that harasses another user, which includes text or actions that are intended to annoy, offend, or intimidate.
- Do not send Private Messages, Pokes and/or other Private requests to a user that are intended to annoy, offend or intimidate.
- Do not join a channel with the intention to annoy and/or intimidate other user(s).
- Creating a Hostile Environment for Minors
- You may not attempt to exchange a Private Conversation with a minor. A minor is defined as a child under the age of 18.
- You may not share personal information with a minor.
- You may not share sexually explicit material with a minor.

Evade A Ban
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If you are banned from a channel or the Artellos.com Network, do not attempt to reconnect, not even to see if you are still banned. If you are banned and manage to reconnect, your action is considered ban evasion.
If you repeatedly evade a ban (or bans), you will be permanently banned from the Artellos.com Network and your Internet Service Provider will be contacted.
You may not, by any means, assist or facilitate banned users in interacting with users through the Artellos.com Network. This includes, but is not limited to, providing proxies or relay bots for the use of banned users.

Spamming
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Spamming is strictly prohibited on Artellos.com. Spamming includes, but is not limited to, the advertising or promotion of free, pay, personal, commercial, corporate, non-profit, or private web sites, products, programs and other chat programs and/or services.

Illegal Activities of any Kind
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The rules of the offline world do apply to the online world, and all illegal activities are prohibited on the Artellos.com Network.

Illegal behavior includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- File sharing of copyrighted or protected content.
- Distribution of child porn.
- Hacking or Cracking.
- Attempting to Exploit another user or computer.
- Credit Card fraud or trading.
- Bot Net or spam bot control channels.
- Non-Friendly Bots

We welcome friendly bots on the Artellos.com Network, providing they do NOT do the following:
- Enter a channel without the permission of the channel owner.
- Kick or ban Artellos.com Staff.
- Flood the network or channel.
- Log channels for 3rd parties with out the channel owner’s permission.
- Advertise for 3rd parties with out the channel owner’s permission.
- Attempt to share or host files.
- Attempt to send harmful material, such as a virus or Trojan horse.

Infringement of Privacy or Copyright
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Copyright and privacy infringement are strictly prohibited. Details of users found infringing copyright will be passed to our legal team, without fail.
Copyright and privacy infringement includes, but is not limited to distributing Artellos.com content, including but not limited to that of the website, through unauthorized mediums.
It is prohibited to share channel content of secret or private channels over any medium without permission of the channel owner. These mediums include, but are not limited to, the web, IRC networks and IM networks. Channel owners can reserve all rights to redefine the scope of this rule on a per channel basis.
It is prohibited to run a service which allows two way real time communication between Artellos.com users and users who are not directly connected to Artellos.com.

Directions
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ALWAYS follow the directions of Artellos.com staff. The network staff has final determination on all matters relating to the network. If a Artellos.com staff member asks you to do something and you refuse, your action does constitute a breach of these rules.

Responsibility
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Artellos.com is not responsible for the content you may transmit or receive. Due to the real time nature of Teamspeak, we cannot monitor or police the exchange of data. To protect yourself, we highly recommend that you run a current antivirus program and never click on links from people you do not know.

Legal Rights
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We will cooperate with any law enforcement agency’s request for information when it is sent to us through proper legal channels.

Questions?
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If you have a question regarding the terms of service, ask one of the staff members for assistance. Or e-mail me at admin@artellos.com

((Special thanks to the guys at GeekShed for allowing me to copy their rules. It has saved me a load of time! ))