Terms and Conditions of Use
All users must read these Terms and conditions of Use carefully.
Gotham IRC Network is a private IRC network; access to it is allowed to users who agree to follow this following Policy.
Your permission to access Gotham IRC Network may be withdrawn at any time, temporarily or permanently, for any reason, and without warning nor explanation. The Administrators are not responsible for the actions of any IRC users.
Liability
The Administrators are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages caused by any Gotham IRC Network users. Whether in contract, strict liability or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use, attempt to use or inability to use this service, the Administrators shall not be liable.
Gotham IRC Network may scan your system to ensure it does not present a security risk to its network or its users. By connecting to Gotham IRC Network, you consent to any and all scans, to be administered at the discretion of the Administrators.
By using Gotham IRC Network, you hereby state and agree that you release Gotham IRC Network, its servers, Administrators, Operators, and any other volunteer of Gotham IRC Network from all responsibility or legal liability which might result from your use of Gotham IRC Network.
Attacks or viruses that deny service, hurt, impair, or otherwise cause damage to this network or its users are illegal according to the Criminal Code (s. 342.1).
Accessing Gotham IRC Network once specifically denied access is illegal. Violators are advised that the Administrators may have the law enforcement notified. You understand that any suspected violation of this Policy or criminal acts may subject you to monitoring and disciplinary action by either the Administrators and/or law enforcement. The Administrators will cooperate fully with any law enforcement entity, or court order to aid in the apprehension of suspects.
If any provision of this Policy is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms.
Privacy Statement
Any information gathered by Gotham IRC Network will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used or shared in ways for which you have specifically consented. Unless we have your express consent, Gotham IRC Network will not sell, rent, loan, trade or lease your personal information to any third party. Gotham IRC Network will use the utmost care in protecting the privacy and security of your information.
Harassment & Abuse
Gotham IRC Network’s Administrations are not responsible for the traffic passing through its servers. They are not responsible for any harassment that occurred while using their network. Harassment includes, but is not limited to: flooding of channels or clients, spamming or mass advertising of channels, websites and other IRC networks, denial of service attacks and threats of the same. Personal harassment, where it is accompanied by evidence, will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Channel founders will enforce their own policies on harassment. Channel affairs such as this may result in local channel action, at the channel founders’ discretion. If the offender has been warned and the problem persists, it can be brought to the Network Administration. Depending on the severity of the harassment, a temporary ban may be applied, or in lesser cases the user may be temporarily frozen. Any activities which jeopardize the rights of other users, or the existence or functionality of Gotham IRC Network as a whole, are prohibited.
No mass advertising, whether by /notice, by /msg, or any other medium will be tolerated. Sex-oriented channels relating to minors are absolutely forbidden.
Illegal Activity
Threats of Denial of Service attacks targeting the Network will be taken seriously and will be reported to the proper authorities. The discussion of any illegal activity and/or illegal trading of copyrighted files is expressly prohibited, this includes but is not limited to: the sharing of copyrighted material (where the owner has not waived copyright, or where the owner has not agreed to its distribution) including: pirated software (warez) and pirated music, channels for discussing illegal activity, including but not limited to: cracking and the trading of software serial numbers. The distribution of child pornography is prohibited.
Gotham IRC Network will not accept the registration of any channel primarily founded for the purpose of distributing illegal files. If a channel is registered for this purpose, the channel will be dropped by the Network Administrator.
Rules and Regulations
While connected to any Gotham IRC Network server, you must comply with the following rules.
Rules
You must agree to abide by the following rules while connected to Gotham IRC Network:
- No denial of service (“DoS”) actions or abuse of Gotham IRC Network resources, including but not limited to flooding, cloning, mass-messaging, and mass-inviting, will be permitted;
- Unsolicited advertising to Gotham IRC Network users is not allowed;
- Each server’s administrative team retains the right to deny access to or use of its server’s resources to any user(s), group, site, or domain, without the benefit of prior warning or notification if they so choose;
Consequences for Violation
If you violate any rule or regulation stated in this document, you will be subject to progressive disciplinary action, including but not limited to denial of access to Gotham IRC Network. Your Internet provider may be denied access to the server or network if you successfully evade a ban.
Gotham IRC Network is under no circumstances to be used for illegal activities. Observed and verifiable instances may be reported to the appropriate authorities and Gotham IRC Network administration will cooperate fully with any officially recognized law enforcement to the best of its capability when required to do so.
By using our servers, you therefore confirm that you have fully read and acknowledged our terms of services.