For the sake of clarity... I am posting up the Old ToS #6 alongside the New ToS #6... just so you can reference the differences of the ToS under which you have been subject to for years compared to the ToS you will be subject to in 30 days...
For those of you who want a quick summary, there is virtually no difference... mostly in the spacing...
Old:
6. USER CONDUCT
You agree to not use the Service to:
(a) violate or solicit the violation of any applicable local, state, national or international law;
(b) infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy or publicity rights;
(c) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that (1) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy; (2) consists of instructional information on illegal activities, including, but not limited to, hacking, cracking, and phreaking; (3) violates or infringes in any way upon the proprietary rights of others, including, without limitation, copyrighted software, music, photographs, text, videos or artwork; (4) constitutes pornography, or sexual material of an obscene nature or that violates local, state or national laws; (5) is the private information of another such as their addresses, phone number, Social Security number or credit card number; (6) contains software viruses, trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (7) you do not have a right to upload or post due to contractual or other legal obligation;
(d) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Domain official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(e) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
(f) interfere with or disrupt the Service, computer servers or boards accessible through the Service;
(g) disseminate off-topic messages on forums promoting any product, service, web site, board or venture, or promote boards on the Service through unsolicited electronic mail messages to third parties.
New:
6. USER CONDUCT
You agree to not use the Service to:
(a) violate or solicit the violation of any applicable local, state, national or international law;
(b) infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy or publicity rights;
(c) Transmit any Content that:
(1) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy;
(2) consists of instructional information on illegal activities, including, but not limited to, hacking, cracking, and phreaking;
(3) violates or infringes in any way upon the proprietary rights of others, including, without limitation, copyrighted software, music, photographs, text, videos or artwork;
(4) constitutes pornography, or sexual material of an obscene nature or that violates local, state or national laws;
(5) is the private information of another such as their addresses, phone number, Social Security number or credit card number;
(6) contains software viruses, Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
(7) you do not have a right to Transmit due to contractual or other legal obligation;
(d) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Domain official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(e) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any
Content Transmitted through the Service;
(f) interfere with or disrupt the Service, computer servers or software accessible through the
Service;
(g) disseminate off-topic messages on forums promoting any product, service, web site, board or venture, or promote boards on the Service through unsolicited electronic mail messages to third parties.
If you do use the Service to commit any of the above, the Domain may, at its sole discretion, terminate your password, account (or any part of it) or ability to use the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service.
