Acceptable Use Policy

October 2022

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This document is provided pursuant to the disclaimer provided on the last page.

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Classification
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PurposeOur goal is to ensure the security, stability and fair use of the TLD and our Service for all
Internet users.
The purpose of this policy is to describe the acceptable use of the TLD, our Service to you, andwhat action may be taken by us in the event of unacceptable use.

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Contents
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Definitions .......................................................................................................................... 1

2Policy Statement ............................................................................................................... 23

2.1

Detection of Behavior that Contravenes this Acceptable Use Policy ............................. 2

2.2

Your Obligations when using the Service ............................................................................... 2

2.3

Provision of the Service ................................................................................................................ 4

2.4

Actions we may take ...................................................................................................................... 4

Definition and Review ....................................................................................................... 6

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1Definitions
Allocation means the method by which a domain name is created and assigned to an Applicant;
Allocated shall have a corresponding meaning.
Applicant means a natural person, company or organization in whose name an Application issubmitted.
Application means the complete and technically correct request for a domain name, which
complies with this policy and any other policy issued by us.
Customer Registration Agreement means an agreement between a Registrar and a customer.
Label means a string of characters used to form part of a domain name.
Published Policies collectively means those specifications and policies established andpublished from time to time by us or any of our designated representatives.
Registrant means a natural or legal person, company or organization in whose name a domainname is Allocated in the TLD.
Registrar means an entity that is authorized to offer domain name registration services inrelation to the TLD.
Registry means the systems used to record, store and maintain details of domain names in theTLD.
Service means the services that we provide in relation to the TLD.
TLD means Top Level Domain and for the purpose of this policy means .tv.
We, us and our means Registry Services, LLC or its designated representatives.
You and your means the person or entity accessing the Service.

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Policy Statement
Our goal is to ensure the security, stability and fair use of the TLD and our Service for all
Internet users. We will take all reasonable actions to:▪

protect the security and stability of the Service;▪

comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, dispute
resolution processes, or valid requests of law enforcement agencies that apply tous;▪

avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on our part, as well as our affiliates, relatedentities and subsidiaries, including officers, directors, and employees of such;▪

prevent the use of a domain name used for the submission of unsolicited bulk email, phishing, pharming, malware, bot-nets or other abuse or fraudulent purposes;
and▪

correct mistakes made by us or any Registrar or authorized user in connection
with the use of the Service.

2.1

Detection of Behavior that Contravenes this Acceptable Use
PolicyBehavior that contravenes this Acceptable Use Policy may be detected in a number of ways,
including but not limited to:▪

our on-going monitoring activities and participation in industry information sharing
and monitoring groups; or▪

third party notifications submitted to us from either the general public, law
enforcement, government agencies, regulatory bodies, and industry partners.

2.2Your Obligations when using the Service
As a user of our Service, you agree that you will not use, and you will not permit others to use,
the Service we provide:▪

for any unlawful, invasive, infringing, defamatory or fraudulent purpose;▪

in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws, or to engage in, promote orencourage illegal activity;▪

in violation of the legal rights of others, or to encourage such violation;

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to promote, encourage or engage in terrorism or violence against people, animals,or property;▪

in contravention of any guidelines, requirements or policies that may be issued byus from time to time;▪

to purposefully distribute any virus, worm, corrupted file, harmful computer code,or other items of a destructive or deceptive nature;▪

to modify, affect, disable or circumvent any aspect of the Services or the use of theServices;▪

to generate, distribute, or facilitate unsolicited mass email, promotions,advertisings or other solicitations;▪

to disrupt the Service or any third party service that may use the Service;▪

to alter, steal, corrupt, disable, destroy, trespass or violate any security or
encryption of any computer file, database or network; or▪

to facilitate any of the above.

By registering a domain name in the TLD, you represent and warrant that you will not use that
registration for any illegal purposes, including without limitation, to:▪

distribute malware or engage in malicious hacking, bot-netting, phishing,pharming, fast flux hosting, fraudulent or deceptive practices;▪

use, promote, encourage the promotion of, or distribute child abuse images orengage in the exploitation of minors in any way;▪

illegally sell or distribute pharmaceuticals;▪

infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity including,
without limitation, counterfeiting, piracy or trademark or copyright infringement;▪

impersonate any person or entity, or submit information on behalf of any otherperson or entity, without their express prior written consent;▪

violate the privacy or publicity rights of any other person or entity;▪

promote or engage in any spam or other unsolicited bulk email;▪

distribute software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed
to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware,or telecommunications equipment or computer or network hacking or cracking;▪

interfere with the operation of the TLD or services offered by the Registry
Operator; or▪

otherwise engage in activity that is contrary to applicable laws or the PublishedPolicies.

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Provision of the Service
We provide the Registry Service in relation to the TLD. No other party may create domainnames at any level in the TLD, for the purpose of sale, licensing, sub-letting or leasing of thedomain name. The Registrant of a domain name, as recorded in the Registry Service, will beresponsible for:▪

the use of their domain name;▪

any domain names that may be created at a level subordinate to that domainname; and▪

compliance with this policy and any of our other policies.

You shall not sell, license or otherwise permit third party use of any sub-domains of the Domain
Name (e.g. example.DomainName.tv) in exchange for consideration of any kind or otherwise fora commercial purpose.

2.4

Actions we may takeShould we, in our sole discretion, determine that you have failed to comply with any provision ofthis Acceptable Use Policy, you acknowledge that we may:▪

restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Service;▪

where your use of the Service is in relation to your Allocation of a domain name,cancel, lock, place on hold, transfer or delete the domain name;▪

where required to do so, report such failure to comply to any law enforcement,government or quasi-governmental agencies, or regulatory bodies; and▪

subject to our Privacy Policy, notify industry information sharing and monitoringgroups.

We reserve the right take any action on any domain name or transaction that we deem
necessary, in our sole discretion:▪

to protect the integrity and stability of the Service;▪

to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, requests oflaw enforcement, or in compliance with any dispute resolution policies or process;▪

to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on our part, as well as our affiliates,subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and subcontractors;▪

to ensure compliance with the Published Policies;▪

to stop or prevent any violations of any terms and conditions of the Customer
Registration Agreement;▪

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to correct mistakes made by us, any Registrar or any of our service providers inconnection with an Application for a domain name, or a domain name.

Any action that we may make in relation to this Acceptable Use Policy:▪

may be taken with or without notification to you; and▪

is in addition to any other rights that we may have in law.

You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to take any
administrative and operational actions necessary, including the use of computer forensics andinformation security technological services, among other things, in order to implement theAcceptable Use Policy.
We are not required to give reasons for action taken as per above but may do so from time totime where we deem it appropriate at our absolute discretion.
We shall have no liability to of any kind to a Registrar or a Registrant, its customers, affiliates,
service providers or any other party as a result of taking action in accordance with thisAcceptable Use Policy.

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3Definition and Review
This document has been prepared and published to represent our policy regarding theadministrative and technical management of the TLD.
All domain names in the TLD are subject to the Published Policies. It is your responsibility toensure that you read and understand these policies as they apply to you. We may discontinue oramend any part or the whole of this policy from time to time at our absolute discretion.
Further policy and procedure in relation to the TLD can be found at the following link:
http://turnon.tv/.

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Definitions
We, us and our means any or all of Registry Services, LLC, its subsidiary entities and their respective officers,employees, contractors or sub-contractors.
Disclaimer
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