i used to run a ~20gb distro.. that was pretty big back in 2000
From: Abuse-Team <abuse-team@corp.home.net>
Date: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: @Home Network AUP Violation - Music Copyright
Infringement/Server
>We have received a complaint from the Recording Industry Association
of
>America that you are hosting an unauthorized music site using your
@Home
>Network service for connecting to the Internet. It is located at:
>
>>
ftp://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> This site, which was accessed on 11/07/2000 at 12:47 p.m. (EST),
offers
>> approximately 650 sound recordings for download. Many of these
recordings
>> are owned by our member companies, including songs by such artists
as
DMX,
>> Dr. Dre, Eminem, Fatboy Slim and Nas.
>>
>We are requesting that you immediately remove any files which you are
>distributing in violation of copyright. Please reply to this email
with
>your assurances that these infringing activities will not continue.
>
>It has also been brought to our attention that you are running a
personal
>server off your @Home Network connection. Please remove it
immediately.
This
>behavior is in violation of the @Home Acceptable Use Policy and
continuation
>of this activity will result in termination of your @Home services. If
you
>would like further information about the @Home AUP, it is posted at
>
http://www.home.net/aup. The relevant section is quoted below. We will
also
>mail you a hard copy of this communication. Thank you for your
cooperation.
>
>The @Home Network AUP Management Team
>
>Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other Limitations
>
>You must comply with the then current bandwidth, data storage and
other
>limitations on the Services.
>
>Users must ensure that their activity does not improperly restrict,
inhibit,
>or degrade any other user's use of the Services, nor represent (in the
sole
>judgment of @Home) an unusually large burden on the network itself. In
>addition, users must ensure that their activity does not improperly
>restrict, inhibit, disrupt, degrade or impede @Home's ability to
deliver
the
>Services and monitor the Services, backbone, network nodes, and/or
other
>network services.
>
>@Home network residential customers may not resell, share, or
otherwise
>distribute the Services or any portion thereof to any third party
without
>the written consent of @Home. For example, you cannot provide Internet
>access to others through a dial up connection, host shell accounts
over the
>Internet, provide email or news service, or send a news feed.
>
>The @Home residential service offering is a consumer product designed
for
>your personal use of the Internet. You may not use the @Home
residential
>service for commercial purposes. For example, the service does not
provide
>the type of security, upstream performance and total downstream
throughput
>capability typically associated with commercial use.
>
>You may not run a server in connection with the @Home residential
service,
>nor may you provide network services to others via the @Home
residential
>service. The @Home residential service includes personal Webspace
accounts
>for publishing personal Web pages. Examples of prohibited uses
include, but
>are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, and
dhcp, and
>multi-user interactive forums. For information about @Work products
for
>commercial or network services purposes, including commercial-grade
remote
>LAN access, please see
http://work.home.net.
>
>Illegal Activity
>
>The use of the Services for any activity that violates any local,
state,
>federal or international law, order or regulation is a violation of
this
>Policy. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
>
> Posting or disseminating material which is unlawful (such as child
>pornography or obscene material). Disseminating material which
violates the
>copyright or other intellectual property rights of others. You assume
all
>risks regarding the determination of whether material is in the public
>domain. Pyramid or other illegal soliciting schemes. Any fraudulent
>activities, including impersonating any person or entity or forging
anyone
>else's digital or manual signature.
>