General Terms of Service

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11## General Terms of Service
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77PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY.
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99DreamHost offers a variety of services to customers that range from hosting and website services (including shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting, WordPress hosting, Remixer, email, cloud services, and domain registration services among others. These services are collectively referred to as "Services."
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1111By using DreamHost's Services, Customer agrees to these Terms of Service and any other policies or terms referenced or published by us (collectively, the "Terms"). If Customer does not accept these Terms, Customer must not register an account or purchase, access, or use DreamHost's Services in any way.
8484DreamHost makes no warranties or representations of any kind, whether expressed or implied for the service it is providing. DreamHost also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and will not be responsible for any damages that may be suffered by the Customer, including loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries or service interruptions by any cause or errors or omissions of the Customer. Use of any information obtained by way of DreamHost is at the Customer's own risk, and DreamHost specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its Services. Any mention of connection speeds associated with DreamHost's Services represents the maximum achievable speed. DreamHost does not guarantee that the customer will achieve the maximum connection speed at all times, as this depends on a variety of factors (including your own internet connection!). DreamHost expressly limits its damages to the Customer for any non-accessibility time or other down time to the pro-rata monthly charge during the system unavailability.
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8686DreamHost specifically denies any responsibilities for any damages arising as a consequence of such unavailability. In the event that this material is not "Server-ready", DreamHost may, at its option and at any time, reject this material, including but not limited to after it has been put on DreamHost's servers. DreamHost agrees to notify Customer immediately of its refusal of the material and afford Customer the opportunity to amend or modify the material to satisfy the needs and/or requirements of DreamHost. If the Customer fails to modify the material, as directed by DreamHost, within a reasonable period of time, which shall be determined between the parties themselves, the contract shall be deemed to be terminated.
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8888All domain names registered through DreamHost or its previous domain registration site, domainitron.com, that are 'parked' or are otherwise not immediately associated with a DreamHost hosting plan will be automatically pointed to a "Coming Soon" web page which informs visitors that the registrant has recently registered their domain name via Dreamhost.com. The Coming Soon web page may be modified at any time by DreamHost without prior notice to you and may include such things as, without limitation, links to additional products and Services offered by DreamHost.
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90Certain products, including third-party products, may include free versions of paid features. DreamHost may receive affiliate compensation from the upgrade to, or purchase of paid versions of pre-installed features.
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9092**Trademarks & Copyrights**
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92941. Customer warrants that it has the right to use the trademarks and copyrights applicable to all content and/or products being made available through the customer's account.
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96**Feedback**
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98If You make suggestions to DreamHost about improving or adding new features or products to the Service, or You otherwise provide feedback, reviews, or testimonials pertaining to the Service or Your experience with the Service, You hereby grant to DreamHost a perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free license, and right to use, copy, modify, or otherwise utilize your suggestions, feedback, reviews, or testimonials for any purpose, including but not limited to marketing purposes, without any notice, compensation or other obligation to You.
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94100**Hardware, Equipment, & Software**
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961021. The customer is responsible for and must provide all telephone, computer, hardware and software equipment and services necessary to access DreamHost Services.
971032. DreamHost makes no representations, warranties or assurances that the Customer's equipment will be compatible with DreamHost Services.
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99105**Guaranteed Uptime**