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Posted on April 24, 2013

Hello i´m reselling your services but what happens if one of my users distribute copyright protected material or other “bad” things?

My policy is terminated their accounts but DigitalOcean terminate my account if for example i received like 10 DMCA-notification each day?

Thanks



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I would like to know about this too, because I am already reselling it.

Violation of Copyright, Trademark, Patent or Trade Secret <br>2.9 Users may not use Network resources in violation of the copyrights, trademarks, patents or trade secrets of third parties, nor shall they utilize the Network to publish such materials in a manner that would expose them to public view in violation of the restrictions of law. The provisions of the DMCA will apply to issues presented by allegations of copyright violations by third parties. DigitalOcean will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. <br> <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/tos <br> <br>

i was considering reselling DO’s services but this rule really a problem. I will obviously alert/stop/terminate the instance that causing such violation but if they terminate my whole account, then this is not suitable for me (probably for no one).

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