The IOJ website and tool (hereinafter: "IOJ") renders web hosting services for its users based on the following provisions.
(1) IOJ provides its users with an infrastructure which enables the users to save any files on Internet servers. After the saving process the respective user receives a download link with which his/her file can be downloaded worldwide via the Internet as well as a deletion link with which the file he/she has uploaded can again be deleted from the server.
(2) The files saved at IOJ shall be treated confidentially. IOJ does not have a search function which could help search through the IOJ infrastructure. IOJ does not open or view its users files; the files are neither catalogued nor listed in directories.
(1) Basically, users may save any file at IOJ irrespective of the file format or of the file contents. Excluded, however, are files the possession and/or circulation of which is illegal, such as
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(2) IOJ will block access to such contents shortly after obtaining knowledge thereof and will delete them soon after.
(3) With regard to users who violate these upload regulations, IOJ is entitled to terminate the contractual relationship without notice , to block the access of the respective users to its services and/or to delete accounts of such users including all contents.
(1) IOJ provides its free users with line and memory capacity at its sole discretion. It is entitled to temporarily disallow the saving of new files, to determine limitations regarding the maximum possible file size, to have the download of files only started after a waiting period, to adapt the rate of transmission to the visitor traffic and to limit the amount of the maximum permissible downloads per file. IOJ points out that in order to clean up its hard drives it deletes such files which were uploaded by free users and which were not accessed for a time period of 90 days.
(1) IOJ will make a good faith effort provide the functions stated under section I. (1), in principle, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, however, IOJ makes no guarantee as to its service remaining online and may be offline or unuseable for indefinite amounts of time, with no notice to you.
(1) IOJ may modify these terms at any time, and without notice to you.
(2) Should a term of the contract or a provision of the General Terms and Conditions be or become entirely or partially ineffective, this shall not affect the validity of the rest of the contract or the General Terms and Conditions. In lieu of the invalid condition such valid provision shall be incorporated as shall best approximate the actual purpose of the stipulated condition. The same shall also apply should any omission in the agreement become apparent.