INTERNET USE AGREEMENT

AS REQUIRED BY ARKANSAS STATE LAW

THIS MUST BE SIGNED BEFORE INTERNET USE IS ALLOWED

Arkansas law requires that each Internet user read and sign the following use agreement.

Internet users are prohibited from improper use. Improper use includes, but is not limited to the following:

--visiting any site which may be harmful to minors. “Harmful to minors” means that

quality of any description, exhibition, presentation, or representation, in whatever form,

of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when the material

or performance, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics:

The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards

would find that the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest

in sex to minors;

The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary

community standards would find that the material or performance depicts or describes

nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse in a manner that

is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to

what is suitable for minors;

And

The material or performance lacks serious literary, scientific, medical, artistic,

or political value for minors.

Furthermore, users may not:

--use the workstation to gain access to the Library’s networks or computer system

--obstruct other people’s work by consuming large amounts of system resources or by

deliberately crashing any Library computer system

--make any attempt to damage computer software or equipment

--make any attempt to cause degradation of system performance

--use any Library workstation for any illegal or criminal purpose

--violate copyright laws or software licensing agreements in their use of Library

workstations

--engage in any activity which is deliberately and maliciously offensive, libelous, or

slanderous

--use any personal disks or diskettes for other than downloading information.

U.S. copyright law prohibits the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted materials, except as permitted by the principles of “fair use.”

VIOLATIONS MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF ACCESS. THE GARLAND COUNTY LIBRARY’S STAFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END AN

INTERNET SESSION IF THE SEARCH IS CAUSING A DISRUPTION OF LIBRARY SERVICES OR IF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PATRON BECOMES

INAPPROPRIATE FOR A LIBRARY SETTING. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES WILL BE DEALT WITH IN A SERIOUS AND APPROPRIATE MANNER.

First offense—Denial of computer privileges for one business day

Second offense—Denial of computer privileges for thirty business days

Third offense—Denial of all computer privileges