These Community and Sharing Rules explain the standards that apply when using COMA Media Server ("COMA", "we", "our", or "us") to create accounts, invite users, share libraries, access media, communicate with others, or participate in any COMA-related community features.

These Rules apply alongside our Terms and Conditions, Plan Terms, Acceptable Use Policy, User Content and Media Responsibility Policy, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Refund Policy, and Copyright Complaint Policy.

1. Purpose of These Rules

COMA is designed to help users organise and access their own lawful media through self-hosted servers.

Sharing and community features must be used responsibly, lawfully, and respectfully. These Rules are intended to protect users, server owners, rights holders, COMA infrastructure, and the wider community.

2. Server Owners Are Responsible for Their Servers

If you operate a COMA server, you are responsible for:

• The media added to your server;
• The users you invite;
• The access permissions you grant;
• Your server security;
• Your sharing settings;
• Compliance with copyright, privacy, and other applicable laws;
• Removing users or content that breaches these Rules.

COMA does not routinely monitor private self-hosted libraries and may not have access to content stored on user-controlled servers.

3. Sharing Must Be Lawful

You must only share access to media where you have the legal right to do so.

You must not use COMA sharing features to:

• Distribute pirated or infringing content;
• Operate an illegal streaming service;
• Sell access to media you do not have rights to distribute;
• Make copyrighted content publicly available without permission;
• Bypass subscription services, account restrictions, or content protection systems;
• Create or participate in piracy-sharing groups.

4. Invited Users

If you are invited to access someone else's COMA server, you must use that access responsibly and only for the purpose intended by the server owner.

You must not:

• Share your login with others;
• Attempt to access libraries or features you were not invited to use;
• Download, copy, redistribute, or re-share content unless you have permission and the legal right to do so;
• Attempt to bypass user limits, restrictions, or permissions;
• Abuse, harass, threaten, or exploit the server owner or other users.

5. No Public Piracy Communities

COMA must not be used to create, advertise, promote, or operate public piracy communities, unauthorised streaming directories, paid access groups, illegal invite networks, or content-sharing schemes based on material you do not have rights to distribute.

Accounts or plans involved in such activity may be suspended or revoked.

6. No Selling Access Without Permission

You must not sell, rent, lease, trade, exchange, or monetise access to a COMA media library unless:

• You have all necessary rights to the media being shared;
• Your COMA plan permits commercial use;
• You comply with all applicable laws;
• You have any required written permission from COMA.

Using COMA to run an unauthorised paid streaming service is prohibited.

7. Respectful Community Conduct

Where COMA provides community features, account interactions, invitations, requests, comments, messages, profiles, or support channels, users must behave respectfully.

You must not engage in:

• Harassment, threats, intimidation, or abuse;
• Hate speech or unlawful discriminatory conduct;
• Sexual harassment or exploitative behaviour;
• Impersonation or deceptive conduct;
• Doxxing or exposure of private information;
• Spam, scams, phishing, or fraudulent requests;
• Attempts to manipulate, pressure, or exploit other users.

8. User Profiles and Display Content

Usernames, profile pictures, biographies, server names, descriptions, request titles, comments, and other display content must not be unlawful, abusive, misleading, sexually exploitative, hateful, infringing, or impersonating another person or brand.

COMA may restrict, remove, or require changes to display content that breaches these Rules.

9. Media Requests

If COMA includes a request feature, users must use it lawfully and respectfully.

You must not use media requests to:

• Demand pirated content;
• Request unlawful or prohibited material;
• Harass server owners into uploading content;
• Submit spam, abusive, or misleading requests;
• Encourage copyright infringement.

10. Privacy of Other Users

You must respect the privacy of server owners and other users.

You must not collect, expose, scrape, sell, publish, or misuse another user's email address, IP address, viewing activity, profile details, server details, or other personal information.

11. Security and Access Controls

You must not attempt to bypass, weaken, or interfere with security controls on COMA servers or COMA online services.

Prohibited activity includes:

• Password guessing or brute-force attempts;
• Credential sharing beyond permitted use;
• Accessing another account without permission;
• Bypassing library restrictions or user permissions;
• Exploiting bugs to gain extra access;
• Using automation to scrape, attack, or overload servers.

12. Server Owner Best Practices

Server owners should:

• Only invite trusted users;
• Use strong passwords;
• Apply updates promptly;
• Use HTTPS where possible;
• Limit permissions to what each user actually needs;
• Remove inactive or abusive accounts;
• Keep backups of important data;
• Review sharing settings regularly;
• Respond promptly to lawful complaints.

13. Children and Family Access

If you allow children or family members to use your COMA server, you are responsible for configuring appropriate access, supervision, profiles, restrictions, and content controls.

COMA is not responsible for the suitability of user-hosted media for children or family viewing.

14. No Misuse of COMA Branding

You must not use COMA names, logos, branding, screenshots, or interface designs in a way that falsely suggests that your server, library, group, or service is officially operated, endorsed, approved, or hosted by COMA.

You must not use COMA branding to promote unlawful streaming or unauthorised media distribution.

15. Reporting Community or Sharing Abuse

If you believe COMA is being misused, or if a user, server, or shared library breaches these Rules, please contact us with relevant details.

Reports may include:

• Server name or URL;
• Account or user details;
• plan reference, if known;
• Screenshots or evidence;
• Description of the issue;
• Your contact details.

16. Enforcement

If we believe these Rules have been breached, we may take action including:

• Warnings;
• Removal of content from official COMA services;
• Account restrictions;
• Suspension or termination of accounts;
• plan suspension or revocation;
• Blocking access to COMA online services;
• Refusal of future purchases or renewals;
• Referral to authorities where serious unlawful conduct is suspected.

We may act without prior notice where necessary to protect COMA, users, rights holders, third parties, or our infrastructure.

17. No Duty to Mediate Private Disputes

COMA is not responsible for mediating private disputes between server owners and invited users about access, content availability, sharing arrangements, moderation choices, or personal disagreements.

Server owners may remove invited users at their discretion, subject to applicable law and any separate agreement between them.

18. Changes to These Rules

We may update these Community and Sharing Rules periodically to reflect changes in law, technology, community standards, or COMA services.

Updated versions will be published on comamediaserver.com. Continued use of COMA after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated Rules.

19. Contact

Website: comamediaserver.com

Support Email: support@comamediaserver.com

Abuse Reports: abuse@comamediaserver.com

Copyright Notices: copyright@comamediaserver.com