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The
terms and conditions of this Agreement are in addition to our general terms and
conditions of service which may be viewed on our web site at frontlinehosting.com
or a copy of which will be sent to you upon request.
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") "you"
and "your" refer to the registrant of each domain name registration, "we",
"us" and "our" refer to TUCOWS Inc. and "Services" refers to the domain
name registration provided by us as offered through Frontline Multimedia
Inc. This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and explains your
obligations to us for various Services. If you are registering your name
during the finite period of time when owners of trademarks and service
marks issued prior to October 2, 2000 and having national effect will
have the exclusive opportunity to register identical domain names ("Sunrise
Period"), you agree to comply with the procedures, terms and obligations.
You acknowledge and agree that registrations for domain names during the
Sunrise Period will only be accepted for a minimum registration term of
five (5) years.
2. SELECTION OF
A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, to the best of the your knowledge and belief,
neither this registration of a domain name nor the manner in which it is directly
or indirectly to be used infringes upon the legal rights of a third party and,
further, that the domain name is not being registered for nor shall it at any
time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose whatsoever.
3. FEES.
As consideration for the Services you have selected, you agree to pay the RSP
the applicable service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable.
As further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide certain current,
complete and accurate information about you as required by the registration process
and (2) maintain and update this information as needed to keep it current, complete
and accurate. All such information shall be referred to as account information
("Account Information"). By submitting this Agreement, you represent that the
statements in your Application are true, complete and accurate.
4. TERM.
This Agreement shall remain in full force during the length of the term of your
domain name registration(s) as selected, recorded, and paid for upon registration
of the domain name. Should you choose to renew or otherwise lengthen the term
of your domain name registration, then the term of this Registration Agreement
shall be extended accordingly. Should the domain name be transferred to another
Registrar, the terms and conditions of this contract shall cease.
5. MODIFICATIONS
TO AGREEMENT. You agree that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of
this Agreement; and (2) change the services provided under this Agreement. You
agree to be bound by any such revision or change will which shall be effective
immediately upon posting on our web site or upon notification to you by e-mail
or your country’s postal service pursuant to the Notices section of this Agreement.
You agree to review this Agreement as posted on our web site periodically to maintain
an awareness of any and all such revisions. If you do not agree with any revision
to the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us
with notice by e-mail or postal service pursuant to the Notices section of this
Agreement. Notice of your termination shall be effective after processing by us.
You agree that, by continuing the use of Services following notice of any revision
to this Agreement or change in service(s), you shall be bound by any such revisions
and changes. If you have registered your name during the Sunrise Period, you agree
to be bound by the Sunrise Challenge Resolution Policy ("Sunrise Challenge
Policy") found at http://www.afilias.com/register/dispute_resolution/sunrise_challenge_policy.
You further agree to be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute
Policy") as presently written and posted on http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm
and as shall be amended from time to time. You acknowledge that if you do not
agree to any such modifications, you may request that your domain name be deleted
from the domain name database.
6. MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
In order to change any of your account information with us, you must use your
Account Identifier and Password that you selected when you opened your account
with us. You agree to safeguard your Account Identifier and Password from any
unauthorized use. In no event shall we be liable for the unauthorized use or misuse
of your Account Identifier or Password.
7. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY.
If you reserved or registered a domain name through us, or transferred a domain
name to us from another registrar, you agree to be bound by the Dispute Policies
that is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference. The
current version of the general registration Dispute Policy may be found at http://www.resellers.tucows.com/opensrs.org/legal.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
8. DOMAIN
NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration or reservation of your
domain name is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions
specified in the Sunrise Challenge Policy or the Dispute Policy, as applicable.
You agree that in the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party,
you will indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained
in the Sunrise Challenge Policy or Dispute Policy, as applicable. You agree that
neither TUCOWS nor the Registry Operator will have any liability of any kind for
any loss or liablility resulting from the proceedings and processes relating to
the Sunrise Period or the Land Rush Period, including, without limitation: (a)
the ability or inability of a registrant to obtain a particular domain name registration,
and (b) the results of any dispute regarding a domain name.
9. POLICY.
You agree that your registration of the domain name shall be subject to suspension,
cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any TUCOWS, Registry Operator, ICANN or
government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure
not inconsistent with a TUCOWS, Registry Operator, ICANN or government-adopted
policy, (1) to correct mistakes by us or the applicable Registry in registering
the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name.
10.
AGENCY. Should you intend to license use of a domain name to a third party
you shall nonetheless be the domain name holder of record and are therefore responsible
for providing your own full contact information and for providing and updating
accurate technical and administrative contact information adequate to facilitate
timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the domain name.
You shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the domain name.
You represent that you have provided notice of the terms and conditions in this
Agreement to a third party licensee and that the third party agrees to the terms
hereof.
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We reserve the right to distribute information
to you that is pertinent to the quality or operation of our services and those
of our service partners. These announcements will be predominately informative
in nature and may include notices describing changes, upgrades, new products or
other information to add security or to enhance your identity on the Internet.
12.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You agree that our entire liability, and your
exclusive remedy, with respect to any Services(s) provided under this Agreement
and any breach of this Agreement is solely limited to the amount you paid for
such Service(s). Neither we nor our contractors or third party beneficiaries shall
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages
resulting from the use or inability to use any of the Services or for the cost
of procurement of substitute services. Because some jurisdictions do not allow
the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages,
in such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the extent permitted by law.
We disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from, but not limited to:
(1) loss or liability resulting from access delays or access interruptions; (2)
loss or liability resulting from data non-delivery or data miss-delivery; (3)
loss or liability resulting from acts of God; (4) loss or liability resulting
from the unauthorized use or misuse of your account identifier or password; (5)
loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and
all information or services(s) provided under this Agreement; (6) loss or liability
resulting from the interruption of your Service. You agree that we will not be
liable for any loss of registration and use of your domain name, or for interruption
of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of
any kind (including lost profits) regardless of the form of action whether in
contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if we have been advised
of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall our maximum liability exceed
five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
13. INDEMNITY. You agree to release,
indemnify, and hold us, our contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors,
affiliates and third party beneficiaries harmless from all liabilities, claims
and expenses, including attorney's fees, of third parties relating to or arising
under this Agreement, the Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services,
including without limitation infringement by you, or someone else using the Service
of any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity,
or from the violation of any of our operating rules or policy relating to the
Service(s) provided. You also agree to release, indemnify and hold us harmless
pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. When we
are threatened with suit by a third party, we may seek written assurances from
you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances
shall be a breach of your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain
name.
14. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The person named as Registrant
at the time the user name and password are secured shall be the owner of the domain
name. You agree that prior to transferring ownership of your domain name to another
person (the Transferee") you shall require the Transferee to agree in writing
to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your domain name
will not be transferred until we receive such written assurances or other reasonable
assurance that the Transferee has been bound by the contractual terms of this
Agreement (such reasonable assurance as determined by us in our sole discretion)
along with the applicable transfer fee. If the Transferee fails to be bound in
a reasonable fashion (as determine by us in our sole discretion) to the terms
and conditions in this Agreement, any such transfer will be null and void. You
acknowledge that you will not be entitled to change registrars during the first
sixty (60) days following the registration of your domain name.
15. BREACH.
You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this Agreement, any operating
rule or policy or the Dispute Policy provided by us, may be considered by us to
be a material breach and that we may provide a written notice, describing the
breach, to you. If within thirty (15) calendar days of the date of such notice,
you fail to provide evidence, which is reasonably satisfactory to us, that you
have not breached your obligations under the Agreement, then we may delete the
registration or reservation of your domain name. Any such breach by you shall
not be deemed to be excused simply because we did not act earlier in response
to that, or any other breach by you.
16. NO GUARANTEE. You acknowledge
that registration or reservation of your chosen domain name does not confer immunity
from objection to either the registration, reservation, or use of the domain name.
17.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You agree that your use of our Services is solely
at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is provided on an "as is," "as
available" basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express
or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no warranty that
the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted,
timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that
may be obtained from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy or reliability
of any information obtained through the Service or that defects in the Service
will be corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded
or otherwise obtained through the use of Service is done at your own discretion
and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer
system or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or
data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained
through the Service or any transactions entered into through the Service. No advice
or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through the
Service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein.
18. INFORMATION.
As part of the registration process, you are required to provide us certain information
and to update us promptly as such information changes such that our records are
current, complete and accurate. You are obliged to provide us the following information:
(i) Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain name holder) (ii)
The domain name being registered (iii) The name, postal address, e-mail address,
and voice and fax (if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact
for the domain name (iv) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice
and fax (if available) telephone numbers of the billing contact for the domain
name. Any other information, which we request from you at registration, is
voluntary. Any voluntary information we request is collected for the purpose of
improving the products and services offered to you through your RSP.
19.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and acknowledge
that we will make domain name registration information you provide available to
ICANN, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties as applicable.
You further agree and acknowledge that we may make publicly available, or directly
available to third party vendors, some, or all, of the domain name registration
information you provide, for purposes of inspection (such as through our WHOIS
service) or other purposes as required or permitted by ICANN and applicable laws.
You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and use of information provided
by you in connection with the registration of a domain name (including any updates
to such information), whether during or after the term of your registration of
the domain name. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of
action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of your domain name registration
information by us. You may access your domain name registration information
in our possession to review, modify or update such information, by accessing our
domain manager service, or similar service, made available by us through your
RSP. We will not process data about any identified or identifiable natural
person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible with the purposes and other
limitations which we describe in this Agreement. We will take reasonable precautions
to protect the information we obtain from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized
accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
20.
REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information,
your wilful failure promptly to update information provided to us, or any failure
to respond to inquiries by us addressed to the email address of the registrant,
the administrative, billing or technical contact appearing in the "Whois"
directory with respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy of contact details
associated with the your registration shall constitute a material breach of this
Agreement and be a basis for cancellation of the domain name registration. Any
information collected by us converning an identified or identifiable natural person
("Personal Data") will be used in connection with the registration of
your domain name(s) and for the purposes of this Agreement and as required or
permitted by the ICANN Agreement or an ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
21.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse
to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other Services.
In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for
other Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty
(30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree
that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our
refusal to register, reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other
Services. We reserve the right to delete or transfer your domain name registration
if we believe the registration has been made possible by a mistake, made either
by us or by a third party. TUCOWS and/or the Registry Operator reserve the right
to deny, cancel or transfer any registration that it deems necessary, in its discretion,
to protect the integrity and stability of the registry, to comply with any applicable
laws, overnment rules or regulations, requests of law enforecement, in compliance
with any dispute resolution process, to avoid any liability, criminal or civil,
on the par of TUCOWS and/or the Registry Operator as their affiliates, subsidiaries,
officers, directors, and employees. We also reserve the right to suspend a domain
name during resolution of any dispute.
22. SEVERABILITY. You agree
that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared
invalid or unenforceable, that term or provision will be construed consistent
with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of
the parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force
and effect.
23. NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement
or the Dispute Policies shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership,
or other form of joint enterprise between the parties.
24. NON-WAIVER.
Our failure to require performance by you of any provision hereof shall not affect
the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter; nor shall the
waiver by us of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver
of the provision itself.
25. NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other
communication given under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending
it via e-mail or via postal service. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall
only have been deemed to have been given when an electronic confirmation of delivery
has been obtained by the sender. In the case of e-mail, notifications must be
sent to us at lhutz@tucows.com, or in the case of notification to you, to the
e-mail address provided by you in your WHOIS record. Any e-mail communication
shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the date of such
communication, if such date is a business day and such delivery was made prior
to 4:00 p.m. EST, otherwise it will be deemed to have been delivered on the next
business day. In the case of regular mail notice, valid notice shall be deemed
to have been validly and effectively given 5 business days after the date of mailing
and, in the case of notification to us or to RSP shall be sent to:
TUCOWS Inc. Legal Affairs 96 Mowat Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6K
3M1 or FRONTLINE
Multimedia Design Domain Name Registrations 3550 Clayton St. Port Coquitlam,
B.C. V3B 4R1
and in the case of notification to you shall be to the address specified in the
"Administrative Contact" in your WHOIS record.
26. ENTIRETY. You
agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies published by us and the Dispute
Policy are the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding our
Services. This Agreement and the Dispute Policy supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
27.
GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and
enforced in accordance with the Laws of the Province of Ontario and the FEDERAL
Laws of Canada applicable therein without reference to rules governing choice
of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in ontario and
you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
28. INFANCY.
You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement. 29.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that you are reading
this agreement in a language other than the English language, you acknowledge
and agree that the English language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
30. Acceptance of
Agreement. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO
ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY
OF THE SERVICE AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE
OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
Updated:
February 22, 2002
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