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1. AGREEMENT.
In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and "your" refer to
each customer, "we", us" and "our" refer to Tucows.com Inc. and "Services"
refers to the domain name registration provided by us as offered through
London Webmasters, the Registration Service Provider ("RSP"). This Agreement
explains our obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for
various Services.
2. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME.
You represent that, to the best of the your knowledge and belief, neither
the registration of the SLD name nor the manner in which it is directly
or indirectly used infringes the legal rights of a third party and that
the Domain Name is not being registered for any unlawful purpose.
3. FEES. As consideration for
the services you have selected, you agree to pay to us, or your respective
RSP who remits payment to us on your behalf, 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"). You, by completing and submitting
this Agreement represent that the statements in your application are true.
4. TERM. You agree that the
Registration Agreement will remain in full force during the length of the
term of your Domain Name Registration. Should you choose to renew or otherwise
lengthen the term of your Domain Name Registration, then the term of this
Registration Agreement will be extended accordingly. This Agreement will
remain in full force during the length of the term of your Domain Name
Registration 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
will be extended accordingly. Should you transfer your domain name or should
the domain name otherwise be transferred due to another Registrar, the
terms and conditions of this contract shall cease and shall be replaced
by the contractual terms in force for the purpose of registering domain
names then in force between SLD holders and the new Registrar.
5. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT.
You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we may: (1) revise
the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services
provided under this Agreement. Any such revision or change will be binding
and effective immediately on posting of the revised Agreement or change
to the service(s) on our web site, or on notification to you by e-mail
or regular mail as per the Notices section of this agreement. You agree
to review our web site, including the Agreement, periodically to be aware
of any 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 regular mail as per the Notices section of this agreement.
Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing
by us. You agree that, by continuing to use the Services following notice
of any revision to this Agreement or change in service(s), you shall abide
by any such revisions or changes. You further agree to abide by the ICANN
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy") as amended from time
to time. You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name after modifications to the Dispute Policy become effective,
you have agreed to these modifications. 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. Please safeguard your Account Identifier and Password
from any unauthorized use. In no event will 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 Policy which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement
by reference. The current version of the Dispute Policy may be found at
http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/policy.htm
.
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
Dispute Policy in effect at the time of the dispute. 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 Dispute Policy. For any dispute, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction
of the courts of The Province of Ontario.
9. ICANN POLICY. You agree that
your registration of the SLD name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation,
or transfer pursuant to any ICANN-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar
or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN-adopted policy, (1)
to correct mistakes by Registrar or the Registry in registering the name
or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the SLD name.
10. AGENCY. Should you intend
to license use of a domain name to a third party you shall nonetheless
be the SLD 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 SLD.
You shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the SLD,
unless you promptly disclose the identity of the licensee to the party
providing you reasonable evidence of actionable harm. You also represent
that you have provided notice of the terms and conditions in this Agreement
to the third party and that the third party agrees to the terms of Disclosure
and Use of Registration Information (sections 18 and 19 of this Agreement).
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We and the
RSP 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).
We and our contractors shall not 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 states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability
for consequential or incidental damages, in such states, 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 mis-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 and affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses,
including without limitation Network Solutions, Inc., and the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each of them, 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 with your computer,
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 may be considered by us to be a breach
of your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain name.
14. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The
person named as administrative contact at the time the controlling 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.
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 (30) 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 GUARANTY. You agree that,
by registration or reservation of your chosen domain name, such registration
or reservation 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 such that
we can continue to improve 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 ICANN and applicable laws
may require or permit. 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 the applicable laws.
You hereby consent to any and all such
disclosures and use of, and guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure
or 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
access or 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 your failure to respond
for over fifteen calendar days to inquiries by us 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 SLD registration.
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 within thirty
(30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such 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.
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 Policy 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 regular mail. 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 notification to us or to the RSP to lhutz@Tucows.com
or [Insert E-mail Address for RSP ] or, in the case of notice to you, at
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 the RSP shall be sent to:
Tucows.com Inc. Registrant Affairs
Office 96 Mowat Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1 - OR - [Insert RSP address]
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 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. 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.
Last Updated: Thursday, 22-Mar-2001
16:00:45 EST By: Ken Joy |