Registration Agreement for: (.com .net .org)
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 ACSI, 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 repective 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/udrp/udrp-schedule.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 accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
20. REVOCATION. Your willful
provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, your willful 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 -
ACSI
Dept. Registrant Domain
1510 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30062
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.
Registration Agreement for: (.info)
SCHEDULE
A
Form
of Registration Agreement
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 (“RSP”). 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 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 Dispute Resolution Policy (“Sunrise Dispute Policy”) found
at (http://www.afilias.com/faq/sunrise-challenge.html).
You further agree to be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy (“Dispute Policy”) as presently written and posted on http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml
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 are 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.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml.
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 Dispute 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 Dispute Policy or Dispute Policy, as
applicable.
9.
POLICY.
You agree that your registration of the domain name shall be subject to
suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to a 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 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 (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 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 your failure
to respond for over fifteen (15) 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 domain name 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.
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 within a thirty (30)
day period following registration if we believe the registration has been made
possible by a mistake, made either by us or by a third party.
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:
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Our
Address is:
TUCOWS
Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
Attention: Legal Affairs
ACSI
Dept. Registrant Domain
1510 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30062
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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.
Registration Agreement for: (.biz)
SCHEDULE B
Form of Registration
Agreement
- 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 (“RSP”). This Agreement explains our obligations to
you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
- SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME
.
You represent that:
(i) the data provided in
the domain name registration application is true, correct, up to date and
complete,
(ii) 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;
(iii) that the domain name
is not being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for
any unlawful purpose whatsoever
(iv) the registered domain
name will be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes and
not (a) exclusively for personal use, or (b) solely for the purposes of (1)
selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the
unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation;
(v) you have the authority
to enter into this Registration Agreement; and
(vi) the registered domain
name is reasonably related to your business or intended commercial purpose at
the time of registration.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. You
further agree to be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
(“Dispute Policy”) as presently written and posted on http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml
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.
- 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.
- 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
that 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.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES.
You
acknowledge having read and understood and agree to be bound by the terms and
conditions of the following documents, as they may be amended from time to
time, which are hereby incorporated and made an integral part of this
Agreement:
(i) The Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy (“Dispute Policy), available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm;
(ii) The Start-Up Dispute
Resolution Policy (“SUDRP”), available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html;
and
(iii) The Restrictions
Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules (“RDRP”), available at http://www.neulevel.com/;
(collectively, “Dispute
Policies”).
The SUDRP sets forth the
terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a registrant of a
.biz domain name (“Registrant”) with any third party (other than Neulevel,
Inc. (“Registry Operator”) or Tucows over the registration or use of a
.biz domain name registered by you that is subject to the Start-up
Intellectual Property Notification Service (“SIPNS”). SIPNS is a
service introduced by Registry Operator to notify a trademark or service mark
holder (“Claimant”) that a second-level domain name has been registered in
which that Claimant claims intellectual property rights. In accordance
with the SUDRP and its associated Rules, those Claimants will have the right
to challenge registrations through independent ICANN-accredited dispute
resolution providers.
The Dispute Policy sets
forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a
Registrant and any party other than the Registry Operator or Registrar over
the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by Registrant.
he RDRP sets forth the
terms under which any allegation that a domain name is not used primarily for
business or commercial purposes shall be endorsed on a case-by-case, fact
specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute provider.
- 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 an 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NO GUARANTY.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (15) 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 domain name registration.
- RIGHT OF REFUSAL
.
We, and/or Registry Operator, 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 following registration if we believe the
registration has been made possible by a mistake, made either by us or by a
third party. We also reserve the right to suspend a domain name during
resolution of a dispute.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
Our address:
TUCOWS Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
Attention: Legal Affairs
and in the case of notification to you shall be to the address specified in
the “Administrative Contact” in your WHOIS record.
- 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.
- 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.
- INFANCY.
You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
- 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.
Form of Registration Agreement (.usa)
SCHEDULE A
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement")
"Registrant", "you" and "your" refer to the
registrant of each domain name registration, "we", "us" and
"our" refer to TUCOWS Inc., "Registry Operator" refers to
NeuStar Inc., "DOC" refers to the United States of America Department
of Commerce, and "Services" refers to the domain name registration
provided by us as offered through ACSi. This Agreement explains our obligations
to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
2. .us NEXUS REQUIREMENT. Only those individuals or organizations that
have a substantive lawful connection in the United States are permitted to
register for .usTLD domain names. Registrants in the .usTLD must satisfy the
nexus requirement ("Nexus" or "Nexus Requirements") set out
at http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/ustld_nexus_requirements.pdf
3. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You certify and represent that:
- you have and
shall continue to have, a bona fide presence in the United States on the
basis of real and substantial lawful contacts with, or lawful activities in,
the United States as defined in Section 2 hereinabove.
- the data provided
in the domain name registration application is true, correct, up to date and
complete, and that you will continue to keep all of the information provided
correct, up-to-date and complete;
- 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;
- that the domain
name is not being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used
for any unlawful purpose whatsoever;
- you have the
authority to enter into this Registration Agreement.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 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. 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. We will not
refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your agreement with us.
7. MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. You shall maintain your own records
appropriate to document and prove the initial registration date of the domain
name. 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.
8. 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 and the usDRP, as defined below, that is
incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference. Please take
the time to familiarize yourself with these policies.
9. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You acknowledge having read and understood and
agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the following documents, as
they may be amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an
integral part of this Agreement:
- The Nexus Dispute
Policy ("Dispute Policy), available at http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/ustld_nexus_requirements.pdf.
The Dispute Policy will provide interested parties with an opportunity to
challenge a registration not complying with the Nexus Requirements.
- The usTLD Dispute
Resolution Policy ("usDRP"). The usDRP is intended to provide
interested parties with an opportunity to challenge a registration based on
alleged trademark infringement. In addition to the foregoing, you agree
that, for the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the
Registered Name, you shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially
applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (i) of your
domicile,
- where Tucows is
located, and
- the United
States.
10. POLICY. You agree
that your registration of the domain name shall be subject to suspension,
cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any Tucows, Registry Operator, the DOC or
government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure
not inconsistent with a DOC 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. The Registry Operator's
policies can be found at http://www.neustar.us/policies.
11. 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. You acknowledge and agree that the
domain name has not been registered solely for the purposes of selling, trading
or leasing for compensation and will be used for a business or commercial
purpose.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, the Registry
Operator, the DOC, our respective 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. This indemnification obligation will
survive the termination or expiration of this agreement.
15. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The person named as registrant on the WHOIS
shall be the registered name holder. The person named as administrative contact
at the time the controlling user name and password are secured shall be deemed
to be the designate of the registrant with the authority to manage 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 may 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.
16. BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this
Agreement including but not limited to any failure to abide by the Nexus
Requirements, 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 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.
17. NO GUARANTY. 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.
18. 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. If you
license use of the domain name, you nonetheless agree that you shall accept any
and all liability for any harm caused by said licensed use and suffered by
Tucows, the Registry Operator and/or the DOC. 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.
19. 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:
- Your full name,
postal address, e-mail address and telephone number and fax number (if
available) (or, if different, that of the domain name holder);
- The domain name
being registered;
- The name, postal
address, e-mail address, and telephone number and fax number (if available)
telephone numbers of the administrative contact, the technical contact and
the billing contact for the domain name;
- The IP addresses
and names of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameserver(s) for the
domain name;
- In addition to
the foregoing, you will be required to provide additional Nexus Information.
The Nexus Information requirements are set out at http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/ustld_nexus_requirements.pdf.
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.
20. DISCLOSURE AND USE OF
REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and acknowledge that we will make domain
name registration information you provide available to the DOC, to the Registry
Operator, 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 the DOC 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.
21. 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 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 concerning 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 DOC or Registry Operator
policy.
22. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, and/or Registry Operator, 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 following registration
if we believe the registration has been made possible by a mistake, made either
by us or by a third party. We also reserve the right to suspend a domain name
during resolution of a dispute.
23. 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. 24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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 be 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:
Our address:
TUCOWS Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
CANADA
Attention: Legal Affairs
and in the case of notification to you shall be to the address specified in the
"Administrative Contact" in your WHOIS record
27. ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies
published by Tucows, the DOC and/or the Registry Operator 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.
28. 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.
29. INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this
Agreement.
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.
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