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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 J.D. Web Services, L.C.,
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.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 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.
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
J.D. Web Services, L.C. ("RSP"). 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 listed name servers are located within the United States;
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/nexus_dispute_policy.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"), available
at http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/usdrp.pdf. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 countrys 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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:
Your
name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain
name holder);
The domain name being registered;
The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax
(if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact
for the domain name;
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 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 ICANN
Agreement or an ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
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.
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.
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., "Registry Operator"
refers to Neulevel Inc. and "Services" refers to
the domain name registration provided by us as offered through
J.D. Web Services, L.C. ("RSP"). This Agreement
explains our obligations to you, and explains your obligations
to us for various Services.
2.
.BIZ RESTRICTIONS. Registrations in the .biz top level domain
must be used or intended to be used primarily for bona fide
business or commercial purposes. For the purposes of the .biz
registration restrictions, "bona fide business or commercial
use" shall mean the bona fide use or bona fide intent
to use the domain name or any content, software, materials,
graphics or other information thereon, to permit Internet
users to access one or more host computers through the DNS:
(i)
to exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
(ii) in the ordinary course of business; or
(iii) to facilitate (i) the exchange of goods, services, information
or property of any kind; or (ii) the ordinary course of trade
or business.
For
more information on the .biz restrictions, which are incorporated
herein by reference, please see http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/registration
restrictions.html.
3.
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, and that you will
continue to keep all of the information provided 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.
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 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. We will not refund any fees paid by you if you terminate
your agreement with us.
7.
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.
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 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.
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:
(i)
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute
Policy), available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/;
(ii) The Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules
("RDRP"), available at http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry-agmt-appm-27apr01.htm;
(collectively, "Dispute Policies").
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.
The
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.
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, 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.
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, 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. 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 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.
16.
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 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.
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:
(i)
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);
(ii) The domain name being registered;
(iii) 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;
(iv) The IP addresses and names of the primary nameserver
and any secondary nameserver(s) 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.
20.
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.
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 ICANN
Agreement or an ICANN/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
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, ICANN 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.
1.
AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement")
"you" and "your" refer to the registrant
of each domain name registration and/or recipient of e-mail
forwarding services, "we", "us" and "our"
refer to Tucows Inc., "Registry Operator" refers
to The Global Name Registry Ltd. and "Services"
refers to the domain name registration and e-mail forwarding
provided by us as offered through J.D. Web Services, L.C.
("Reseller"). This Agreement explains our obligations
to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
2.
.name RESTRICTIONS. Registrations in the .name top-level domain
must constitute an individual's "Personal Name".
For purposes of the .name restrictions (the "Restrictions"),
a "Personal Name" is a person's legal name, or a
name by which the person is commonly known. A "name by
which a person is commonly known" includes, without limitation,
a pseudonym used by an author or painter, or a stage name
used by a singer or actor.
3.
.name REPRESENTATIONS. As a .name domain name Registrant,
you hereby represent that:
(i)
the registered domain name or second level domain ("SLD")
e-mail address is your Personal Name.
(ii)
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,
current and complete,
(iii)
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;
(iv)
that the domain name is not being registered for nor shall
it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose
whatsoever;
(v)
the registration satisfies the Eligibility Requirements found
at http://www.nic.name/downloads/EligibilityRequirements.pdf;
and
(vi)
you have the authority to enter into this Registration Agreement.
4.
E-MAIL FORWARDING SERVICES.
(i)
The Services for which you have registered may, at your option,
include e-mail forwarding. To the extent you opt to use e-mail
forwarding, you are obliged to do so in accordance with all
applicable legislation and are responsible for all use of
e-mail forwarding, including the content of messages sent
through e-mail forwarding.
(ii)
You undertake to familiarize yourself with the content of
and to comply with the generally accepted rules for Internet
and e-mail usage. This includes, but is not limited to the
Acceptable Use Policy, available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/aup.pdf
as well as the following restrictions. Without prejudice to
the foregoing, you undertake not to use e-mail forwarding:
(a)
to encourage, allow or participate in any form of illegal
or unsuitable activity, including but not restricted to the
exchange of threatening, obscene or offensive messages, spreading
computer viruses, breach of copyright and/or proprietary rights
or publishing defamatory material;
(b) to gain illegal access to systems or networks by unauthorized
access to or use of the data in systems or networks, including
all attempts at guessing passwords, checking or testing the
vulnerability of a system or network or breaching the security
or access control without the sufficient approval of the owner
of the system or network;
(c) to interrupt data traffic to other users, servers or networks,
including, but not restricted to, mail bombing, flooding,
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, wilful attempts to overload
another system or other forms of harassment; or
(d) for spamming, which includes, but is not restricted to,
the mass mailing of unsolicited e-mail, junk mail, the use
of distribution lists (mailing lists) which include persons
who have not specifically given their consent to be placed
on such distribution list. Users are not permitted to provide
false names or in any other way to pose as somebody else when
using e-mail forwarding.
(iii)
Registry Operator reserves the right to implement additional
anti-spam measures, to block spam or mail from systems with
a history of abuse from entering Registry Operator's e-mail
forwarding. However, due to the nature of such systems, which
actively block messages, Registry Operator shall make public
any decision to implement such systems a reasonable time in
advance, so as to allow you or us to give feedback on the
decision.
(iv)
You understand and agree that Registry Operator may delete
material that does not conform to clause (c) above or that
in some other way constitutes a misuse of e-mail forwarding.
You further understand and agree that Registry Operator is
at liberty to block your access to e-mail forwarding if you
use e-mail forwarding in a way that contravenes this Agreement.
You will be given prior warning of discontinuation of the
e-mail forwarding unless it would damage the reputation of
Registry Operator or jeopardize the security of Registry Operator
or others to do so. Registry Operator reserves the right to
immediately discontinue e-mail forwarding without notice if
the technical stability of e-mail forwarding is threatened
in any way, or if you are in breach of this Agreement. On
discontinuing e-mail forwarding, Registry Operator is not
obliged to store any contents or to forward unsent e-mail
to you or a third party.
(v)
You understand and agree that to the extent either we and/or
Registry Operator is required by law to disclose certain information
or material in connection with your e-mail forwarding, either
we and/or Registry Operator will do so in accordance with
such requirement and without notice to you.
5.
FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected,
you agree to pay the Reseller 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.
6.
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.
7.
MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree that we may in our sole
discretion: (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://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal and as such 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.
We will not refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your
agreement with us.
8.
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. You will not be able to transfer your
domain name during the first sixty (60) days following registration
of the domain name with us. Beginning on the sixty-first (61st)
day following the registration, the policies set forth at:
http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/name/bizspecs shall apply.
9.
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://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
In addition, you hereby acknowledge that you have 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 Eligibility Requirements (the "Eligibility Requirements"),
available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/EligibilityRequirements.pdf;
(ii)
the Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (the
"ERDRP"), available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/erdrp.pdf;
and
(iii)
the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "UDRP"),
available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm.
The
Eligibility Requirements dictate that Personal Name domain
names and Personal Name SLD e-mail addresses will be granted
on a first-come, first-served basis, except for registrations
granted as a result of a dispute resolution proceeding or
during the landrush procedures in connection with the opening
of the Registry TLD. The following categories of Personal
Name Registrations may be registered: (i) the Personal Name
of an individual; (ii) the Personal Name of a fictional character,
if you have trademark or service make rights in that character's
Personal Name; (iii) in addition to a Personal Name registration,
you may add numeric characters to the beginning or the end
of the Personal Name so as to differentiate it from other
Personal Names.
The
ERDRP applies to challenges to (i) registered domain names
and SLD e-mail address registrations within .name on the grounds
that a Registrant does not meet the Eligibility Requirements,
and (ii) to Defensive Registrations (as defined by the Registry
Operator) within .name.
The
UDRP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with
a dispute between a Registrant and party other than Global
Name Registry ("Registry Operator") or Registrar
over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered
by a Registrant.
10.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY MODIFICATIONS. You agree that we,
in our sole discretion, may modify our dispute policy. We
will post any such revised policy on our website at least
thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective. You
agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name or SLD e-mail address 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 modification, you may terminate this Agreement.
We will not refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your
Agreement with us.
11.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if your use of our domain
name registration services is challenged by a third party,
you will be subject to the provisions specified in our 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 set forth below in this agreement. If we are
notified that a complaint has been filed with a judicial or
administrative body regarding your use of our domain name
registration services, you agree not to make any changes to
your domain name record without our prior approval. We may
not allow you to make changes to such domain name record until
(i) we are directed to do so by the judicial or administrative
body, or (ii) we receive notification by you and the other
party contesting your registration and use of our domain name
registration services that the dispute has been settled. Furthermore,
you agree that if you are subject to litigation regarding
your registration and use of our domain name registration
services, we may deposit control of your domain name record
into the Registry of the judicial body by supplying a party
with a Registrar certificate from us.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
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.
You
agree that neither we nor the Registry Operator will have
any liability of any kind for any loss or liability resulting
from (i) the processing of registration requests prior to
live SRS launch, including, without limitation, your ability
or inability to obtain a .name domain name or SLD e-mail address
registration using these processes; or (ii) any dispute over
any .name domain name, SLD e-mail address, Defensive Registration
or NameWatch Registration (as defined by the Registry Operator),
including the decision of any dispute resolution proceeding
related to any of the foregoing.
16.
INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, the
Registry Operator, 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 out of or relating
to the domain name registered 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 both
us and the Registry Operator harmless pursuant to the terms
and conditions contained in the Dispute Policies. 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.
17.
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 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 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.
18.
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 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.
19.
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.
20.
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.
21.
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 full name, postal address, e-mail address and voice telephone
number and fax number (if available) (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 telephone
number and fax number (if available) telephone numbers of
the administrative contact, the technical contact and the
billing contact for the domain name;
(iv)
The IP addresses and names of the primary nameserver and any
secondary nameserver(s) for the domain name.
You
acknowledge and agree that the foregoing registration data
will be publicly available and accessible on the Whois directory
as required by ICANN and may be sold in bulk in accordance
with ICANN policy. You further understand and agree that the
foregoing registration data may be transferred internationally.
22.
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 Reseller.
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.
23.
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 e-mail 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 ICANN Agreement or an
ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
24.
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,
to protect the integrity and stability of the Registry, to
comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements,
requests of law enforcement, in compliance with the dispute
resolution process, or to avoid any liability, civil or criminal,
on our part and/or that of the Registry Operator, as well
as our affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees.
We and the Registry Operator reserve the right to suspend
a domain name during the resolution of a dispute.
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 a 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.
25.
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.
26.
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.
27.
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.
28.
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 five (5) business days after the date
of mailing and, in the case of notification to us or to Reseller
shall be sent to:
Our
address:
TUCOWS
Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1
CANADA
Attention: Legal Affairs
29. ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and
policies published by Tucows, ICANN 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.
30.
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.
31.
INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into
this Agreement.
32.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
33.
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.
1.
AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement"),
"Registrant", "you" and "your"
refers to the registrant of each domain name registration,
"we", "us" and "our" refers
to Tucows Inc., "Registry" refers to DENIC eG, and
"Services" refers to the domain name registration
provided by us as offered through J.D. Web Services, L.C.,
the registration service provider ("Reseller").
This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and explains
your obligations to us for the Services.
2.
SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that:
(i)
you have reviewed and have accepted the Registry's Terms and
Conditions and the Registry's Guidelines and have provided
your Reseller with written confirmation of same;
(ii) either you, or the person designated as the administrative
contact for the domain name, shall be resident or shall have
a branch in Germany;
(iii) 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 agree to pay
the Reseller the applicable service(s) fees. All fees payable
hereunder are non-refundable even if you elect to transfer
your domain name to another registrar. 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 Account Information and all other statements
put forth in your application are true, complete and accurate.
Both Tucows and the Registry reserve the right to terminate
your domain name registration if: (i) information provided
by you or your agent is false, inaccurate, incomplete, unreliable,
misleading or otherwise secretive; or (ii) you have failed
to maintain, update and keep your Account Information true,
current, complete, accurate and reliable. You acknowledge
that a breach of this Section 3 will constitute a material
breach of our agreement which will entitle either us or the
Registry to terminate this agreement immediately upon such
breach without any refund and without notice to you.
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, payment shall be
rendered by you in a timely fashion and the term of this Registration
Agreement shall be extended accordingly. This clause shall
supersede the procedure outlined in the Registry Terms and
Conditions such that the domain name will be registered for
the finite term you selected at the time of registration or
renewal. 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 either we or the
Registry 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 website
periodically to maintain an awareness of any and all such
revisions. You agree that, by continuing the use of Services
following 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.
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 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 by
the Registry or any court of law. 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
specified by the Registry or any court of law.
8.
POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain name
shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to a Tucows, Registry or government-adopted policy,
or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent
with a Tucows, Registry 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.
9.
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 any third party licensee and
that the third party agrees to the terms hereof.
10.
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.
11.
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 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.
12.
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. 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.
13.
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 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 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 determined by us in our sole discretion) to the terms
and conditions in this Agreement, any such transfer will be
null and void.
14.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement, any operating rule or 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.
15.
NO GUARANTY. You acknowledge that registration or reservation
of your chosen domain name does not confer immunity from objection
to the registration, reservation or use of the domain name.
16.
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.
17.
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; and
(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 improving the products and services offered to you through
your Reseller.
18.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree
and acknowledge that we will make domain name registration
information you provide available 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 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 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 Reseller.
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.
19.
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 ICANN
Agreement or a Registry policy.
20.
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.
21.
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.
22.
NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint
enterprise between the parties.
23.
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.
24.
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. E.S.T., 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 five (5) business days
after the date of mailing and, in the case of notification
to us or to Reseller 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.
25.
ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies
published by us are the complete and exclusive agreement between
you and us regarding our Services. This Agreement supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings, whether established
by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
26.
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.
27.
INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into
this Agreement.
28.
FORCE MAJEURE. You acknowledge and agree that neither we nor
the Registry shall be responsible for any failures or delays
in performing our respective obligations hereunder arising
from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including but
not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authority,
fires, wars, riots, earthquakes, storms, typhoons and floods.
29.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
30.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ
THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE
OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
In
order that a party may hold a valid .co.uk or .org.uk domain
name registration, Tucows Inc. requires that all registrants
adhere to certain terms and conditions. As an organization
or individual applying to register, transfer or renew an .uk
domain name via the agency of [insert Reseller name] and/or
Tucows Inc., you accordingly agree as follows:
1.
AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement"),
"Tucows", "we", us" and "our"
refer to Tucows Inc., and "Services" refers to the
domain name registration, transfer or renewal services provided
by us as offered through J.D. Web Services, L.C., the Registration
Service Provider ("Reseller"). Nominet UK shall
refer to the entity granted the exclusive right to administer
the registry for .uk domain name registrations.
2.
SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, to the best
of the your knowledge and belief, neither the registration
of the domain 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 Reseller who remits
payment to us on your behalf, the applicable 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
Nominet UK 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.nic.uk/DisputeResolution/DrsPolicy/.
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.
9.
NOMINET UK POLICY. You agree that your registration of the
domain name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation,
or transfer pursuant to any Nominet UK-adopted policy, term
or condition, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure
not inconsistent with an Nominet UK-adopted policy, (1) to
correct mistakes by a registrar or the registry in registering
the name, or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning
the domain name. The current Nominet UK terms and conditions
can be found at http://www.nominet.org.uk/nominet-terms.html.
When
you submit a request for a domain name registration with Tucows
and/or Reseller, you will be entering into two contracts -
one contract with Tucows and/or Reseller and one contract
with Nominet UK. Nominet UK is the UK registry for .uk domain
names.
Tucows
and Reseller will act as agents on your behalf by submitting
your application to Nominet for you, however, you will still
be entering into a direct contract between you and Nominet
UK. This is a separate contract from this agreement; it is
attached hereto and may also be found at http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/uk/ukterms.
Tucows
and Reseller must also make you aware that by accepting Nominet's
terms and conditions you are consenting to Nominet using your
personal data for a variety of reasons. In particular, your
name and address may be published as part of Nominet's WHOIS
look-up service.
10.
AGENCY. Should you intend to license use of a domain name
to a third party, you shall nonetheless be the domain name
registrant 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 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 Reseller 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
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 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.
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
attorney's fees, from claims by 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. Any transfer of ownership in and to
a domain name registration shall be affected in accordance
with Nominet UK policies and procedures.
15.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute
Policy, 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;
and (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 voluntary information we request
is collected such that we can continue to improve the products
and services offered to you through your Reseller.
19.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree
and acknowledge that we will make domain name registration
information you provide available to Nominet UK, to the registry
administrators, and to other third parties as Nominet UK 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 Nominet UK 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 Reseller.
We will not process data about any identified or identifiable
natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible
with the purposes and other limitations which we describe
in this Agreement. We will take reasonable precautions to
protect the information we obtain from you from our loss,
misuse, unauthorized accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction
of that information.
20.
REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure promptly to update information
provided to us, or any failure to respond to inquiries by
us addressed to the email address of the registrant, the administrative,
billing or technical contact appearing in the "WHOIS"
directory with respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy
of contact details associated with the 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 Nominet
UK Agreement or a Nominet UK/Registry Operator policy.
21.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the
right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain
name or register you for other Services 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 be given when
an electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by
the sender. In the case of e-mail notification to us or to
Reseller to lhutz@tucows.com or [Insert E-mail Address for
Reseller] 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 five
(5) business days after the date of mailing and, in the case
of notification to us or to Reseller shall be sent to:
TUCOWS Inc.
Registrant Affairs Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1
CANADA
OR
-
J.D.
Web Services, L.C.
939 Office Park Road
Suite 205
West Des Moines, IA 50265
USA
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.
INCONSISTENCIES WITH NOMINET UK. In the event that this Agreement
may be inconsistent with any term, condition, policy or procedure
of Nominet UK, the term, condition, policy or procedure of
Nominet UK shall prevail.
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.
Terms
and Conditions of the Nominet Registry
WARNING:
by registering a domain name within the .uk Top Level Domain
(a "Domain Name"), you enter into a contract of
registration with Nominet UK ("We", "Our"
or "Us") on the following terms and conditions.
This is a separate contract to any arrangement you may have
with any third party for the provision of internet services.
By registering a domain name, you agree to the publication
of your name and address as part of the public WHOIS database
service. If you are a Consumer, and you do not wish your address
to be published, please see our web site at http://www.nominet.org.uk
for more information on the Consumer opt out.
Nominet
is the Registry for all internet Domain Names ending in .uk
and provides a public service for the .uk namespace on behalf
of the Internet community. You can find out more information
about Nominet from our web site at http://www.nominet.org.uk.
Nominet is a not - for - profit company limited by guarantee
which is performing services on a cost recovery basis. This
is why we consider it reasonable to limit our liability in
certain respects so that we may continue to offer our services
in the interests of the whole internet community.
This
Contract includes our current Rules For The .uk Domain And
Sub-Domains ("Rules") and the Policy and Procedure
for our Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service ("Policy"
and "Procedure" as appropriate). Copies of the Policy,
Procedure and Rules are here or can be obtained from us.
You
may have registered a Domain Name through a third party (usually,
but not always, your internet service provider). In these
terms and conditions, the term "Agent" means such
a third party.
What
we will do
We will process your application to register a Domain Name
and consider whether or not to accept it in accordance with
the criteria laid down in the Rules;
1.1.
If your application is accepted, we will inform you or your
Agent. If your application is rejected, we will inform you
or your Agent as soon as reasonably practicable and return
to you or your Agent (as appropriate) any payments received;
1.2.
Unless the current Rules of the relevant sub-domain state
to the contrary, we will register Domain Names on a first
come, first served basis. Until we accept your application,
there is no guarantee that the Domain Name you applied for
will be entered in the Register as such. We therefore recommend
that you do not take any action in respect of a Domain Name
until you have received confirmation from us that your application
has been accepted.
1.3.
After your application has been accepted, we will enter the
Domain Name and other relevant details (namely the data described
in clause 6 below, together with details of your Agent, if
any) in the Domain Name register database for the requested
second level of the .uk top level domain (the "Register").
1.4.
We will use the information in the Register entry for the
Domain Name to enable the resolution of requests for the Domain
Name, by pointing to the authoritative name servers listed
in the Register Entry for the Domain Name. For further information
about the technical requirements for registering a Domain
Name, please contact your Agent.
1.5.
After your application has been accepted and we have received
your registration fee, we will issue you with a registration
certificate and a reply form.
1.6.
Subject to clause 8 below, we will transfer your Domain Name
and update the Register accordingly on receipt of correctly
completed transfer documentation from you and any relevant
transfer fee applicable at the time of transfer. We will not
transfer a Domain Name whilst it is the subject of legal proceedings
or proceedings under our Dispute Resolution Service.
1.7.
Please note that subject to clauses 8.5 and 8.6 we will not
refund any fees after your Domain Name and details have been
entered in the Register.
1.8.
Subject to clauses 8.7 and 8.8 below, we will only make changes
to the details contained on the Register (other than the registrant
field), if we receive instructions and approval from you or
your Agent.
1.9.
Subject to clauses 8.7 and 8.8, we shall only alter the details
contained in the "registrant" field of the Register
if we receive authorisation directly from you.
What
you must do
2.1. You must ensure that we receive the registration or renewal
fee within one month after the issue of our invoice. For the
avoidance of doubt, if you use an Agent it will be your responsibility
to ensure that the Agent has paid the registration or renewal
fee to us within one month of the issue of our invoice.
2.2.
You must sign and return to us the reply form which we will
send to you after registration or renewal as appropriate.
2.3.
You must inform us promptly of any change in your registered
details, and those of your Agent if applicable. It will be
your responsibility to maintain and update any details you
submit to us and to ensure that your details are up to date,
and accurate. In particular, it is your responsibility directly
or by your Agent to ensure that we have your full and correct
postal address.
2.4.
You must promptly inform us of any court proceedings brought
in respect of the Domain Name.
2.5.
Any name server listed in the Register entry for the Domain
Name must respond authoritatively to requests for the Domain
Name at all reasonable times.
Renewal
of your Domain Name Registration
3.1. The registration period is two years from the date of
entry into the Register of your Domain Name registration.
Provided you pay us your renewal fee and subject to clause
8 below, you will have the right to renew the Domain Name
registration by entering into a new Contract with us for further
periods of two years.
3.2.
Subject to clause 3.3 below, when the Domain Name registration
falls due for renewal, we will contact your Agent (at the
Agent's address appearing in the Register) to request payment
of the relevant renewal fee.
3.3.
If no Agent is listed on the Register entry for the Domain
Name, or if the Register entry for the Domain Name indicates
that you wish to be invoiced direct, we will request payment
of the relevant renewal fee direct from you at the registrant
address appearing in the Register.
3.4.
If we fail to receive the renewal fee within thirty (30) days
of our making a request for the renewal fee, we will suspend
your registration for at least 6 weeks and if we do not receive
payment within the suspension period we will cancel your registration
without further notice to you. During any period of suspension,
we will not point to any name servers listed in the Register
entry for the Domain Name, and you will be unable to use or
transfer the Domain Name.
Exclusions
and Limitations of Liability
4.1. Nominet does not carry out any investigation as to whether
you are entitled to register or have any rights in the Domain
Name. By registering the Domain Name we are not acknowledging
that you have any rights in the name comprised in the Domain
Name, and we are not authorising you to use the Domain Name
in the course of trade.
4.2.
Nothing in these terms and conditions limits or excludes our
liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence
or for fraudulent misrepresentation.
4.3.
We shall not be liable to you whether in contract, tort (including
negligence) or otherwise for:
4.3.1.
any loss of profit, revenue or other type of economic loss
(whether direct or indirect);
4.3.2.
loss of business or contracts;
4.3.3.
loss of anticipated savings or goodwill; or
4.3.4.
any losses which a court holds to be consequential, or indirect
losses; arising out of or in connection with the Contract,
including but not limited to:
4.3.5.
any error or omission in entries to the Register; and
4.3.6.
loss of registration and/or use (for whatever reason and whether
temporary or otherwise) of the Domain Name.
4.4.
All conditions and warranties which may be implied by law
into any Contract with you are excluded to the fullest extent
permissible by law.
4.5.
Our aggregate liability to you whether under these terms and
conditions or otherwise (including liability for negligence)
shall not exceed £5,000.
4.6.
If you are a consumer (ie you are not registering or intending
to use the Domain Name in the course of a business, trade
or profession) (a "Consumer"), the provisions of
clauses 4.3 4.4 and 4.5 above will not apply to you.
4.7.
Nothing in these terms and conditions will reduce your statutory
rights relating to faulty or misdescribed goods. For further
information about your statutory rights contact your local
authority Trading Standards Department or Citizens Advice
Bureau.
Warranties
By entering into this agreement you consent to and warrant
the following:
5.1.
That you (or your Agent) have obtained the consent of any
individual whose personal data is to be held on the Register
in accordance with clause 6;
5.2.
That the details and information submitted by you to us are
true and correct, and that any future additions or alterations
to your details and information will be true and correct,
and that you will submit them in a timely manner. Unless you
are a Consumer, you shall pay us (including the current or
past members of Nominet UK's Council of Management) any and
all reasonable costs, claims and expenses (whether direct
or indirect) arising out of any claim resulting from your
breach of this warranty; and
5.3.
That by registering or using the Domain Name (in whatever
manner) you will not knowingly infringe the intellectual property
rights of a third party, that you are entitled to register
the Domain Name, and that you have not registered the Domain
Name in breach of trust. Our right to rely upon this warranty
will continue to be available after completion of the registration
process and will not be affected by any surrender, cancellation
or transfer of the Domain Name. Unless you are a Consumer,
you shall pay us (including the current or past members of
Nominet UK's Council of Management) any and all reasonable
costs, claims and expenses (whether direct or indirect) arising
out of any claim that your registration or use of the Domain
Name directly or indirectly infringes the intellectual property
rights of a third party.
Personal
Data
6.1. The Register is a public register for the purposes of
data protection legislation. The Register will include your
name and postal address, telephone and fax number and email
address together with any other relevant details. This information
(if it refers to individuals) is 'personal data' for the purposes
of data protection legislation.
Personal
data submitted by you will be:
Posted
onto the Register;
Unless you are a Consumer and have selected the Consumer opt
out provision , posted onto the WHOIS database by us. The
WHOIS database is provided on our web site at http://www.nominet.org.uk.
Other Agents which provide an online Domain Name registration
service may point to our WHOIS database. We will publish your
name and address but will not publish your telephone or fax
number or email address as part of the WHOIS database; and
Used as part of the Public Register Subscription Service ("PRSS"),
or any other service(s) amending or replacing it. Under the
PRSS we provide a compressed form of the Register to subscribers.
We provide the PRSS only to trusted third parties, based within
the European Economic Area, under strict contractual terms
which prohibit the use of PRSS data for the purposes of direct
marketing. Any service(s) which may replace the PRSS will
be provided on similar terms. The PRSS enables subscribers
to perform WHOIS queries and reverse look-ups. We will publish
your name and address but not your telephone or fax number
or email address as part of the PRSS and/or as part of any
other service(s) amending or replacing it. If you are a Consumer
you may select the Consumer opt out provision in respect of
the PRSS, or any other service(s) amending or replacing it;
We may provide your personal data to governmental or law enforcement
agencies at their written request in connection with the conducting
of any investigation. We may provide your name and address
to third parties with a legitimate reason for requesting the
information upon their written request; and
Otherwise, we will provide your personal data to third parties
only if required to do so by a court order.
You may write to us to request a copy of the personal data
held by us about you. We may charge a reasonable fee for the
provision of such data. As required by the Data Protection
Act 1998, we will adopt appropriate security procedures in
relation to the storage and disclosure of information provided
by you in order to prevent unauthorised access. Our security
procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of
your identity before we are able to disclose personal information
to you. Other than the uses identified above, we will not
disclose your personal information to others. Please note
that if at any point we discover that you are no longer a
Consumer, we will automatically post your personal data onto
the WHOIS and the PRSS and/or onto any other service(s) amending
or replacing the PRSS in accordance with clause 6.1(b) and
(c) above without further notice to you.
You
should be aware that personal data posted on the WHOIS database
may be accessible to countries outside the European Economic
Area. By registering a Domain Name you consent to your personal
data being transferred out of the European Economic Area and
to our use of your personal data for the purposes specified
above.
Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Service
7.1. You will be bound by the Policy and Procedure of our
Dispute Resolution Service which are incorporated into these
terms and conditions and made a part of the Contract by reference.
The current version of the Policy and Procedure can be found
at our web site: http://www.nominet.org.uk/drs.html
7.2.
If a dispute arises, you agree to be bound by the Policy and
Procedure which are current at the time that proceedings under
the Dispute Resolution Service are commenced until the dispute
is over.
7.3.
Neither we nor our directors, officers, employees or servants
nor any expert shall be liable to a party for anything done
or omitted in connection with any proceedings under the Dispute
Resolution Service unless the act or omission is shown to
have been in bad faith.
Termination/Cancellation,
Suspension and Amendment of the Register
8.1. You or your Agent may surrender registration of the Domain
Name by notice in writing to us at any time prior to our receiving
payment.
8.2.
After we have received payment for a Domain Name, only you
(and not your Agent) may surrender the Domain Name.
8.3.
After payment has been received but prior to the issue of
a registration certificate you may surrender the registration
by writing to us on headed notepaper which corresponds to
the registrant address field of the Register entry for the
Domain Name.
8.4.
If a registration certificate has been issued, you may surrender
the Domain Name by correctly completing the surrender of registration
form (on the reverse of the registration certificate).
8.5.
If you are a Consumer, then you may cancel the Contract by
giving notice to us by any of the means set out in clause
10.4 below at any time up to and including 7 working days
following the day on which the Contract is concluded, i.e.
the date on which we give notice to you or your Agent that
we have accepted your application to register a Domain Name.
If you register or use the Domain Name in the course of a
business, trade or profession, you will not have this right
to cancel the Contract.
8.6.
If you cancel the Contract in accordance with clause 8.5 then
we will provide you or your Agent (as appropriate) with a
full refund of our registration fee within 30 days from the
day on which we receive notice of your cancellation. If we
refund your Agent, you may have to seek direct from your Agent
any further component of the fees which you have paid.
8.7.
We may cancel or suspend the registration of a Domain Name
by providing you with notice in writing in the event of the
following:
8.7.1.
if we do not receive your registration or renewal fees in
accordance with clause 2.1 above;
8.7.2.
if you are in breach of the terms of this Contract (including
the Rules) and in the case of a breach which is capable of
remedy you fail to remedy this within 30 days of receiving
written notice from us to do so;
8.7.3.
if we receive independent verification that you have provided
grossly inaccurate, unreliable or false registrant contact
details, or failed to keep such contact details up to date;
8.7.4.
if you are in breach of the warranties contained in clauses
5.1 and 5.3 of the Contract; or
8.7.5.
if the Domain Name is being administered in a way likely to
endanger the operation of the Domain Name System.
8.8.
We may transfer, suspend, cancel or amend the Domain Name
registration in the following circumstances:
8.8.1.
upon receiving written instructions from you to take such
action together with any relevant fee;
8.8.2.
upon receiving a copy of a perfected order of a court of competent
jurisdiction requiring such action, or where the retention
of a Domain Name by you would be inconsistent with the terms
of a perfected court order received by us or any other legal
requirements;
8.8.3.
if such changes are necessary in order to correct an error
relating to the Domain Name registration; or
8.8.4.
following a Decision requiring such action or an agreement
reached between the parties and approved by us relating to
proceedings under the Dispute Resolution Service; or
8.8.5.
should you at any time withdraw your consent to having your
personal data displayed on the WHOIS and/or the PRSS and/or
any other service(s) amending or replacing the PRSS as set
out in Clause 6.1 above; or
8.8.6.
if you are a Consumer, should you withdraw from the Consumer
opt out and refuse to allow Nominet to provide your personal
data on the WHOIS and/or the PRSS and/or any other service(s)
amending or replacing the PRSS in accordance with Clause 6.1
above.
8.9.
If a name server listed for the Domain Name registration does
not respond authoritatively to requests for the Domain Name,
we may remove the name server from the Register entry for
the Domain Name.
Change
of Agent
9.1. If you wish to change your Agent, you should first approach
your current Agent to arrange this. If your approach is unsuccessful,
we will at your request and on payment of the required fee
record a change of Agent directly onto the Register entry
for your Domain Name registration. On receipt of your request,
we will notify your Agent. You will remain liable for any
charges you have incurred under the terms of the contract
with your Agent, which may include a fee payable upon change
of Agent.
General
10.1. If any clause of these terms and conditions is held
to be unenforceable in whole or in part the other terms and
the rest of the provisions shall continue to be valid and
enforceable.
10.2.
We may transfer our rights and obligations under the Contract
to any third party. You may transfer the Contract, only on
the transfer of the Domain Name, in accordance with clauses
1.7 and subject to clause 8 above.
10.3.
The internet is an emerging and evolving medium and the regulatory
and administrative framework under which we operate is constantly
developing. For these reasons we reserve the right to make
reasonable modifications to the terms and conditions of this
Contract (including the Policy, Procedure and Rules) at any
time during the term. We will only do so when we have good
reason. No change will have the effect of requiring an increase
in fees from you in advance of the next renewal of the Domain
Name. Except where we are acting in pursuance of a statutory
requirement or a court order, changes will be implemented
across the board in all of our Domain Name contracts following
a process of open public consultation. Each such change will
be published in advance (where practicable, 30 days in advance)
on our web site: http://www.nominet.org.uk/ and will become
binding and effective upon the date specified therein. You
should review our web site regularly in order to be aware
of all such changes. If you do not agree with any change or
proposed change to these terms and conditions you are entitled
to terminate the Contract by providing us with thirty (30)
days notice in writing, in which case you will receive a pro-rata
refund of your registration fee in respect of any unexpired
portion of the term.
10.4.
If you wish to contact us our postal address is Nominet UK,
Sandford Gate, Sandy Lane West, Oxford, OX4 6LB, England and
our telephone number is +44(0) 1865 332211. Our offices are
open from 9.00a.m. to 5.30pm (UK local time) Monday to Friday,
except for public holidays. Except as set out in the Policy
and Procedure any notice to be given under the Contract shall
only be deemed to be served if delivered by hand or sent by
pre-paid post, by fax or e-mail, to the party to whom it is
given at its last known postal or e-mail address or fax number.
Except as otherwise set out in the Policy and Procedure the
notice will be effective: if delivered, on delivery; if sent
by fax or email, on the date of sending; and if by post, on
the date of posting. For the avoidance of doubt, any notice
sent to you will be deemed served if sent to the address appearing
in your Registrant's address field.
10.5.
This contract is a binding document. Consumers should read
it carefully and ensure that it contains everything you want
and nothing you are not prepared to agree to. These terms
and conditions, together with the Rules Policy and Procedure,
constitute the entire agreement between you and us for the
registration of the Domain Name, and supersedes all prior
agreements, understandings and representations whether oral
or written.
10.6.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by the relevant
United Kingdom law, and by agreeing to be bound by them you
agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the relevant
courts of the United Kingdom.
In
order that a party may hold a valid .ca domain name registration,
TUCOWS, requires that all registrants adhere to certain terms
and conditions. As an organization or individual applying
to register, transfer or renew an .ca domain name via the
agency of J.D. Web Services, L.C. and/or TUCOWS you accordingly
agree as follows:
AGREEMENT.
In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") , "we",
us" and "our" refer to TUCOWS Inc. and “Services”
refers to the domain name registration, transfer or renewal
services provided by us as offered through J.D. Web Services,
L.C., the Registration Service Provider (“Reseller”).
CIRA shall refer to the entity granted the exclusive right
to administer the registry for .ca domain name registrations.
SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, to the best
of the your knowledge and belief, neither the registration
of the domain 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.
FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected,
you agree to pay to us, or your respective Reseller who remits
payment to us on your behalf, the applicable 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.
TERM. You agree that this Agreement will remain in full force
during the term of your domain name registration as selected,
recorded, and paid for upon registration of the domain name.
Should you choose to renew the term of your domain name registration,
then the term of this Agreement will be extended accordingly.
Should you transfer your domain name or should the domain
name otherwise be transferred to another Registrar, the terms
and conditions of this contract shall cease and shall be replaced
by the contractual terms in force between domain name registrants
and the new Registrar.
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
CIRA 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.
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.
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 the CIRA website. Please take the time
to familiarize yourself with this policy.
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.
CIRA POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain
name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to any CIRA-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar
or registry procedure not inconsistent with an CIRA-adopted
policy, (1) to correct mistakes by a registrar or the 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
registrant 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 thedomain name.
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).
ANNOUNCEMENTS. We and the Reseller 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.
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
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 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.
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
attorney's fees, from claims by third parties, including but
not limited to the Reseller and CIRA 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 CIRA
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.
This indemnification obligation will survive the termination
or expiration of this Agreement.
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. Any transfer of ownership in and to
a domain name registration shall be affected in accordance
with CIRA policies and procedures.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute
Policy, 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 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.
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:
Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the
domain name holder);
The domain name being registered;
The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax
(if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact
for the domain name;
The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax
(if available) telephone numbers of the billing contact for
the domain name.
The Internet Protocol number of the primary name server and
secondary name server(s) for each domain name registration
and the corresponding names of those name servers.
Any voluntary information we request is collected such that
we can continue to improve the products and services offered
to you through your Reseller.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree
and acknowledge that we will make domain name registration
information you provide available to CIRA, to the registry
administrators, and to other third parties as CIRA 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 CIRA 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 Reseller. 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 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 ICANN
Agreement or an ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
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.
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
Policy 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 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 Reseller to lhutz@tucows.com or [Insert E-mail Address
for Reseller] 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 Reseller shall be sent to:
TUCOWS Com Co
Registrant Affairs Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
OR -
[Insert Reseller address]
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.
INCONSISTENCIES WITH CIRA. In the event that this Agreement
may be inconsistent with any term, condition , policy or procedure
of CIRA, the term, condition, policy or procedure of CIRA
shall prevail.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
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.
.
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 .tv domain name registration provided by us
as offered through J.D. Web Services, L.C. ("Reseller").
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 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 Reseller 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. Failure
to maintain accurate information will be considered a material
breach of this Agreement and will entitle us to delete your
domain name registration.
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. You further agree to be bound by the ICANN Uniform
Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy") as
presently written and posted on 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
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://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
8.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration
or reservation of your domain name is challenged by a third
party, you will be subject to the provisions specified in
the Dispute Policy. 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.
9.
POLICY. You agree that your registration of the .tv domain
name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to any 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.
You acknowledge that you have reviewed the .tv General Terms
of Service which may be found at: http://www.tv/en-def-5066945b5fcc/en/policies/tos.shtml
and expressly agree to the terms outlined therein.
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 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, affiliates
and third party beneficiaires 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 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 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 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). 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 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 Reseller.
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 Reseller.
We
will not process data about any identified or identifiable
natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible
with the purposes and other limitations which we describe
in this Agreement.
We
will take reasonable precautions to protect the information
we obtain from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized accessor
disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
20.
REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure promptly to update information
provided to us, or any failure to respond to inquiries by
us addressed to the email address of the registrant, the administrative,
billing or technical contact appearing in the "Whois"
directory with respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy
of contact details associated with the 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 ICANN
Agreement or an ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
21.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the
right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain
name or register you for other Services. In the event we do
not register or reserve your domain name or register you for
other Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services
within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund
your applicable fee(s). You agree that we shall not be liable
to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal
to register, reserve, or delete your domain name or register
you for other Services.
We
reserve the right to delete or transfer your domain name 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.
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 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 Reseller 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.
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.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
30.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ
THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE
OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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
(“Reseller”). This Agreement explains our obligations
to you, and explains your obligations to us for the Services.
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.
FEES. As consideration for the Services, you agree to pay
the Reseller 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 Account Information and all other statements put
forth in your application are true, complete and accurate.
Both Tucows and the Registry reserve the right to terminate
your domain name registration if: (i) information provided
by you or your agent is false, inaccurate, incomplete, unreliable,
misleading or otherwise secretive; or (ii) you have failed
to maintain, update and keep your Account Information true,
current, complete, accurate and reliable. You acknowledge
that a violation of this Section 3 will constitute a material
breach of this agreement which will entitle either us or the
Registry to terminate this agreement immediately without any
refund and without notice to you.
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 either we or the
Registry 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 Registry dispute policy (“Dispute
Policy”) as presently written and posted on http://www.nic.cc/policies/dispute.html
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.enic.cc/en-def-85c427fc0417/en/policies/dispute.shtml.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
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. 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. You acknowledge that neither we nor
the Registry screen or otherwise review your domain name application
to verify that you have the legal right to use a particular
word or term. You are strongly encouraged to perform a trademark
search with respect to the words and/or phrases comprising
your domain name prior to applying for registration of the
domain. You agree that you will be solely liable in the event
that your use of a domain constitutes an infringement or other
violation of a third party’s rights.
POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain name
shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to a Tucows, Registry, regulatory or government-adopted
policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure
not inconsistent with a Tucows, Registry, regulatory 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. You acknowledge and understand that by accepting
the terms and conditions of this agreement you shall be bound
by Registry policies and any pertinent rules or policies that
exist now or in the future and which are posted on the Registry
website at http://www.nic.cc. You are responsible for monitoring
the Registry’s site on a regular basis. In the event
that you do not wish to be bound by a revision or modification
to any Registry policy, your sole remedy is to cancel your
domain name registration by following the appropriate Registry
policy regarding such cancellation.
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 any third party licensee and
that the third party agrees to the terms hereof.
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.
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,
including but not limited to Verisign, Inc. and eNic Corporation,
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 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.
INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our
contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, affiliates
and third party beneficiaries, including but not limited to
Verisign, Inc. and eNic Corporation, 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.
SCOPE OF REGISTRATION. You will be entitled to exclusive use
of the domain name during the term of the registration. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, you shall not use, display, exploit or register
a domain name which action may constitute illegal activity
or be in contravention or violation of a Tucows or Registry
policy. You acknowledge that a breach of this clause will
constitute a material breach of this agreement which will
entitle either Tucows or the Registry to terminate this agreement
immediately upon such breach without any refund. In addition,
both we and/or the Registry may, in our sole discretion, refuse
registration of your desired domain name within thirty (30)
calendar days from receipt of payment. Neither Tucows nor
the Registry shall be liable for any loss, damage or other
injury whatsoever resulting from any refusal to register your
desired domain name.
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 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 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.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute
Policy, 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 fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of
such notice, you fail to provide evidence, which is reasonably
satisfactory to us, that you have not breached your obligations
under the Agreement, then we may delete the registration or
reservation of your domain name. Any such breach by you shall
not be deemed to be excused simply because we did not act
earlier in response to that, or any other breach by you.
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:
Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the
domain name holder);
The domain name being registered;
The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax
(if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact
for the domain name;
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 Reseller.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree
and acknowledge that either we and/or the Registry may make
directly available to third parties or publicly available,
some or all, of the Account Information for inspection through
our WHOIS service and for any other purposes as may be required
or permitted by applicable laws or policies. You hereby irrevocably
waive and release Tucows and/or the Registry from any and
all claims and causes of action you may have arising from
any disclosure, use, or unauthorized access of your Account
Information.
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 ICANN
Agreement or an ICANN/Registry Operator policy.
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.
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
Policy 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. E.S.T., 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 five (5) business days
after the date of mailing and, in the case of notification
to us or to Reseller 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.
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.
FORCE MAJEURE. You acknowledge and agree that neither we nor
the Registry shall be responsible for any failure or delay
in performing our respective obligations hereunder arising
from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including but
not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authority,
fires, wars, riots, earthquakes, storms, typhoons and floods.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE; Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
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.
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., "CNNIC" refers to the China Network Information
Centre, and "Services" refers to the domain name
registration provided by us as offered through ____________________________
("Reseller"). This Agreement explains our obligations
to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
2.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. You certify and represent
that:
(a)
You have supplied all of the information required in the domain
name registration application ("Application") and
further, that the data provided in the 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;
(b) 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;
(c) That the domain name is not being registered for nor shall
it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose
whatsoever;
(d) You have the requisite power and authority to enter into
this Registration Agreement and to perform the obligations
hereunder.
3.
RESTRICTIONS. You agree that you shall not register or use
a domain name that is deemed by CNNIC to:
(a)
be against the basic principles prescribed in the Constitution
of the Peoples Republic of China ("PRC");
(b) jeopardize national security, leak state secrets, intend
to overturn the government or disrupt the integrity of the
PRC;
(c) harm national honour and national interests of the PRC;
(d) instigate hostility or discrimination between different
nationalities or disrupt the national solidarity of the PRC;
(e) spread rumours, disturb public order or disrupt social
stability of the PRC;
(f) spread pornography, obscenity, gambling, violence, homicide,
terror or instigate crimes in the PRC;
(g) insult, libel against others and infringe other people's
legal rights and interests in the PRC; or
(h) take any other action prohibited in laws, rules and administrative
regulations of the PRC.
4.
ADHERENCE TO POLICIES. You agree to comply with all applicable
laws, regulations and policies of the Peoples Republic of
China's governmental agencies and the China Internet Network
Information Centre ("CNNIC"), including but not
limited to the following rules and regulations: (i) China
Internet Domain Name Regulations (currently at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/ruler/20.shtml);
(ii) CNNIC Detailed Rules of Internet Domain Name Registration
Administration (currently at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/ruler/16.shtml);
(iii) CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (currently
at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/doc/e-10.shtml); and (iv) Rules
for CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (currently
at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/doc/e-9.shtml). You acknowledge
that you have read and understood and agree to be bound by
the terms and conditions of the policies of the CNNIC, as
they may be amended from time to time.
5.
FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected,
you agree to pay Reseller 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.
6.
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, 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.
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You acknowledge having read and understood
and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the CNNIC
Domain Name Dispute Policy & Rules for CNNIC Dispute Resolution
Policy ("Dispute Policy")s, as they may be amended
from time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made
an integral part of this Agreement. The Dispute Policy is
currently found at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/ruler/20.shtml
and http://www.cnnic.net.cn/doc/e-10.shtml.
You
acknowledge that, pursuant to the Dispute Policy, Registrars
must comply with all reasonable requests from the applicable
domain name dispute resolution institutions including the
provision of all relevant evidence in any domain name disputes
in the specified time frames.
If
we are notified that a complaint has been filed with a judicial
or administrative body regarding your use of our domain name
registration services, you agree not to make any changes to
your domain name record without our prior approval. We may
not allow you to make changes to such domain name record until
(i) we are directed to do so by the judicial or administrative
body, or (ii) we receive notification by you and the other
party contesting your registration and use of our domain name
registration services that the dispute has been settled. Furthermore,
you agree that if you are subject to litigation regarding
your registration and use of our domain name registration
services, we may deposit control of your domain name record
into the registry of the judicial body by supplying a party
with a registrar certificate from us.
10.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY MODIFICATIONS. You acknowledge
that the Dispute Policy may be modified from time to time.
Any such revised policy on our Web site at least fourteen
(14) calendar days before it becomes effective. You agree
that, by maintaining the 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 modification, you may terminate
this Agreement. We will not refund any fees paid by you if
you terminate your Agreement with us.
11.
SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION. You agree that your registration
of the domain name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation,
or transfer pursuant to any Tucows, Registry Operator, CNNIC
or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar
or registry procedure not inconsistent with a CNNIC or government-adopted
policy, (1) to correct mistakes by a party in registering
the name, (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the
domain name, (3) to protect the integrity and stability of
the registry, (4) to comply with any applicable laws, government
rules or requirements, requests of aw enforcement, (5) to
avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of Tucows,
Registry Operator or CNNIC, as well as their affiliates, subsidiaries,
directors, representatives, employees and stockholders or
(6) for violations of this Agreement. Tucows, Registry Operator
and CNNIC also reserve the right to "freeze" a domain
name during the resolution of a dispute.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold Tucows,
the Registry Operator, CNNIC, 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.
16.
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 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.
17.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement 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.
18.
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.
19.
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 CNNIC. 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.
20.
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:
(a)
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);
(b) The domain name being registered;
(c) 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;
(d) The IP addresses and names of the primary nameserver and
any secondary nameserver(s) for the domain name.
21.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree
and acknowledge that we will make domain name registration
information you provide available to CNNIC, 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 CNNIC 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 Reseller.
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 CNNIC, Registry Operator policy or pursuant to any applicable
laws and regulations. The parties shall take commercially
reasonable steps to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse,
unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction. Neither
Tucows nor Registry Operator make any representations as to
how CNNIC uses, accesses or corrects any Personal Data it
receives from the Registry Operator.
22.
INACCURATE OR UNRELIABLE DATA. You hereby represent and warrant
that 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 the information provided up to date.
Your wilful or negligent 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. No refunds
shall be made if a domain name is deleted as a result of enforcement
of this provision.
23.
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.
24.
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.
25.
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.
26.
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.
27.
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 Reseller 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.
28.
ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies
published by Tucows, CNNIC 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.
29.
GOVERNING LAW. SAVE AND EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW, THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO CANADA.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for the adjudication of disputes concerning
or arising from use of the registered domain name, you shall
submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable
jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the
Registrant's domicile, (2) where Registrar is located, and
3) the People's Republic of China.
For
the adjudication of a dispute concerning or arising from use
of the domain name, such dispute shall be governed under the
Laws of the Peoples Republic of China.
30.
INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into
this Agreement.
31.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Controlling Language. In the event that
you are reading this agreement in a language other than the
English language, you acknowledge and agree that the English
language version hereof shall prevail in case of inconsistency
or contradiction in interpretation or translation.
32.
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. |