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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
Harpwro Enterprises Incorporated, the Registration Service
Provider ("RSP"). This Agreement explains our obligations to you,
and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
SELECTION OF
A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, 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.
FEES. As consideration
for the services you have selected, you agree to pay to us, or your
repective RSP who remits payment to us on your behalf, the applicable
service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable. As
further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide
certain current, complete and accurate information about you as required
by the registration process and (2) maintain and update this information
as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. All such information
shall be referred to as account information ("Account Information").
You, by completing and submitting this Agreement represent that the
statements in your application are true.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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: 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.
DISCLOSURE AND
USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and acknowledge that we
will make domain name registration information you provide available
to ICANN, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties
as ICANN and applicable laws may require or permit. You further agree
and acknowledge that we may make publicly available, or directly available
to third party vendors, some, or all, of the domain name registration
information you provide, for purposes of inspection (such as through
our WHOIS service) or other purposes as required or permitted by ICANN
and the applicable laws. You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures
and use of, and guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure
or use of, information provided by you in connection with the registration
of a domain name (including any updates to such information), whether
during or after the term of your registration of the domain name.
You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of action
you may have arising from such disclosure or use of your domain name
registration information by us. You may access your domain name registration
information in our possession to review, modify or update such information,
by accessing our domain manager service, or similar service, made
available by us through your RSP. We will not process data about any
identified or identifiable natural person that we obtain from you
in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations which
we describe in this Agreement. We will take reasonable precautions
to protect the information we obtain from you from our loss, misuse,
unauthorized accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of that
information.
REVOCATION. Your
willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, your willful
failure promptly to update information provided to us, or your failure
to respond for over fifteen calendar days to inquiries by us concerning
the accuracy of contact details associated with the your registration
shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and be a basis
for cancellation of the SLD registration.
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 RSP to lhutz@tucows.com or register@harpwro.com
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 - Harpwro
Enterprises, Inc. * 1350 East Flamingo Road, Suite 702 * Las Vegas,
Nevada 89119 * USA, 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.
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