APPENDIX
A: Form of Registration Agreement
1.
AGREEMENT.
In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and "your" refer to
the registrant of each domain name registration, "we", “us" and "our" refer
to TUCOWS Inc. and “Services” refers to the domain name registration
provided by us as offered through (“RSP”). This Agreement explains our
obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for the 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 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 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.
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 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.
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://www.nic.cc/policies/dispute.html. 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. 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.
9.
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.
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 any 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, 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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.
The person named as registrant at the time the user name and password are
secured shall be the owner of the domain name. You agree that prior to
transferring ownership of your domain name to another person (the
Transferee") you shall require the Transferee to agree in writing to be
bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your domain name
will not be transferred until we receive such written assurances or other
reasonable assurance that the Transferee has been bound by the contractual
terms of this Agreement (such reasonable assurance as determined by us in
our sole discretion) along with the applicable transfer fee. If the
Transferee fails to be bound in a reasonable fashion (as determine by us in
our sole discretion) to the terms and conditions in this Agreement, any such
transfer will be null and void.
16.
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.
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 name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain
name holder);
(ii) The domain name being registered;
(iii) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if
available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact for the domain
name;
(iv) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if
available) telephone numbers of the billing contact for the domain name.
Any other information, which we request from you at registration, is
voluntary. Any voluntary information we request is collected for the purpose
of improving the products and services offered to you through your RSP.
20.
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.
21.
REVOCATION.
Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, your
wilful failure promptly to update information provided to us, or your
failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by us
concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the your
registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and be a
basis for cancellation of the domain name registration.
22.
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.
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 Policy 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
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
sales@domainnamecom.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 RSP shall be sent to:
Our Address:
SpiritLLC
7336 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 715
Los Angeles, CA 90046
U.S.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.