| 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
McCann & Cambrian E-Media Services (CambrianHosting.com), 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 admin@CambrianHosting.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 - McCann & Cambrian E-Media Services,
P.O. Box 668, Parry Sound, Ontario P2A 2Z1 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.
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