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 DomainsNow.com/WindsorNET Online Inc.,
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://registry.domainsnow.com
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 willful
provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, your willful
failure promptly to update information provided to us,
or your failure to respond for over fifteen calendar
days to inquiries by us concerning the accuracy of
contact details associated with the your registration
shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and
be a basis for cancellation of the SLD registration.
21.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL.
We, in our sole
discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or
reserve your chosen domain name or register you for
other Services within thirty (30) calendar days from
receipt of your payment for such services. In the event
we do not register or reserve your domain name or
register you for other Services, or we delete your
domain name or other Services within such thirty (30)
calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable
fee(s). You agree that we shall not be liable to you for
loss or damages that may result from our refusal to
register, reserve, or delete your domain name or
register you for other Services.
22.
SEVERABILITY.
You agree that the
terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or
provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, that
term or provision will be construed consistent with
applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the
original intentions of the parties, and the remaining
terms and provisions will remain in full force and
effect.
23.
NON-AGENCY.
Nothing contained in
this Agreement or the Dispute Policy shall be construed
as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of
joint enterprise between the parties.
24.
NON-WAIVER.
Our failure to
require performance by you of any provision hereof shall
not affect the full right to require such performance at
any time thereafter; nor shall the waiver by us of a
breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a
waiver of the provision itself.
25. NOTICES.
Any notice, direction
or other communication given under this Agreement shall
be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via
regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall
only have been deemed to have been given when an
electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by
the sender. In the case of e-mail notification to us or
to the RSP to domreg@domainsnow.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 -
DomainsNow.com
WindsorNET Online Inc
100 Canal Pointe Blvd, Suite 204
Princeton, NJ 08540 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.
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.