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 __________________, 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, 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.