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 Montrose Internet, 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://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 webmaster@montrose.net 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 -
Montrose Internet, Inc.
10 North Pythian Avenue
Montrose, CO
81401
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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