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., "Registry Operator" refers to Neulevel Inc. and
"Services" refers to the domain name registration provided by us as offered
through SaskNow Technologies ("RSP"). This Agreement explains our obligations
to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
2. .BIZ RESTRICTIONS. Registrations in the .biz top level domain
must be used or intended to be used primarily for bona fide business or
commercial purposes. For the purposes of the .biz registration restrictions,
"bona fide business or commercial use" shall mean the bona fide use or bona
fide intent to use the domain name or any content, software, materials,
graphics or other information thereon, to permit Internet users to access one
or more host computers through the DNS:
(i) to exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
(ii) in
the ordinary course of business; or
(iii) to facilitate (i) the exchange of
goods, services, information or property of any kind; or (ii) the ordinary
course of trade or business.
For more information on the .biz
restrictions, which are incorporated herein by reference, please see
http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry-agmt-appl-18apr01.htm.
3. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that:
(i) the data provided in the domain name registration application is
true, correct, up to date and complete, and that you will continue to keep all
of the information provided correct, up-to-date and complete;
(ii) 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;
(iii) that the domain name is not
being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for any
unlawful purpose whatsoever;
(iv) the registered domain name will be used
primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes and not (a) exclusively
for personal use, or (b) solely for the purposes of (1) selling, trading or
leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the unsolicited offering to
sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation;
(v) you have the
authority to enter into this Registration Agreement; and
(vi) the
registered domain name is reasonably related to your business or intended
commercial purpose at the time of registration.
4. FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected, 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 statements
in your Application are true, complete and accurate.
5. 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.
6. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree that we 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 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 ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy ("Dispute Policy") as presently written and posted on
http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal
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. We will not refund any fees paid by you
if you terminate your agreement with us.
7. 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.
8. 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://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
9. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You acknowledge having read and
understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the following
documents, as they may be amended from time to time, which are hereby
incorporated and made an integral part of this Agreement:
(i) The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute
Policy), available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/;
(ii) The
Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules ("RDRP"), available at
http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry-agmt-appm-27apr01.htm;
(collectively, "Dispute Policies").
The Dispute Policy sets forth
the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a Registrant and
any party other than the Registry Operator or Registrar over the registration
and use of an Internet domain name registered by Registrant.
The RDRP
sets forth the terms under which any allegation that a domain name is not used
primarily for business or commercial purposes shall be endorsed on a
case-by-case, fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute
provider.
10. POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain name
shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any
Tucows, Registry Operator, ICANN or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to
any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN or
government-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by us or the applicable
Registry in registering the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes
concerning the domain name.
11. 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 a third party licensee and
that the third party agrees to the terms hereof. You acknowledge and agree that
the domain name has not been registered solely for the purposes of selling,
trading or leasing for compensation and will be used for a business or
commercial purpose.
12. 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.
13. 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 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 miss-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.
14. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, the
Registry Operator, our contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors,
affiliates and third party beneficiaries 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. This indemnification
obligation will survive the termination or expiration of this agreement.
15. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The person named as registrant on the
WHOIS shall be the registered name holder. The person named as administrative
contact at the time the controlling user name and password are secured shall be
deemed to be the designate of the registrant with the authority to manage 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. You acknowledge that you will not be entitled
to change registrars during the first sixty (60) days following the
registration of your domain name.
16. 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 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 full name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone
number and fax number (if available) (or, if different, that of the domain name
holder);
(ii) The domain name being registered;
(iii) The name, postal
address, e-mail address, and telephone number and fax number (if available)
telephone numbers of the administrative contact, the technical contact and the
billing contact for the domain name;
(iv) The IP addresses and names of the
primary nameserver and any secondary nameserver(s) 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 we will make domain name registration information you provide
available to ICANN, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties
as applicable. 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 applicable laws.
You hereby consent to any and all such
disclosures and 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 accessor disclosure,
alteration or destruction of that information.
21. REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure promptly to update information provided to us,
or any failure to respond to inquiries by us addressed to the email address of
the registrant, the administrative, billing or technical contact appearing in
the "Whois" directory with respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy of
contact details associated with the registration shall constitute a material
breach of this Agreement and be a basis for cancellation of the domain name
registration. Any information collected by us concerning an identified or
identifiable natural person ("Personal Data") will be used in connection with
the registration of your domain name(s) and for the purposes of this Agreement
and as required or permitted by the ICANN Agreement or an ICANN/Registry
Operator policy.
22. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, and/or Registry Operator, 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 following
registration if we believe the registration has been made possible by a
mistake, made either by us or by a third party. We also reserve the right to
suspend a domain name during resolution of a dispute.
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
Policies 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 be 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 lhutz@tucows.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. 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 RSP shall be sent to:
Our address:
TUCOWS Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
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 Tucows, ICANN and/or the Registry Operator 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. 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.
31. 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.