APPENDIX
A
Form of Registration Agreement
- 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. 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 the Services.
- SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, 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 and, further, that the domain name is not being
registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful
purpose whatsoever.
- FEES. As consideration for the Services, 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 Account
Information and all other statements put forth in your application are true,
complete and accurate. Both Tucows and the Registry reserve the right to
terminate your domain name registration if: (i) information provided by you or
your agent is false, inaccurate, incomplete, unreliable, misleading or
otherwise secretive; or (ii) you have failed to maintain, update and keep your
Account Information true, current, complete, accurate and reliable. You
acknowledge that a violation of this Section 3 will constitute a material
breach of this agreement which will entitle either us or the Registry to
terminate this agreement immediately without any refund and without notice to
you.
- 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.
- MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree that either we or the
Registry 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 will which shall be effective immediately upon posting
on our web site or upon notification to you by e-mail or your countrys
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 Registry
dispute policy (Dispute Policy) as presently written and posted on
http://www.nic.cc/policies/dispute.html
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.
- 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.
- 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://www.nic.cc/policies/dispute.html.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
- 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. 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. You acknowledge that neither we nor the Registry screen or
otherwise review your domain name application to verify that you have the legal
right to use a particular word or term. You are strongly encouraged to perform
a trademark search with respect to the words and/or phrases comprising your
domain name prior to applying for registration of the domain. You agree that
you will be solely liable in the event that your use of a domain constitutes an
infringement or other violation of a third partys rights.
- POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain name
shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to a Tucows,
Registry, regulatory or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar
or registry procedure not inconsistent with a Tucows, Registry, regulatory or
government-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by us or the Registry in
registering the name, or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the
domain name. You acknowledge and understand that by accepting the terms and
conditions of this agreement you shall be bound by Registry policies and any
pertinent rules or policies that exist now or in the future and which are
posted on the Registry website at http://www.nic.cc. You are responsible for
monitoring the Registrys site on a regular basis. In the event that you
do not wish to be bound by a revision or modification to any Registry policy,
your sole remedy is to cancel your domain name registration by following the
appropriate Registry policy regarding such cancellation.
- 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 any third party licensee and
that the third party agrees to the terms hereof.
- 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.
- 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, including but not limited to Verisign, Inc. and eNic
Corporation, 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 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.
- INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our
contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, affiliates and third party
beneficiaries, including but not limited to Verisign, Inc. and eNic
Corporation, 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.
- SCOPE OF REGISTRATION. You will be entitled to exclusive use
of the domain name during the term of the registration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, you shall not use, display, exploit or register a domain name which
action may constitute illegal activity or be in contravention or violation of a
Tucows or Registry policy. You acknowledge that a breach of this clause will
constitute a material breach of this agreement which will entitle either Tucows
or the Registry to terminate this agreement immediately upon such breach
without any refund. In addition, both we and/or the Registry may, in our sole
discretion, refuse registration of your desired domain name within thirty (30)
calendar days from receipt of payment. Neither Tucows nor the Registry shall be
liable for any loss, damage or other injury whatsoever resulting from any
refusal to register your desired domain name.
- 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 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.
- BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of
this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute Policy, 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 fifteen (15) 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the
domain name holder);
- The domain name being registered;
- The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if
available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact for the domain name;
- 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
for the purpose of improving the products and services offered to you through
your RSP.
- DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and
acknowledge that either we and/or the Registry may make directly available to
third parties or publicly available, some or all, of the Account Information
for inspection through our WHOIS service and for any other purposes as may be
required or permitted by applicable laws or policies. You hereby irrevocably
waive and release Tucows and/or the Registry from any and all claims and causes
of action you may have arising from any disclosure, use, or unauthorized access
of your Account Information.
- 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.
- 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. 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 within a thirty (30) day period following
registration if we believe the registration has been made possible by a
mistake, made either by us or by a third party.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 have been 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. E.S.T., 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 five (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
CANADA
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into
this Agreement.
- FORCE MAJEURE. You acknowledge and agree that neither we nor
the Registry shall be responsible for any failure or delay in performing our
respective obligations hereunder arising from any cause beyond our reasonable
control, including but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military
authority, fires, wars, riots, earthquakes, storms, typhoons and
floods.
- 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.
- 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.