APPENDIX A
Form of Registration Agreement
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. and “Services” refers to
the domain name registration provided by us as
offered through (“RSP”). This Agreement explains
our obligations to you, and explains your obligations
to us for the Services.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 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 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.
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. 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.
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 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.
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.
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
party’s rights.
9. 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 Registry’s
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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
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). 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The person named as
registrant at the time the 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.
16. 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.
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 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 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 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.
21. 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 (15)
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 domain name registration.
22. 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.
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 Policy 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 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
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 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.
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. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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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