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 Fastwebserver.com,
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 this website.
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 willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your willful 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 register@fastwebserver.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 Office96 Mowat Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1 or
Fastwebserver.com 5863 Leslie St. Suite 307 Toronto, Ontario,
M2H 1J8 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.