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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 NAVYWEB.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 NAVYWEB 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.enic.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.enic.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.enic.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. To indicate your agreement,
to provide your registration information (organization, name, address &
phone) and desired "____.cc" domain name, click
HERE.
NAVYWEB
325 West Washington Street
San Diego, CA 92103
USA
Attention: Admin