In order that a party may hold a valid ____.co
uk or ____.org uk domain name registration, TUCOWS, requires that all registrants
adhere to certain terms and conditions. As an organisation or individual applying
to register, transfer or renew an .uk domain name via the agency of Navyweb
Company and/or TUCOWS you accordingly agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") , "we", us" and
"our" refer to TUCOWS Inc. and "Services" refers to the domain name registration,
transfer or renewal services provided by us as offered through Navyweb
Company, the Registration Service Provider ("RSP"). NOMINET UK shall refer
to the entity granted the exclusive right to administer the registry for .uk
domain name registrations.
2. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, to the best of the your
knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the domain 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 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 this Agreement will remain in full force during the
term of your domain name registration as selected, recorded, and paid for
upon registration of the domain name. Should you choose to renew the term
of your domain name registration, then the term of this Agreement will be
extended accordingly. Should you transfer your domain name or should the domain
name otherwise be transferred to another Registrar, the terms and conditions
of this contract shall cease and shall be replaced by the contractual terms
in force between domain name registrants 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 NOMINET UK 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 http://www.nic.uk/ref/drs.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 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.
9. NOMINET UKPOLICY. You agree that your registration of thedomain name shall
be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any NOMINET
UK-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not
inconsistent with an NOMINET UK-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by
a registrar or the registry in registering the name or (2) for the resolution
of disputes concerning the domain name.
10. AGENCY. Should you intend to license use of a domain name to a third party
you shall nonetheless be the domain name registrant 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 thedomain name. 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 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 and affiliates harmless from all liabilities,
claims and expenses, including attorney's fees, from claims by 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. Any transfer of ownership in and to a domain name
registration shall be affected in accordance with NOMINET UK policies and
procedures.
15. 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 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 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 NOMINET UK, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties
as NOMINET UK 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 NOMINET UK 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 accessor 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 domain name 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 [Insert E-mail Address for RSP] 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 Inc.
Registrant Affairs Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
OR -
NavyWeb Comoany, Suite #2 K
325 West Washington Street
San Diego, CA 92103
USA
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. INCONSISTENCIES WITH NOMINET UK. In the event that this Agreement
may be inconsistent with any term, condition , policy or procedure of
NOMINET UK, the term, condition, policy or procedure of NOMINET UK shall
prevail.
30. 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.
Last Updated: Thursday, 28-Jun-2001 12:19:34 EDT
By: Ken Joy
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In order that a party may hold a valid .co .uk or .org .uk domain
name registration, NOMINET UK, the entity granted the exclusive
right to administer the. registry for .uk domains, requires
that all organisations or individuals applying to register,
transfer or renew a .uk domain name ("Customer(s)") adhere to
the following terms and conditions. As a Customer, you accordingly
agree as follows:
1. NOMINET UK's Rules For The .uk Domain And Sub-Domains and
the procedures of NOMINET UK's Dispute
Resolution Service, in each case as amended from time to
time, form part of the contract. Copies of those Rules and procedures
may also be obtained directly from NOMINET UK.
2. If the Customer uses an agent for payment of fees, NOMINET
UK will first seek payment from the agent; but if the agent
does not pay the fees for whatever reason, NOMINET UK will have
the right to recover the fees from the Customer.
3. The Customer (or the transferee, as the case may be) will:
3.1 except where this is the responsibility of
the Customer's agent) obtain the consent of individuals whose
personal data are to be held on the Register of .UK Domain
Names to the access referred to in Clause 7.10 below;
3.2 pay the initial registration fee to NOMINET UK within
one month after the issue of NOMINET UK's invoice;
3.3 sign and return the reply form attached to the Registration
Certificate, issued by NOMINET UK under clause 4.2 below,
confirming the Customer's acceptance of these terms and conditions;
3.4 promptly notify NOMINET UK of any change to its registered
details, including where an agent is appointed, any change
to the agent's details; and
3.5 promptly notify NOMINET UK of any actual or threatened
proceedings brought in respect of the name used as a Domain
Name whether by or against the Customer.
4. NOMINET UK will:
4.1 process the application and consider whether
to accept or reject it in accordance with the criteria laid
down in NOMINET UK's Rules For The .uk Domain And Sub-Domains
in force at the time of the application for registration.
4.2 (if the application is accepted) enter the Domain Name
and other relevant details in the Register of .uk Domain Names
as a pending registration, and, on receipt of the fee, issue
a Registration Certificate to the Customer; if the application
is not accepted, NOMINET UK will notify the Customer or the
agent and return any payments received;
4.3 convert the pending registration to a full registration
on receipt of both the initial registration fee and the correctly
completed reply form attached to the Registration Certificate;
and
4.4 (subject to clause 11 below) on receipt of the Registration
Certificate, the correctly completed Transfer of Registration
on the reverse of the Certificate and the transfer fee applicable
at the time of the transfer, register the details of a transferee
of the Domain Name registration.
5. The initial registration period is two years from the date
of the application for registration. Thereafter, the registration
may be renewed indefinitely for further periods of one or more
years, on payment of the renewal fees applicable from time to
time, and subject to clause 11 below.
6. The Customer (either directly or via an agent) may surrender
the registration of the Domain Name by notice in writing to
NOMINET UK at any time prior to issue of a Registration Certificate
and on issue of the Certificate for that Domain Name, by sending
to NOMINET UK the Certificate and the correctly completed Surrender
of Registration (on the reverse of the Certificate). No other
method of surrender is permitted after issue of a Certificate.
Once the Domain Name and the Customer's details have been entered
in the Register of .UK Domain Names as a full registration no
refund of fees will be payable by NOMINET UK.
7. NOMINET UK is entitled to register Domain Names on a first
come, first served basis, whether or not it has received payment
for their registration; and, until NOMINET UK has confirmed
it as a pending registration, there is no guarantee that the
Domain Name applied for will be entered in the Register as such.
Customers are advised not to take any action in respect of the
registration of a Domain Name before it becomes a full registration.
7.1 If payment and the correctly completed reply
form attached to the Registration Certificate are not received
by NOMINET UK, NOMINET UK is entitled to cancel the pending
registration by notice in writing to the Customer or the agent.
7.2 NOMINET UK may cancel the registration or suspend the
delegation of a Domain Name in exceptional circumstances by
notice in writing to the Customer or the agent. Exceptional
circumstances include, in particular: where to maintain the
registration would put NOMINET UK in conflict with statutory
obligations or the terms of a Court Order, or where the registration
or use of the Domain Name conflicts with NOMINET UK's Rules
For The .uk Domain And Sub-Domains in force from time to time.
7.3 NOMINET UK does not accept any responsibility for the
use of any Domain Name on the Register of .UK Domain Names
and in particular for any conflict with trade marks, registered
or unregistered, or with rights to names in other contexts.
A Registration Certificate is not intended to be evidence
of ownership of the name used as a Domain Name.
7.4 NOMINET UK will use its reasonable endeavours to ensure
that the appropriate details of the Customer's registration
are correctly entered and maintained in the Register of .UK
Domain Names. All conditions and warranties which may be implied
(by law or as a result of prior negotiations) into the contract
between NOMINET UK and the Customer are excluded to the extent
permitted by law. In no circumstances will NOMINET UK be liable
for any loss of profit, business or anticipated savings suffered
by the Customer.
7.5 NOMINET UK's liability to the Customer under the contract
or otherwise (including liability for negligence) is limited
to 125% of the registration fees paid in respect of a particular
period of registration.
7.6 The Customer warrants to NOMINET UK that the details submitted
by the Customer to NOMINET UK are true and correct, and that
future additions or alterations to those details will be true
and correct.
7.7 The Customer warrants to NOMINET UK that neither the registration
of the Domain Name nor the manner in which the Domain Name
is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights
of a third party. NOMINET UK's remedies under this warranty
will continue to be available after completion of the registration
process and notwithstanding any subsequent surrender, cancellation
or transfer of the registration of the Domain Name.
7.8 The Customer indemnifies NOMINET UK and each of the members
of its Council of Management against any claim that the registration
of the Domain Name or the manner in which the Domain Name
is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights
of any third party (except for claims arising from NOMINET
UK's negligence or breach of the terms of the contract); and
indemnifies them against the reasonable costs and expenses,
however they may arise, incurred in defending or dealing with
such a claim.
7.9 The Register of .UK Domain Names will include the names
of the Customer and the Administrative Contact and other details
relating to them. This information (if it refers to individuals)
is 'personal data' for the purposes of data protection legislation.
NOMINET UK may allow other organisations and members of the
public to access the data for the purpose of obtaining information
about the registration of the Domain Name or any other related
purpose.
8. The restrictions and indemnities in clause 7 above are considered
to be reasonable in the context of NOMINET UK's status as a
not-for-profit company limited by guarantee that is performing
a service on a cost-recovery basis.
9. If any clause of these terms and conditions is held to be
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the invalid or
unenforceable wording shall be deemed to be omitted.
10. The contract may be assigned by NOMINET UK. The Customer
may assign the contract subject to any change made pursuant
to clause 11 below, and transfer the registration of the Domain
Name, by sending to NOMINET UK the Registration Certificate,
the correctly completed Transfer of Registration on the reverse
of the Certificate and the transfer fee applicable at the time
of the transfer. No other method of transfer is permitted.
11. NOMINET UK may change the terms and conditions of the contract
on renewal or transfer of the registration of the Domain Name.
All transfers and renewals will be made under NOMINET UK's Terms
&; Conditions for the Registration of Domain Names current at
the time of the transfer or renewal and, in the case of a transfer,
as agreed by the Transferor.
12. Any notice to be given under the contract shall only be
deemed to be served if delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid
post, by fax or e-mail, to the party to whom it is given at
its last known postal or e-mail address or fax number. The notice
will be effective: if delivered, on delivery; if sent by fax
or e-mail, when the sender receives confirmation of receipt;
and if sent by post, on the fourth day after posting.
13. These terms and conditions, together with the Rules and
procedures referred to in clause 1 above, constitute the entire
agreement between NOMINET UK and the Customer for the registration
of the Domain Name, and supersede all prior agreements, understandings
and representations whether oral or written. Subject to clause
11 above, no variation may be made to the contract unless it
is in writing and signed by authorized representatives of the
Customer and NOMINET UK.
14. The contract shall be governed by English law, and the Customer
and NOMINET UK submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English
Courts.
To initiate registration process
iagree.uk@navyweb.org
and forward your desired ____.co.uk domain or ____.org.uk domain name along
with your name, address and phone number.
If you do not agree,
idecline.uk@navyweb.org.
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