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Domain Registration Agreement and Dispute Policy |
.cc 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
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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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