SCHEDULE A
Form of Registration Agreement
- 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 various Services. If you are registering your name during the finite
period of time when owners of trademarks and service marks issued prior to
October 2, 2000 and having national effect will have the exclusive opportunity
to register identical domain names ("Sunrise Period"), you agree to comply
with the procedures, terms and obligations. You acknowledge and agree that
registrations for domain names during the Sunrise Period will only be accepted
for a minimum registration term of five (5) years.
- 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.
- FEES. As consideration for the
Services you have selected, you agree to pay the RSP the applicable service
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 statements in your Application are true, complete and accurate.
- 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.
- MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You
agree that we 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
countrys 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. If you
have registered your name during the Sunrise Period, you agree to be bound
by the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy ("Sunrise Dispute Policy") found
at (http://www.afilias.com/faq/sunrise-challenge.html). You further agree
to be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy")
as presently written and posted on http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml
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.
- 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.
- 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 Policies
that are incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference.
The current version of the general registration Dispute Policy may be found
at http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml. Please take the time to familiarize
yourself with this policy.
- 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
Sunrise Dispute Policy or the Dispute Policy, as applicable. 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 Sunrise Dispute Policy or Dispute Policy, as applicable.
- POLICY. You agree that your registration
of the domain name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to a Tucows, Registry Operator, ICANN or government-adopted policy,
or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent with
a Tucows, Registry Operator, ICANN 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.
- 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 a third party licensee and that the third party agrees to the
terms hereof.
- 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.
- 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 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 miss-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.
- INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify,
and hold us, our contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, affiliates
and third party beneficiaries 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.
- 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. You acknowledge
that you will not be entitled to change registrars during the first sixty
(60) days following the registration of your domain name.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain name holder);
- The domain name being registered;
- The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice
and fax (if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact for
the domain name;
- 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.
- 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 applicable. 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 applicable laws.
You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and 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.
- 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.
- 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. We also reserve
the right to suspend a domain name during resolution of any dispute.
- 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.
- NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this
Agreement or the Dispute Policies shall be construed as creating any agency,
partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the parties.
- 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.
- 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. 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 RSP shall be sent to:
Our Address:
TUCOWS Com Co
Registrant Affairs Office
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
- 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.