This
agreement applies to anyone who registers a .com,
.net, or .org domain name with Monolithic Internet
Solutions, Inc. dba WebhostingONE. Registrants are
also bound to the terms of the ICANN Uniform
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
APPENDIX
A
Registration Service Provider - gTLDs
Registration
Agreement
In order that a party
may hold a valid
.ca 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 .ca domain name
via the agency of Monolithic Internet Solutions,
Inc dba WebhostingONE and/or TUCOWS you accordingly
agree as follows:
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 Monolithic Internet Solutions, Inc. dba
WebhostingONE, 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 http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml.
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
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 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 support@monolithicinternet.net
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
Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3M1
- or -
Monolithic Internet
Solutions, Inc.
dba WebhostingONE
65 Pine Ave. #329
Long Beach, CA 90802
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.