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SCHEDULE A
Form of Registration Agreement
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement")
"you" and "your" refer to the registrant
of each domain name registration and/or recipient of e-mail
forwarding services, "we", "us" and
"our" refer to Tucows Inc., "Registry Operator"
refers to The Global Name Registry Ltd. and "Services"
refers to the domain name registration and e-mail forwarding
provided by us as offered through Almacen Virtual ("Reseller").
This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and explains
your obligations to us for various Services.
2. .name RESTRICTIONS. Registrations in the .name top-level
domain must constitute an individual's "Personal
Name". For purposes of the .name restrictions (the
"Restrictions"), a "Personal Name"
is a person's legal name, or a name by which the person
is commonly known. A "name by which a person is commonly
known" includes, without limitation, a pseudonym
used by an author or painter, or a stage name used by
a singer or actor.
3. .name REPRESENTATIONS. As a .name domain name Registrant,
you hereby represent that:
(i) the registered domain name or second level domain
("SLD") e-mail address is your Personal Name.
(ii) the data provided in the domain name registration
application is true, correct, up to date and complete
and that you will continue to keep all of the information
provided correct, current and complete,
(iii) 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;
(iv) that the domain name is not being registered for
nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful
purpose whatsoever;
(v) the registration satisfies the Eligibility Requirements
found at http://www.nic.name/downloads/EligibilityRequirements.pdf;
and
(vi) you have the authority to enter into this Registration
Agreement.
4. E-MAIL FORWARDING SERVICES.
(i) The Services for which you have registered may, at
your option, include e-mail forwarding. To the extent
you opt to use e-mail forwarding, you are obliged to do
so in accordance with all applicable legislation and are
responsible for all use of e-mail forwarding, including
the content of messages sent through e-mail forwarding.
(ii) You undertake to familiarize yourself with the content
of and to comply with the generally accepted rules for
Internet and e-mail usage. This includes, but is not limited
to the Acceptable Use Policy, available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/aup.pdf
as well as the following restrictions. Without prejudice
to the foregoing, you undertake not to use e-mail forwarding:
(a) to encourage, allow or participate in any form of
illegal or unsuitable activity, including but not restricted
to the exchange of threatening, obscene or offensive messages,
spreading computer viruses, breach of copyright and/or
proprietary rights or publishing defamatory material;
(b) to gain illegal access to systems or networks by unauthorized
access to or use of the data in systems or networks, including
all attempts at guessing passwords, checking or testing
the vulnerability of a system or network or breaching
the security or access control without the sufficient
approval of the owner of the system or network;
(c) to interrupt data traffic to other users, servers
or networks, including, but not restricted to, mail bombing,
flooding, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, wilful attempts
to overload another system or other forms of harassment;
or
(d) for spamming, which includes, but is not restricted
to, the mass mailing of unsolicited e-mail, junk mail,
the use of distribution lists (mailing lists) which include
persons who have not specifically given their consent
to be placed on such distribution list. Users are not
permitted to provide false names or in any other way to
pose as somebody else when using e-mail forwarding.
(iii) Registry Operator reserves the right to implement
additional anti-spam measures, to block spam or mail from
systems with a history of abuse from entering Registry
Operator's e-mail forwarding. However, due to the nature
of such systems, which actively block messages, Registry
Operator shall make public any decision to implement such
systems a reasonable time in advance, so as to allow you
or us to give feedback on the decision.
(iv) You understand and agree that Registry Operator
may delete material that does not conform to clause (c)
above or that in some other way constitutes a misuse of
e-mail forwarding. You further understand and agree that
Registry Operator is at liberty to block your access to
e-mail forwarding if you use e-mail forwarding in a way
that contravenes this Agreement. You will be given prior
warning of discontinuation of the e-mail forwarding unless
it would damage the reputation of Registry Operator or
jeopardize the security of Registry Operator or others
to do so. Registry Operator reserves the right to immediately
discontinue e-mail forwarding without notice if the technical
stability of e-mail forwarding is threatened in any way,
or if you are in breach of this Agreement. On discontinuing
e-mail forwarding, Registry Operator is not obliged to
store any contents or to forward unsent e-mail to you
or a third party.
(v) You understand and agree that to the extent either
we and/or Registry Operator is required by law to disclose
certain information or material in connection with your
e-mail forwarding, either we and/or Registry Operator
will do so in accordance with such requirement and without
notice to you.
5. FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected,
you agree to pay the Reseller 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 statements in your Application are
true, complete and accurate.
6. 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.
7. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree that we may
in our sole discretion: (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 ICANN Uniform
Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy")
as presently written and posted on http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal
and as such 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. We will not refund any fees paid
by you if you terminate your agreement with us.
8. 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.
You will not be able to transfer your domain name during
the first sixty (60) days following registration of the
domain name with us. Beginning on the sixty-first (61st)
day following the registration, the policies set forth
at: http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/name/bizspecs
shall apply.
9. 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://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/legal.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this
policy. In addition, you hereby acknowledge that you have
read and understood and agree to be bound by the terms
and conditions of the following documents, as they may
be amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated
and made an integral part of this Agreement.
(i) the Eligibility Requirements (the "Eligibility
Requirements"), available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/EligibilityRequirements.pdf;
(ii) the Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution
Policy (the "ERDRP"), available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/erdrp.pdf;
and
(iii) the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
(the "UDRP"), available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm.
The Eligibility Requirements dictate that Personal Name
domain names and Personal Name SLD e-mail addresses will
be granted on a first-come, first-served basis, except
for registrations granted as a result of a dispute resolution
proceeding or during the landrush procedures in connection
with the opening of the Registry TLD. The following categories
of Personal Name Registrations may be registered: (i)
the Personal Name of an individual; (ii) the Personal
Name of a fictional character, if you have trademark or
service make rights in that character's Personal Name;
(iii) in addition to a Personal Name registration, you
may add numeric characters to the beginning or the end
of the Personal Name so as to differentiate it from other
Personal Names.
The ERDRP applies to challenges to (i) registered domain
names and SLD e-mail address registrations within .name
on the grounds that a Registrant does not meet the Eligibility
Requirements, and (ii) to Defensive Registrations (as
defined by the Registry Operator) within .name.
The UDRP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection
with a dispute between a Registrant and party other than
Global Name Registry ("Registry Operator") or
Registrar over the registration and use of an Internet
domain name registered by a Registrant.
10. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY MODIFICATIONS. You agree
that we, in our sole discretion, may modify our dispute
policy. We will post any such revised policy on our website
at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective.
You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name or SLD e-mail address 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 modification, you may terminate
this Agreement. We will not refund any fees paid by you
if you terminate your Agreement with us.
11. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if your use
of our domain name registration services is challenged
by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions
specified in our 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
set forth below in this agreement. If we are notified
that a complaint has been filed with a judicial or administrative
body regarding your use of our domain name registration
services, you agree not to make any changes to your domain
name record without our prior approval. We may not allow
you to make changes to such domain name record until (i)
we are directed to do so by the judicial or administrative
body, or (ii) we receive notification by you and the other
party contesting your registration and use of our domain
name registration services that the dispute has been settled.
Furthermore, you agree that if you are subject to litigation
regarding your registration and use of our domain name
registration services, we may deposit control of your
domain name record into the Registry of the judicial body
by supplying a party with a Registrar certificate from
us.
12. POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain
name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or
transfer pursuant to any Tucows, Registry Operator, ICANN
or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar
or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN or
government-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by
us or the applicable Registry in registering the name
or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the domain
name.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
You agree that neither we nor the Registry Operator will
have any liability of any kind for any loss or liability
resulting from (i) the processing of registration requests
prior to live SRS launch, including, without limitation,
your ability or inability to obtain a .name domain name
or SLD e-mail address registration using these processes;
or (ii) any dispute over any .name domain name, SLD e-mail
address, Defensive Registration or NameWatch Registration
(as defined by the Registry Operator), including the decision
of any dispute resolution proceeding related to any of
the foregoing.
16. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold
us, the Registry Operator, 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
out of or relating to the domain name registered 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 both us and the Registry
Operator harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions
contained in the Dispute Policies. 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. This indemnification obligation will survive
the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
17. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. The person named as registrant
on the WHOIS shall be the registered name holder. The
person named as administrative contact at the time the
controlling user name and password are secured shall be
deemed the designate of the registrant with the authority
to manage 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.
18. 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 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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 full name, postal address, e-mail address and
voice telephone number and fax number (if available) (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
telephone number and fax number (if available) telephone
numbers of the administrative contact, the technical contact
and the billing contact for the domain name;
(iv) The IP addresses and names of the primary nameserver
and any secondary nameserver(s) for the domain name.
You acknowledge and agree that the foregoing registration
data will be publicly available and accessible on the
Whois directory as required by ICANN and may be sold in
bulk in accordance with ICANN policy. You further understand
and agree that the foregoing registration data may be
transferred internationally.
22. 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 Reseller.
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.
23. REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or
unreliable information, your wilful failure promptly to
update information provided to us, or any failure to respond
to inquiries by us addressed to the e-mail address of
the registrant, the administrative, billing or technical
contact appearing in the "Whois" directory with
respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy of contact
details associated with the registration shall constitute
a material breach of this Agreement and be a basis for
cancellation of the domain name registration. Any information
collected by us concerning an identified or identifiable
natural person ("Personal Data") will be used
in connection with the registration of your domain name(s)
and for the purposes of this Agreement and as required
or permitted by the ICANN Agreement or an ICANN/Registry
Operator policy.
24. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, and/or Registry Operator, in
our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register
or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for
other Services, to protect the integrity and stability
of the Registry, to comply with any applicable laws, government
rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, in
compliance with the dispute resolution process, or to
avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on our part and/or
that of the Registry Operator, as well as our affiliates,
subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees. We and
the Registry Operator reserve the right to suspend a domain
name during the resolution of a dispute.
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 a 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 following registration if we believe the registration
has been made possible by a mistake, made either by us
or by a third party.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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 be 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 five (5) business days after the date
of mailing and, in the case of notification to us or to
Reseller shall be sent to:
Our address:
TUCOWS Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1
CANADA
Attention: Legal Affairs
29. ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules
and policies published by Tucows, ICANN and/or the Registry
Operator 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.
30. 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.
31. INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to
enter into this Agreement.
32. 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.
33. 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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