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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 Kriter Internet Hizmetleri Ltd.Sti. ("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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