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The following Agreement ("Agreement") is between
you ("Client") and Tallpath ("Tallpath"), an operating unit of the Media Futures Institute,
a British Columbia company, with offices at 543-1088 South Sunset Drive, Kelowna BC V1Y 9W1 Canada.
Tallpath is in the business of offering,
among other things, Internet Web and Email Hosting Services ("Plans") containing various features
as more specifically set forth in the Plan. Client desires
to engage Tallpath, and Tallpath desires to be engaged
by Client, in accordance with the terms and conditions as
set forth below.
Tallpath may amend this Agreement at any
time by posting the amended Agreement on its web site and
the effective date of any such amendment will be the date
on which the amended Agreement is so posted. In addition,
Tallpath will e-mail Client a notice of the amended Agreement.
Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing,
Tallpath may also add, delete or modify some or all of
its Services at any time in its sole discretion.
By accepting the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Client (i) represents and warrants that he or she
is at least 18 years of age and is the authorized representative
of the organization or entity that he or she purports to represent,
and (ii) agrees to provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about Client. If any information provided by Client
is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Tallpath
has the right to terminate Client's account and refuse any
and all current or future use of the Services (as defined
below).
1.
Services
1.1 Server. Tallpath agrees to
provide Client with: (i) space on one of Tallpath's servers,
or on a third-party server contracted by Tallpath, ("
Server") to host a site on the Internet ("Web Site"),
(ii) a license to use the Personal Control Panel and
other Tallpath proprietary software ("Software"),
or third-party software contracted by Tallpath, and (ii)
various other services to facilitate the creation and maintenance
of the Web Site (collectively, "Services") as more
specifically set forth in Client's Plan and this Agreement.
Tallpath shall provide the Services so that the Web Site
is accessible to third parties via the World Wide Web portion
of the Internet as specified herein. Except as expressly provided
herein, Client agrees that Tallpath is responsible only
for providing the Services provided in Client's Plan and this
Agreement, and Tallpath is not responsible for providing
any other services or tasks.
1.2 Availability of Web Site. The Web Site
is generally accessible to third parties via the Internet
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, except for scheduled
maintenance and required repairs, and except for any loss
or interruption of Services due to causes beyond the control
of Tallpath or which are not reasonably foreseeable by
Tallpath, including but not limited to interruption or
failure of telecommunication or digital transmission links
and Internet slow-downs or failures.
1.3 Updates. As part of the Services, Tallpath
shall provide Client with a system and the necessary Software
to allow Client to transmit revisions, updates, deletions,
enhancements or modifications (the "Updates") to
a staging server designated by Tallpath (the "Staging
Server"). Tallpath shall update the Server
with the Updates according to a schedule agreed upon by the
Parties, in writing, provided that (i) Client is not in default
of its payment obligations hereunder, (ii) such Updates are
within the scope of this Agreement; and (iii) such Updates
are in a form which may be placed on the Server and
accessed over the Internet. If the Updates are not within
the scope of the Services under this Agreement, such Updates
shall not be made unless and until the Parties enter into
a separate written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions
of such Updates.
2.
Client Obligations
2.1 Client shall provide to Tallpath all
materials comprising the Web Site, including, but not limited
to, any images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio
clips, video clips or text (the "Client Content"),
which shall be in a correct format (as specified by Tallpath),
including, but not limited to, HTML format ("Server Ready").
Tallpath reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
exclude or remove from the Web Site any Client Content for
any of the following reasons: (i) Client Content is not Server
Ready, (ii) CGI scripts or programs consume an unreasonable
amount of Central Processing Unit ("CPU") usage
or Random Access Memory ("RAM"), (iii) Tallpath
has received a significant number of complaints regarding
Client's failure to be reasonably accessible to Client's customers
or timely fill orders, (iv) Client has become the subject
of a government complaint or investigation, or (v) any other
reason which may violate or infringe any law or third party
rights or which otherwise may potentially expose Tallpath
to civil or criminal liability or public ridicule, provided
that such right shall not place an obligation on Tallpath
to monitor or exert editorial control over the Web Site.
2.2 Client represents and warrants that: (i)
Client has the power and authority to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, (ii) Client has the requisite level
of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols and
software to utilize the Services provided by Tallpath,
(ii) Client has secured all required authorization(s) necessary
for hypertext links to third party web sites, (iii) Client
holds all necessary licenses from the required jurisdictions
to engage in the advertising and sale of any goods and services
which may be offered on the Web Site, (iv) the Client Content
does not and will not contain any content, materials, advertising
or services that are inaccurate or that infringe on or violate
any applicable law, regulation or right of a third party,
including, without limitation, export laws, or any proprietary,
contract, moral, or privacy right or any other third party
right, and (v) that Client owns the Client Content or otherwise
has the right to place the Client Content on the Web Site.
2.3 Client agrees to not utilize Tallpath's
Services for any activities that: (i) constitute or encourage
a violation of any applicable law or regulation, including
but not limited to the sale of illegal goods or the violation
of export control or obscenity laws, (ii) defame, impersonate
or invade the privacy of any third party or entity, (iii)
infringe the rights of any third party, including but not
limited to the intellectual property, business, contractual
or fiduciary rights of others, (iv) involve the display, sale,
distribution or creation of any pornographic, obscene or otherwise
offensive goods, services, material or ideas or promote violence,
or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation or age, (v) modify any Tallpath
copyright notices or scripts without obtaining Tallpath's
prior written consent, (vi) provide mirroring service for
other web sites, (vii) the primary purpose is non-http compatible
file distribution, including but not limited to the distribution
of the following file types: .arj, .mp3, .exe, .tar, .rar,
or .zip, (viii) are in any way connected with trolling, mailbombing,
IRC Bots, Game-emulators, ROMs or the transmission of "junk
mail," "spam," the unsolicited mass distribution
of e-mail or with any unethical marketing practices, (ix)
who maintain an image archive or collection for display, and
(x) whose primary website theme is related to professional
wrestling, fads, or otherwise "trendy" websites.
PLEASE REFERENCE SECTION 5.4 OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR SPECIFIC
TERMINATION FEES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLIENT'S VIOLATION OF
THIS SECTION.
2.4 Mailing Lists. Tallpath permits clients
to send mailings to subscribers of their own mailing list.
Such mailings must have explicit instructions to the recipient
on how to remove his/her name from the list, and all requests
to do so must be honored immediately. Client agrees not to
send mailings to lists provided by an outside agency or individual.
Client further agrees not to provide mailing list services
to others. Due to the nature of the Server, Tallpath
requests that all mailing lists be sent during the hours of
12:00 am and 4:00 am, Mountain Time. Tallpath reserves
the right to terminate a client's mailing program, whether
provided by Tallpath or not, immediately and without notification
to client if said list causes a problem, in Tallpath's
sole discretion, with the e-mail services of other clients.
Tallpath also reserves the right to forbid a client from
utilizing any mail-sending program that jeopardizes the mail
services of other clients. Due to the consumption of system
resources and overloading of the e-mail server, Tallpath
forbids the use of Gossamer Links program by any of its clients.
3.
License and Proprietary Rights
3.1 Software License. Tallpath hereby
grants Client a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to
use the Software in object code form only on a server controlled
by Tallpath for the sole purpose of creating and maintaining
the Web Site. Client is not being granted any right to copy
the Software, to use it on computers other than as provided
in this Agreement or utilize any trademarks or service marks
of Tallpath. CLIENT MAY NOT USE WEB PAGES OR PARTS OF
WEB PAGES GENERATED BY MEANS OF THE SOFTWARE ON ANY SERVER
OTHER THAN THE Server. Client also acknowledges and
agrees that the Software is intended for access and use by
means of web browsing software, and that Tallpath does
not commit to support any particular browsing platform. Tallpath
reserves the right at any time to revise and modify the Software,
release subsequent versions thereof and to alter features,
specifications, capabilities, functions, and other characteristics
of the Software, without notice to Client. If any revision
or modification to the Software materially changes Client's
ability to conduct business, Client's sole remedy is to terminate
the Agreement pursuant to Section 5 regarding termination
of service.
3.2 Intellectual Property. All materials,
including but not limited to any computer software (in object
code and source code form), data or information developed
or provided by Tallpath under this Agreement, and any
know-how, methodologies, equipment, or processes used by Tallpath
to provide the Services to Client, including, without limitation,
all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, any goodwill
associated therewith, and any other proprietary rights inherent
therein and appurtenant thereto (collectively "Tallpath
Materials") shall remain the sole and exclusive property
of Tallpath. To the extent, if any, that ownership of
the Tallpath Materials does not automatically vest in
Tallpath by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise, Client
hereby transfers and assigns to Tallpath all rights, title
and interest which Client may have in and to the Tallpath
Materials. Client acknowledges and agrees that Tallpath
is in the business of providing Internet access services,
and that Tallpath shall have the right to provide services
to third parties which are the same or similar to the Services
provided to Client, and to use or otherwise exploit any Tallpath
Materials in providing such services.
3.3 Proprietary Rights of Client. As between
Client and Tallpath, Client Content shall remain the sole
and exclusive property of Client, including, without limitation,
all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any
other proprietary rights. Except as provided in this Section
3.3, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to grant
Tallpath any ownership right in, or license to, the Client
Content provided by Client to Tallpath. Client hereby
grants to Tallpath a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
license for the Initial Term and any Renewal Term (as those
terms are hereinafter defined) to edit, modify, adapt, translate,
exhibit, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer of,
reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform,
display, and otherwise use Client Content as necessary to
render the Services to Client under this Agreement.
4.
Fees and Taxes
4.1 Client shall pay Tallpath a setup
fee (if any) and monthly fee as set forth in the Tallpath
fee schedule for Client's corresponding Plan. The fee schedule
may be found at http://www.Tallpath and is hereby made
a part of this Agreement. Client may be eligible for certain
prepayment discounts as more fully set forth in the fee schedule.
All such fees due Tallpath shall be received at Tallpath
by 2:00 p.m. on the date due ("Payment Date").
4.2 Payments to Tallpath may be made by
check, money order or bank draft. All such fees are payable
in Canadian or U.S. dollars only. Tallpath will not accept
international checks in foreign currency. In the event a check
is returned as unpayable, Client will be assessed a CDN$25.00
returned check fee. Client will be sent a suspension of Services
e-mail which will grant Client fourteen (14) days to make
payment.
4.3 Failure of Client to fully pay any fees
on or before the Payment Date shall be deemed a material breach
of this Agreement, justifying suspension of the performance
of the Services by Tallpath, the immediate removal of
all Client Content from the Server and will be sufficient
cause for immediate termination of this Agreement by Tallpath.
Any such suspension does not relieve Client from paying past
due fees plus interest thereon at a rate of 1.5% per month
or the maximum allowable rate under applicable law, and in
the event of collection enforcement, Client shall be liable
for any costs associated with such collection, including,
but not limited to, legal costs, attorneys' fees, court costs
and collection agency fees.
4.4 These fees are exclusive of any and all
local sales, use, value added, excise, transfer, privilege,
duty and any other taxes or duties, whether international,
national, provincial or local, however designated or assessed
with respect to the Services provided under this Agreement;
excluding, income taxes on profits which may be levied against
Tallpath. Any such taxes shall be itemized for Client.
5.5 All fees are in Canadian currency unless
otherwise stipulated.
5.
Term, Termination & Renewal
5.1 Term. Upon acceptance by Tallpath,
this Agreement shall remain in effect for the time frame set
forth in the Client's Plan ("Term"), unless otherwise
terminated in accordance with this Agreement.
5.2 Termination for Breach. Except as otherwise
provided herein, either party may terminate the Agreement
on fifteen (15) days notice if the other party has materially
breached or is otherwise not in compliance with any provision
of the Agreement, and such breach or noncompliance is not
cured within such fifteen (15) day period. Tallpath reserves
the right to immediately suspend any access to the Site until
such breach or noncompliance is cured.
5.3 Termination for Convenience. Either party
may terminate the Agreement for any reason with thirty (30)
days written notice to the other party. In the event of termination
under this section by Client, Client shall not be entitled
to a refund of any fees paid for the current Term. In the
event of termination under this section by Tallpath, Client
shall be entitled to a pro-rata refund of the fees paid during
the current Term, but only in the event that Client was not
in breach of the Agreement at the time notice of termination
was given by Tallpath.
5.4 Termination for Breach of Section 2.3.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tallpath may immediately
terminate this Agreement and remove Client's Web Site from
the Server if it is determined, in Tallpath's
sole discretion, that Client has breached Section 2.3 of the
Agreement. Any termination under this Section 5.4 shall take
effect immediately and Client expressly agrees that it: (i)
shall not have any opportunity to cure, (ii) shall not be
entitled to a refund of any fees paid to Tallpath, and
(iii) shall promptly pay a CDN$400.00 clean-up / disconnection
fee to Tallpath.
5.5 Renewal. The Term of this Agreement shall
automatically be renewed for the same Term as set forth in
the Client's Plan, unless prior to thirty (30) days in advance
of the end of the Term, Client submits email authorization
to tech@Tallpath, containing the account name, password
and reason for cancellation.
6.
Warranty Disclaimer; Limitation on Liability & Indemnity
6.1 Warranty Disclaimer. Tallpath MAKES
NO WARRANTIES HEREUNDER, AND Tallpath EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Tallpath'S AGENTS HAVE NO AUTHORITY
TO GIVE SUCH WARRANTIES ON BEHALF OF Tallpath.
6.2 Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL
Tallpath BE LIABLE TO CLIENT OR TO CUSTOMERS OF CLIENT
FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE
OR NONCONTRACTUAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY Tallpath,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OR
BREACH THEREOF, EVEN IF Tallpath HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Tallpath'S LIABILITY, IF ANY, TO
CLIENT OR TO THE CUSTOMERS OF CLIENT HEREUNDER SHALL IN NO
EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AFTER TAX PROFITS OF Tallpath UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL Tallpath BE LIABLE TO
CLIENT OR TO CUSTOMERS OF CLIENT FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING
FROM OR RELATED TO ANY FAILURE OR DELAY OF Tallpath IN
THE DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DELAYS CAUSED BY ACTS OF GOD, FIRE, WAR,
RIOTS, STRIKES, QUARANTINES OR EMBARGOES.
6.3 Indemnity. Client agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Tallpath, its directors, officers,
employees and agents, and defend any action brought against
same with respect to any claim, demand, cause of action, debt
or liability, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the
extent that such action is based upon a claim that: (ii) if
true, would constitute a breach of any of Client's representation,
warranties or agreements hereunder, (ii) arises out of the
negligence or willful misconduct of Client, or (iii) any of
the Client Content to be provided by Client hereunder or other
material on the Web Site infringes or violates any rights
of third parties, including without limitation, rights of
publicity, rights of privacy, patents, copyrights, trademarks,
trade secrets and/or licenses.
7.
Miscellaneous Provisions
7.1 Nature and Survival of Representations
and Warranties. All statements contained in this Agreement
delivered by any party hereto shall be deemed representations
and warranties hereunder. All representations, warranties
and agreements made in and under this Agreement or pursuant
hereto shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
7.2 Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns, except that Client may not assign or transfer
its rights or obligations under or interest in this Agreement
without the prior written consent of Tallpath. Tallpath
may, in its sole discretion, assign or transfer its rights
or obligations under or interest in the Agreement.
7.3 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The terms
and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the
benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors
and assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to
confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person.
7.4 Publicity. Tallpath may refer to the
name of the Client, the Client's product(s) or the business
in which the product(s) are used in their customer listings,
on their web site, in a customer profile, or in a press release,
without the consent of Client.
7.5 Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement shall
be governed by and shall be construed, interpreted, and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia, without
reference to principles of conflicts of law. The parties agree
that the sole and exclusive venue for any disputes arising
hereunder shall be in a provincial or federal trial court
located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
7.6 Alteration. No alteration, modification,
or change of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in
writing and executed by the parties hereto.
7.7 Attorney's Fees. In the event of any litigation
between the parties hereto arising from or related to a party's
performance under or breach of this Agreement, the prevailing
party in any such action shall be entitled to and shall receive
from the adverse party, in addition to any relief granted
by a court of law, their reasonable attorney's fees and other
costs and expenses incurred in prosecuting or opposing the
prosecution of such action, as the case may be.
7.8 No Waiver. No failure or delay by any
party hereto in exercising any right, power, or privilege
hereunder (and no course of dealing between or among any of
the parties) shall operate as a waiver of any right, power,
or privilege hereunder. No waiver of any default on any one
occasion shall constitute a waiver of any subsequent or other
default. No single or partial exercise of any right, power,
or privilege shall preclude the further or full exercise thereof.
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