This Registration Agreement ("Agreement")
sets forth the terms and conditions of your use of the domain name registration
services of RegisterThisDomain.com (hereinafter "RTD") to register an
Internet domain name, as well as your registration of that domain name. To complete
the registration process, you must acknowledge that you have read, understood,
and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement, the accompanying
fee schedule, dispute policy and any rules or policies that are or may become
effective when published by RTD.
1. About RegisterThisDomain.com
RegisterThisDomain.com is a wholesale registrar working with an acredited
member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN")
for the .com, .net, and .org Top Level Domains ("TLD") pursuant to agreement.
ICANN oversees the .com, .net and .org TLDs. You agree that RegisterThisDomain.com
may modify this Agreement as necessary to comply with ICANN terms and regulations.
All domain name registrations we register for .com, .net and .org are not effective
until we have delivered the domain name registration information you provide us
to the registry administrator for the .com, .net or .org TLDs, as applicable,
and the registry administrator puts into effect your domain name registration.
RTD may elect to accept or reject your domain name registration application for
any reason at its sole discretion, such rejection including, but not limited to,
rejection due to a request for registration of a prohibited domain name.
2.
Selection of a Domain Name
We do not check to see whether the
domain name you select, or the use you make of the domain name, infringes legal
rights of others. We urge you to investigate to see whether the domain name you
select or its use infringes legal rights of others, and in particular we suggest
you seek advice of competent counsel. You may wish to consider seeking one or
more trademark registrations in connection with your domain name. You should be
aware that there is the possibility we might be ordered by a court to cancel,
modify, or transfer your domain name. You should be aware that if we are sued
or threatened with lawsuit in connection with your domain name, we may turn to
you to hold us harmless and indemnify us, pursuant to the indemnification provision
below.
3. Information You Are Required to Submit
- As part of the registration process, you are required to provide certain information
and to update promptly this information as needed to keep it current, complete
and accurate. The information you are obligated to provide in connection with
the domain name you are registering is the following:
- Your full
name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number and fax number, if
available, of the applicant;
- The domain name being registered; and
- The
name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and where available,
fax number of the administrative contact and billing contact for the domain name.
You agree and acknowledge that when you renew your domain
name registration, the type of information you are required to provide may have
changed. If you do not wish to provide the new required information, your registration
may not be renewed.
- Additional Information Maintained About Your Registration.
In addition to the information you provide, we maintain records relating to your
domain name registration. These records may include:
- The original
creation date of the registration;
- The submission date and time of the
registration application to us and by us to the proper registry;
- Communications
(electronic or paper form) constituting registration order, modifications or terminations
and related correspondence between you and us;
- Records of accounts for
your domain name registration, including dates and amounts of all payments and
refunds;
- The IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary
nameservers for the domain name;
- The corresponding names of those nameservers;
- The
name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and where available,
fax numbers of the technical contact for the domain name;
- The name, postal
address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and where available, fax number
of the zone contact for the domain name;
- The expiration date of the registration;
- Information
regarding all other activity between you and us regarding your domain name registration
and related services.
- Obligations Relating
to Provided Data. In the event that, in registering the domain name, you are providing
information about a third party, you hereby represent that you have (1) provided
notice to that third party of the disclosure and use of the party’s information
as set forth in this Agreement, and (2) that you have obtained that third party’s
express consent to the disclosure and use of that party’s information as set forth
in this Agreement.
You acknowledge that willfully providing inaccurate
information or willfully failing to update information promptly will constitute
a material breach of this Agreement and will be sufficient basis for cancellation
of your domain name registration. You further agree that your failure to respond
for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by RTD concerning the accuracy
of contact details associated with your registration shall constitute a material
breach of this Agreement and will be sufficient basis for cancellation of your
domain name registration.
- Disclosure and Use of Registration Information.
You agree and acknowledge that RTD will make available domain name registration
information you provide or that we otherwise maintain to ICANN, to registry administrator(s),
and to other third parties as ICANN and applicable laws may require or permit.
You further agree and acknowledge that RTD 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 for targeted marketing and other purposes as required or permitted
by ICANN and applicable laws. However, you may elect to have such data concerning
your registration not made available for bulk access. In order to exercise your
option to "opt-out", you should make that election on your application
form or it is waived.
Additionally,
you acknowledge that ICANN may establish guidelines, limits and/or requirements
that relate to the amount and type of information that RTD may or must make available
to the public or to private entities, and the manner in which such information
is made available.
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 RegisterThisDomain.com.
You may access
your domain name registration information in RTD’s possession to review, modify
or update such information, by accessing our domain manager service, or similar
service, made available at our Web site.
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.
RTD will take reasonable precautions to protect the
information it obtains from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized access or
disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
4.
Fees and Payment
As consideration for the domain name registration
services provided by RTD to you, you agree to pay RTD, at the time of submitting
your application for registration, the fee as set forth in the RTD PRICE SCHEDULE,
which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference, for the initial registration
of the domain name and, should you choose to renew the registration, subsequent
renewals of the registration. All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part,
even if your domain name registration is suspended, canceled or transferred prior
to the end of your then current registration term. RTD reserves the right to change
fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any reason,
at its sole discretion. Your use of our services after any such changes become
effective will be deemed your acceptance of those charges.
Your
requested domain name will not be registered until we receive actual payment of
the registration fee. In the event of a charge back by a credit card company (or
similar action by another payment provider allowed by us) in connection with the
payments of the registration fee for your domain name registration, you agree
and acknowledge that the domain name registration shall be transferred to RTD
as the paying entity for that registration. We will reinstate your domain name
registration solely at our discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial
registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee as set forth
in the PRICE SCHEDULE.
You will be notified when renewal fees are
due. Should these fees go unpaid within the time specified in a notice regarding
renewal, your registration will be canceled. Payment must be made by credit card
or such other method as we may indicate in the registration application or renewal
form. We will renew your domain name for you provided your credit card or other
billing information is available and up to date, unless you instruct us otherwise
within the time specified. If your billing information is not accurate and you
wish to renew your domain name registration, we will attempt to contact you to
update this information and charge you accordingly.
5. Dispute
Policy
You agree to be bound by the RTD Domain Name Dispute Policy
("Dispute Policy"), which is hereby incorporated by reference and made
a part of this Agreement. The Dispute Policy may be
found at our web site. You agree that any disputes regarding the right to use
your chosen domain name are subject to the Dispute Policy provisions in effect
at the time your domain name registration is disputed by a third party, in the
event such a dispute arises. You also agree that, in the event a domain name dispute
arises with any third party, you will indemnify and hold RTD harmless pursuant
to the indemnification provision below.
6. Changing Registrars.
You
agree that you will be prohibited from changing the Registrar of your domain name
for 60 days following the initial registration of the domain name with RTD. Beginning
on the 61st day following initial registration, you may transfer your
domain name to another Registrar subject to the following conditions. You will
provide express authorization for the transfer of a domain name to the gaining
Registrar and provide a copy of such authorization to RTD. Your request to change
Registrars may be denied in situations described in the Dispute Policy; your pending
bankruptcy; a dispute over the identity of the domain name holder; and default
in the payment of any fees due.
7. Change of Ownership
Prior
to the effectiveness of any transfer of ownership of your domain name to another
entity, you will pay RTD the then-current amount set forth in the PRICE SCHEDULE
for the transfer of ownership of a domain name. You further agree that as a condition
of any such transfer of ownership of your domain name, the entity to which you
seek to transfer your domain name (the "Transferee") shall agree in
writing to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your domain
name will not be transferred until we receive such written assurances, and actual
payment of the transfer fee, or reasonable assurance of payment of the transfer
fee from some other entity (such reasonable assurance as determine by RTD in its
sole discretion). You acknowledge and agree that if you attempt to transfer your
domain name registration without paying RTD the then-current amount set by RTD
for the transfer of ownership of a domain name, or if the entity to which you
seek to transfer your domain name fails to agree in writing to be bound by all
terms and conditions of this Agreement, any such transfer will be null and void,
and will result in you domain name registration being revoked without a refund
of any charges you have incurred in attempting to register or transfer that domain
name.
8. Modifications to Agreement, Price Schedule and Dispute
Policy
You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we
may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Price Schedule
and Dispute Policy; 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 RTD web site. You agree
to review RTD’s web site periodically to be aware of any such revisions. Your
continued use of the domain name registered to you shall constitute your acceptance
of this Agreement, Price Schedule and the Dispute Policy with the new modifications.
If you do not agree to any of such changes, you may request that your domain name
registration be canceled or transferred to a different domain name Registrar.
You agree that such cancellation or request for transfer will be your exclusive
remedy if you do not wish to abide by any changes to this Agreement, Price Schedule
or Dispute Policy.
9. Ownership of Data
You agree
and acknowledge that RTD owns all databases, compilations, collective and similar
rights, title and interests worldwide in our domain name database, and all information
and derivative works generated from the domain name database. You further agree
and acknowledge that we own the following information for those registrations
for which we are the Registrar: (a) the original creation date of the registration,
(b) the expiration date of the registration, (c) the name, postal address, e-mail
address, voice telephone number, and where available fax number of the technical
contact, administrative contact, zone contact and billing contact for the domain
name registration, (d) any remarks concerning the registered domain name that
appear or should appear in the WHOIS or similar database, and (e) any other information
we generate or obtain in connection with the provision of domain name registration
services, other than the domain name being registered, the IP addresses of the
primary nameserver and any secondary nameserver for the domain name, and the corresponding
names of those nameservers. RTD does not have any ownership interest in your specific
personal registration information outside of its rights in our domain name database.
10.
Acceptable Use Policy
RTD reserves the right to suspend or cancel
your domain name in the event you intentionally register a domain name for one
or more of the following purposes
a To send unsolicited e-mailings
to more than twenty-five (25) e-mail users, if such unsolicited e-mailings could
reasonably be expected to provoke complaints;
- The
falsification of user information provided to RTD or to other users of the service
in connection with use of an RTD service;
- The use of RTD services for
illegal activities and activities harmful to others computers, data, software
or networks including but not limited to hacker activities, virus creation and
distribution, denial of services attacks, e-mail bombs etc.;
- To use RTD
services to post the following on the Internet:
1. Copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret or other intellectual property infringement, including but
not limited to offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs, serial
or registration numbers for software programs, copyrighted music, copyrighted
images; copyrighted texts etc.
- Displaying material that exploits children
under 18 years of age;
- Displaying material that is obscene;
4. Providing material that is offensive to the online
community, including but not limited to profanity, bigotry, prejudice, racism,
hatred, etc.
5. Promoting or providing information about illegal activities,
promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promoting
any act of cruelty to animals;
6. Defaming any person or group;
- Promoting or soliciting for participation in multilevel marketing or
pyramid schemes.
- Gathering personally identifiable
information for unlawful purposes.
- You agrees
to use RTD services only for lawful purposes. RTD reserves the right to terminate
any account for which a hosted domain is found to be in violation of any U.S.
or state statute or regulation, including but not limited to material in violation
of U.S. copyright law, and material legally judged to be threatening or obscene.
11. Agents and Licenses
You agree that,
if you are registering a domain name for someone else, you represent that you
have the authority to nonetheless bind that person as a principal to all terms
and conditions provided herein, including the Dispute Policy.
You agree
that if you license the use of the domain name registered to you to a third party,
you nonetheless remain the domain name holder of record, and remain responsible
for all obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to payment
obligations, and providing (and updating, as necessary) both your own full contact
information, and accurate technical, administrative, billing and zone contact
information adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise
in connection with the domain name and domain name registration.
12.
Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE THAT RTD WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY (A) SUSPENSION OR LOSS OF A DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION; (B) USE OF YOUR
DOMAIN NAME; (C) INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS OR BUSINESS LOSSES; (D) ACCESS DELAYS
OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS TO RTD’s REGISTRATION SYSTEM; (E) DATA NON-DELIVERY, MIS-DELIVERY,
CORRUPTION, DESTRUCTION OR OTHER MODIFICATION BETWEEN YOU AND RTD; (E) EVENTS
BEYOND RTD’S REASONABLE CONTROL; (F) THE PROCESSING OF THIS APPLICATION; (G) THE
PROCESSING OF ANY MODIFICATION TO YOUR ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR DOMAIN NAME;
(H) LOSS OR LIABILITY FROM ACTS OF GOD; (I) LOSS OR LIABILITY RESULTING FROM ERRORS,
OMISSIONS, OR MISSTATEMENTS IN ANY AND ALL INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT; OR (J) APPLICATION OF THE DISPUTE POLICY.
RTD ALSO
WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR 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 RTD HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY, AND YOUR
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY RTD UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
AND ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR
SUCH SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL RTD’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR INITIAL REGISTRATION OF THE DOMAIN NAME, AND ANY
RENEWALS THEREOF IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 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.
13.
Indemnification
You hereby agree to defend, indemnify and
hold harmless RTD, All West Communications, Inc. and the domain name Registry,
Network Solutions, Inc, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
subsidiaries, parents and affiliated companies, (collectively the "Indemnified
Parties"), from any and all claims, demands, loss, errors, omissions, causes
of action, judgments or awards, including attorneys’ fees and expenses resulting
from any claim, demand or action arising out of or in any way related to the registration,
claim to or use of the domain name. Such claims shall include, but shall not be
limited to, claims based upon trademark or service mark infringement, tradename
infringement, dilution, tortious interference with contract or prospective business
relations, unfair competition, defamation or injury to reputation, or other injuries
or any other claim of damage to business. The Indemnified Parties shall provide
written notice to you of any such claim, demand or action and you shall thereafter
promptly assume the above obligations. The failure of any Indemnified Party to
give notice shall not affect the rights of the other Indemnified Party.
14.
Representations and Warranties
You represent that, to the best
of your knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the domain name nor
the manner in which it is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights
of a third party. You further represent and warrant that all information provided
by you in connection with your domain name registration is accurate. You also
attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
You
agree that your use of our services is solely at your own risk. You agree that
such services are provided on an "as is," "as available" basis. RTD expressly
disclaims 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. RTD makes no warranty that its services will meet
your requirements, or that the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure,
or error free; nor does RTD make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained
from the use of the services. Without any limitation to the foregoing, RTD makes
no representations or warranties of any kind that registration or use of a domain
name under this Agreement will protect you either from challenges to your domain
name registration or from suspension, cancellation or transfer of the domain name
registered to you.
15. Breach and Revocation
RTD
reserves the right to suspend, cancel, transfer or modify your domain name registration
in the event: (a) you materially breach this Agreement (including the Dispute
Policy) and do not cure such breach within thirty (30) days of notice by RTD;
(b) you violate the Acceptable Use provisions above, including but not limited
to the use of your domain name in connection with unlawful activity; or (c) other
grounds arise for suspension, cancellation, transfer or other modification as
provided for in this Agreement.
You further acknowledge and agree
that your registration of a domain name is subject to suspension, cancellation
or transfer by any ICANN procedure, by any registrar (including RTD) or registry
administrator procedures approved by an ICANN-adopted policy, or by any other
TLD registry administrator procedures as the case may be, (a) to correct mistakes
by RTD, another registrar or the registry administrator in administering the name
or (b) for the resolution of disputes concerning the domina name.
You
also agree that RTD shall have the right in its sole discretion to suspend, cancel,
transfer, or otherwise modify a domain name registration upon seven (7) calendar
days prior written notice, or at such time as RTD receives a properly authenticated
order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or arbitration award, requiring
the suspension, cancellation transfer or modification of the domain name registration.
16.
Governing Law
This Agreement, your rights and obligations and
all actions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
United States of America and the State of Utah, except as may be set forth in
the Dispute Policy. Except as otherwise set forth in the Dispute Policy with respect
to disputes, any action to enforce this Agreement or any matter relating to your
use of the RTD site shall be brought exclusively in the United State District
Court for the District of Utah, or if there is no jurisdiction in such court,
then in a state court in Salt Lake County, Utah.
17. Notices
You
agree that any notices required to be given under this Agreement by RTD will be
deemed to have been given if delivered in accordance with the contact information
you have provided.
18. 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. In the event that any provision of this Policy shall be unenforceable
or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by applicable court decision,
such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render this Agreement unenforceable
or invalid as a whole.
19. 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.
20. Non-Waiver
The failure of RTD to require
your performance of any provision hereof shall not affect the full right to require
such performance at any time thereafter; nor shall the waiver by RTD of a breach
of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself.
21. Entire Agreement
You agree that this Agreement,
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. This Agreement may not be amended or modified by you except
by means of a written document signed by both you and an authorized representative
of RTD.