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WEBMASTER AGREEMENT FOR ONADULT.COM
THIS AGREEMENT was made between OnAdult.com, Inc. (SITE we/us/our), and the
Member Webmaster submitting this Application (Webmaster or you/your) on the
date the online Application Form is submitted to and approved by the SITE.
IMPORTANT! By accessing, using, viewing, reading, printing, installing, or
downloading any material from the SITE, or becoming an affiliate member to
the SITE, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. This Agreement
is intended to be governed by the Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act (E-Sign Act). You manifest your agreement to these Terms and Conditions
by any act demonstrating your assent thereto, including clicking any button
containing the words .I agree. or similar syntax. You may submit a paper copy
of this transaction and print this form for your personal records. You have
the right to withdraw your consent to use the E-Sign Act by emailing us. Your
consent to use the E-Sign Act is limited to providing the information on this
form. Access to this electronic record requires a simple browser program such
as Internet ExplorerTM or NetscapeTM and a computer. The terms and conditions
of this Agreement are subject to change by the SITE at any time in its discretion.
You will be provided reasonable notice of any such changes. Notice of any change
by e-mail, to your address on our records, or by posting the changes on the
SITE, is considered sufficient notice for notifying you of a modification to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Modifications may include, but
are not limited to, changes in the amounts and/or in the scope of available
commission fees, commission schedules, payment procedures, and Webmaster Program
rules. All such modifications shall take effect forty-eight (48) hours after
the SITE serves notice, as provided above, unless the SITE indicates otherwise.
If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate
this Agreement. Any continued performance under this Agreement, following our
posting of a change notice or new agreement on our SITE, shall constitute confirmation
of Webmaster.s acknowledgement and assent to any such modifications. Please
consult this Agreement as posted on SITE regularly and read them carefully
before using the SITE. You affirm that you have read this Agreement and understand,
agree and consent to its Terms and Conditions.
You are solely responsible for obtaining access to the SITE and that access
may involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime
charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated
with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide
and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the SITE (i.e., computers,
modems, and software, including the most recent versions of Internet browsers,
applications, and plug-ins).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, We have developed an Affiliate Webmaster Membership Program (Program)
for our Web site, www.ONADULT.com, (hereinafter the .Web site. or .SITE.),
and intends to market the Program through various online and traditional media;
WHEREAS, Webmaster desires to use the Program to develop its Internet presence,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein; and, WHEREAS, SITE and Webmaster
have determined that it is in their respective interests to enter into this
Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, and in consideration
of the mutual covenants and conditions herein set forth, and with the intent
to be legally bound thereby, SITE and Webmaster hereby agree as follows:
1. GRANT OF LICENSE AND WEBMASTER.S CONTENT
SITE agrees to provide access to, and membership in, the Program to Webmaster
and to provide Webmaster with the ability to market, advertise and promote certain
content, images, recordings, video, audio, links, computer script, advertising
banners, and other promotional materials (hereinafter, .Materials.) that are
associated with the Program from time to time, subject in all respects to the
terms set forth herein, and hereby grants a non-exclusive, restricted, revocable
license to use such Materials solely for the purposes set forth in this Agreement.
The SITE reserves the unequivocal right to select, alter, delete, add to, or
remove any and all Materials for use by Webmaster. SITE.s Materials may not be
used in violation of any term contained in this Agreement. Webmaster.s license
to use the Materials shall automatically terminate, and all such rights shall
automatically revert to SITE upon cancellation or termination of the Webmaster.s
membership or withdrawal from the Program. Webmaster may not copy, reproduce,
alter, modify, change, broadcast, distribute, transmit, disseminate, sell or
offer for sale in any manner, the Materials at any time anywhere in the world
except as expressly authorized by the SITE in writing. Upon acceptance into the
Program, SITE will begin providing you with the information and Materials necessary
to participate in the Program. Logos, graphics or text may be created by the
Webmaster, solely with SITE.s permission, which permission may be unreasonably
withheld. Any restrictions provided by the SITE with the transmission of the
Materials shall be deemed incorporated into this agreement, and made a part hereof.
Webmaster agrees to abide by any such restrictions on the use, dissemination
or display of the Materials set forth by the SITE. The SITE reserves the right
to require any text, online agreement, documents, notices, disclaimers, or age
verification devices that may be necessary or desirable to protect the SITE.s
or the Webmaster.s legal or proprietary interests. The Webmaster shall be solely
responsible for all content available on or through its website used to promote
any content in the SITE.s network, and operation of such promotional website
shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Webmaster further
warrants that its website does not and will not infringe upon, or contain any
content that infringes upon, the rights of third parties, nor does it violate
any intellectual property rights of, or otherwise violate any applicable law,
rule or regulation. SITE shall have no obligations with respect to the content
available on or through any participating promotional website, including but
not limited to, any duty to review or monitor any content found on such website.
For avoidance of doubt, Webmaster is solely responsible for the content on Webmaster.s
website. As more fully described infra, SITE shall remain the owner of all intellectual
property rights pertaining to the Materials, which may be licensed from third
party content producers. Any and all derivative works generated by Webmaster
shall inure to the benefit of the SITE, which shall be considered the sole owner
and/or license holder of such derivative works, to the greatest extent permitted
by law.
SITE hereby grants to Webmaster a revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable
license to use the names of SITE.s various websites that you are permitted
hereunder to refer traffic to (.Site Names.). Webmaster acknowledges and agrees
that Webmaster will not register, or attempt to register, any of the Site Names
as a Google .AdWord. or with a similar search engine advertising program. Webmaster
further agrees that any such registration, or attempt at registration, by Webmaster
will be grounds for Webmaster.s immediate termination, without compensation,
and that Webmaster will immediately undertake to assign such Site Name(s) registered
by Webmaster with Google AdWords and/or another similar advertising program,
to us.
2. ENROLLMENT PROCEDURE
To begin the enrollment procedure, you must submit a completed SITE Signup
Application Form through our Signup page located at: http://www.onadult.com/signup.php.
When you sign up, you must provide a valid email address. Failure to do so
will result in your account being deleted. We will evaluate your application
in our sole discretion and will notify you of your acceptance or rejection.
We reserve the discretion to accept or reject applications or to subsequently
terminate you after acceptance for any reason including, but not limited to
1) if unlawful content appears on your SITE; 2) if your SITE violates our Acceptable
Use Policy found in this Agreement; 3) if your SITE promotes or facilitates
illegal activity, or violates the rights of others such as copyright, trademark,
rights of publicity, patent rights, privacy rights, or other intellectual property
infringement; 4) if you encourage password theft or hacking; 5) if your SITE
does not receive a sufficient number of unique hits; or 6) if SITE deems your
application or SITE to be unsuitable for any reason whatsoever. The SITE will
not accept accounts originating from or related to any location which include,
but which are not limited to, webmasters from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cost Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kaliningrad, Kazakhstan,
Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Pakistan, Poland,
Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syria, Taiwan,
Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,
Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
3. TERM
This Agreement and the provisions hereof, shall be in full force and effect
commencing on the date accepted by SITE and continuing until terminated by
either of the parties in accordance with the Termination provisions set forth
infra.
4. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The SITE offers different programs, which are described at http://www.onadult.com/programs.php,
for its Webmaster clients. Family members and people residing at the same address
as the webmaster are not eligible as referrals and any attempt to "cheat" the
program will result in immediate account termination. Webmaster also acknowledges
and agrees that Webmaster shall not be entitled to a commission or referral
fee from the SITE for any subscription that the SITE determines is the result
of possible fraudulent activity or any activity that violates the express or
implicit terms set forth in this Agreement. Webmaster further acknowledges
and agrees that the SITE shall have the right, in its sole and exclusive discretion,
at any time to expand or modify what it determines to constitute possible fraudulent
or unacceptable activity. Without limiting any such activity, such activity
shall include the following circumstances or activities: 1) Where there has
been an attempt to put through a credit card with a bin number that is listed
in a negative bin number database; and 2) Where there have been sequential
or multiple attempts to register or subscribe from a credit card using the
same bin number and sequential or multiple number strings to complete the credit
card number. Webmaster acknowledges and agrees that Webmaster shall not be
entitled to a commission or referral fee for any subscriber who Webmaster sent
or referred to one or more of the Sites in violation of the terms of this Agreement.
Additional promotional benefits or restrictions may be implemented from time
to time, and notices of such benefits or restrictions shall be conspicuously
stated on the SITE.
5. HOSTING SERVICES
SITE provides hosting services free of charge to some of its Webmaster clients.
Hosting terms and conditions are posted on the SITE, and may be changed from
time to time. By agreeing to this contract, you also agree to any policies
or terms applicable to hosting services provided by SITE.
6. BILLING AND DISBURSEMENT
SITE reserves the right to determine the manner in which payments will be
processed. Disbursements are generally made once every two (2) weeks for commissions
earned during the preceding period. Checks for the pay period from the 1st
day of the month to the 15th day of the month are sent out on the 24th day
of the month. Checks for the pay period from the 16th day of the month to the
end-of-month are sent out on the 9th day of the following month. Webmasters
can check their revenue statistics by accessing the statistics web page located
at http://www.ONADULT.com/stats.php, access to which will be provided upon
acceptance of this Agreement. The SITE reserves the right to cancel any account
that has an unusually high number of chargebacks and refunds.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Webmaster warrants that Webmaster is the sole owner of any and all necessary
rights, title and interest to the content not provided by SITE, but contained
or displayed on the Webmaster.s website such as text, images, logos, graphics
and functional elements. Webmaster further warrants that such content complies
with this Agreement, and that such content is free of claims to the content
by third parties. Webmaster further warrants that Webmaster is at least eighteen
(18) years of age or over the age of majority if Webmaster resides and/or conducts
business in states, provinces or countries where the age of majority is greater
than eighteen (18) years, and will submit proof of age upon request by SITE.
Webmaster may not participate in the Program in any way if they are not of
the age of majority in the state, province or country where Webmaster resides
and/or conducts business. Webmaster represents and warrants that the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by Webmaster is within Webmaster.s
legal capacity and power, has been duly authorized by all requisite action,
does not require the approval or consent of any other persons, and neither
violates nor constitutes a default under the (i) provision of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which Webmaster is the subject or
which is binding upon the Webmaster, or (ii) the terms of any other agreement,
document or instrument applicable to or binding upon the Webmaster. Webmaster
represents and warrants that Webmaster owns or is otherwise entitled to contract
on behalf of the entity which owns the rights to Webmaster.s website. Finally,
Webmaster represents that Webmaster.s website is in full compliance with Section
2257 of Title 18, United States Code, the .Records Keeping and Labeling Act..
Webmaster acknowledges that it is Webmaster.s legal obligation to comply with
the disclosure provisions of the Records Keeping and Labeling Act, and that
Webmaster must conspicuously identify a records custodian and records address
for each image appearing on the Webmaster.s website. Webmaster represents and
warrants that any and all content it provides on its SITE is compliant with
Title 18 U.S.C. §2257, and that all models depicted thereon were
at least eighteen (18) years of age when the content was created. The SITE
makes no representations or warranties other than thoe specifically contained
herein, and specifically disclaims any implied warranties, including merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose.
8. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR WEBMASTERS
Webmaster agrees to be bound by the following general policies in connection
with all content with which the SITE.s promotional materials, links or logos
are associated:
* Illegal content is strictly forbidden. Illegal content includes, but is
not limited to: child pornography, incest, warez content, scat, coffins, defecation,
urination, genital mutilation, sac religious, teen modeling, actual or simulated
rape, sexual violence, menstruation, obscenity, bestiality, threats of physical
harm to persons or property, programs containing viruses, pirated software,
wire fraud, drug trafficking, and/or violations of international export control
laws. Any hits directed from websites containing illegal content or obscene
material will be immediately terminated.
* SITE reserves the right to review and/or reject any content affiliation created
by Webmaster.
* No traffic is allowed from websites that contain Content that constitutes
an infringement, misappropriation or violation of any person.s intellectual
property rights such as copyrights, trademark rights, right of publicity, patent
rights, personal property rights, privacy rights or other rights.
* SITE may not be promoted on any website that encourages password trading
or hacking.
* Webmaster may not attempt to cheat, defraud or mislead SITE in any way.
* Any fraudulent, deceptive or unfair transactions or trade practices are strictly
forbidden. The Webmaster agrees to fully comply with the United States Federal
Trade Commission (.FTC.) statutes and regulations (whether or not Webmaster
does business in the United States or with United States-based customers),
and any related rules, policies, and advisory opinions issued by the FTC.
* Webmaster shall not engage in any activities that may be harmful to the reputation,
image, goodwill or reputation of SITE.
* Violation of the restricted non-exclusive license provided in this Agreement
is prohibited.
* Webmaster may not use SITE.s Materials or images to promote other websites.
* Webmaster may not circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, the access screen
requiring users to enter their birth date and requiring agreement to the SITE.s
Terms and Conditions.
* SITE enforces a strict, zero tolerance policy with respect to child pornography.
No SITE may use models under the age of eighteen (18) or suggest that its models
are under the age of eighteen (18), either through text or other implication.
Any Webmaster suspected of violating this zero tolerance provision shall be
terminated from the Program. If Webmaster sends hits from any website containing
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, Webmaster.s account will be deleted and all monies will
be forfeited.
* Webmaster.s website must contain all information required by 18 U.S.C. §2257.
* Webmasters may not .hotlink. to any of SITE.s images, banners, and/or graphics.
* Webmasters may not solicit or permit any minor to become a customer of the
Websites.
* Webmaster may not harvest or otherwise collect information about others,
including but not limited to e-mail addresses, except as needed to operate
Webmaster SITE and as permitted in Webmaster website.s privacy policy;
* Webmasters agree to indemnify and hold SITE harmless from any and all liabilities,
claims, damages (including attorney.s fees), threatened or incurred as a result
of Webmaster.s activities.
* SITE shall retain the discretion to interpret, modify, terminate and/or enforce
any of the general policies for Webmasters in the SITE.s sole discretion. Suspected
violation of any of the General Policies may result in termination from the
Program and forfeiture of any future commissions or payments; whether earned
or unearned. Although, the SITE reserves the right to cancel any account that
has an unusually high number of chargebacks and refunds, the SITE does not
require, as a condition of payment of commissions to Webmasters, that any minimum
conversion ratios be achieved from trial sign-ups to full membership, nor that
members remain as members for any specified period of time. SITE reserves the
right to terminate a Webmaster, with payment for amounts due Webmaster prior
to termination (provided Webmaster has otherwise complied with the terms of
this Agreement) if the commissions paid to the Webmaster for .trial memberships.
do not convert to .full memberships. in ratios that are financially acceptable
to SITE. There is no deduction from payments that would otherwise be due Webmasters
for .chargebacks. initiated by the referred member or credits given to members
who were referred by the Webmaster. SITE will apply an imputed deduction from
payments to Webmaster for members that do not visit SITE after sign-up, obtain
credits or initiate chargebacks, without basis, or that do not subscribe to
a trial membership with a good-faith intention to convert to full membership
upon confirmation that SITE contains the represented content.
9. PROMOTIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND NO EMAIL SOLICITATIONS
Webmaster may use any reasonable promotional tool desired, with the following
exceptions:
A. NO EMAIL SOLICITATIONS OF ANY KIND. SITE will not accept, under any circumstances,
any referrals that are obtained, directly or indirectly, from email promotions
or email marketing, whether or not such email promotions comply with the Controlling
the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (the .CAN-SPAM
ACT.). Any breach of this restriction will result in Webmaster.s immediate
termination and forfeiture of any further payments, whether or not such payments
are attributable to email marketing of SITE.
B. NO DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING. All forms of deceptive or unfair advertising are
prohibited. Any Webmaster who is uncertain as to the requirements of federal
advertising law should obtain legal advice before engaging in any promotion.
More information about deceptive trade practices can be found at www.FTC.gov.
C. NO SPYWARE OR AD-AWARE. SITE will not accept referrals that were obtained
thru the use of Spyware, Ad-aware or any other similar software that sends
data back to the user without the user.s knowledge or consent.
D. By checking the box below indicating you agree to the conditions outlined
herein, by clicking the "Submit Info" on our sign-up form and by supplying
the SITE(S) with the required information, you acknowledge and agree that you
have clicked on the link in this Paragraph 9D and that you will comply with the
terms of the Federal Trade Commission Order (the .Order.) and the terms set forth
herein regarding the No Email Solicitations Of Any Kind restrictions set forth
in this Paragraph 9. FTC ORDER
10. AGE VERIFICATION
The SITE takes a strong stance in favor of preventing minors from accessing
sexually oriented materials. Accordingly, all images, web pages, or tours depicting
sexual activity must be protected by some form of legal age verification. Therefore,
the SITE adopts the following policies with regard to online age verification:
1) Webmaster must prevent users from accessing images depicting sexual activity
(i.e. hardcore images) unless the user has passed through the Birth Date Verifier.
online age verification form; or, through some other type of online age verification
device that complies with the requirements of the Child Online Protection Act,
(.COPA.); or 2) Alternatively, users must be restricted to accessing pages
or content, or Material containing only soft core (i.e. no sexual activity
or explicit display of the genitals) materials, which content will be separately
identified and provided by the SITE. Violation of this age verification requirement
will be considered a material breach, and grounds for automatic termination
of this Agreement.
11. METATAGS
Webmaster agrees not to utilize any false, misleading or infringing metatags
tied to the Webmaster.s SITE. In addition, Webmaster agrees not to utilize
any metatags that would imply or suggest that underage or illegal content may
be found on the submitted SITE.
12. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT COMPLIANCE
A. NOTICE OF CLAIMED INFRINGEMENT. The SITE respects the intellectual property
of others, and we ask our users to do the same. We voluntarily observe and
comply with the United States. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe
that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide
SITE.s Designated Copyright Agent the following information:
(i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
(ii) description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that
you claim has been infringed;
(iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located
on a SITE;
(iv) your address, telephone number, and email address;
(v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information
in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property
owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner.s
behalf.
You may alert us of Claimed Infringement by opening a ticket here: http://www.questionsandsupport.com/
B. NOTICE AND TAKEDOWN PROCEDURES. The SITE implements, and the Webmaster
consents to, the following .notice and takedown. procedure upon receipt of
any notification of claimed copyright infringement. The SITE reserves the right
at any time to disable access to, or remove any material or activity accessible
on or from the SITE or any Materials claimed to be infringing or based on facts
or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent. It is the firm
policy of the SITE to terminate the account of repeat copyright infringers,
when appropriate, and the SITE will act expeditiously to remove access to all
material that infringes on another.s copyright, according to the procedure
set forth in 17 U.S.C. §512 of the Dgital Millennium Copyright
Act (.DMCA.). The SITE.s DMCA Notice Procedures are set forth in the preceding
paragraph. If the notice does not comply with Paragraph 19 and §512
of the DCA, but does comply with three requirements for identifying SITE that
are infringing according to §512 of the DMCA, the SITE shall attempt
to contact or take other reasonable steps t contact the complaining party to
help that party comply with the notice requirements. When the Designated Agent
receives a valid notice, the SITE will expeditiously remove and/or disable
access to the infringing material and shall notify the affected user. Then,
the affected user may submit a counter-notification to the Designated Agent
containing a statement made under penalty of perjury that the user has a good
faith belief that the material was removed because of misidentification of
the material. After the Designated Agent receives the counter-notification,
it will replace the material at issue within 10-14 days after receipt of the
counter-notification unless the Designated Agent receives notice that a court
action has been filed by the complaining party seeking an injunction against
the infringing activity. The SITE reserves the right to modify, alter or add
to this policy, and all users should regularly check back to these Terms and
Conditions to stay current on any such changes.
C. It is important to understand that knowingly making a material misrepresentation
concerning alleged copyright infringement may result in significant civil penalties
including damages, costs and attorneys fees incurred by the alleged infringer
or Webmaster. In the event Webmaster.s site is taken down pursuant to the DMCA,
re-bills attributed to the noticed site will be suspended during the .take
down. period. Any repeat violators of the DMCA will be terminated and banned
from the Program.
13. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY POLICY
A. .Confidential Information. shall mean any confidential technical data,
trade secret, intellectual property, know-how or other confidential information
disclosed by any Party hereunder in writing, orally, or by drawing or other
form and which shall be marked by the disclosing party as .Confidential. or
.Proprietary.. If such information is disclosed orally, or through demonstration,
in order to be deemed Confidential Information, it must be specifically designated
as being of a confidential nature at the time of disclosure and reduced to
writing and delivered to the receiving party within ten (10) days of such disclosure.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include
information which: (i) is known to the receiving party at the same time of
disclosure or becomes known to the receiving party without breach of this Agreement;
(ii) is or become publicly known through no wrongful act of the receiving party
or any subsidiary of the receiving party; (iii) is rightfully received from
a third party without restriction on disclosure; (iv) is independently developed
by the receiving party or any of its subsidiary; (v) is furnished to any third
party by the disclosing party without restriction on its disclosure; (vi) is
approved for release upon a prior written consent of the disclosing party;
and (vii) is disclosed pursuant to judicial order, requirement of a governmental
agency or by operation of law.
C. The receiving party agrees that it will not disclose any Confidential Information
to any third party and will not use Confidential Information of the disclosing
party for any purpose other than for the performance of the rights and obligations
hereunder during the term of this Agreement and for a period of five (5) years
thereafter, without the prior written consent of the disclosing party. The
receiving party further agrees that Confidential Information shall remain the
sole property of the disclosing party and that it will take all reasonable
precautions to prevent any unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information
by its employees. The disclosing party shall grant no license to the receiving
party with respect to Confidential Information disclosed hereunder unless otherwise
expressly provided herein.
D. Upon the request of the disclosing party, the receiving party will promptly
return all Confidential Information furnished hereunder and all copies thereof.
E. The Parties agree that all publicity and public announcements concerning the
formation and existence of this Agreement shall be jointly planned and coordinated
by and among the Parties. Neither party shall disclose any of the specific terms
of this Agreement to any third party without the prior written consent of the
other party, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any party may disclose information concerning this Agreement as
required by the rules, orders, regulations, subpoenas or directives of a court,
government or governmental agency, after giving prior notice to the other party.
F. If a party breaches any of its obligations with respect to confidentiality
and unauthorized use of Confidential Information hereunder, the non-breaching
party shall be entitled to equitable relief to protect its interest therein,
including but not limited to injunctive relief, as well as money damages notwithstanding
anything to the contrary to the contrary contained herein.
G. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, SITE shall be entitled to
make any public statement, press release or other announcement relating to the
website without the prior written approval of Webmaster.
H. SITE honors the privacy of its Webmaster.s personal information. Our Privacy
Policy is hereby incorporated by reference. For more information on our Privacy
Policy, please contact us.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
A. Work Made for Hire. Webmaster hereby acknowledges and agrees that the content,
Materials (and all copies thereof, including all photographs, video and audio
tapes and negatives created hereunder), and any derivative works created by
the Webmaster and used on Webmaster.s site shall be deemed .works made for
hire. by operation of law in light of Webmaster being an independent contractor
of SITE and the works qualifying as a .specially commissioned work.. To the
extent that such content or Materials do not qualify as a .work made for hire.
by operation of law or otherwise, Webmaster hereby agrees to assign to SITE,
and hereby does irrevocably grant, assign and transfer to SITE for no additional
consideration, all rights, title and interests in and to the content and Materials
(including all photographs, video and audio tapes and negatives created hereunder),
including without limitation all copyrights (and derivative works generated
therefrom), patent rights, trade secrets, know-how and all other proprietary
rights in and to same, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Webmaster agrees
to sign and deliver to SITE all documents as SITE considers desirable to evidence
the assignment of all rights to SITE in and to such content and Materials.
SITE retains the copyrights and all other intellectual property rights to all
Materials provided to Webmaster for use on Webmaster.s site, along with all
content created by Webmaster appearing on the Webmaster.s website.
B. Ownership. As between the parties, Webmaster acknowledges and agrees that
all rights, title and interests in and to the content, Materials and all intellectual
property rights therein and thereto (including all United States and foreign
patents, patent applications, registered and common law trademarks and service
marks and any applications thereof, trade secrets, know-how, copyrights, and
rights of publicity and any other proprietary rights therein and thereto) are
the sole and exclusive property of SITE, or have been licensed to the SITE
by third party content producers, and Webmaster gains no right, title or interest
in and to such materials by virtue of this Agreement other than the limited,
non-exclusive license granted above. The SITE shall be entitled to register
any works, which it has authored, or which are assigned to SITE pursuant to
this Agreement, with the U.S. Copyright Office.
C. The parties agree that: (i) each party.s marks are and shall remain the
sole property of that party; (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall convey to
either party any right of ownership in the party.s marks; (iii) neither party
shall now or in the future contest the validity of the other party.s marks;
and (iv) neither party shall in any manner take any action that would impair
the value of, or goodwill associated with, such marks. The parties acknowledge
and agree that all use of the other party.s marks by a party shall inure to
the benefit of the party whose marks are being used.
D. Each party hereby grants the other party, during the term of this Agreement,
a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use that party.s trade names,
trademarks, service names, copyrights, and similar proprietary marks as is
reasonably necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement, provided,
however, that any promotional materials containing a party.s proprietary marks
will be subject to that party.s prior, written approval.
E. Each party agrees not to use the other party.s proprietary marks in a manner
that disparages the other party or its products or services, or portrays the
other party or its products or services in a false, competitively adverse or
poor light. Each party will comply with the other party.s requests as to the
use of the other party.s proprietary marks and will avoid any action that diminishes
the value of such marks. Each party.s unauthorized use of the other.s proprietary
marks is strictly prohibited. F. At any time, SITE may, at its sole discretion,
require a copy of any and all legal documentation showing rightful ownership,
or licensed distribution for any item displayed on the Webmaster.s website
so as to resolve any copyright or other legal claims that may arise. If Webmaster
is unable to provide ownership or licensing information to the complaining
party and/or SITE, then Webmaster must remove the objectionable material, or
face having the applicable pages taken down by SITE.
15. TERMINATION
The following termination rights are an addition to the termination rights
that may be provided elsewhere in this Agreement: A. SITE.s Right to Terminate:
SITE shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at will at anytime, upon
written notice. All unpaid commissions shall be paid within sixty (60) days,
so long as the orders are not canceled or returned. In the event that SITE
terminates this Agreement due to a breach of any provision by Webmaster, Webmaster
shall not be entitled to receive any further commissions or payments, including
commissions earned prior to the date of termination. SITE also reserves the
right to block any Webmaster site that violates any of the above-stated terms,
or which, in SITE.s sole discretion, it deems objectionable or offensive, or
otherwise violates a law or term of this Agreement. Terminated Webmaster accounts
cannot reapply to the Program without the SITE.s express written consent. Should
any law enforcement agency, Internet service provider, or other person or entity
provide SITE with notice that Webmaster or Webmaster.s SITE has engaged in
transmission of unsolicited e-mails or has otherwise engaged in unlawful conduct
or conduct in violation of said service provider's terms of service, we reserve
the right to cooperate in any investigation relating to your activities, including
but not limited to disclosure of your account information in connection therewith.
B. Webmaster.s Right to Terminate: Webmaster shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement upon providing thirty (30) days written notice, however Webmaster
shall only receive its designated portion of revenue for customer rebills for
a period of three (3) months from the date of termination of this Agreement.
Customer rebills are only payable if the orders are not canceled or returned.
16. DISCLAIMERS
Webmaster shall remain solely responsible for the operation of its own SITE,
and SITE shall remain solely responsible for operation of the Program. SITE
has no responsibility for the development, content, operation and maintenance
of Webmaster.s SITE, or for any Materials that appear on Webmaster.s SITE.
Each party acknowledges that the other.s SITE may be subject to temporary shutdowns
dues to causes beyond the operating party.s reasonable control.
17. NO WARRANTIES WEBMASTER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT WEBMASTER.S USE OF THE SERVICES
IS AT WEBMASTER SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN .AS
IS, WITH ALL FAULTS. AND .AS AVAILABLE. BASIS. SITE 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,
TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. SITE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET
WEBMASTER REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES SITE MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY
OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR THAT DEFECTS IN ANY SOFTWARE,
HARDWARE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. WEBMASTER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES
THAT ANY USE WEBMASTER MAKES OF ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT WEBMASTER.S OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK, AND THAT WEBMASTER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO WEBMASTER.S
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL
AND/OR DATA.
18. INDEMNIFICATION
Webmaster agrees to defend, indemnify, defend, and hold SITE and its affiliates,
successors, assigns, officers, employees, agents, directors, shareholders and
attorneys, harmless from and against any and all claims and liabilities, including
reasonable attorneys. and experts. fees, related to or arising from (a) any
breach of Webmaster.s covenants under this Agreement; (b) Webmaster.s use (or
misuse) of the Services; (c) all conduct and activities occurring under Webmaster.s
user ID and password; (d) any item or service sold or advertised in connection
with Webmaster Content or Webmaster.s information and data; (e) any defamatory,
libelous or illegal material contained within Webmaster Content or Webmaster.s
information and data; (f) any claim or contention that Webmaster Content or
Webmaster.s information and data infringes any third party.s patent, copyright,
trademark, or other intellectual property rights or violates any third party.s
rights of privacy or publicity; (g) third party access or use of Webmaster
Content or Webmaster.s information and data; (h) any claim related to Webmaster.s
website; or (i) any violation of this Agreement. SITE reserves the right, at
its own expense, to participate in the defense of any matter otherwise subject
to indemnification from Webmaster, but shall have no obligation to do so. Webmaster
shall not settle any such claim or liability without the prior written consent
of SITE, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Webmaster understands
that SITE will take drastic measures to protect itself from any legal or civil
litigation including, but not limited to, removing a Webmaster.s web page(s)
or SITE(s) from its servers for any reason deemed appropriate by SITE. Webmaster
also understands that SITE will charge, on an hourly basis, for any and all
time spent responding to any third party complaints, disputes, copyright claims
or actions involving Webmaster or Webmaster.s web sites.
19. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES
The relationship between SITE and Webmaster under this Agreement is that of
independent contractors and neither shall be, nor represent themselves to be,
a partner, franchiser, franchisee, broker, employee, servant, agent, or representative
of the other for any purpose whatsoever. No party is granted any right or authority
to assume or create any obligation or responsibility, express or implied, on
behalf of, or in the name of, another party or to bind another in any manner
or thing whatsoever.
20. FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party will be held liable for, or will be considered to be in breach
of or default under this Agreement on account of any delay or failure to perform
as required by this Agreement as a result of any causes or conditions that
are beyond such party.s reasonable control and that such party is unable to
overcome through the exercise of commercially reasonable diligence, including
but not limited to acts of God; war, riot, embargoes, acts of civil or military
authority, or terrorism; fire, flood, earthquakes, hurricanes, tropical storms
or other natural disasters; fiber cuts; strikes, or shortages in transportation,
facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials; failure of the telecommunications
or information services infrastructure; hacking, SPAM, net congestion, or any
failure of a computer, server or software, including Y2K errors or omissions.
21. NOTICE AND PAYMENT
A. Any notice or payment required to be given under this Agreement may be
provided by email to a functioning email address of the party to be noticed,
or personal delivery by commercial carrier such as Federal Express or Airborne
Express.
B. Either party may change the address to which notice or payment is to be
sent by written notice to the other under any provision of this paragraph.
C. When Notice is Effective. Notices shall be deemed effective upon delivery.
Notices delivered by overnight carrier (e.g., United States Express Mail or
Federal Express) shall be deemed delivered on the business day following mailing.
Notices mailed by United States Mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified
with return receipt requested, shall be deemed delivered five (5) days after
mailing. Notices delivered by any other method shall be deemed given upon receipt.
Notices by email and facsimile transmission, with confirmation from the transmitting
machine that the transmission was completed, are acceptable under this Agreement
provided that they are delivered one (1) hour after transmission if sent during
the recipient's business hours, or 9:00 a.m. (recipient's time) the next business
day. Either Party may, by giving the other Party appropriate written notice,
change the designated address, fax number and/or recipient for any notice or
courtesy copy, hereunder.
D. Any correctly addressed notice that is refused, unclaimed, or undeliverable,
because of an act or omission of the Party to be notified shall be deemed effective
as of the first date that said notice was refused or deemed undeliverable by
the postal authorities, messenger, facsimile machine, email server, or overnight
delivery service.
22. JURISDICTION/DISPUTES
This Agreement and all matters arising out of or otherwise relating to these
terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida,
excluding its conflict of law provisions. The parties agree that the United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically
excluded from application to these Terms and Conditions. The parties hereby
submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the
State of Florida for resolution of all disputes. Exclusive venue for any litigation
permitted under this Agreement shall be with the state and federal courts located
in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
23. AGREEMENT BINDING ON SUCCESSORS
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective heirs, administrators,
and successors.
24. ASSIGNABILITY
Neither party may assign this Agreement or the rights and obligations hereunder
to any third party without the prior express written approval of the other
party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
25. WAIVER
No waiver by either party of any default shall be deemed as a waiver of prior
or subsequent default of the same of other provisions of this Agreement.
26. SEVERABILITY
If any term, clause or provision hereof is held invalid or unenforceable by
a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity
or operation of any other term, clause or provision and such invalid term,
clause or provision shall be deemed to be severed from this Agreement.
27. INTEGRATION
Except where stated to the contrary herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties, and revokes and supersedes all prior agreements
between the parties and is intended as a final expression of their Agreement.
It shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed by the parties hereto
and specifically referring to this Agreement. This Agreement shall take precedence
over any other documents that may conflict with this Agreement.
28. ATTORNEYS. FEES
In the event any Party shall commence any claims, suits, or formal legal action
to interpret and/or enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or
relating in any way to this Agreement, including without limitation asserted
breaches of representations and warranties, the prevailing party in any such
action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover, in addition to all other
available relief, its reasonable attorney.s fees and costs incurred in connection
therewith, including attorney.s fees incurred on appeal.
29. DISCLAIMER
Other than those set forth herein, the parties make no other warranties or
representations including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. Neither party represents the other. Both parties have had an opportunity
to seek legal counsel of their choice.
30. BINDING AGREEMENT
The parties acknowledge the legally binding nature of this Agreement. By checking
the box next to the .I agree to the conditions outlined in the terms of service
agreement,. and completing the signup form on the following web page: http://www.ONADULT.com/signup.php,
and by supplying the SITE with all the required information to sign up to the
SITE.s Program, you are acknowledging and affirmatively stating that you have
read and understand the terms set forth herein and that you agree to be bound
by the terms and conditions hereof. You hereby adopt the /s/ mark appearing
on the signature line below, as your electronic signature on this document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby,
have each signed this document electronically pursuant to the E-SIGN Act.
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