WEB SITE SPACE LICENSE AND RELATED SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS WEB SITE
SPACE LICENSE AND RELATED SERVICES AGREEMENT, entered into this ______ day
of ________________, 200__, by and between KOI MEDIA Ltd., an Alberta corporation
with offices at PO Box 20061 RPO Beverly, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5W 5E6
("KOI MEDIA Ltd.") and _________________________ (“YOU”),
(collectively referred to herein as the “PARTIES”). For purposes of this agreement, "YOU",
"YOUR" and grammatical variants thereof means You and any entity in
which you have an ownership interest, or which has as an ownership interest in
YOU and “KOI MEDIA”, “Us”, “We” and grammatical variances thereof
means KOI MEDIA Ltd..
WHEREAS:
A.
KOI MEDIA is a service provider of telecommunication services using wide
area computer networks, including, without limitation, the Internet;
B.
Under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, KOI MEDIA
desires to provide to YOU a nonexclusive and limited license for use of a part
of the data storage and Internet transmission capacity of its equipment and to
further provide to YOU related Internet services for the exclusive purpose of
assisting YOUR legal transmission of lawful matter, comprising digital data,
stored in WEB SITE SPACE, exclusively to willing adults accessing said equipment
via the Internet, and YOU are desirous of obtaining the same from KOI MEDIA
subject to all the conditions, warranties and representations set forth in this
Agreement;
C.
You have requested a non-exclusive and limited license to use up to
_____________ megabytes of WEB SITE SPACE at ___________ kilobits per second of
usage (the “AGREED QUANTITY”);
D.
KOI MEDIA wishes to license other portions of the data storage and
Internet transmission capacity of said equipment and other equipment to other
persons and entities;
E.
YOU wish to exclusively control and be responsible for the selection of
the CONTENT of all matter stored in WEB SITE SPACE and the adults to whom said
matter is transmitted therefrom by said equipment; and
F.
KOI MEDIA does not wish to participate in the selection, control or
monitoring of any matter comprising YOUR WEB SITE or the persons receiving said
matter;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable
consideration hereby acknowledged to be received, the PARTIES hereto agree as
follows:
1/22. Summary
Of Terms: Although the specific terms set forth below will prevail over any
inconsistent term in this paragraph, this paragraph attempts to provide a brief
"plain English" summary of some of the terms of this Agreement. This
paragraph does not attempt to summarize all of the material terms of this
Agreement, and because of its "plain English" approach may have some
ambiguities. YOU should read all of the terms of this contract in full, because
YOU hereby acknowledge that the following summary shall not be binding if one or
more parts of this Agreement conflict or are contradictory with the Summary Of
Terms set forth in this Paragraph 1.
(a) YOU shall get a single web site hosted on OUR
server(s), at charges specified at the time of this agreement . YOUR WEB SITE
may use a unique domain name registered with InterNIC or other bona fide domain
name registry, and WE will not charge YOU extra for hosting YOUR site under YOUR
domain name. WE shall have no control over charges that any domain name
authority, such as InterNIC, may assess YOU for the registration of the domain
name. YOU may not use a domain name which infringes the trademark rights or any
other rights of any person or company.
(b) YOUR web site will have usage moderated using
Bandwidth Management software to limit the total amount of network usage that
site generates. WE provide YOU with a certain amount of bandwidth. YOU are
responsible for moderating the usage of this bandwidth.
(c) YOU cannot use our equipment to store or disseminate
anything through YOUR WEB SITE that would be illegal or harmful, so don’t even
think of using pirated software or stolen intellectual property, such as photos,
audio clips, or video clips which you do not have the legal right to use. The
same applies to celebrity names, images or voices, or morphs of celebrities: you
may not use OUR equipment to store or disseminate any such materials if you do
not have the express permission of those individuals to use their names, images,
voices or morphs of their images. YOU absolutely may not use obscene materials,
child pornography or anything that even looks like it could be child pornography
or anything which might be harmful to minors. YOU cannot use any sexual
materials, like photographs, which do not comply with federal labeling and
record-keeping laws (if YOU do not know what these are, YOU should ask a
lawyer). YOU also cannot use anything which could be libelous, defamatory,
hateful, humiliating or degrading, or anything which might confuse, deceive or
defraud consumers. Of course, YOU can not use anything which might negatively
affect the functioning of someone’s computer.
(d) WE will not select or edit any of the CONTENT YOU
want to have on YOUR site. So please don’t ask US for OUR artistic assistance
or OUR opinion. YOU, and YOU alone, will be solely responsible for the nature
and content of what YOU choose to store on OUR equipment or disseminate through
your WEB SITE using OUR equipment. YOU are obligated to reimburse US, and
everybody else who is damaged, for any expenses or claims whatsoever that may
result from YOUR use of OUR equipment and the CONTENT which you have chosen to
store on OUR equipment and to disseminate through YOUR WEB SITE using our
equipment.
(e) While WE will not police or monitor what materials
YOU have chosen to have on YOUR site and which you disseminate through your WEB
SITE, WE do expect that YOU will follow the rules YOU agree to in this Agreement
and all later versions of it. Therefore, if WE reasonably believe that YOU have
violated any parts of this Agreement, regardless of the reason, WE will have the
right to immediately terminate YOUR use of OUR equipment and/or this Agreement
without prior notice to YOU and without any liability of any kind by US.
Furthermore, if in OUR sole discretion and judgment WE conclude that the
material YOU have stored on OUR equipment and which you disseminate through your
WEB SITE violates this Agreement or constitutes illegal material, WE reserve the
right to remove and purge that material from OUR equipment and storage space on
OUR equipment without any prior notice to YOU and without any liability of any
kind by US. Consequently, WE suggest that YOU at all time retain a copy of any
material which YOU have stored on OUR equipment.
(f) There are limitations and conditions associated with
OUR hosting of YOUR WEB SITE. These limitations and conditions are set out in
this Agreement. YOU will also be subject to any and all limitations and
conditions set forth in subsequent modifications or new versions of this
Agreement as well.
(g) Grounds for immediate termination of this Agreement
without notice include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Providing incorrect contact information, including
electronic and postal addresses, to US;
(2) WE believe or are informed that YOU are not over the
age of majority;
(3) WE believe or are informed that YOU have violated any of the terms, conditions, warranties, or promises in this Agreement or any subsequent modification of it;
4) WE believe that YOUR WEB SITE has any materials
which infringe the copyright rights, or any other intellectual property rights,
of any person or entity;
(5) WE decide to end the whole program or just YOUR
contract with US, which WE can do at any time with or without any particular
reason.
(h) WE can change this Agreement in whole or in part at
any time, even in a way that may be substantial and material, by simply
notifying YOU of such changes by E-mail, on the Internet at a designated URL or
by Canadian postal service. After such notification , YOU will have the option
of discontinuing YOUR relationship with US or continuing the relationship under
the new terms of the modified Agreement.
(i) WE will never owe YOU any money or other compensation
in the event that YOU or anyone directly or indirectly related or associated
with YOU suffer losses from OUR unintentional or negligent acts. For example, if
OUR servers cease to function, neither YOU nor anyone associated with YOU will
be able to recover any losses which may result. Similarly, WE will not owe YOU
any money or other compensation if WE terminate YOUR’S or any other person’s
contract with US, no matter how unexpected the termination or how long WE have
been doing business under this Agreement.
(j) If YOU reasonably have a good faith belief that this
Agreement must be modified to facilitate the specific functionality of YOUR WEB
SITE, please E-mail admin@koimedia.com with details so that WE may
evaluate YOUR request. Please be advised that WE will not assume any duty of
nondisclosure or confidentiality regarding any such communication and do not
guarantee a positive response, if any.
(k) You shall not use any of the equipment, services or
bandwidth provided by US to YOU pursuant to this Agreement to engage in, either
directly or indirectly, the sending, transmitting or disseminating of
unsolicited e-mail to any third parties.
(l) You shall not use any of the equipment, storage or
server space provided by US to YOU pursuant to this Agreement as a storage site
for files callable from any other site or any remote server.
2/22. Definitions:
For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) "KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT" shall mean
computer and telecommunications devices, Internet access and/or transmission
rights owned, operated, and/or maintained by KOI MEDIA and/or KOI MEDIA’s
agents or assigns which function to provide an interactive linkage from data
stored in storage device(s) connected to such computer equipment to the Internet
and/or similar and/or related telecommunication systems.
(b) "KOI MEDIA," "US,"
"WE," "OUR" and grammatical variants thereof shall
collectively refer to KOI MEDIA Ltd., and its assigns and successors in
interest.
(c) “AGREED QUANTITY” has the meaning set forth in
recital C hereto;
(d) "BANDWIDTH" shall refer to the rate of data
transmission in bits per second using KOI MEDIA’s Equipment.
(e) "CONTENT" shall mean the downloadable files
which are interpreted by a client web browser for display with or without
plug-ins.
(f) "CUSTOMER SERVICE" shall refer to
communication from US to YOU dealing with problems or questions relating to
services provided by US to YOU
(g) "HIT" shall mean the downloading of a main
HTML page with all component graphics and/or graphic file links.
(h) "LICENSING FEE" shall mean monies and other
consideration YOU are obligated to pay to KOI MEDIA for the right to use WEB
SITE SPACE and BANDWIDTH subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(i) "PARTIES" shall collectively refer to KOI
MEDIA and YOU.
(j) "TECHNICAL SUPPORT" shall refer to
communications from US to YOU dealing with problems or questions relating to
technical matters involving software or services provided by US to YOU.
(k) "WEB SITE SPACE" shall mean a quantity of
computer memory allocation, generally located on one or more computer storage
devices and measured in units of megabytes (MBs) wherein data comprising YOUR
WEB SITE is stored and is accessible by KOI MEDIA’s web server equipment.
(l) "YOU," "YOUR" and grammatical
variants thereof shall mean you, the licensee of the license granted herein, and
any other entity in which you have an ownership or other beneficial interest.
"YOU" shall also include any other entity which has an ownership or
other beneficial interest in you or any other entity in which you have an
ownership or other beneficial interest.
(m) "YOUR WEB SITE" shall mean data
transmittable via the Internet by KOI MEDIA which is stored in WEB SITE SPACE.
3/22. Description
Of Licensed Rights And Other Services Provided By KOI MEDIA. Subject to and
conditioned upon KOI MEDIA’s retained rights and all other terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, KOI MEDIA shall provide YOU the
following WEB SITE SPACE license and related specified services:
(a) KOI MEDIA shall provide to YOU, a non-exclusive and
limited license to use approximately (but not more than) the AGREED QUANTITY of
WEB SITE SPACE for YOUR non-exclusive use for the exclusive purpose of storing
YOUR WEB SITE data and disseminating said data via the Internet through the use
of KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT for purposes consistent with this Agreement.
(b) KOI MEDIA, either directly or though its assignee or
licensee, shall provide CUSTOMER SUPPORT relating to YOUR WEB SITE consisting of
replying to customer questions or complaints regarding services provided by US
to YOU relating to YOUR WEB SITE. KOI MEDIA is not obligated to provide any
CUSTOMER SUPPORT except as specified in this Paragraph 3/22(b). Contact US to
request additional CUSTOMER SUPPORT. Any and all requests for additional
CUSTOMER SUPPORT may be refused by KOI MEDIA with or without reason. Any
additional CUSTOMER SUPPORT which KOI MEDIA may subsequently agree to provide to
YOU shall be at KOI MEDIA’s sole discretion and, once commenced, may be
terminated at any time by KOI MEDIA with notice to YOU without any liability to
KOI MEDIA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, KOI MEDIA at its sole discretion may
at any time alter or cease providing the CUSTOMER SUPPORT which it has agreed to
provide to YOU relating to YOUR WEB SITE pursuant to this Agreement without any
liability to KOI MEDIA.
(c) KOI MEDIA, either directly or through its agents,
assignee or licensee, shall provide TECHNICAL SUPPORT relating to YOUR WEB SITE
consisting of replying to communications from and to end users dealing with
problems or questions relating to technical matters involving software or
services provided by US to YOU. While KOI MEDIA is not obligated to provide any
TECHNICAL SUPPORT except as specified in this Paragraph 3/22(c), YOU may contact
US to request additional TECHNICAL SUPPORT on a fee for service basis to be
arranged between KOI MEDIA and YOU. Any and all requests for additional
TECHNICAL SUPPORT may be refused by KOI MEDIA with or without reason. Any
additional TECHNICAL SUPPORT which KOI MEDIA may subsequently agree to provide
to YOU shall be at KOI MEDIA’s sole discretion and, once commenced, may be
terminated at any time by KOI MEDIA with notice to YOU. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, KOI MEDIA at its sole discretion may at any time alter or cease
providing the TECHNICAL SUPPORT which it has agreed to provide to YOU relating
to YOUR WEB SITE pursuant to this Agreement without any liability to KOI MEDIA.
However, if KOI MEDIA decides to cease providing TECHNICAL SUPPORT, it shall
first provide YOU with notice of its decision.
(d) All use of WEB SITE SPACE and provision of services
to YOU by KOI MEDIA shall be subject to all terms and conditions set forth
herein. YOU may not attempt to expand or alter these rights or KOI MEDIA’s
services by entering into multiple agreements.
4/22. Licensing
Fee: KOI MEDIA agrees to host
YOUR WEB SITE in exchange for YOUR payment to KOI MEDIA of a monthly LICENSING
FEE. For service in any given
month, not later than the first of that month, YOU shall be charged by KOI MEDIA
a LICENSING FEE agreed to by both parties at the time this Agreement is entered
into.. YOU agree to pay to KOI MEDIA all fees due within 30 days of notification
by E-mail. In the event that KOI MEDIA determines that the services of a
collection agency are necessary or appropriate to collect amounts due under this
paragraph, which determination shall be made in KOI MEDIA’s sole and
unfettered discretion, any and all collection agency fees and other costs of
collection shall be added to the amount due under this provision.
5/22. No Express
Or Implied Agreement To Disseminate Materials Which Are Inconsistent With YOUR
Warranties. Receipt by KOI MEDIA of data for storage in WEB SITE SPACE
and/or transmission via KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT which are inconsistent with YOUR
Warranties set forth in paragraph 8/22 herein shall not constitute an agreement
by KOI MEDIA to allow KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT to be used to disseminate such
information or data in whole or in part, by any means, or if once disseminated
via the use of KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, to continue to disseminate such data.
6/22. No
Warranties By KOI MEDIA. No warranty is made by KOI MEDIA regarding any
information, services or products provided through or in connection with this
Agreement, and KOI MEDIA hereby expressly disclaims any and all warranties,
including without limitation: 1) any warranties as to the availability, quality,
quantity, or content of services or goods provided to YOU hereunder; and 2) any
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The PARTIES
hereby agree and acknowledge that no representations of any kind have been made
to YOU regarding the potential volume of patronage of YOUR WEB SITE or any other
person's or entity's web site or web page.
7/22. KOI
MEDIA’s Limited Liability. KOI MEDIA shall not be liable to YOU, YOUR
customers or any third party for any of the following:
(a) Any damages resulting from disseminating, failing to
disseminate, or incorrectly or inaccurately disseminating any data,
communication, advertisement, or other materials of any kind comprising in whole
or in part YOUR use of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s Equipment.
(b) Any loss(es) resulting from any negligent or
unintentional act of KOI MEDIA, and YOU specifically agree that KOI MEDIA does
not owe YOU any duty of care with regard to KOI MEDIA’s performance of its
obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of , and in
addition to, the foregoing, KOI MEDIA shall not be liable for any losses
resulting from a failure of KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT or the equipment of any
third party, or because KOI MEDIA intentionally takes down some or all of its
computer equipment or network, whether for maintenance or otherwise. It is YOUR
duty to maintain primary storage of YOUR WEB SITE’s CONTENT on YOUR premises,
and KOI MEDIA shall have no liability for the accidental or intentional
destruction of any data stored on KOI MEDIA’s equipment, regardless of the
cause.
(c) Any failure to perform its obligations under this
Agreement because of acts of God, nature, any government agency(ies), war, civil
disturbance, labour disputes or shortages, electrical or mechanical breakdowns,
inability or refusal of a utility provider or common carrier to provide
communications capabilities, or any other cause beyond KOI MEDIA’s direct
control, including but not limited to, the issuance of an injunction or seizure
order by a court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting KOI MEDIA from carrying
on its day-to-day operations as contemplated under this Agreement or an order by
any regulatory, administrative, judicial or legislative body, which shall
temporarily suspend or permanently terminate KOI MEDIA’s ability to provide
YOU with the use of WEB SITE SPACE and/or KOI MEDIA’s Equipment pursuant to
this AGREEMENT.
8/22. YOUR
Additional Obligations And Warranties.
(a) YOU agree and warrant that all of YOUR use of WEB
SITE SPACE and KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, and all sales and distributions, by any
and all means, of any type(s) CONTENT including, but not limited to executable
files (e.g., .EXE), digitized audio/visual files (e.g., MP3), or archived copies
of copyrighted works (.ZIP); goods, including, but not limited to videotapes and
CD-ROM products, and any type of services by YOU, which are advertised and/or
promoted by, or are in any other way directly or indirectly associated with YOUR
use of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, shall at all times comply with
all laws, including, but not limited to, all federal, state, provincial and
local laws throughout the United States of America and Canada.
(b) YOU agree and warrant that YOU will neither store on
nor allow to be transmitted by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT any data or other matter
which constitutes child pornography or which involves depictions of nudity or
sexuality by anyone under the age of 18 years, by anyone
who looks younger than 18 years of age, regardless of their actual age,
or by a performer who is portrayed as or made to appear as under the age of 18
years of age by virtue of the advertising, script, make-up, demeanor, costuming,
setting, or otherwise.
(c) YOU agree and warrant that all data, visual
materials, advertising and other matter YOU store on or allow to be transmitted
by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT consists only of material that can be legally
disseminated on the internet pursuant to the federal, state or provincial and
local laws of the United States of America and Canada, that they shall be solely
for entertainment and/or educational purposes and that YOU shall assume the sole
responsibility and duty to ensure that all such data, visual materials,
advertising and other matter shall only be transmitted to willing adults and
only to places in which such materials comply with the law and local community
standards.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, YOU
agree and warrant that all data, visual materials, advertising and other matter
YOU store on or allow to be transmitted by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT shall not
violate any federal, state, or provincial or local laws concerning obscenity and
shall not contain any depictions of urination or other excretory functions,
bestiality, "fisting" (all five fingers or knuckles penetrating),
incest, rape, sexual assault, actual physical violence, torture or
disfigurement.
(e) YOU agree that YOU shall install and maintain
appropriate and effective screening devices and/or procedures on YOUR WEB SITE
to avoid access to, or communication of, any harmful matter or indecent
communications to minors.
(f) The parties hereto agree that KOI MEDIA’s agent for
receipt of any claim of alleged infringement of copyright, or any other
intellectual property rights of any kind shall be Witten LLP, Barristers and
Solicitors, whose address is 2500, 10303 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T5J 3N6
(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, YOU
affirmatively represent, agree and warrant that YOU have and at all times shall
have all necessary intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to,
all copyrights, trademark and service mark rights and rights of publicity, both
in Canada and the United States and throughout the world, to reproduce and
disseminate, via the Internet, all data which YOU store in WEB SITE SPACE or
which YOU otherwise promote, advertise, disseminate and/or distribute to anyone
by YOUR direct or indirect use of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT,
including without limitation all advertising and promotional materials, prior to
the time such materials are promoted, advertised, disseminated or distributed
through any direct or indirect use of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT.
(h) YOU agree and warrant that no data or other matter
YOU store on or allow to be transmitted by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT shall
constitute or contain material which is libelous, slanderous, defamatory, or
which will violate or infringe upon or will otherwise give rise to any adverse
claim with respect to any common law or other right of any person or other
entity, including, without limitation, publicity or privacy rights, moral rights
and all other personal and proprietary rights.
(i) YOU agree and warrant that no data or other matter
YOU store on or allow to be transmitted by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT shall contain
any material which is harmful, violent, threatening, abusive or hateful.
(j) YOU agree and warrant that any and all material(s) of
every kind which YOU store in WEB SITE SPACE or transmit using KOI MEDIA’s
EQUIPMENT shall at all times be free from any and all damaging software defects,
including, but not limited to, software "viruses," "worms,"
"Trojan Horses," and other source code anomalies, which may cause
software or hardware disruption or failure, reduced computer operating speed, or
compromise any security system.
(k) YOU agree and warrant that YOU shall not use any form
of mass unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news group postings, IRC
posting or any other form of "spamming" as a means of promoting YOUR
WEB SITE, or for any other purpose, directly or indirectly affiliated or related
to YOUR WEB SITE.
(l) YOU agree and warrant that YOU shall not engage in
any false, deceptive or fraudulent activities in association with YOUR WEB SITE
or use of WEB SITE SPACE or of KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT.
(n) YOU shall at all times use WEB SITE SPACE exclusively
as a conventional web site. All use of WEB SITE SPACE and KOI MEDIA’s
EQUIPMENT shall at all times be in a manner consistent with this Agreement.
(q) YOU agree and warrant that all applicable taxes have
been paid or will be paid in full by YOU when due regarding all businesses and
employees associated with YOUR use of WEB SITE SPACE and that no taxing
authorities shall have any claim against KOI MEDIA or any persons affiliated
therewith for the payment of such taxes.
(r) YOU hereby represent and warrant that YOU are over
eighteen (18) years of age (twenty-one (21) in places where eighteen years is
not the age of majority) and are fully competent to enter in to this Agreement.
9/22. YOUR
Indemnification Of KOI MEDIA.
YOU agree that YOU shall fully indemnify KOI MEDIA and its successors and
assigns, and its officers, directors, owners, managing agents, attorneys,
shareholders, related entities, and their respective legal representatives,
heirs, and assigns, from and against any and all claims, demands, actions,
suits, losses, liabilities, damages, injuries, fines, penalties, costs and
expenses, attorney's fees on a solicitor-client basis, and all other
consequences of every kind, directly or indirectly resulting from any and all
failure(s) of YOU or YOUR agent(s) to fully comply with all duties, obligations
and other provisions set forth in this Agreement, including, but not limited to,
YOUR warranties set forth in paragraph 10. YOU further agree to indemnify and
hold harmless KOI MEDIA and its successors and assigns, and its officers,
directors, owners, managing agents, attorneys, shareholders, related entities,
and their respective heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, from and against
any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, losses, liabilities, damages,
injuries, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees on a solicitor-client basis, arising out of any property damage
or recoverable economic loss incurred by a third party, to the extent such
damage or loss is caused by any act or omission of YOU or YOUR agents in
connection with the performance of this Agreement.
10/22. No Joint
Venture or Partnership Created. Nothing in this Agreement is intended by the
PARTIES to create or constitute a joint or collaborative venture or partnership
of any kind between KOI MEDIA and YOU, nor shall anything in this Agreement be
construed as constituting or creating any such joint or collaborative venture or
partnership between KOI MEDIA and YOU. KOI MEDIA shall have no control nor
ownership interest of any kind in YOUR business. KOI MEDIA shall have no direct
financial or other interest in, nor in any way "own" any online
"store" or other online venture pertaining to YOUR use of WEB SITE
SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT. KOI MEDIA’s relationship to YOU shall be
restricted to matters pertaining to the licensing of the use of WEB SITE SPACE
as set forth herein exclusively.
11/22. KOI MEDIA
Has Made No Representations Regarding Success, Markets Or Profitability. YOU
hereby confirm that YOU have unilaterally decided to enter the online and/or web
site service business and that these are high risk businesses. YOU further
confirm, understand, acknowledge and expressly agree that neither KOI MEDIA, any
agent or representative of KOI MEDIA, nor any other person is currently
representing or otherwise directly or indirectly communicating in any manner
herein or otherwise, nor has at any time in the past represented to YOU or has
otherwise directly or indirectly communicated in any manner to YOU, any
guarantee, reassurance or any other communication of any kind regarding:
(a) the potential profitability or likelihood of success
of YOUR endeavors through the use of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT
as set forth herein or otherwise;
(b) the possibility or likelihood that use of any
products and/or services provided by KOI MEDIA pursuant to this Agreement can or
will result in the recoupment of any funds expended by YOU for any purpose; or
(c) the existence, nonexistence, size or any other
characteristics of any market for any products or services which involve YOUR
use, in any manner, of WEB SITE SPACE or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT pursuant to
this Agreement.
YOU expressly acknowledge and agree that the success of
any business endeavors which involve YOUR use, in any manner, of WEB SITE SPACE
and/or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT pursuant to this Agreement, like any other
business endeavor, is subject to numerous factors, such as the effectiveness of
its advertising and promotion and YOUR administrative capabilities, and that the
ultimate success or failure of YOUR business rests with YOU and not KOI MEDIA.
YOU further expressly agree not to raise any claim of any kind against KOI MEDIA
and to hold KOI MEDIA harmless from any claim of financial investment loss to
YOU directly or indirectly resulting from YOUR decision to use WEB SITE SPACE
and/or KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT pursuant to this Agreement.
12/22. Services
Rendered On A Non-Exclusive Basis. Any and all services which are or may be
provided to YOU by KOI MEDIA pursuant to this Agreement, including the licensing
of rights herein, are not exclusive and nothing in this Agreement shall limit or
restrict KOI MEDIA from providing similar services and granting similar licenses
to third parties regardless of whether such third parties are competitors of
YOU. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict KOI MEDIA from engaging
in any activities similar to YOURS or in competition with YOU.
13/22. No
Editorial Control By KOI MEDIA. KOI MEDIA and YOU hereby agree that,
consistent with the strict policy of KOI MEDIA, and in reliance on YOUR express
warranties regarding the substantive content of data, advertisements,
communications, messages and other materials which YOU shall store in WEB SITE
SPACE, and/or otherwise disseminate via the use of KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, KOI
MEDIA shall not be responsible for editorial or other subjective control over
the substantive content of such data, advertisements, communications, messages
or other materials. KOI MEDIA shall not be responsible for monitoring of the
substantive content comprising YOUR WEB SITE or WEB SITE SPACE.
14/22. Term and
Termination. The term of this Agreement is at will, and may be terminated at
any time and with immediate effect by either KOI MEDIA or YOU upon written
notice or otherwise as provided herein. KOI MEDIA may terminate this Agreement
and cease transmission of data associated with YOUR WEB SITE immediately and
without notice if KOI MEDIA, in its sole discretion, deems that YOU have
breached any part of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any warranty
or obligation set forth in Paragraph 8/22 herein.
YOU agree that in the event that KOI MEDIA reasonably believes that YOU
have breached any provision(s) of paragraph 8/22 of this Agreement, or any of
its subparts, by storing or allowing material which KOI MEDIA is informed by any
party or believes to be in breach of the representations, warranties and
agreements in the aforementioned paragraph 8/22, or any of its subparagraphs, to
be transmitted by KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, that KOI MEDIA may in its sole
discretion without any prior notice to YOU and without any liability to YOU or
to any third party, and in addition to any other remedies which KOI MEDIA may
have, erase or purge such materials from KOI MEDIA’s EQUIPMENT, and/or disable
public access to the material on your WEB SITE, and/or cease hosting your WEB
SITE.. YOU acknowledge and agree
that KOI MEDIA or its agents, assignees or licensees may, upon termination of
this Agreement for any reason, associate any data of any kind, in KOI MEDIA’s
sole discretion, with the URL registered in association with YOUR WEB SITE, as
long as KOI MEDIA or KOI MEDIA’s agent, assignee or licensee continues to be
listed as the hosting entity with InterNIC or another domain name registry used
to register YOUR WEB SITE’s domain name.
15/22. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for
any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
hereof, and this AGREEMENT shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision(s) had never been included. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision(s) of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision.
16/22. Non-enforcement
Does Not Constitute Waiver. Failure of either of the PARTIES at any time to
enforce any of the specific provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude any
other or further enforcement of such provision(s) or the exercise of any other
right hereunder. No waiver of a breach of this Agreement shall be valid unless
made in writing and signed by duly authorized representatives of both KOI MEDIA
and YOU.
17/22. Arbitration
and Waiver of Jury Trial. Except
with respect to enforcement by KOI MEDIA Ltd. of its right of indemnity under
paragraph 9/22 hereof or collection by KOI MEDIA Ltd. of the LICENSING FEE, any
and all disputes as to the interpretation of or any performance under this
Agreement shall be determined by binding arbitration in Edmonton, Alberta or
Calgary, Alberta (at the discretion of the party initiating the proceeding) in
accordance with the rules of the Canadian Arbitration Association. The final
award in any such arbitration proceeding shall be subject to entry as a judgment
in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that such judgment does not
conflict with the terms and provisions hereof. The jurisdiction of the
arbitrator (or arbitrators) with respect to legal matters shall be limited only
by the statutory and common law of the Province of Alberta and Canada. Nothing
in this paragraph shall preclude either party from seeking and obtaining, prior
to appointment of an arbitrator, any injunctive relief or other provisional
remedy available in a court of law, including, specifically, KOI MEDIA’s right
to prejudgment attachment.. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party may bring
suit in a court of law in the Province of Alberta, but only, in cases other than
enforcement by KOI MediA Ltd. of
its right of indemnity under paragraph 9/22 hereof or collection by KOI MEDIA
Ltd. of the LICENSING FEE, if all parties initiating the proceeding collectively
waive the right to recover any monetary judgment of less than $75,000 (such
limitation being as to all parties initiating the proceeding combined, and not a
separate limit as to each party initiating the proceeding), exclusive of
interest and costs. In addition to
the foregoing, both PARTIES hereby agree that as part of the consideration for
this Agreement, they waive the right to a trial by jury for any dispute arising
between them that is in any way related to the subject matter of this Agreement
other than with respect to enforcement by KOI MEDIA Ltd. of its right of
indemnity under paragraph 9/22 hereof, and that such waiver shall be enforceable
up to and including the day that trial is to start, and even if the arbitration
provisions of this paragraph are waived. Should any legal fees, costs, or other
expenses be incurred by any party with regard to enforcement of this arbitration
and jury waiver provision, the prevailing party with regard to enforcement of
such arbitration and jury waiver provision shall be entitled to recover such
legal fees, costs, or other expenses without regard to whether such party
prevails in the underlying case.
18/22. Notices.
All notices, payments, statements or other documents that any party to this
Agreement is required to or elects to give to the other PARTIES will be in
writing and will be delivered in one of the following ways: (a) by personal
delivery; (b) by addressing the notice as indicated below and depositing the
same by first class mail, postage prepaid, in the United States or Canadian
mail; (c) by Federal Express; (d) by facsimile transmission; or (e) by E-mail.
Each notice, statement or other document so delivered, except as this Agreement
expressly provides otherwise, shall be conclusively deemed to have been given
when delivered personally or by Federal Express, upon delivery, or when
delivered by first class United States or Canadian mail, five business days
after the date of mailing, or when delivered by facsimile transmission or
e-mail, on the day following such facsimile transmission or e-mail transmission.
Furthermore, this Agreement may be materially altered by KOI MEDIA by
posting the new version of the Agreement at http://www.KOI MEDIA.com and if
posted in this manner, such amendment shall be effective five business days
after posting without providing notice pursuant to one of the foregoing
mechanisms, or immediately upon providing notice pursuant to one of the
foregoing mechanisms, whichever comes first.. In the event that KOI MEDIA does
materially change the terms of this Agreement, YOU shall be bound by such
changed terms unless YOU opt to terminate the Agreement within five days of
receipt of notice of such change. However, notice by E-mail or facsimile to KOI
MEDIA shall be deemed ineffective, null and void unless a copy of such notice is
also sent by first class prepaid mail, and postmarked not less than five days
subsequent to the giving of facsimile or E-mail notice.
19/22. Counterparts.
This Agreement, and all documents and instruments pertaining to it, may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and
all of which shall constitute the Agreement, provided that the Agreement shall
not become effective until completely conforming counterparts have been signed
and delivered by each of the PARTIES hereto.
20/22. No
Assignment By YOU; Assignment By KOI MEDIA. This Agreement and the rights
pertaining hereto may not be assigned, resold, or otherwise transferred in whole
or in part by YOU without KOI MEDIA’s prior written consent. In particular,
you may not sell accounts or subaccounts to third parties. Notwithstanding the
above, this Agreement shall be binding upon YOUR heirs, legal representatives,
successors and assigns, if any. KOI MEDIA may assign or license any or all of
its rights and/or obligations hereunder in its free, sole, and unfettered
discretion.
21/22. Choice of
Law; Venue. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Alberta governing contracts executed and performed therein and
the laws of Canada, and shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the
PARTIES, their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The PARTIES agree that the Province of Alberta shall be the proper jurisdiction
for the determination of any disputes arising from this Agreement, and the
PARTIES consent to jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Alberta. Should
any legal fees, costs, or other expenses be incurred by any PARTY in attempting
to enforce this choice of venue, the prevailing PARTY with regard to enforcement
of this choice of venue shall be entitled to recover such legal fees, costs, or
other expenses without regard to whether such PARTY prevails in the underlying
case.
22/22. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the PARTIES
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and cancels all other
prior agreements, discussions, or representations, whether written or oral. No
officer, employee or representative of KOI MEDIA or YOU has any authority to
make any representation or promise in connection with this Agreement or the
subject matter thereof which is not contained expressly in this Agreement; and
KOI MEDIA and YOU hereby acknowledge and agree that neither KOI MEDIA nor YOU
have executed this Agreement in reliance upon any such representation or
promise.
23/22. Modification
By PARTIES. Except as otherwise
provided herein no modification of this Agreement, in whole or in part, shall be
enforceable unless reduced to writing and signed by duly authorized
representatives of the PARTIES.
Last updated on January 17 / 2008
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