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This User Agreement
("Agreement") is an agreement between E.B.O.Z., Inc.
dba LinkBuddies.com ("LinkBuddies"), a California corporation, and
the party set forth in the related order registration form incorporated
herein by reference (together with any subsequent order registration
forms submitted by User, the "Order Form"), and applies to the
purchase or registration of all services (collectively, the "Services")
ordered by User on the Order Registration Form. Such party is referred to
in this Agreement as "User" or "you". PLEASE READ
THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE "I AGREE - JOIN NOW"
BUTTON ON THE ORDER REGISTRATION FORM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND
BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED
BY REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING LINKBUDDIES' USAGE POLICY.
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LinkBuddies reserves the right to reject this Agreement for any
reason or no reason, prior to acceptance thereof by LinkBuddies.
Activation of the Services shall indicate LinkBuddies' acceptance
of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, LinkBuddies will provide to User the Services selected
by User set forth on the Order Form.
1.Usage Policy.
Under this Agreement, User shall comply with LinkBuddies' then
current "Terms of Use", as amended, modified or updated
from time to time by LinkBuddies, which currently can be viewed
at http://www.linkbuddies.com and which is incorporated in this
Agreement by reference. User hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Terms of Use and that the terms of the Terms of Use are
incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistencies
between this Agreement and the Terms of Use, the terms of the
Terms of Use shall govern. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, LinkBuddies may immediately take corrective
action, including disconnection or discontinuance of any and all
Services, or termination of this Agreement in the event of notice
of possible violation by User of the Terms of Use. In the event
LinkBuddies takes corrective action due to a violation of the Terms
of Use, LinkBuddies shall not refund to User any fees paid in
advance of such corrective action. User hereby agrees that LinkBuddies
shall have no liability to User or any of User's customers due
to any corrective action that LinkBuddies may take (including,
without limitation, disconnection of Services).
2. Amendment.
LinkBuddies may amend, modify or update this Agreement or the
Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion, and User shall
be bound by any such amendment, modification or update. LinkBuddies
may, but is under no obligation to, provide notice of any amendment,
modification or update of this Agreement or the Terms of Use.
Any modification is effective on the earlier of two days after
posting on LinkBuddies' website or two days after the sending
of a notice by LinkBuddies to User by e-mail or conventional
mail. If any material modification to this Agreement or the Terms
of Use is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your subscription
as provided in Section 3. However, if you do not terminate the Agreement,
or if you continue to use the Services following effectiveness
of the modification, your continued use will mean that you have accepted
that modification. LinkBuddies reserves the right to amend its
service offerings and add, delete, suspend or modify the terms and
conditions of the Services, at any time and from time to time,
and to determine whether and when any such changes apply to both
existing and future customers.
3. Term; Termination; Cancellation Policy.
The initial term of this Agreement shall be as set as one year (the
"Initial Term"). The Initial Term shall begin upon
commencement of the Services to User. After the Initial Term,
this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive terms of
equal length as the Initial Term, unless terminated or cancelled
by either party as provided in this section. The Initial Term
and all successive renewal periods shall be referred to, collectively,
as the "Term". This Agreement may be terminated by
either party without giving the other party prior notice.
4. Banner Exchange Service
You must be a registered User of LinkBuddies to use this service.
ACCEPTABLE SITES - LinkBuddies reserves the right to reject any
advertisements from entities for any reason, including those products
and/or advertisements deemed to be inappropriate in any way. This
includes advertisements or links to pornography, violence, vulgar
language, dating/personal ad sites, mp3 sites, gambling, racial/hate
promotion, foreign language, and pay to surf the web etc.
HTML CODE - Participants agree to include the full, unmodified
HTML code (provided by LinkBuddies) for displaying ads on their web
site. The HTML Code may not be modified in any way.
IMMEDIATE DISPLAYING OF ADS - New participants can immediately
start displaying ads at their site upon signing up. This initial
time is a probation period, during which credits are accumulated,
but your ad is not displayed elsewhere. After your site and ad are checked
against our standards (usually within two business days) your
status is changed to an active member and your ad is placed into
the general rotation. Participants whose site and/or ad do not meet
the LinkBuddies standards lose any unused ad displays they may
have accumulated during the probation period.
SPAM/UCE POLICY - LinkBuddies has a zero-tolerance policy for
unsolicited commercial email. This includes both newsgroup postings
and bulk email. Members who violate this policy and send out SPAM
having any reference to LinkBuddies within the message will immediately
lose their account, without notice.
INACTIVE ACCOUNTS - At LinkBuddies discretion, members
with no activity (not displaying LinkBuddies ads on their site)
for three days are removed from the general rotation. As soon
as they display a LinkBuddies ad, they are placed back into
the general rotation and their ad begins displaying again. Members
with no activity for a period of two months will automatically
be deleted from the system. Any accumulated credits, as well as
any referred accounts, are lost when an account is deleted.
INFLATED TRAFFIC COUNTS -
Participants may not artificially inflate traffic counts to his/her
site using a device, program, or other means. A Participant
may not include LinkBuddies ads on any pages that automatically
reload or go to another page without the interaction of the user.
5. Premium Services
You must be a registered User of LinkBuddies and specifically
subscribe to use this paid service. This service is provided on an
as-is basis and LinkBuddies accepts no responsibility for the accuracy
of the data or information delivered to you from the Premium Services.
LinkBuddies reserves the right to terminate any subscriber at
any time, without notice. Since the Premium Services provide real-time
data and information, LinkBuddies has a no-refund policy.
6. Property Rights.
LinkBuddies owns all right, title and interest in and to the Services
and LinkBuddies' trade names, trademarks, service marks, inventions,
copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how and other intellectual
property rights relating to the design, function, marketing, promotion,
sale and provision of the Services and the related hardware, software
and systems ("Marks"). Noting in this Agreement constitutes
a license to User to use or resell the Marks.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty.
User agrees to use all Services and any information obtained through
or from LinkBuddies, at User's own risk. User acknowledges and
agrees that LinkBuddies exercises no control over, and accepts no
responsibility for, the content of the information passing through
LinkBuddies' host computers, network hubs and points of presence or
the Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED
ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF LINKBUDDIES, ITS PARENT,
SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS,
THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE
(EACH, AN "LINKBUDDIES PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT,
FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT LINKBUDDIES PROVIDES. NO LINKBUDDIES
PERSON MAKES ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE
RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS
TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES
OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES.
LINKBUDDIES IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY,
FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER OR
STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED
BY LINKBUDDIES. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY
ANY LINKBUDDIES PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY ON
ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The terms of this section shall
survive any termination of this Agreement.
8. Indemnification.
User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless LinkBuddies
and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders
and agents (each an "indemnifiedparty" and, collectively,
"indemnified parties") from and against any and all claims,
damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings
(whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or
filed by a third party against any of the indemnified parties
arising out of or relating to (i) User's use of the Services,
(ii) any violation by User of the Usage Policy, (iii) any breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant of User contained
in this Agreement or (iv) any acts or omissions of User. The
terms of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
9. Limitation of Liability.
User agrees that no LinkBuddies Person, under any circumstances,
shall be held responsible or liable for situations where the Services
are accessed by third parties through illegal or illicit means,
including situations where such data is accessed through the exploitation
of security gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown
to LinkBuddies at the time) which may exist in the Services or LinkBuddies'
equipment used to provide the Services.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall any LinkBuddies
Person be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential
or punitive damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data or use
by User, any of its customers, any Reseller User or any other
third party, whether in an action in contract or tort or strict
liability or other legal theory, even if LinkBuddies has been advised
of the possibility of such damages. No LinkBuddies Person shall be
liable to User, any of its customers, any Reseller User or any other
third party, for any loss or damages that result or are alleged to
have resulted from the use of or inability to use the Services,
or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion
of files, loss of data, errors, viruses, defects, delays in operations,
or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not
limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or
unauthorized access to LinkBuddies' records, programs, equipment or
services.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, LinkBuddies'
maximum liability under this Agreement for all damages, losses, costs
and causes of actions from any and all claims (whether in contract,
tort, including negligence, quasi-contract, statutory or otherwise) shall
not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by User for the Services
which gave rise to such damages, losses and causes of actions during
the 12-month period prior to the date the damage or loss occurred
or the cause of action arose.
User understands, acknowledges and agrees that if LinkBuddies
takes any corrective action under this Agreement because of an action
of User or one if its customer or a Reseller User, that corrective
action may adversely affect other customers of User or other Reseller
Users, and User agrees that LinkBuddies shall have no liability to User,
any of its customers or any Reseller User due to such corrective action
by LinkBuddies.
This limitation of liability reflects an informed, voluntary allocation
between the parties of the risks (known and unknown) that may exist
in connection with this Agreement. The terms of this section shall
survive any termination of this Agreement.
10. Force Majeure.
LinkBuddies shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing
it obligations hereunder if such failure or delay is due to circumstances
beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation,
acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo,
fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or
delay in transportation, unavailability of, interruption or delay in telecommunications
or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third
party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials,
supplies or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the Services.
11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Arbitration.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by California
law without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof. Both
parties submit to personal jurisdiction in California. Any controversy
or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection with this
Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be subject to arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA")
in accordance with its then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules (collectively,
the "AAA Rules") and judgment upon the award rendered
by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The place of arbitration shall be Los Angeles, California,
or any other place selected by mutual agreement of the parties.
An award rendered in connection with an arbitration pursuant to
this Section shall be final and binding upon the parties and the
parties agree and consent that the arbitral award shall be conclusive
proof of the validity of the determinations of the arbitrations set forth
in the award, and any judgment upon such an award may be entered
and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree
that the award of the arbitral tribunal will be the sole and
exclusive remedy between them regarding any and all claims and
counterclaims between them with respect to the subject matter
of the arbitrated dispute. The parties hereby waive all in person
and jurisdictional defenses in connection with any arbitration
hereunder or the enforcement of an order or award rendered pursuant
thereto. In any legal action, the prevailing party will be entitled
to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with the
action, including but not limitedto its costs, both taxable and
non-taxable, and reasonable attorney's fees. The terms of this section
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
12. Assignment.
User shall not have the right to assign this Agreement without
the prior written consent of LinkBuddies. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of User and LinkBuddies and their
successors and permitted assigns.
13. Entire Agreement; Severability.
This Agreement, together with the Order Registration Form and
any other documents or agreements specifically identified in this
Agreement, represents the entire agreement between the parties,
and supercedes all previous representations, understandings or agreements.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
User hereby represents that he, she or it is either, an individual
entering this Agreement for his or her personal use and is over
18 years of age, or a corporation, limited partnership or other legal
entity, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of its organization and the person
acting on behalf of User is duly authorized to accept, execute
and deliver this Agreement on behalf of User.
Revised March 2004
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