This Web Space Hosting Agreement ("Agreement")
is hereby entered into between DesignsByDrucker.com,
herein after referred to as DBD-WebHost, and ____________________("Customer")
on the following terms and conditions.
In consideration of the mutual covenants
herein, the parties agree to the following, which shall
apply during the term of this agreement:
1. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY
DBD-WEBHOST
DBD-WebHost will provide Web Space Rental
Services (the "Service"). The Service consists
of allowing the Customer to offer content on the Internet.
These services include space on DBD-WebHost Internet
Servers to store HTML, multimedia documents, Databases,
Emails and files, the ability to maintain the website
and email accounts.
The terms and conditions of this agreement
and any rules and prices published on the web site at
http://www.thedrucker.com/clients/dbd/webHosting/hostaup.asp
or any of its domain pointers constitute the entire
and only agreement (collectively the "Service Agreement")
between DBD-WebHost and the Customer (hereby defined
as one who has an account with DBD-WebHost for the Service,
including Customer's designated users with respect to
the Service) and supersede all other communications
and agreements with regard to the subject matter hereof.
2. CHANGES TO AGREEMENT/PRICES
Upon notice provided in written, faxed
or emailed form to the Customer, DBD-WebHost may modify
this Service Agreement or Prices and may discontinue
or revise any or all aspects of the service at its sole
discretion.
3. RULES AND REGULATIONS
From time to time DBD-WebHost may impose
rules and regulations regarding the use of its services.
Such changes in rules and regulations will be mailed
via email and will be incorporated into contract on
the day the mail was sent out.
3.1 The following are
specifically prohibited on DBD-WebHost Servers:
Illegality in any form, including but
not limited to activities such as unauthorized distribution
or copying of copyrighted software, violation of U.S./Canadian
export restrictions, harassment, fraud, trafficking
in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling/casino sites
and other illegal activities.
Net abuse, including but not limited
to activities such as using a non-existent email return
address on a commercial solicitation, spamming (sending
unsolicited advertising to numerous email addresses
or newsgroups and/or generating a significantly higher
volume of outgoing email than a normal user), allowing
spamming by third parties to promote a web site hosted
by DBD-WebHost, trolling (posting outrageous messages
to generate numerous responses), mailbombing (sending
multiple messages without significant new content to
the same user), subscribing someone else to a mailing
list without that person's permission, cross-posting
articles to an excessive number of newsgroups, or attempting
without authorization to enter into a secured computer
system, newsgroup flooding, widespread or organized
forgery campaigns, widespread or organized account hackery,
widespread or organized censorship attempts, posting
of defamatory, scandalous, or private information about
a person without their consent, violating trademarks,
copyrights, or other intellectual property rights, misuse
of system resources, including but not limited to employing
posts or programs which consume excessive CPU time or
storage space; permitting use of mail services, mail
forwarding capabilities, POP accounts, or autoresponders
other than for the customer's own account; resale of
access to CGI scripts installed on DBD-WebHost's servers;
or attempting to use a single customer account for third
party web sites by allowing more than one domain pointer
to be used to reference pages within the customer's
site,etc. DBD-WebHost reserves the right
to determine what constitutes net abuse.
3.2 Adult Content:
DBD-WebHost does not permit hosting of Adult Sites or
Sites that display Adult Banners on its server. DBD-WebHost
reserves the right to determine what constitutes Adult
Sites.
3.3 Violation of the rules:
DBD-WebHost reserves the right to immediately suspend
all accounts found to be in violation of rules, without
prior notice.
4. LIMITED 30-DAY MONEY-BACK
GUARANTEE; DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY
LIMITATIONS ON DESIGNS BY DRUCKER'S
OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES
4.1 Designs By Drucker offers
a 30-day money-back guarantee on each plan.
If you are not completely satisfied with
your plan within the first 30 days, you may
cancel this agreement by notifying Designs By Drucker
in writing (request
for refund must be made in writing to admin@DesignsByDrucker.com
or faxed in writing to our office within the first
30 days). In such case you will receive
a full refund of any amounts paid pursuant to this
agreement, less any setup fees. Setup fees will be
refunded only if
(i) Customer cancels this agreement
prior to account activation, or
(ii) the domain name requested
by Customer is not available.
4.2 After the initial 30-day
period. If no written claim or objection regarding
such services has been received by Designs By Drucker
within the 30-day period, services provided by Designs
By Drucker to Customer shall be deemed accepted for
all purposes. No claim related to such accepted
services may be raised at a later date.
4.3 Designs By Drucker's liability.
Designs By Drucker’s liability to Customer hereunder
is limited to the amount paid to and received by Designs
By Drucker for services not accepted in the following
manner:
(i) Base package
fee (individual and business) will be completely refunded
(ii) Additional services such as shopping cart, etc.
will be prorated
(iii) Domain name registrations are
not included
DESIGNSBYDRUCKER MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. DESIGNSBYDRUCKER CANNOT
GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY PARTICULAR
TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA STORED OR TRANSMITTED VIA ITS
SYSTEM. NEITHER DESIGNSBYDRUCKER NOR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED
IN PROVIDING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL
BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CLAIMS
OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
OR ANY OTHER) THAT ARISE OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY
TO USE SUCH SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM
FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE ON DESIGNSBYDRUCKER'S PART, EVEN
IF DESIGNSBYDRUCKER HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES.
4.4 Customer will take
all necessary measures to preclude DesignsByDrucker
from being made a party to any lawsuit or claim regarding
DesignsByDrucker services provided to Customer. Customer
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless DesignsByDrucker
from any and all such lawsuits or claims.
5. PROPERTY RIGHTS
DBD-WebHost owns all right, title and
interest in and to DBD-WebHost's trade names, service
marks, inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, patents,
and know-how relating to the design, function,or operation
of Plans and of the hardware and software systems and
resources necessary to provide the individual service
elements of which they consist. This agreement does
not constitute a license to Customer to use DBD-WebHost's
trade names or service marks. Any such license must
be the subject of a separate written agreement.
6. PRIVACY
6.1 DBD-WebHost will
not sell, and will not knowingly disclose, its customer
lists or customer email or listserv address lists (although
it cannot guarantee that such information will never
be found out). DBD-WebHost will cooperate with those
attempting to minimize net abuse, and reserves the right
to institute "filters" or other mechanisms
as part of its efforts to reduce net abuse.
6.2 DBD-WebHost will
not monitor or disclose Customer's private email messages
unless required to do so by court order or law, but
DBD-WebHost will cooperate with law enforcement authorities
and will notify such authorities if it suspects that
Customer is engaged in illegal activities.
7. CONFIDENTIALITY
Customer acknowledges that by reason
of its relationship with DBD-WebHost hereunder, it may
have access to certain information and materials relating
to DBD-WebHost's business plans, customers, software
technology, and marketing strategies that is confidential
and of substantial value to DBD-WebHost, which value
would be impaired if such information were disclosed
to third parties. Customer agrees that it will not use
in any way for its own account nor for the account of
any third party, nor disclose to any third party, any
such information revealed to it by DBD-WebHost. Customer
further agrees that it will take every reasonable precaution
to protect the confidentiality of such information.
In the event of termination of this agreement, Customer
shall not disclose any such confidential information
in its possession, and shall return all confidential
materials to DBD-WebHost or destroy them, at DBD-WebHost's
option. The provisions of this section shall survive
the termination of this agreement. Upon any breach or
threatened breach of this section, DBD-WebHost shall
be entitled to injunctive relief.
8. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES;
NATURE OF AGREEMENT
The relationship between DBD-WebHost
and Customer is that of vendor and vendee. The parties
shall not be construed as being in a or part of a joint
venture,franchiser/franchisee, or employer/employee.
Even if Customer is an individual, this agreement is
a commercial agreement entered into for business purposes,
not a consumer agreement. Customer has no authority,
apparent or otherwise, to contract for or on behalf
of DBD-WebHost, or in any other way legally bind DBD-WebHost
in any fashion, nor shall Customer be authorized to
make any representations about DBD-WebHost or its services
other than to set forth the contents of this agreement,
of any Plan(s) contracted for, and of any rules and
regulations promulgated by DBD-WebHost from time to
time.
9. DISPUTES
The parties shall attempt to resolve
all disputes arising out of this agreement in a spirit
of cooperation and with a problem-solving mindset, without
formal proceedings. Any dispute which cannot be so resolved
(other than the collection of money due on unpaid invoices,
and other than the injunctive relief referred to in
paragraph 7) shall be subject to binding arbitration
upon written demand of either party. The arbitration
shall take place before an arbitration panel chosen
as follows: The parties shall each choose an arbitrator,
and the two arbitrators shall choose a third arbitrator
and determine the third arbitrator's compensation. Each
party shall have one veto over the choice of the third
arbitrator. The three arbitrators shall schedule an
informal proceeding, hear the arguments, and decide
the matter by secret majority vote. Unless the arbitrators
decide otherwise, each party shall pay the costs of
its own arbitrator, and shall pay half of the other
costs of the arbitration proceeding.
Each party shall have the right to have
the proceedings transcribed. The arbitrators shall not
have the authority to award punitive damages or any
other form of relief not contemplated in the contract.
The majority of arbitrators shall render a written opinion
setting forth the basis on which they arrived at the
decision regarding each issue submitted to arbitration;
the dissenting arbitrator, if any, shall not issue or
reveal a dissenting opinion. Regarding each issue submitted
to arbitration, the decision shall be final and binding
only to the extent it is accompanied by a written explanation
of the basis upon which it was arrived at. Judgment
upon the award, if any, rendered by the arbitrators
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Should any legal action permissible under this agreement
be instituted to enforce the terms and conditions of
this agreement, in particular the right to collect money
due on unpaid invoices, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and expenses
incurred at both the trial and appellate levels.
10. TERM, TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
AND SERVICES
10.1 Initial term.
Unless otherwise terminated as set forth herein, this
agreement shall be effective for the term stated in
the initial order.
10.2 Automatic renewal.
This agreement shall be renewed automatically for subsequent
terms of the same length unless, at least twenty (20)
days prior to the next renewal date, one party gives
notice of non-renewal to the other. If, prior to the
renewal date, DBD-WebHost tenders to Customer a copy
of DBD-WebHost's then-current Customer Agreement with
notice that renewal is conditioned on Customer's agreement
thereto, any renewal by customer will be deemed to be
an acceptance of the terms contained in such subsequent
Customer Agreement, rather than a renewal pursuant to
the terms contained herein. Upon automatic renewal of
this Agreement, the Plan(s) accepted by Customer shall
be deemed to be the then-current Plan(s) most closely
resembling Customer's prior accepted Plan(s), provided
that such subsequent Plan(s) shall be at least as favorable
to Customer as any prior Plan(s).
10.3 Termination. This
agreement may be terminated and all accounts/domains
of Customer may be shut down in any of the following
ways:
10.3.1 By DBD-WebHost,
(i) upon thirty
(30) days' written notice to Customer, if in the
sole judgment of DBD-WebHost, Customer breaches
any material and substantial provision of this agreement
and has not cured by the end of the 30 days.
(ii) immediately
upon written notice to Customer, in the event that
(a) Customer,
in the sole judgment of DBD-WebHost, violates
the AUPs,
in which case DBD-WebHost may either terminate
this agreement, or suspend it pending discussions
with Customer.
(b) Any bank
draft or check delivered by Customer to DBD-WebHost
in payment for products or services is returned
unpaid and Customer fails to remedy such nonpayment
within five business days;
(c) Customer
becomes more than sixty (60) days in arrears in
payment of its account with DBD-WebHost;
(d) There are
instituted bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against Customer, which are not vacated within
sixty (60) days from the date of filing;
(e) Customer
institutes voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings, or otherwise admits insolvency;
(f) Customer
makes an assignment of all or part of its assets
for the benefit of creditors;
(g) Customer
assigns or attempts to assign all or any part
of this Agreement without DBD-WebHost's prior
written approval; or
(h) Customer
fails to inform DBD-WebHost in writing immediately
on the happening of any event specified in this
section;
(iii) Site(s) that
will be immediately shut down without written notice
to Customer
(a) Customer
site is found to be a Warez (illegal software),
Adult site, links or advertising for an Adult
Site, hacker/cracker site, hate site, gambling
or Casino sites etc. DBD-WebHost reserves the
right to determine and judge in its sole and absolute
discretion which site is inappropriate.
(b) Customer’s
who have incorrect or bad scripts running on shared
servers that result in increased CPU usage, slow
down of the server(s) and/or stoppage of the server
will have their sites shut down immediately until
the problem is corrected. DBD-WebHost will not
be held responsible in any way for the downtime
associated with Customer’s bad scripts that
require closure of the responsible site, nor will
any financial renumeration or refund be issued
for such a closure.
10.3.2 By Customer,
(i) immediately
upon giving written notice to DBD-WebHost, if
(a) There are
instituted bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against DBD-WebHost, which are not vacated within
sixty (60)days from the date of filing;
(b) DBD-WebHost
institutes voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings, or otherwise admits insolvency;
(c) DBD-WebHost
makes an assignment of all or part of its assets
for the benefit of creditors; or
(d) DBD-WebHost
fails to inform Customer in writing immediately
on the happening of any event specified in this
section.
Customer will be responsible for
paying the costs of enforcing any unpaid obligations
to DBD-WebHost, including reasonable attorney fees.
11. PAYMENT METHODS
11.1 Credit Card Payment.
By paying for their account by credit card, whether
by online order form, fax or phone, Customer hereby
agrees to authorize all recurring charges to the account
and any other balances incurred due to overages of limits,
additions of extras to the account, service charges
and/or any other fees.
11.2 Check Payment.
11.2.1 Customer paying
by check will not receive access to their account
or web site until DBD-WebHost receives payment. For
accounts paid by check, Designs By Drucker requires
payment for a minimum quarterly period.
11.2.2 Payment for
any charges is due upon the date of the invoice. Accounts
which have balances outstanding shall be deemed to
be in default and subject to termination of service.
Any charge that is not paid within thirty (30) days
from the date of the invoice shall be subject to an
interest rate of 1.5% per month, or the maximum allowed
by law. Customer shall be responsible for all costs
of collection, including reasonable attorney's fees
and court costs, in event of a default for nonpayment
of any amounts due DBD-WebHost.
12. REFUNDS
12.1 Valid Complaint.
All refunds requested with a "valid complaint"
will receive a refund of the charged periods. Charged
periods are solely determined by DBD-WebHost. What constitutes
a "valid complaint" shall be determined by
DBD-WebHost in its sole and absolute discretion.
12.2 Customer will
not receive a refund for any other reason, including
but not limited to: late cancellation, slow connection
caused by Customer's ISP/network, Customer's ignorance,
Registration delays, account termination for violation
of policies.
12.3 Customer will
not receive a refund for any setup fees or any fees
other than the monthly recurring hosting fees.
13. DOMAIN DELETIONS
Domain deletion of any/all Customer
domains that are hosted on DBD-WebHost servers MUST
be specifically requested in writing by filling out
the DELETION REQUEST FORM. DBD-WebHost will not be held
responsible for any charges incurred by a Customer who
fails to fill out the DELETION REQUEST FORM for the
removal of a domain(s) from their account. Until the
DELETION REQUEST FORM is filled out, charges will apply
for the domain(s) in question.
14. NONASSIGNABILITY
Customer's rights and obligations under
this agreement may not be transferred or assigned directly
or indirectly without the prior written consent of DBD-WebHost,
which consent shall not be unreasonably refused. DBD-WebHost's
rights and obligations under this agreement may be transferred
and assigned only if such transfer or assignment does
not adversely affect the services provided to Customer
hereunder.
15. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If any provision of this agreement is
held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,
then the remaining provisions shall nevertheless remain
in full force and effect. DBD-WebHost and Customer agree
to renegotiate in good faith any term held invalid and
to be bound by mutually agreed substitute provision.
16. APPLICABLE LAW, JURISDICTIONAL
MATTERS
This agreement takes effect when accepted
by DBD-WebHost in Madison, Wisconsin, United States
of America. It is to be governed by and construed under
the laws of the state of Wisconsin. The federal and
provincial courts of the state of Wisconsin shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any non-arbitrable
dispute arising out of this agreement. Customer hereby
expressly consents to:
1. the jurisdiction
of the courts of the state of Wisconsin and
2. service of process
being effective upon it by registered mail sent to
the address set forth at the beginning of this document,
as may be changed from time to time by written notice
actually received by DBD-WebHost. Unless prohibited
by the law of Customer's jurisdiction, Customer waives
any requirement that service of process or of any
documents be made upon it pursuant to the provisions
of the Hague Convention.
17. NOTICES
Except with respect to service of process
as set forth in paragraph 13, all notices may be sent
by email, fax, or express mail to the email address,
fax number, or address most recently provided and will
be effective upon transmission. Evidence of successful
transmission shall be retained.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MODIFICATIONS
This agreement sets forth the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties and
merges all prior discussion between them. DBD-WebHost
may make changes to this agreement upon written notice
to Customer, advising of the change and the effective
date thereof. Utilization of DBD-WebHost services by
Customer and/or its Customers following the effective
date of such change shall constitute acceptance by Customer
of such change(s). Otherwise,this agreement may not
be modified except by the written consent of both parties.
Designs By Drucker,
Inc.
2909 Irvington Way - Suite DBD
Madison, WI 53713
608-221-7716
Updated 1/19/2008 |