Exhibit 10.1
Legal Terms of Agreement
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This is the Affiliate Membership Agreement that will govern your participation
on this LinkShare Network. Please read this Agreement, then scroll to the bottom
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AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT
This Affiliate Membership Agreement is between LinkShare Corporation, a
Delaware, U.S.A. corporation ("LinkShare") and You ("You" or Your). If You have
registered for or on behalf of an entity, you are deemed to have accepted this
Agreement on behalf of that entity.
This Agreement" refers to, individually and collectively depending upon the
context, this Affiliate Membership Agreement and any and all Network Policies
and Guidelines as in effect from time to time and found at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxx/xxx_xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
1 Registration, etc.
1.1 Registration. To use (or continue to use) any LinkShare Network as a Network
Affiliate, You must provide LinkShare with truthful, accurate and complete
registration information. If any such information changes, You must immediately
update Your registration information.
1.2 Verification. LinkShare has the right to confirm or otherwise verify or
check, in its sole determination, the truth and accuracy of any registration
information at any time.
Please note that the verification of Your registration information,
specifically, your name, address and Tax identification number, against a third
party database may be considered under certain laws to constitute a "credit
check. Notwithstanding that, your participation in the LinkShare Network as a
Network Affiliate does not depend on Your credit worthiness or financial
stability. LinkShare is not making as part of the registration process, and will
not otherwise make, any type of inquiry to any third party regarding any
individual's credit history and personal financial information without first
obtaining such individual's express prior authorization to do so.
Please be advised that if any information is determined in good faith by
LinkShare to be misleading, inaccurate or untruthful, LinkShare may restrict,
deny or terminate Your account, Your access and use of, and/or any benefits
derived from Your participation on, any LinkShare Network; LinkShare may also
withhold payment of any commissions and/or other fees that may be or become due
or payable to You, and may assess charges against such amounts for LinkShare's
activities in connection with the investigation and/or verification of such
information and/or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement.
1.3 Participation. To join any LinkShare Network, You must be an individual who
is at least 18 years old or an entity, and must provide at Your expense your own
computer equipment and Internet access.
1.4 Use of the Network. You may use any LinkShare Network only for business
purposes and not for personal, household or family purposes.
2 Defined Terms
2.1 The following terms have the meanings indicated:
Content means information, data, text, documents, software, music, sound,
photographs, graphics and video.
A "corporate affiliate" of a person is any other person that, directly or
indirectly, controls such person, is controlled by such person, or is under
common control with such person, with "control" meaning the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a person.
An end user means an actual or potential consumer, customer or other natural
person.
An "engagement" means any type of agreement or arrangement between a Network
Merchant and any Network Affiliate that can be performed on or in relation to
the Internet, including affiliate marketing, performance-based linking,
insertion order, or any other type of agreement or arrangement.
An entity means a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, government agency or instrumentality or other entity
recognized by law as a legal person separate from its owners.
The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed
by the phrase "without limitation."
"Intellectual Property Rights" means technology, templates, designs, Sites,
methodologies, processes, names, strategies, marks, logos, Content,
documentation, training manuals, and other materials, as well as any and all
patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property and
proprietary rights therein and thereto.
A "link" means any software, software code, programming or other technology or
method (or any combination of the foregoing) that (i) creates a hyperlink
between two Sites, or (ii) otherwise causes a Web access device to display to
its user a "banner," "button," text-mention, word, phrase, logo or other textual
or graphical material that, when activated by a person, results in a Site being
served to such person or such person being able to electronically access,
receive or obtain Content, products, services or other offerings from the linked
Site.
"LinkShare Network" means one or more of the networks operated by LinkShare and
consisting of participating Merchants (i.e., Network Merchants), on the one
hand, and a proprietary pool of Sites (i.e., Network Affiliates), on the other
hand. Through the LinkShare Network and use of the LinkShare Offering, such
participants may explore, initiate and develop engagements with each other,
typically on a one-on-one basis, and, in turn, to track, report on and/or
otherwise manage or have managed such engagements. Currently, LinkShare Network
includes any of the following networks: "The LinkShare Network'", the "B2B
LinkShare Network", "LinkShare Japan," "LinkShare Canada" and "LinkShare UK."
LinkShare Offerings means (a) LinkShare's offerings to be a Network Affiliate or
Network Merchant participating on any LinkShare Network and (b) offerings
provided by LinkShare or any LinkShare Related Parties in the form of
technology, software, reports and databases, customer support, account
management and other client services, symposia, summits and other educational
and networking events, as well as any other tools, services, and other resources
that may be provided or otherwise made available from time to time.
LinkShare Related Parties means LinkShare's corporate affiliates and its and
their contractors, licensors, licensees and suppliers.
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The phrase provided by LinkShare or LinkShare-provided shall, when used in
relation to tools, services, resources or other offerings, encompass the
provision thereof by LinkShare or LinkShare Related Parties.
The phrase tracked by LinkShare or LinkShare-tracked shall, when used in
relation to any engagement, encompass the tracking thereof by LinkShare or
LinkShare Related Parties.
"Merchant" means any person that owns or operates a Site and/or other business
that can acquire customers or other types of end users by way of the Internet.
"Network Affiliate" refers to a Site that participates on one or more LinkShare
Networks and, through such participation and use of the appropriate LinkShare
Offerings, desires or makes itself available to be recruited or to enter into
engagements to display, distribute or place qualifying links provided by Network
Merchants for compensation.
"Network Affiliate Account Area" means, for any LinkShare Network, the
Webpage(s) or other area of the Site having the URL designated from time to time
by LinkShare for use by members of that Network for the purpose of facilitating
formation of qualifying links, accessing reports and otherwise participating in
such LinkShare Network.
"Network Merchant" refers to a Merchant that participates on one or more
LinkShare Networks and, through such participation and use of the appropriate
LinkShare Offerings, desires or seeks to recruit Network Affiliates to enter
into engagements with such Merchant in order to display, distribute or place its
qualifying links for compensation.
A "person" is to be broadly construed and includes any natural person or entity.
A "qualifying link" means any type or format of link that is provided or
authorized by a Network Merchant to be displayed, distributed or placed on or by
a Site pursuant to an engagement and which, through addition and/or use of any
technology and/or methodology, can be tracked so that such Network Merchant can
monitor the impressions, click-throughs and/or other tracked activities achieved
by the display, distribution and/or placement of such link. The term qualifying
link shall also refer to any equivalent link, mechanism or technology that, upon
being activated, causes the same result as clicking on a qualifying link.
A "tracked activity" means any type of preagreed or predefined activity or
result that is sought by a Merchant in relation to a qualifying link. The kinds
of tracked activities that a Merchant may seek to promote through such
arrangements may include, by way of example, impressions, click-throughs, the
sale of products or services, the downloading of software, files or other items,
the completion of an application, registration or other form, the opening of an
account, membership enrollment, or any other kind of action, transaction or
activity that can be tracked and reported upon.
"Web" or "Internet" or "online" means the global computer network currently
referred to as the Internet, including the World Wide Web, and any and all
successor networks, irrespective of what wired, wireless or otherwise connected
device, platform or technology is used to access it.
"Site" means, as the context requires, either (a) one or more Web pages,
database, computer files, emails, scripts, software or other application, or
other destination, together with supporting files and programming, that are on,
provided, or accessible through the Web or works on or in relation to the Web,
or (b) a person owning or operating any such Site, or (c) both. A person that
owns or operates a Site may have offline businesses which would not preclude it
from being a Site for the purposes of this Agreement.
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3 Participation; Your Business
3.1 Participation. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement, You
may use the LinkShare Offerings to Network Affiliates via the Network Affiliate
Account Area or otherwise to enter into, track and report on, and/or manage (or
have managed) affiliate marketing and/or other types of LinkShare-tracked
engagements on behalf of Your business.
3.2 Voluntary Participation. Your participation in any one or more LinkShare
Networks is as an Online Affiliate. Your participation is purely voluntarily and
You may terminate Your participation at any time. Neither LinkShare nor any
Network Merchant shall be construed or deemed as having solicited, requested or
procured You or Your services to promote LinkShare or any Network Merchant or
its respective trade or business, or goods, products, property, or services.
3.3 Not a Supplier, etc. You are not and shall not, at any time, be deemed to be
a vendor, supplier or provider of goods or services to LinkShare, and neither
Your participation on any LinkShare Network, use of any LinkShare Offerings or
receipt of payment of any compensation under any LinkShare-tracked engagement
shall be construed or be deemed to be an inducement for, solicitation of You to
provide any products or services to LinkShare.
3.4 Prohibited Activities. In respect or in relation to any Site (or portion
thereof) used by You in connection with Your participation on any LinkShare
Network, You may not engage in any activity that is or constitutes, or that
involves, facilitates, advocates or promotes, one or more of the following: (a)
discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, age or disability; (b) libelous, defamatory, threatening,
harassing, tortious, or similarly abusive activities; (c) obscene, pornographic,
sexually explicit or similar activities; (d) gambling; (e) sale, export or use
of illegal substances; (f) terrorism, sedition or other illegal activities; (g)
MP3, MPEG and/or other proprietary materials for download, sale or otherwise, in
any case without the permission of the owner of the Intellectual Property Rights
(h) a conflict or violation of any law or regulation or any Intellectual
Property Rights or other rights of any person or entity; (i) harm to minors in
any way; (j) impersonation of any person, including any LinkShare
representative, or misrepresentation of affiliation with any person; or (k)
conducting of raffles, contests, lotteries or sweepstakes.
3.5 Regulated Business. You represent, warrant and covenant that Your businesses
and activities will not cause, nor could cause, LinkShare or any Site with which
You have entered into a LinkShare-tracked engagement to be or become subject to
any law, rule or regulation adversely affecting LinkShare or such Site, and You
shall defend and indemnify LinkShare and such Sites against any such adverse
effect.
4 Engagements; Qualifying Links.
4.1 Use of Qualifying Links. Each qualifying link used by You in relation to a
LinkShare-tracked engagement must include, in unaltered form, the special
"tagged" link codes and/or other transaction tracking codes in the manner and
format made available or otherwise dictated by LinkShare that, among other
things, associate such qualifying link with such engagement.
4.2 Valid Referrals Only. You will place or use qualified links of a Network
Merchant only with the intention of delivering valid sales, leads, applications,
accounts, clicks or other specified compensable tracked activities for the
benefit of such Network Merchant. You may not, nor knowingly permit any person
to, activate a qualifying link or inflate the amount of any sought-after or
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resulting tracked activities through any method or technology that does not
actually deliver an end user to the destination Site associated with such
qualifying link.
4.3 LinkShare's Determination Final and Binding. All determinations of
qualifying links and the compensation due to You made by LinkShare shall be
final and binding on You. LinkShare's services do not involve investigating or
resolving any claim or dispute involving You and any Network Merchant or other
third party person. If LinkShare, in its sole discretion, elects to investigate
or otherwise become involved in any such claim or dispute, it shall not thereby
undertake, assume or have any duty, obligation or liability to You or any other
party to the claim or dispute.
4.4 Merchants' Terms and Conditions. In addition to and without limiting Your
obligations under this Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Network
Merchant's engagement govern Your performance of such engagement including Your
use of the associated qualifying links, the tracked activities sought, the
compensation that might become payable, and any limitations or restrictions that
may apply to Your promotion of such Network Merchant or its qualifying links.
LinkShare has no liability or responsibility to review, endorse, police or
enforce any such engagements.
4.5 Distribution of Qualifying Links. If You currently distribute, or plan to
distribute, qualifying links on, to or through Sites other than those owned or
operated by You and registered with LinkShare, You may do so (or continue to do
so) until September 30, 2005 (or such later date as LinkShare may designate).
After such date, You will be required to obtain LinkShare's approval to continue
to do so. Such approval may be conditioned upon Your agreement to additional
terms and conditions and additional disclosures in respect of Your distribution
and/or use of such qualifying links.
4.6 No Modification. etc. of Qualifying Links. You will not modify, circumvent,
impair, disable or otherwise interfere with any tracking codes and/or other
technology and/or methodology required or made available by LinkShare and/or the
Network Merchant to be used in connection with such qualifying link so that it
may be properly tracked by LinkShare.
4.7 Termination of Qualifying Links. LinkShare or the relevant Network Merchant
may terminate any qualifying links associated with any affiliate marketing
programs of, and/or other LinkShare-tracked engagements with which You have
entered into with such Network Merchant. You must remove any qualifying links
after any termination of the corresponding engagements, including due to
termination or expiration of a relevant Network Merchant's participation. If
qualifying links are not so removed, LinkShare may redirect such links as it
determines in its sole discretion, with or without compensation to You.
4.8 Discontinuing Use of Qualifying Links. You may at any time discontinue use
of qualifying links by removing such qualifying links from Your Site, with or
without notice to LinkShare or, subject to the terms of Your engagement with the
relevant Network Merchant, such Network Merchant, provided, however, that You
remain subject to such engagement and this Agreement until you separately
terminate such engagement or Agreement.
4.9 LinkShare as Neutral Host. Participation in any LinkShare Network is not an
endorsement by LinkShare of any Network Merchant or Network Affiliate. LinkShare
operates the LinkShare Networks and/or provides the LinkShare Offerings as a
neutral host, and LinkShare does not regularly or proactively monitor, regulate
or police the usage thereof by any of its participants. LinkShare is not
responsible or liable for the acts, omissions, agreements or promises of or by
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any Network Merchant, Network Affiliate or other Site using LinkShare offerings
to enter into any arrangement or otherwise work with any other person or entity.
4.10 Independent Contractors. LinkShare is the host of each LinkShare Network.
Network Merchants and Network Affiliates are independent parties and LinkShare
does not and shall not have any responsibility or liability for the acts,
omissions, promotions, Content or qualifying links or other links of any Network
Merchant, Network Affiliate or other third party, including breaches of
engagements by Network Merchants, or for screening or policing the Sites or
actions of Network Merchants or Network Affiliates.
5 Provision of Information
5.1 Reports; Revisions. You acknowledge and agree that each Network Merchant
whose Program You join shall receive reports from LinkShare that identify You
and may include data about You and Your qualifying links with that Network
Merchant. If LinkShare is notified by a Network Merchant that it believes that
its reports about its relationship with You contain an error or omission or
otherwise require adjustment, LinkShare may elect to revise those reports as
requested by the Network Merchant and make corresponding changes to Your
Affiliate Reports. Since the reports LinkShare provides You and such Network
Merchant are the bases for calculating the compensation, if any, due to You from
that Network Merchant, any such adjustment may affect the amount of compensation
to which You are entitled.
5.2 Data Furnished by Network Merchants. In providing LinkShare Offerings,
including giving You reports on Your Network activities, LinkShare relies on
data provided by Network Merchants. LinkShare is not obligated to confirm, and
does not warrant or guarantee, the accuracy, truth or completeness of any data
provided by Network Merchants.
5.3 Errors. If You believe that any of Your Affiliate Reports for any month
contains errors in the data about Your engagement with any Network Merchant, You
must notify that Network Merchant (with a copy to LinkShare) within ten days
after the end of that month or any shorter period in Your engagement so that, if
possible, the matter may be resolved. If any Affiliate Reports for any month are
corrected or adjusted after the end of the month, then the period within which
You must notify the Network Merchant (with a copy to LinkShare) of errors in the
corrected or adjusted data shall be ten days after such correction or adjustment
is posted or any shorter period in Your engagement. Any dispute between You and
a Network Merchant about any error You report must be resolved by You and that
Network Merchant. In the event LinkShare is in receipt of funds from a Merchant
for the purpose of paying commissions to You, and a dispute arises between you
and the Merchant regarding the amount of the funds that are due, LinkShare will
be entitled to return such funds to the Merchant, and to decline to offer
further processing services until such dispute is resolved and LinkShare is
notified, in writing, by all parties, that payments should resume. You agree
that LinkShare shall have no obligations and incur no liabilities to You in
connection with any such dispute.
5.4 No Personal End User Data. In order to provide any of the LinkShare
Offerings, LinkShare does not require to be provided, nor does it capture, any
personally-identifiable information about any end user who undertakes tracked
activities in relation to You or any Network Merchant. LinkShare has no
obligation or liability to You, any end user or any other person if You, any
Network Merchant or other person should provide such information, for whatever
reason, to LinkShare.
5.5 Privacy Policy. You will ensure that any and all Sites employed by You in
connection with Your participation in any LinkShare Network or any
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LinkShare-tracked engagement will feature an easy-to-understand privacy policy,
linked, at a minimum, conspicuously from such Site's home page, with a link that
contains the word "Privacy", "Legal", "Terms" or similar language. Such privacy
policy shall, in addition to the disclosures about Your privacy practices,
identify the collection and use of any information You provide or may provide to
LinkShare and to any Network Merchant or other Sites or persons with which You
have any LinkShare-tracked engagement or other arrangement in relation thereto.
As to Your personal information, LinkShare may use Your personal information in
any manner or for any purpose that it determines to be appropriate or necessary
in its sole discretion in connection with conducting any activities of or on any
LinkShare Network and in relation to LinkShare's business.
5.6 Backing Up Data and Other Precautions. Data transfer, conversion, processing
and storage are subject to the likelihood of human and machine errors, delays,
interruptions and losses. LinkShare is not liable for any such events or their
consequences. You are solely responsible for adopting measures to limit the
impact of such events, including backing up any reports or data provided to You.
LinkShare may, from time to time, with or without notice, change the time period
covered, type and/or scope of current or historical data stored by LinkShare
and/or to which it provides You with access.
6 Your Obligations
6.1 No Circumvention.
(a) You agree that You will not in any way bypass or circumvent, or attempt to
bypass or circumvent, LinkShare and any LinkShare Network in connection with any
engagement You have entered into with any Network Merchant. This includes
entering into a direct relationship or linking arrangement where
LinkShare-provided qualifying links are not used in accordance with this
Agreement such that LinkShare is unable to track and monitor the commissions
owing to You under a LinkShare-tracked engagement or the fees owing to LinkShare
therefor. You may not enter into any relationship that would result in the
avoidance or reduction of the LinkShare tracking process, the commissions to be
paid pursuant to this Agreement, or the fees to be paid to LinkShare as a result
of any tracked engagement.
(b) Further, if LinkShare brokers an introduction or arrangement between You and
any Network Merchant through any LinkShare Offering, You and such Network
Merchant will track any resulting engagement through using a LinkShare Network
using LinkShare-provided qualifying links. This includes using Your Network
Affiliate Account Area to investigate Network Merchant terms and contacting such
Network Merchants directly to enter into engagements that are not tracked by
LinkShare-provided qualifying links. LinkShare will be deemed to have brokered
an introduction or arrangement in any of the following circumstances: (i) such
Network Merchant recruits or otherwise first contacts You through use of any
LinkShare Offerings; or (ii) You apply to such Network Merchant's affiliate
marketing program or otherwise first contact such Network Merchant through use
of any LinkShare Offerings; or (iii) at Your request or the Network Merchant's
request or with Your or its express involvement, LinkShare arranges an
introduction or facilitates the consummation of an arrangement between You and
such Network Merchant through the use of any LinkShare Offerings.
(c) Your obligations under this Section will survive any termination by You or
LinkShare of Your participation in any LinkShare Networks for a period of one
(1) year after such termination. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Your
obligations under this Section will cease with respect to any individual Network
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Merchant upon the expiration or termination (other than due to breach by such
Network Merchant) of such individual Network Merchant's participation in the
relevant LinkShare Network.
6.2 No Poaching. You may not use any LinkShare Offerings in connection with
aggregating, soliciting or recruiting Network Merchants, Network Affiliates,
other Sites or other persons to form or join affiliate marketing, advertising or
similar network.
6.3 No Sublicense, etc. You may not sublicense, rent, lease, sell, resell,
outsource or service bureau any LinkShare Offerings, and any attempt to do so
shall be null and void.
6.4 No Reverse Engineering. You will not make unauthorized modifications,
reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or attempt to derive source code of any
LinkShare Offerings.
6.5 No Hacking, etc. You agree not to hack, abuse, adversely interfere with,
infect with viruses, worms or other malicious or destructive code, or use or
cause to be used in extraordinary and unreasonable or inappropriate ways or
amounts, any LinkShare Offerings, including any servers, bandwidth supply,
equipment, software and other technological resources provided by LinkShare.
6.6 No Spam. You may not use any qualifying links in any electronic message
unless (a) You have received the express written authorization of the Network
Merchant to use email or other electronic messages to promote it or its
qualifying link and (b) any and all such electronic messages comply in all
respects with this Agreement, the Network Merchant's terms and conditions, and
any and all applicable laws, including the requirements of the Can Spam Act of
2003 (Public Law No. 108-187). Further, no electronic message initiated or sent
by You or on Your behalf may identify LinkShare or, except as expressly
authorized by an individual Network Merchant, any Network Merchant as a sender
or sponsor of such electronic message.
6.7 No Interference. You may not, through downloadable or other technology,
replace, intercept, redirect, block, alter or otherwise interfere with the full
functioning and intended actions of any qualifying link that has been placed or
distributed by another Network Affiliate including any action that would in any
way prevent the behavior or result that would occur or would have occurred had
an end user activated such qualifying link without Your interference.
6.8 No Infringing Uses. You may not use any name, trademark, service xxxx,
domain name or other Intellectual Property Rights of any third party in
connection with Your use of any qualifying links, any LinkShare Network or any
other LinkShare Offerings, in any way or for any purpose that infringes or
violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of such third party,
whether for the purpose of increasing the levels of tracked activities
attributable to Your qualifying links or for any other purpose.
6.9 Fraud, Abuse, etc. You will not, and will not knowingly permit other persons
to, engage in any fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity in connection with
Your participation on any LinkShare Network or in connection with any Network
Merchant's affiliate marketing program or engagement.
7 Grant of License to You
7.1 Your Use of LinkShare Offerings. For each LinkShare Network of which You are
a member in good standing, LinkShare grants You a personal, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-sublicenseable, revocable and limited license and right,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, to:
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(a) Participate in any LinkShare Network for which You have registered as a
Network Affiliate.
(b) Access the areas of the relevant Network Affiliate Account Area necessary
for Your participation in such LinkShare Network as a Network Affiliate.
(c) Solely for Your use in connection with Your participation in such LinkShare
Network, download any reports made available to You by LinkShare.
(d) Use any software code or other Content that is provided by LinkShare Solely
for the purpose of creating and maintaining qualifying links in accordance with
this Agreement and Your engagements, for such purpose, and no other purpose, but
only in the form so provided.
All other use of any LinkShare Network, Network Affiliate Account Area, any
reports made available to You by LinkShare and such software code or Content,
including modification, publication, transmission, transfer or sale of,
reproduction, creation of derivative works, distribution, performance, display,
incorporation into another Site or mirroring is prohibited.
7.2 Use of the LinkShare Name. This Agreement does not grant to You any license
or right to use LinkShare's name or any of its logos or trade or service names
or marks, except to the extent required to be used in connection with an URL.
Any press release or other public announcement by You regarding this Agreement
or any LinkShare Network or that mentions LinkShare shall require the prior
written approval of LinkShare. You agree that You shall not disparage LinkShare
or any of the LinkShare Networks or any other participants thereof.
7.3 Duration of License Rights; Reservation. The above licenses with respect to
any LinkShare Network are valid only while You remain a member of such LinkShare
Network as a Network Affiliate in good standing and comply with this Agreement.
LinkShare may revoke any such license at any time by giving You notice by e-mail
or in writing. LinkShare reserves all rights that are not specifically granted
to You by this Agreement.
8 Grant of Licenses to LinkShare
8.1 Use of Your Content. Other than as provided below, in order to participate
in the LinkShare Network, You are not required to provide LinkShare with any
Content or other materials. Should You do so, by way of uploading, delivering or
otherwise making available to LinkShare any Content and/or other materials
(including any Intellectual Property Rights therein and thereto), You agree to
grant, and hereby grant, to LinkShare a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free,
sublicenseable, perpetual license to use and store the same including in
relation to conducting its business or performing any services in relation to
any LinkShare Network. This Section will survive any termination.
8.2 Use of Your Name. LinkShare shall have the right to refer to You by Your
name in connection with any LinkShare Network and/or the performance or
provision of any LinkShare Offerings, including in communications sent to actual
or prospective participants of the LinkShare Networks in which You participate.
8.3 Disclosure of Business Relationship. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent
LinkShare from making any public or private statements about Your business
relationship with LinkShare and/or any Network Merchant and/or Your
participation in any LinkShare Network.
8.4 Use of Your Logo. Except as expressly provided above, LinkShare shall not
use any of Your logos and/or other trademarks without Your prior written
approval. Any and all uses of Your logos and/or other trademarks shall be in
accordance with Your specified usage guidelines.
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9 Representations and Warranties
9.1 You represent, warrant and covenant as follows:
(a) You have the legal right to conduct any business conducted by You including
in respect of any Site(s) participating in any LinkShare Network; and
(b) Any and all information You provided as part of the registration process or
otherwise shall be truthful, accurate and complete, irrespective of any
independent verification or other determination made by LinkShare; and
(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, accepted, executed and
delivered by You (or Your authorized representative) and constitutes Your legal,
valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against You in accordance with its
terms; and
(d) The performance by You of this Agreement and the participation by You in any
LinkShare Network and any relevant Network Merchant's engagement does not and
shall not conflict with or violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, decree, agreement or instrument applicable to You or (ii) if You are
an entity, any provision of Your certificate of incorporation or other
organizational documents.
10 Non-Disclosure
10.1 Confidential Information. You acknowledge that in connection with Your
participation on a LinkShare Network and/or in one or more Network Merchants'
engagements, You will be provided with confidential and proprietary data and
information from time to time through reports as well as other LinkShare
Offerings to You through Your Network Affiliate Account Area or otherwise. Such
confidential and proprietary data and information may be owned variously by
LinkShare or Network Merchants and/or its or their suppliers or contractors. You
will retain ownership of any data and information that You independently collect
through Your Sites without the use of LinkShare Offerings, provided that any
data and information that may be provided by You to LinkShare shall be deemed to
be covered by the licenses granted to LinkShare under this Agreement.
10.2 Duty of Care. You will keep all reports, data and other confidential
information provided to You through the Network Affiliate Account Area or
otherwise strictly confidential. Without LinkShare's prior written consent, You
will not disclose any such confidential information to any third party or use
any such confidential information other than solely as and to the extent
required for you to perform under this Agreement and/or Your engagements with
any Network Merchants.
10.3 Need to Know Basis. You may disclose any such confidential information only
to Your employees, officers and directors who need to know such information in
order to perform their respective duties; provided that each such person has a
legal or contractual obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such
information.
10.4 Legally Required Disclosures. If You receive any document request,
interrogatory, subpoena or other legal process (Request) that would, by its
terms, require the disclosure of any Confidential Information protected by this
Agreement, then promptly upon receipt thereof, and prior to making any response
thereto, You will notify LinkShare in writing of Your receipt of such Request,
and shall provide a copy thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, LinkShare may
seek to intervene in the matter in which the Request was issued to seek
protection of the confidentiality provided for by this Section. Absent written
agreement signed by LinkShare, You may not make such disclosure absent an order
or directive from the tribunal from which a Request was issued. LinkShare will
be entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief preventing any breach of Your
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obligations under this Section, without the need to show irreparable harm, and
without the need to post a bond or undertaking.
11 Payment; Fees
11.1 Network Merchant Responsible for Payment. You acknowledge that Your
entitlement to any compensation reported with respect to any tracked activity
(including if reported) is solely a function of the terms of Your agreement with
the relevant Network Merchant and that such Network Merchant is solely
responsible for its payment. LinkShare is not liable or responsible for payment
or collection. This is true even if LinkShare performs the function of
processing payments to you on behalf of Network Merchants.
11.2 Payment Terms. The fact that a compensation amount is reported for any
tracked activity does not necessarily mean that a payment is due to You from the
relevant Network Merchant, since payment may be subject to conditions
established by that Network Merchant, including policies regarding order
cancellation, returned merchandise, receipt of pending credit card
authorizations and/or chargebacks and minimums for earned compensation before
payment is made.
11.3 LinkShare's Right to Assess Fees. LinkShare may, at any time upon prior
written notice to you as described below, commence charging or assessing fees in
relation to any or all LinkShare Offerings made available to You including Your
participation on any LinkShare Network(s). Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, in the event LinkShare elects to charge or assess
fees, You will be notified at least one (1) month in advance in writing by email
or posting through the Network Affiliate Account Area. You may elect not to pay
any such fees by discontinuing Your participation in all LinkShare Offerings
prior to the commencement of such fees. Any and all fees or other charges may be
offset against or debited from any amounts that might be held in account for You
by LinkShare or LinkShare Related Parties including any amounts that may be due,
payable or paid to You by any Network Merchants or other third parties.
11.4 Tax. You agree that You are solely responsible for any and all tax
obligations, if any, due to all taxing authorities arising from or in connection
with Your participation in any LinkShare Offerings, LinkShare Network or any
Network Merchant engagement.
12 Compliance with Laws
12.1 You and Your affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants,
agents and representatives, and the conduct of Your business, Your performance
under any engagements with any Network Merchant, and Your use of any LinkShare
Network and/or LinkShare Offerings shall comply at all times with all applicable
federal, state, provincial and foreign laws, ordinances, rules, regulations,
orders, judgments and decrees.
13 Termination of Network Merchants
13.1 Any Network Merchant's participation in any LinkShare Network may end or be
suspended for a number of reasons, including expiration or early termination of
its merchant agreement with LinkShare, and You shall not necessarily receive any
prior notice that such Network Merchant's participation is ending.
13.2 If a Network Merchant's participation in any LinkShare Network ends or is
suspended for any reason, its program conducted through such LinkShare Network
shall end or be suspended and LinkShare may, without notice to You, terminate or
suspend all qualifying links that You have with that Network Merchant
immediately or, in LinkShare's discretion, at any time thereafter. LinkShare
shall have no obligation or liability to You because of any such termination or
suspension of any Network Merchant.
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14 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
14.1 EACH LINKSHARE NETWORK AND ANY LINKSHARE OFFERINGS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS,
WHERE IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
14.2 EACH OF LinkShare AND LINKSHARE RELATED PARTIES hereby disclaimS any and
all warranties, express or implied, incluDIng any warranty as to accuracy,
merchantability, completeness, currentness, SECURITY, non-infringement, title,
or fitness for a particular purpose of ANY LinkShare Network or any LINKSHARE
OFFERINGS or that YOUR use of the same will be uninterrupted or error-free, or
that any Network MERCHANT will be available (inCLuding in the event of being
terminated FOR WHATEVER REASON from ANY LinkShare Network) or can or will be
willing to enter into any engagement with YOU.
15 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
15.1 If You reasonably determine that any LinkShare Offering does not materially
meet LinkShare's obligations under this Agreement, then You must notify
LinkShare in writing within ten (10) days of receiving any such allegedly
nonconforming services. Your failure to so notify LinkShare on a timely basis
shall mean that You accept such services, and LinkShare shall thereafter have no
liability whatsoever with respect to such services. If upon receipt of any
notice under this Section, LinkShare may, at its sole discretion, reperform the
service in question or otherwise provide You with any substitution or
replacement services in lieu thereof. Any reperformance or provision of
substitute or replacement services shall in no event be construed as an
admission that the original service was nonconforming or otherwise improper, and
Your acceptance of the same constitutes Your sole remedy and in such case
constitutes LinkShare's maximum liability for any such alleged breach of this
Agreement.
15.2 If, notwithstanding the above, liability is imposed on LinkShare or
linkshare related parties, then YOU agree that the total liability of LinkShare
and LINKSHARE RELATED PARTIES, and its and their officers, directors, employees,
agents, subcontractors and representatives, to YOU will not exceed twenty-five
dollars ($25.00). You recognize and acknowledge that this limitation of damages
is fair and reasonable, in light of the fact that LinkShare is providing this
service to you at no charge to you.
15.3 None of Linkshare and LINKSHARE RELATED PARTIES will be liable to You
(whether in contract or based on warranty, negligence, tort, strict liability or
otherwise) for any indirect, incidental, consequential, reliance, punitive or
special damages, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, even if such person was
aware that such damages could result.
15.4 Any claim or cause of action arising out of Your use of any LinkShare
Network, this Agreement or the Network Policies and Guidelines must be filed
within ninety (90) days after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever
barred.
15.5 SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR
LIMITATION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF
THIS SECTION 15 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
16 Indemnification
16.1 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless LinkShare and LinkShare
Related Parties, and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents,
subcontractors and representatives for and against any and all claims, actions,
demands, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, interest, judgments,
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settlements, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that
directly or indirectly arise out of or are based on:
(a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant
made by You in this Agreement,
(b) any conduct, or activity, error or omission by You, including in relation to
Your participation on any LinkShare Network, performance of any
LinkShare-tracked engagement, or otherwise,
(c) any violation by You of any law, regulation or rule,
(d) Your use of any other LinkShare Offerings, and/or
(e) any actual or alleged infringement by You of any Intellectual Property
Rights or other rights of any person.
16.2 LinkShare may, at its election in its sole discretion, assume the exclusive
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by You.
LinkShare may participate in the defense of all claims as to which it does not
assume defense and control, and You shall not settle any such claim without
LinkShare's prior written consent.
17 Amendments
17.1 Amendments. Upon prior written notice, LinkShare may, at any time, add to,
remove or otherwise amend any or all terms, conditions and/or other provisions
of this Agreement, including any Network Policies and Guidelines.
17.2 Changes in Service. Upon prior written notice, LinkShare may add, remove,
suspend or discontinue any aspect of any LinkShare Network or any other
LinkShare Offering.
17.3 YOUR CONTINUED USE OF ANY LINKSHARE NETWORK AND/OR LINKSHARE OFFERING AFTER
NOTICE IS GIVEN (AND AFTER EXPIRATION OF ANY APPLICABLE PRIOR NOTICE PERIOD)
SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR BINDING AND LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT TO SUCH CHANGE.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT ANY SUCH CHANGE, THEN YOU MUST TERMINATE YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH SUCH LINKSHARE NETWORK AND/OR LINKSHARE OFFERING AND CEASE USING
SUCH LINKSHARE NETWORK AND ANY ASSOCIATED LINKSHARE OFFERING.
18 Termination, etc.
18.1 Termination. You or LinkShare may, at any time, with or without cause,
terminate this Agreement and Your participation on any LinkShare Network or use
of any other LinkShare Offering. You may effect such termination through Your
Network Affiliate Account Area or by written notice to LinkShare subject to
actual receipt thereof.
18.2 Restricted Use. Alternatively, LinkShare may, in its sole discretion,
suspend, limit, restrict, condition or deny Your access to or use of all or any
part of any LinkShare Network or any LinkShare Offering.
19 Effects of Termination
19.1 Upon any termination of this Agreement and/or Your participation on all
LinkShare Networks:
(a) You shall immediately cease to use and remove from any and all Site(s),
whether or not owned or operated by You, any and all qualifying links and all
other Content or materials provided to You in connection with Your participation
on such LinkShare Network or Your use of any other LinkShare Offerings.
(b) Any and all licenses and rights granted to You under this Agreement shall
immediately cease and terminate.
(c) LinkShare may terminate or, in its sole discretion, direct or redirect to
any destination Site any and all qualifying links continued to be used by You
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without LinkShare or any Network Merchant incurring any further liability or
obligation to You.
(d) Any and all confidential or proprietary information of LinkShare (including
as applicable any confidential or proprietary information of Network Merchants
as and to the extent originally provided by LinkShare) that is in Your
possession or control must be immediately returned or destroyed. If requested,
You will certify in a writing signed by You or an authorized officer as to the
return or destruction of all such confidential or proprietary information.
19.2 LinkShare may withhold and offset against any and all compensation and/or
other fees that are then unpaid to You. Following assessment of any fees or
other charges owing to LinkShare, and subject to LinkShare holding any amount it
determines in its sole discretion to be needed to support any of Your
indemnification and/or other obligations and/or liabilities under this
Agreement, LinkShare may refund any remaining monies to any of the Network
Merchants with which You had entered into a LinkShare-tracked engagement. Such
withholding of such compensation and/or other fees is in addition to any other
rights and remedies that LinkShare or any Network Merchant may have in contract,
at law or in equity.
19.3 All rights or remedies arising out of a breach of any terms of this
Agreement shall survive any such termination of this Agreement. of Your
participation in any LinkShare Network or Your use of other LinkShare Offerings.
19.4 Sections 19 and 20, and any provision which by its terms are intended to
survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, will survive any
expiration or termination of this Agreement. Your representations and warranties
in this Agreement shall survive execution, delivery, acceptance, performance,
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
20 Miscellaneous
20.1 Independent Contractors. The parties are independent contractors and
nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon either party any authority to
obligate or bind the other in any respect.
20.2 Force Majeure. LinkShare shall not be liable to You by reason of any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of
strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts
of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes, interruptions
in telecommunications services or Internet facilities, or any other cause which
is beyond the reasonable control of LinkShare, whether or not similar to the
foregoing.
20.3 Assignability. You shall not assign or delegate any of the rights or
obligations under this Agreement, and any such attempted assignment or
delegation shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement is
binding on and inures to the benefit of the respective successors, heirs and
assigns of each party.
20.4 Severability. If any portion of this Agreement is held by a court with
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions hereof,
shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall
be judicially unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall not be
affected with respect to any other jurisdiction.
20.5 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, U.S.A., without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You consent
to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and New York State
courts sitting in New York County, New York, U.S.A.. Each party waives rights to
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trial by jury in respect of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this
Agreement. The U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods shall not
apply to this Agreement.
20.6 Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is the entire
agreement between the parties pertaining to its subject matter, and supersedes
all prior written or oral agreements (including prior versions of this Agreement
and any conflicting confidentiality agreements), representations, warranties or
covenants between the parties with respect to such subject matter. There are no
third party beneficiaries of this Agreement. The headings of sections or other
subdivisions of this Agreement will not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
20.7 Notices. LinkShare may provide notices to You by posting notices or links
to notices in Your Network Affiliate Account Area. Notices to You also may be
made via e-mail, regular mail, overnight courier or facsimile at your contact
addresses of record for any LinkShare Network. If you provide notice to
LinkShare, such notice shall be sent, postage prepaid by U.S. registered or
certified mail or by international or domestic overnight courier, to: LinkShare
Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn:
President and General Counsel. Notices sent by email or telecopy, with or
without electronic confirmation, will not be deemed to be valid unless actual
receipt is confirmed in writing by an authorized personnel member of LinkShare.
20.8 Language. The English language versions of this Agreement and Network
Policies and Guidelines are the controlling versions thereof. All support and
other inquiries regarding Your use of any LinkShare Offering must be submitted
to LinkShare in English, and LinkShare will communicate in English only.
20.9 Government Restricted Rights. With respect to any acquisition or use of any
LinkShare Network or other LinkShare Offerings by or for any unit or agency of
the United States Government (the "Government"), such items shall be classified
as "commercial computer software" as that term is defined in the applicable
provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (the "FAR") and supplements
thereto, including the Department of Defense (DoD) FAR Supplement (the "DFARS").
The LinkShare Offerings were developed entirely at private expense, and no part
of the LinkShare Offerings was first produced in the performance of a Government
contract. If any LinkShare Offering is supplied for use by the DoD, such
LinkShare Offering is delivered subject to the terms of this Agreement and
either (i) in accordance with DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a), or (ii)
with restricted rights in accordance with DFARS 000-000-0000 (c)(l)(ii)(OCT
1988), as applicable. If the LinkShare Offering is supplied for use by a Federal
agency other than the DoD, such LinkShare Offering is restricted computer
software delivered subject to the terms of this Agreement and (i) FAR 12.212(a);
(ii) FAR 52.227-19; or (iii) FAR 52.227-14(ALT III), as applicable. The
contractor/manufacturer is LinkShare Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
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