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Direct Online Services,
Web Site hosting license agreement
This Web Site Hosting
Agreement ('Agreement') is by and between Direct Online Services .
('DottieDoo.Com Hosting'), an New York Company, and you, your heirs,
assigns, agents and contractors ('You') and is effective as of the
date of electronic execution. This Agreement sets forth the terms and
conditions of Your use of DottieDoo’s Web Site Hosting ('Web Hosting')
services and represents the entire agreement between You and DottieDoo.
By using DottieDoo’s Web Hosting services, You acknowledge that You
have read, understand and agree to be bound by all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, along with any new, different or
additional terms, conditions or policies which DottieDoo may establish
from time to time.
In addition to transactions
entered into by You on Your behalf, You also agree to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement for transactions entered into on Your behalf
by anyone acting as Your Agent, and transactions entered into by
anyone who uses the account You've established with DottieDoo, whether
or not the transactions were in Your behalf. You acknowledge that
DottieDoo's acceptance of any application made by You for services
provided by DottieDoo will take place at DottieDoo's offices located
in Rochester New York, USA.
1. fees
As consideration for the
services purchased by You and provided to You by DottieDoo, You agree
to pay DottieDoo a monthly fee or yearly. Your monthly or yearly
billing date will be determined based on the day of the month You
establish Your Web Hosting relationship with DottieDoo. Payment is to
be made by You providing a valid PayPal.com account to establish a
cash reserve for charge by DottieDoo. Payments are non-refundable. If
for any reason DottieDoo is unable to charge your Payment Method, You
agree that DottieDoo may pursue all available remedies in order to
obtain payment.
In the event that You exceed
the scope of the Services as set forth in Your Agreement (for example,
available bandwidth, CPU or disk utilization space), You shall pay
DottieDoo for such additional services not within the scope of Your
Agreement as specified. DottieDoo reserves the right to charge a
reasonable service fee for administrative tasks outside the scope of
its regular services. These include, but are not limited to, customer
service issues that cannot be handled over email but require personal
service, and disputes that require legal services. These charges will
be billed to the Payment Method we have on file for You. You may
change your Payment Method at any time by logging into your hosting
account or paypal.com account.
2. terms of agreement;
terms, termination, modifications
Term
The term of this Agreement
shall commence on the date You purchase the Web Hosting services, and
will continue in full force and effect as long as DottieDoo is
providing Web Hosting services to You.
Termination
You agree that You will be
responsible for notifying DottieDoo should you desire to terminate
Your use of DottieDoo’s Web Hosting services. Notification of Your
intent to terminate must be provided to DottieDoo no earlier than 10
days prior to Your billing date but no later than three days prior to
Your billing date. In the absence of notification from You, DottieDoo
will automatically continue Web Hosting services indefinitely and will
charge your paypal.com account You have on file with DottieDoo, at
DottieDoo's then current rates. It is Your responsibility to keep your
Payment Method information current, including the expiration date of
any credit cards you have on file. In the event You terminate, moving
your web site off of the DottieDoo hosting servers is Your
responsibility. DottieDoo will not transfer or FTP Your web site to
another provider. DottieDoo reserves the right, in its sole discretion
and without notice, at any time and for any reason, to suspend Your
access to or use of the Server, services or any portion thereof. In
the event Your Web Hosting service is terminated, DottieDoo will not
transfer or manage Your Web Hosting or Your website content.
You agree that DottieDoo may
modify this Agreement from time to time. DottieDoo may also
discontinue services it provides under this Agreement. You agree to be
bound by any changes DottieDoo may reasonably make to this Agreement
when such changes become effective.
3. description of service
DottieDoo currently provides
Web Hosting services to its customers for a monthly and yearly fee.
DottieDoo will host Your web site on DottieDoo’s Web Hosting servers,
provided, however, You abide by the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in each of DottieDoo’s policies and procedures.
License of Your website
content
DottieDoo grants to You, and
You accept from DottieDoo, a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty free
license to copy, display, use and transmit on and via the Internet
Your website content in connection with DottieDoo’s performance or
enforcement of this Agreement.
Availability of Services
Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, DottieDoo shall attempt to provide Web
Hosting for twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week
throughout the term of this Agreement. You agree that from time to
time the Web Hosting service may be inaccessible or inoperable for any
reason, including, without limitation: (i) equipment malfunctions;
(ii) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs which DottieDoo may
undertake from time to time; or (iii) causes beyond the control of
DottieDoo or which are not reasonably foreseeable by DottieDoo,
including, without limitation, interruption or failure of
telecommunication or digital transmission links, hostile network
attacks network congestion or other failures. You agree that DottieDoo
has no control of availability of Web Hosting on a continuous or
uninterrupted basis.
Web Site Content
You shall be solely
responsible for providing, updating, uploading and maintaining Your
website and any and all files, pages, data, works, information and/or
materials on, within, displayed, linked or transmitted to, from or
through Your web site, including, without limitation, trade or service
marks, images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips,
video clips, email or other messages, meta tags, domain names,
software and text. Your web site content shall also include any
registered domain names provided by You or registered on behalf of You
in connection with the Web Hosting services.
4. your obligations
You represent and warrant to
DottieDoo that: (i) You have the power and authority to enter into and
perform Your obligations under this Agreement; (ii) Your Content does
not and shall not contain any content, materials, data, work, trade or
service mark, trade name, link, advertising or services that actually
or potentially violate any applicable law or regulation or infringe or
misappropriate any proprietary, intellectual property, contract or
tort right of any person; and (iii) You own Your website content and
all proprietary or intellectual property rights therein, or have
express written authorization from the owner to copy, use and display
the content on and within Your web site. You also warrant that the
web site being hosted by DottieDoo will not be used in connection with
any illegal activity.
If You are hosting Your web
site on DottieDoo’s servers, You are responsible for ensuring that
there is no excessive overloading on DottieDoo’s DNS or servers. You
may not use DottieDoo’s servers and Your web site as a source,
intermediary, reply to address, or destination address for mail bombs,
Internet packet flooding, packet corruption, denial of service, or
other abusive activities. Server hacking or other perpetration of
security breaches is prohibited and DottieDoo reserves the right to
remove sites that contain information about hacking or links to such
information. Use of your web site as an anonymous gateway is
prohibited. DottieDoo prohibits the use of software or scripts run on
its servers that cause the server to load beyond a reasonable level,
as determined by DottieDoo. You agree that DottieDoo reserves the
right to remove Your web site temporarily or permanently from its
hosting servers if DottieDoo is the recipient of activities that
threaten the stability of its network.
You agree not to engage in
unacceptable use of any Services, which includes, without limitation,
use of the Services to: (i) disseminate or transmit unsolicited
messages, chain letters or unsolicited commercial email; (ii)
disseminate or transmit any material that, to a reasonable person may
be abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, harassing, grossly
offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious; (iii) disseminate or
transmit files, graphics, software or other material, data or work
that actually or potentially infringes the copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any
person; (iv) create a false identity or to otherwise attempt to
mislead any person as to the identity, source or origin of any
communication; (v) export, re-export or permit downloading of any
message or content in violation of any export or import law,
regulation or restriction of the United States and its agencies or
authorities, or without all required approvals, licenses and/or
exemptions; (vi) interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized
access to any computer system, server, network or account for which
You do not have authorization to access or at a level exceeding Your
authorization; (vii) disseminate or transmit any virus, trojan horse
or other malicious, harmful or disabling data, work, code or program;
or (viii) engage in any other activity deemed by DottieDoo to be in
conflict with the spirit or intent of this Agreement or any DottieDoo
policy.
5. DottieDoo's rights
DottieDoo explicitly
reserves the right and sole discretion to: (i) Censor any web site
hosted on its Web Hosting servers that, in DottieDoo’s sole
discretion, is deemed inappropriate; (ii) Review every Web Hosting
account for excessive space and bandwidth utilization and to terminate
or apply additional fees to those accounts that exceed allowed levels;
(iii) Modify its pricing through email notification; (iv) Terminate
Your Web Hosting service for unsolicited, commercial e-mailing (i.e.,
SPAM); illegal access to other computers or networks (i.e., hacking);
distribution of Internet viruses or similar destructive activities;
non-payment of Web Hosting fees; and other activities whether lawful
or unlawful that DottieDoo determines to be harmful to its other
customers, operations, or reputation; (v) Terminate Your Web Hosting
service if the contents of Your web site result in, or are the subject
of, legal action or threatened legal action, against DottieDoo or any
of its affiliates or partners, without consideration for whether such
legal action or threatened legal action is eventually determined to be
with or without merit. DottieDoo has no obligation to monitor the Site
or any of Your content, but reserves the right in its sole discretion
to do so.
No Spam; Liquidated Damages
DottieDoo will immediately
terminate any Web Hosting service which it believes, in its sole
discretion, is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam or
other unsolicited bulk email. In addition, if actual damages cannot be
reasonably calculated then you agree to pay DottieDoo liquidated
damages of $2 for each piece of spam or unsolicited bulk email
transmitted from or otherwise connected with your website hosted with
us, otherwise you agree to pay DottieDoo's actual damages.
6. dispute resolution policy
You agree to be bound by
DottieDoo’s current agreement. You agree that if a dispute arises as
a result of one or more web sites DottieDoo is hosting for You, You
will indemnify, defend and hold DottieDoo harmless for damages arising
out of such dispute. You also agree that if DottieDoo is notified that
a complaint has been filed with a governmental, administrative or
judicial body, regarding a web site hosted by DottieDoo, that
DottieDoo, in its sole discretion, may take whatever action DottieDoo
deems necessary regarding further modification, assignment of and/or
control of the web site to comply with the actions or requirements of
the governmental, administrative or judicial body until such time as
the dispute is settled
7. limitation of liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL
DOTTIEDOO BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF
PROFIT OR GOODWILL, FOR ANY MATTER, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED
ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF DOTTIEDOO HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT
DOTTIEDOO'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL
FEES PAID BY YOU TO DOTTIEDOO HEREUNDER FOR THE ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD
PRIOR TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION GIVING RISE TO ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY.
8. indemnity
You agree to release,
defend, indemnify and hold harmless DottieDoo and its contractors,
agents, employees, offices, directors, shareholders and affiliates
from and against any action, claim, demand, dispute, liability,
losses, damages or costs, including reasonable attorney's fees and
costs, resulting from or related to (i) a dispute over one or more web
sites DottieDoo is hosting for you, (ii) Your breach of this
Agreement, (iii) any negligence, willful or improper misconduct by
You; (iv) any allegation that Your site or content infringes a third
person's copyright, trademark or proprietary or intellectual property
right, or misappropriates a third person's trade secrets; or (v) any
action or conduct of DottieDoo’s undertaken pursuant to this
Agreement. You shall defend and settle at Your sole expense all
proceedings arising out of the foregoing. You agree that DottieDoo
shall have the right to participate in the defense of any such claim
through counsel of its own choosing. You agree to notify DottieDoo of
any such claim promptly in writing and to allow DottieDoo to control
the proceedings. You agree to cooperate fully with DottieDoo during
such proceedings. You agree You will not be entitled to a refund of
any fees paid to DottieDoo if, for any reason, DottieDoo takes
corrective action with respect to Your improper or illegal use of its
Web Hosting services. You also agree that if DottieDoo is notified
that a complaint has been filed with a governmental, administrative or
judicial body, regarding a web site hosted by DottieDoo, that
DottieDoo, in its sole discretion, may take whatever action DottieDoo
deems necessary regarding further modification, assignment of and/or
control of the web site to comply with the actions or requirements of
the governmental, administrative or judicial body until such time as
the dispute is settled.
9. disclaimer of warranties
DottieDoo expressly
disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability, concerning any subject matter of this agreement.
10. severability
You agree that the terms of
this Agreement are severable. If any part of this Agreement is
determined to be unenforceable or invalid, that part of the agreement
will be interpreted in accordance with applicable law as closely as
possible, in line with the original intention of both parties to the
Agreement. The remaining terms and conditions of the Agreement will
remain in full force and effect.
11. venue; waiver of trail
by jury
This agreement shall be
deemed entered into the state of New York the laws and judicial
decisions of Monroe county, New York, shall be used to determine the
validity, construction, interpretation and legal effect of this
agreement. You agree that any action relating to or arising out of
this agreement, shall be brought in the courts of Monroe county, New
York.
You agree to waive the
right to trial by jury in any proceeding that takes pace relating to
or arising out of this agreement.
12. notices
You agree that all notices
(except for notices concerning breach of this Agreement) from
DottieDoo to You may be posted on our web site. Notices concerning
breach will be sent either to the email or postal address You have on
file with DottieDoo. In either case, delivery shall be deemed to have
been made five (5) days after the date sent.
Notices from You to
DottieDoo shall be made either by email to the address we provide on
our Web site. They shall be deemed to be delivered when received by
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