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This is an agreement entered
into by and between RubberDollars.Com (“company”) and the person
submitting information on the sign-up form (“applicant”). The
agreement contemplates participation in a “webmaster referral
program” (“program), wherein Company offers Applicant the ability to
enjoy profit sharing from referred sales of memberships to internet
websites.
Acceptance of this agreement:
By filling out and submitting the sign-up form, Applicant agrees to be
fully bound by all of the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and, additionally, the terms and conditions of the third-party
billing company or companies who administer the program. Applicant shall
remain a program participant until applicant terminates participation in
the program by notifying Company by E-mail, or applicant's participation
in the program is terminated by Company for any reason, or the program
is terminated by Company for any reason. Applicant shall cease to be a
participant in good standing and shall be subject to immediate
termination of all benefits without prior notice if there is a failure
to perform under or breach any part of this Agreement.
What rights are granted to applicant under this agreement:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Company
grants to Applicant, the following:
1) The non-exclusive right to participate in a “webmaster referral
program” whereby visitors referred by Applicant to Company’s
websites are tracked and memberships to Company’s websites that result
within a prescribed period of time are shared with Applicant pursuant to
the terms of this agreement. Company shall at all times have the right,
in its sole and exclusive discretion, to modify and/or terminate the
Program and any and all program benefits associated with Program at any
time, and may do so with or without prior notice or cause.
2) A non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to the use
of certain promotional materials created and offered by Company, for the
exclusive purpose of advertising and marketing Company’s websites, in
accordance with any an all terms or conditions placed upon said use,
either contained within this agreement or imposed at anytime or in any
manner by Company. In the event of any breach of any term or condition
of this agreement, said license shall immediately terminate. Any
promotional content provided for use by Company shall only be used in a
good faith, bona fide effort to promote Company's websites and any other
uses of that content shall be deemed a violation of Company's
intellectual property rights which company will vigorously enforce.
Applicant Warrants to Company:
In consideration of program benefits, applicant agrees and warrant as
follows:
1) Applicant warranties that he/she owns and operates a lawful website(s)
and that he/she has the requisite legal authority and ability to enter
into this agreement and perform the obligations set forth herein.
Further, Applicant warranties that he/she is over the age of eighteen
(18).
2) Applicant warranties that he/she will not use the following
unauthorized methods of promoting Company’s websites: Spamming (via
unsolicited email, unsolicited instant messages, or other forms of
intrusive unsolicited advertisement), password hacking sites, warez
sites, deceptive advertising, advertising that give the false impression
that Applicant owns or operates Company’s website, posting banners,
content, or links on newsgroups, IRC or chatrooms, and advertising on
sites containing inappropriate or illegal content, including userID/passwords,
serial numbers, backdoors, warez, child pornography, obscenity,
(including images of bestiality, rape, or torture, scat), stolen images,
material which constitutes an infringement, misappropriation or
violation of any person's rights of publicity, privacy rights (including
pictures of celebrities or images modified to look like celebrities) or
any person's intellectual property rights, copyright or trademark,
hacks/cracks for any type of software, sites or services dedicated to
the downloading or trading of unauthorized MP3 audio files, sites
containing material that is threatening, abusive, hateful, defamatory,
libelous, slanderous, scandalous or injurious to the reputation of any
person or entity, material not fully in compliance with 18 U.S.C. Sec.
2257, any program, file, data stream or other material which contains
viruses, worms, "Trojan horses" malicious java script or any
other feature, which takes control of a third parties computer or cpu
without their permission. Use of any of the foregoing unauthorized
methods of promotion will result in immediate termination of this
agreement, forfeiture of any and all funds owed to Applicant, and a
permanent ban on future participation in Company’s programs.
3) That applicant will not alter, crop, cut-out, obscure, distort,
modify or change any banners, pictures, video clips or other promotional
or advertising content provided to applicant by company pursuant to this
agreement, in any manner, except as authorized by Company in writing.
Applicant will not remove the visible URL watermark on any picture,
banner, video or any other promotional materials. Applicant will not
claim or attempt to assert ownership or any of the materials provided
for promotional purposes and is not authorized to offer those materials
for sale, transfer, or license to any third party. If applicants
participation in the program is terminated for any reason or is not in
good standing, changes applicants website's URL or applicant ceases to
offer services on the Internet, applicant shall immediately and
permanently cease all use of all materials provided by Company and that
all files containing materials provided will be removed from your
website. In the event of termination of this Agreement applicant will
immediately cease using Company’s name, marks or website URL’s and
will cease any use of any promotional materials supplied to applicant by
Company.
No Agency Created:
1) No agency, employment relationship, joint or collaborative venture or
partnership between Applicant and Company exists, nor is any such
relationship created by this agreement. Company is not responsible for
any income tax, social security, or any other withholding, deduction or
benefit. Applicant is an independent entity, existing in and of itself
and is responsible for his/her own income tax, social security, and/or
any other income related responsibilities.
Definitions:
A "referral" from applicant which entitles applicant to a
"referral fee" shall be defined as follows:
(i) A person who has been directed to a website controlled or operated
by Company through the use of a banner ad or hypertext link supplied by
Company as part of the Program (hereinafter referred to as
"Authorized Link") that resides on applicant’s website and
which automatically connects any person who clicks on said Authorized
Link to a Company website; and
(ii) A person who, after having been directed to a website owned or
operated by Company through the use of an Authorized Link, signs up for
a membership for Company’s website.
Company shall have the right to deny or withhold payment from applicant
and to terminate applicant from the program if the Company determines
that applicant has directly or indirectly engaged in, or encouraged
fraudulent activity.
Company shall have the right, in its sole and exclusive judgment, to
determine what constitutes fraudulent activity and whether conduct,
directly or indirectly constituted or encouraged fraudulent activity.
The Company's determination that fraudulent activity has or is occurring
shall be conclusive as to that issue.
All referral fees due and payable hereunder shall be payable in United
States Dollars. The tabulation and disbursement of that payment shall be
the responsibility of Company’s third party billing company. The
choice of which third party billing company is used is within the sole
discretion of Company. Company is not responsible and Applicant hereby
indemnifies Company for any miscalculation, mistake, negligence, error
or other occurrence that occurs on the third party billing company’s
behalf. Additionally, Company is not responsible and Applicant hereby
indemnifies Company from liability for any failure, mistake or
miscalculation, whether intentional or not, occurring within the
tracking mechanism used by the third party billing company to identify
referrals originating from Applicant, including failures, mistakes,
and/or miscalculations resulting from the use of “cookies” or other
technological means.
It is Applicants sole obligation to check RubberDollars.Com to determine
if there have been any changes in the Program. If Company has changed
the terms of this agreement and Applicant disagrees with such than
Applicant is excluded from program.
Company makes no guarantees or warranties of any kind:
Applicant acknowledges and agree that Company makes no guaranties or
warranties of any kind with respect to the Program or materials provided
by, through or in association with the Program, and all materials are
provided to you "as is", and that use of Program and
associated materials, including, without limitation is solely at your
risk. Company disclaims all warranties, either express or implied
including, but not limited to, express or implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with regard to the
Program and any and all materials of every kind supplied to as part of
this Program.
Company Limited Liability and Liquidated Damages :
Applicant acknowledges and agree that under no circumstances shall
Company, its employees, independent contractors, authors, agents,
representatives, assigns and successors be liable to applicant, or any
other person or entity, for any direct or indirect losses, injuries or
incidental or consequential damages of any kind with regard to any link
to any Company website, or arising from or in connection with the use of
the Program materials, or due to any mistakes, omissions, delays,
errors, interruptions in the transmission, or receipt of Company'
services, content or Program materials, including without limitation any
losses due to serve problems or due to incorrect placement of HTML or
other programming languages.
Notwithstanding the foregoing express limitations of liability, you
acknowledge and agree that should Company, its officers, employees,
successors, or assigns be held liable for damages, injuries or losses of
any kind, directly or indirectly resulting from participation in the
program, that the aggregate liability arising with respect to and under
this Agreement and the Program for any and all claims, injuries, damages
or losses will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you
under this Agreement.
No Representations Of Success Or Profitability
Applicant hereby confirms and acknowledges that applicant has
unilaterally decided to enter an Internet service business and
acknowledge that it is a high-risk business. Applicant further confirms,
acknowledges and expressly agrees that neither Company, any agent or
representative of Company, nor any other person has at any time in the
past, represented to applicant or has otherwise directly or indirectly
communicated in any manner to applicant any guarantee, reassurance or
any other communication of any kind regarding the potential
profitability or likelihood of success of your participation in the
Program as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise; the possibility or
likelihood that use of any products and/or services provided by Company
pursuant to this Agreement can or will result in the recoupment of any
funds expended by applicant for the promotion of applicant’s Website
or any other purpose; or the existence, nonexistence, size or any other
characteristics of any market for any products or services which involve
applicant’s participation in the Program pursuant to this Agreement.
Applicant agrees that such program is not a franchise or other business
opportunity and agrees that such program does not fall within any such
act or law. Specifically, these terms and conditions are not by their
definition an offer or business opportunity. You further expressly agree
not to raise any claim of any kind against Company and you agree to hold
Company harmless from any claim of loss to you directly or indirectly
resulting from your decision to participate in the Program pursuant to
this Agreement.
No Monitoring Or Supervision Provided By Us
Compay shall not monitor, supervise or review, and shall not be
responsible for any content appearing or otherwise distributed on, at or
in association with Applicant’s Website except for that content which
is supplied by Company, provided that said content supplied by Company
has not be altered or modified by applicant or any other party.
Term And Termination Of Agreement
You acknowledge and agree that the term of this Agreement is at will and
will begin upon Company's acceptance of Applicant’s Affiliate
application and will end when terminated by either party. Either
applicant or Company may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or
without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination.
In the event that this Agreement or Program is terminated, applicant
shall be entitled to all unpaid commissions or referral fees earned by
you prior to the date and hour of termination. However, applicant shall
not be entitled to receive any commissions or referral fees for any
"referrals" delivered or received by Company after the date
and time of termination.
Entire Agreement; Modification; Assignment
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Applicant and
Company with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and
cancels all other prior agreements, discussion, or representations,
whether written or oral.
Applicant agrees that Company may at any time, in its sole and exclusive
discretion, modify the type and quality of benefits provided to you
under this Agreement by posting a change notice or a new agreement on
this site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope
of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures and
Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO APPLICANT,
APPLICANT’S ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT.
APPLICANT’S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING
COMPANY’S POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON IT’S SITE
WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
Applicant acknowledges and agree that the failure of Company to enforce
any of the specific provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude any
other or further enforcement of such provision(s) or the exercise of any
other right hereunder.
Applicant agrees that all promises, obligations, duties and warranties
made by applicant in this Agreement are personal to applicant and that
neither they nor any benefits hereunder may be assigned by applicant to
any other person or entity.
Applicant agrees that Company may at any time, and without prior notice
to you, freely assign all or part of its duties, obligations and
benefits hereunder.
Review By Your Attorney
Company strongly advises that applicant review this Agreement with
his/her attorney before you enter into it. Applicant acknowledges and
agrees that nothing herein and no statement by Company or any employee,
representative, agent or other person associated with Company has in any
way prevented or inhibited Applicant in any way from seeking such advice
prior to entering into this Agreement. Applicant hereby acknowledges and
agree that the terms of this Agreement are reasonable and fair; all
terms have been fully disclosed in writing, and that applicant has been
given a reasonable chance to seek advice of independent counsel with
respect to this Agreement and all transactions associated herewith. |