This is the Affiliate Membership Agreement that will
govern your participation on this LinkShare Network. Please read this
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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 http://www.linkshare.com/affiliates/aff_guidelines.shtml.
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.
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.
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 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 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
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 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
mark, 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:
(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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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 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.
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,
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 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 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, 215 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, New York, NY
10003, 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 252-227-7013 (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, 215 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003.