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Last updated: March 20, 2006.
1.0 AGREEMENT
The ADster Service ("ADster" or the "Service"), owned and operated by
ADster, Inc. is provided to you ("Member") under the terms and conditions of
this ADster Service Agreement and any amendments thereto and any operating
rules or policies (collectively, the "ASA" or "Agreement"). ADster reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove all or
part of the ASA at any time. ADster reserves the right to modify the ASA at
anytime by ADster posting a new agreement on our website
(http://www.adster.com/terms.php). If any modification to this agreement is
unacceptable to you, your only recourse will be to terminate this agreement.
Your continued participation in the Service following our posting of a new
agreement on our site will constitute a binding acceptance of the change.
1.1 By accepting the terms and conditions of the ASA, Member (a) represents
and warrants that he or she is 18 years old or older;(b) agrees to provide
true, accurate, current and complete information about Member as prompted by
the Account Registration Form; and (c) agrees to maintain and update this
information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If any
information provided by Member is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, ADster has the right to terminate Member's account and refuse
any and all current or future use of the Service.
1.2 BY COMPLETING THE ACCOUNT REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "CREATE
ACCOUNT" BUTTON, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE ASA. If these terms and
conditions or any future changes are unacceptable to you, you may cancel
your account pursuant to Section 6.0 regarding termination of service.
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF ADSTER SERVICE By completing this registration, Member
creates an Account. ADster member accounts can function in dual roles as an
advertiser and/or Publisher ("Publisher" and/or "Advertiser"). The dual role
of an ADster account gives the ADster member the ability to buy advertising
by providing funds and selecting sites to display text ads on in the ADster
network for specified periods of time in an advertiser role, and/or selling
advertising on the Member's website in a publishing role.
2.2 Editorial Review - ADster editors will review each website individually
and has the right to reject the Publisher's website for any reason. Upon
passing the editorial review, the website will be displayed in the ADster
service.
2.3 Technical Support - Members may receive technical help and resolve
billing inquiries by emailing ADster Technical Support at
support@ADster.com.
2.4 Display Website Category, Description, Title and Preview page -
Displayed content of customer's website supplied by ADster editors as seen
fit to the ADster Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis
without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not
limited to warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. Neither this
agreement nor any documentation furnished under it is intended to express or
imply any warranty that the ADster service program will be uninterrupted,
timely or error-free. ADSTER'S LIABILITY TO MEMBER SHALL NOT, FOR ANY
REASON, EXCEED THE AGGREGATE PAYMENTS ACTUALLY MADE BY MEMBER TO ADSTER OVER
THE COURSE OF THE EXISTING TERM. USE OF ADSTER SERVICE SUBMISSIONS: By
submitting material or web page listings to the ADster Service (including
information regarding the listing) you are irrevocably granting ADster, its
licensees, and any entities in the ADster Distribution Network, the right to
use all parts of the material, without limitation, including modifying it or
using it commercially and authorizing others to do so. ADster reserves the
right to edit, refuse, reject or remove any website or listing at its
discretion at any time from the ADster Service.
3.0 MEMBER REPRESENTATIONS Member affirms that he is the legal owner of the
URL specified in his account, an employee of the legal owner of the domain,
or has obtained express written permission from the legal owner of the
domain for use of the Directories Service with the domain. Member expressly
agrees to indemnify ADster from any claims by any third party arising from
use of the Directories Service with the specified URL.
4.0 PAYMENTS ADster reserves the right to change payment percentages at any
time with 30 day prior notification to member which may be posted on the
ADster website or emailed to members. If member is in publishing role,
ADster agrees to pay Publisher 75% of sale price for advertising sold
through ADster in connection with Publisher's website.
ADster will pay Publisher the unpaid balance that is accrued in Publisher's
account 60 days prior to the last Wednesday of each month ("Payment Due").
Checks will be paid in US dollars and will be sent via USPS to Publisher
within approximately 7 days of the last Wednesday of each month if the total
payment due for that period is greater or equal to the Publisher's minimum
check amount. Publisher agrees that a specific condition of payments being
due or earned is that ADster must receive the advertiser's payment in full
without advertiser dispute, (e.g. credit card chargeback, refund or contest
of any kind) 60 days before payments are eligible for becoming a payment
due. If a Publisher disputes a payment made by ADster, the Publisher must
contact ADster in writing within 30 days of payment date, failure to notify
ADster in writing will result in the waiving of all claims against ADster in
connection with the disputed payment. Payment amounts and related
calculations will be determined exclusively by ADster without outside agency
measurements or statistics of any kind. ADster is not responsible for loss
of impressions due to end users disabling JavaScript on their web browsers.
Publishers are solely responsible for keeping their account information
accurate and current. Publishers in the USA must also provide current and
accurate W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification)
information. Non-USA taxpayers must provide a accurate and keep current, a
W-8 form which may include a W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY or a signed
certification as required by the IRS and related taxation authorities.
Publishers agree to pay all taxes in relation to payments received by
Publisher from ADster in connection with Publisher's website.
5.0 TERMINATION
5.1 Either Member or ADster may terminate the Service with or without cause
at any time and effective immediately and without prior notice. ADster may
terminate by a written or email notice to the member. Notices of termination
initiated by Member must be done through the ADster online account
management area by 'disabling' their URLs. ADster shall not be liable to
Member or any third party for termination of Service. Should Member object
to any terms and conditions of the ASA or any subsequent modifications
hereto or become dissatisfied with the Service in any way, Member's sole
recourse is to immediately: (1) discontinue use of the Service; (2)
terminate Service subscription; and (3) notify ADster of termination. Upon
termination of the Subscription, Member's right to use the Subscription
services immediately ceases. Member shall have no right and ADster shall
have no obligation thereafter to forward any information associated with
Member's account. Any amounts paid for the month in which you cancel and any
monthly fee(s) for any month expired before your termination is
non-refundable.
6.0 Either party may terminate the ADster subscription on thirty (30) days
notice if the other party has materially breached or is otherwise not in
compliance with any provision of the ASA, and such breach or noncompliance
is not cured within such thirty (30) day period. ADster reserves the right
to IMMEDIATELY suspend any customer listing or website and customer access
to the ADster service until such breach or noncompliance is cured.
6.1 Termination for Illegal or Other Activity. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, ADster may, but has no duty to, immediately terminate Member and
remove it from ADster servers if ADster in its sole discretion concludes
that Member is engaged in illegal activities or the sale of illegal or
harmful goods or services, or is engaged in activities or sales that may
damage the rights of ADster or others. Any termination under this Section
shall take effect immediately and Member expressly agrees that it shall not
have any opportunity to cure.
6.2 Waiver. Member expressly waives any statutory or other legal protection
in conflict with the provisions of this Section 6.
6.3 Deletion of Information. Upon termination, ADster reserves the right to
delete from its servers any and all information contained in Member's
account, including but not limited to order processing information, mailing
lists, and any data generated by the Software.
6.4 The provisions of Section 13.0 (Proprietary Rights), Section 12.0
(Indemnity), and Section 7.0 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities) of
this Agreement shall survive any termination of the Agreement.
7.0 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES THE DIRECTORIES SERVICE AND
SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY DOCUMENTATION FURNISHED UNDER IT IS INTENDED TO EXPRESS OR IMPLY ANY
WARRANTY THAT THE ADSTER SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY OR
ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY OR ERROR
FREE SERVICE. THE SECURITY MECHANISM INCORPORATED IN THE SOFTWARE HAS
INHERENT LIMITATIONS AND MEMBER MUST DETERMINE THAT THE SOFTWARE ADEQUATELY
MEETS ITS REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE SECURITY USED TO PROTECT MEMBERS
PASSWORDS. MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT
ITS OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT MEMBER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES TO ITS COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE
DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD TO CUSTOMER'S COMPUTER OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE CONTENT OF ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT
ITS OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT MEMBER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
REVIEWING THE CONTENT FOR OFFENSIVE OR DAMAGING CONTENT AND ADSTER SHALL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY OFFENSIVE CONTENT OR DAMAGING CONTENT AND MEMBER IS SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE CONTENT OF THE SERVICE,
CONTENT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD VIA ANY MEANS TO CUSTOMER'S COMPUTER OF
SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA. ADSTER, AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR LEGAL THEORIES WHATSOEVER, FOR ANY
LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROFITS OR GOODWILL, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF
BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
OF ANY CHARACTER, EVEN IF ADSTER IS AWARE OF THE RISK OF SUCH DAMAGES, THAT
RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM MEMBERS USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR THE
SOFTWARE, OR THAT RESULT FROM ERRORS, DEFECTS, OMISSIONS, DELAYS IN
OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE OF THE
SERVICES OR THE SOFTWARE. ADSTER'S LIABILITY TO MEMBER SHALL NOT, FOR ANY
REASON, EXCEED THE AGGREGATE PAYMENTS ACTUALLY MADE BY MEMBER TO ADSTER OVER
THE COURSE OF THE EXISTING TERM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIABILITIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
8.0 MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE ADster reserves the right to modify
the ASA at anytime by ADster posting a new agreement on our website
(www.ADster.com/terms). If any modification to this agreement is
unacceptable to you, your only recourse will be to terminate this agreement.
Your continued participation in the program following our posting of a new
agreement on our site will constitute a binding acceptance of the change.
9.0 MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE ADster reserves the right to modify or
discontinue the Service with or without prior notice to Member. ADster shall
not be liable to Member or any third party should ADster exercise its right
to modify or discontinue the Service.
10.0 SUSPENSION OF SERVICE ADster reserves the right to suspend the Service
with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. Suspension will
be accompanied by written or email notice pursuant to Section 16.0 regarding
notices.
11.0 NO RESALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF SERVICE Member agrees not to resell or
assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations under the ASA without
the express written authorization of ADster.
12.0 INDEMNITY Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ADster and its
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders,
employees and agents, from any claim or demand, including attorneys fees,
made by any third party due to or arising out of Members conduct, Members
use of the Service, the goods or services offered at Members website, any
alleged violation of the ASA, or any alleged violation of any rights of
another, including but not limited to Members use of any content,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrighted or patented material, or
other intellectual property used in connection with Members website. ADster
reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by Member, but
doing so shall not excuse Members indemnity obligations.
13.0 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
13.1 Software License. Member acknowledges and agrees that the Service is
intended for access and use by means of web browsing software, and that
ADster does not commit to support any particular browsing platform. ADster
reserves the right at any time to revise and modify the service, release
subsequent versions thereof and to alter features, specifications,
capabilities, functions, and other characteristics of the service, without
notice to Member. If any revision or modification to the service materially
changes Members ability to conduct business, Members sole remedy is to
terminate the ASA pursuant to Section 6 regarding termination of service.
13.2 ADster Intellectual Property. Member acknowledges and agrees that
content available from ADster or the Service, including but not limited to
text, software, music, sound, logos, trademarks, service marks, photographs,
graphics, or video, is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, or other
proprietary rights and laws, and may not be used in any manner other than as
specified in Section 12.1 above.
14.0 MEMBER PRIVACY
14.1 Member Information. ADster maintains information about Member and the
Members Data on servers, including but not limited to Members account
registration information, Member's customer order information, Members
Website information ("Member Information").
14.2 Member agrees that ADster may disclose Member Information in the good
faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with
the law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to enforce the ASA; (d) to
respond to claims that the Member website is engaged in activities that
violate the rights of third parties; or (e) to protect the rights or
interests of ADster, ADster or others; provided, however, that nothing in
this section shall impose a duty on ADster to make any such disclosures.
14.3 Password. Member shall receive a password from ADster to provide access
to and use of the Software and Services. Member is entirely responsible for
any and all activities which occur under Members account and password.
Member agrees to keep its password confidential, to allow no other person or
company to use its account, and to notify ADster promptly if Member has any
reason to believe that the security of its account has been compromised.
14.4 Technical Access. Member acknowledges and agrees that technical
processing of Member Information is and may be required: (a) for the Service
to function; (b) to conform to the technical requirements of connecting
networks; (c) to conform to the technical requirements of the Service; or
(d) to conform to other, similar technical requirements. Member also
acknowledges and agrees that ADster may access Member's account and its
contents as necessary to identify or resolve technical problems or respond
to complaints about the Service.
15.0 FORCE MAJEURE Neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay
or failure in performance under the ASA resulting directly or indirectly
from acts of nature or causes beyond its reasonable control.
16.0 NOTICES Any notices or communications under the ASA shall be by
electronic mail or in writing and shall be deemed delivered upon receipt to
the party to whom such communication is directed, at the addresses specified
below. If to ADster, such notices shall be addressed to support@ADster.com
or 1625 Main Street, Milpitas, California 95035, USA. If to Member, such
notices shall be addressed to the electronic or mailing address specified
when Member opens an account with ADster.
17.0 MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
17.1 Member can obtain assistance with any technical difficulty that may
arise in connection with Member's utilization of the Software or Services by
requesting assistance by email to support@ADster.com. ADster reserves the
right to establish limitations on the extent of such support, and the hours
at which it is available.
17.2 Member is responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone,
computer hardware and other equipment needed for its access to and use of
the Software and Services and Member shall be responsible for all charges
related thereto.
18.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT The ASA constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
previous proposals, both oral and written, negotiations, representations,
writings and all other communications between the parties.
19.0 GENERAL The ASA and the relationship between Member and ADster shall be
governed by the laws of the state of California without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. Member and ADster agree to submit to the
personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the State of
California for the County of Santa Clara or the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California. ADster's failure to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of the ASA shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of the ASA is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that
the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as
reflected in the provision, and agree that the other provisions of the ASA
remain in full force and effect. Member agrees that regardless of any
statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of
or related to use of the Service or the ASA must be filed within one (1)
year after such claim or cause of action arose, or be forever barred. The
section titles in the ASA are for convenience only and have no legal or
contractual effect.
If you have any questions regarding the ADster Terms of Service, please contact us at any time. Or write to us at:
Terms of Service
c/o ADster Inc.
1625 South Main Street
Milpitas, CA 95035 (USA)
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