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Affiliate Service Agreement
This
Affiliate Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is made by and between Floppybank.com,
("Floppybank.com"), and you ("You").
Floppybank.com
owns and operates an Affiliate Marketing service. You wish to earn compensation
through Your Web site by increasing sales, leads and/or visitors to Floppybank.com
web sites. Therefore, You wish to become an Affiliate Member of Floppybank.com's
Affiliate Marketing service.
Floppybank.com
and You agree to the following terms and provisions:
1 Relationship.
1.1 During the
term of this Agreement You are an Affiliate. As an Affiliate, You agree
to follow Floppybank.com's
'Good Business Practices:'
1.1.1a You have
a quality, professionally done Web site, or
1.1.1b You
are an individual affiliate / reseller.
1.1.2 Your
Web site does not contain or promote, or Link to Web sites that contain
or promote, any of these types of content: libelous, defamatory, 'adult,'
obscene, pornographic, abusive, violent, bigoted, hate-oriented, illegal,
cracking, hacking or warez, or the offer any illegal good or service.
1.1.3 You do
not mislead others.
If You operate
a site that sells goods or provides services, You also agree to the following
additional Good Business Practices:
1.1.4 You charge
a fair price for Your product or service.
1.1.5 You have
a secure shopping cart for processing orders and credit cards.
1.1.6 You have
published customer service and satisfaction policies.
1.1.7 You provide
a toll free customer support number or email address.
1.1.8 You fulfill
customer orders promptly and quickly.
1.1.9 You provide
email confirmation upon acceptance of an order.
1.1.10 You
provide email confirmation of a shipment if applicable.
1.1.11 You
have a published return policy and guarantee.
1.1.12 You
have a published privacy policy.
1.1.13 You
have robust back-end systems in place to process orders.
1.2 As an Affiliate,
You may request to be added to the Affiliate Marketing program of one or
more of the products and services provided by Floppybank.com or it's merchants.
Upon Floppybank.com approval, You may post that product's Links on Your
Web site as provided in this Agreement. The product Links you establish
on Your Web site will provide You with the opportunity to earn Payouts
for sales, Leads and/or Clicks that result.
1.3 If You are
or become a Merchant, the terms of the Merchant Agreement shall apply to
Your Affiliate relationship with Floppybank.com,
although both your Merchant and Affiliate relationships will be managed
through one Account.
1.4 Floppybank.com
will provide You with reasonable support for the Service.
2 Tracking
and/or Reporting.
Floppybank.com
will track critical information regarding sales, Leads and Clicks that
result directly from Your Links through the Service from Your Web Site
or personal sales. Based on this information, Floppybank.com
will allocate Payouts and provide You and Merchants with informational
reports and analyses. Upon notice that Your Links are not tracking due
to anything under Your control, you will repair or fix the problem within
one day of notice.
3 Your Links.
3.1 You may
cause Links to be placed on and removed from Your Web site and Your e-mail
messages at Your discretion subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. You shall not place Your Links in newsgroups, message boards,
unsolicited e-mail and other types of spam, banner networks, counters,
chatrooms, guestbooks, IRC channels or through similar Internet resources.
3.2 Your Links
must be placed such that it is unlikely that they will mislead the Visitor.
In addition, Your Links must be placed with the intent that it is reasonably
likely that they will deliver bona fide sales, Leads or Clicks to the related
product or Merchant for the Link.
3.3 After Floppybank.com
or a Merchant has
approved You, Floppybank.com
and (or) the Merchant
may still terminate its relationship with You seven (7) days after the
Merchant provides You with notice that it intends to terminate Your linking
rights and that specifies a bona fide business reason for such termination.
Your termination in this manner shall not affect any Payouts that You earned
prior to termination.
4 Payouts.
4.1 Each product
establishes through the Service the amount or percentage of one or more
Payouts under one or more sales program, Leads program or Clicks program.
You agree that both Floppybank.com
and Merchant may
switch between programs, or change any Payout amount or percentage as to
new transactions at any time; however, Payouts shall accrue in accordance
with the program, amount or percentage in effect at the time the Payout
is earned. Upon any change to the Payout in amount or percentage, Floppybank.com
will send each Affiliate who hosts Links to the product type, or merchant,
an email notice regarding the change. It is Your duty to determine the
current Payout rates in effect from time to time. The current Payouts for
each Merchant shall be available to You on the Service.
4.2 Floppybank.com
will credit Your Account with the amount of the Payout if Your Link directly
resulted in a bona fide sale, Lead or Click for which the relevant Merchant
has an established Payout at the time of such sale, Lead or Click.
4.3 Other than
Floppybank.com's
income taxes, You agree that one or more of You, the Affiliate, or the
Visitor, to the exclusion of Floppybank.com,
shall pay all appli-cable sales, use, Internet, import, or other taxes
or duties, and any other fees or withhold-ing related to the sales, Leads
and Clicks on Your Links or licenses under this Agreement.
4.4 A bona fide
sale or Lead will be deemed to have resulted directly from one of Your
Links, if the sale or Lead occurs within 45 calendar days of the last time
that the bona fide Visitor Clicked on Your direct Link to the sale or Lead
opportunity and since that date the Visitor did not Click on any other
Link to the same destination from another Affiliate's Web site. If a sale
or Lead occurs more than 45 calendar days after the Visitor last Clicked
on one of Your Links, then You will not be credited with the Payout. If
a Visitor has Clicked on two different Affiliates' Links within 45 days
of a resulting sale or Lead, the Payout will be credited to the Affiliate
who hosted the Link Clicked last.
5 Service
Promotion.
5.1 You shall
not encourage third parties to copy Your Links unless You first become
a Merchant subject to the terms and conditions of the Merchant Agreement.
You may encourage third parties to become Affiliates of the Service so
that they may create their own Links directly as an Affiliate Member of
the Service.
5.2 You shall
not cause any sales, Leads or Clicks to be made that are not in good faith,
including, but not limited to, using any device, program, robot, Iframes,
hidden frames, JavaScript popup windows and redirects. You shall not Click
on Your own Links, nor submit multiple Leads. You shall not establish or
cause to be established any program that provides any rewards, points or
compensation for Clicks or Leads, unless specifically approved in writing
by Floppybank.com.
5.3 If You became
an Affiliate of a Merchant after that Merchant became a Member of the Service,
You agree that Your relationship with that Merchant to be compensated for
any sales, Leads and/or Clicks by a Visitor to that Merchant's Web site
will be conducted, managed and paid through the Service. In conjunction
with the preceding, You shall not directly or indirectly accept any compensation
that supplements any Payout.
5.4 You shall
not circumvent or evade any of Your duties under this Agreement, nor induce
or conspire with any Member to circumvent or evade any of the Member's
duties to Floppybank.com.
You understand that You are bound by a covenant of good faith and fair
dealing under which You shall not deny Floppybank.com
the benefit of its Agreements and under which You have an affirmative duty
to cooperate to assist Floppybank.com
in achieving the benefit of this Agreement. Any breach of this Section
5.4 is cause for immediate termination of this Agreement without notice.
In addition to all other remedies under this Agreement, Floppybank.com
shall be entitled to recover from You any and all fees that would have
been recovered had no breach of this Section 5 occurred. You are also liable
for any Payout caused by improper use of the Service.
5.5 While You
are an active Affiliate, Your Account will be credited 1 token for each
person or organization that first becomes a bona fide Affiliate ("New Referral
Affiliate") directly and primarily as a result of a Link from Your Web
site to the then-current Affiliate registration form at the Floppybank.com
Web page and You will receive an amount equal to 5% of all Payouts, minus
any Chargebacks, of all New Referral Affiliates. If Your New Referral Affiliate
in turn acquires a New Referral Affiliate, You will not receive any 'flowthrough'
credit for that Affiliate. Should any aspect of this referral program,
including the length of time during which You otherwise qualify to earn
a portion of the earnings of the New Referred Affiliate, be questioned
by a governmental law enforcement agency, or be deemed, becomes, or shall
be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, null or void
or against public policy, the aspect at issue shall be modified to the
minimum extent possible in accordance with Section 18.5 below in this Agreement.
6 Floppybank.com's
Obligation to Pay.
Subject to Section
11.3, at the end of any calendar month that Your Account balance exceeds
the "Minimum Balance Amount" as set by Floppybank.com
from time to time (as a default rate), Floppybank.com
will transmit to You, by the 20th day following month end if You are a
Asia situated Affiliate or by the end of the following month end if You
are situated in a foreign country, the entire accumulated positive balance
in Your Account for the relevant month. You may increase Your Minimum Balance
Amount by editing the default rate. Your Account will not accrue interest.
7 Chargebacks.
7.1 Merchants
may request that Floppybank.com
reverse any Payout related to a sale, Lead, or Click ("Chargeback") in
any case of a: product return; duplicate entry or other clear error; non-bona
fide sale, Lead or Click; or, with respect to a sale, non-receipt of payment
from the Visitor to the Merchant.
7.2 In the event
Floppybank.com
receives a Chargeback request within 6 months of the date Your Account
was credited for the related Payout, Floppybank.com
has the right to debit Your Account in the amount of the related Payout.
Because You are expected to provide each Merchant with bona fide and successful
sales, Leads and Clicks, Floppybank.com
may withhold other Payouts earned to offset the Chargeback(s) against Your
Account.
7.3 If Your
Account balance is less than the amount of Your Chargeback(s), the difference
will be deducted against Your future earnings.
8 Proprietary
Rights and Licenses.
8.1 You represent
and warrant that You have all appropriate authority and rights and grant
Floppybank.com
a license for all reasonably foreseeable use, reproduction and distribution
of any content You provide to the Service. This license is subject to the
condition that Floppybank.com
may not modify in any way any names, trademarks, or content that You provide,
except to the extent necessary for the reasonable purposes of the Service.
You represent and warrant that none of the content that You provide to
the Service or provide on Your Web site or provide in any e-mail in which
You place one of Your Links, infringes upon any third party's rights (including,
without limitation, intellectual property rights) or is defamatory, libelous,
unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
8.2 Floppybank.com
grants You a revocable, non-transferable, royalty free, international sublicense,
subject to the terms and conditions of Floppybank.com's
license, to allow Product Links and Merchant Links to be created on Your
Web Site and e-mail and to copyrighted Floppybank.com
content for the limited purposes of and subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. You agree to remove or update any Link promptly upon
Floppybank.com's
request. You shall not otherwise copy, nor in any manner modify, in any
way any icons, buttons, banners, graphics files, names, trademarks, or
copyrighted content that You receive from the Service. You may not remove
or alter any copyright, patent or trademark notices.
8.3 Your provision
to the Service of any images, technology or content shall not affect Your
proprietary rights, if any, and no part shall be deemed licensed except
as explicitly provided for herein, and, under no circumstances, shall any
part be deemed assigned in any manner.
8.4 You shall
not challenge the validity of or attempt to register any marks, or Your
interest therein as a sublicensee, within any Link that you cause to be
placed on Your Web site from the Service ("Marks"). You shall not adopt
any names, trademarks, or service marks that are confusingly similar to,
or in combination with any of the Marks. Except as sublicensed and/or licensed
in this Agreement, You will not create any derivative works from any copyrighted
content You use from the Service. By Your use of any Floppybank.com
Links, trademarks, service marks, and copyrighted content ("Intellectual
Property"), You acknowledge You have no proprietary rights in the Intellectual
Property and agree not to challenge Floppybank.com's
proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. You acknowledge the right
of Floppybank.com
or the Merchant,
as the case may be, to use all names, trademarks and service marks that
may appear in each Link You cause to be placed on Your Web site or in Your
e-mail. You agree that all goodwill arising as a result of Your use of
any Floppybank.com's
or Merchant's Links
shall inure to the benefit of Floppybank.com
or the Merchant,
as the case may be. Limited only by the express sublicense and/or license
herein to use Links, You agree that the intellectual property rights, including
trademarks, copyrights, patent rights or applications, tradenames and service
marks related to the foregoing remain with Floppybank.com
or the Merchant,
as the case may be.
8.5 You agree
that any sublicense and/or license to You under this Agreement may be terminated
immediately upon written notice to You if Floppybank.com
or the Merchant has reasonable concerns that You are diluting, tarnishing
or blurring the value of the Marks, and no notice shall be required for
termination for breach of Floppybank.com's
and/or Merchant's other intellectual property rights.
8.6 You agree
that Your use of any Floppybank.com
Web site, including but not limited to www.Floppybank.com,and www.Floppybank.com,
is subject to the terms of use that may be available from such Web page,
or by contacting Floppybank.com.
9 Privacy
and Confidentiality.
9.1 Floppybank.com
respects privacy. Floppybank.com
promises not to disclose, other than under compulsion of law, including
subpoena, and as reasonably necessary to Floppybank.com's
agents, consultants and potential investors, any personal or business information
that can be linked specifically to any of Your Visitors, without Your express
permission, to the extent Floppybank.com
collects any such information. Floppybank.com
will not sell the name, e-mail address, phone number, or any other personal
information regarding Your Visitors to anyone. Floppybank.com
considers this information to be private, and, if ever collected, will
treat it as such. You understand that by Clicking on Your Links, Your Visitors
will have cookies placed on their hard drives. You agree that Floppybank.com
may post performance statistics based on You and Your Links. Each party
may make statements that it is doing business with the other and use the
other's logo with such statements.
9.2 If You have
any questions about Your privacy rights, or would like further information
regarding the confidentiality of Your interactions with Floppybank.com,
You may contact us at Floppybank.com.
9.3 During the
course of this Agreement, You or Floppybank.com
may provide the other with information in a manner that reasonably assures
that the receiving party has actual knowledge of its confidential and proprietary
nature ("Confidential Information"). The receiving party agrees to make
reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality in order to protect
any proprietary interests of the disclosing party. "Confidential Information"
shall not include information that is or becomes part of the public domain
through no act or omission of the receiving party, or is lawfully received
by the receiving party from a third party(ies) without restriction on use
or disclosure and without breach of this Agreement or any other agreement
without knowledge by the receiving party of any breach of fiduciary duty,
or that the receiving party had in its possession prior to the date of
this Agreement.
9.4 Floppybank.comdoes
not collect information about a Merchant's customer's transactions, other
than what it receives through the installed tracking code. Floppybank.com
reserves the right to be able to utilize this data, which may include information
about You, in aggregate to analyze Service trends, monitor Service efficiencies,
and for such other uses as Floppybank.com
deems appropriate, including the promotion of Service capabilities and
efficiencies. However, Floppybank.com
will not disclose publicly or on its web site, any of Your data separately,
or in a manner that would enable anyone to identify such data with You,
unless Floppybank.com
is under compulsion of law, including, but not limited to, subpoena.
10 Requirements
of the Service.
10.1 Floppybank.com
reserves the right to deem any content or Web site inappropriate based
on reasonable Internet business standards as they may evolve, including
the factors set forth in Section 1. As Floppybank.com
may not review all information provided by You, You shall remain solely
responsible for Your content and Web site. You understand and agree that
Floppybank.com
is, under no circumstances, responsible for the content or practices of
any Merchant or its Web site.
10.2 Upon request,
You must provide Floppybank.com
with reasonable and valid substantiation for any advertising claims You
make in Your Links or on Your Web site that are related to the Service
by sender's server of delivery confirmation.
10.3 You agree
that Floppybank.com
may rely on any data, notice, instruction or request received that Floppybank.com
reasonably believes to be genuine and to be authorized by You. You shall
promptly notify Floppybank.com
by e-mail at <Floppybank.com>
of any known or suspected unauthorized use of Your Account, or any known
or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized
disclosure of Your email and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of Your email and password and You are responsible
for all usage and activity on Your Account, whether authorized by You or
not. Any reasonably suspected fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal
activity is grounds for immediate termination of this Agreement or deactivation
of any of Your Links, without notice by Floppybank.com
and referral to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
11 Term and
Termination.
11.1 This Agreement
is effective immediately upon Your indication that You have accepted this
Agreement by 'clicking through' the acceptance button on the Floppybank.com
Web site.
11.2 This Agreement
shall terminate the earlier of: either You or Floppybank.com
providing 30 days notice to the other, in accordance with Section 12.2,
of its intention to terminate this Agreement; or, Floppybank.com
terminating this Agreement pursuant to its rights hereunder. If this Agreement
is terminated, You shall not be eligible to enter into a new click-on Affiliate
Marketing agreement with Floppybank.com,
and any attempt to do so shall be null and void, and you shall be responsible
for all costs, damages and related attorneys fees related to such attempt.
11.3 The provisions
of Sections 4.3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, as well as any
rights arising out of a breach shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Within 9 calendar months after the termination of this Agreement, Floppybank.com
will pay You the amount of any positive balance in Your Account.
11.4 Upon termination
of this Agreement, any license granted to You under this Agreement will
terminate and You must immediately:
11.4.1 Delete
all electronic copies of the Intellectual Property and the Confidential
Information;
11.4.2 Return
to Floppybank.com
or destroy any physical copies of the Intellectual Property and the Confidential
Information;
11.4.3 Cause
all Links to Floppybank.com
and all Links through the Service to Merchants to be removed from Your
Web site
12 Notice.
12.1 Immediately
upon any change, including but not limited to e-mail and postal addresses,
and telephone and facsimile numbers, You will update Your information Web
page(s) on Floppybank.com's
Web site.
12.2 Except
as provided under Section 12.3, You must send all notices relating to this
Agreement via email to Floppybank.com
at <Floppybank.com>
with the subject line of "IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE." As You agree that it
is Your responsibility to review Your Member account manager at the Member
only area of http://www.Floppybank.com at least once a week, for all notices
relating to this Agreement, Floppybank.com
shall notify You by either by posting the information at the Floppybank.com
Web site, http://www.Floppybank.com, or by e-mail at the email address
most recently provided on Your information Web page on Floppybank.com's
Web site at least 14 days prior to any such changes taking effect, at which
time You may either agree to such changes or withdraw from the Service.
E-mailed notices shall be effective upon the logging by sender's server
of delivery confirmation.
12.3 You agree
that Floppybank.com may rely on any data, notice, instruction or request
received that Floppybank.com reasonably believes to be genuine and to be
authorized by You. You shall promptly notify Floppybank.com by e-mail at
<Floppybank.com>
of any known or suspected unauthorized use of Your Account, or any known
or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized
disclosure of Your email and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of Your email and password and You are responsible
for all usage and activity on Your Account, whether authorized by You or
not. Any reasonably suspected fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal
activity is grounds for immediate termination of this Agreement or deactivation
of any of Your Links, without notice by Floppybank.com and referral to
the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
13 Changes
to the Service.
Floppybank.com
reserves the right to modify, add or remove portions of this Agreement
and may add to, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Service.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in the event that such
Floppybank.com action results in a detrimental material change to You in
the Service, Floppybank.com will provide You with notice at least 14 calendar
days prior to any such changes taking effect, during which time You may
terminate this Agreement immediately by notifying Floppybank.com and taking
all reasonable steps to immediately withdraw from the Service. Your failure
to so terminate this Agreement during those 14 calendar days shall be deemed
Your irrefutable acceptance of the change to this Agreement or material
change to the Service.
14 Remedies.
14.1 Absent
manifest error, the number or amount of sales, Leads and/or Clicks, the
credits for Payouts, and the charges for Chargebacks, that are calculated
by Floppybank.com in good faith shall be final and binding on You.
14.2 Floppybank.com
may terminate this Agreement, deactivate You or remove any of Your Links
without prior notice if Floppybank.com believes in good faith that You
are:
14.2.1 Harming
the reputation of Floppybank.com, or
14.2.2 In breach
of any of the following Sections of this Agreement: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,
or 10, or
14.2.3 Not
responding reasonably promptly to Floppybank.com's attempts to communicate.
14.3 As part
of and in addition to terminating this Agreement, deactivating You or removing
any of Your Links, Floppybank.com has the right to notify Merchants of
the action taken, lock you out of Your account Web page and replace Your
Links, with Floppybank.com's Links.
14.4 If You
fail to remedy a breach of this Agreement or fail to provide evidence satisfactory
to Floppybank.com that no breach has occurred, Floppybank.com may in its
sole discretion terminate this Agreement without any further obligation
or compensation to You for such termination.
14.5 Should
You cause Premature Termination of this Agreement, You shall pay to Floppybank.com
an amount equal to three times Your largest month of Payouts earned during
the term of this Agreement. "Premature Termination" means a breach of this
Agreement uncured after reasonable notice to You, causing the actual or
constructive termination of this Agreement including, but not limited to:
14.5.1 Failure
by You to maintain Your Links such that sales, Leads and/or Clicks by Your
Visitors cannot be appropriately tracked by Floppybank.com;
14.5.2 Circumvention
of this Agreement through an arrangement with a current or past Member
that directly or indirectly deprives Floppybank.com from the benefits of
its bargain under this Agreement, another arrangement with Merchant, or
a Merchant Agreement; or
14.5.3 Breach
of Section 5 above.
14.6 You acknowledge
that remedies at law may be inadequate to protect against breach of Floppybank.com's
intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to those as sublicensor
of any Member's rights, as prohibited under this Agreement, and You hereby
agree to the granting of injunctive relief without the posting of a bond
or undertaking, for the protection of terms laid out in this Agreement
without proof of actual damages. The parties further agree that in the
event legal proceedings are initiated to enforce this Agreement, attorneys'
fees shall be awarded to the prevailing party.
14.7 Should
You and any third party each allege entitlement to any money or other property
that Floppybank.com possesses, Floppybank.com has the right to interplead
any such money or property into any court with jurisdiction over this Agreement
and deduct the associated reasonable costs and attorneys' fees from Your
Account.
14.8 Should
any third party dispute Your right to use any Link, domain name, trademark,
service mark, trade dress, or Your right to offer any service or good offered
on Your Web site, You agree that Floppybank.com may disassociate itself,
without prior notice, with any such Link, domain name, trademark, service
mark, trade dress, service or good, by terminating this Agreement, deactivating
You or removing any of Your Links. You agree that Floppybank.com may, but
has no duty to, rely on Your representations regarding You and Your Web
site in its decisions whether to terminate this Agreement, deactivate You
or remove any of Your Links.
14.9 No remedy
or election shall be deemed exclusive but shall, wherever possible, be
cumulative with all other remedies at law or in equity.
15 Disclaimer
of Warranties & Limitation of Liability.
15.1 Each party
will make reasonable commercial efforts to keep its Web site operational
during normal business hours. However, certain technical difficulties may,
from time to time, result in temporary service interruptions. We agree
and acknowledge that it is normal to have a certain amount of system downtime
and agree not to hold each other or the Merchants liable for any of the
consequences of such interruptions.
15.2 ANY
LIABILITY OF Floppybank.com UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE
TOTAL OF YOUR PAYOUTS PAID AND PAYABLE BY Floppybank.com DURING THE TERM
OF THIS AGREEMENT.
15.3 Floppybank.com
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST
PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA; NOR ANY
CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CLAIM BY A MEMBER,
EVEN IF Floppybank.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
OR CLAIM.
15.4 TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Floppybank.com DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, (A) THAT
THE SERVICE WILL BE MERCHANTABLE OR FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (B) THAT
THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THAT DEFECTS WILL
BE CORRECTED, (D) THAT THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS,
(E) THAT THE SECURITY METHODS EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT, (F) REGARDING
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY, (G) AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR
ENJOYMENT OF THE INFORMATION, OR (H) AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. ALL 'INFORMATION'
AND 'COMPUTER PROGRAMS' PROVIDED IN THE COURSE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED
WITH ALL FAULTS, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,
ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU AS THE USER.
15.5 Floppybank.com
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS,
AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSEES, OR ATTORNEYS, FOR Floppybank.com'S WILLFUL,
RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT CONDUCT RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM: (1) FAILURE BY
YOU OR YOUR MERCHANTS TO USE THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF TRACKING CODES
OR LINKS, OR THE MODIFICATION OR MISUSE THEREOF; (2) Floppybank.com'S DELAY
IN FURNISHING SERVICES; (3) THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION
PROVIDED ON ANY WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED WEB SITE; (4) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE
TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN ANY WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED
WEB SITE; (5) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR DESTRUCTION OF
THE WEB SITE, CUSTOMER DATA FILES, SYSTEMS OR PROGRAMS, OF YOU OR YOUR
MERCHANTS; (6) ANY ACT OR OMISSION BY A MERCHANT; OR (7) THE CONTENT OR
USE OF ANY WEB SITE. 15.6 YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
15 ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE BARGAIN REFLECTED IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
16 Indemnification.
16.1 You shall
defend, indemnify and hold Floppybank.com harmless against all claims,
suits, costs, damages and judgments incurred, claimed or sustained by third
parties, including but not limited to Merchants, related in any manner
to this Agreement or to any Merchant Agreement whether entered into before
of after this Agreement ("Claims"), provided that such Claims are not solely
attributable to the intentional acts of Floppybank.com.
16.2 Should
any Claim give rise to a duty of indem-ni-fication under the provisions
of this Agreement, then the indemnitee shall promptly notify the indemnitor,
and the indemnitee shall be entitled, at its own expense, and upon reasonable
notice to the indemnitor, to participate in, control the defense, compromise
and to defend such Claim. The indemnitor may not settle any claim without
the consent of the indemnitee, except upon terms and conditions offered
or consented to by the indemnitee, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Neither participation nor control in the defense shall waive
or reduce any obligations to indemnify or hold harmless.
17 Miscellaneous.
17.1 Definitions.
Capitalized terms shall be interpreted as if the entire definition is set
forth in full wherever any Capitalized term appears in this Agreement.
17.2 Headings
and References. The headings of the Sections of this Agreement are for
the convenience of reference only, and do not form a part hereof, and in
no way define, limit, describe, modify, interpret or construe its meaning,
scope or intent. Words indicated in parenthesis signify an abbreviation
for the previous set of words or terms, so that when the abbreviation is
used within the Agreement, it shall have the same meaning as a full statement
of the words or terms. The content in other Web sites specifically referenced
in this Agreement, such as URLs, is incorporated by this reference as though
fully stated in this Agreement.
17.3 Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the
parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and
permitted assigns.
17.4 Third Party
Rights. This Agreement is intended to benefit each Merchant that approves
You to Link to its Web site, and reciprocally, You are an intended third
party beneficiary under each and every Merchant Agreement. As two examples,
You gain certain rights for Payouts under the Merchant Agreement, and Merchants
gain certain rights requiring You to cooperate regarding Chargebacks under
this Agreement. You agree that Your consent is not necessary to modify
any Merchant Agreement, even if the modification reduces or eliminates
what would have otherwise been Your vested rights. You agree that Your
rights under the Merchant Agreement do not exceed the Merchant's duties,
as Your rights are limited by any defenses, claims and rights the Merchant
may have.
17.5 Choice
of Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of Unite States, except
for its conflict of law provisions. The exclusive forum for any actions
related to this Agreement shall be in the state courts in US, and, to the
extent that federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction, in US. You consent
to such venue and jurisdiction. The application of the United Nations Convention
on the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
17.6 Relationships
of Parties. The relationships of the parties to this Agreement shall be
solely that of independent contractors, and nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement or in the business
or dealings between the parties shall be construed to make them joint venturers
or partners with each other. Neither party shall do anything that would
suggest to third parties that the relationship between the parties is anything
other than that of independent contractor.
17.7 Force Majeure.
Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay
in the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of strikes,
electrical outages, Internet service providers, shortages, riots, insurrection,
fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental action,
labor conditions, earthquakes or any cause beyond the reasonable control
of such party.
17.8 Foreign
and Other Laws. Floppybank.com controls and operates its Web site from
its offices in the US and makes no representations or warranties that its
content or use is legal in other locations. Access or use where illegal
is prohibited. You are responsible for compliance with applicable local
laws. You represent and warrant that You will refrain from using any such
illegal programs or services as may be proscribed by Your jurisdiction,
and that, if You are an individual, You were at least 18 years of age on
the effective date of this Agreement.
17.9 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Agreement shall be,
becomes, or shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, null or void or against public policy, the remaining provisions
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be
affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. The term, provision, covenant
or condition that is so invalidated, voided or held to be unenforceable
shall be modified by the parties to the extent possible to carry out the
intentions and directives stated in this Agreement.
17.10 Waiver.
The waiver of any breach of any provision under this Agreement by any party
shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach,
nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
17.11 Entire
Agreement and Amendment. In conjunction with the matters considered herein,
this Agreement (including the definitions that follow this provision) contains
the entire understanding and agreement of the parties and there have been
no promises, representations, agreements, warranties or undertakings by
any of the parties, either oral or written, of any character or nature
binding except as stated in this Agreement. Except as provided in Section
13 above, this Agreement may be altered, amended or modified only by an
instrument in writing, executed by the parties to this Agreement and by
no other means. Except as specifically provided herein, each party waives
their right to claim, contest or assert that this Agreement was modified,
canceled, superseded or changed by any oral agreement, course of conduct,
waiver or estoppel. Your use of the Service is irrefutable acknowledgement
by You that You have read, understood and agreed to each and every term
and provision of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding, Floppybank.com
may establish from time to time rules and regulations regarding Members'
use of the Service ("Rules and Regulations"). These Rules and Regulations
shall be published in the Members Only area of the www.Floppybank.com Web
site. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Agreement and
the Rules and Regulations, the terms of the Agreement shall be controlling.
18 Definitions.
18.1 "Affiliate"
means a person or organization that has entered into an Affiliate Agreement
and operates a Web site that is paid for a sale, Lead and/or Click by a
Visitor to a Merchant's Web site.
18.2 "Affiliate
Agreement" means the Floppybank.com Affiliate Service Agreement, as it
may exist from time to time between Floppybank.com and the relevant Affiliate.
18.3 "Affiliate
Marketing" means a business relationship where an person or organization
that operates a Web site may earn financial compensation by the achievement
of Visitor sales, Leads, and/or Clicks through Links from such person or
organization's Web site to one or more Web site(s) that pays for a sale,
Lead and/or Click by a Visitor.
18.4 "Floppybank.com"
means Floppybank.com and each of its directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, employees, licensees, attorneys, affiliates and Merchants.
18.5 "Click"
refers to the action by a Visitor in relation to a Link, which causes the
Visitor to receive through the Internet information related to a Web site(s),or
that Web site operator's product(s) or service(s).
18.6 "Internet"
means the internet as it currently exists, including, but not limited to,
its associated world wide web, hypertext transfer protocol (http), file
transfer protocol, wide area information servers, gopher services, telnet
services, Usenet services, listserv services, electronic mail, and connected
intranets generally available to the public (whether freely or through
subscription), as well as all currently existing and future content delivery
systems served through a computer system over a network using standard
protocols, such as other protocols to wireless Internet, SMS viewers, HTML
browsers, and HDML browsers.
18.7 "Lead"
means a Visitor's action that occurs after a Click, as defined by a Web
site operator, including filling out a form, joining a mailing list, or
other mechanism to identify potential customers.
18.8 "Link"
means an Internet connection between two Web sites. Typically, when a Visitor
Clicks on a Link, the Visitor activates an HTTP hyperlink on an Affiliate's
Web site that causes a Merchant's Web site to be served to the Visitor's
browser. The Link may be in the form of text, a product image, a button,
a banner or other format.
18.9 "Member"
means a Merchant or Affiliate who has agreed to use the Service to facilitate
managing, tracking, or reporting, and, as the case may be, the collecting
or paying for the resulting performance of sales, Leads, and/or Clicks.
18.10 "Merchant"
means a person or organization that has entered into a Floppybank.com Merchant
Services Agreement with Floppybank.com and operates a Web site that pays
for a sale, Lead and/or Click by a Visitor.
18.11 "Merchant
Agreement" means the Floppybank.com Merchant Service Agreement, as it may
exist from time to time between Floppybank.com and the relevant Merchant.
18.12 "Payout"
means the financial compensation to You for a sale, Lead or Click that
results from a Link from Your Web site to a Merchant's Web site.
18.13 "Service"
means the standard Floppybank.com Affiliate Marketing program, as it may
exist from time to time, as detailed further throughout the Affiliate Agreement
and this Agreement as they may exist from time to time.
18.14 "Visitor"
means any third party person, other than the Affiliate who is hosting the
Link and any of that Affiliate's agents, who Clicks on a Link; typically,
an internet surfer.
18.15 "Web site"
means a portion of the Internet, and "Web page" means a portion of a Web
site.
18.16 "Your"
means the possessive form of "You."
18.17 "Your
Account" means a memo account kept on Your behalf, the balance of which
increases by Your earnings through the Floppybank.com referral program
(see Section 5.5 above), decreases by any Chargebacks (see Section 6 above),
increases by Your Payout earnings, decreases by any payments made to You
and decreases by any Premature Termination fees (see Section 14.5 above).
18.18 "Your
Link" means an Internet connection from Your Web site to Floppybank.com's
product or a Merchant's Web site. The term "Your Link" does not imply any
proprietary rights whatsoever.
If you have questions about
this Agreement, please contact
us.
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