Legal
- Partner Program
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement) is made between “Affiliate” and
between Future Hosting, LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability
Company (the “Company”), and you (the “Affiliate,” and
collectively, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS Affiliate wishes to include certain materials
promoting Company, and to include a link to Company's website
within those materials on Affiliate's website;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises,
covenants, warranties, and other good and valuable consideration
set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Promotional Materials. Company shall make available
to Affiliate certain banner advertisements, button links,
text links, and/or other graphic or textual material for
display and use on the Affiliate website (the “Promotional
Materials”). Affiliate shall display the Promotional
Materials on Affiliate's website prominently and as Affiliate
sees fit, provided that the manner of display shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Affiliate shall also include a link from the Promotional
Materials to Company's website, as specified by Company.
2. Use of Promotional Materials. The Affiliate's use and
display of the Promotional Materials on the Affiliate's
site shall conform to the following terms, conditions and
specifications:
a. Affiliate may not use any graphic, textual or other
materials to promote Company's website, products or services
other than the Promotional Materials, unless Company agrees
to such other materials in writing prior to their display.
b. Affiliate may only use the Promotional Materials for
the purpose of promoting Company's website (and the products
and services available thereon), and for linking to Company's
website.
c. The Promotional Materials will be used to link only
to Company's website, to the specific page and address
as specified by Company.
d. Affiliate will not alter, add to, subtract from, or
otherwise modify the Promotional Materials as they are
prepared by Company. If Affiliate wishes to alter or otherwise
modify the Promotional Materials, Affiliate must obtain
prior written consent from Company for such alteration
of modification.
3. License. Company hereby grants to Affiliate a nonexclusive,
nontransferable license (the “License”) to
use the Promotional Materials as specified under the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. The term of the License
shall expire upon the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
4. Intellectual Property. Company retains all right, ownership,
and interest in the Promotional Materials, and in any copyright,
trademark, or other intellectual property in the Promotional
Materials. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
to grant Affiliate any rights, ownership or interest in
the Promotional Materials, or in the underlying intellectual
property, other than the rights to use the Promotional
Materials granted under the License, as set forth in Section
3.
5. Relationship of Parties. This Agreement shall not be
construed to create any employment relationship, agency
relationship, or partnership between Company and Affiliate.
Affiliate shall provide services for Company as an independent
contractor. Affiliate shall have no authority to bind Company
into any agreement, nor shall Affiliate be considered to
be an agent of Company in any respect.
6. Commissions.
a. In exchange for Affiliate's display of the Promotional
Materials, and for Affiliate's compliance with and performance
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company
shall pay to Affiliate a commission (the “Commission”)
in the amount of: 100% of one months revenue from a referral.
This includes Virtual Private Servers and all add-on services;
however, excludes dedicated servers.
b. Company shall keep accurate and up-to-date records
of the data used to determine the total amount of Commissions
owed to Affiliate. Affiliate shall be given reasonable
access to these records upon request. Any discrepancy between
the amount of Commissions owed according to these records,
and the actual amount of Commissions paid to Affiliate
in any period or periods shall be rectified by Company
within 21 days of discovering such discrepancy.
c. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Bona Fide
Click-Through” shall be defined as any successful
attempt by a visitor of Affiliate's website to click on
the link within the Promotional Materials on Affiliate's
website and to visit Company's website. Company shall have
sole discretion to determine whether any particular click-through
or class of click-throughs shall qualify as Bona Fide Click-Throughs.
Affiliate shall not attempt to: (i) artificially attempt
to generate click-throughs to Company's website by use
of deception or misrepresentation; (ii) manipulate, incentivize,
or otherwise encourage Affiliate's employees, agents, customers,
or other persons to click the link to the Company's website
for any purpose other than the promotion of the services
and/or products offered through Company's website; or (iii)
create or employ any mechanism designed to artificially
or automatically generate click-throughs to Company's website.
d. Company shall credit all Commissions accrued and payable
to Affiliate's Hosting Account within 14 days of the Affiliate
requesting a credit (the “Commission Payment Date”).
If on any Commission Payment Date, the amount of total
Commissions accrued and payable to Affiliate is less than
$100.00, then such accrued and payable balance shall be
held over to the following month, and paid together with
the Commissions due for that month.
e. In the event that Affiliate materially breaches this
Agreement and Company terminates this Agreement within
30 days of such breach, then any accrued and payable Commissions
owing to Affiliate shall be forfeited, and Company shall
not be obligated to pay such Commissions to Affiliate.
f. Company shall issue credits towards Affiliate's account
towards services.
g. Affiliate must be a customer of the Company. Termination
of services with the Company shall result in termination
of the Affiliate agreement and credits will be deemed forfeited
by the Affiliate.
7. Affiliate's Representations and Warranties. Affiliate
represents and warrants the following:
a. Affiliate has the legal authority to enter into this
Agreement and to be bound to the promises, covenants, and
other duties set forth in this Agreement.
b. Affiliate's website does not contain any materials
that are:
i. Sexually explicit, obscene, or pornographic;
ii. Offensive, profane, hateful, threatening, harmful,
defamatory, libelous, harassing, or discriminatory (whether
based on race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, physical disability, or otherwise);
iii. Graphically violent, including any violent video game
images; or
iv. Solicitous of any unlawful behavior
c. Affiliate has obtained any necessary clearances, licenses,
or other permission for any intellectual property used
on Affiliate's website. Nothing on Affiliate's website
infringes upon the intellectual property rights of any
person or entity. No person or entity has brought or threatened
an action claiming such infringement, nor does Affiliate
have any reason to believe that any person or entity will
bring or threaten such a claim in the future.
d. Affiliate will not use the Promotional Materials in
any manner other than those set forth in Section 2 above.
e. Affiliate will not make any claim to ownership of the
Promotional Materials, or of the copyright, trademark,
or other intellectual property therein.
f. Affiliate will not publish or otherwise distribute
any advertising materials for Affiliate's website that
reference Company or Company's website unless Company gives
prior written consent to the distribution of such materials.
Affiliate will not use Company's name (or any name that
is confusingly similar to Company's name) for any purpose
on its website, in its promotional materials, or in any
other context except to promote Company's website as specified
in this Agreement. Affiliate will not register any domain
name that incorporates Company's name, or that is confusingly
similar to Company's name.
g. Affiliate will not engage in the distribution of any
unsolicited bulk emails (spam) in any way mentioning or
referencing Company or Company's website.
8. Indemnification. Affiliate shall indemnify Company
and hold harmless Company from any claim, damage, lawsuit,
action, complaint, or other costs arising out of any breach
of Affiliate's warranties set forth in Section 7 above.
Affiliate shall also indemnify and hold harmless Company
for any damage, loss or other cost arising out of the use
or misuse by Affiliate of the Promotional Materials.
9. Confidentiality. Any information that Affiliate is
exposed to by virtue of its relationship with Company under
this Agreement, which information is not available to the
general public, shall be considered to be “Confidential
Company Information.” Affiliate may not disclose
any Confidential Company Information to any person or entity,
except where compelled by law, unless Affiliate obtains
prior written consent for such disclosure from Company.
10. Term.
a. This Agreement shall take effect on the date of joining
the Affiliate Program and shall remain in full force
and effect indefinitely, or until terminated pursuant
to this Section 10.
b. Either Party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement at any time and for any cause. The terminating
Party must give written notice to the other Party at least
30 days prior to the intended date of termination.
11. Taxes. Company shall not be responsible for any taxes
owed by Affiliate arising out of Affiliate's relationship
with Company as set forth in this Agreement. Company shall
not withhold any taxes from the Commissions paid to Affiliate.
12. Limitation of Liability. Company shall not be liable
for any loss of profits or costs, or for any direct, indirect,
special, incidental or consequential damages, including
costs associated with the procurement of substitute goods
or services (whether Company was or should have been aware
or advised of the possibility of such damage), arising
out of or associated with any loss, suspension or interruption
of service, termination of this Agreement, use or misuse
of the Promotional Materials, or other performance of services
under this Agreement.
13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws
of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflicts of
law principles.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original
and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
one agreement.
15. Severability. If any part or parts of this Agreement
shall be held unenforceable for any reason, the remainder
of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, and
if limiting such provision would make the provision valid,
then such provision shall be deemed to be construed as
so limited.
16. Notice. Any notice required or otherwise given pursuant
to this Agreement shall be in writing and mailed certified
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or delivered
by overnight delivery service, addressed as follows:
If to Company: Future Hosting, LLC, 39555 Orchard Hill
Place, Suite 600, Novi, MI 48375
If to Affiliate: Address used on application.
17. Headings. The headings for section herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of the
provisions of this Agreement.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between Company and Affiliate, and supersedes
any prior understanding or representation of any kind preceding
the date of this Agreement. There are no other promises,
conditions, understandings or other agreements, whether
oral or written, relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement.
19. By accepting the terms and conditions on the affiliate
application, you hereby agree to be bound by all terms
listed herein.
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