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Date: June 2005
Terms and Conditions
These are the standard terms and conditions of supply of the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree instant online cards,
the TrafficSite website ("TrafficSite"), the TrafficSite Plus website ("TrafficSite Plus")
and certain other services offered from time to time on the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree Website ("Services").
Please read these terms and conditions carefully. It is a condition of your use of the Services
that you ("you") comply with these terms and conditions.
1. Terms and Amendment Procedure
| 1.1 |
You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree will supply the Services to you on the terms set out
in this agreement. |
| 1.2 |
This agreement commences on the date upon which Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree confirms to you
by email or any other written medium that the Services have been activated
("Commencement Date"). |
| 1.3 |
The parties agree that the Services will be provided to you from the Commencement
Date until Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree or you terminate the Service/s in accordance with this agreement. |
| 1.4 |
We may vary these terms (including the Acceptable Use Policy or the Privacy Policy
referred to in clause 5 below), the amount we charge for any Service , or the terms of
the operation of any Service , at any time by general notice on a page of the Internet
referred to on the home page of our Website at
http://www.registerfree.com/policies/.
Changes other than price changes will become effective upon publication of the notice.
Where we vary the prices for any Service, we will give at least 30 days notice of the
change by the same means, and the new prices will apply at the end of that period. |
| 1.5 |
If you use a Service after publication of any change in accordance with clause 1.4, your use
will constitute acceptance of the amended terms. |
| 1.6 |
Following the Commencement Date, you may at any time obtain an additional
service by notifying Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in accordance with the process mechanism notified
from time to time by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree ("Additional Service"). You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
will supply you with the Additional Service in accordance with this agreement and you
agree to at all times comply with this agreement in connection with any Additional
Service (including, without limitation, paying any additional, or increased fees or
charges that may apply to any Additional Service). |
| 1.7 |
These terms constitute the agreement in its entirety and supersede all prior agreements. |
2. Services
| 2.1 |
You shall at all times keep your password and log-in details secure.
You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree cannot and does not know whether you have given access
to the Services to other people (whether knowingly or not). You therefore agree
that you are totally responsible for:
| 2.1.1 |
when and how the Services with Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree are used (including, without limitation,
if the Services are terminated pursuant to clause 14 (if applicable)); and |
| 2.1.2 |
the actions of the people (if any) you allow to access, or transmit information
through the systems of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, or otherwise utilise the Services. |
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| 2.2 |
You agree that you are solely responsible for any of your content residing on
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's servers. |
| 2.3 |
You agree that you are solely responsible for the back-up of your content and any
other files (including, without limitation, email files, if applicable) unless
otherwise agreed with Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
| 2.4 |
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall monitor your usage of the Services. If Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree considers
that your data transfer bandwidth becomes excessive, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may charge you
additional fees with respect to the additional data transfer bandwidth megabytes
used by you, suspend any and all Services, or, terminate this agreement. In the event
that any such action is taken by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, for the avoidance of doubt, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall not refund to you any fees paid to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree prior to such corrective action. |
| 2.5 |
You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may be required to perform maintenance to maintain
the continuous operation of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's servers, which maintenance may affect
the operation or functioning of the Services. We will attempt to provide you with
notice of the maintenance downtime, except when circumstances beyond the control
of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree prevent us from doing so. You also agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may also
be required to suspend the Services, or disconnect or deny you access to the Services,
in accordance with clause 12.1.3. |
| 2.6 |
In addition to clause 2.5, you acknowledge and agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree reserves the
right to modify its network and facilities used to provide the Services for purposes
including but not limited to accommodating evolving technology and increased network
demand, and providing enhanced services. Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall use reasonable efforts to
notify you of any planned changes to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's network or facilities that may
adversely affect the Services. If the modifications result in Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree altering
the "look and feel" of the Services, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall not be required to provide you
with any notice concerning the modification. |
| 2.7 |
You agree that if at any time you elect to enable the Parked Page Service, such
Parked Page Service may include (without limitation) any of the following content:
a statement to the effect that the Website/domain name is registered/powered by
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree and 'under construction', links to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's homepage, and, the
advertising and promotion of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's products and services. In addition to any
other rights under this agreement, you may at any time subsequently elect to disable
the Parked Page Service by the mechanism notified from time to time by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
| 2.8 |
You acknowledge and agree that each Service shall contain a Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo
embedded into the Service. Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree hereby grants you a non exclusive, non
transferable licence (with no right to sub license) to continue to display the
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo on your Service for so long as you obtain the relevant Service
from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, and, subject at all times to you complying with the terms and
conditions of this agreement. In consideration of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree granting you the
preceding licence, you:
| 2.8.1 |
will not hold out or represent that you are in any way acting with any
authority on behalf of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; |
| 2.8.2 |
will not hold out or represent that any Relevant Party (as defined in
clause 8 below) is a 'partner', 'joint venturer', 'agent' or 'principal'
of you, or any person, firm or entity connected to you (whether by using
those words alone or in conjunction with any other words); |
| 2.8.3 |
will not grant, or purport to grant, to any third party any right to use
or deal with the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo whatsoever; |
| 2.8.4 |
will not use the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo in any manner that may prejudice,
or would be likely to prejudice, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's rights in the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo; |
| 2.8.5 |
will protect the reputation and goodwill of the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo
and not act in any way that may adversely reflect upon such reputation,
or be contrary to good business practice or any applicable law; and |
| 2.8.6 |
will not treat the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo as your own or use or seek to
register at any time whether during or after termination of the licence
granted to you under this clause 2.8, or, this agreement, for any reason
whatsoever any trade mark or design or company, business or domain name
that is substantially identical or deceptively or confusingly similar to
the Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree logo. |
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| 2.9 |
You acknowledge and agree that if at the time of obtaining any Service, the relevant
domain name to which that Service will be connected is delegated to nameservers other
than Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's default nameservers, you shall be responsible for the performance
of any re-delegation that you may require from time to time in relation to that domain name.
You further acknowledge and agree that such re-delegation may require a process of
authentication by you, as determined by the relevant supplier of the domain name. |
| 2.10 |
You agree to take all necessary or desirable steps to ensure that any content (including, without limitation,
any content pertaining to Your Products and Services (as that term is defined in clause 7.7)) that is or could be unsuitable
for children is labeled appropriately.
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| 2.11 |
The following additional terms and conditions apply to TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus:
| 2.11.1 |
You agree to provide Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree with any information, material, excerpts of or links from or to any content
on any website you own or operate a web site as of the Commencement Date ("Your Existing Web Site") and/or as otherwise
reasonably requested by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree (which is hereafter referred to as
"Your Information"), to assist Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree with providing TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus to you (as the context requires) |
| 2.11.2 |
You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may from time to time during the term of this agreement, propose content deployment
to your TrafficSite website or TrafficSite Plus website (each respectively referred to
as "Your TrafficSite Web Site"). Such content deployment may include, without limitation, content deployment to assist with
Your TrafficSite Web Site containing appropriate search engine algorithms, and which Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree considers might assist
you in improving the ranking of Your TrafficSite Web Site (each a "Content Deployment", collectively,
"Content Deployments"). |
| 2.11.3 |
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree agrees not to make any Content Deployments to Your TrafficSite Web Site,
without your prior written consent to such Content Deployments. |
| 2.11.4 |
You hereby authorise Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to develop a link exchange program whereby links to and from Your TrafficSite Web Site, and other websites (including Your Existing Web Site)
and/or industry guides and/or directories, are established, and you hereby appoint Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree as your agent for this purpose.
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree agrees to use all reasonable commercial endeavours to ensure that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree does not insert links to and from
Your TrafficSite Web Site to or from obscene, defamatory or sexually explicit websites and/or industry guides and/or directories. |
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3. Billing and Payment
| 3.1 |
You must pay for the Services in accordance with the prices and charges published
by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree on its website located at (as amended from time to time in accordance
with clause 1.4). |
| 3.2 |
You must pay all prices and charges for the Services and other amounts incurred
by you or any designated users or incurred as a result of any use of the Services
(whether authorised or not) in advance. |
| 3.3 |
Prices and charges published on Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's Website are inclusive of any government
taxes or charges unless otherwise stated. |
| 3.4 |
You consent to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree obtaining a credit reporting agency report containing
personal information about you (as well as information concerning commercial
creditworthiness and activities) for the purpose of assessment by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree of an
application for credit (whether commercial or personal) or for the purpose of the
collection of payments that are overdue. |
| 3.5 |
You agree that in the event of any action being taken by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to recover any
overdue amount due to it under this agreement and/or any written confirmation by
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to you of receipt of payment by you of the fees applicable to the Services
("Payment Confirmation")(as evidenced for example by, without limitation, your credit
card company notifying Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree of you disputing the payment of, or refusing to
pay such charge, or where your credit card payment has been declined or reversed), any
costs incurred by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in recovering the debt (including, without limitation,
any legal expenses (on a solicitor/client basis), collection agency charges or any
other reasonable associated costs incurred by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree) are payable by you to
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree and shall be recoverable by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree as a separate debt. |
4 Cancellation
| 4.1 |
You agree that if, for whatever reason, you or Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree terminates any Service or this
agreement, you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees that you have paid Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
in connection with any Service unless otherwise notified by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree from time to time. |
| 4.2 |
In this clause 4, "domain name licence" means the domain name licence purchased by you from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
at the same time that you purchased TrafficSite Plus from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, but does not include any other domain name
licence obtained by you before or after the Commencement Date that you may elect to use with TrafficSite Plus. |
| 4.3 |
You may cancel:
| 4.3.1 |
TrafficSite; |
| 4.3.2 |
TrafficSite Plus (including any domain name licence, which is subject to separate additional terms and conditions); or |
| 4.3.3 |
TrafficSite Plus but retain the domain name licence, which is subject to separate additional terms and conditions,
respectively, within two business days of the Commencement Date, in accordance with the process notified to you by
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree from time to time. |
| 4.3.4 |
Where you have cancelled TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus pursuant to clause 4.3, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree will refund you any payments
you have previously paid to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree with respect to TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus
(as applicable, including or excluding the domain name licence, which is subject to separate additional
terms and conditions)), and this agreement shall automatically terminate. |
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5. Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy
| 5.1 |
You agree to comply with Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's Acceptable Use Policy located at
http://www.registerfree.com/policies/acceptableusepolicy.php,
as varied from time to time by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in
accordance with clause 1.4 ("AUP"). If we receive notice of, or otherwise become
aware that you have failed to comply with any provision of this AUP, in addition to
any other rights of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree under this agreement, you agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
may immediately take corrective action, including suspension of any and all Services,
or, terminating this agreement. In the event that any such corrective action due to
a violation of the AUP occurs, for the avoidance of doubt, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall not
refund to you any fees paid to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree prior to such corrective action |
| 5.2 |
You agree to comply with Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's Privacy Policy located at
http://www.registerfree.com/privacy/,
as varied from time to time by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in accordance with clause 1.4
("Privacy Policy"). |
| 5.3 |
You agree that the AUP and the Privacy Policy form part of the terms and
conditions of this agreement. |
6. Agreements and Licences
| 6.1 |
You agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall maintain and control ownership of all IP numbers
and addresses that may be assigned to you by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. You also agree that
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may, in its sole discretion, change or remove any and all such IP
numbers and addresses. |
| 6.2 |
You expressly grant to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree a licence to cache the entirety of any of
your Services, including data and content supplied by you and/or third parties,
hosted by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree under this agreement. You agree that you shall be
responsible for obtaining any agreements and/or consents required of any third
party in connection with the grant of this licence to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. You also agree
that any such caching is not an infringement of any of your intellectual property
rights or any third party's intellectual property rights. |
7. Your Warranties
You warrant that:
| 7.1 |
you have not entered into this agreement or obtained any Services on the
basis of, or in reliance on, any statement or representation (whether made
orally or in writing and regardless of the medium used) made by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
concerning this agreement or any of the Services, other than any statement
or representation contained in this agreement; |
| 7.2 |
you are at least 18 years of age; |
| 7.3 |
you will conduct such tests and computer virus scanning as may be necessary
to ensure that any data uploaded or downloaded to and from the Server of
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree by you does not contain any computer virus and will not in any way,
corrupt the data or systems of any person (including, without limitation, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree); |
| 7.4 |
your use of the Services will not at the Commencement Date or thereafter, infringe
the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree or any
third party; and |
| 7.5 |
you will otherwise at all times use the Services in accordance with this
agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the AUP or the Privacy Policy). |
In addition to the warranties contained above, where you have obtained either TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, you warrant in connection with TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus (as the context requires) that:
| 7.6 |
you have the right to provide us with Your Information; |
| 7.7 |
neither Your Existing WebSite, Your TrafficSite Web Site nor any of the content of Your
Existing Web Site or Your TrafficSite Web Site (including, without limitation, in
connection with any products and/or services that you may determine to offer for supply,
or supply via Your Existing Web Site or Your TrafficSite Web Site, the Internet or otherwise
("Your Products and Services"), Your Information, and any Content Deployments implemented by
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in accordance with clause 2.11.3 or, by you or anyone on behalf of you)(collectively,
"Your Web Site Property") will infringe the rights (including, but not limited to, the intellectual
property rights) of any third party; and |
| 7.8 |
Your Information, Your Existing Web Site, Your TrafficSite Web Site and Your Web Site Property
will at all times comply with all laws required to be complied with by you. |
8. Our Disclaimer of Warranties
| 8.1 |
In this clause 8, and hereafter, "Relevant Party" means:
| 8.1.1 |
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; |
| 8.1.2 |
each related bodies corporate (as the term "related body corporate" is
defined by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), as amended or replaced from
time to time) of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; |
| 8.1.3 |
the respective officers, employees, agents or contractors of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
and each related bodies corporate (as the term "related body corporate" is
defined by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), as amended or replaced from time
to time) of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
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| 8.2 |
You acknowledge and agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree exercises any control over, and
accepts no responsibility for, the content of the information passing through
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the Internet,
nor, for Your Products and Services (as that term is defined in clause 7.7). |
| 8.3 |
To the extent permitted by law, no Relevant Party makes any warranties of any
kind, either expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, relating in any way
to the subject matter of this agreement, including, but not limited to, warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement for
the Services or any equipment provided, and all such warranties are hereby excluded. |
| 8.4 |
In addition to clause 8.3, to the extent permitted by law, no Relevant Party:
| 8.4.1 |
warrants that the Services will be uninterrupted or error free; and/or |
| 8.4.2 |
warrants that the Services will be free from external intruders (hackers),
virus or worm attack, denial of service attack, or other persons having
unauthorised access to the services or systems of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; and/or |
| 8.4.3 |
makes any warranty concerning the results that may be obtained from the use
of the Services or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information
services or merchandise contained in or provided through the Services,
, or, for the avoidance of doubt, any information provided by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in any
advice, report or communication to you or any other party. |
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| 8.5 |
In addition to clauses 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 above, in the event that you have obtained
either TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree agrees to use
all reasonable efforts to provide TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus to you (as applicable).
However, you acknowledge to, and agree with, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, that nothing in this agreement
shall constitute an express or implied warranty or guarantee by any Relevant Party:
| 8.5.1 |
concerning any increase in revenue, profit or goodwill that may be obtained as a
consequence of you using TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires,
including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in revenue, profit or goodwill
in connection with Your Products and Services (if applicable); and/or |
| 8.5.2 |
that the provision of TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires,
will result in the ranking of Your Existing Web Site and/or Your TrafficSite Web
Site improving; and/or |
| 8.5.3 |
that the provision of TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires,
will result in an increased amount of traffic or users to Your Existing Web
Site and/or Your TrafficSite Web Site; and/or |
| 8.5.4 |
that any market conditions (whether favourable or not) that may be in existence
at the Commencement Date will continue; and/or |
| 8.5.5 |
that the provision of TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires,
generally, or any software utilised by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to provide TrafficSite or
TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires, will not be subject to, or result in,
either errors and/or delays. |
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| 8.6 |
You acknowledge that although Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may suggest Content Deployments to you
in connection with providing TrafficSite or TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires,
to you, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree cannot and does not, nor does any Relevant Party, take any
responsibility for Your Information, Your Existing Web Site, Your TrafficSite Web
Site or Your Web Site Property. Accordingly, you agree that you shall at all times
be solely responsible for Your Information, Your Existing Web Site, Your TrafficSite
Web Site and Your Web Site Property notwithstanding the provision of TrafficSite or
TrafficSite Plus, as the context requires, to you by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
| 8.7 |
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall not be liable for the content or loss of any content,
data or files (including, without limitation, email files, if applicable)
transferred either to or from you or stored or backed-up by you. |
9. Indemnification
You will indemnify and defend each Relevant Party from and against any and all claims,
damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings (whether legal or
administrative) and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) incurred
by any Relevant Party arising out of, or relating to:
| 9.1 |
Your Products and Services (if applicable); and/or |
| 9.2 |
the use of the Services by you; and/or |
| 9.3 |
Your Information, Your Existing Web Site and/or Your TrafficSite Web Site and/or
Your Web Site Property and/or Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree's role as your agent (and any action or
inaction by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree as part of that role) if you are obtaining TrafficSite
from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; and/or |
| 9.4 |
the implementation of the AUP by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, any action taken by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
in accordance with the AUP, or, any breach or violation of the AUP.
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Such claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings and
expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, claims based upon trademark,
service mark, trade name, copyright and patent infringement, trademark dilution,
tortious interference with contract or prospective business relations, unfair competition,
defamation or injury to reputation, or other injuries or damage to business.
10. Limitation of Liability
| 10.1 |
You agree that no Relevant Party shall be liable for any indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data or use,
suffered by you or any third party, whether in an action in contract, tort or
strict liability or other legal theory, even if the Relevant Party has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. |
| 10.2 |
Subject to clause 10.1, you further agree that the maximum liability of each
Relevant Party in aggregate for any damages, losses and causes of actions whether
in contract or tort (including negligence or otherwise) shall not exceed the
actual dollar amount paid by you for the Services which gave rise to such damages,
losses and causes of actions during the 12-month period prior to the date the damage
or loss occurred or the cause of action arose. |
| 10.3 |
You agree that where any statute implies any term into this agreement, and that
statute avoids or prohibits provisions in a contract excluding or modifying the
application of or liability under such a term, then the term will be taken to be
included in this agreement. However, the liability of each Relevant Party for
any breach of the term will, if permitted by that statute, be limited, at our
option, to the re-supply of the services again; or payment of the cost of having
the services supplied again. |
| 10.4 |
We acknowledge that some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation
of warranties or incidental or consequential damages, so that the above limitations
or exclusions may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, the liability of each
Relevant Party shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law. |
11. Intellectual Property
| 11.1 |
You acknowledge that all right, title and interest in any and all technology,
including the software that is part of or provided with the Services and any
trademarks or service marks of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree ("Our Intellectual Property") is
vested in Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree and/or the licensors of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
| 11.2 |
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this agreement, you agree that you
shall have no right, title, claims or interest in or to Our Intellectual Property. |
| 11.3 |
You may not copy, modify or translate any of Our Intellectual Property or
related documentation, or decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of
Our Intellectual Property, to use it other than in connection with the Services,
or grant any other person or entity the right to do so. |
| 11.4 |
Unless otherwise specifically permitted by this agreement, you are not
authorised to distribute or to authorise others to distribute any of Our
Intellectual Property in any manner without the prior written consent of
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; provided, however, that subject to any other provision to the
contrary in this agreement, nothing in this clause 11.4 shall preclude you
from using Our Intellectual Property as incorporated in the Services. This
clause 11.4 shall not operate to extinguish, restrict, vary, waive or affect
in any manner whatsoever any right, title or interest which you may now have
or hereafter acquire in, or in relation to, the third-party software that is
part of or provided with the Services solely to the extent such third-party
licensors publicly provide such rights, title or interest in the third-party
software to you. |
12. Suspension or Termination of this agreement
| 12.1 |
In addition to any other rights of suspension under this agreement, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
may from time to time without notice to you suspend a Service, or disconnect or
deny you access to any Service:
| 12.1.1 |
if you fail to comply with any provision in this agreement (including
failure to pay charges due, or, for the avoidance of doubt, any provision
in the AUP or Privacy Policy), until the breach (if capable of remedy) is
remedied to the satisfaction of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree; |
| 12.1.2 |
you otherwise do, or allow to be done, anything which in our opinion may
have the effect of jeopardising the operation of the Service; or |
| 12.1.3 |
during any technical failure, modification or maintenance involved in the
Service provided that we will use reasonable endeavours to procure the
resumption of the Service as soon as reasonably practicable. |
Notwithstanding any suspension of any Service under this clause 12.1, you shall
remain liable for all charges due at the commencement of the suspension period
throughout the period of suspension (to the extent applicable).
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| 12.2 |
In addition to any other rights under this agreement, you agree that Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may without notice to you remove, amend or alter your data upon being made
aware of:
| 12.2.1 |
any court order, judgment, determination or other finding of a court or
other competent body, that the data is illegal, defamatory, offensive
or in breach of a third party's rights; |
| 12.2.2 |
if directed to do so by the Australian Broadcasting Authority under a
"take down notice", in accordance with the Broadcasting Services Amendment
(Online Services) Act 1999 (as amended or replaced from time to time) if
we determine (acting reasonably) that such Act applies to you; or |
| 12.2.3 |
an outside party or outside device disrupting or attempting to disrupt the Services. |
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| 12.3 |
In addition to any other rights of termination under this agreement. Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree
may terminate this agreement and cease providing the Services to you at any time on
30 days written notice to you. You may terminate this agreement and cease obtaining
any Services from Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree, or, terminate any Service/s being provided by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to you, on 30 days' written notice to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree in accordance with the process
specified in the Payment Confirmation. |
| 12.4 |
In addition to clause 12.3, and, in addition to any other rights of termination
under this agreement, Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may terminate agreement and cease providing the
Services to you at any time on written notice to you if Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree has at any
time suspended any Service or disconnected or denied access to any Service under
clause 12.1.1 or 12.1.3. |
| 12.5 |
In addition to any other obligation under this agreement, if you terminate any Service
or, either Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree or you terminate this agreement:
| 12.5.1 |
you must pay all outstanding charges (including, without limitation, data
transfer bandwidth over-usage charges and/or disk space over-usage charges)
to Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree immediately; |
| 12.5.2 |
any licence issued to or by you in relation to the Services will cease from
the date of termination; and |
| 12.5.3 |
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree may delete all data from any storage media. |
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13. Force Majeure
Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree shall NOT be liable for failure or delay in performing its obligations under
this agreement if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage,
embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in
transportation, unavailability of or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third
party services, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw materials,
supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the Services.
14. Miscellaneous
| 14.1 |
The law in force in Victoria, Australia governs this agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this agreement. |
| 14.2 |
In the event it is necessary for Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree to enforce its rights under this
agreement, you agree to pay all fees incurred by Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree (including, but
not limited to, legal fees and collection agency fees) |
| 14.3 |
This agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of you, your
respective successors and assigns. You may not resell any Services or assign
your rights and obligations under this agreement without the prior written consent
of Melbourne IT Ltd trading as RegisterFree. |
| 14.4 |
A provision of, or a right created under this agreement, may not be waived except
in writing signed by the party granting the waiver, or varied except in writing
signed by the parties. |
| 14.5 |
If any provision of this agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this agreement shall remain in full
force and effect. |
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