WEB HOSTING CONTRACT
This contract is between Mar Verde Internet Solutions (herein known as Mar Verde) and the Customer for the purposes of Web Hosting.
I. Financial Arrangements:
1. The Customer agrees to a three (3) month contract, beginning upon commencement
of service.
2. First three (3) months payment plus a non-refundable setup charge, if any,
shall be due upon receipt of contract.
3. This agreement will automatically renew for successive three (3) month periods
for the life of the contract until cancelled in writing. Customers paying by
check or money order will receive an invoice for charges and payment is due
upon receipt. Customers paying by credit card expressly agree to have their
credit card account billed monthly for the recurring charges for the life
of the contract including any automatic renewal periods.
4. Initial payment is due with the contract, regardless of the status of domain
name application or any other forces beyond the control of Mar Verde.
II. Taxes:
1. Mar Verde shall not be liable for any taxes or other fees to be paid in accordance with or related to sales made from the Customer using Mar Verde's server. The Customer agrees to take full responsibility for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with such products sold by the Customer.
III. Material and Products:
1. The Customer will provide Mar Verde with material and data in a condition
that is "server-ready", which is in a form requiring no additional
manipulation on the part of Mar Verde. Mar Verde shall make no effort to validate
this information for content, correctness or usability.
2. Use of Mar Verde's service requires a certain level of knowledge in the use
of Internet languages, protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies
depending on the anticipated use and desired content of the Customer's Webspace
by the Customer. The following examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires
a knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Webspace
contents, Graphics, text, Sound, imagemapping, etc.CGI-Scripts: requires a
knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell
scripts, permissions, etc. Autoresponders: a knowledge of mReply autoresponder,
forwarding mail, use of mail by Customers to receive mail, etc.
3. The Customer agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create
the Customer's Webspace. The Customer agrees that it is not the responsibility
of Mar Verde to provide this knowledge or Customer Support outside of the defined
service of Mar Verde.
4. Mar Verde will exercise no control whatsoever over the content of the information
passing through the network. Mar Verde makes no warranties or representations
of any kind, whether expressed or implied for the service it is providing.
Mar Verde also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for particular
purpose and will not be responsible for any damages that may be suffered by
the Customer, including loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries
or service interruptions by any cause or errors or omissions of the Customer.
Use of any information obtained by way of Mar Verde is at the Customer's own
risk, and Mar Verde specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or
quality of information obtained through its services. Connection speed represents
the speed of a connection to and do not represent guarantees of available end
to end bandwidth. Mar Verde expressly limits its damages to the Customer for
any non-accessibility time or other down time to the pro-rata monthly charge
during the system unavailability. Mar Verde specifically denies any responsibilities
for any damages arising as a consequence of such unavailability. In the event
that this material is not "Server-ready", Mar Verde may, at its option
and at any time, reject this material, including but not limited to after it
has been put on Mar Verde's Server. Mar Verde agrees to notify the Customer immediately
of its refusal of the material and afford the Customer the opportunity to amend
or modify the material to satisfy the needs and/or requirements of Mar Verde.
If the Customer fails to modify the material, as directed by Mar Verde, within
a reasonable period of time, which shall be determined between the parties
themselves, the Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated.
IV. Trademarks & Copyrights:
1. The Customer warrants that it has the right to use the applicable trademarks, if any.
V. Hardware, Equipment & Software:
1. The Customer is responsible for and must provide all telephone, computer, hardware and software equipment and services necessary to access Mar Verde. Mar Verde makes no representations, warranties or assurances that the Customer's equipment will be compatible with the Mar Verde service.
VI. Age:
1. The Customer certifies that he or she is at least 18 years of age.
VII. Internet Etiquette:
1. The Customer may not use Mar Verde servers for the purpose of Mass Electronic
Junkmail. The Customer may not use Mar Verde servers for excessive computation
time inappropriate for Internet Web servers. The Customer may not install in
her/his account any program which presents a security problem on that server.
Mar Verde reserves the right to immediately cancel any service account which
is causing a disruption of services for other customers. Electronic forums
such as mail distribution lists and Usenet news groups all have expectations
regarding subject area and appropriate etiquette for posting. Users of these
forums should be considerate of the expectations and sensitivities of others
on the network when posting material for electronic distribution. The network
resources of Mar Verde may not be used to impersonate another person or misrepresent
authorization to act on behalf of others or Mar Verde. All messages transmitted
via Mar Verde should correctly identify the sender; users may not alter the attribution
of origin in electronic mail messages or posting. Users must not attempt to
undermine the security or integrity of computing systems or networks and must
not attempt to gain unauthorized access.
2. The Customer may not run any software, applications, or other processes
on Mar Verde servers without the express written permission of Mar Verde.
VIII. Termination:
1. This Agreement may be terminated by either party, without cause, by giving the other party 30 days written notice. Notice must be made by mail or electronic mail. Mar Verde will not accept terminations over the telephone. Notwithstanding the above, Mar Verde may terminate service under this Agreement at any time, without penalty, if the Customer fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including non-payment. Mar Verde reserves the right to charge a reinstatement fee.
IX. Limited Liability:
1. The Customer expressly agrees that use of Mar Verde's Server is at the Customer's
sole risk. Neither Mar Verde, nor its employees, affiliates, agents, third party
information providers, merchants licensers or the like, warrant that Mar Verde's
Server service will not be interrupted or error free; nor do they make any
warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Server
service or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information service
or merchandise contained in or provided through the Mar Verde Server service,
unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement.
2. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Mar Verde, its officers,
agents or anyone else involved in creating, producing or distributing Mar Verde's
Server service be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential
damages that result from the use of or inability to use the Mar Verde Server
service; or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion
of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or transmission or any failure
of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communication failure,
theft, destruction or unauthorized access to Mar Verde's records, programs or
services. The Customer hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply
to all content on Mar Verde's Server service.
3. Notwithstanding the above, the Customer's exclusive remedies for all damages,
losses and causes of actions whether in contract, tort including negligence
or otherwise, shall not exceed the aggregate dollar amount which the Customer
paid during the term of this Agreement and any reasonable attorney's fee and
court costs.
X. Lawful Purpose:
1. The Customer may only use Mar Verde's Server for lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, pornographic, profane, or material protected by trade secrets. This also includes links or any connection to such materials.
XI. Indemnification:
1. The Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Mar Verde harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorneys' fees, ("Liabilities") asserted against Mar Verde, its agents, its customers, servants officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by the Customer, its agents, employees or assigns. The Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Mar Verde against Liabilities arising out of (i) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Mar Verde's Server; (ii) any material supplied by the Customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (iii) copyright infringement and (iv) any defective product which the Customer sold on the Mar Verde Server.
XII. Contract Revisions:
1. Revisions to this Contract will be applicable to previous Contracts. Revisions will be considered agreed to by the Customer on renewal of Mar Verde. Services as specified in Section I. Financial Arrangements.
XIII Transfer:
1. The Customer may not transfer this agreement without the written consent of Mar Verde.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties. Any changes or modifications to this Contract thereto are agreed to by both parties upon renewal of services.