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PROGRAM
AGREEMENT
Please read the following CAREFULLY. The following is a legal agreement
between Virtual Media Productions Ltd., also described as Company, we or
us and webmaster/applicant.
The following offer to applicant is subject to all the terms, conditions,
limitations and waivers below. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that by
participating in the Program to be bound by all the terms and conditions
in this Agreement.
Acceptance of agreement:
By filling out and submitting the
sign-up form, You are agreeing to be bound by all of the terms,
conditions, promises, warranties, duties and obligations set forth in this
Agreement and Company is agreeing to become a counter-party to the
Agreement. The date of execution shall be the date on which the form is
forwarded to Company.
What rights are granted under this
agreement:
Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement by Company grants to Webmaster, the following:
The non-exclusive right to direct, refer or send visitors or users of your
website to websites owned, operated or controlled by Company.
A limited nonexclusive, nontransferable and revocable license to access,
download and use promotional banners, hypertext links, and other
promotional materials created by Company for use on your website or
websites for the exclusive purpose of advertising, marketing or promoting
websites owned, controlled and/or operated by Company or services provided
through Company's website(s); however, the license herein granted shall
automatically and immediately cease upon the termination or breach of any
term in this agreement.
Applicant Warrants to Company:
In consideration of Company providing
program benefits, applicant agrees and warrants as follows:
That applicant will at no time, or using any materials provided by
company, directly or indirectly display or include on Your Website any
advertising or advertising links of any kind which promote Company
websites or services provide through Company's websites, other than those
advertisements or hypertext ad links which have been pre-approved by
Company, in compliance with this Agreement, and which advertise Company or
other sites, companies, products or other wide area network addresses
which we designate.
NOTE: COMPANY POLICIES ARE FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SPAMMING. IF YOU SPAM,
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE TERMINATED, YOU WILL BE BARRED
FROM FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND ALL FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE TO
YOU WILL BE FORFEITED TO THE COMPANY: You therefore warrant that You will
not use any form of mass unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news
group postings, IRC posting or any other form of what is commonly known as
"spamming" as a means of promoting your website or for the purpose of
directing or referring users to any websites owned, operated or controlled
by Company. You further acknowledge and agree that company has the right
to immediately, and without notice, terminate your participation in the
program if we, in our sole and exclusive judgment, conclude that you have
engaged in the use of any form of mass unsolicited electronic mail
solicitations, news group postings, password selling or trading, warez,
IRC posting or any other form of "spamming".
That applicant will not copy or reproduce, alter, modify or change,
broadcast, distribute, transmit or disseminate any banners, hypertext
links or other promotional or advertising materials provided to applicant
by company pursuant to this agreement and the program in whole or in part,
in any manner, at any time anywhere in the world except as authorized by
Company in writing.
That applicant will not, directly or indirectly, by any means, trick, link
or artifice of any manner link any of the following content or material to
any Company website through any hyperlinks maintained or created on
applicants website or websites:
1 Obscene material; including without
limitation to any material depicting bestiality, rape or torture, scat.
2. Any material which is displayed or transmitted in a way as to
constitute harmful matter or indecent communications to minors;
3. Any material which constitutes child pornography or matter which
involves depictions of nudity or sexuality by an age inappropriate-looking
performer be the performer real or computer generated, or by a performer
who is portrayed or made to appear to be a person under the age of 18
years of age.
4. Any material, which is threatening, abusive, hateful, defamatory,
libelous, slanderous, scandalous or injurious to the reputation of any
person or entity;
5. Any material which constitutes an infringement, misappropriation or
violation of any person's rights of publicity, privacy rights or any
person's intellectual property rights, including but not limited to
copyrights, trademark and service rights; This includes photos altered to
look like celebrities or other private persons.
6. Any program, file, data stream or other material which contains
viruses, worms, "Trojan horses" malicious java script or any other
feature, which takes control of a third parties computer or cpu without
their permission. Regardless whether damage is intended or unintended,
which may cause damage to any computer equipment, loss or corruption of
data or programs or inconvenience to any person.
7. Any material which contains any solicitation for prostitution, or which
promotes or facilitates Incentive Based Websites, Warez Websites or the
hacking, cracking, downloading or trading of unauthorized MP3 audio files
etc.
8. Any material not fully in compliance with 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2257 et seq.
That Applicant shall remain a program participant until applicant
terminates participation in the program by notifying Company by E-mail at:
affiliate (at) virtual-models.com.
Of applicants intent to terminate
participation; or applicants participation in the program is terminated by
Company for any reason; or the program is terminated by Company for any
reason.
That applicant will remain a program participant in good standing at all
times applicant is receiving benefits or is otherwise participating in the
program.
That applicant shall cease to be a participant in good standing and shall
be subject to immediate termination of all benefits without prior notice
if there is a failure to perform under or breach any part of this
Agreement.
That if applicants participation in the program is terminated for any
reason or is not in good standing, changes applicants website's URL or
applicant ceases to offer services on the Internet, applicant shall
immediately and permanently cease all use of all materials provided by
Company and that all files containing materials provided will be removed
from your website.
That applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years.
That the person executing this agreement has the authority and otherwise
is entitled to contract on behalf of the entity which owns the rights to
the your Website.
Where Company is required by law, that you will supply Company with an
official Tax ID, National Insurance Number, Social Security Number or
likewise from your country of operation if/when requested, and that the
failure to supply that information can constitute a basis for terminating
this Agreement and for forfeiting any commissions or fees to which you
would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement as liquidated damages.
That upon termination of this Agreement you will immediately cease using
Company marks and remove any materials supplied to you by Company or
referring to Company, including without limitation any banner ads, from
Your Website.
That all of applicant’s warranties, indemnities and obligations, which by
their nature are designed to survive termination, shall extend beyond the
termination of this Agreement.
Limitations Of Your Participation In
The Program:
You acknowledge and agree to the
following limitations:
Only persons over the age of eighteen (18) years may participate in the
program.
Company shall at all times have the right, in its sole and exclusive
discretion, to modify and/or terminate the Program and any and all program
benefits associated with Program at any time, and may do so with or
without prior notice or cause.
Company has the right to terminate applicants and any other person's
participation in the Program at any time and may do so with or without
prior notice or cause.
This agreement and the rights under it are not transferable and may only
be used by applicant in association with participation in the program.
All Program Benefits materials, including, without limitation, all
advertising banners, hypertext links, photographic materials, recordings,
video, sound, and any other form of intellectual property provided to You
by Company as part of this Program shall remain the property of Company
and may not be copied or reproduced, altered, modified or changed,
broadcast, distributed, transmitted or disseminated, sold or offered for
sale in any manner, at any time anywhere in the world except as expressly
authorized by Company in writing.
Nothing herein shall be construed as a grant or assignment of any rights
in any intellectual property owned by Company, including, without
limitation, any of its trademarks or service marks.
A "referral" from Your Website which entitles You to a "referral fee"
shall be defined as follows:
(i) A person who has been directed to a website controlled or operated by
Company through the use of a banner ad or hypertext link supplied by
Company as part of the Program (hereinafter referred to as "Authorized
Link") that resides on your website and which automatically connects any
person who clicks on said Authorized Link to a Company website; and
(ii) A person who, after having been directed to a website owned or
operated by Company through the use of an Authorized Link, clicks through
to an Advertiser listed on Company's website (hereafter defined as a
"unique click-through to an Advertiser").
You acknowledge and agree that Company shall have the right to deny or
withhold payment from applicant and to terminate applicant from the
program if the Company determines that applicant has directly or
indirectly engaged in, or encouraged fraudulent activity.
You further acknowledge and agree that Company shall have the right, in
its sole and exclusive judgment, to determine what constitutes fraudulent
activity and whether conduct, directly or indirectly constituted or
encouraged fraudulent activity. The Company's determination that
fraudulent activity has or is occurring shall be conclusive as to that
issue.
You acknowledge and agree that Company shall have the right to terminate
the program at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, in its
sole and absolute discretion.
All referral fees due and payable hereunder shall be payable in United
States Dollars.
The referral fees payable as part of the Program shall be listed at the
link located at Company’s website, and Company reserves the right, in its
sole and exclusive discretion, at any time to alter or modify the Program
including the method and terms of all payment benefits to Participants.
Any changes posted link set forth above shall be binding upon all
participants immediately upon posting said changes at that link by
Company.
It is Applicants sole obligation to check the link to determine if there
have been any changes in the Program. If Company has changed the terms of
this agreement and Applicant disagrees with such, then Applicant is
excluded from program.
No Joint Or Collaborative Venture;
No Monitoring Or Control Of Your Content By Us:
Nothing in this Agreement is intended
by Company to create or constitute a joint or collaborative venture or
partnership of any kind between Company and Applicant. Applicant agrees
that nothing in this Agreement be construed as constituting or creating
any agency, employment relationship, joint or collaborative venture or
partnership between Applicant and Company, its employees, agents or
assigns.
You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no control nor ownership
interests of any kind in applicants business or Website.
You acknowledge and agree that You shall have no financial or other
interest in Company or any property owned by Company, its affiliates,
agents, successors or assigns.
You acknowledge and agree that the relationship with Company shall be
restricted to matters pertaining to the Program exclusively and shall be
governed entirely by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that Company has no direct or indirect control
over the content of performances or services, the manner of performances
or services, or the time or duration of provision of performances or
services by Applicant, at/or in association with your Website except as
specifically set forth in this Agreement.
You further acknowledge that neither Company nor any employee, associate,
agent, assign or successor of Company shall exert or provide any direct or
indirect control over, monitoring of, supervision of, prior approval of,
or review of the content appearing or otherwise distributed on, at or in
association with your Website, and that applicant shall be solely
responsible for any legal liabilities or consequences resulting from the
dissemination of that content on or through your Website.
Company makes no guarantees or
warranties of any kind:
You acknowledge and agree that Company
makes no guaranties or warranties of any kind with respect to the Program
or materials provided by, through or in association with the Program, and
all materials are provided to you "as is", and that use of Program and
associated materials, including, without limitation is solely at your
risk. Company disclaims all warranties, either express or implied
including, but not limited to, express or implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with regard to the
Program and any and all materials of every kind supplied as part of this
Program.
Company Limited Liability and
Liquidated Damages :
You acknowledge and agree that under no
circumstances shall Company, its employees, independent contractors,
authors, agents, representatives, assigns and successors be liable to
applicant, or any other person or entity, for any direct or indirect
losses, injuries or incidental or consequential damages of any kind
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS,
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) with regard to any
link to any Company website, or arising from or in connection with the use
of the Program materials, or due to any mistakes, omissions, delays,
errors, interruptions in the transmission, or receipt of Company'
services, content or Program materials, including without limitation any
losses due to serve problems or due to incorrect placement of HTML or
other programming languages.
Notwithstanding the foregoing express limitations of liability, you
acknowledge and agree that should Company, its officers, employees,
successors, or assigns be held liable for damages, injuries or losses of
any kind, directly or indirectly resulting from participation in the
program, that the aggregate liability arising with respect to and under
this Agreement and the Program for any and all claims, injuries, damages
or losses will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you
under this Agreement.
No Representations Of Success Or
Profitability:
You hereby confirm and acknowledge that
you have unilaterally decided to enter an Internet service business and
acknowledge that it is a high-risk business. You further confirm,
acknowledge and expressly agree that neither Company, any agent or
representative of Company, nor any other person has at any time in the
past, represented to You or has otherwise directly or indirectly
communicated in any manner to You any guarantee, reassurance or any other
communication of any kind regarding:
1. the potential profitability or likelihood of success of your
participation in the Program as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise.
2. the possibility or likelihood that use of any products and/or services
provided by Company pursuant to this Agreement can or will result in the
recoupment of any funds expended by You for the promotion of Your Website
or any other purpose; or
3. the existence, nonexistence, size or any other characteristics of any
market for any products or services which involve Your participation in
the Program pursuant to this Agreement.
4. Applicant agrees that such program
is not a franchise or other business opportunity and agrees that such
program does not fall within any such act or law. Specifically, these
terms and conditions are not by their definition an offer or business
opportunity. You further expressly agree not to raise any claim of any
kind against Company and you agree to hold Company harmless from any claim
of loss to you directly or indirectly resulting from your decision to
participate in the Program pursuant to this Agreement.
No Monitoring Or Supervision
Provided By Us:
We shall not monitor, supervise or
review, and shall not be responsible for any content appearing or
otherwise distributed on, at or in association with Your Website except
for that content which is supplied to You by Us, provided that said
content supplied to You by Us has not be altered or modified by You or any
other party. You shall be fully and solely responsible for investigating
the legality of any content provided to You by Us in your country or local
area of operations.
Term And Termination Of Agreement:
You acknowledge and agree that the term
of this Agreement is at will and will begin upon Company's acceptance of
your Affiliate application and will end when terminated by either party.
Either you or Company may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or
without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination.
In the event that this Agreement or Program is terminated, you shall be
entitled to all unpaid commissions or referral fees earned by you prior to
the date and hour of termination. However, You shall not be entitled to
receive any commissions or referral fees for any "referrals" delivered or
received by Company after the date and time of termination.
Entire Agreement; Modification;
Assignment:
This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between Applicant and Company with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes and cancels all other prior agreements, discussions
or representations, whether written or verbal.
You agree that Company may at any time, in its sole and exclusive
discretion, modify the type and quality of benefits provided to you under
this Agreement by posting a change notice or a new agreement on this site.
Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available
referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures and Program rules. IF ANY
MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE
THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR
POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE
BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
Applicant acknowledges and agrees that the failure of Company to enforce
any of the specific provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude any
other or further enforcement of such provision(s) or the exercise of any
other right hereunder.
Applicant agrees that all promises, obligations, duties and warranties
made by applicant in this Agreement are personal to applicant and that
neither they nor any benefits hereunder may be assigned by applicant to
any other person or entity.
You agree that Company may at any time, and without prior notice to you,
freely assign all or part of its duties, obligations and benefits
hereunder.
Arbitration; Choice of Law:
Any and all disputes as to the
interpretation of or any performance under this Agreement which are not
first resolved informally, shall be determined by binding arbitration in:
Rules of the United Kingdom International Commercial Arbitration shall
apply. The final award in any such arbitration proceeding shall be subject
to entry as a judgment by any court of competent jurisdiction, provided
that such judgment does not conflict with the terms and provisions hereof.
The jurisdiction of the arbiter (or arbiters) with respect to legal
matters shall be limited only by the statutory and common law of the
United Kingdom.
This Agreement is executed in the
United Kingdom and all its provisions shall be governed by and construed
according to the laws and judicial decisions of the United Kindom when
applicable.
All provisions of this Agreement not deemed unenforceable shall survive
any unenforceable provisions In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision(s) had never been included. The invalidity or unenforceability
of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision.
This Agreement Shall Be Deemed To Be Mutually Drafted. For purposes of
construction of this Agreement, both Company and You shall be deemed to
have mutually drafted this Agreement and all parts thereof.
Review By Your Attorney:
We strongly advise that you review this
Agreement with Your attorney before you enter into it. You acknowledge and
agree that nothing herein and no statement by us or any employee,
representative, agent or other person associated with us has in any way
prevented or inhibited You in any way from seeking such advice prior to
entering into this Agreement. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the
terms of this Agreement are reasonable and fair; all terms have been fully
disclosed in writing, and that you have been given a reasonable chance to
seek advice of independent counsel with respect to this Agreement and all
transactions associated herewith.
Acceptance And Execution Of This
Agreement:
By filling out and submitting the
sign-up form, You are agreeing to be bound by all of the terms,
conditions, promises, warranties, duties and obligations set forth in this
Agreement and Company is agreeing to become a counter-party to the
Agreement. The date of execution shall be the date on which the form is
forwarded to Company. |