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Power
Payout Publisher Service Agreement
Introduction
This Publisher
Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made by and agreed to
between Power Payout located at 1660 Hotel Circle N, Ste 101 San
Diego, Ca 92108, USA ("PP"), and you ("You").
As an application service provider, PP facilitates "Performance
Marketing Programs" by providing services ("Network
Service") via the Internet. A "Performance Marketing
Program" ("Program") is where a person, entity,
affiliate or its agent, operating "Web site(s)"
(internet domain, or a portion of a domain) and/or other
promotional methods to drive traffic to another's Web site or Web
site content ("Publisher") may earn financial
compensation ("Payouts") for "Transactions"
(actions by Visitors as defined by the Advertiser) referred by
such Publisher via an action made by a "Visitor" (any
person or entity that is not the Publisher or the Publisher's
agent) through an Internet connection ("Link") to a Web
site or Web site content operated by another person or entity
("Advertiser") from an Advertiser authorized promotional
method used by such Publisher. The Advertiser compensates the
Publisher, in accordance with this Agreement and the Program
Payout specifications.
1. Participation
in Programs. (a) Acceptance by Advertiser. During
this Agreement You may apply to Advertiser Programs for the
opportunity to earn Payouts by promoting Advertisers in accordance
with the Advertiser's Program terms and complying with this
Agreement. Upon approval by the Advertiser for acceptance into its
Program, You may display (and remove) Links to Advertiser's Web
site or Web site content in accordance with the Advertiser's
Program terms and this Agreement. An Advertiser's acceptance of
You extends only to the entity, or individual, that enters into
this Agreement with PP. (b) Program Terms. The details
of an Advertiser's Program shall be available through the Network
Service. Transactions qualifying for a Payout are defined by the
Advertiser. Advertisers may change any Payout rate upon no less
than 7 days written notice through the Network Service with effect
from the 8th day (or such later date as specified by
Advertiser). (c) Additional Terms. Publishers and
Advertisers may enter into direct contractual relationships
through the apply to join process in the form of a click-through
agreement hosted by PP (“Click-through Agreement”) or
in the form of an offer made to You by Advertiser via the members'
area on the Network Service (“Offer”). It is Your
obligation to review and accept or decline a Click-through
Agreement or Offer when such is presented to You. If accepted by
You, compliance with the Click-through Agreement or Offer is
solely Your responsibility. The terms and conditions of the
Click-through Agreement or Offer may supersede or conflict with
this Agreement and shall apply only with respect to Your
relationship with that particular Advertiser. (d) Prohibited
Uses of Links.
(i) Locations. You may not
place Links to an Advertiser's Web site or Web site content in
third party newsgroups, message boards, blogs, unsolicited email
and other types of spam, link farms, counters, chatrooms, or
guestbooks. Publishers using IRC channels, instant messages or
similar Internet resources must designate their program as special
requiring manual review and acceptance by the Advertiser. (ii)
Non-Bona Fide Transactions. You must promote Advertisers
such that You do not mislead the Visitor, and such that the Links
deliver bona fide Transactions by the Visitor to Advertiser from
the Link. You shall not cause any Transactions to be made that are
not in good faith, including, but not limited to, using any
device, program, robot, Iframes, or hidden frames. You may or may
not be compensated for Transactions where You or Your agent are
the Visitor. Multiple Leads from the same individual, entity or IP
address may be considered non-bona fide Transactions. You shall
not earn Payouts for non-bona fide Transactions. (iii)
Infringement. None of Your promotional activities may
infringe an Advertiser's proprietary rights (including but not
limited to trademark rights), PP's proprietary rights, or a third
party's proprietary rights.
(e) Updating
Links. If Links to Advertiser are not dynamically updated
through the Network Service, upon notification You are obligated
to update an Advertiser's Links in order to earn Payouts.
2. Publisher
Obligations to PP. (a) Accurate, Up-to-Date Information.
You agree to provide PP and Advertiser with accurate information
about You and Your promotional methods, and to maintain up-to-date
“Account” information (such as contact information,
Web sites used, etc.). In Your Account, You must accurately,
clearly and completely describe all promotional methods by
selecting the appropriate descriptions and providing additional
information when necessary. Some promotional methods will be
designated by the system as “special”. Special
programs are linked to promotional methods and practices
considered unique and require manual approval and acceptance by
the Advertiser. PP reserves the right to define any program as
special. (b) Use of Links. You represent and warrant
that all promotional means used by You will not contain
objectionable content (including but not limited to content that
is misleading, libelous, defamatory, obscene, violent, bigoted,
hate-oriented, illegal, and/or promoting illegal goods, services
or activities), and that You will not mislead others. You agree
to: (i) use ethical and legal business practices, (ii) comply with
the Advertisers' Program terms and this Agreement, (iii) maintain
a privacy policy on Your Web site and for any non-Web site based
promotional method made available to Visitors, and (iv) designate
Your Publisher Account as “special” if You promote an
Advertiser(s) by any means other than displaying a Link to the
Advertiser on Your Web site. PP must approve all of Your
promotional activities and may deem Your promotional activities
inappropriate and a material breach of this Agreement in PP's sole
discretion. Our network quality department reviews publisher
conduct and any suspected fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal
content or activity by You through Your promotional methods, or
that is perpetrated through use of the Network Service, is grounds
for immediate termination of this Agreement or deactivation of
Your Account. (c) Promotional Methods. You represent and
warrant that You will not engage in and/or facilitate spamming,
indiscriminate advertising or unsolicited commercial email or
otherwise fail to comply with the CAN SPAM Act of 2003 (Public Law
108-187 or any successor legislation), and/or any other laws and/
or regulations that govern email marketing and/or communications.
You represent and warrant that You will not engage in pop-up or
pop-under advertising using any means involving third party
properties and/or services (software). Pop up/unders are
acceptable on a first party basis only when triggered by Your site
content /site visit or by downloadable software applications for
which You are the owner/operator. Pop up/unders delivered through
downloadable software cannot engage in means that force clicks or
perform redirects, or pop over a pay-per-click listing or natural
search results. Pop up/unders must honor the PP Publisher Code of
Conduct requirements (as such requirements may be modified from
time to time), including but not limited to: (i) installation
requirements, (ii) enduser agreement requirements, (iii) afsrc=1
requirements, (iv) requirements prohibiting usurpation of a
Transaction that might otherwise result in a Payout to another
Publisher (e.g. by purposefully detecting and forcing a subsequent
click-through on a link of the same Advertiser) and (v)
non-interference with competing advertiser/ publisher
referrals. (d) Personally Identifiable Information of
Visitors. You represent and warrant that You will not enable
the Tracking Code to collect personally identifiable information
of Visitors that would allow PP to personally identify
Visitors. (e) Privacy. You must conspicuously post Your
privacy policy on Your Web site and otherwise make it available to
all Visitors. Your privacy policy must comply with all laws and
regulations regarding the privacy of Visitor information, be
commercially reasonable, and fully and accurately disclose Your
collection and use of Visitor information. You must fully and
accurately disclose Your use of third party technology, including
PP's tracking technology, use of cookies and options for
discontinuing use of such cookies. (f) Applicable Codes and
Code Maintenance. In order for PP to record the tracking of
Visitors' Transactions resulting from clicks on Links to
Advertisers promoted by You, You must include and maintain a PP
“Tracking Code” within the Advertiser's Links. All
Advertiser Links and all advertisements ("Ad Content")
must be in a Network Service compatible format. (g) Usage
and Security of Account. You shall be responsible for all
usage and activity on Your account and for loss, theft or
unauthorized disclosure of Your password (other than through PP's
negligent or willful conduct or omission). You shall provide PP
with prompt written notification of any known or suspected
unauthorized use of Your Account or breach of the security of Your
Account.
3. PP's
Services. (a) Tracking Transactions and Payouts. PP
shall determine (where possible) actual Payouts that should be
credited to Your Account. PP may, in PP's sole discretion, apply
an estimated amount of Payouts, if: (i) You are referring Visitors
to Advertiser as verified by clicks through Links to Advertiser
with PP Tracking Code, (ii) where there is an error in
Advertiser's transmission of Tracking Code data to PP, and (iii)
where PP is able to utilize a historical analysis of Your
promotion of Advertiser to determine an equitable amount of
estimated Payouts. (b) Charge-backs. An Advertiser may
apply, or PP may apply, a debit to Your Account in an amount equal
to a Payout previously credited to Your Account in circumstances
of : (i) product returns; (ii) duplicate entry or other clear
error; (iii) non-bona fide Transactions; (iv) non-receipt of
payment from, or refund of payment to, the Visitor by the
Advertiser; or (v) Publisher failure to comply with Advertiser's
Program terms or other agreement with Advertiser ("Charge-back").
Charge-backs may be applied to Your Account at any time, including
previous payment cycles. (c) Access to Tracking and
Reporting Tools. PP shall provide You with access to tracking
and reporting tools, and to support services. From time to time PP
may offer optional services for a fee. Fees for such optional
services are at PP's then-current published rates or as may be
quoted by PP, and are payable in advance or may be off-set against
Your positive Account balance (at PP's discretion). Tracking
detail regarding Visitor Transactions is not available on a
real-time basis for all Advertisers and there may be reporting
delays regarding Transactions for some Advertisers. PP may make
available, for fees that PP shall publish from time-to-time,
enhanced reporting capabilities and other services that are not
included in the standard Network Service. (d) Support.
Support for your program is available on-line through the "Contact
Us" area in the PP Account Manager, which allows You to
categorize and describe Your issue. Online help also allows You to
check the status of all issues through the "Check Question
Status" feature. Phone support may also be available during
operating hours, except holidays. (e) Facilitating Payment
of Payouts. Subject to other provisions in this Agreement, PP
shall credit Your Account with a Payout for each qualifying
Transaction in accordance with the Advertiser's Payout rate and
Program terms for the relevant Transaction. On the 20th day of
each calendar month, PP will issue to You any positive balance in
Your Account for Transactions reported for the previous month,
provided Your Account balance exceeds the required “Minimum
Account Balance.” PP shall have no obligation to make
payment of any Payouts for which PP has not received payment from
the relevant Advertiser of all monies due to PP (including for all
Payouts owed by such Advertiser to all of such Advertiser's
Publishers). If PP elects, in its own discretion, not to make
payment to You for amounts not received from an Advertiser, those
amounts shall not be included in the Minimum Balance Amount. Your
recourse for any earned Payouts not paid to You shall be to make a
claim against the relevant Advertiser(s), and PP disclaims any and
all liability for such payment. You may elect to receive payment
in any of the currencies that PP supports (as may be amended by
PP). The conversion rate shall be determined in accordance with
PP's operating standards using the rates prevailing upon the date
that payment is made to You, or upon the basis of historical
conversion rates if rates are unavailable. The number or amount of
Transactions, credits for Payouts, and debits for Charge-backs, as
calculated by PP, shall be final and binding on You. (f)
Dormant Accounts. If Publisher's Account has not been
credited with a valid, compensable Transaction that has not been
Charged-back during any rolling, six consecutive calendar month
period (“Dormant Account”), a dormant account fee at
PP's then-current rate shall be applied to Publisher's Account
each calendar month that Publisher's Account remains an open yet
Dormant Account or until Your Account balance reaches a zero
balance, at which time the Account shall become deactivated.
Transactions will not be counted if the Transaction subsequently
becomes a Charge-back. (g) Negative Accounts. You may
have a negative balance if Your Account is debited amounts
equivalent to previous Payouts for Charge-backs and You do not
have an adequate Account balance to cover the Charge-back amounts.
When You have a negative balance, You must immediately remit
payment to PP in an amount sufficient to bring Your Account to a
zero balance, or Your Account is subject to 1.5% interest per
month, compounded monthly.
4. Proprietary
Rights. (a) Linking to Advertisers. For each
Advertiser's Program that You have been accepted to, the
Advertiser is granting to You the right to display and Link to the
Advertiser's Web site or Web site content in accordance with the
Advertiser's Program terms for the limited purposes of Promoting
the Advertiser's Program, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. Your use of the Link signifies Your agreement to
refrain from copying or modifying any icons, buttons, banners,
graphics files or content contained in the Link, including but not
limited to refraining from removing or altering any copyright or
trademark notices. As between PP and Publisher, PP owns all rights
in and to all information regarding the Visitors that You refer to
Advertisers through PP. (b) PP's Use of Your Marks. You
authorize PP to utilize Your trademarks, service marks,
tradenames, and/or copyrighted material that You provide to PP
through Your Account to promote Your participation in the Network
Services. (c) Your Use of PP's Proprietary Rights. You
agree that Your use of any PP Web site (such as www.PP.com) and
Your use of any PP trademarks, service marks, tradenames, and/or
URLs is subject to the license and terms of use that are available
from such Web site ("Terms of Use"). You explicitly
agree not to adopt or use in any manner any trademarks, service
marks, tradenames, and/or URLs that are the same or confusingly
similar to, or are combined with, those of PP. (d) Retention
of Rights. All proprietary rights of Advertisers, You, and PP,
and all goodwill arising as a result of such rights, inure to the
benefit of such owner. (e) No Challenge to PP's/Advertiser's
Proprietary Rights. You acknowledge that You obtain no
proprietary rights in PP's trademarks, service marks, tradenames,
URLs, copyrighted material, patents, and patent applications, and
agree not to challenge PP's proprietary rights. You acknowledge
that You obtain no proprietary rights in Your Advertisers'
proprietary rights, and agree not to challenge such Advertiser's
proprietary rights. (f) Data Ownership. You understand
that all personally identifiable information, if any, provided by
Visitors through the Tracking Code or in response to an
advertisement or request for information and/or any or all
reports, results, and/or information created, compiled, analyzed
and/or derived by PP from such data is the sole and exclusive
property of Advertiser and PP and is considered PP's Confidential
Information pursuant to this Agreement. PP and/or its Advertisers,
in their sole discretion, shall have the right to use, market and
re-market any Visitors and/or data without further obligation to
You. You shall not make any use of, copy, make derivative works
from, sell, transfer, lease, assign, redistribute, disclose,
disseminate, or otherwise make available in any manner, such data
or Visitors, or any portion thereof, to any third-party.
5.
Confidentiality. (a) Obligations. You or PP may
provide the other with information that is confidential and
proprietary to that party or a third party, as is designated by
the disclosing party or that is reasonably understood to be
proprietary and/or confidential ("Confidential Information").
The receiving party agrees to make commercially reasonable
efforts, but in no case no less effort than it uses to protect its
own Confidential Information, to maintain the confidentiality of
and to protect any proprietary interests of the disclosing party.
Confidential Information shall not include (even if designated by
a party) information: (i) that is or becomes part of the public
domain through no act or omission of the receiving party; (ii)
that is lawfully received by the receiving party from a third
party 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 (iii) that the
receiving party had in its possession prior to the date of this
Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, You must destroy or
return to PP any Confidential Information provided by PP to You
under this Agreement. (b) Provision of Info to
Advertisers/Third Parties. You agree that PP may, but is not
obligated to, provide Your email address(es) and basic Publisher
Account detail (including but not limited to Your address, phone
and fax number, Web site name, the date the website or
subscription email first entered into operation, and visitor
demographics) to Advertisers. PP may provide any and all Visitor,
Transaction and/or Tracking Code data to the Advertiser to which
You referred such Visitor, and to any third party in PP's sole
discretion, including but not limited to all regulatory,
legislative and judicial bodies, and pursuant to allegations and
claims of proprietary rights infringement.
6. Term,
Termination, Deactivation and Notices. (a) Term.
This Agreement shall commence upon Your indication that You have
accepted this Agreement by providing the required information and
‘clicking through' the acceptance button on the PP Web site
and shall continue until terminated in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated by either
party upon 15 days notice. This Agreement may be terminated
immediately upon notice for Your breach of this Agreement. Your
Account may be deactivated during investigation of breach of this
Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated based upon Your breach,
You shall not be eligible to enter into a new click-through
Publisher Service Agreement with PP, and any attempt to do so
shall be null and void. (b) Termination by Advertiser.
An Advertiser may terminate You, one of Your Web sites, or Your
ability to use a promotional method, from the Advertiser's Program
for any or no reason, upon 7 days written notice with effect from
the 8th day. Additionally, Advertiser may terminate You from the
Advertiser's Program for breach of a third party's proprietary
rights, and/or diluting, tarnishing or blurring an Advertiser's
trademarks, tradenames, and/or service marks, or for Your material
breach of the Advertiser's Program terms or of this Agreement. (c)
Termination or Deactivation by PP. PP may terminate You,
one of Your Web sites, or Your use of a promotional method, from
an Advertiser's Program, at any time in PP's sole discretion.
Breach of any Section of this Agreement is cause for immediate
termination from an Advertiser's Program and/or termination of
this Agreement, and may result in Chargeback of one or more
Payouts. PP may temporarily deactivate or terminate Your Account
if: (i) You or Your agent are responsible for the improper
functioning of Ad Content, or if You otherwise interfere with
and/or fail to maintain the Tracking Code; (ii) Your Account has
not been logged into and/or there have been no Transactions
credited to Your Account for any 30 day period; (iii) You maintain
a negative balance in Your Account; (iv) PP determines You are
diluting, tarnishing or blurring PP's proprietary rights; (v) You
begin proceedings to challenge PP's proprietary rights; or (vi) a
third party (including a PP Advertiser) disputes Your right to use
any Link, domain name, trademark, service mark, trade dress, or
right to offer any service or good offered on Your Web site, or
through any of Your promotional means. Upon termination of this
Agreement, or in case of deactivation of Your Account, You shall
no longer accrue Payouts in Your Account, including but not
limited to subsequent sales and/or Leads for click-throughs that
occurred prior to termination. (d) Termination of Programs
and Offers. Programs and Offers may be discontinued at any
time. (e) Notices. Except as provided elsewhere herein,
both parties must send all notices relating to this Agreement to:
(i) for PP, via registered mail, return receipt requested or via
an internationally recognized express mail carrier to Power
Payout, Attn: Legal Dept., 1660 Hotel Circle N, Ste 101 San Diego,
Ca 92108 USA (effective upon actual receipt); and, (ii) for You,
at the email or physical address listed on Your Account (effective
upon sending as long as PP does not receive an error message
regarding delivery of the email) or five (5) days after
mailing). (f) Post-termination. Upon termination of this
Agreement, any outstanding payments shall be paid by PP to You
within 90 days of the termination date, and any outstanding debit
balance shall be paid by You to PP within 30 days of termination
of this Agreement. All payments are subject to recovery for
Charge-backs. Upon termination of this Agreement, any permissions
granted under this Agreement will terminate, and You must
immediately remove all Links to Advertiser(s). Provisions of this
Agreement that by their nature and context are intended to survive
the termination of this Agreement shall survive the termination of
this Agreement to the extent that and as long as is necessary to
preserve a party's rights under this Agreement that accrued prior
to termination.
7.
Representations, Warranties, Disclaimers and Limitations. (a)
Business Operations. Each party will make reasonable
commercial efforts to keep its Web site operational during normal
business hours. However, the parties agree that it is normal to
have a certain amount of system downtime and agree not to hold
each other or Your Advertisers liable for any of the consequences
of such interruptions. PP may modify the Network Service, or
discontinue providing the Network Service, or any portion thereof,
at any time. (b) Authority. Each party represents and
warrants to the other party as to itself that the person executing
this Agreement is authorized to do so on such party's behalf. IF
YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU WERE AT
LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT. (c)
Non-infringement Warranties. You represent and warrant
that: (i) You have all appropriate authority to operate, and to
any and all content on, Your Web site(s); (ii) You have all
appropriate authority in any promotional method you may choose to
use; (iii) Your Web site(s) and Your promotional methods do not
and will not infringe a third party's, a PP Advertiser's, or PP's,
proprietary rights; and (iv) You shall remain solely responsible
for any and all Web sites owned and/or operated by You and all of
Your promotional methods. PP may or may not review all content on
Your Web site or used by You in Your promotional methods. (d)
Compliance with Laws. You are responsible for compliance
with the requirements of all relevant legislation (including
subordinate legislation and the rules of statutorily recognized
regulatory authorities) in force or applicable in the United
States or in any other applicable territory, and warrant that no
promotion method used by You or the content of Your Web site(s)
will render PP liable to any proceedings whatsoever. (e)
Limitation of Liabilities. ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY OF
PP UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL OF YOUR
PAYOUTS PAID TO YOU BY PP UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE YEAR
PRECEDING THE CLAIM. NO ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
BROUGHT AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MORE THAN ONE
YEAR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AGREE THAT PP
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANY THIRD PARTY (INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO A CLAIM BY ANOTHER PUBLISHER OR AN ADVERTISER OF THE
NETWORK SERVICE), 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, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES OR CLAIM. (f) Disclaimer of Warranties. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, PP
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
(A) MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, (B) THAT THERE ARE NO
VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (C) THAT PP'S SECURITY
METHODS WILL BE SUFFICIENT, (D) REGARDING CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY,
OR RELIABILITY, OR (D) AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH ENJOYMENT OF THE
PUBLISHER'S INFORMATION OR WEB SITE. ALL 'INFORMATION' AND
'COMPUTER PROGRAMS' PROVIDED TO YOU 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. PP IS, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRACTICES,
ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY ADVERTISER OR PUBLISHER, OR SUCH
ADVERTISER OR PUBLISHER'S WEB SITE(S), AND/OR THE CONTENT OF AN
ADVERTISER'S WEB SITE OR THAT AN ADVERTISER MAKES AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE NETWORK SERVICE. (g) Remedies. No remedy or
election shall be deemed exclusive but shall, wherever possible,
be cumulative with all other remedies at law or in equity. (h)
Benefit of the Bargain. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7
ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE BARGAIN REFLECTED
IN THIS AGREEMENT.
8. Publisher's
Indemnification Obligations. Publisher shall defend, indemnify
and hold PP and Advertisers harmless against all claims, suits,
demands, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, interest,
settlements and judgments, costs and expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred, claimed or sustained by third parties,
including but not limited to Advertisers, directly or indirectly
as a result of (a) Publisher's breach of or non-compliance with
this Agreement, (b) Publisher's violation of any law, or an
alleged violation of law by PP, that is a direct or indirect
result of Publisher's use of the Network Service, (c) Publisher's
use of the Network Service, (d) Publisher's participation in any
Program, (e) any content, goods or services offered, sold or
otherwise made available by Publisher to any person, (f)
Publisher's acts or omissions in using, displaying or distributing
any internet links obtained from the Network Service or elsewhere,
including but not limited to Publisher's use of internet links via
email distribution, (g) any claim that PP is obligated to pay tax
obligations in connection with payment made to Publisher pursuant
to this Agreement and/or any Advertiser's Program, and (h) any
violation or alleged violation by Publisher of any rights of
another, including breach of a person's or entity's intellectual
property rights (each (a)-(h) individually is referred to
hereinafter as a "Claim"). Should any Claim give rise to
a duty of indemnification under this Section 8, PP shall promptly
notify Publisher, and PP shall be entitled, at its own expense,
and upon reasonable notice to Publisher, to participate in the
defense of such Claim. Participation in the defense shall not
waive or reduce any of Publisher's obligations to indemnify or
hold PP harmless. Publisher shall not settle any Claim without PPs
prior written consent. Publisher also shall indemnify for any
reasonable attorneys' fees or other costs incurred by an
indemnified party in investigating or enforcing this Section 8. In
the context of this Section 8 only, the term “PP”
shall include officers, directors, employees, corporate
affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, and subcontractors.
9.
Miscellaneous. (a) Headings and References.
Headings of Sections are for the convenience of reference only.
Words indicated in quotes and capitalized signify an abbreviation
or defined term for indicated words or terms, including those
definitions contained in the opening paragraph. (b) Third
Party Disputes. In the event of a third party claim against
either: (a) PP's intellectual property; or (b) against PP's right
to offer any service or good on PP's Web site(s) or if, in PP's
opinion, such a claim is likely, PP shall have the right, at its
sole option and in its sole discretion, to (i) secure the right at
PP's expense to continue using the intellectual property or good
or service; or (ii) at PP's expense replace or modify the same to
make it non-infringing or without misappropriation. (c)
Relationships of Parties/Third Party Rights. 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 to suggest to third parties
that the relationship between the parties is anything other than
that of independent contractor. You agree that Your consent is not
necessary to modify any Advertiser Service Agreement. (d)
Choice of Law/Attorneys' Fees. This Agreement is governed
by the laws of the State of California (USA), except for its
conflict of law provisions. The exclusive forum for any actions
related to this Agreement shall be in the state courts, and, to
the extent that federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction, in Los
Angeles, California. The parties consent to such venue and
jurisdiction and waive any right to a trial by jury. The
application of the United Nations Convention on the International
Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. A party that primarily
prevails in an action brought under this Agreement is entitled to
recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys fees and
costs. PP controls and operates its Web site from its offices in
the USA and access or use where illegal is prohibited. (e)
Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable by reason of
any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations
hereunder for any cause beyond the reasonable control of such
party, including but not limited to electrical outages, failure of
Internet service providers, default due to Internet disruption
(including without limitation denial of service attacks), riots,
insurrection, acts of terrorism, war (or similar), fires, flood,
earthquakes, explosions, and other acts of God. (f)
Severability/Waiver. If any provision of this Agreement is
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. The parties shall
in good faith attempt to modify any invalidated provision to carry
out the stated intentions in this Agreement. 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. (g)
Assignment and Acknowledgement. Neither party may assign
this Agreement without the prior express written permission of the
other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Your consent shall not
be required for assignment or transfer made by PP (1) due to
operation of law, or (2) to an entity that acquires substantially
all of PP's stock, assets or business, or (3) to a related entity
(e.g. parent or subsidiary of parent). Your use of the Network
Service is irrefutable acknowledgement by You that You have read,
understood and agreed to each and every term and provision of this
Agreement. PP may establish from time to time rules and
regulations regarding use of the Network Service as published on
the Network Service and incorporated herein. (h) Marketing.
Publisher agrees that PP may identify it as a PP Publisher in
client lists and may use Publisher's name and/or logo solely for
such purpose in its marketing materials. Any other uses of
Publisher's name and/or logo not otherwise described or
contemplated herein shall require Publisher's prior written
consent. (i) Tax Status and Obligations. PP is not
obligated to and shall not provide You with tax and/or legal
advice. PP undertakes no duty to investigate or research Your tax
status and/or obligations, and such research and investigation is
solely Your responsibility. You are obligated to independently
assess and comply with all relevant tax and legal requirements,
and Advertiser is responsible for its own sales tax collection and
reporting obligations arising from sales made to Visitors. If PP
provides You with information regarding a particular Advertiser or
Publisher, the information shall not be deemed tax or legal
advice, and PP shall not be responsible for the accuracy of such
information. Any Publisher or Advertiser addresses provided to You
are addresses provided by the relevant Advertiser or Publisher,
and such addresses may not necessarily indicate the location or
presence of the Publisher or Advertiser in such location or
elsewhere. (j) Entire Agreement, Assignment and Amendment.
This Agreement, including the Introduction, contains the entire
understanding and agreement of the parties and there have been no
promises, representations, agreements, warranties or undertakings
by either of the parties, either oral or written, except as stated
in this Agreement. This Agreement may only be altered, amended or
modified by an instrument that is assented to by each party to
this Agreement by verifiable means, including without limitation
by written instrument signed by the parties or through a "click
through" acknowledgement of assent. No interlineations to
this Agreement shall be binding unless initialed by both parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, PP shall have the right to change,
modify or amend ("Change") this Agreement, in whole or
in part, by posting a revised Agreement at least 14 days prior to
the effective date of such Change. Your continued use of the
Network Service after the effective date of such Change shall be
deemed Your acceptance of the revised Agreement.
IF YOU ARE AN
INDIVIDUAL, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU WERE AT LEAST 18
YEARS OF AGE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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