TOS*
@ Devine
(Terms of Service related to Website Hosting)
I. Financial Arrangements:
The Customer agrees to at least a monthly contract,
beginning upon commencement of service. First month's payment
plus a non-refundable setup charge, if any, shall be due upon
receipt of contract.
This agreement will automatically renew for successive months
(in the case of a monthly contract), quarterly (in the case of a
quarterly contract), or years (in the case of a
yearly contract) for the life of the contract until
cancelled in writing. Customers shall pay securely and
promptly when invoiced via PayPal.com or by check when special
arrangements have been made. Customers not
paying by the due date may be subject to the suspension of their
hosting and Devine-Designs shall not be responsible for any loss
of data due to non-payment suspensions.
Initial payment is due with the contract. Hosting
services shall not commence until payment has been made in full.
II. Taxes:
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates 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 Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' 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:
The Customer will provide
Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates with material and data in a condition
that is "server-ready", which is in a form requiring no
additional manipulation on the part of
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates.
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates shall make no effort to validate this information
for content, correctness or usability. Use of
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates' 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 Web space 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.
Outside of any web design contracts with
Devine-Designs, 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
Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates to provide this knowledge or
Customer Support outside of the defined service of
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates.
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates will exercise no control whatsoever over the
content of the information passing through the network.
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates makes no warranties or representations of any
kind, whether expressed or implied for the service it is
providing. Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates 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 Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates is at the Customer's own risk,
and Devine-Designs and any
of its affiliates 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. Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates 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. Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates specifically denies any
responsibilities for any damages arising as a consequence of
such unavailability. In the event that this material is not
"Server-ready", Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates may, at its option and at any time,
reject this material, including but not limited to after it has
been put on Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' Server.
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates 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 Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates. If the Customer fails to modify the
material, as directed by Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates, 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:
The Customer warrants that it has the right to use the
applicable trademarks, if any.
V. Hardware, Equipment & Software:
The Customer is responsible for and must provide all
telephone, computer, hardware and software equipment and
services necessary to access
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates.
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates makes no representations, warranties or
assurances that the Customer's equipment will be
compatible with the Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates service.
VI. Age:
The Customer certifies that he or she is at least 18
years of age.
VII. Internet Etiquette:
The Customer may not use
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates servers for
the purpose of MASS Electronic Junk mail. (SPAM) The Customer
may not use Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' 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.
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates 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
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates may not be
used to impersonate another person or misrepresent authorization
to act on behalf of others or
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates. All
messages transmitted via Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates 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.
VIII. Termination:
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.
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates will not
accept terminations over the telephone. Notwithstanding the
above, Devine-Designs and
any of its affiliates 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.
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates reserves the right to charge a reinstatement fee.
IX. Limited Liability:
The Customer expressly agrees that use of
Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' Server is at the Customer's
sole risk. Neither Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates, nor its employees, agents, third
party information providers, merchants licensers or the like,
warrant that Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' 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 Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates Server service, unless otherwise
expressly stated in this Agreement. Under no circumstances,
including negligence, shall
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates, its
officers, agents or anyone else involved in creating, producing
or distributing Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' Server service be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages
that result from the use of or inability to use the
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates 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 Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates' records, programs or services. The Customer
hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all
content on Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates' Server service.
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:
The Customer may only use
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates' 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:
The Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save
and hold Devine-Designs and
any of its affiliates harmless from any and all demands,
liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, ("Liabilities") asserted against
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates, 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
Devine-Designs and any of
its affiliates against Liabilities arising out of (i) any injury
to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise
distributed in connection with
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates' 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
Devine-Designs and any of its affiliates Server.
XII. Contract Revisions:
Revisions to this Contract will be applicable to previous
Contracts. Revisions will be considered agreed to by the
Customer on renewal of Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates. Services as specified in Section I.
Financial Arrangements.
XIII Transfer:
The Customer may not transfer this agreement without the
written consent of Devine-Designs
and any of its affiliates. 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
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