This is a copy of the contract which we send to qualified host sites who join NetBanner. Once we send it to you, you will have to sign it and send it back to us to complete your inclusion into our network.
THIS AGREEMENT, is made between CLEVERWEB ENTERPRISES, INC.,
a Florida Corporation and the applying host site's representative
(hereinafter "Company" or "Individual" whichever may be the case)
, referred to herein jointly as the parties.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Cleverweb and Company/Individual desire to provide
for the terms and conditions of this Host Site Agreement as more
specifically set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and
intending to be legally bound thereby, it is agreed by and
between the parties as follows:
1. RULES AND REGULATIONS. In addition to the terms set forth
in this Host Site Agreement, the following Rules and Regulations
shall be followed by Company/Individual at all times and should
be carefully reviewed prior to completing an Application and
signing this Host Site Agreement.
a. All site submissions are subject to review and may be
rejected for any reason by Cleverweb. The following are examples
of the type of sites that will not be accepted: adult sites
containing pornographic or offensive material, software trading
(warez) sites, hacking/phreaking sites, illegal music sites such
as mp3 sites, libelous or defamatory sites, sites containing
software piracy and sites with any illegal activity whatsoever.
b. Company/Individual may not artificially inflate traffic
counts to advertiser site(s) using any device, program, robot,
autospawning of browsers, automatic redirecting of users, or any
other technique of generating automated click-throughs. Links
may not be placed in newsgroups, unsolicited E-mail, chat rooms
or guest books. Any link placed must be done through Cleverweb's
graphics and in such a way that it is not misleading to any
visitor. An example of a misleading link is one that says "You
will win $5,000."
c. All ads must be loaded from Cleverweb's server.
Company/Individual may not copy Cleverweb's ads and display them
from Company's/Individual's site directly. Company/Individual
may only use the "html" code supplied to Company/Individual by
Cleverweb with no modification by Company/Individual.
d. All click-throughs MUST go through
Company's/Individual's unique gateway and be recorded by
Cleverweb's server. Click-throughs are counted for unique users
by a six (6) hour period.
e. Making statements near the Cleverweb Net Banner graphic
requesting that your visitors "click" on the banner is not
allowed. Asking your visitor to "visit" your sponsor is allowed,
i.e., "Please visit our sponsor".
f. No changes to our Cleverweb Net Banner advertiser
graphics, including size and orientation will be allowed.
g. Company/Individual may host no more than two advertiser
graphics on any single page.
2. SERVICE PROVIDED. Provided the hereinabove referenced
Rules and Regulations are followed by Company/Individual,
Cleverweb agrees to provide to Company/Individual an advertising
banner on Company's/Individual's designated web site or sites,
and further provide Company/Individual with compensation for the
number of click-throughs generated by said advertising banner in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3. COMPLIANCE CHECKS. Cleverweb shall perform checks to
assure compliance with this Host Site Agreement. If your site
is in violation of this Host Site Agreement, it will be
considered grounds for termination and forfeiture of moneys due
from the date of said violation. Cleverweb reserves the right
to reduce host site's payment, at it's sole discretion, if the
received click-throughs are deemed to be in violation of this
Agreement.
3. PAYMENT. Cleverweb pays its host sites monthly. Cleverweb
will process and send your payment within 30 days from the end of
the month in which earnings were accrued. (i.e., moneys accrued
through the end of March will be sent by April 30.) To minimize
processing costs, and thus maintain higher payments to our host
sites, Cleverweb will send Company/Individual a check when your
account as accrued a minimum of $30.00.
4. REPORTING. Company/Individual earnings can be tracked via
the on-line reporting available at
http://www.netbanner.com/hosts/reports.shtml. Host sites who do
not reach the minimum level of click-throughs required for
payment will have their money carried over to the next month
until the minimum amount is obtained.
5. TERMINATION, VIOLATIONS. If the host site voluntarily
drops out of the program for any reason before reaching $30.00,
their account will be closed and existing payment made in full.
If Company's/Individual's account is terminated due to the
violation of any rules in this Host Site Agreement, their account
may be closed by Cleverweb without payment. In addition,
Cleverweb, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to reduce
host site's payment if received click-throughs are deemed in
violation of this Host Site Agreement.
6. MODIFICATIONS. Cleverweb reserves the right to change,
modify, add or remove portions of this Agreement at any time and
may add to, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the
service at any time. In either such case, Cleverweb will notify
Company/Individual via the E-mail address provided. Failure of
Company/individual to reject to the changes or modifications
within five (5) days of the transmitted E-mail addressing such
change or modification of this Agreement shall be deemed an
acceptance of such terms by Company/Individual. Rejection of
such changes or modifications may be grounds for termination of
this Agreement by Cleverweb.
7. LICENSE. Participation in the program grants
Company/Individual with a limited, non-exclusive license to use
Cleverweb specified copyrighted material only if the
Company/Individual complies with the guidelines in this Host Site
Agreement. Any other use of these materials is strictly
forbidden and may result in this limited license being
immediately withdrawn and may further result in the
Company/Individual being fined per occurrence for copyright
infringement.
8. RENEWAL. This contract shall be automatically renewed
monthly and may be canceled by either party at any time by
notification in writing or via E-mail.
9. PRESENTATION BY COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL.. Company/Individual
represents to Cleverweb that all content you provide to the
service is solely owned by Company/Individual or provided by
Company/Individual with the express authority of the company.
Company/Individual represents that the content provided does not
infringe upon any other individual's or organization's right
(including, without limitation, intellectual property rights) and
is not defamatory, libelous, unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
10. DISCLAIMER. The service, its use and the results of such
use are provided "as is". TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CLEVERWEB DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE, ITS USE AND THE RESULTS OF
SUCH USE WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CLEVERWEB SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY (A) THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE; (B) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) THAT THERE
ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; (D) THAT THE SECURITY
METHODS EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT; OR (E) REGARDING
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION
MAY NOT APPLY TO COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL.
11. ASSIGNABILITY. Neither the rights nor the obligations
arising under this Agreement are assignable or transferable by
Company/Individual. Any such attempted assignment or transfer
shall be void and without effect. Cleverweb may assign this
Agreement to its successor, affiliate or assigns.
12. NON-LIABILITY. Neither party shall be liable hereunder by
reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder on account of equipment failure, strikes,
shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions,
acts of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions,
earthquakes or any other cause which is beyond the reasonable
control of such party.
13. INDEMNIFICATION. Company/Individual shall defend or settle,
at its own expense, any claim made against Cleverweb for any
patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right
regarding the services provided by Company/Individual.
Company/Individual agrees to indemnify and hold Cleverweb
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands,
liabilities, expenses, losses, damages and attorney fees arising
from any and all claims and lawsuits for libel, slander,
copyright and trademark violation as well as all other claims
resulting from Company's/Individual's web pages.
14. RELEASE OF OBLIGATIONS. Upon any termination of this
Agreement, Company/Individual and Cleverweb shall be released
from all obligations and liabilities to the other occurring or
arising after the date of such a termination or the transactions
contemplated hereby, except with respect to those obligations
which by their nature are designed to survive termination;
provided that no such termination will relieve Company/Individual
from any liability arising from any breach of this Agreement
prior to termination.
15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements
or understandings between the parties.
16. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State
of Florida without regard to its conflicts of law principles, and
the parties agree that the courts of Florida shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in any controversy relating to or arising out of
this Agreement.
17. HEADINGS. The headings have been inserted for convenience
only and are not to be considered when interpreting the
provisions of this Agreement.
18. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
19. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS; REGISTRATION. To be an authorized host
site, Company/Individual agrees to abide by the terms and
conditions contained in this Host Site Agreement. Please read
this Agreement carefully before completing an application and
registering. By clicking you agree to the terms and conditions of
this Host Site Agreement.