blueChrome hosting Hosting Contract
This contract is between
blueChrome design, llc. (herein known as blueChrome) and the
Customer for the purposes of Web Hosting.
I. Financial Arrangements:
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The Customer agrees
to a three (3) month contract, beginning upon commencement
of service. First three (3) months
payment plus a non-refundable setup charge, if any, shall be
due upon receipt of contract. This
agreement will automatically renew for successive three (3)
month periods for the life of the contract until cancelled
in writing. Customers will receive
an invoice for charges and payment is due upon receipt.
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Initial payment
is due with the contract, regardless of the status of domain
name application or any other forces beyond the control of
blueChrome.
II. Taxes:
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blueChrome 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 blueChrome's
servers. 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:
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The Customer will
provide blueChrome with material and data in a condition that
is "server-ready", which is in a form requiring no additional
manipulation on the part of blueChrome. blueChrome shall make no
effort to validate this information for content, correctness
or usability. Use of blueChrome'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. 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 blueChrome to provide this knowledge or
Customer Support outside of the defined service of blueChrome.
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blueChrome will exercise
no control whatsoever over the content of the information
passing through the network. blueChrome makes no warranties
or representations of any kind, whether expressed or implied
for the service it is providing. blueChrome 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 blueChrome is at the Customer's own risk, and blueChrome
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. blueChrome
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. blueChrome specifically denies any
responsibilities for any damages arising as a consequence
of such unavailability. In the event that this material is
not "Server-ready", blueChrome may, at its option and at any
time, reject this material, including but not limited to
after it has been put on blueChrome's Server. blueChrome 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 blueChrome. If the Customer fails to modify the material,
as directed by blueChrome, 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:
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The Customer warrants
that it has the right to use the applicable trademarks, if
any.
V. Hardware, Equipment & Software:
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The Customer is
responsible for and must provide all telephone, computer, hardware
and software equipment and services necessary to access blueChrome.
blueChrome makes no representations, warranties or assurances
that the Customer's equipment will be compatible with the blueChrome
service.
VI. Age:
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The Customer certifies
that he or she is at least 18 years of age.
VII. Internet Etiquette:
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The Customer may
not use blueChrome servers for the purpose of Mass Electronic
Junkmail. The Customer may not use blueChrome 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. blueChrome 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 blueChrome may not be used to impersonate another
person or misrepresent authorization to act on behalf of others
or blueChrome. All messages transmitted via blueChrome 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.
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The Customer may
not run any software, applications, or other processes on blueChrome
servers without the express written permission of blueChrome.
VIII. Termination:
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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. blueChrome will not accept terminations
over the telephone. Notwithstanding the above, blueChrome
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. blueChrome reserves
the right to charge a reinstatement fee. In addition,
if the Customer should participate in illegal activities, send
Mass Electronic Junkmail or host pornographic web sites, blueChrome
reserves the right to terminate service without notification
or refund of any kind.
IX. Limited Liability:
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The Customer expressly
agrees that use of blueChrome's Server is at the Customer's sole
risk. Neither blueChrome, nor its employees, affiliates, agents,
third party information providers, merchants licensers or the
like, warrant that blueChrome'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
blueChrome Server service, unless otherwise expressly stated in
this Agreement. Under no circumstances,
including negligence, shall blueChrome, its officers, agents or
anyone else involved in creating, producing or distributing
blueChrome'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 blueChrome 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 blueChrome's records, programs or services. The Customer
hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all
content on blueChrome's Server service.
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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:
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The Customer may
only use blueChrome'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:
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The Customer agrees
that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold blueChrome harmless
from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and
claims, including reasonable attorneys' fees, ("Liabilities")
asserted against blueChrome, 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 blueChrome against Liabilities arising out of (i) any
injury to person or property caused by any products sold
or otherwise distributed in connection with blueChrome'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 blueChrome Server.
XII. Contract Revisions:
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Revisions to this
Contract will be applicable to previous Contracts. Revisions
will be considered agreed to by the Customer on renewal of
blueChrome. Services as specified in Section I. Financial Arrangements.
XIII Transfer:
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The Customer may
not transfer this agreement without the written consent of
blueChrome.
XIV Governing Law; Entire Agreement:
This hosting contract is governed by the laws of USA, excluding the
application of its conflict of law rules. The United Nations
Convention for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply.
This hosting contract is the entire agreement between us and
supersedes any other communications or advertising with respect
to hosting services.
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.
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