1. Agreement
By completing and sending in the attached Affiliate Program
application form, you are entering into a legal agreement with Fatsofa Studios,
dba ("Hugeparty.com") which contains all of the terms and
conditions below and governs your participation in the Hugeparty.com
Affiliate Program.
2. Definitions
"Hugeparty.com Marks" means any of the trademarks, service
marks, tradenames, names, designs, logos, images and/or other proprietary
names or marks of Hugeparty.com.
"Hugeparty.com Site" means any website maintained from
time to time by or on behalf of Hugeparty.com and any entity controlled
by or under common control with Hugeparty.com.
"Click-through" means when a unique user of Your Site
either clicks on a Link or enters a valid search request through
a Search Box window which leads the user to the Hugeparty.com Site.
"Link" means a URL hyperlinked to text, a graphic,
a search field or another information object on Your Site.
"Search Box" means the graphic containing one or
more of the Hugeparty.com Marks where a user enters a search query in
order to receive search results from a search engine.
"Your Site" means the website maintained by you indicated
on your application form under "URL of Site".
3. Enrollment
3.1 To begin the enrollment process, you must submit a completed
Affiliate Program application via the Hugeparty.com Site.
Hugeparty.com will evaluate your application in good faith and will
notify you promptly regarding acceptance or rejection of your application.
Hugeparty.com may reject your application if it determines (in its sole
discretion) that Your Site is unsuitable for the Affiliate Program
for any reason. If Hugeparty.com rejects your application, you may reapply
at any time, and Hugeparty.com will reconsider the application.
3.2 By submitting the Affiliate Program application form,
you represent that you have the right to enter into this Agreement
and to perform your obligations under it and that you have read
this Agreement, you understand it and you agree to all of its terms
and conditions. In addition, you acknowledge that you have evaluated
independently the desirability of participating in the Hugeparty.com
Affiliate Program and are not relying on any guarantee or statement
other than contained in this Agreement.
3.3 You must be at least 18 years of age in order to qualify and participate in the Hugeparty.com Affiliate Program. For privacy concerns, read our
Privacy Policy.
4. Hugeparty.com’s Rights and Responsibilities
4.1 Hugeparty.com will provide to you (i) Search Box(es) that
will enable users of Your Site to type in a search query that will
access Hugeparty.com’s search results and (ii) graphical and textual
Links that will enable users of Your Site to click through to the
Hugeparty.com Site.
4.2 Hugeparty.com is, and during the Term will remain, solely
responsible for the development, maintenance and operation of the
Hugeparty.com Site.
5. Your Rights and Responsibilities
5.1 You are, and during the Term (as defined in paragraph
8) will remain, solely responsible for the development, maintenance
and operation of Your Site and for all materials and content that
appear on Your Site. You will defend and indemnify Hugeparty.com from
and against any and all third party claims, damages, liabilities,
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses)
arising out of the operation of Your Site, including but not limited
to the content of Your Site.
5.2 You will select the Search Box(es) and/or Links you
wish to display from the Search Box(es) and Links provided by Hugeparty.com
and will place the selected Search Box(es) and/or Links on Your
Site and enable users of Your Site to enter search queries at the
Search Box(es) and click on the Links. You may display the Search
Box(es) and/or Links you select on as many pages of Your Site as
you wish.
5.3 You will display the Search Box(es) and Links on Your
Site in the form, manner and presentation described in the Usage
Guidelines attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement and in accordance
with such additional instructions as Hugeparty.com may provide to you
from time to time ("Usage Instructions"). You understand
that Hugeparty.com may modify the Usage Guidelines and Usage Instructions
at any time. You will not reformat or otherwise change the Search
Box(es) and/or Links without the prior written consent of Hugeparty.com.
You will not be entitled to a commission for Click-throughs of reformatted
Search Box(es) and/or Links.
5.4 You will not solicit any Hugeparty.com advertiser or client
without the prior written approval of Hugeparty.com. You will not create,
publish, or distribute any item that references Hugeparty.com without
first submitting such item to Hugeparty.com and receiving Hugeparty.com's
written consent.
6. License
6.1 Hugeparty.com hereby grants to you, during the Term and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-assignable, royalty-free license to place
Search Box(es) and Links solely on Your Site in connection with
the exercise of your rights under this Agreement. You acknowledge
and agree that Hugeparty.com and/or its licensors own exclusively all
right, title and interest in the Search Box(es), the Links and the
Hugeparty.com Marks and that you have no rights in the Search Box(es),
the Links or the Hugeparty.com Marks other than the limited license
granted herein.
6.2 You recognize that there is a great value to Hugeparty.com
in the Search Box(es), the Links and the Hugeparty.com Marks and goodwill
associated therewith and that all uses by you of the Search Box(es),
the Links and the Hugeparty.com Marks shall inure to the benefit of
Hugeparty.com. You shall not, during the Term or thereafter, directly
or indirectly, assert any interest or property rights in the Search
Box(es), the Links or the Hugeparty.com Marks or contest the validity
of any of the Hugeparty.com Marks or Hugeparty.com’s exclusive ownership
of them. You shall not adopt, use, or register, or apply for registration
of, whether as a corporate name, trademark, service mark or other
indication of origin, any of the Hugeparty.com Marks or any word or
mark confusingly similar to any of them in any jurisdiction.
6.3 Your use of the Search Box(es), Links and the Hugeparty.com
Marks is subject to Hugeparty.com’s Usage Guidelines which are attached
as Exhibit A to this Agreement. You will not use the Hugeparty.com Marks
in a manner that disparages Hugeparty.com or its products or services,
or portrays Hugeparty.com or its products or services in a false, competitively
adverse or poor light. You will comply with Hugeparty.com’s requests
as to the use of Hugeparty.com Marks and will avoid taking any action
that diminishes the value of any of the Hugeparty.com Marks.
7. Commissions; Reporting
7.1 Hugeparty.com will pay you a commission of $0.04 per direct Click-through
and $0.01 per Click-through from web sites you refer and are subsequently accepted into
the Hugeparty.com Affiliate Program.
At any time and with reasonable prior notice, Hugeparty.com may, from
time to time, modify the commission rate to be paid to you. You
acknowledge and agree that Hugeparty.com will pay a commission only
on valid Click-throughs that meet the definition above of a "Click-through",
and not on any fraudulent Click-throughs or any Click-throughs from
improper use of the Search Box(es). Hugeparty.com shall have the right,
in its sole discretion, to determine whether Click-throughs are
fraudulent or derived from improper use of the Search Box(es). Hugeparty.com
shall not be required to make any payments to you in connection
with this Agreement other than the commissions on Click-throughs,
if earned.
7.2 Hugeparty.com will pay you your commissions (less any taxes
that Hugeparty.com is required to withhold) within forty-five (45) days
following the end of each calendar quarter for which such commissions
are generated. If commissions earned during any calendar quarter
are less than $25, then Hugeparty.com, in its sole discretion, may hold
those commissions until the quarter in which the total amount due
is at least $25 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated.
Notwithstanding anything else in this agreement, in no event shall
Hugeparty.com be obligated to pay you commissions during any calendar
quarter in excess of $200,000.
7.3 Hugeparty.com will allow you to obtain a password and to
enter an area within the Hugeparty.com Site or another password-protected
site solely to access information regarding Click-throughs from
Your Site to Hugeparty.com.
8. Term and Termination
The term of this Agreement (the "Term") will begin
on the date Hugeparty.com accepts your completed Affiliate Program application
and will continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant
to this paragraph 8. Either party shall have the right, in its sole
discretion for any reason whatsoever, to terminate this Agreement
at any time by giving the other party 5 days written notice; provided,
however, that Hugeparty.com can terminate this Agent immediately in
the event it deems the content on your site objectionable or if
Hugeparty.com becomes aware that you are or you have used any automated
means to generate additional click-throughs, including, but not
limited to a script, macro, or any programmed robot or agent. Upon
termination by either party, the license set forth in paragraph
6.1 shall automatically terminate, and within 24 hours after termination,
you will remove the Search Box(es), Links and any Hugeparty.com Marks
from Your Site and will destroy or erase from your computer memory
any items containing the Search Box(es), Links and/or the Hugeparty.com
Marks. Paragraphs 5.1, 6.2, 8, 9, 10 and 11 will survive the termination
or expiration of this Agreement. In addition, you will be entitled
to no additional commissions for click-throughs generated by your
site after the effective date of the termination of this agreement.
9. Indemnification by Hugeparty.com; Disclaimers, Limitations and
Reservations
9.1 Subject to the limitation on Hugeparty.com’s liability in
paragraph 9.3, Hugeparty.com will defend and indemnify you from and
against any and all third party claims, damages, liabilities, costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses)
arising out of the operation of the Hugeparty.com Site. If you seek
indemnification from Hugeparty.com under this paragraph 9.1, you will
(i) give Hugeparty.com prompt written notice of the claim, (ii) permit
Hugeparty.com to control the defense and settlement of the claim and
(iii) cooperate with Hugeparty.com in connection with the defense and
settlement of the claim. You may (at your own cost) participate
in the defense and settlement of the claim.
9.2 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT,
Hugeparty.com DOES NOT MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ALL REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE Hugeparty.com AFFILIATE PROGRAM, THE SEARCH
BOX(ES) AND LINKS, THE Hugeparty.com SITE AND ANY SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE Hugeparty.com SITE, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION)
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, Hugeparty.com
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING
(A) THE AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONS THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE DURING THE TERM,
AND (B) ANY ECONOMIC OR OTHER BENEFIT THAT YOU MIGHT OBTAIN THROUGH
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE Hugeparty.com AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
9.3 Hugeparty.com WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR CONSEQUENTIAL,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR MULTIPLE DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA) ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE Hugeparty.com AFFILIATE PROGRAM EVEN IF Hugeparty.com HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Hugeparty.com’S ENTIRE
LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT (UNDER ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PURSUANT TO THE INDEMNIFICATION
PROVISION CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 9.1, WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS
ACTUALLY EARNED BY YOU AND NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID TO YOU UNDER PARAGRAPH
7.
10. Confidentiality
During the Term, you may have access to certain nonpublic information
of Hugeparty.com which a reasonable person would consider confidential
or which Hugeparty.com has indicated as "confidential" or "proprietary"
("Confidential Information"). Confidential Information does not
include information that is generally known and available to the
general public through no fault of yours. You agree (i) to hold
in confidence, and not disclose, any Confidential Information to
any third party; (ii) not to use any Confidential Information for
any purpose except performing your obligations under this Agreement;
and (iii) to use reasonable measures to keep Confidential Information
confidential. These obligations shall continue for three (3) years
following termination of this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous
11.1 Hugeparty.com may modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement. Hugeparty.com will attempt to notify you
via e-mail of any such modification and will post a change notice
on the Hugeparty.com Site and on the site from which you retrieve the
information regarding Click-throughs. If a modification is unacceptable,
you may terminate this Agreement by giving notice as provided in
paragraph 8. If you do not give Hugeparty.com notice within a reasonable
time and continue to display the Search Box(es) and/or Links on
Your Site, then you will be deemed to have accepted the modifications.
11.2 The parties are independent contractors, and this Agreement
will not be construed to create a partnership, joint venture or
employment relationship between them. Neither party will represent
itself to be an employee, agent or representative of the other,
and neither party will have the right or authority to create any
obligation or responsibility on the other’s behalf.
11.3 Neither Hugeparty.com nor you will be liable for, or will
be considered to be in breach of or default under this Agreement
on account of, any delay or failure to perform as required by this
Agreement as a result of any causes or conditions that are beyond
such party’s reasonable control and that such party is unable to
overcome through the exercise of commercially reasonable diligence.
11.4 You may not assign this Agreement, in whole or in part,
by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent
of Hugeparty.com.
11.5 Any notice to be given under this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed delivered if delivered by e-mail:
if to you, to you at the e-mail address provided in your Affiliate
Program application form; and if to Hugeparty.com, to Hugeparty.com at affiliates@hugeparty.com.
11.6 The failure of either party to enforce any provision
of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of the party’s rights
to subsequently enforce the provision. The remedies specified in
this Agreement are in addition to any other remedies that may be
available at law or in equity.
11.7 This Agreement, Exhibit A, the Usage Instructions and
the Affiliate Program application form represent the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the Hugeparty.com Affiliate Program
and may be modified only by a written instrument signed by both
parties. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
such invalidity will not effect the remaining provisions. This Agreement
will be interpreted, construed and enforced in all respects in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its
choice of law rules. Each party agrees that any and all actions
brought to enforce this Agreement or resolve any dispute arising
out of this Agreement shall be brought solely in the federal or
state courts having jurisdiction in New York County, and each party
hereby consents to and agrees to submit to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
EXHIBIT A - Hugeparty.com USAGE GUIDELINES
1. You may use the Search Box(es) and Links solely for the purpose
authorized herein by Hugeparty.com and only in compliance with the specifications,
directions, information and standards supplied by Hugeparty.com and
modified by Hugeparty.com from time to time.
2. You agree to: comply with any requirements established by
Hugeparty.com concerning the style, design, display and use of the Search
Box(es) and Links; use correctly the trademark symbol ™ or
registration symbol ® with each use of the Hugeparty.com Marks as
part of the Search Box(es) as instructed by Hugeparty.com; and use the
registration symbol ® upon receiving notice from Hugeparty.com of
registration of any Hugeparty.com Marks that are part of the Search
Box(es).
3. You may not use or alter the Search Box(es) or Links in any
manner that may dilute, diminish, or otherwise damage Hugeparty.com's
rights and goodwill in any Hugeparty.com Marks that are part of the
Search Box(es).
4. You may not use the Search Box(es) or Links in any manner
that implies sponsorship or endorsement by Hugeparty.com of services
and products other than those provided by Hugeparty.com.
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