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2.06 Form: Vendor-Oriented Web Site Hosting Agreement
This AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of the day of __________ 20__
(the "Effective Date"), by and between XYZ
Corporation, a ____________________ corporation
with offices at 2 Computer Way, Los Angeles,
California ("Host") and,
_______________________ a
________________________ corporation with
offices at _______________________, _______________________,
_______________________ ("Client") (each being
referred to individually as a "Party" and
collectively as the "Parties"). WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Host is in the business of offering
Internet services relating to, among other
things, hosting of sites on the World Wide Web
portion of the Internet and is willing to
provide services to Client on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth below; and
WHEREAS, Client desires to engage Host, and
Host desires to be engaged by Client, to
provide such Internet services on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
promises set forth herein, Host and Client (the
"Parties") hereby agree as follows:
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1. Services
1.1 Hosting Services
Host agrees to provide Client with services for
hosting of a site on the World Wide Web portion
of the Internet (the "Web Site") as set forth
or described in Schedule A hereto (the "Hosting
Set-vices"). Host shall provide the Hosting
Services so that the Web Site is accessible to
third parties via the World Wide Web portion of
the Internet as specified herein. Except as
expressly provided herein, Client agrees that
Host is responsible only for providing the
Hosting Services, and Host is not responsible
for providing any services or performing any
tasks not specifically set forth in Schedule A.
At the time of execution of this Agreement, to
the extent that Client wishes to receive from
Host, and Host wishes to provide to Client,
services other than the Hosting Services such
as, by way of example only, services relating
to listserves, gopher, FTP, or e-mail,
(collectively, the "Additional Services"), such
Additional Services and the arrangements for
their provision shall be set forth in a
separate addendum to this Agreement which is
duly executed by the Parties (the "Services
Addendum"), and the Services Addendum shall be
incorporated into, and become a part of this
Agreement. (The Hosting Services and the
Additional Services will hereinafter be
referred to collectively as the "Services").
1.2 Content
Client shall provide to Host all materials
comprising the Web Site, including, but not
limited to, any images, photographs,
illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video
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clips or text (the "Client Content"), which
shall be in a correct format (as specified by
Host in consultation with Client), including,
but not limited to, HTML format. The Client
Content shall be properly adapted and
translated by Client for posting to the Host
server (the "Host Server") so that the Web Site
may be accessed via the Internet.
1.3 Availability of Web Site
Unless otherwise indicated on Schedule A
hereto, the Web Site shall be accessible to
third parties via the World Wide Web portion of
the Interact twenty-four (24) hours a day,
seven (7) days a week, except for scheduled
maintenance and required repairs, and except
for any loss or interruption of Hosting
Services due to causes beyond the control of
Host or which are not reasonably foreseeable by
Host, including, but not limited to,
interruption or failure of telecommunication or
digital transmission links and Inter-net slow-
downs or failures. In the event of any loss or
interruption of Hosting Services, Client's sole
and exclusive remedy and Host's sole and
exclusive liability for any loss or
interruption of Hosting Services shall be as
follows: for loss or interruption of Hosting
Services which is due to (i) causes other than
scheduled maintenance and required repairs, or
(ii) causes beyond the control of Host, or
(iii) causes which are not reasonably
foreseeable by Host, including, but not limited
to, interruption or failure of
telecommunication or digital transmission links
and Internet slow-downs or failures, which loss
or interruption of Hosting Services exceeds a
continual period of twenty-four (24) hours,
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Client shall receive a credit against future
Hosting Services equal to a pro rata portion of
Hosting Services fees for the period of
downtime (which shall be a pro rata portion of
the Hosting Services fees for __________ (__)
year of Hosting Services).
1.4 Domain Name Registration
As part of the initial Hosting Services, Client
shall provide Host with a registered domain
name, or Host shall register __________ (__)
domain name(s) selected by Client provided that
such domain name is available for registration
and does not violate any InterNIC or other
registration services' policies, or any law or
regulation. Client agrees to promptly reimburse
to Host any fees paid by Host to InterNIC or
other registration services with respect to the
registration and maintenance of such domain name.
1.5 Domain Name Disputes
In the event of any dispute or cause of action
arising out of or related to Client's domain
name used in connection with the Web Site, upon
Client's request Host will attempt to register
with InterNIC an alternative domain name chosen
by Client and attempt to make the Web Site
available over the Internet under such
alternative name for an additional fee to be
charged to Client pursuant to the fee and
payment schedule set forth in Schedule B hereto.
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1.6 Additional Storage and Transfer
In the event that the Web Site requires storage
and transfer on the Host Server which exceeds
the amount of storage included in the Hosting
Services, Client may, upon __________ (__) days
written notice to Host, request that Host (a)
upgrade the level of Hosting Services, or (b)
acquire additional incremental storage to be
included in the Hosting Services, on a time and
materials basis and in accordance with the fee
and payment schedule in Schedule B hereto. Host
shall review all such requests and determine,
in consultation with Client, whether it can
reasonably comply with such requests and, if
so, Host shall propose a procedure and budget
for complying with such request.
1.7 Updates
As part of the Hosting Services, Host shall
provide Client with a system and the necessary
software to allow Client to transmit revisions,
updates, deletions, enhancements or
modifications (the "Updates") to a staging
server designated by Host (the "Staging
Server"). Host shall update the Host Server
with the Updates according to a schedule agreed
upon by the Parties, in writing, provided that
(i) Client is not in default of its payment
obligations hereunder, (ii) such Updates are
within the scope of the Hosting Services under
this Agreement; and (iii) such Updates are in a
form which may be placed on the Host Server and
accessed over the Internet. If the Updates are
not within the scope of the Hosting Services
under this Agreement, such Updates shall not be
made unless and until the Parties enter into a
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Services Addendum setting forth the terms and
conditions of such Updates.
2. License and Proprietary Rights
2.1 Proprietary Rights of Client
As between Client and Host, Client Content
shall remain the sole and exclusive property of
Client, including, without limitation, all
copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets,
and any other proprietary rights. Except as
provided in this Section 2.1, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to grant Host any
ownership right in, or license to, the Client
Content provided by Client to Host. Client
hereby grants to Host a non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free license for the Initial
Term and any Renewal Term (as those terms are
hereinafter defined) to edit, modify, adapt,
translate, exhibit, publish, transmit,
participate in the transfer of, reproduce,
create derivative works from, distribute,
perform, display, and otherwise use Client
Content as necessary to render the Services to
Client under this Agreement.
2.2 Proprietary Rights of Host
All materials, including but not limited to any
computer software (in object code and source
code form), data or information developed or
provided by Host or its suppliers under this
Agreement, and any know-how, methodologies,
equipment, or processes used by Host to provide
the Services to Client, including, without
limitation, all copyrights, trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, and any other
proprietary rights inherent therein and
appurtenant thereto (collectively "Host
Materials") shall remain the sole and exclusive
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property of Host or its suppliers. To the
extent, if any, that ownership of the Host
Materials does not automatically vest in Host
by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise,
Client hereby transfers and assigns to Host all
rights, title and interest which Client may
have in and to the Host Materials. Client
acknowledges and agrees that Host is in the
business of designing and hosting Web sites,
and that Host shall have the right to provide
to third parties services which are the same or
similar to the Hosting Services, and to use or
otherwise exploit any Host Materials in
providing such services.
2.3 Confidentiality
Each Party agrees that during the course of
this Agreement, information that is
confidential or proprietary may be disclosed to
the other Party, including, but not limited to,
software, technical processes and formulas,
source codes, product designs, sales, cost and
other unpublished financial information,
product and business plans, advertising
revenues, usage rates, advertising
relationships, projections, and marketing data
("Confidential Information"). Confidential
Information shall not include information that
the receiving Party can demonstrate (a) is, as
of the time of its disclosure, or thereafter
becomes part of the public domain through a
source other than the receiving Party, (b) was
known to the receiving Party as of the time of
its disclosure, (c) is independently developed
by the receiving Party, or (d) is subsequently
learned from a third party not under a
confidentiality obligation to the providing
Party. Except as provided for in this
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Agreement, each Party shall not make any
disclosure of the Confidential Information to
anyone other than its employees who have a need
to know in connection with this Agreement. Each
Party shall notify its employees of their
confidentiality obligations with respect to the
Confidential Information and shall require its
employees to comply with these obligations. The
confidentiality obligations of each Party and
its employees shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
3. Client Content
3.1 Client Content
Client assumes sole responsibility for (a)
acquiring any authorization(s) necessary for
hypertext links to third party web sites, (b)
the accuracy of materials on the Web Site,
including, without limitation, Client Content,
descriptive claims, warranties, guarantees,
nature of business, and address where business
is conducted, and (c) ensuring that the Client
Content does not infringe or violate any right
of any third party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Host reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to exclude or remove from the Web
Site any hypertext links to third party web
sites, any Client Content on the Web Site, or
other content not supplied by Host which, in
Host's sole reasonable discretion, may violate
or infringe any law or third party rights or
which otherwise exposes or potentially exposes
Host to civil or criminal liability or public
ridicule, provided that such right shall not
place an obligation on Host to monitor or exert
editorial control over the Web Site.
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3.2 Limitations on Client Content
Client shall place and cause to be placed on
the Web Site Client Content that does not
contain any content or materials which are
obscene, threatening, malicious, which infringe
on or violate any applicable law or regulation
or any proprietary, contract, moral, privacy or
other third party right, or which otherwise
exposes Host to civil or criminal liability.
Any such materials placed on the Web Site which
do not satisfy the foregoing requirements shall
be deemed to be a material breach of this Agreement.
3.3 Chat Rooms and Bulletin Boards
Chat rooms, bulletin boards and discussion
forums shall not be in-eluded in the Web Site
and may not be implemented by or on behalf of
Client without prior written approval of Host.
4. Fees and Taxes
4.1 Hosting Services Fees
Client shall pay Host all fees for the Hosting
Services in accordance with the applicable fee
and payment schedule set forth in Schedule B
hereto. Host expressly reserves the right to
change its rates charged hereunder for the
Services during any Renewal Term (as defined herein).
4.2 Additional Services Fees
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Client
shall pay to Host all fees for Additional
Services on a time and materials basis as
invoiced by Host.
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4.3 Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Client shall pay, or promptly reimburse Host
for, any out-of-pocket expenses, including,
without limitation, travel and travel-related
expenses, incurred by Host in connection with
the performance of the Services.
4.4 Late Payment
Client shall pay to Host all fees not
specifically itemized on Schedule B within
__________ (__) days of the date of the
applicable Host invoice. If Client fails to pay
any fees within __________ (__) days from the
date due according to Schedule B, or within
__________ (__) days from the date of an
invoice, where applicable, late charges of the
greater of percent __________ (__%) per month
or the maximum allowable under applicable law
shall also become payable by Client to Host. In
addition, failure of Client to fully pay any
fees within __________ (__) days after the
applicable due date shall be deemed a material
breach of this Agreement, justifying suspension
of the performance of the Services by Host, and
will be sufficient cause for immediate
termination of this Agreement by Host. Any such
suspension does not relieve Client from paying
past due fees plus interest and in the event of
collection enforcement, Client shall be liable
for any costs associated with such collection,
including, but not limited to, legal costs,
attorneys' fees, court costs and collection
agency fees.
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4.5 Taxes
Client shall pay or reimburse Host for all
sales, use, transfer, privilege, excise, and
all other taxes and all duties, whether
international, national, state or local,
however designated, which are levied or imposed
by reason of the performance by Host under this
Agreement; excluding, however, income taxes on
profits which may be levied against Host.
5. Warranties
5.1 Host Warranties
Host represents and warrants that (a) Host has
the power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement,
and (b) Host's Services under this Agreement
shall be performed in a workmanlike manner.
5.2 Client Warranties
Client represents and warrants that: (a) Client
has the power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) Client Content does not and shall not
contain any content, materials, advertising or
services that are inaccurate or that infringe
on or violate any applicable law, regulation or
right of a third party, including, without
limitation, export laws, or any proprietary,
contract, moral, or privacy right or any other
third party right, and that Client owns the
Client Content or otherwise has the right to
place the Client Content on the Web Site; and
(c) Client has obtained any authorization(s)
necessary for hypertext links from the Web Site
to other third party Web sites. Should Client
receive notice of a claim regarding the Web
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Site, Client shall promptly provide Host with
written notice of such claim.
5.3 Disclaimer of Warranty
EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH IN
SECTION 5.1, HOST MAKES NO WARRANTIES
HEREUNDER, AND HOST EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
6. Indemnification
6.1 Client
Client agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless Host, its directors, officers,
employees and agents, and defend any action
brought against same with respect to any claim,
demand, cause of action, debt or liability,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the
extent that such action is based upon a claim
that: (i) if true, would constitute a breach of
any of Client's representations, warranties, or
agreements hereunder; (ii) arises out of the
negligence or willful misconduct of Client; or
(iii) any of the Client Content to be provided
by Client hereunder or other material on the
Web Site infringes or violates any rights of
third parties, including without limitation,
rights of publicity, rights of privacy,
patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets,
and/or licenses.
6.2 Host
Host agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless Client, its directors, officers,
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employees and agents, and defend any action
brought against same with respect to any claim,
demand, cause of action, debt or liability,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the
extent that such action arises out of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Host.
6.3 Notice
In claiming any indemnification hereunder, the
indemnified Party shall promptly provide the
indemnifying Party with written notice of any
claim which the indemnified Party believes
falls within the scope of the foregoing
paragraphs. The indemnified Party may, at its
own expense, assist in the defense if it so
chooses, provided that the indemnifying Party
shall control such defense and all negotiations
relative to the settlement of any such claim
and further provided that any settlement
intended to bind the indemnified Party shall
not be final without the indemnified Party's
written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
7. Limitation of Liability
HOST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION
OF, THE WEB SITE OR CLIENT'S DATA FILES,
PROGRAMS OR INFORMATION THROUGH ACCIDENT,
FRAUDULENT MEANS OR DEVICES. HOST SHALL HAVE NO
LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO HOST'S OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES EVEN IF HOST HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN
ANY EVENT, THE LIABILITY OF HOST TO CLIENT FOR
ANY REASON AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL
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BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID TO HOST
BY CLIENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE
__________ (__) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CLAIM ACCRUED. THIS
LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION IN
THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY,
MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND OTHER TORTS.
8. Termination and Renewal
8.1 Term
This Agreement shall be effective when signed
by the Parties and thereafter shall remain in
effect for __________ (__) year(s), unless
earlier terminated as otherwise provided in
this Agreement (the "Initial Term"). This
Agreement shall automatically be renewed beyond
the Initial Term for additional __________ (__)
year terms (each, a "Renewal Term") unless
Client provides Host with a written notice of
termination at least __________ (__) days prior
to the expiration of the Initial Term or the
then-current Renewal Term.
8.2 Termination
Either Party may terminate this Agreement if a
bankruptcy proceeding is instituted against the
other Party which is acquiesced in and not
dismissed within __________ (__) days, or
results in an adjudication of bankruptcy, or
the other Party materially breaches any of its
representations, warranties or obligations
under this Agreement, and such breach is not
cured within (__) days of receipt of notice
specifying the breach, except that the cure
period for failures of payment obligations
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shall be __________ (__) days. Host may
terminate this Agreement at any time and for
any reason by providing written notice of
termination to Client and refunding a pro rata
portion of fees paid to Client for Hosting
Services not yet rendered on the date of termination.
8.3 Termination and Payment
Upon any termination or expiration of this
Agreement, Client shall pay all unpaid and
outstanding fees through the effective date of
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
9. Liaison
Each Party shall designate one (1) person who
will act as the primary liaison for all
communications regarding Hosting Services.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Entire Agreement
This Agreement and attached Schedules
constitute the entire agreement between Client
and Host with respect to the subject matter
hereof and there are no representations,
understandings or agreements which are not
fully expressed in this Agreement.
10.2 Cooperation
The Parties acknowledge and agree that
successful completion of the Services shall
require the full and mutual good faith
cooperation of each of the Parties.
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10.3 Independent Contractors
Host and its personnel, in performance of this
Agreement, are acting as independent
contractors and not employees or agents of Client.
10.4 Amendments
No amendment, change, waiver, or discharge
hereof shall be valid unless in writing and
signed by the Party against which such
amendment, change, waiver, or discharge is
sought to be enforced.
10.5 Client Identification
Host may use the name of and identify Client as
an Host client, in advertising, publicity, or
similar materials distributed or displayed to
prospective clients.
10.6 Force Majeure
Except for the payment of fees by Client, if
the performance of any part of this Agreement
by either Party is prevented, hindered, delayed
or otherwise made impracticable by reason of
any flood, riot, fire, judicial or governmental
action, labor disputes, act of God or any other
causes beyond the control of either Party, that
Party shall be excused from such to the extent
that it is prevented, hindered or delayed by
such causes.
10.7 California Law
This Agreement shall be governed in all
respects by the laws of the State of California
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without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions, and Client and Host agree that the
sole venue and jurisdiction for disputes
arising from this Agreement shall be the
appropriate state or federal court located in
the City of Los Angeles, and Client and Host
hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.
10.8 Assignment
Client shall not assign, without the prior
written consent of Host, its rights, duties or
obligations under this Agreement to any person
or entity, in whole or in part, whether by
assignment, merger, transfer of assets, sale of
stock, operation of law or otherwise, and any
attempt to do so shall be deemed a material
breach of this Agreement.
10.9 Notice
Any notice provided pursuant to this Agreement,
if specified to be in writing, shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given (i) if by
hand delivery, upon receipt thereof, (ii) if
mailed, __________ (__) days after deposit in
the United States mails, postage prepaid,
certified mail, return receipt requested, (iii)
if by facsimile transmission, upon electronic
confirmation thereof, or (iv) if by next day
delivery service, upon such delivery. All
notices shall be addressed as follows (or such
other address as either Party may in the furore
specify in writing to the other):
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In the case of Host:
XYZ Corporation
2 Computer Way
Los Angeles, CA
Fax: (310) 555-5111
Attention: General Counsel
In the case of Client: __________________________________________________________________Fax:__________________Attention:____________
10.10 Waiver
The waiver of failure of either Party to
exercise any right in any respect provided for
herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any
further right hereunder.
10.11 Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is
determined to be invalid under any applicable
statute or rule of law, it is to that extent to
be deemed omitted, and the balance of the
Agreement shall remain enforceable.
10.12 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute the entire agreement between the
Parties hereto.
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10.13 Headings
The section headings used herein are for
reference and convenience only and shall not
enter into the interpretation hereof.
10.14 Approvals and Similar Actions
Where agreement, approval, acceptance, consent
or similar action by either Party hereto is
required by any provision of this Agreement,
such action shall not be unreasonably delayed
or withheld.
10.15 Survival
All provisions of this Agreement relating to
Client warranties, confidentiality, non-
disclosure, proprietary rights, limitation of
liability, Client indemnification obligations
and payment obligations shall survive the
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused
this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives as of the date first
written above.
CLIENT XYZ CORPORATION
By:__________________ By:_______________________
(Signature) (Signature)
Name:_________________ Name:_____________________ Title:________________ Title:____________________ Date:_________________ Date:_____________________