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Referral Fees will be paid to Affiliate on a quarterly basis, approximately 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter. However, if the fees payable to Affiliate for any calendar quarter are less than US$100, DLI will hold those fees until the earlier of a subsequent calendar quarter in which the total amount due is at least US$100 or until this Agreement is terminated. If a customer cancels a Subscription that generated a Referral Fee, DLI will deduct the corresponding fee from Affiliate's next quarterly payment. If there is no subsequent payment, DLI will send Affiliate a bill for the fee. |
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7. Taxes - Affiliate shall be solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes arising from or in connection with Affiliate's participation in the Program with respect to earnings or payments made hereunder, whether or not DLI may be legally required to deduct said taxes from payments made or due to Affiliate. Affiliate understands and agrees that DLI shall not withhold taxes from such payments unless (a) Affiliate makes written request of DLI to do so and (b) along with such request, forwards to DLI Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9, 1099 and such other tax forms that DLI, in its sole discretion, determines are necessary for it to comply with all filing requirements resulting from this Agreement with Affiliate. Affiliate otherwise agrees to indemnify and reimburse DLI for any claim or assessment of taxes by any domestic or foreign taxing authority and any other costs or damages arising from or in connection with the operation of this paragraph. |
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8. Policies and Pricing - Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be customers of DLI. Accordingly, all DLI and DLI Subscription rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning Subscription sales, customer orders, and customer service will apply to those customers. DLI may change its policies and operating procedures at any time. Subscription prices may change in accordance with pricing policy changes, and since these changes may affect Subscriptions that Affiliate has listed on its Site, DLI will guarantee such prices only until it has advised Affiliate of such changes. Affiliate acknowledges that DLI may collect user data from customers visiting a DLI Site via Program Links from an Affiliate Site and that such data is the property of DLI. |
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9. Term - The term of this Agreement will begin with our acceptance of the Registration Form and will end when terminated by either party. Either Affiliate or DLI may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. Affiliate is only eligible to earn Referral Fees on sales of Qualifying Subscriptions occurring during the term, and fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not canceled. DLI may withhold Affiliate's final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid. |
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10. Affiliate Responsibilities - Affiliate will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of its Sites and for all materials that appear on such sites, including without limitation: |
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1. the technical operation of its Sites and all related equipment; |
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11. Intellectual Property Rights - Subject to the license granted to Affiliate hereunder, DLI reserves all of its right, title and interest in its intellectual property rights (e.g., software, computer programming, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and other intellectual property rights). Subject to the license granted to DLI, Affiliate reserves all of its right, title and interest in its intellectual property rights. DLI hereby grants to Affiliate, during the term of this Agreement, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to establish hyperlinks between Affiliate's Sites and the DLI Sites and to use DLI trade names, logos, trademarks, service marks and icons that may from time to time be supplied by DLI (the "DLI Marks") on Affiliate's Site as is reasonably necessary to establish and promote such hyperlinks and to otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that any promotional materials or usages containing any of the DLI Marks will be subject to DLI's prior written approval. Upon DLI's request, Affiliate will immediately discontinue the use of any DLI Marks. |
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Affiliate hereby grants to DLI during the term of this Agreement a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to establish hyperlinks between DLI Sites and Affiliate's Site and to use Affiliate's trade names, logos, trademarks and service marks (the "Affiliate Marks") as is reasonably necessary to establish and promote such hyperlinks and to otherwise perform its obligations under the Agreement; provided, however, that any promotional materials or usage containing any of the Affiliate Marks will be subject to Affiliate's prior written approval. Affiliate represents and warrants that it has sufficient authority to grant the foregoing license with respect to any Affiliate Marks owned by a third party. |
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Neither party will, or will allow any of its affiliates to, modify, alter or obfuscate the other party's Marks or use the other party’s Marks in a manner that disparages the other party or it products or services, or portrays the other party or its products or services in a false, competitively adverse or poor light. Each party will, and will cause each of its affiliates to, comply with the other party's instructions as to the form of use of the other party's Marks and will avoid any action that diminishes the value of such Marks. Either party and/or any of its affiliate's unauthorized use of the other's Marks are strictly prohibited. Upon termination of the Agreement and upon written request, each party shall cease using the other party’s Marks. |
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12. Confidentiality - Except as expressly stated in the Agreement, Affiliate and DLI shall maintain in confidence the terms of this Agreement. It is expected that, pursuant to discussions to date and in connection with the performance of this Agreement, the parties may disclose to one another certain information, as defined herein, which is considered by the disclosing party to be proprietary or confidential information (the "Confidential Information"). Confidential Information is defined as any information, communication or data, in any form, including, but not limited to oral, written, graphic or electromagnetic forms, models or samples, which the disclosing party identifies as confidential or which is of such a nature that the receiving party should reasonably understand that the disclosing party desires to protect such information, communication or data against unrestricted disclosure or use, including without limitation, Site traffic and performance data, business information, financial data, marketing data, Program Links and codes. |
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All Confidential Information shall remain the sole property of the disclosing party, and its confidentiality shall be maintained and protected by the receiving party with the same degree of care as the receiving party uses for its own confidential and proprietary information. The receiving party shall not use the Confidential Information of the other party except as necessary to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, nor shall it disclose such Confidential Information to any third party with the prior written consent of the disclosing party. |
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The restrictions on the use or disclosure of any Confidential Information shall not apply to any Confidential Information: (i)after it has become generally available to the public without breach of the Agreement by the receiving party; (ii) is rightfully in the receiving party's possession prior to disclosure to it by the disclosing party; (iii) is independently developed by the receiving party; (iv) is rightfully received by the receiving party from a third party without a duty of confidentiality; or (v) is disclosed under operation of law or as required for public or private offerings or financial reporting purposes. Upon the termination of the Agreement, all Confidential Information shall be returned to the disclosing party or disposed of in accordance with the disclosing party's instructions. |
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13. Limitation of Liability - The Program is provided on an "as is" basis. DLI makes no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any Subscription sold through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties of title or non-infringement, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In addition, DLI makes no representation that the operation of its site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and DLI will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors. |
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DLI will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even if DLI has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, DLI's aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total Referral Fees theretofore paid to Affiliate under this Agreement. |
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14. Independent Investigation - Affiliate acknowledges that it has read this Agreement and agrees to all its terms and conditions. Affiliate understands that DLI may at any time (directly or indirectly) solicit customer referrals on terms that may differ from those contained in this Agreement or operate Sites that are similar to or compete with Affiliate's Sites. Affiliate has independently evaluated the desirability of participating in the Program and is not relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this Agreement. |
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15. Miscellaneous |
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(c) Governing Law |
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(e) No Waiver |
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(f) Modification |
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(g) Entire Agreement |