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INTRODUCTION
You ("Publisher" or "you") and Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation,
of 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 ("Advertiser" or "Yahoo")
have each entered into separate service agreements with Commission
Junction, Inc. ("CJ"). Publisher has entered into a "Publisher
Service Agreement" with CJ for its participation in the Network
Service. This Yahoo! Corporate Affiliate Agreement ("Affiliate
Agreement") is applicable to Publisher's membership in Advertiser's
Yahoo! Corporate Affiliate "Program" (as defined in the Publisher
Service Agreement) and modifies certain terms and conditions of the
Publisher Service Agreement with respect to Publisher's
participation in Advertiser's Program only. Publisher acknowledges
that it may participate in Advertiser's Program only under the
terms and conditions set forth below, and that subsequent to
Publisher accepting this Affiliate Agreement, Advertiser will, in
its sole discretion, determine whether or not to accept Publisher
into Advertiser's Program. If Advertiser rejects Publisher's
application, Publisher may reapply to the Program upon compliance
with this Affiliate Agreement and correction of the basis for
rejection. Any Advertiser content, trademarks, logos, service
marks, trade dress, slogans, copyrighted or other proprietary
material, or links contained therein, that are authorized by
Advertiser to be provided to Publisher through the Network Service
is considered "Advertiser Content."
AGREEMENT
For value received, Publisher covenants to CJ and Advertiser as
follows:
1.
INCORPORATION
The introductory paragraph above is incorporated herein, and any
capitalized term herein that is not defined will have the meaning
set forth in the Publisher Service Agreement.
2. ORDER
OF PRECEDENCE
In the event of an inconsistency between the Publisher Service
Agreement and this Affiliate Agreement, this Affiliate Agreement
will control.
3. ONGOING
COMPLIANCE
Publisher's continuing compliance with this Affiliate Agreement is
a condition of continuing participation in the Program. Advertiser
reserves the right to review and audit Publisher's Web site and/or
advertising practices from time to time to determine if Publisher
is in continued compliance with this Affiliate Agreement.
Publisher's Web site must be and remain fully functional.
Advertiser may reject or terminate Publisher if its Web site is not
live, is "under construction", or if Publisher's Web site is a
personal homepage or personal Web site.
4.
COMMISSION
Publisher will be paid the Commission set forth in the Publisher
Application and Program Terms as determined by Advertiser and
displayed on the Network Service at the time of the qualifying
transaction, according to the terms set forth in the Publisher
Service Agreement. Publisher acknowledges that notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Publisher Service Agreement, there
may be up to 14 days of delay between the reporting of the
qualifying transaction and the reporting of Publisher's commission
through Publisher's Account page in the Network Service, and
adjustments for chargebacks may be made up to 40 days after the
reporting of the qualifying transaction.
5. ADULT
CONTENT AND OTHER UNACCEPTABLE CONTENT
Publisher may not post adult-oriented content on any page on which
the Advertiser Content appears. Advertiser considers content to be
"adult" if it contains nudity or obscenity, sexually explicit,
pornographic, or lewd material, or is otherwise intended for sexual
gratification or is inappropriate for minors, as determined in
Advertiser's sole discretion. Publisher may not post any offensive
content or incorporate images or content that is in any way
harmful, threatening, obscene, harassing or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable, or promote discrimination based on race,
sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age,
as determined in Advertiser's sole discretion.
6. USE OF
ADVERTISER CONTENT; PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
Notwithstanding Section 4 of the CJ Publisher Service Agreement
entitled, "Proprietary Rights and Licenses", Publisher agrees that
it is sublicensed only the exact Advertiser Content provided by
Advertiser through the Network Service and only in the form and
manner available from and as specified in the Network Service.
Publisher is not granted any other rights to use any intellectual
property of Advertiser. Advertiser shall have complete discretion
to evaluate Publisher's use and to decide whether that use violates
any applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement or any
provision of law.
(a) Publisher may not distribute, transfer, sublicense or otherwise
use Advertiser Content in any manner which is not specifically
authorized by this Affiliate Agreement or which is inconsistent
with any term of this Agreement or provision of law.
(b) Publisher acknowledges that Advertiser owns and will retain all
right, title, and interest in the Advertiser Content, including,
without limitation, any proprietary rights which may be developed
in the future. Publisher's use of Advertiser Content inures
exclusively to the benefit of Advertiser, and Publisher obtains no
rights in Advertiser Content via Publisher's use thereof.
(c) Publisher will ensure that the presentation of the Advertiser
Content is consistent with Advertiser's own use of the Advertiser
Content in comparable media. Publisher promptly and at Publisher's
expense will make any changes to its use of the Advertiser Content
as are requested by Advertiser.
(d) Publisher will not make any material alteration, and will not
remove or modify any trademark, service mark, or privacy policy
link or other notices from the Advertiser Content. Publisher will
use best efforts to replace any Advertiser Content displayed on its
site with any new Advertiser Content provided by Advertiser
immediately after receiving notice from Advertiser or from the
Network Service of the new Advertiser Content, but in no event more
than within 30 days after receiving notice from Advertiser.
(e) Publisher will not present or use Advertiser Content that, in
Advertiser's sole discretion: (i) could be interpreted to suggest
Publisher's editorial content has been authored by, or represents
the views or opinions of Advertiser, or Advertiser's
representatives; (ii) in a manner that is misleading, defamatory,
libelous, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (iii) in a way that
infringes, derogates, dilutes, or impairs the rights of Advertiser
or any third party; (iv) as part of a name of a product or service
of a company other than Advertiser; or (v) in any other manner
inconsistent with any term of this Agreement or with any provision
of law.
(f) Publisher may bid on search terms available from Web sites,
search engines or other directory or referral services (e.g.,
Yahoo! Search Marketing, Google, etc., collectively "Search
Engines"), provided that (i) Publisher's search terms, listing
titles and descriptions, and the content of their Web sites do not
violate the trademark, copyright or any other rights of Advertiser
or any third party, as determined by Yahoo! in its sole discretion;
and (ii) Publisher complies with the following guidelines, as
determined by Yahoo! in its sole discretion:
Publisher Ads shall not not bid notbe displayed in response to a
keyword query containing Yahoo or any other Advertiser trademark,
nor any confusingly similar term, and Publisher will not be paid
for any transactions resulting from any such keyword or any phrase
containing such keyword (including but not limited to Yahoo; Hot
Jobs; Overture; and Y! Music). Publisher may be required to employ
negative keyword matching to prevent violation of this
guideline.
if Publisher bids on permitted keywords (i.e. personals, dating,
etc.) not in combination with Advertiser's trademarks, then all
such advertising placements must comply with the Terms of Service
for the Search Engine that will serve the advertising
(g) Publisher's site shall not in any way copy or resemble the look
and feel of the Advertiser's site, nor shall Publisher create the
impression that your site is a part of the Advertiser's network of
sites. You shall not use Advertiser's trademarks, or any variation
or misspellings thereof, in your URL, company name, business name
or site name. You shall not scrape or frame, or permit the scraping
or framing of any page of the Advertiser's network.
(h) Publisher will not register or use any domain names containing
1) any Yahoo! or other Advertiser trademark, or 2) any string that
in Advertiser's sole opinion is confusingly similar to any Yahoo!
or other Advertiser trademark.
(i) Publisher will not use, or include any Advertiser Content in,
deceptive software download or computer settings practices to
promote Advertiser, Advertiser Content, or Advertiser's Site. The
deceptive practices prohibited include, but are not limited to,
installing software without user knowledge, changing a user's home
page without securing user permission, and offering downloadable
software that does not include an uninstaller or that can not be
uninstalled by Windows Add/Remove Programs. Advertiser will refuse
all applications or signups from Publisher or any other party whom
Advertiser believes participates in spyware, adware, parasiteware
or similar types of techniques for driving internet traffic. We
reserve the right to research and investigate Publisher or any
other party and their respective activities and, at our sole
discretion, determine whether or not these practices are in place.
Publishers hereunder who are found to be in violation of this
policy will be immediately terminated from the program and will
forfeit all commissions paid or unpaid as of the date of such
discovery. In that event, this Agreement will automatically
terminate.
(j) The following entities are "restricted entities" and Publisher
will not promote Advertiser, Advertiser Content, or Advertiser's
Site in connection with such restricted entities: Kazaa, Gnutella,
Musiccity, LimeWire, BearShare, Grokster, NeoNapster, WinMX, Music
369, 6arab, Musiclines, Cdcovers, Simplemp3s, OpenNap, Bit Torrent,
Rocketnet, MP2P, eDonkey, Piolet, Xolox, Blubster, iMesh, Morpheus,
QTrax. Advertiser reserves the right to update this restricted
entities list at any time upon sending notice to Publisher, and
such update will not constitute a material change under this
Affiliate Agreement.
(k) Publisher will not use, or include any intervening windows,
redirects, advertising or web pages, including but not limited to
"pop-up or pop-under" windows (collectively "Pop-Ups") to promote
Advertiser, Advertiser Content, or Advertiser's Site.
(l) Publisher may not offer, either directly or indirectly, any
consideration or incentives to potential Subscribers to register
for the Advertiser's Service, including without limitation, payment
of money, rebates, discounts, special offers, or other benefits.
Publisher is solely responsible for publishing only current pricing
info for Advertiser's Service.
(m) All promotional activities undertaken by you to promote
Advertiser shall be made in accordance with all applicable laws and
regulations. You shall not complete the online registration or
otherwise interact with the Advertiser's Web site on behalf of any
third party. You are only permitted hereunder to link third parties
to the Advertiser's Web site. All information obtained at the
Advertiser's Site from individuals linking to the Advertiser's Web
site shall be the sole and exclusive property of Advertiser and you
shall neither have access to such information nor use any device,
technique or software to obtain such information or any other
information from Visitors or from the Advertiser's Site.
(n) Publisher agrees to provide accurate, updated contact
information at all times in order for Advertiser to communicate and
provide payment to Publisher. Publisher's failure to provide
accurate, updated contact information may result in delayed payment
and/or termination, and Advertiser assumes no responsibility if
payment cannot be made due to Publisher's failure to provide
accurate, updated contact information.
(o) ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE ADVERTISER CONTENT IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED AND WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION FROM THE PROGRAM WITHOUT
PAY. ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY ADVERTISER ARE
RESERVED.
7. PROHIBITION ON PUBLISHER EMAIL ACTIVITIES
Publisher may not distribute any emails or newsletters containing
Advertiser Content or otherwise promote Advertiser without the
prior written permission of Advertiser. If Publisher desires to
conduct an email or e-newsletter campaign containing Advertiser
Content or promoting Advertiser, then Publisher must contact
Advertiser and complete a Publisher Email Campaign Application. If
approved by Advertiser, then Publisher will be required to enter
into a supplemental agreement that will be appended to and
incorporated into this Affiliate Agreement. Publisher shall forfeit
to Advertiser any monies resulting from any breach of this Section
7, pursuant to Section 10 below.
8. LIMITED TO U.S. TARGETED USERS
Publisher will be allowed to participate in the Program so long as
Publisher's Web site substantially services or targets U.S.
residents. Publisher acknowledges that Visitors who subscribe to
our service must pay in U.S. dollars.
9. PRIVACY POLICY
Publisher will not collect any personally identifiable or
aggregated user data from Visitors through or by exploiting the
Advertiser Content. Any Visitor data generated by Publisher's
activities in connection with the Program will be the sole property
of Advertiser.
10. MATERIAL BREACH
In addition to the list of material breaches in Section 2.3
(numbered a-k) of the Publisher Service Agreement, Publisher agrees
that Advertiser may terminate Publisher from its Program
immediately, and that Publisher shall forfeit to Advertiser all
monies resulting therefrom, if (as determined by Advertiser in its
sole discretion):
(a) Publisher has become or is threatened to become a litigant in
an action which will adversely affect Advertiser's business; or
(b) Publisher sends unsolicited commercial email to Advertiser's
users or relating to Advertiser in any way, hijacks, diverts or
captures user traffic, provides false account information, falsely
increases the number of Transactions; or
(c) Publisher fails to comply with any provision of this Affiliate
Agreement or the Publisher Service Agreement, violates any right of
any third party, or violates any provision of law.
11. NO REPRESENTATIONS
For the avoidance of doubt, the last sentence of Section 4.1 of the
Publisher Service Agreement does not apply to the
Advertiser-Publisher relationship. Further, Publisher agrees that
it shall not, without the express written consent of Advertiser,
(a) make statements that it is doing business with Advertiser or
any of Advertiser's affiliates, or (b) use any distinctive brand
features of Advertiser with any such permitted statement, and
Publisher agrees to not make any representations, warranties or
other public statements concerning Advertiser, Advertiser's Web
site, product or services (including but not limited to pricing
information, special offers, discounts, and testimonial text),
Advertiser Content, or Advertiser's policies except as specifically
permitted herein.
12. TERM AND TERMINATION
The term of this Affiliate Agreement shall be continuous, unless
and until either party properly terminates this Affiliate
Agreement, as follows: (i) Advertiser may provide Publisher with
written notice of termination for any cause whatsoever, or for no
cause; or (ii) Publisher may use the automated system within the
Network Service to terminate its participation in the Program at
any time without notice to Advertiser. Upon termination of this
Affiliate Agreement, Publisher must immediately remove and cease
using any Advertiser Content, Program Links or other distinctive
brand features of Advertiser. Advertiser intends to terminate this
Affiliate Agreement with any Publisher that fails to generate
commissions during any consecutive 120 day period. Following
termination of this Affiliate Agreement, Publisher agrees to
forfeit to Advertiser any amount that were earned from Advertiser
in breach of this Agreement or the Publisher Service Agreement, and
for any costs of collecting same, including attorneys' fees.
13. RESPONSIBLITY FOR SITE/INDEMNIFICATION
Publisher will be solely responsible for the development,
operation, and maintenance of its Web site(s) and for all content
that appears on Publisher's Web site(s). For example, Publisher
will be solely responsible for:
* technical operation of Publisher's Web site(s) and all related
equipment;
* placement of Links to Advertiser as described above;
* accuracy, timeliness and appropriateness of content posted on
Publisher's Web site(s);
* ensuring that materials posted on Publisher's Web site(s) do not
violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including,
for example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other personal or
proprietary rights); and
* ensuring that content posted on Publisher's Web site(s) is in
compliance with this Affiliate Agreement, and not libelous or
otherwise illegal.
Advertiser disclaims all liability for these matters. Further,
Publisher agrees to indemnify and hold Advertiser, and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from all claims, damages,
demands, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys'
fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and
contents of Publisher's site, use of the Advertiser Content,
violation of this Affiliate Agreement, or violation of any right of
another party or any provision of law. Publisher will permit
Advertiser, at its election, to assume and control the defense of
any such claim at Publisher's cost. Publisher may not take any
action inconsistent with this provision, and may not settle any
claim relating to Advertiser without Advertiser's prior written
consent.
14. MODIFICATIONS
Advertiser may modify any provision(s) of this Affiliate Agreement
upon seven (7) days notice by notifying Publisher in writing, which
may be through the Network Service. Modifications may include, for
example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, fee
schedules, payment procedures, Program rules, and amendments to the
terms of this Affiliate Agreement. If any modification is
unacceptable to Publisher, then Publisher may terminate this
Affiliate Agreement through the Network Service. Publisher's
continued participation in the Program and compliance with such
change(s) following Advertiser's notification will constitute
Publisher's legally binding acceptance of such change.
15. CONFIDENTIALITY
The terms and conditions of this Affiliate Agreement and the
Program Terms, including any information and statistics regarding
Publisher's participation in the Program, are strictly confidential
and may not be disclosed by Publisher to any third party. The
restrictions in this Section 15 will not apply to confidential
information that is required to be disclosed by the Publisher
pursuant to judicial order or other compulsion of law, provided
that Publisher shall provide to Advertiser prompt notice of such
order and provided that Publisher shall reasonably seek to maintain
confidentiality of the disclosure via an appropriate protective
order.
16. GENERAL
The Publisher Service Agreement, the Advertiser's detail page on
the Network Service and this Affiliate Agreement constitute the
entire agreement between Publisher and Advertiser and govern
participation in the Program, superceding any prior agreements
between Publisher and Advertiser. This Affiliate Agreement and the
relationship between Publisher and Advertiser shall be governed by
the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. Notwithstanding the choice of venue in the
Publisher Service Agreement, Publisher and Advertiser agree to
submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within
the county of Santa Clara, California. The failure of Advertiser to
exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Affiliate
Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of this Affiliate Agreement is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless
agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties'
intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions
of this Affiliate Agreement remain in full force and effect.
Publisher will not assign, transfer, sublicense, or otherwise
delegate its rights under this Affiliate Agreement without the
prior written consent of Advertiser. Any such assignment, transfer,
sublicense or delegation in derogation of this provision shall be
null and void.
17. PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Publisher authorizes Commission Junction to provide to Advertiser
any and all information provided by Publisher to Commission
Junction or otherwise obtained or created by Commission Junction in
relation to Publisher at any time.
BY APPLYING FOR THE YAHOO! AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND CLICKING ON THE "I
ACCEPT" ICON BUTTON YOU, PUBLISHER, ARE SIGNIFYING YOUR AGREEMENT
TO BE BOUND BY THIS AFFILIATE AGREEMENT TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IF
YOU HAD PERSONALLY SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT. Copyright © 2006
Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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