PUBLISHER AGREEMENT Morning Falls, LLC ("Morning Falls"),
and Publisher, enter into this Publisher
Network Agreement ("Agreement")
to establish the terms and conditions by
which Publisher may enter the Morning Falls
Network and market advertisements on behalf
of Morning Falls Customers ("Advertisers"
or "Customers"). Morning Falls
and Publisher agree as follows:
1. Morning Falls Network
(a) Membership. Membership in the Network
is subject to prior approval by Morning
Falls. Morning Falls reserves the right
to refuse service to any new or existing
Publisher for any reason, in its sole discretion.
Approval of membership in the Network is
limited only to the domains and/or specific
root URLs for which Publisher has applied
for approval by Morning Falls. Morning Falls
reserves the right, in its sole discretion
and without liability, to reject, omit or
exclude any Publisher or Website for any
reason at any time with or without notice
to the Publisher and regardless of whether
such Publisher or Website was previously
accepted.
Without limiting the foregoing, Morning
Falls reserves the right to require a potential
or existing Publisher to submit detailed
descriptions or explanations of the Publisher's
Website(s) or application(s) functionality
and back-end technology through a questionnaire
or survey. Refusal to participate or answers
deemed unsatisfactory constitutes grounds
for non-acceptance or termination from the
Network. This Agreement is voidable by Morning
Falls immediately if Publisher fails to
disclose, conceals or misrepresents itself
in any way. Unless otherwise advised due
to technological issues by Morning Falls,
any person, Publisher, or
affiliated group may have only one account,
however, each account may include multiple
Websites/domains. In the event that a Publisher
signs up more than one Website/domain, and
it has been approved by Morning Falls, each
and every additional Website/domain is obligated
and bound by these same terms and conditions.
In any event, Morning Falls reserves the
right to reject or approve any additional
Website(s), and is under no obligation to
accept any Website(s), even if the additional
Website(s) is the property of an already
approved Publisher. All activity for a given
account will be consolidated into one report.
(b) Morning Falls Website - For purposes
of this Agreement, all Websites that are
owned, operated or hosted by or on behalf
of Morning Falls, including, without limitation,
Morning Falls' branded Website at http://www.MorningFalls.com
are referred to herein collectively as the
"Morning Falls Website." You agree
that you will not use the Morning Falls
Website or any content therein or data obtained
therefrom for any purposes other than to
fulfill this Agreement and that you will
not disseminate any of the information
contained on Morning Falls Website. You agree that you will not use any automated means, including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access or manage your account with Morning Falls or to monitor or copy the Morning Falls Website or the content contained therein except via automated means expressly made available by Morning Falls, if any, or authorized in advance and in writing by Morning Falls (for example, Morning Falls-approved third-party tools and services). The Morning Falls Website may contain robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not bypass Morning Falls' robot exclusion headers (including using any device, software or routine to accomplish that goal), or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Morning Falls Website or any program thereon, or the Morning Falls system. Without limitation to the foregoing, you further agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Morning Falls Website, any programs thereon, or Morning Falls' infrastructure, as determined by Morning Falls.
(c) Services - Publisher understands and
agrees that from time to time the Morning
Falls services hereunder may be inaccessible,
unavailable or inoperable for any reason,
including, without limitation: (i) equipment
malfunctions; (ii) periodic maintenance
procedures or repairs which Morning Falls
may undertake from time to time; or (iii)
causes beyond the control of Morning Falls
or which are not reasonably foreseeable
by Morning Falls, including, without limitation,
interruption or failure of telecommunication
or digital transmission links, hostile network
attacks, the unavailability, operation,
or inaccessibility of Websites or interfaces,
network congestion or other failures. While
Morning Falls will attempt to provide the
services on a continuous basis, Publisher
acknowledges and agrees that Morning Falls
has no control over the availability of
the services on a continuous or uninterrupted
basis. Publisher also understands and agrees
that Morning Falls is not responsible for
the functionality of any third-party Website
or interface. Terms of this Agreement are
subject to Morning Falls hardware, software,
and bandwidth traffic limitations. Failure
to deliver because of technical difficulties
does not represent a failure to meet the
obligations of this Agreement. Morning Falls
reserves the right to discontinue offering
any of the Morning Falls systems and/or
Morning Falls Website at any time. Except
as otherwise specified by Morning Falls,
Publisher agrees that it will direct all
communications relating to any Morning Falls
Website or your participation therein directly
to Morning Falls and not to any other entity.
2. Website Content and Prohibited Conduct
(a) Prohibited Websites - Morning Falls
Code and Network IP shall not be used on
Websites Sites that contain, promote, reference
or have links to: (1) profanity, sexually
explicit materials, hate material, promote
violence, discrimination based on race,
sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, age, or family status.
(b) Pre-approval Required - Publishers
that have Websites that relate to or have
any characteristic of the following shall
be approved on a case by case basis: (i)
excessive ads, app quest/test, user content
(blogs, etc.), (ii) foreign sites, (iii)
controversial issues, religion, sexual orientation
and/or edgy humor, (iv) wrestling, (v) anime,
(vi) gaming fan, (vii) old content, and/or
(viii) poor quality design and functionality.
(c) Prohibited Conduct - Morning Falls
does not accept Websites that produce, relate
to or have characteristics of Prohibited
Conduct (see above). (i). Ad Placement &
Tracking - Publisher shall not: (1) Place
Creatives or Ads in emails; (2) Intentionally
place Creatives on blank web pages or on
web pages with no content; (3) Place more
than two pop-ups on a page; (4) Place Creatives
on non-approved Websites or web pages, or
in such a fashion that may be deceptive
to the User; (5) Incentivize offers or create
the appearance to incentivize offers; (6)
Place statements requesting that Users "click"
on the Ads (i.e., "Please click here")
or "visit" the sponsor (i.e.,
"Please visit our sponsor"); (7)
Place misleading statements near the Ad
(i.e., "You will win $5,000.");
(8)
Redirect traffic to a Website other than
that listed by the particular Advertiser;
(9) Ask Users to take advantage of other
Ads or offers other than those listed by
the particular Advertiser; (10) Serve Creatives,
or drive traffic to such Creatives, using
any downloadable applications without the
prior written approval of Morning Falls,
which, if provided, is subject in each case
to the following condition: Creatives delivered
in approved downloadable applications may
only be shown once per User session when
the application is active, enabled and clearly
recognizable by the end User as being active
and enabled. Serving Creatives at
anytime when the downloaded application
is not active is strictly prohibited and
grounds for immediate termination without
pay; (11) Use invisible methods to generate
impressions, clicks, or transactions that
are not initiated by the affirmative action
of the end-user; (12) Attempt in any way
to alter, modify, eliminate, conceal, or
otherwise render inoperable or ineffective
the Website tags, source codes, links, pixels,
modules or other data provided by or obtained
from Morning Falls that allows Morning Falls
to measure ad performance and provide its
service. (ii). Websites. Publisher shall
not place any Creative, Ads or Network IP
on Web Sites that contain, promote, reference
or have links to: (1) profanity, sexually
explicit materials, hate material, promote
violence,
discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation,
age, or family status, or any other materials
deemed unsuitable or harmful to the reputation
of Morning Falls; (2) software piracy (warez,
cracking, etc.), hacking, phreaking, emulators,
ROM's, or illegal MP3 activity.; (3) illegal
activities, deceptive practices or violations
of the intellectual property or privacy
rights of others; (4) personal web pages,
non-English language pages; (5) Websites
under construction; (6) charity clicks/donations,
paid to surf, Website applicants who are
not the owner of or employed by the applying
Website, active x downloads, no content
(link site), all affiliate links, or incentivized
traffic; (7) Promote activities generally
understood as Internet abuse, including
but not limited to, the sending of unsolicited
bulk electronic mail or the use of Spyware.
For purposes hereof, Spyware shall mean
computer programs or tools that (i) alter
a computer User's browser or other settings
or use an ActiveX control or similar device
to download ad supporting software without
providing fair notice to and obtaining affirmative
consent; (ii) prevent a computer User's
reasonable efforts to block the installation
of or disable or remove unwanted software;
(iii) remove or disable any security, anti-spyware
or anti-virus technology on a User's computer;
(iv) send email through a User's computer
without prior authorization; (v) open multiple,
sequential, stand-alone advertisements in
the consumer's Internet browser which cannot
be closed without closing the Internet browser
or shutting down the computer or (vi) other
similar activities that are prohibited by
applicable law. (iii). Search & Miscellaneous.
Publisher shall not: (1) Violate guidelines
of any search engines being utilized; (2)
Engage in search engine spam, doorway pages,
cloaking, etc.; (3) Bid on any trademarked
name or terms in any PPC/keyword/adword/campaign;
(4) Conduct search Ads falsely suggesting
a link between Morning Falls and a third-
party or otherwise infringing on a third-party's
intellectual property rights; (5) Engage
in any advertising via facsimile or telemarketing;
(6) Engage in any misleading or deceptive
conduct.
3. Ad Content and Placement
(a) Compliance with Industry Standards -
Publisher agrees to undertake and complete
the services as specified by the Morning
Falls Network, including all Ad placement
restrictions or channels specified, in accordance
with the highest industry standards. Publisher
shall position the Ads in such a manner
to assure that they are fully and clearly
visible to consumers and displayed in a
similar manner as other merchants included
in the Website.
(b) No Modifications to Creative, Code
or Network IP - Except as permitted under
this Agreement, Publisher may not alter,
copy, modify, take, sell, re-use, or divulge
in any manner any Creative, Network IP or
computer code provided by Morning Falls
without Morning Falls’s prior written
consent. Publisher may not copy Morning
Falls' Ads and display them from Publisher's
Website directly; redirect traffic to a
Website other than that listed by Morning
Falls or the Advertiser; or ask Users to
take advantage of other Ads or offers other
than those listed by Morning Falls or Advertiser.
Any Morning Falls content which is copied,
changed or altered without prior written
consent will result in non-payment for the
campaign and may result in termination.
Any approved modifications to Morning Falls
Code or Network IP shall be owned solely
by Morning Falls.
(c) Requirements - Publisher shall be solely
responsible for (i) managing its advertising
content exclusions in the Morning Falls
interface, and (ii) placing Ads on the Publisher
Media, which placement shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Ads may only be placed on Approved Websites.
Banner, Leaderboard, Skyscraper, Wide Skyscraper
and In-stream Ads must be placed within
600 pixels of the top of the Webpage (above
the page scroll/fold). Morning Falls pop-under
windows cannot be launched from Websites
that launch more than a total of two pop
windows, including the Morning Falls pop-under.
Publisher will not place ads in emails,
on blank pages, on pages with no content,
on top of one another, on nonapproved Websites,
or in such a fashion that may be deceptive
to the visitor. Publisher agrees to use
the Morning Falls Code provided by Morning
Falls for displaying an Ad not more than
ONCE per page view. PLACEMENT OF ADS IN
EMAILS IS PROHIBITED.
(d) Default Ads - Publisher acknowledges
and agrees that Morning Falls may not be
able to fill 100% of advertising requests
sent to its servers with paying Ads. Settings
put in place or otherwise requested by the
Publisher, including but not limited to,
ad content filters, frequency caps, ad category
restrictions and non-IAB sized Ad placements
may negatively affect fill rates and CPMs.
While Morning Falls will attempts to fill
all requests sent to its server, under no
circumstances does Morning Falls guarantee
to provide any percent fill of paid advertising
to a Website.
4. Network Quality
Morning Falls will not tolerate or accept
any activities it deems harmful or potentially
damaging to its reputation and/or business,
or that of its customers and/or clients
including but not limited to the activities
stated in this Agreement. Morning Falls
employs individuals for the express purpose
of monitoring the Publisher's Websites within
our network to ensure that our customers
and clients are receiving the highest quality
campaigns. Morning Falls has also developed
an advanced anti-fraud system and regularly
audits Publisher's traffic. Publishers that
commit fraudulent activities, including
false clicks, false impressions, and
incentivized clicks, will have their account
permanently removed from the Network and
may not be compensated for fraudulent traffic.
We have several fraud mechanisms at our
disposal that will detect most forms within
a few days of the initial activity. All
Creatives must be served from a Morning
Falls server or serving location, or through
a Morning Falls approved 3rd-party-hosted
server.
5. Proprietary Rights
(a) Licenses. At the agreed upon pay-out
price and provided that Publisher complies
with all provisions of this Agreement, Morning
Falls hereby grants to Publisher a nonexclusive,
limited, revocable license to use, execute,
and display the Network IP solely for purposes
of performing its other obligations hereunder.
Except for the limited license expressly
granted in this Section, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as Morning
Falls granting Publisher any right, title
or interest in Network IP. Publisher acknowledges
and agrees that Morning Falls and/or Advertiser
owns all right, title and interest in and
to the Network IP and all
related intellectual and proprietary rights
of any kind anywhere in the world. Publisher’s
use of the Network IP or the results created
thereby, or disseminating or distributing
any of this information except as expressly
permitted by this Agreement is strictly
forbidden and will result in the termination
of this limited license and may result in
Publisher being held liable under applicable
law.
(b) Intellectual Property Ownership. Subject
to the limited licenses granted to Morning
Falls and Publisher hereunder, each party
shall own and shall retain all right, title
and interest in its trade names, logos,
trademarks, service marks, trade dress,
Internet domain names, copyrights, patents,
trade secrets, know how and proprietary
technology, including, without limitation,
those trade names, logos, trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, copyrights, patents,
testimonials, endorsements, know how, trade
secrets and proprietary technology currently
used or which may be developed and/or used
by it in the future ("Intellectual
Property"). Except as provided in this
Agreement, neither party may distribute,
sell, reproduce, publish, display, perform,
prepare derivative works or otherwise use
any of the Intellectual Property of the
other party without the express prior written
consent of such party.
(c) Data Ownership. Publisher understands
that all data, including, but not limited
to, personally identifiable information
provided by Users in response to an Ad and/or
any or all reports, results, and/or information
created, compiled, analyzed and/or derived
by Morning Falls from such data is the sole
and exclusive property of Advertiser and/or
Morning Falls and is considered Confidential
Information pursuant to this Agreement.
Morning Falls and/or its Advertisers, in
their sole discretion, shall have the right
to market and remarket the User(s) and or
data without further obligation to Publisher.
Publisher shall not make any use of, copy,
make derivative works from, sell, transfer,
lease, assign, redistribute, disclose, disseminate,
or otherwise make available in any manner,
such information, or any portion thereof,
to any third-party. Unless otherwise agreed
to in writing by the parties, any other
use of such information is strictly prohibited.
6. Representations and Warranties
(a) Publisher Responsibility. The parties
hereby acknowledge that Publisher is solely
responsible for the method of dissemination
of the campaigns, and that Morning Falls
will not have any control over the method
of dissemination and is relying entirely
on these warranties made by Publisher.
(b) Publisher Warranties. Publisher represents,
warrants, covenants and acknowledges that
(i) it will provide and maintain the resources,
personnel and facilities suitable to perform
its obligations under the Agreement; (ii)
it will comply with all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations including,
without limitation, laws relating to advertising,
the Internet, privacy and unfair business
practices; (iii) it will not engage in Prohibited
Conduct; (iv) that Publisher is at least
18 years of age on the effective date of
this Agreement; and (v) that Morning Falls
does not make any specific or implied promises
as to the successful
outcome of any campaigns.
(c) Mutual Warranties. Each party represents
and warrants to the other that (i) it has
the full right, power, legal capacity, and
authority to enter into, deliver and fully
perform under this Agreement; (ii) neither
the execution, delivery, nor performance
of this Agreement will result in a violation
or breach of any contract, agreement, order,
judgment, decree, rule, regulation or law
to which such party is bound; and (iii)
such party acknowledges that the other party
makes no representations, warranties, or
agreements related to the subject matter
hereof that are not expressly provided for
in the Agreement.
7. Privacy
(a)Obligations. Internet consumer privacy
is of paramount importance to Morning Falls,
its subsidiaries, and its customers. Morning
Falls is committed to protecting the privacy
of consumers, clients, and Advertisers,
and to do its part to maintain the integrity
of the Internet. Publisher therefore affirms
and attests that it will adhere to fair
information collection practices with respect
to its performance under this Agreement.
(b) Privacy Requirements. Publisher must
clearly post on its Website an easy to understand
privacy policy that (i) is in compliance
with all FTC guidelines and any other applicable
laws, rules and regulations with respect
to online privacy; (ii) identifies the nature
and scope of the collection and use of information
gathered by Publisher and offers the User
an opportunity to opt out from such collection
and use of the data; and (iii) contain language
materially similar to the following: "We
have contracted with Morning Falls to monitor
certain pages of our website for the purpose
of reporting website traffic, statistics,
advertisement 'click-throughs', and/or other
activities on our website. Where authorized
by us, Morning Falls may use cookies, web
beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies
to compile anonymous statistics about our
website visitors. No personally identifiable
information is collected
by or transferred to any party other than
the Advertiser. For more information about
how the information is collected and used
by Morning Falls, please see Morning Falls'
privacy policy.”
(c) Cookies. Publisher acknowledges that
(i) cookies are important devices for measuring
advertising effectiveness and ensuring a
robust online advertising industry and (ii)
efforts are required to increase User awareness
about the use of cookies and their role
in providing free content and other benefits
to Users. Publisher agrees to take such
steps as may be commercially reasonable
and appropriate to promote User awareness
about cookies or similar devices as may
be identified by Morning Falls.
8. Payment
(a) Payment Rate. Morning Falls reserves
the right to set campaign rates, which may
vary with market conditions. Publishers
will typically be paid within twenty-five
(25) business days after the end-of-month.
Do not invoice Morning Falls; all Publisher
invoices are discarded. Publishers will
be paid at the account level. All accounts
will be settled in US dollars ($US). No
check will be issued for any amount less
than $50US ("Minimum Payment Threshold").
All unpaid earnings will rollover to the
next pay period. As a condition to Morning
Falls' obligation to make payments hereunder
to Publisher, Publisher must have on file
with Morning Falls a completed and accurate
W-9 (for US-based Publisher's) or a completed
and accurate W-8 (for non-US-based Publisher's).
Publisher payments will be withheld until
the appropriate taxation documents are received
by Morning Falls. If the required tax documents
are not on file with Morning Falls within
three months of the date of a scheduled
payment, Morning Falls may charge a monthly
administrative fee, representing Morning
Falls' cost of establishing and maintaining
Publisher's account, equal to 25% of
the original balance. All payments are based
on actuals as defined, accounted and audited
by Morning Falls. Morning Falls reserves
the absolute right to withhold payment from
accounts or Publishers that violate any
of the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Morning Falls will determine, in its sole
discretion, whether acts or omissions are
deceptive, fraudulent or violate this Agreement.
. Examples of such acts may include, without
limitation, clicks without referring URLs,
extraordinary high numbers of repeat clicks,
and clicks from nonapproved root URLs. (b) Breach or Fraud. If any Publisher violates or refuses
to fulfill its responsibilities, or commits
fraudulent activity, Morning Falls reserves
the right to withhold payment and take appropriate
legal action. (c) Calculation. Calculation of Publisher
earnings, including Impressions and click
through numbers, shall be in Morning Falls'
sole discretion. In the event Publisher
disagrees with any such calculation, Publisher
shall immediately send a written request
to Morning Falls detailing, with specificity,
Publisher's concerns. Thereafter, Morning
Falls will provide Publisher with an explanation
or, if such calculations are determined
by Morning Falls to be incorrect, an adjustment.
Morning Falls’s calculations shall
be final and binding. In the event no adjustment
is necessary, Publisher shall reimburse
Morning Falls for its expenses in responding
to Publisher's requests under this Section.
9. Indemnity
Publisher is solely responsible for any
legal liability arising out of or relating
to (i) Publisher's Website(s), (ii) any
material to which Users can link through
Publisher's Website(s), and/or (iii) any
consumer and/or governmental/regulatory
complaint arising out of any campaign conducted
by Publisher, including but not limited
to any spam or fraud complaint and/or any
complaint relating to failure to have proper
permission to conduct such campaign to the
consumer. Publisher shall indemnify, defend,
and hold harmless Morning Falls and its
officers, directors, employees, agents,
shareholders, partners, affiliates, representatives,
agents and Advertisers (collectively "Morning
Falls' Parties") harmless from and
against any and all allegations, claims,
actions, causes of action, lawsuits, damages,
liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses
(including without limitation reasonable
attorneys' fees, costs related to in-house
counsel time, court costs and witness fees)
(collectively "Losses") incurred
by, or imposed or asserted against, the
Morning Falls Parties which, if true, would
constitute or relate to any claims, suits,
or proceedings for (a) libel, defamation,
violation of rights of privacy or publicity,
copyright infringement, trademark infringement
or other infringement of any third-party
right, fraud, false advertising, misrepresentation,
product liability or violation of any law,
statute, ordinance, rule or regulation throughout
the world in connection with Publisher's
Website(s); (b) any breach by Publisher
of any duty, representation or warranty
under this Agreement; (c) any breach by
Morning Falls of any duty, representation,
or warranty to provide Ad(s) for placement
on Publisher's Website(s) due to any breach
by Publisher of this Agreement; (d) a contaminated
file, virus, worm, or Trojan horse originating
from the Publisher's Website(s); or (e)
gross negligence or willful misconduct by
Publisher.
10. Limitations of Warranties and Liability
(a) Disclaimer of Warranties. ALL SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE MORNING FALLS ARE PROVIDED
ON AN AS IS AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT
TO APPLICABLE LAW, MORNING FALLS MAKES NO
WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES, REPRESENTATIONS,
PROMISES, STATEMENTS, ESTIMATES, CONDITIONS,
OR OTHER INDUCEMENTS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED,
ORAL, WRITTEN, OR OTHERWISE EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
SET FORTH HEREIN.
MORNING FALLS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAYS
CAUSED BY ACCIDENT, WAR, ACT OF GOD, EMBARGO,
COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILURE, OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE
BEYOND ITS CONTROL.
(b) Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHALL MORNING FALLS BE LIABLE TO PUBLISHER
FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF MORNING
FALLS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM ANY ASPECT
OF THE ADVERTISING RELATIONSHIP PROVIDED
HEREIN. IN NO EVENT SHALL MORNING FALLS’S
TOTAL OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITY HEREUNDER
EXCEED THE LESSER OF THE SPECIFIC ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN IN QUESTION OR TEN THOUSDAND DOLLARS
($10,000.00). REGARDLESS OF ANY LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, NO ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE BROUGHT AGAINST MORNING FALLS MORE
THAN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH
THE CLAIM AROSE.
(c) Consideration. PUBLISHER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT MORNING FALLS HAS AGREED TO PRICING
IN RELIANCE UPON THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
AND THE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES AND DAMAGES
SET FORTH HEREIN, AND THAT THESE CONSIDERATIONS
FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN
THE PARTIES. PUBLISHER AGREES THAT THE LIMITATIONS
AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS
SPECIFIED IN THESE TERMS WILL SURVIVE AND
APPLY EVEN IF FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF THEIR
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES
OR LIABILITIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO PUBLISHER.
11. Term and Termination
(a) Termination. This Agreement, as may
be amended, applies to Publisher for as
long as Publisher distributes Ads for Morning
Falls. Morning Falls reserves the right
to terminate any Publisher from the Network
at any time, with or without cause.
(b) Post-termination. Upon termination,
Publisher agrees to immediately remove from
the Websites any and all Morning Falls Code
and Network IP supplied to Publisher by
Morning Falls. Publisher will be paid, in
the next scheduled payment cycle following
termination, all legitimate, non-fraudulently
accrued, earnings due up to the time of
termination. If a Publisher has not reached
the Minimum Payment Threshold the Publisher
will be charged an administrative plus fee
representing Morning Falls' cost of establishing
and maintaining the Publisher's account;
such fee to be any balance remaining in
the Publisher's account. Upon termination
all ties to referrals will be permanently
severed and Publisher will not receive nor
be entitled to receive future referral commissions
hereunder.
12. Confidentiality
Each party agrees that it may provide the
other with information that is confidential
and proprietary to that party or a third-
party, as is designated by the disclosing
party or that is reasonably understood to
be proprietary and/or confidential ("Confidential
Information"). Morning Falls' campaign
rates are considered confidential. Each
party may use Confidential Information received
from the other party only in connection
with and to further the purposes of this
Agreement. Confidential Information shall
not be commingled with information or materials
of others and any copies shall be strictly
controlled. The receiving party agrees to
make commercially reasonable efforts, but
in no case no less effort than it uses to
protect its own Confidential Information,
to maintain the confidentiality of and to
protect any proprietary interests of the
disclosing party. Confidential Information
shall not include (even if designated by
a party) information: (i) that is or becomes
part of the public domain through no act
or omission of the receiving party; (ii)
that is lawfully received by the receiving
party from a third-party without restriction
on use or disclosure and without breach
of this Agreement or any other agreement
without knowledge by the receiving party
of any breach of fiduciary duty, or (iii)
that the receiving party had in its possession
prior to the date of this Agreement. Upon
termination of this Agreement, or upon written
request by Morning Falls, Publisher must
destroy or return to Morning Falls any Confidential
Information provided by Morning Falls under
this Agreement.
13. Choice of Law and Attorneys’ Fees
This Agreement is governed by the laws of
the State of Colorado (USA), except for
its conflict of law provisions. The exclusive
forum for any actions related to this Agreement
shall be in the state courts, and, to the
extent that federal courts have exclusive
jurisdiction, in Denver, Colorado. The parties
consent to such venue and jurisdiction,
waive any right to a trial by jury, and
agree to waive the personal service of any
process upon them by agreeing that service
may be effected by overnight mail (using
a commercially recognized service) or by
U.S. mail with delivery receipt to the last
address provided by Publisher. The application
of the United Nations Convention on the
International Sale of Goods is expressly
excluded. A party that primarily prevails
in an action brought under this Agreement
is entitled to recover from the other party
its reasonable attorneys fees and costs.
14. Entire Agreement and Modification
This Agreement, including exhibits, addenda,
the Morning Falls Privacy Policy (as amended
from time to time and which is incorporated
herein by reference), contains the entire
understanding and agreement of the parties
and there have been no promises, representations,
agreements, warranties or undertakings by
either of the parties, either oral or written,
except as stated in this Agreement. This
Agreement may only be altered, amended or
modified by an instrument that is assented
to by each party to this Agreement by verifiable
means, including without limitation by written
instrument signed by the parties or through
a "click through" acknowledgement
of assent. No interlineations to this Agreement
shall be binding unless initialed by both
parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Morning Falls shall have the right to change,
modify or amend ("Change") this
Agreement, in whole or in part, by posting
a revised Agreement at least five (5) days
prior to the effective date of such Change.
Publisher's continued use of the Network
after the effective date of such Change
shall be deemed Publishers acceptance of
the revised Agreement. No change, amendment,
or modification of any provision of the
Agreement by Publisher will be valid unless
set forth in a written instrument signed
by an executive of both Parties with the
corporate authority to do so.
15. Assignment
No rights or obligations under this Agreement
may be assigned by Publisher without the
prior written consent of Morning Falls.
Any assignment, transfer or attempted assignment
or transfer in violation of this Section
shall be void and of no force and effect.
Morning Falls and any of its subsequent
assignees may assign this Agreement, in
whole or in part, or any of its rights or
delegate any of its duties, under this Agreement
to any party. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective permitted successors
and assigns.
16. Independent Contractors
Each party is an independent contractor.
Any intention to create a joint venture
or partnership between the parties is expressly
disclaimed. Except as set forth herein,
neither party is authorized or empowered
to obligate the other or to incur any costs
on behalf of the other without the other
party’s prior written consent.
17. Marketing
Publisher shall not release any information
regarding Campaigns, Creatives, or Publishers
relationship with Morning Falls or its customers,
including, without limitation, in press
releases or promotional or merchandising
materials, without the prior written consent
of Morning Falls. Morning Falls shall have
the right to reference and refer to its
work for, and relationship with, Publisher
for marketing and promotional purposes.
No press releases or general public announcements
shall be made without the mutual consent
of Morning Falls and Publisher.
18. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be liable by reason
of any failure or delay in the performance
of its obligations hereunder for any cause
beyond the reasonable control of such party,
including but not limited to electrical
outages, failure of Internet service providers,
default due to Internet disruption (including
without limitation denial of service attacks),
riots, insurrection, acts of terrorism,
war (or similar), fires, flood, earthquakes,
explosions, and other acts of God.
19. Survival and Severability
Any obligations which expressly or by their
nature are to continue after termination,
cancellation, or expiration of the Agreement
shall survive and remain in effect after
such happening. Each Party acknowledges
that the provisions of the Agreement were
negotiated to reflect an informed, voluntary
allocation between them of all the risks
(both known and unknown) associated with
the transactions contemplated hereunder.
All provisions are inserted conditionally
on their being valid in law. In the event
that
any provision of the Agreement conflicts
with the law under which the Agreement is
to be construed or if any such provision
is held invalid or unenforceable by a court
with jurisdiction over the Parties to the
Agreement, then (i) such provision will
be restated to reflect as nearly as possible
the original intentions of the Parties in
accordance with applicable law; and (ii)
the remaining terms, provisions, covenants,
and restrictions of the Agreement will remain
in full force and effect.
20. Remedies and Waiver
Except as otherwise specified, the rights
and remedies granted to a party under this
Agreement are cumulative and in addition
to, not in lieu of, any other rights and
remedies which the party may possess at
law or in equity. Failure of either party
to require strict performance by the other
party of any provision shall not affect
the first party’s right to require
strict performance thereafter. Waiver by
either party of a breach of any provision
shall not waive either the provision itself
or any subsequent breach. |