The Service Agreement, and any supplemental Service Order(s) define the scope of Services and fees charged to Client and are hereby attached and incorporated by reference to this Agreement. Client and digital.forest agree to perform the following:

The term of an agreement is the period of time the client agrees to pay for services. Cancellation before the end of the term constitutes a forfeiture fees for the term of service. All service order are renewed upon payment of fees for each subsequent term. Agreement Terms are as follows:

Hosting - Monthly
Colocation - Monthly
Dedicated Server - Annual

Subject to credit approval, the Client will pay for services on a monthly or annual basis as indicated by the Client. Thereafter the Client will pay for services on a monthly or annual basis as indicated by the Client. The Client will be billed on an advanced monthly basis with payment due to digital.forest in US funds thirty (30) day's from the date of invoice. In the event the Client fails to remit payment a late fee of $10 or 1.5% of the outstanding balance, whichever is greater, will be due. digital.forest may terminate service at any time and for any reason including for non-payment of fees. Client agrees to pay all costs of collection including court costs and attorneys fees. Failure to remit payment when due for a concurrent period of six billing cycles results in the creation of an equitable lien of which digital.forest is the primary creditor in and on all Client property, physical and intangible on digital.forest premises.

Any domain that is registered through digital.forest's OpenSRS reseller account, will adhere to the rules and regulations set forth in the agreements made by the gTLD involved.

.tv registrations
.info registrations
.cc registrations
.biz registrations
.us registrations
.name registrations

All equipment on digital.forest's premises is the sole property of digital.forest unless provided to digital.forest by the client. digital.forest is solely responsible for the ongoing maintenience and management of its hardware and software. Upgrades, downgrades, enhancements or modifiactions of any kind to digital.forest's equipment or software will be made at the sole discretion of digital.forest and/or its authorized agents.

The Client is solely responsible for maintenance, insurance, and preservation of Client equipment, property and data on digital.forest premises. Dedicated, lease or rental equipment is the sole property of digital.forest. All equipment and software upgrades to dedicated, lease or rental equipment will be made at digital.forest's discretion and may be subject to additional fees. Equipment and hardware upgrades will occur no more than once every two years. Software upgrades that require an additional purchase or licensing fee will occur no more than once per year.

Client represents and warrants that: (i) Client's web or Internet site or address including without limitation the products and services offered therein, will not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other intellectual property or personal rights held by any third party; (ii) Client has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement and has duly and validly authorized this Agreement; (iii) Client shall conduct itself responsibly and in accordance with the Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations that apply to the web and Internet in all jurisdictions that Client appears.

CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT ALL WARRANTIES WHETHER EXRESS OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS AS TO PERFORMANCE INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR CUSTOM OR TRADE AND INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED BY DIGITAL.FOREST.

CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL DIGITAL.FOREST OR ITS RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, OR FOR THE LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS TO CLIENT, OR ITS CUSTOMERS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

(a) Definition. "Confidential Information" means all non-public confidential and proprietary information that the disclosing party identifies in writing as confidential.

(b) Nondisclosure. digital.forest agrees (a) to hold the disclosing party's Confidential Information in strict confidence, (b) not to disclose such Confidential Information to any third party, and (c) not to use the disclosing party's Confidential Information for any purpose other than to further this Agreement. digital.forest may disclose the other party's Confidential Information to its responsible employees with a bona fide need to know such information, but only to the extent necessary to carry out this Agreement. digital.forest agrees to instruct all such employees not to disclose such Confidential Information to third parties, including consultants, without the prior written permission of the disclosing party.

(c) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information will not include information that (i) is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on the part of digital.forest, generally known or available to the public; (ii) was acquired by digital.forest before receiving such information from the disclosing party and without restriction as to use or disclosure; (iii) is hereafter rightfully furnished to digital.forest by a third party, without restriction as to use or disclosure; (iv) is information that digital.forest can document was independently developed by itself without use of the disclosing party's Confidential Information; (v) is required to be disclosed by law, provided that digital.forest uses reasonable efforts to give the disclosing party reasonable notice of such required disclosure and to limit the scope of material disclosed; or (vi) is disclosed with the prior written consent of the disclosing party.

(d) Return. Upon the disclosing party's request, digital.forest will promptly return to the disclosing party all tangible items containing or consisting of the disclosing party's Confidential Information.

(e) Injunctive Relief. Each party acknowledges that all of the disclosing party's Confidential Information is owned solely by the disclosing party (or its licensors) and that the unauthorized disclosure or use of such Confidential Information would cause irreparable harm and significant injury to the disclosing party, the degree of which may be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, each party agrees that the disclosing party will have the right to obtain an immediate injunction enjoining any breach of this section.

During the period that digital.forest provides Services Client shall not distribute on the Web site or over the system any content that (a) violates intellectual property rights of any third party or any rights of publicity or privacy; (b) violates any law statute, statute ordinance or regulation, including without limitation the laws and regulations governing export control, unfair competition, antidiscrimination, unsolicited e-mail (known as "spam"), postings that violate Usenet newsgroup charters or false advertising; (c) is defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; or (d) contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. Any alleged or actual violation of the above may result in immediate termination of services.

digital.forest warrants that it will perform its services in a competent and workmanlike manner and to ensure the technological aspects operate substantially according to the agreed to specifications. digital.forest does not warrant that it will be able to correct all reported defects or that services will be error free. digital.forest makes no warranty regarding features or services provided by third parties or web "browser" software that are provided "as is" and "as available."

Client will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless digital.forest, and their respective directors, officers, technology partners, employees, affiliates, and agents from all claims, actions, losses, liability, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) arising from any provision or claim of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Client shall indemnify and hold harmless digital.forest against liabilities arising from the following: (i) the products or services provided by Client in connection with digital.forest; (ii) any actual or alleged defamatory or illegal material provided by Client for placement on, or in connection with digital.forest; and (iii) any material provided by Client on, or in connection with digital.forest, that actually or allegedly infringes on the intellectual property or personal rights of a third party. Each party agrees to (i) promptly notify the other party in writing of any indemnifiable claim and give the other party the opportunity to defend or negotiate a settlement of any such claim at the party's sole expense, and (ii) cooperate fully with the other party in defending or settling such claim; digital.forest reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by FS hereunder.

Client agrees that digital.forest shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising from Acts of God or any condition beyond its control.

This Agreement has a term as specified on your contract and is subject to automatic renewal periods equal to the contracted period. Client may terminate this agreement by thirty day written notice prior to contract expiration to digital.forest. Notice is accepted the day of receipt by either US mail or e-mail to cancel@forest.net. At no time shall fees be prorated for unused service. digital.forest does not refund or credit client for unused, cancelled service.

digital.forest reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason it deems necessary upon 30 days written notice via mail or email, unless otherwise obligated by contract.

This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of each party's permitted successor and assigns only if written notice of assignment is given to the non assigning party.

The entire Agreement consists of the Services Agreement and the Insertion Order and is governed by the laws of the state of Washington, USA. The Agreement supersedes all prior proposals and understandings, oral or written and is the entire understanding between the parties. Any dispute between the parties shall be settled by binding arbitration in a proceeding conducted in Seattle, Washington. The rules of the arbitration shall include the discovery provisions of the Revised Code of Washington and the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbiter shall have the power to hear and decide all issues regarding discovery. This Agreement may be modified only in writing executed by both parties, provided that upon execution of additional Insertion Orders, the terms of the Services Agreement remain in full effect.

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