ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions

ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions provides the Services to its customers for a monthly fee. ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions will provide You an account on one or more of its dedicated servers, provided, however, You abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in any other agreement pertaining to other services you may purchase. ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions reserves the right to modify its network and facilities used to provide the Services for purposes including, but not limited to, accommodating evolving technology and increased network demand, and providing enhanced services. ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions shall use reasonable efforts to notify You in advance of any planned changes to ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions network or facilities that may adversely affect the Services provided under this Agreement.

The ReadyWire Terms of Service Agreement is a separate agreement between ReadyWire and all customers. Please make sure you are in agreement with the following points and conditions, as well as our service agreement (in its entirety) before signing up for or using ReadyWire's services. Contact our sales department for any clarifications.

Link: ReadyWire Terms of Service Agreement

Content

All services provided by ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secret and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

Examples of non-acceptable content or links

• Pirated software
• Bulk Email related products
• Illegal Pornography/Nudity/Adult Content
• Hacking/cracking related websites
• Warez and/or copyrighted MP3s
• Illegal material or material that is against public policy
• Sites containing or linking to material that may be considered detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare. (Such as, but not limited to: Anarchists Cookbook, bomb making, weapon information, or anything else that may be considered detrimental or illegal.)

ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision, and reserves the right to deactivate and remove any site at any time for any reason without refund!

Dedicated Server Billing Provisions

In the event you fail to pay your invoice within 3 days of the due date, we reserve the right to suspend your service.  If you are still past due on the 5th day from the due date on the invoice, we reserve the right to terminate your service entirely and reformat your server.

If you are terminated for non-payment, we also reserve the right to refer your account to a third party collection agency and you agree to pay any collection fees or legal fees we may be charged to collect on your debt.

ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions is not able to schedule cancellation. When you request cancellation, we will follow this process. We will first contact you to confirm the cancellation and verify that you are authorized under your account to cancel it. Then, we will immediately suspend billing and cancel the server. We are not able to provide scheduled cancellations and all cancellations are effective immediately. Regarding mid-month or mid-period cancellations, ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions will not issue pro-rated refunds for cancellations received in the middle of a payment cycle.

Refunds will not be given on a pro-rated basis for Services provided in a given billing period. Receipt by you of any Services in a given period will obligate you to pay for the Services during that entire billing period.

Term and Termination and Money Back Guarantee

You agree to a month to month term for the Services unless otherwise agreed to in writing. The month to month term for services is automatically renewed each month unless either party notifies the other in writing of its desire that the Agreement not be renewed, no later than three (3) days before the next upcoming anniversary date for billing. You may cancel Your account by terminating this Agreement in this manner by contacting the ReadyWire billing department.

ReadyWire may terminate this Agreement effective immediately and without notice upon any breach by You of any of the terms of this Agreement. In such event, ReadyWire shall have no obligation to refund any fees paid in advance by You.

At this time, ReadyWire does not offer a refund-based MBG of any kind with dedicated server products.

Chargebacks and Payment Disputes

Under this Terms of Service agreement you must first contact ReadyWire to attempt to resolve any billing disputes before contacting your bank or credit card company to dispute the charges. You further agree that any billing disputes must be submitted in writing to our billing department within one month of the invoice payment in question.

By using our services You agree to the above policy and to contact ReadyWire before contacting your financial institution to seek a resolution.

In the event you dispute charges contrary to this agreement, we reserve the right to add a $150 collection chargeback fee and to refer your account or sell your debt to a third party collection agency. We also reserve the right to take further legal action against you.

Uptime Guarantee

"Uptime" refers to the amount of time the Services are available, as measured solely and only by ReadyWire's internal monitoring systems. "Downtime" refers to the amount of time the Services are unavailable, as measured solely and only by ReadyWire's internal monitoring systems. ReadyWire guarantees that it's Networking and Connectivity services will be available 100% of the time. In the event such level of service is not provided, ReadyWire will credit your account in an amount as determined in the chart below, reflecting credit percentages of the monthly fees paid by You to ReadyWire for the Services, but not payments made for any of the following products and services: domain name registration, software licenses, IP address charges, set up fees, shipping and handling, SSL certificate fees, labor charges, and other services which are unrelated to Uptime.

   1. 100% will result in a credit of: 0%

   2. 99.1% to 99.9% will result in a credit of: 5%

   3. 98% to 99% will result in a credit of: 10%

   4. 95% to 97.9% will result in a credit of: 25%

   5. 90% to 94.9% will result in a credit of: 50%

   6. 89% or below will result in a credit of: 100%

To receive a credit, You must make a request by sending an email message to billing@readywire.com. Each request in connection with this Agreement must include the dates and times of the Downtime, the name and IP address of the server or servers which experienced the Downtime. The request must be received by ReadyWire within ten (10) business days after the incident of Downtime. If the unavailability is confirmed by ReadyWire, credit will be applied to Your ReadyWire account within thirty (30) days of receipt of Your credit request.

The total amount credited to You in a particular month under this Agreement shall not exceed the total amount of fees paid by You for such month for the affected Services. Credits are exclusive of any applicable taxes charged to You or collected by ReadyWire and are Your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any Downtime.

The provisions of the Agreement pertaining to Force Majerue are unaffected by these terms referring to Uptime Guarantee. Moreover, downtime caused by any of the following shall not result in any obligation by ReadyWire to provide credit to You:

   1. emergency maintenance

   2. scheduled maintenance

   3. system upgrades

   4. domain name system (DNS) problems outside of ReadyWire's control

   5. issues with FTP, POP, IMAP, or SMTP customer access

   6. Acts or omissions by You or any of Your employees or agents, resulting in downtime

   7. Any negligence, willful misconduct, or use of the services in breach of ReadyWire's Acceptable Use Policy

   8. Problems with users' web browsers, DNS, or other caching that might make it appear the Services are unavailable even though others can still access ReadyWire servers.

Hardware Replacement Guarantee

ReadyWire strives to maintain the integrity of the hardware used to provide its services, and any Downtime caused by hardware failure shall be credited pursuant to this Agreement. ReadyWire maintains a stock of all essential hardware necessary to provide the Services. ReadyWire shall replace any and all substantially malfunctioning hardware within  1 hour of ReadyWire becoming aware of such substantial malfunction.

The amount of time for replacement of hardware shall be measured from the moment that ReadyWire determines that the hardware must be replaced, and does not include time spent diagnosing the problem, researching other solutions, investigating the cause of the failure or time spent installing software, restoring backups or other, similar situations.

In the event that ReadyWire fails to meet this hardware replacement guarantee, ReadyWire will issue, to You, account credits in the amount of 10% of the base monthly server rent for each hour after the first hour of the monthly service fee for the server in question to a maximum of 50% of the cost of the server itself (excluding any management, upgrades or additional services associated with the server in question.)

To receive a credit, You must make a request by sending an email message to billing@readywire.com. Each request in connection with this Agreement must include the dates and times of the hardware replacement situation, the name and IP address of the server or servers which experienced delayed replacement. The request must be received by ReadyWire within ten (10) business days after the incident. Upon confirmation by ReadyWire, credit will be applied to Your ReadyWire account within thirty (30) days of receipt of Your credit request.

Copyright Violations

ReadyWire will respond to all reports of infringement that are formatted in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and any other applicable copyright laws. Notices of infringement that do not comply with this act will not be processed. We will act in accordance with the DMCA when handling infringement reports.

License to Host

You hereby grant to ReadyWire a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license during the term of this Agreement to do the following to the extent necessary to provide the Services under this Agreement: (a) digitize, convert, install, upload, select, order, arrange, compile, combine, synchronize, use, reproduce, store, process, retrieve, transmit, distribute, publish, publicly display, publicly perform and hyperlink any content uploaded by You; and (b) make archival or backup copies of content uploaded by You to the ReadyWire servers. ReadyWire shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make backup copies of the data uploaded by You to the ReadyWire servers. You are responsible for any of your content residing on ReadyWire's servers and for the backup thereof.

Support Abuse

At ReadyWire, we always treat our customers with the utmost respect. In return, we expect the same from you. If our staff feels that you are consistently addressing them in a demeaning or rude manner, your account may be suspended and you may be asked to take your business elsewhere. In the event that we terminate service for support abuse, customers will be given seven (7) days notice to find a new host. We will issue a refund only for the unused portion of pre-paid service.

Storage and Security

At all times, You bear full risk of loss of any content and software you place on the ReadyWire servers. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your password and account information. You acknowledge and agree that You are solely responsible for all acts, omissions and use under and charges incurred with Your account or password or in connection with the server or any of the content displayed, linked, transmitted through or stored on the server.

ReadyWire does not undertake any obligation to provide management or security services unless you specifically request it to do so. If any technology specifically associated with your account requires updating, You must make a request for such update through ReadyWire's ticketing system.

You shall be solely responsible for undertaking measures to: (i) prevent any loss or damage to Your content; (ii) maintain independent archival and backup copies of Your content; and (iii) ensure the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your content transmitted through or stored on ReadyWire servers. ReadyWire shall have no liability to You or any other person for loss, damage or destruction of any of Your content.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Services to:

• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• administer IRC;
• harm minors in any way;
• impersonate any person or entity;
• "stalk" or otherwise harass another person;
• forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Services;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that You do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," or "pyramid schemes;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
• interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
• intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
• provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and/or
• collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in the paragraphs above.
  

 Disclaimer of Warranties

You acknowledge and agree that ReadyWire exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the content of the information passing through the host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the Internet. NEITHER READYWIRE, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS NOR THE LIKE MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT READYWIRE PROVIDES. NEITHER READYWIRE, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE, WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. READYWIRE IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE CONTENT OR LOSS OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM YOU OR STORED BY YOU OR ANY OF YOUR CLIENTELE VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY READYWIRE.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend ReadyWire and all directors, officers, employees, and agents of ReadyWire from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative) and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to the use of the Services by You, including any violation of the Acceptable Use Policy set forth in this Agreemnet. Such claims shall include, but shall not be limited to, claims based upon trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright and patent infringement, trademark dilution, tortious interference with contract or prospective business relations, unfair competition, defamation or injury to reputation, or other injuries or damage to business.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL READYWIRE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, SUFFERED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT OR STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF READYWIRE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. In no event will ReadyWire's liability for any damages, losses and causes of actions whether in contract or tort (including negligence or otherwise) exceed the actual dollar amount paid by You for the Services during the 12-month period prior to the date the damage or loss occurred or the cause of action arose. The provisions of this Agreement pertaining to Uptime Guarantee apply to credits available to you for system downtime.

ReadyWire's Utilization of Third Party Services

ReadyWire reserves the right, and You agree to pay for, services of third party consultants hired by ReadyWire in its discretion to assist ReadyWire in providing the Services to you. Fees for the services of third parties retained by ReadyWire will be charged to You in the invoice covering the period during which the third party services were utilized by ReadyWire.

Unsolicited E-mail Policy

"Unsolicited E-mail Complaint" is an occurrence of a third-party complaint regarding a specific E-mail communication message sent by You. "Unsolicited E-mail Incident" is an occurrence of a single E-mail message which may have been sent to multiple E-mail addresses. An Incident may contain numerous Complaints. Incidents may contain Complaints received up to 24 hours after the first. After 24 hours, a new Incident will be opened.  "IP Black Listing" is an occurrence when a third party black listing service determines that a ReadyWire issued IP address is a frequent source of Unsolicited E-mail. Black Listings result in the IP address (or multiple IP addresses in the same "IP range") are unable to send E-mail to certain third parties.

ReadyWire has designed this portion of this Agreement to comply with the United States CAN-SPAM Act (the "Act".) The Act states that commercial E-mail must be solicited, an effective, visible and clearly defined un-subscription process be in place, that every E-mail message sent be sent from a valid address, without any form of IP or source spoofing, that every E-mail message sent contain the physical contact information of the sender, that every receipient of such E-mail messages has requested to receive such E-mails and that the messages and method in which they were sent comply with the other provisions of the United States CAN-SPAM Act.

ReadyWire considers any attempt to send Unsolicited E-mail Messages or other forms of Spam E-mail (including "Spamvertising" other websites or services or products) to be violations of this Agreement.

To help reduce the overall Unsolicited E-mail problem, ReadyWire has put into place the following 3-Strike Policy: For every Unsolicited E-mail Incident, ReadyWire will assess a penalty of $25.00 per verified Incident and a penalty of $200 for the first instance of IP Black Listing and $400 for the second instance of IP Black Listing (collectively, the "Penalties".) For each $25.00 Unsolicited E-mail Incident Penalty, you will be issued one strike. For your first IP Black Listing Incident, you will be issued one strike. For your second IP Black Listing Incident, you will be issued two strikes.  On your third strike, ReadyWire reserves the right to terminate your service with or without warning. If your service is terminated under the Unsolicited E-mail Policy then you forfeit all fees paid, including pre-paid fees and unused time. All fees paid become non-refundable. Further, account termination does not absolve or nullify Penalty payments you may owe to ReadyWire. Further, you may accumulate additional Penalties based on complaints received after your termination. This section of the Agreement will survive for a period of one year after this agreement is terminated.

Force Majeure

ReadyWire shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, terrorist or other attack, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the Services.

Intellectual Property

You represent and warrant that Your use of the Services shall not infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of ReadyWire or any third party. You further acknowledge that all right, title and interest in any and all technology, including the software that is part of or provided with the Services and any trademarks or service marks of ReadyWire is owned by ReadyWire and/or its licensors. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, You shall have no right, title, claims or interest in or to ReadyWire's intellectual property.

You shall not copy, modify or translate any ReadyWire intellectual property or related documentation, or decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer same, to use it other than in connection with the Services, or grant any other person or entity the right to do so. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, You are not authorized to distribute or to authorize others to distribute ReadyWire intellectual property in any manner without the prior written consent of ReadyWire.

ReadyWire respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask You to do the same. ReadyWire may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers.

Governing Law and Forum Selection

This Agreement shall be interpreted and construed according to, and governed by, the laws of the State of Illinois. The Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute under this Agreement, or, if such court is without subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Waiver and Modification

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may not be amended except through a writing executed by the parties. Any failure or delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. The waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of the act or condition itself.

Assignment and Severability

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of You, ReadyWire and their respective successors, and assigns. You may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of ReadyWire, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Server Abuse

Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions server or customer of ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions is strictly prohibited.

ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Accounts found in violation of this provision will be subject to immediate account deactivation without refund. ReadyWire will turn all available information about abuse incidents, including customer contact data, over to the proper authorities and press charges.

Contact Procedure

If ReadyWire is required to contact one of our resellers with notification of a violation on a resold account, our reseller will generally be given 48 hours to respond to our inquiry. If no response is received within 48 hours, ReadyWire will take the appropriate action required to deal with the violation. ReadyWire is NOT required to contact the reseller first in cases that we determine warrant quick action.

Failure to Follow Policies

Failure to fully comply with these terms is grounds for account suspension and/or deactivation (with or without refund, subject to ReadyWire's discretion). Any accounts and/or servers contained within ReadyWire's network must adhere to the above policies.

We reserve the right to remove any account (resold or reseller) without prior notice. If we deactivate your account for violating policy, you will forfeit your rights to a refund--and none will be given. No refunds for advanced payment. Our normal policy is a warning first, and account deactivation the second offense, but no warning is required.

ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions reserves the right to deactivate and remove any site hosted on our servers that contains any content that it deems in its sole discretion to be unacceptable, undesirable or contraindicated.