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This Standard Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the PartyPoker.com affiliate program ("Affiliate Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" and "PartyPoker.com" means the website PartyPoker.com and its operators, WPC Productions Inc., and "you" and Affiliate means the individual or entity which applied as the "BENEFICIARY" for payment purposes on our sign up form as submitted at the Website, or as printed and faxed in to 1+(809) 549-2078.
1.1 This Agreement is Version 4, as released and posted September 12, 2002, which modifies and replaces the prior Version 3. If you signed up before September 12, 2002 and do not have a copy of the prior version, please ask us for a copy.
1.2 By marketing to and referring new Players to PartyPoker.com
through a Tracker, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT. We will automatically become
counter-party to this Agreement.
1.3 IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT PROMOTE PARTYPOKER.COM.
2.1 “Account” is the uniquely assigned account that is
created for Player when he/she opens an account at the Website.
2.2 “Affiliate ID” means the seven-digit code you are
assigned when you sign up as an Affiliate at the Website.
2.3 “Affiliate Fee" is the amount due and payable to you,
based solely on our system's data, in accordance with the payment
plan you selected on the Affiliate Sign Up Form when signing up
and/or activating additional Trackers.
2.4 “Affiliate Section” means the area of the Website that
is accessible to you by way of Affiliate ID and password and is the
area where you may check stats, register Sub-Affiliates, update
profile, create additional Trackers, select Banners and other
functions.
2.5 “Banners and Text Links" means the graphical artwork or
text that you use to hyperlink Players from your site to the
Website.
2.6 “Gross Revenue" is calculated as the sum total of all
Players' contribution to all "rakes" the Players were involved while
playing at the Website, less any credits, bonus or promotional
amounts given to Players, chargebacks or any uncollectable revenue
attributable to the Player. Moreover, a Player's contribution to the
"rakes" shall be determined as the quotient obtained when dividing
the actual amount of each rake to which the Player had contributed
divided by the total number of players at the table at the start of
the hand. So, if the rake in a hand with ten players at the table is
three dollars ($3.00), each player's contribution to the rake will
be thirty cents ($0.30).
2.7 “Gross Revenue Percentage Plan" means we pay you based
on a percentage of the Monthly Gross Revenue generated by
Players.
2.8 “Fraud Traffic" means deposits, Gross Revenue or
traffic generated at the Website through illegal means or in bad
faith to defraud us, regardless of whether or not it actually causes
us harm. Fraud Traffic includes but is not limited to spam, false
advertising, deposits generated on stolen credit cards, collusion,
manipulation of the service, system, bonuses or promotions, and any
other unauthorized use of any third party accounts, copyrights or
trademarks.
2.9 “Monthly Gross Revenue" means Gross Revenue as
calculated at the end of each calendar month for calculation of your
Affiliate Fee which is typically paid shortly after the end of each
calendar month.
2.10 “Sign Up Bonus Codes" is a unique alphanumeric code
that Players may enter when opening an Account. When entered, the
system automatically logs the Sign Up Bonus Codes and records you as
the Affiliate. To encourage potential Players to use Sign Up Bonus
Codes, extra cash or other Sign Up Bonus Incentives may be given to
Players that enter Sign Up Bonus Codes. Further, Sign Up Bonus Codes
may automatically be entered/logged by the system with some CDs used
for installation.
2.11 “Sign Up Bonus Incentitves” are special offers to
Players that give them extra cash or giveaways when they enter open
their Account or make a real money deposit.
2.12 "Website" means the PartyPoker.com website located at
http://www.PartyPoker.com/
and its related pages as well as the downloadable application for
playing multi-player poker.
2.13 "Spam" or "Unsolicited Promotions" means emails or any
other messages that are circulated by you, directly or indirectly,
which: 1), contain false or misleading statements; 2), do not
truthfully identify the source or the originating IP Address; or 3),
do not provide the recipient with an option to easily "Remove" them
from receiving future mailings or promotions.
2.14 “Sub-Affiliate" means a person or entity, which you
referred to this Affiliate Program, and for which, you will receive
compensation based on the affiliate fees due to them.
2.15 “Tracker(s)" means the unique Tracking URL or Sign Up
Bonus Codes that we provide exclusively to you, through which we
track and calculate Affiliate Fees.
2.16 “Tracking URL" means a unique hyperlink to the Website
through which you refer potential Players to the Website. When the
Player opens his/her Account, the system automatically logs the
Tracking URL and records you as the Affiliate.
2.17 “Per Sign Up Plan" means we pay you based on the
number of Real Money Players that signed up.
2.18 “Player(s)" or “Player’s Account” means the Account(s)
opened at the Website by a person, via a Tracker assigned to you,
during the term of this Agreement.
2.20 “Real Money Player(s)" means a Player that makes a
real money deposit to his/her Account (at any time after opening the
Account).
3.1 Identity and Disclosure. You must provide true and complete
information to us at all times; including but not limited to, your
identity, contact information, payment instructions, nationality,
residency, location and nature of your marketing activities, and any
other information that we may request from time to time.
3.2 Marketing Activities and Responsibilities. You will, at your
own cost and expense, market to and refer Players to the Website.
You will be solely responsible for the content and manner of your
marketing activities. All marketing activities must be professional,
proper and lawful under applicable rules or laws. You represent and
warrant that you will not place Banners or Text Links to us on any
website, or use any media or medium, which is libelous,
discriminatory, obscene, unlawful or otherwise unsuitable. Under no
circumstances may you market to or refer persons less than 21 years
of age to the Website, regardless of the age of majority in the
location you are marketing.
3.3 Approved Marketing Materials. You will only use marketing
materials that have been provided by us and/or pre approved by us.
You will not modify our marketing materials, copyrights, logos,
etc., without our written consent. During the term of this
Agreement, we grant you a terminable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable right to use our logo, trademark and other
copyrighted promotional materials for the sole purpose of marketing
to and referring Players to the Website. Generally we will provide
you, without charge, the guidelines, graphical artwork and permitted
text to use in promotional materials. However, CDs and other
customized promotional materials provided to you will be AT COST and
deducted from Affiliate Fees payable to you.
3.4 Non Assignment. Trackers are for your sole use and are not to
be assigned to others without our written consent.
3.5 Sub-Affiliates. In addition to marketing to and referring
Players to the Website, you may refer others to this Affiliate
Program to also market to and refer Players to the Website. In such
event, we will pay you a percentage of the amount paid to
Sub-Affiliates for any Players they refer. To receive credit for
Sub-Affiliates, you must register them through the “Register
Sub-Affiliate” function within the Affiliate Section of the site.
FOR CLARITY, YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR SUB-AFFILIATES THAT
YOU SPECIALLY REGISTER UNDER YOU.
3.6 Commercial Use Only. This Marketing opportunity is for
commercial use only, and you may not sign up or make deposits to any
account, directly or indirectly, through your Tracker(s) (or any
Sub-Affiliate tracker) for your own personal use, to fraudulently
increase the Affiliate Fees payable to you or to otherwise defraud
us. In no event are you to receive Affiliate Fees on Gross Revenue
generated on your own player account at the Website. Violation of
this provision constitutes Fraud Traffic.
3.7 Good Faith Marketing. You will not knowingly or unknowingly
benefit from any known, unknown, suspected or unsuspected Fraud
Traffic. For clarity, we reserve the right to withhold or backout
amounts generated by Fraud Traffic from Affiliate Fees on the
Trackers, regardless of whether you participated in or knew about
the Fraud Traffic. In the event you knowingly participate in, or
knowingly benefit from, Fraud Traffic with the intent to defraud the
system, then we may terminate this Agreement effective immediately
and forfeit any and all Affiliate Fees due to you.
3.8 Player Information. By opening an Account at the Website,
Players will be subject to all of our rules, policies and operating
procedures that govern their activity at the Website. We reserve the
right to refuse service to any potential Player and to close the
Account of any Player, at any time, in our sole discretion. All data
relating to the Players will remain our sole and exclusive property
and you acquire no right to such information, except as expressly
stated herein.
4.1 Reports. We will track and report Player activity for
purposes of calculating your Affiliate Fees. The form, content and
frequency of the reports may vary from time to time in our sole
discretion. At a minimum you will receive a monthly report with your
payment indicating the number of new Players signed up that month,
per Tracker, and/or the total amount of Monthly Gross Revenue
collected from Players that month, per Tracker. In addition, this
information will be available to you online in real time, under
password protection, to view the daily number of new Players, number
of Real Money Players and/or Gross Revenue for the current and prior
calendar month.
4.2 Affiliate Fees. Depending on which payment plan you signed up
for (Gross Revenue Percentage Plan versus Per Sign Up Plan), you
will be paid, on a monthly calendar basis, according to the amounts
stated on the sign up form (as confirmed to you by E-mail).
4.3 Sub-Affiliate Fees. In addition to the above Affiliate Fee
for Players you refer, you will also receive twenty percent (20%) of
the monthly Affiliate Fees due and payable to your Sub-Affiliate(s)
for Players they refer.
4.4 Time of Payment. Affiliate Fees will be paid and sent out to
you within fifteen (15) days of the close of each calendar month,
except that, if the total amount due is less than $50, the balance
will be carried over and added to the next month's Affiliate Fees
until the total amount is more than $50. In the event, the balance
amount carried over does not total $50 within a consecutive three
(3) month period, then the amount due will be voided and cancelled,
and we may terminate this Agreement.
4.5 Holdover for Fraud Traffic. In the event Fraud Traffic on
your Trackers is abnormally high, or there is suspicious activity,
then we may delay payment to you for up to one hundred and eighty
(180) days to verify the transactions and to otherwise ensure that
such Fraud Traffic is identified, reversed and properly allocated to
your Affiliate Fees.
4.6 Method of Payment. All payments will be due and payable in
United States Dollars only. Payment will be made by check, wire or
any other method as we in our sole discretion decide; however we
will try to accommodate your preference for check, wire or PayPal.
Charges for wires or courier charges for checks will be covered by
you and deducted from your payment.
4.7 Player Tracking. You understand and agree that potential
Players must link through a Tracking URL or enter a Sign Up Bonus
Codes when they sign up in order for you (and Sub-Affiliates) to get
credit. In no event, are we liable for your failure to use the right
Trackers or for potential Players' failure to properly enter Sign Up
Bonus Codes. Further, you understand and agree that you will not
receive credit for Sub-Affiliates unless you expressly register them
under you.
4.8 Disputes. Deposit of payment check, acceptance of payment
transfer or acceptance of other payment will be deemed full and
final settlement of Affiliate Fees due for the month indicated.
Hence, if you disagree with the reports or amount payable, do NOT
accept payment for such amount and immediately send us written
notice of your dispute. Dispute notices must be received within
thirty (30) days of the end of each month for which payment is made,
or your right to dispute such report or payment will be deemed
waived.
4.9 Affiliate payments will be dispatched after the players are
verified by our alerts team.
5.1 Term and Termination. This Agreement will take effect when
you (or Sub-Affiliates) start promoting the Website. This Agreement
will be continuous until terminated pursuant to this Section 5.
5.2 Termination By You. You may terminate this Agreement, with or
without cause, immediately upon written notice to us. In addition,
you may cease marketing the Website any time you want.
5.3 Termination By Us. We may terminate this Agreement, with or
without cause, upon thirty (30) days written notice to you. Further,
we may terminate this Agreement immediately, without notice, in the
following events:
- You materially breach this Agreement and do not cure within
fifteen (15) days of notice to cure.
- The total cumulative balance of Affiliate Fees due to you is
less than $50 for three (3) consecutive months; and
- We determine, in our reasonable discretion, that you knowingly
benefited from Fraud Traffic as set forth in Section 2.8 herein.
5.4 Effect of Termination: The following will apply upon the
effective date of termination:
- You will cease promotional activity and all rights and
licenses given to you under this Agreement will terminate
immediately, except as expressly stated herein;
- You will return all confidential information and cease use of
any of our trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, banners
and other designations of PartyPoker.com;
- We may leave open, redirect or deactivate any Trackers in our
sole discretion without any obligation to pay you on new Players
who come in or would have come in on those Trackers;
- We will continue to pay you Affiliate Fees for all existing
Players who signed up through the effective date of termination
and on any Gross Revenue generated by these Players for as long as
they continue to play in accordance with this Agreement; however
if we suspect Fraud Traffic, we may withhold payments for up to
one hundred eighty (180) days, from the original due date, to
ensure that the payment is correct and that any fraud has been
reversed out; and
- In the event we determine, in our reasonable discretion, that
you knowingly participate in Fraud Traffic, as set forth in
Section 2.8 herein, we may in our sole discretion stop, cancel and
forfeit all your Affiliate Fees; and in such case, we do not give
up any other legal rights we have against you.
6.1 No Warranties. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SYSTEM, NETWORK,
SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE (OR THAT PROVIDED TO US BY THIRD PARTIES) WILL
BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR SUITABILITY OF OUR SYSTEM, NETWORK, SOFTWARE
OR HARDWARE (OR THAT PROVIDED TO US BY THIRD PARTIES). WE (OR OUR
PROVIDERS OR UNDERLYING VENDORS) ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
REDUNDANT SYSTEM(S), NETWORK, AND SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE.
6.2 Billing and Collection Limitations. We may in our sole
discretion, with or without notice, use any available means to block
or restrict certain Players, sign ups, deposits or play patterns so
as to reduce the number of fraudulent, unprofitable transactions or
for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to daily or
monthly purchase limits, address verification or negative and
positive credit card databases. We do not guarantee or warrant the
success of such fraud prevention efforts.
6.3 Liability Limitations. Our obligations under this Agreement
do not constitute personal obligations of the directors, officers,
employees or shareholders of PartyPoker.com. Any liability arising
under this Agreement will be satisfied solely from the revenues
generated hereunder. Our liability is limited to direct damages, and
in no event will we be liable for any indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive loss, injury or damage of any kind
(regardless of whether we have been advised of the possibility of
such loss).
6.4 Indemnification. You will defend, indemnify and hold us and
our officers, directors, employees and representative harmless from
and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and costs,
resulting from or arising from, your breach of this Agreement.
7.1 Independent Investigation. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ
THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF MARKETING PARTYPOKER.COM
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
7.2 Independent Research. You understand that gambling laws may
vary from city to city, state to state and country to country. YOU
HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE LAWS IN YOUR LOCALE WHICH APPLY TO
YOUR ACTIVITIES AND BELIEVE THAT YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR
Affiliate Program WITHOUT VIOLATING ANY APPLICABLE RULES OR
LAWS.
8.1 Notices. All notices pertaining to this Agreement will be
given by email as follows: to us at affiliates@partypoker.com
and, to you at address provided on the Affiliate Sign up Form (or as
subsequently updated by you to us in the event of change).
8.2 Relationship of Parties. There is no relationship of
exclusivity, partnership, joint venture, employment, agency or
franchise between you or us under this Agreement. Neither party has
the authority to bind the other nor to incur any obligation on the
other's behalf, except as expressly provided herein. Nothing in this
Agreement will be construed to provide any rights, remedies or
benefits to any person or entity not a party to this Agreement.
8.3 Non Exclusive. You understands that we may at any time
(directly or indirectly), enter into marketing terms with other
Affiliates on the same or different terms as those provided to you
herein and that such Affiliates may be similar, and even
competitive, to you. You understand that we may re direct traffic
and users from our site to any other website that we deem
appropriate in our sole discretion, without any additional
compensation to you.
8.4 Confidentiality and Non Disclosure. As a marketer of the
Website you will receive confidential information from us as to our
marketing plans, marketing concepts, structure and payments. This
information is confidential to us and constitutes our proprietary
trade secrets. Therefore, you will not disclose this information to
third parties without our express written consent.
8.5 Press. You may not issue any press release with respect to
this Agreement or your participation in this Affiliate Program
without our prior written consent.
8.6 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations
hereunder may not be assigned by you without our express written
consent.
8.7 Governing Law. The validity of this Agreement, its
construction, interpretation, and enforcement, and the rights of the
parties hereto will be determined under, governed by, and construed
in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
8.8 Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or breach of this Agreement, will be
settled by binding arbitration, and judgment on the award rendered
by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
There will be one arbitrator, mutually agreeable to you and us, or
if we/you cannot agree on an arbitrator, then one will be appointed
by a court of competent jurisdiction. The losing party will pay all
the expenses of the arbitration, including attorneys fees.
8.9 Force Majeure. The parties' obligations under this Agreement
are subject to and neither party will be liable for, failure to
perform, damage, or malfunction of any equipment, or any
consequences thereof occasioned by or due to fire, flood, water, the
elements, labor disputes, power failures, explosions, governmental
actions, unavailability of transportation, acts or omission of
third-parties, or any other causes beyond the party's reasonable
control.
8.10 Severability/Waiver. Whenever possible, each provision of
this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law but, if any provision of
this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent
of such invalidity, or unenforceability, without invalidating the
remainder of this Agreement or any provision hereof. No waiver will
be implied from conduct or failure to enforce any rights and must be
in writing to be effective.
8.11 Modification. We may modify any of the terms of this
Agreement at any time, in our sole discretion, by E-mailing you a
change notice or by posting the new Agreement on our Website. It is
your responsibility to visit this page at least once a month to make
sure you are up to date with the latest terms and conditions of our
Affiliate Program. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR
ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING POSTING OR NOTICE OF CHANGE
WILL BE DEEMED BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFICATION.
8.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the complete
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior
understandings or agreements between the parties, written or oral,
which may be related to the subject matter hereof. The headings in
this Agreement are for convenience only and will have no effect on
the construction of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHERE OF, you expressly agree to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement by submitting the Affiliate Sign Up
Form.
PartyPoker.com Modified September 12, 2002.
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