ADVERTISING REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.30
REDACTED
THIS
ADVERTISING REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 10th
day of December, 2007 (“Effective Date”) by and between MiniClip, a Company
registered in the United Kingdom with company number (04150754) whose registered
office is at 15 The Timber Yard, Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxx, X0 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
(“MC”), and GoFish Corporation a Nevada corporation with offices at 000 Xxxxxxx
Xx. 00xx
xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (“GF”, and collectively with MC,
“Parties”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
MC is the owner and operator of certain internet services and content areas
through the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx (together with any
other internet web sites or services owned or operated by MC during the Term
and
any replacement or successor URLs (“MC Site”);
WHEREAS,
GF is the owner and operator of certain internet advertising sales services
through its advertising network URL xxx.xxxxxx.xxx (together with any
replacement or successor URLs, (“GF Site”);
WHEREAS,
MC seeks to retain the services of GF
as the
exclusive
seller of “Advertising” (as defined in Schedule A) in the “Territory” (as
defined in Schedule B) on the MC Site and GF
desires to provide such Advertising services, all on the terms set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS,
in addition to this Agreement and as an inducement to the Parties to enter
into
this as a “Long Term Agreement” (as referenced in the Advertising Representation
Agreement dated August 14, 2007 as amended (such previously executed agreement
hereinafter the “Short Term Agreement”), the Parties have entered into a Stock
and Warrant Issuance Agreement dated 10 December 2007 (the “Equity Agreement”)
concurrently with this Agreement pursuant to which GF has issued the rights
to
certain equity securities of GF to MC.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants of this
Agreement, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree
as
follows:
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GRANT
OF PROMOTIONAL RIGHTS.
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1.1
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MC
hereby grants GF the exclusive right in the Territory to arrange,
negotiate and sell all Advertising in the Territory to be served
on the MC
Site on behalf of MC.
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1.2
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In
consideration for the grant herein, GF shall use its best efforts
sell
Advertising in the Territory on the MC Site to any third party in
the
Territory subject to MC’s standard advertising policy set out in Schedule
C.
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1.3
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As
its exclusive seller of Advertising in the Territory, MC agrees that,
on
receipt of an enquiry or request to advertise on the MC Site in the
Territory, MC will use its best efforts to forward all relevant
information related to such enquiry or request to GF promptly.
Additionally, both Parties agree to assign personnel as company contacts
to the other Party during the Term in accordance with the Personnel
Commitment terms of Schedule D.
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1.4 |
MC
agrees to inform any other third party seller of Advertising wishing
to
provide MC with services related to Advertising in the Territory
that GF
is MC’s exclusive seller of Advertising in the Territory.
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1.5
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MC
will display contact information for GF on the MC Site, in a form
and
manner as mutually acceptable to both MC and GF.
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1.6
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MC
hereby authorizes GF to designate itself as the primary sales
representative for Advertising on the MC Site in the
Territory.
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1.7
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Unless
specified otherwise herein, GF will be solely responsible for and
shall
pay all costs associated with the Advertising, which shall include,
but
shall not be limited to, sales and trafficking costs of the Advertising,
customer care, customer billing, collection of revenues and any and
all
other costs associated therewith including adserver fees arising
out of or
incurred in connection with advertising in the Territory.
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1.8
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GF
shall have no right or interest whatsoever in or to any of MC’s historic
or existing remnant advertising networks (which include but are not
limited to Xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Valueclick and Google adsense) and for
the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall operate or be
deemed
to operate to prevent MC from continuing to run its remnant advertising
networks in relation to any unsold inventory. GF shall have no right
or
claim to any revenue or proceeds from this remnant advertising which
shall
remain MC’s sole property. GF shall implement any MC remnant ad tags to
run on their ad server promptly when given them by MC and shall promptly
make any changes to such ad tags when notified by
MC.
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TERM
AND TERMINATION.
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2.1
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Term.
The initial term shall begin on the Effective Date and end on December
31,
2008 (“Initial Term”) unless terminated earlier in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 2. After the Initial Term, the Term may
automatically renew for successive twelve (12) month periods, unless
terminated by either party with 30 days’ notice prior to the end of the
Initial Term or any renewal term, or in accordance with the termination
provisions of Section 2 herein (“Subsequent Term”, and collectively with
the Initial Term, “Term”). Solely
during a Subsequent Term, if any, either party shall have the right
to
terminate for convenience upon three (3)
months written notice for any reason.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the three (3) month period
subsequent to MC’s written notice to exercise its right to terminate for
convenience in a Subsequent Term, if MC Revenue declines
by
****
or
more in any of the remaining months relative to the last full month
prior
to the notice of termination,
then MC will have the right to terminate
immediately.
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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2.2
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Material
Breach.
Either Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect if
the
other Party is in material breach of any covenant, representation,
or
warranty of (i) this Agreement or (ii) any current
and/or surviving obligations of the Short Term Agreement, including
the
timely fulfillment of revenue share payment obligations, and fails
to
cure
such material breach if capable of cure of (i) or (ii) in this Section
2.2
within thirty (30) days of receiving written notice setting out in
reasonable detail the facts surrounding the material breach from
the
non-breaching party and stating its intent to terminate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if GF is in material breach of its revenue share payment
obligations of Sections 3.2 and 3.3, GF shall cure such material
breach
within three (3) days of receiving written notice of such material
breach
from MC or,
absent a cure by GF,
MC
may terminate this agreement with immediate effect.
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2.3
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Bankruptcy.
Either Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by
serving
written notice to that effect, if: (i) the other Party files a petition
for bankruptcy or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (ii) a petition in
bankruptcy is filed against the other Party and such petition is
not
removed or resolved within thirty calendar days; (iii) the other
Party
makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or an arrangement
for
its creditors pursuant to bankruptcy law; (iv) the other Party
discontinues its business; (v) a receiver is appointed over all or
substantially all of the other Party’s assets or business; or (vi) the
other Party is dissolved or
liquidated.
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2.4
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Effect
of Termination.
Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, any provision which,
by
its nature or express terms should survive will survive termination
or
expiration, including Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 through 21 of
this
Agreement. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for whatever
reason, each Party will cease to use the other Party’s Confidential
Information and Marks and will destroy or return (at the option of
the
disclosing Party) any such Confidential Information and Marks to
the other
Party.
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COMPENSATION.
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3.1
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****
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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3.2
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Revenue
Share.
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3.2.1
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During
the Term, GF shall pay to MC an amount equal to **** of the actual
net
revenues
(the total Gross sales revenues only less payments for third party
“Rich
Media Advertising Serving Costs”, if any)
(“MC Revenue”) from
the proceeds of the sale of all Advertising sold directly by or through
GF
and served on the MC Site for each calendar month.“Rich
Media Advertising Serving Costs” is defined as “any ad serving payments
due by GF to Pointroll, Eyewonder, Eyeblaster, or any other similar
third
party service provider of delivery and measurement of non standard
banner
interactive advertising on MC excluding doubleclick’s ad serving
system.
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GF
will
continue to receive the revenue share outlined above for any sale of Advertising
made by GF that occurred during the term of the Agreement even if such
Advertising runs after the term of the Agreement has expired.
3.2.2
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If
XX xxxxx Advertising campaigns that run on the MC Site that link
to a
destination page on the GF Site, GF shall pay MC, in addition to
the fee
stated in Sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 above, an amount equal to ****
of the
actual total gross revenue (less third party costs, fees and commissions)
derived directly from the advertising that was sold and run on the
GF site
destination page of such linked Advertising (“MC Linked Revenue”). MC
Revenue, MC Custom Advertising Revenue and MC Linked Revenue are,
collectively, “MC Total Revenue”.
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3.3
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Payment
Terms.
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3.3.1
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GF
shall make, pay or procure the payment of any and all amounts payable
to
MC as described or set out in Section 3.2 to MC (or its nominee)
within
forty-five (45) days after
the end of the calendar month in which such advertising revenue was
booked, provided, that if, at any point during the Term, GF does
not
receive full or substantially all of any payment from an owing advertiser
because such advertiser is insolvent or a bona fide dispute regarding
payment arises (in a period not less than 120 days after the uncollected
advertising revenue was booked), GF may hold any uncollected revenue
amounts against any subsequent revenue share payments due to MC until
such
time as GF has recouped the revenue share amount it would have received
but for such uncollectible revenue
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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3.3.2
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GF shall at all times remain responsible and bear the liability for any and all risk associated with the collection of advertising revenue or any other circumstances arising out of GF’s obligations to collect revenue and make payments to MC. |
3.3.3
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Prior
to making the final payment to MC at the end of the Term, GF may
offset
this final payment with an amount equal
to any amount (if any) paid by
GF to MC above the amount due and payable to MC as its rightful share
of
the advertising revenue as determined by the terms of this
Agreement.
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3.3.4
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For
the avoidance of doubt revenue shall only be considered booked if
the
relevant Advertising has run on the MC Site, but irrespective of
whether
or not the revenue attributable to such Advertising
was collected by GF from the relevant advertisers or third
parties.
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3.3.5
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GF
shall be responsible for the collection of all monies arising out
of the
performance of its duties under this Agreement and MC shall not be
under
any obligation to take any steps to recover revenue due to GF. If
at
termination or expiration of this Agreement, MC has been paid any
amounts
of money totaling greater than its intended share
of the total
booked revenue
(including any amounts paid to MC as Advances) as specified herein,
it
shall promptly pay to GF an amount
equal to such overpayment.
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3.4
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Accounting
Statement.
GF shall provide MC
with a
monthly written statement setting out the actual number and sources
of
Advertising revenues collected by or payable to GF in connection
with this
Agreement, including but not limited to advertising rates, click
rates,
and effective CPM. Such statements shall be furnished to MC regardless
of
whether any Advertising sales were made during the applicable month.
MC
has the right to one (1) annual audit of GF’s financial records solely
with respect to Advertising sales made on behalf of the MC Site under
this
Agreement and such audit shall be upon thirty (30) days written notice
to
GF, during normal business hours and at MC’s sole expense. If any such
audit should reveal an underpayment in excess of ****percent
or more, GF shall pay to MC in addition to such deficiency, the actual
reasonable out of pocket expenses for such
audit.
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3.5
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Post
Term Commission.
Notwithstanding the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement
by
either party (save for any termination resulting from fraud or a
material
misrepresentation by GF), for a period of six (6) months following
the
date of expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, GF
shall be entitled to a **** share on all
Advertising revenue received from any advertiser that GF
made a bona fide in person pitch to in accordance with its standard
advertising sales practices for the purposes of selling Advertising,
or,
additionally, those customers that GF
sold Advertising during the Term, provided,
that the foregoing shall apply only
to
advertisers listed
on
any
monthly reports given to
MC
that were not MC advertisers
prior to the Effective
Date of the Short Term Agreement
(the “Post-Term Commission).
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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3.6
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****
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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****
****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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****
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IMPLEMENTATION.
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4.1
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The
Parties may mutually agree to take under review and implement all
reasonable recommendations regarding the format, style, presentation
and
content of the MC Site. Each Party shall use reasonable efforts to
provide
a contact for the other Party to communicate with 24 hours per day/7
days
per week access regarding any problems related to the serving and
display
of Advertising in the Territory. The contact should be technically
able to
fix any reported Advertising serving and display problems
promptly.
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4.2
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MC
shall implement GF’s advertising tags and allocate sufficient traffic in
the Territory to GF to run all Advertising up to a maximum of the
total
amount of traffic available in the Territory on the MC Site. Both
Parties
acknowledge and agree that time is of the essence regarding MC’s
development and implementation of the necessary advertising tags
and
creative work required for custom advertising solutions (e.g., front
page
takeovers, channel takeovers and advergames) on the MC Site with
respect
to Advertising. MC agrees to complete such development and implementation
as soon as commercially reasonable after receipt of the advertising
tags
by GF which shall be delivered error free in a commercially reasonable
time frame which is in advance of the date for the advertising to
run.
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****
Confidential Treatment Requested.
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4.3
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MC
and GF shall be liable to pay their own ad serving fees to any
ad server
company they use (such as Doubleclick or 27 Real Media). Furthermore,
to ensure that the MC Site is represented under GF’s name with any of the
third party traffic audience measurement and reporting services,
concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, MC shall, to
the extent
that MC’s ability to be recognized as the primary and independent party
for purposes of its own traffic reporting is not compromised,
and upon
notice of such ability in writing by the Media Metrix and Xxxxxxx
Net
Ratings reporting agencies, write letters to Media Metrix and
Xxxxxxx Net
Ratings (“Reporting Services”) attributing its traffic reach in the
Territory to GF, provided, that MC does not forfeit its right
to be
independently tracked and reported by said Reporting Services
in the
Territory and worldwide in the current categories that MC is
reported
under or any new ones that MC is able to be reported under in
the future.
The authority granted in this Section 4.3 or through any subsequently
signed document effectuating the assignment of traffic reach
to the
Reporting Services, shall be made from the Effective Date, if
possible,
but no later than five (5) business days from the receipt of
a letter from
them confirming that MC’s reporting will not be compromised as described
above in this 4.3, until thirty (30) days following the expiration
or
earlier termination of this Agreement. If the Reporting Services
do not
report MC numbers independently in the Territory and worldwide
in the
current categories that MC is reported under or any new ones
that MC is
able to be reported under in the future then MC may return the
numbers to
itself at any time by notifying the Reporting
Services.
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4.4
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GF
shall give MC access to the online real time revenue reports available
from GF’s third party advertising serving providers. GF shall not run
bonus impressions on the MC website without permission from MC. GF
shall
not offer or contract to any third party, as consideration for the
right
to sell advertising on third party sites, any discounts on pricing
for Advertising to run on MC Sites. GF shall supply online access
for MC
to access Comscore
Media Metrix reports.
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OTHER
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
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5.1
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GF
shall not be prohibited from directly selling other similar products
or
services to third parties, whether on the GF Site or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following restrictions shall apply
to
GF’s selling of similar products or services to third parties during
the
Term: (i) such sales transactions may not be derived using any MC
Confidential Information; and (ii) such sales transactions shall
not be
negotiated and executed as a bundle with sales of Advertising if
GF
executes such bundled sale in a way intended to advantage pricing
of
advertising for a third party or GF to the detriment of the prices
for
MC’s Advertising. GF shall notify MC of the details of any Advertising
bundled with ad sales for non-MC websites including the advertising
and
prices sold on the non MC sites so that MC is in a position to approve
it.
If GF runs any advertising campaigns on the GF Site that were previously
run on the MC Site, sold for the MC Site, or supposed to be running
on the
MC Site then MC shall receive payments as in Article 3 for that
advertising that runs on the GF Site. GF shall make available, upon
reasonable request from MC, any executed agreements with advertisers
relating to the sale of Advertising on the MC Site, including invoices
and
advertising contracts. GF,
including any employees or contractors,
shall not represent itself
to
be MC or any
subsidiary of MC, without the prior written consent of MC.
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5.2
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Non-Solicitation.
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5.2.1
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MC
agrees that, during the Term and for a period of twelve (12) months
thereafter, it will not solicit, engage, retain or employ, whether
directly or indirectly, for any purpose, any current employee of
GF. In
the event of a breach of this Section 5.2, MC acknowledges that it
would
be difficult and impractical to ascertain the damages to GF, and
therefore
agrees that it shall pay to GF as liquidated damages an amount equal
to
three hundred percent (300%) of the employee’s annual compensation
including salary, bonuses and commissions (or former annual compensation,
whichever is greater), which amount constitutes a fair and reasonable
estimate of those damages. MC waives any right to claim hereafter
that
such amount is not fair and reasonable under the circumstance.
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5.2.2
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GF
agrees that, during the Term and for a period of twelve (12) months
thereafter, it will not solicit, engage, retain or employ, whether
directly or indirectly, for any purpose, any current employee of
MC. In
the event of a breach of this Section 5.2, GF acknowledges that it
would
be difficult and impractical to ascertain the damages to MC, and
therefore
agrees that it shall pay to MC as liquidated damages an amount equal
to
three hundred percent (300%) of the employee’s annual compensation
including salary, bonuses and commissions (or former annual compensation,
whichever is greater), which amount constitutes a fair and reasonable
estimate of those damages. GF waives any right to claim hereafter
that
such amount is not fair and reasonable under the
circumstance.
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5.3
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Personnel.
GF reserves the right to determine which of its personnel, including
independent contractors will be assigned to sell Advertising under
this
Agreement, and to replace or reassign such personnel during the term
hereof.
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INDEMNIFICATION.
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6.1
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By
MC.
MC agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold GF, and its officers, directors,
agents, and employees (each an “GF Indemnified Party”), harmless against
all costs, expenses, and losses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs) incurred through or in connection with any claims of third
parties
against any GF Indemnified Party based on the content and operation
of the
MC Site, the
violation of any third-party intellectual property rights by any
content
or other materials displayed on the MC Site or any breach of any
representation or warranty made in this Agreement, provided, however,
that
GF: (i) promptly notifies MC in writing of the claim, except that
any
failure to provide this notice promptly only relieves MC of its
responsibility pursuant to this Section 6.1 to the extent its defense
is
materially prejudiced by the delay; (ii) grants MC sole control of
the
defense and/or settlement of the claim; and (iii) provides MC, at
MC’s
expense, with all assistance, information and authority reasonably
required for the defense and/or settlement
of
the claim, but in a manner consistent with GF’s respective confidentiality
obligations and preservation of attorney/client, work product, and
other
privileges.
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6.2
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By
GF.
GF agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold MC, and its officers, directors,
agents, and employees (each an “MC
Indemnified Party”), harmless against all costs, expenses, and losses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred through or in
connection with any claims of third parties against any MC Indemnified
Party based on the content and operation of the Advertising sold
by GF and
displayed on the MC Site, or the violation of any third-party intellectual
property rights by any content or other materials displayed on the
MC
Site, and any breach of any representation or warranty made in this
Agreement, provided, however, that MC: (i) promptly notifies GF in
writing
of the claim, except that any failure to provide this notice promptly
only
relieves GF of its responsibility pursuant to this Section 6.2 to
the
extent its defense is materially prejudiced by the delay; (ii) grants
GF
sole control of the defense and/or settlement of the claim; and (iii)
provides GF, at GF’s expense, with all assistance, information and
authority reasonably required for the defense and/or settlement of
the
claim, but in a manner consistent with MC’s respective confidentiality
obligations and preservation of attorney/client, work product, and
other
privileges.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS.
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7.1
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Marks.
The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) each party’s proprietary marks
and other intellectual property whether registered or unregistered
(“Marks”) are and shall remain the sole property of that party; (ii)
nothing in the Agreement shall convey to either party any right of
ownership in the other party’s marks; (iii) neither party shall now or in
the future contest the validity of the other party’s marks; and (iv)
neither party shall in any manner take any action that would impair
the
value of, or goodwill associated with, such marks.
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7.2
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License.
Each party hereby grants to the other party, during the Term, a
non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use that party’s Marks to the
extent reasonably necessary to perform its obligations under this
Agreement; provided, however, that use of a party’s Marks will be subject
to that party’s prior written approval.
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7.3
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Non-disparagement.
Each party agrees not to use the other party’s Marks in a manner that
disparages the other party or its products or services, or portrays
the
other party or its products or services in a false, competitively
adverse
or poor light or in any way damages or is likely to damage the good
will
of that party. Each party will comply with the other party’s requests as
to the use of the other party’s Marks and will avoid any action that
diminishes the value of such Marks. Either party’s unauthorized use of the
other’s Marks is strictly
prohibited.
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8
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.
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8.1
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Each
Party represents and warrants to the other that: (i) it has the authority
to enter into this Agreement and sufficient rights to grant any licenses
granted hereby, and (ii) the Marks do not and will not infringe on
any
third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other
proprietary rights.
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8.2
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MC
further represents and warrants that (i) the MC Site does not (1)
violate
any law or statute, or be defamatory or libelous; (2) violate any
laws
regarding unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising;
(3) contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots
or other
similar harmful or deleterious computer programming routines; or
(4)
contain, or contain links to, content promoting the use of illegal
substances; pornography; content promoting illegal activity, racism,
hate,
“spam,” mail fraud, pyramid schemes, or investment opportunities or advice
not permitted by law; or content that is libelous, defamatory, contrary
to
public policy, or otherwise unlawful, except that the foregoing
representation shall not apply to any third-party content on or within
the
MC Site, including but not limited to, user originated content forums
or
message boards on the MC Site; and (ii) it will not make any traffic
assignment request or similar application with any rating, reporting
or
similar audience measurement agency that purports to assign USA traffic
from MC Site to any third party during the Term. Upon any breach
by MC of
this Section 8.2, GF may immediately thereafter terminate this Agreement,
without notice to MC, and without any further obligation to MC other
than
to pay to MC any amount owing to it under this Agreement as of the
date of
such breach including any amounts that may be owed for advertising
that
was already run on the MC Site and advertising campaigns that may
have
already been sold which MC is obligated to
run.
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8.3
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Except
for the above representations, neither party makes any representations
or
warranties to the other party, including but not limited to, any
implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose
in
particular, and not by way of limitation, the parties specifically
disclaim any representation or warranty regarding: (i) the amount
of sales
revenue that may be generated during the Term; and (ii) any economic
or
other benefit that the parties might obtain through their participation
in
this Agreement.
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SITE
OPERATIONS.
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9.1
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Web
Site.
Subject to the specific terms of this Agreement, MC shall remain
solely
responsible for the operation of the MC Site, and GF will remain
solely
responsible for the sales and serving of the Advertising in the Territory.
Each Party acknowledges that the other’s web site may be subject to
temporary shutdowns due to causes beyond the operating Party’s reasonable
control. Furthermore, subject to the specific terms of this Agreement,
each Party retains sole right and control over the programming,
content and conduct of transactions over its respective site.
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9.2
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Redirection.
If MC redirects the domain pointer, Xxxxxxxx.xxx, to another URL,
transfers all or a part of the content on any MC Site to another
URL, or
otherwise directly or indirectly converts, transfers, replaces,
substitutes or migrates all or part of the MC Site to another URL,
such
other URL shall thereafter be included within the definition of Property
for purposes of this Agreement.
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RELATIONSHIP
OF PARTIES AND PRESS RELEASE.
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10.1
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The
relationship between MC and GF under this Agreement is that of independent
contractors and neither shall be, nor represent itself to be, the
joint
venture, franchiser, franchisee, partner, broker, employee, servant,
agent, or representative of the other for any purpose whatsoever.
No party
is granted any right or authority to assume or create any obligation
or
responsibility, express or implied, on behalf of, or in the name
of,
another party or to bind another in any matter or thing whatsoever.
The
Parties, upon prior written mutual agreement, may distribute a news
release or public announcement regarding the appointment made under
this
Agreement.
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CONFIDENTIALITY.
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11.1
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“Confidential
Information” shall mean any confidential technical data, trade secret,
know-how or other confidential information disclosed by any party
hereunder in writing, orally, or by drawing or other form and which
shall
be marked by the disclosing party as “Confidential” or
“Proprietary”.
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11.2
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information
which: (i) is known to the receiving party at the time of disclosure
or
becomes known to the receiving party without breach of this Agreement;
(ii) is or become publicly known through no wrongful act of the receiving
party or any subsidiary of the receiving party; (iii) is rightfully
received from a third party without restriction on disclosure; (iv)
is
independently developed by the receiving party or any of its subsidiary;
(v) is furnished to any third party by the disclosing party without
restriction on its disclosure; (vi) is approved for release upon
a prior
written consent of the disclosing party; or (vii) is disclosed pursuant
to
judicial order, requirement of a governmental agency or by operation
of
law.
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11.3
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The
receiving party agrees that it will not disclose any Confidential
Information to any third party and will not use Confidential Information
of the disclosing party for any purpose other than for the performance
of
the rights and obligations hereunder during the Term and for a period
of
five (5) years thereafter, without the prior written consent of the
disclosing party. The receiving party further agrees that Confidential
Information shall remain the sole property of the disclosing
party and that it will take all reasonable precautions to prevent
any
unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information by its employees.
No
license shall be granted by the disclosing party to the receiving
party
with respect to Confidential Information disclosed hereunder unless
otherwise expressly provided
herein.
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11.4
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Upon
the request of the disclosing party, the receiving party will promptly
return all Confidential Information furnished hereunder and all copies
thereof.
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11.5
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The
Parties agree that all publicity and public announcements concerning
the
formation and existence of this Agreement shall be jointly planned
and
coordinated by and among the Parties. Neither party shall disclose
any of
the specific terms of this Agreement to any third party without the
prior
written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be withheld
unreasonably. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party may disclose
information concerning this Agreement as required by the rules, orders,
regulations, subpoenas or directives of a court, government or
governmental agency, after giving prior notice to the other
party.
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11.6
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If
a party breaches any of its obligations with respect to confidentiality
and unauthorized use of Confidential Information hereunder, the non-
breaching party shall be entitled to equitable relief to protect
its
interest therein, including but not limited to injunctive relief,
as well
as money damages notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein.
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LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY.
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Except
with respect to liabilities arising out of a party’s (i) indemnification
obligations or (ii) confidentiality obligations, neither party will be liable
to
the other for any punitive, incidental, indirect, special, reliance or
consequential damages, including lost business, revenue, or anticipated profits,
whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise,
and whether or not the party was advised of the possibility of such damages;
provided however, that no such limitation of liability shall apply in the event
of willful misconduct and/or gross negligence. With the exception of (i) a
party’s indemnification obligations; or (ii) confidentiality obligations, each
party’s liability to the other party under this agreement for any and all
damages will not, in any event, exceed the fees owed or due to a claiming party
under this Agreement.
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NOTICE
AND PAYMENT.
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13.1
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Any
notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing
and
delivered personally to the other designated party at the above stated
address or mailed by certified, registered or express mail, return
receipt
requested or by Federal Express or by
email.
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13.2
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Either
party may change the address to which notice or payment is to be
sent by
written notice to the other under any provision of this
paragraph.
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JURISDICTION/DISPUTES.
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This
agreement and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with its
subject matter are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
England. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England have exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection
with this agreement.
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AGREEMENT
BINDING ON SUCCESSORS.
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The
provisions of the Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the Parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, successors and
assigns.
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ASSIGNABILITY.
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Neither
Party may assign this Agreement or the rights and obligations hereunder to
any
third party without the prior express written approval of the other Party;
provided that either Party may assign this Agreement without the consent of
the
other Party in the event of a sale, merger, consolidation or a sale of all
or
substantially all of the assets of such Party.
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WAIVER.
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No
waiver
by either Party of any default shall be deemed as a waiver of prior or
subsequent default of the same of other provisions of this
Agreement.
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SEVERABILITY
and COUNTERPARTS.
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18.1 |
If
any term, section, clause or provision hereof is held invalid
or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity
shall
not affect the validity or operation of any other term, section,
clause or
provision and such invalid term, section, clause or provision
shall be
deemed to be severed from the
Agreement.
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18.2 |
This
agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each
of which when
executed by one or more of the parties hereto shall constitute
an original
but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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FORCE
MAJEURE.
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Neither
Party will be liable for, or considered to be in breach of or default under
this
Agreement on account of any delay or failure to perform its obligations
hereunder (excluding payment obligations) due to causes beyond such Party’s
reasonable control.
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HEADINGS.
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The
headings in this Agreement are inserted only for the purpose of convenience
and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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INTEGRATION.
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21.1 |
This
Agreement and the Equity Agreement, including all exhibits to
each
agreement, constitutes the entire understanding of the Parties,
and
revokes and supersedes all prior agreements between the Parties
and is
intended as a final expression of their Agreement, except where
stated
otherwise in this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be modified
or
amended except in writing signed by the Parties hereto and specifically
referring to this Agreement. This Agreement shall take precedence
over any
other documents which may conflict with this
Agreement.
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21.2 |
Notwithstanding
the generality of clause 21.1, each of MC and GF acknowledge
that the
Short Term Agreement has expired in accordance with its terms
and the
commercial arrangement, amongst other things, contemplated by
the Short
Term Agreement is superseded and replaced (to the extent applicable)
by
this Agreement.
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21.3 |
Each
party acknowledges that the other party has fully satisfied any
and all of
its obligations arising under or in connection with the Short
Term
Agreement and confirms
that it has no claim outstanding against the other party and/or
its
shareholders, officers or employees in respect of any cause,
matter or
thing whatsoever of any kind (including but not limed to any
claim in
respect of breach of contract) and know of no grounds for such
a claim and
to the extent that any claim exists or may exist, each party
hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waives any such claim and releases
the
other and its shareholders, officers or employees from any liability
whatsoever. Further, each party undertakes that it will not institute
or
pursue any claim or proceedings against the other or against
any of its
shareholders, officers, employees or agents before any court
of arbiter in
connection with the Short Term
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby,
have
executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
“GF”
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MiniClip
“MC”
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
President
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Title:
CEO
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Schedule
A
The
term
“Advertising” as used in this agreement shall be defined as standard ad banners
such as 728 x 90’s, 300 x 250’s, homepage takeovers, game page takeovers and
advergames, which shall be defined as hardcoded advertisements in games that
are
placed on the MC website and/or custom made by MC for advertisers. Advertising
on the MC toons section, xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxx/xx/, does not include
game page 300 x 250’s and prerolls.
All
Advertising that is to be sold and/or run on the MC Site is subject to MC’s
approval and standard advertising policy (as detailed in Schedule C) which
may
be updated from time to time by MC. Any unapproved campaigns shall be removed
promptly upon notice by MC.
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Schedule
B
The
“Territory” is limited to the United States of America (“USA”); Advertising that
is directed to only USA based users on the MC Site.
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Schedule
C
Xxxxxxxx.xxx
Advertising policy.
Xxxxxxxx.xxx
has higher advertising standards than most websites including Yahoo and MSN.
Xxxxxxxx.xxx’s reputation for not running misleading, annoying or fraudulent
advertising helps Miniclip advertisers achieve higher click through rates and
conversions than on other websites.
In
general Xxxxxxxx.xxx does not run the following type of ads
which may damage the reputation of Xxxxxxxx.xxx and/or reduce click through
rates and conversions for the Xxxxxxxx.xxx website and its advertisers.
Xxxxxxxx.xxx always has the right of refusal of any advertiser for any reason
before and after any advertisements may be running on the Xxxxxxxx.xxx website.
Animation is limited to 15 seconds.
No
one including, but no limited to, ad agencies, ad servers or advertisers may
run
behavioral targeting without written permission of Miniclip Ltd. No one is
allowed to drop cookies used to track users on other websites or to serve ads
to
recognized Miniclip or Miniclip category users on other websites due to cookies
dropped on Xxxxxxxx.xxx.
Banned
ad types:
1.
Active
X ads or software installs.
2.
Adware
installs.
Example: xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx , xxx.xxxxxx.xxx , xxx.xxxxxx.xxx , xxx.xxxxx.xxx
screensaver ads such as xxx.xxxxxx.xxx
3.
Ads that annoy our users such as constantly flashing ads/moving
ads.
4.
Ads with a target to hit.
5.
Constantly moving or quickly moving Flash ads which degrade the performance
of
our games.
6.
Misleading or fraudulent ads such as ads that promise free gifts that are never
delivered or force users to fill out many forms after they are already entitled
to or promised the gift or the chance to win a free gift. Example:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx , xxx.xxxx.xxx
7.
Smoking.
8.
Alcohol.
9.
Casino ads (Custom rates must be applied for)
10.
Certain adult orientated ads.
11.
Ads that fail to display details of who is serving the ad. There must be
identification by the ad agency or at least the ad serving company for Miniclip
to know who is serving the ad.
12.
Ads that imply that Xxxxxxxx.xxx is serving the ad or that Xxxxxxxx.xxx may
be
the advertiser or is associated with the advertiser.
13.
Ads attempting to simulate the windows operating system to confuse the user
and
inflate click throughs.
14.
Mobile phone ads that attempt to sign up users to monthly payments.
15.
Ads that resemble Windows/Unix/Mac dialogue boxes.
16.
Ads that simulate interactivity.
17.
Ads that initiate downloads.
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Banned
Advertisers:
1.
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Advertisers
that use illegal, immoral or fraudulent methods to
advertise.
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Examples:
A.
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Using
pirated copyrighted material of other companies in their
advertising.
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B.
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Giving
away products of other companies without authorization agreements
from
those companies who own the products and
logos.
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2.
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Companies
we don’t consider to be legitimate
advertisers.
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3.
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Companies
that attempt to hide their identity by not disclosing prominently
on their
website or creative their company name, registered address, and contact
details.
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4.
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Websites
that open multiple pops when you click through or
exit.
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5.
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Competitors.
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List
of Advertisers not allowed to advertise on Xxxxxxxx.xxx:
****
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Confidential Treatment Requested.
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Schedule
D
Personnel
Commitments
GF
During
the Term, GF will provide a single point of contact for MC (the “GF Relationship
Manager”) who will be responsible for exercising the following responsibilities
The
GF
Relationship Manager will interface with the Relationship Manager to:
Develop
concepts for mutually satisfactory custom advertising solutions with respect
to
Advertising as sold by GF;
Function
as MC’s single point of contact to GF’s Advertising sales team and arrange
meetings between GF and MC for various subject matter related to the sales
and
implementation of Advertising, including but not limited to deal and sales
pipeline reviews and technical support issues.
Identify
areas of opportunity and growth for the sales of Advertising.
Arrange
for, approve, and execute any necessary GF tasks and resources, as applicable,
to provide for the integration and implementation of up to twelve (12) custom
advergames per calendar year.
MC
During
the Term, MC will provide a single point of contact, not including the President
or CDO, for GF (the “MC Relationship Manager”) that will:
Interface
with the GF Relationship Manager and GF sales team with regard to the sales
and
implementation of Advertising.
Arrange
for, approve, and execute any necessary MC tasks and resources, as applicable,
to provide for the development, integration and implementation of up to twelve
(12) custom advergames per calendar year if that many are sold.
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Schedule
E
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Confidential Treatment Requested.
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