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Amended: 10 August 2007

Introduction

In  this Service  Agreement (“Agreement”), “you” and “your” refer to each  customer  (“Customer”) and “we”, “us” and “our” refer  to DotCooperation LLC or  DotCoop (“Sponsor”). This  Agreement, including the  .coop  Charter  (Attachment A)  that is  incorporated into this Agreement,  explains  our obligations to  you and your obligations to  us in  relation to  your use of  our services.

Eligibility / Privacy

As further consideration for  the Sponsor service(s),  you agree to:

1. provide certain current, complete and accurate information about you as required by the application process;
2. meet all eligibility requirements mandated by Sponsor for registration of  a .coop name, as set forth in  Attachment  A hereto; and
3. maintain and update this information as needed to  keep it
current, complete and accurate.

We rely on  accurate  information provided by you to  send you important  information and notices regarding  your account and our services,  and to  monitor whether .coop names are being used appropriately. In  the event you are found not  to  be entitled to  register a .coop domain name for  failure to  meet Sponsor eligibility
requirements,  you acknowledge and agree that the domain name may not  be registered  (and, if already registered,  will  be withdrawn). You release  Sponsor from any and all liability stemming from withdrawal of any domain name. Withdrawn .coop names will  be returned to  the pool of  names available  for  registration.  Our  Privacy Policy located on  our Web site  at www.nic.coop/privacy.asp  and incorporated herein by reference sets  forth your and our rights and responsibilities with regard to  your personal information. We will  not  process the personal data
that we collect from you in  a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations described in  our privacy statement  and we will  take reasonable precautions to  protect your personal data from loss,  misuse and unauthorized access,  disclosure, alteration or  destruction. Subject to  the requirements of  our privacy statement,  in  order for  us to  comply the current rules and policies for  the domain name system,  you hereby grant to  Sponsor the right to  disclose to  third parties  through an interactive publicly accessible  registration database  the following mandatory information that you are required to  provide when registering  or  reserving  a domain name:

i.    the domain name(s) registered  by you;
ii.    your name and postal address;
iii.    the name(s), postal address(es),  e-mail  address(es),  voice telephone number and where available  the fax number(s) of  the technical and administrative contacts for  your domain name(s);
iv.    the Internet protocol numbers of  the primary nameserver  and secondary nameserver(s)  for  such domain name(s);
v.     the corresponding names of  those nameservers;
vi.    the original creation date of  the registration;
vii.    the expiration date of  the registration.

Applicable Policies

You  agree to  adhere to  the .coop policies set forth on  www.nic.coop, including but not  limited to  the requirement that third-and-higher-level domain names  within your second level domain may only be used internally by you (absent  a written license from Sponsor).

Modifications  to Agreement

Except as otherwise provided in  this Agreement,  you agree,  during the term of  this Agreement,  that we may:

1. revise  the terms and conditions of  this Agreement (and its
Attachment);
2. change the services  provided under this Agreement at any time.
Any such revision or  change will  be binding and effective  immediately upon posting of  the revised  Agreement or  change to  the service(s) on Sponsor Web sites,  or  upon notification to  you by email or  United States  mail. You  agree to  periodically review our Web sites,  including the current version of  this Agreement available  on  our Web sites,  to  be aware of  any such revisions.  If  you do  not  agree with any revision to the Agreement,  you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us with notice by e-mail  (support@nic.coop)  or  mail addressed as follows

Carolyn Hoover
Director ? DotCooperation LLC
1401  New York Avenue, NW,  Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

Notice of  your termination will  be effective  on  receipt and processing by  us. Any fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us are  nonrefundable, but you will  not  incur any additional fees.  By continuing  to  use Sponsor services  after any revision to  this Agreement or  change  in  service(s),  you agree to  abide by and be bound by any such revisions  or  changes. We are not  bound by nor  should you rely on  any  representation by any agent, representative  or  employee of  any third  party that you may use to  apply for  our services.

Modifications  To Your  Account

Modifications  to  your Account must be submitted and maintained through your .coop-accredited registrar.

Domain Name Dispute Policy Modifications

You  agree that we, in  our sole discretion, may modify our Dispute
Policy as found at www.nic.coop/dispute.asp. We will  post any such revised  policy on  our Web site  at least  thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes  effective.  You  agree that, by maintaining the reservation  or registration of  your domain name after modifications to  the Dispute Policy become  effective,  you have agreed to  these modifications. You acknowledge that if you do  not  agree to  any such modification, you
may terminate this Agreement.  We will  not  refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us.

Domain Name Disputes

You  agree that, if your use of  our domain name registration services  is challenged by a third party, you will  be subject to  the provisions
specified in  our Dispute Policy as found at www.nic.coop/dispute.asp or  as it  may be modified at the time of the dispute. You  agree that in  the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will  indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to  the terms and conditions set forth below in  this Agreement.  If  we are  notified that a complaint has been filed with a judicial or administrative  body regarding  your use of  our domain name registration services,  you agree not  to  make any changes to  your
domain name record without our prior approval.  We may not  allow you to  make changes to  such domain name record until

1. we are directed to  do  so by the judicial or  administrative body, or
2. we receive  notification by you and the other party contesting your registration and use of  our domain name registration services  that the dispute has been settled.

Furthermore,  you agree that if you are subject to  litigation regarding your registration and use of  our domain name registration services,  we may deposit control of  your domain name record into the registry  of
the judicial body by supplying a party with a registrar  certificate from us.

Notices  and Announcements

You  authorize us to  notify you as our customer of  information that is necessary for  maintenance of  your registration.  If  you do  not  wish to receive  bulk email notices or  announcements please  send us an email at support@nic.coop.

Limitation  of Liability

You  agree  that our entire liability, and your exclusive  remedy, with respect to  any Sponsor service(s) provided under this Agreement and/or  for  any breach of  this Agreement is  solely limited to  the amount you paid for  such service(s).  Sponsor and its contractors shall not  be liable for  any direct, indirect, incidental, special or  consequential damages  resulting from the use or  inability to  use any of  the Sponsor services  or  for  the cost of  procurement of  substitute  services.  Because some countries do  not  allow the exclusion or  limitation of  liability for consequential or  incidental damages, in  such states, our liability is limited to  the extent permitted by law. We disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from, but not  limited to:

1. loss or  liability resulting from access  delays or  access interruptions;
2. loss or  liability resulting from data non-delivery or  data mis- delivery;
3. loss or  liability resulting from acts of  God;
4. loss or  liability resulting from the unauthorized use or  misuse  of your Account Number  or  Password;
5. loss or  liability resulting from errors, omissions, or  misstatements in  any and all information or  service(s) provided under this Agreement;
6. loss or  liability relating to  the withdrawal of  your domain name for  failure to  meet our eligibility requirements;
7. loss or  liability resulting from the development or  interruption of your Web site;
8. loss or  liability that you may incur in  connection with our
processing of  your application for  our services,  our processing of any authorized modification to  your domain name record or  your agent's  failure to  pay any fees,  including the initial registration fee or  reregistration fee; or
9. loss or  liability as a result of  the application of  our Dispute Policy.

Indemnity

You  agree to  release,  indemnify, and hold Sponsor, in  our capacity as the registry,  and our contractors, agents,  employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates  and assigns,  harmless from all liabilities, claims,  damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, of  third parties  relating to  or  arising under this Agreement,  the Sponsor services  provided hereunder or your use of  the Sponsor services,  including without limitation infringement or  dilution by you, or  someone else  using our service(s) from your computer, of  any intellectual property or  other proprietary right of  any person or  entity, or  a violation of  any of  our operating rules or  policies relating to  the service(s) provided. When we are threatened  with suit or  sued by a third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to  indemnify us; your failure to  provide those assurances may be considered by us to  be a material  breach of  this Agreement.

Breach

You  agree that your failure to  abide by any provision of  this Agreement,  any Sponsor operating rule or  policy, or  your willful provision of  inaccurate or  unreliable information as part of  the application process, or  your failure to  update your information to  keep it current, complete or  accurate, or  your failure to  respond for  over fifteen (15) calendar days to  inquiries from us concerning the accuracy
of  the details associated  with your domain name registration may be considered by us to  be a material  breach and that we may provide a written notice, describing the breach, to  you. If  within ten (10) calendar days of  the date of  such notice, you fail to  provide evidence, which is  reasonably satisfactory  to  us, that you have not  breached your obligations under the Agreement,  then we may delete the registration or  reservation  of  your domain name and/or  terminate the other Sponsor service(s) you are using without further notice. We will
not  refund any fees paid by you if we terminate your Agreement due to your breach. Any such breach by you shall not  be deemed to  be excused  simply because we did  not  act earlier in  response to  that, or any other breach, by you.

Representations and Warranties

You  agree and warrant that:

i.    the information that you provide to  us during the application process to  register  your domain name or  to  apply for  other Sponsor service(s) is,  to  the best of  your knowledge and belief, accurate and complete, and that any future changes to  this information will  be provided to  us in  a timely manner according to  the modification procedures in  place at that time,
ii.    to  the best of  your knowledge and belief neither the registration
of  your domain name nor  the manner in  which you intend to  use (or  permit others to  use) such domain name will  directly or indirectly infringe the legal rights of  a third party or  contravene Sponsor policies,
iii.    you have all requisite power and authority to  execute this
Agreement and to  perform your obligations hereunder,
iv.    you have selected the necessary  security option(s) for  your domain name registration record,
v.     you are not  registering  the domain name for  an unlawful purpose,
vi.    you will  not  knowingly use the domain name in  violation of  any applicable laws or  regulations,  and
vii.    you are of  legal age to  enter into this Agreement.  You  agree that
your use of  our service(s) is  solely at your own risk.  You  agree that all of  our services  are provided on  an "as is,"  and "as available"  basis.

Disclaimer  of Warranties

WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM  ALL  WARRANTIES  OF  ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR  IMPLIED,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO THE  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES  OF MERCHANTABILITY,  FITNESS  FOR A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE AND  NON-INFRINGEMENT.  WE MAKE NO  WARRANTY THAT  OUR SERVICE(S)  WILL  MEET  YOUR REQUIREMENTS,  OR  THAT  THE SERVICE(S)  WILL  BE  UNINTERRUPTED,  TIMELY,  SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO  WE MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT  MAY BE  OBTAINED  FROM THE  USE OF  THE SERVICE(S)  OR  AS TO THE  ACCURACY OR  RELIABILITY  OF  ANY INFORMATION  OBTAINED  THROUGH OUR SERVICE.  YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT  ANY MATERIAL  AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR  OTHERWISE  OBTAINED  THROUGH THE  USE OF  OUR SERVICE  IS DONE AT  YOUR OWN DISCRETION  AND RISK AND THAT  YOU WILL  BE  SOLELY RESPONSIBLE  FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR  LOSS OF  DATA THAT RESULTS  FROM THE  DOWNLOAD OF  SUCH MATERIAL  AND/OR DATA.  WE MAKE NO  WARRANTY REGARDING  ANY GOODS OR SERVICES  PURCHASED OR  OBTAINED  THROUGH ANY OF  OUR SERVICES  OR  ANY TRANSACTIONS  ENTERED INTO  THROUGH SUCH SERVICES.  NO  ADVICE  OR  INFORMATION,  WHETHER
ORAL OR  WRITTEN,  OBTAINED  BY YOU FROM US SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT  EXPRESSLY  MADE HEREIN. TO THE
EXTENT JURISDICTIONS  DO  NOT  ALLOW THE  EXCLUSION  OF CERTAIN  WARRANTIES,  SOME OF  THE  ABOVE EXCLUSIONS  MAY NOT  APPLY TO YOU.

Severability

You  agree that the terms of  this Agreement are severable.  If  any term or  provision is  declared invalid or  unenforceable, that term or  provision will  be construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of  the parties,  and the remaining terms and provisions will  remain in  full  force and effect.

Entirety

You  agree that this Agreement,  the rules and policies publicly
published by us on  www.coop including but not  limited to  the Dispute Policy and the Privacy Policy are the complete and exclusive  agreement between you and us regarding  our services.  This  Agreement,  our currently published rules and policies, the Dispute Policy and the
Privacy Policy supersede all prior agreements  and understandings, whether established  by custom, practice, policy or  precedent.

Transfer  and Assignment
You  may transfer your domain name registration to  a third party of your choice, subject to  the eligibility procedures and conditions found at www.nic.coop, incorporated herein by reference.  Your assignee must independently apply for  registration of  this domain name, be found to  be eligible, and enter a registration contract with Sponsor. Your rights under this Agreement are not  assignable  and any attempt by your creditors to  obtain an interest  in  your rights under this Agreement,  whether by attachment, levy, garnishment or  otherwise, renders this Agreement voidable at our option.

Governing  Law

You  agree  that this Agreement and any disputes hereunder shall be governed in  all respects by and construed in  accordance with the laws of  the District of  Columbia, USA excluding  its conflict of  laws rules. Except for  disputes concerning or  arising from your use of  a domain name registered  with us, you and we each submit to  exclusive  subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and venue of  the District of Columbia. Only for  disputes concerning or  arising from your use of  a domain name registered  with us, you agree to  submit to  subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and venue of  the District of Columbia and the courts of  your domicile.

Agreement To Be Bound

By applying for  a Sponsor service(s) through our online application process or  by using the service(s) provided by Sponsor under this Agreement,  you acknowledge that you have read and agree to  be bound by all terms and conditions of  this Agreement and any pertinent rules or  policies that are or  may be published by Sponsor.

Attachment A  : .COOP  Charter

The  .coop TLD will  be established  to  serve the needs of  the international cooperative community (“Community”).  It  will  be managed in  accordance with the provisions of  this charter (“Charter”) and in  the interests  of  the Community.

1. For  the purposes of  this Charter,  a “cooperative” is  an organization  meeting the definition and committed to  the values and principles set forth in  the Statement on  the Co-operative Identity (see  http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html) adopted by the International Co-operative  Alliance (“ICA”),  as set forth below and as it  may be revised  from time to  time.
2. Sponsor’s policies may permit registration within the Community by the following:
a. members of  the National Cooperative  Business  Association
(NCBA)  if otherwise eligible;
b. members of  ICA,  if otherwise eligible;
c.  organizations formed as and/or  considered cooperatives under applicable local law;
d. associations  comprised of  cooperatives;
e.  organizations that are committed to  the seven cooperative principles;
f.  organizations that are majority controlled by cooperatives;
g.  entities whose operations are principally dedicated to serving  cooperatives;  and
h. for  no  more than 5000 registrants,  persons or  entities whose use of  a .coop domain name would, in  the opinion of the DCLLC Board, advance the interests  of  the cooperative sector in  general or  would assist  in  the development of cooperatives worldwide.
3. The  Sponsor may establish  stricter requirements for  registrants according to  the requirements of  policy-development set forth in the Sponsored TLD Agreement.
4. The  Sponsor will  promptly convey to  ICANN any modifications that may be made to  the definition of  “co-operative“ in  the ICA Statement of  Co-operative  Identity.

From Statement of  Co-operative  Identity Definition
Definition
A co-operative is  an autonomous association of  persons united voluntarily to  meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.
Values
Co-operatives  are based on  the values  of  self-help, self- responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In  the tradition of  their founders, co-operative members believe in  the ethical values  of  honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for  others.

Principles

The  co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives put their values  into practice.
1st Principle : Voluntary and Open Membership
Co-operatives  are voluntary organizations, open to  all persons able to  use their services  and willing to  accept the responsibilities of  membership, without gender, social, racial,  political, or religious  discrimination.
2nd Principle : Democratic Member  Control
Co-operatives  are democratic organizations controlled by their members,  who actively participate in  setting  their policies and making decisions. Men and women serving  as elected representatives  are accountable to  the membership. In  primary co-operatives  members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote), and co-operatives  at other levels are also organized in a democratic manner.
3rd Principle : Member  Economic Participation
Members  contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of  their co-operative.  At  least  part of  that capital is  usually the common property of  the co-operative.  Members  usually receive  limited compensation,  if any, on  capital subscribed as a condition of  membership. Members  allocate surpluses for  any or all of  the following purposes:  developing their co-operative, possibly by setting  up  reserves, part of  which at least  would be indivisible; benefiting members in  proportion to  their transactions with the co-operative;  and supporting other activities approved
by the membership.
4th Principle : Autonomy and Independence
Co-operatives  are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members.  If  they enter into agreements  with other organizations, including governments,  or  raise  capital from external sources, they do  so on  terms that ensure democratic control by their members  and maintain their co-operative autonomy.
5th Principle : Education, Training  and Information
Co-operatives  provide education and training for  their members, elected representatives,  managers,  and employees so they can contribute effectively to  the development of  their co-operatives. They  inform the general public - particularly young people and opinion leaders - about the nature and benefits of  co-operation.
6th Principle : Co-operation  Among Co-operatives
Co-operatives  serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co-operative movement by working together through local, national, regional, and international structures.
7th Principle: Concern  for Community
Co-operatives  work for  the sustainable  development of  their communities through policies approved by their members.