Document:

Exhibit 10.16

 

Operating Agreement

This Agreement contains the
complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual’s or entity’s
participation in the Amazon.com Associates Program (the “Program”). As used in
this Agreement, “we” means Amazon.com LLC, and “you” means the applicant.
“Site” means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either
to Amazon.com’s site, located at the URL www.amazon.com, or to any site that
you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your Program
application).

1.     Enrollment
in the Program

To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program application
via our site. We will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify
you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we
determine (in our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the
Program. Unsuitable sites include those that:

•      promote sexually explicit materials

•      promote violence

•      promote discrimination based on race, sex,
religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age

•      promote illegal activities

•      include “amazon” or variations or
misspellings thereof in their domain names

•      otherwise violate intellectual property
rights

If we reject your application, you are
welcome to reapply to the Program at any time. You should also note that if we
accept your application and your site is thereafter determined (in our sole
discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement.

2.     Links on
Your Site

Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the Program,
you may provide on your site one or more of the following types of links to our
site:

Product Links: You may select one or more
Products to list on your site. A “Product” is any product listed on our site,
excluding products (including, without limitation, wireless service plans
offered through our site) not sold and fulfilled by us, such as products sold
by third parties through our site that are found through our product search
feature (including, without limitation, through our “Auctions” or “zShops”
services or successors thereto or any “electronic storefronts” operated by
third-party merchants on our site). For each selected Product, you will display
on your site a short description, review, or other reference. You will be
responsible for the content, style, and placement of these references. You will
provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product reference on your
site to the corresponding Amazon.com online catalog entry. Each such link will
connect directly to a single item in our online catalog.

 

 

You may add or delete Products (and related
links) from your site at any time without our approval. Books (but not other
types of Products) that are individually listed and linked as described above
are referred to as “Individually Linked Books.” You may not use Special Links
to link to our site from references to products on your site that are not
“Products” as defined above.

Search Box Link: You may provide an
Amazon.com search box on your site that will permit your site visitors to link
directly to a page on our site that contains the results of their search
queries. We will provide you with technical specifications describing how to
include an Amazon.com search box on your site.

General Link to Amazon.com Home Page: You may
provide a general link on your site to our home page at http://www.amazon.com.

Amazon RecommendsTM Link: If your site
qualifies (as determined by us in our sole discretion), you may place an Amazon
Recommends link on your site to enable Amazon.com to serve recommended content
based on your site’s specialty or sales history directly to visitors to your
site.

We will provide you with guidelines and
graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. To permit accurate
tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special
“tagged” link formats to be used in all links between your site and our site.
You must ensure that each of the links between your site and our site properly
utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your site
pursuant to this Agreement and which properly utilize such special link formats
are referred to as “Special Links.” You will earn referral fees only with
respect to activity on our site occurring directly through Special Links; we
will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Special
Links, including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction of
amounts that would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.

You acknowledge that, by participating in the
Associates Program and placing any of the above links within your site,
Amazon.com may receive information from or about visitors to your site or
communications between your site and those visitors. Your participation in the
Amazon.com program constitutes your specific and unconditional consent to and
authorization for Amazon.com’s access to, receipt, storage, use, and disclosure
of any and all such information, consistent with the policies and procedures
set forth in Amazon.com’s Privacy Notice.

3.     Order
Processing

We will process Product orders placed by customers who follow Special Links
from your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject orders that do not
comply with any requirements that we may establish periodically. We will be
responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment. Among other

 

 

        things, we will prepare order forms, process payments,
cancellations, and returns, and handle customer service. We will track sales
made to customers who purchase Products by using Special Links from your site
to our site and will make available to you reports summarizing this sales
activity. The form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to
time in our discretion.

4.     Referral
Fees

We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 8 below) referral fees on
certain Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to
earn a referral fee, the customer must click-through a Special Link from your
site to our site, and add the Product to his or her shopping cart during a
session. The session ends upon one of the following events: (a) 24 hours
elapses from the customer’s initial click-through, (b) the customer orders the
Product, or (c) the customer follows a third party’s Special Link. We will only
pay referral fees on such Products after order, payment and shipping have
occurred.

We will not, however, pay referral fees on
any Products that are added to a customer’s Shopping Cart or are purchased via
our 1-ClickTM feature after the customer has reentered our site (other than
through a Special Link), as determined by us, even if the customer previously
followed a link from your site to our site, or for Products that are purchased
through any device (an “Internet Access Appliance”) that provides Internet
access but does not present our site, or permit users to access and interact
with our site, in the same manner as a desktop computer (e.g., mobile devices
such as cellular telephones or PDAs that may access only limited or modified
versions of our site). In addition, Products listed in our catalog or in search
results as “out of print” or “hard to find” are not eligible for any referral
fees. Gift certificates are not eligible to earn referral fees.

You may not purchase products during sessions
initiated through the links on your site for your own use, for resale or
commercial use of any kind. This includes orders for customers or on behalf of
customers or orders for products to be used by you or your friends, relatives,
or associates in any manner. Such purchases may result (in our sole discretion)
in the withholding of referral fees or the termination of this Agreement.
Products that are eligible to earn referral fees under the rules set forth
above are referred to as “Qualifying Products.”

In addition, you may not: (a) directly or
indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive
(including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or
granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site
to access our site (e.g., by implementing any “rewards” program for persons or
entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b) post any
Special Links on any Web site or other platform that is accessible through any
Internet Access Appliance; (c) read, intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or
fill in the contents of any electronic form or other materials submitted to us
by any person or entity; (d) in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute
the operation of any button, link, or other interactive feature of our site;
(e) make any orders or subscription requests, or

 

 

engage in other transactions of any kind on
our site on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist, or encourage any
other person or entity to do so; (f) take any action that could reasonably
cause any customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site
on which any functions or transactions (e.g., search, order, browse, and so on)
are occurring; or (g) post or serve any advertisements or promotional content
around or in conjunction with the display of our site (e.g., through any
“framing” technique or technology or pop-up windows), or assist, authorize, or
encourage any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole
discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities, we may
(without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any
referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate
this Agreement.

5.     Referral
Fee Schedule

You will earn referral fees based on Qualifying Revenues according to referral
fee schedules to be established by us. “Qualifying Revenues” are revenues
derived by us from our sales of Qualifying Products, excluding costs for
shipping, handling, gift-wrapping, taxes, service charges, credit card
processing fees, returns and bad debt. The current referral fee schedule is:

15% of Qualifying Revenues from the sale of
each Individually Linked Book that, on the date of order, is listed in our
catalog at 10% to 30% off the publisher’s list price and that is added to the
customer’s Shopping Cart directly from the first page that results from
following a Special Link to the Individually Linked Book.

5% of Qualifying Revenues from sales of all
other Qualifying Products (except as noted below), including:

•      Individually Linked Books that, on the
date of order, are listed in our catalog at the publisher’s list price (such as
special order books) or at a deep discount of more than 30% off the publisher’s
list price; e-books (in any format) and

•      Qualifying Products other than books
(e.g., CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, and so on).

However, referral fees for products other
than books, music, and videos are limited to a maximum of $10 per item,
regardless of the Qualifying Revenues derived from the sale of any such item.

You should note that only books can qualify
as “Individually Linked Books” and that the referral fee percentage for any
Qualifying Products other than books is 5% of Qualifying Revenues (up to a
maximum of $10 for products other than books, music, and videos), regardless of
whether such item is individually listed on your site.

 

 

6.     Referral
Fee Payment

We will pay you referral fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately 30 days
following the end of each calendar quarter, we will send you either (a) a check
for the referral fees earned, or (b) a gift certificate good for purchases of
Products through the Amazon.com site, subject to our standard terms and
conditions. You will choose your preferred payment method on your application.
However, if the referral fees payable to you for any calendar quarter are less
than $100, we will hold payment until the total amount due is at least $100 or
(if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. In calculating referral fees,
we will deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next quarterly payment
if a Product that generated a referral fee is returned by the customer. If
there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for the referral fee.

7.     Policies
and Pricing

Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be customers
of Amazon.com. Accordingly, all Amazon.com rules, policies, and operating
procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and product sales will
apply to those customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures
at any time. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for
products sold under this Program in accordance with our own pricing policies.
Product prices and availability may vary from time to time. Because price
changes may affect Products that you have listed on your site, prices may only
be shown when we serve those prices through our “Amazon Recommends” Service.
You may not otherwise include price information in your Product descriptions.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information,
but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.

8.     Identifying
Yourself as an Associate

You may not issue any press release with
respect to this Agreement or your participation in the Program; such action may
result in your termination from the Program. We will make available
to you a small graphic image that identifies your site as a Program
participant. You must display this logo or the phrase “In association with
Amazon.com” somewhere on your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of
this notice from time to time. In addition, you may not in any manner
misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and you, or express or
imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you or any other person or
entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including by expressing
or implying that Amazon.com supports, sponsors, endorses, or contributes money
to any charity or other cause).

9.     Limited
License

We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text
described in Section 10 and such other text or images for which we grant
express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a
Program participant and to assist in generating Product sales. You may not
modify the graphic image or text, or any other of our images, in any way. We
reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text, any other images, our
trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You
agree to follow our

 

 

 

        Trademark Guidelines, as those
guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license at any time
by giving you written notice.

10.   Responsibility
for Your Site

You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance
of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you
will be solely responsible for:

•      the technical operation of your site and
all related equipment

•      creating and posting Product descriptions
on your site and linking those descriptions to our catalog

•      the accuracy and appropriateness of
materials posted on your site (including, among other things, all
Product-related materials)

•      ensuring that materials posted on your
site do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including,
for example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other personal or proprietary
rights)

•      ensuring that materials posted on your site
are not libelous or otherwise illegal

•      ensuring that your site accurately and
adequately discloses, either through a privacy policy or otherwise, how you
collect, use, store, and disclose data collected from visitors, including,
where applicable, that third parties (including advertisers) may serve content
and/or advertisements and collect information directly from visitors and may
place or recognize cookies on visitors’ browsers.

We disclaim all liability for these matters.
Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) relating to the
development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.

11.   Term of the
Agreement

The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program
application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may
terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the
other party written notice of termination. Upon the termination of this
Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from
your site, all links to our site, and all Amazon.com trademarks, trade dress,
and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you
pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. You are eligible to earn
referral fees only on our sales of Qualifying Products that occur during the
term, and referral fees earned through the date of termination will remain
payable only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may
withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct
amount is paid.

12.   Modification

We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at
any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new
agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the
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        Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS
UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR
CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE
OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.

13.   Relationship
of Parties

You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will
create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to
make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make
any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would
contradict anything in this Section.

14.   Limitation
of Liability

We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any
loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or
the Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the
Program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under
this Agreement.

15.   Disclaimers

We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the
Program or any products sold through the Program (including, without
limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement, or any
implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade
usage). In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site
will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the
consequences of any interruptions or errors.

16.   Independent
Investigation

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY)
SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN
THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR
WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN
THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.

17.   Arbitration

Any dispute relating in any way to this Agreement (including any actual or
alleged breach hereof), any transactions or activities under this Agreement or
your relationship with us or any of our affiliates shall be submitted to
confidential arbitration in Seattle, Washington, except that, to the extent you
have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property
rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or
federal court in the state of Washington (and you consent to non-exclusive
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    and venue in such courts) or any other court
of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted
under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The
arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any
court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration
involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class
arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

18.   Miscellaneous

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state
of Washington, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. You may not
assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior
written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding
on, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable against the parties and their
respective successors and assigns. Our failure to enforce your strict
performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of
our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this
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  WHAT’S HERE?  The
  AllPosters.com Affiliates Program Operation Agreement  

  

 

	
  This
  Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an
  individual’s or entity’s participation in the AllPosters.com Affiliates
  Program (the “Program”).

  As used in this Agreement, “we” means AllPosters.com, and “you” means the
  applicant. “Website” means a World Wide Website and, depending on the
  context, refers either to AllPosters.com’s Website located at the URL
  http://www.allposters.com , or to the Website that you will link to our
  Website (and which you will identify in your Program application). 

  
	
  1. 

  	
  Enrollment In The Program 

  
	
   

  	
  To begin the enrollment
  process, you will submit a complete Program application via our Website. We
  will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify you of your
  acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we determine (at
  our sole discretion) that your Website is unsuitable for the Program.
  Unsuitable sites include those that:

  
	
   

  	
  Promote violence
Promote
  discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,

  sexual orientation, or age
Promote illegal
  activities
Include
  “allposters” or variations or misspellings thereof in their domain names
Otherwise
  violate intellectual property rights

  
	
   

  	
  If we reject your
  application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program at any time. You
  should also note that if we accept your application and your Website is
  thereafter determined (at our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program,
  we may terminate this Agreement.

  
	
  2. 

  	
  Links On Your Website 

  
	
   

  	
  Once you have been
  notified that your Website has been accepted into the Program, you may
  provide on your Website one or more of the following types of links to our
  Website: 

  
	
   

  	
  Product Links 
Category Links 

  

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  Search Box Link 
General Link To
  AllPosters.com Home Page 

  
	
   

  	
  We will provide you with
  guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. To
  permit accurate tracking, reporting, and commission fee accrual, we will
  provide you with special “tagged” link formats to be used in all links
  between your Website and our Website. You must ensure that each of the links
  between your Website and our Website properly utilizes such special link
  formats. Links to our Website placed on your Website pursuant to this
  Agreement and which properly utilize such special link formats are referred
  to as “Special Links.” You will only earn commission fees with respect to
  activity on our Website occurring directly through Special Links: we will not
  be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Special Links,
  including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction of
  amounts which would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement. You
  will, however, earn commission fees with respect to all product purchases on
  our Website once from that “tagged” link. 

  

  In addition, you may not:

  

  (a) Use all existing or future software products and services (including
  without limitation any computer programming code that is an add-on or bundled
  with any browser or other host application) that will replace, intercept,
  interfere, hinder, disrupt or otherwise alter in any manner the Web user’s
  access, view or usage of, or other aspect of the Web user’s experience at any
  AllPosters Affiliate Websites in a manner that causes or otherwise results in
  a different experience from what was otherwise intended by AllPosters
  Affiliates; 

  

  (b) Use all existing or future software products and services that will
  block, alter, direct, redirect, substitute, insert, append itself to, or
  otherwise intercept or interfere in any manner with any click through or
  other traffic-based transaction that originated from AllPosters Affiliates
  with the result of reducing any compensation or other payment earned by or
  owing to AllPosters Affiliates. 

  

  (c) In addition, you may not purchase, register, or bid any

  

 

 

 

	
   

  	
   keywords, search terms or other identifiers that include the
  word “allposters” or variations thereof (for example “allposter”, “all posters”,
  “allposters.com”, etc.) for use in any search engine, portal, sponsored
  advertising service or other search or referral service. If we determine, in
  our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing
  activities, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available
  to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under this
  Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement. 

  

  If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any of the
  foregoing activities, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies
  available to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under
  this Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement. 

   

  
	
  3. 

  	
  Order Processing 

   

  
	
   

  	
  We will process product
  orders placed by customers who follow special links from your Website to our
  Website. We reserve the right to reject orders that do not comply with any
  requirements that we periodically may establish. We will be responsible for
  all aspects of order processing and fulfillment. Among other things, we will
  prepare order forms; process payments, cancellations, and returns; and handle
  customer service. We will track sales made to customers who purchase products
  using special links from your Website to our Website and will make available
  to you reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content, and
  frequency of the reports may vary from time to time at our discretion. 

  
	
  4. 

  	
  Commission Fees 

  
	
   

  	
  We will pay you (in
  accordance with Sections 5 and 6 below) commission fees on certain Product
  sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to earn a
  commission fee, the customer must follow a Special Link from your Website to
  our Website, select and purchase the Product using our automated ordering
  system, accept delivery of the Product at the shipping destination, and remit
  full payment to us. 

  
	
  5. 

  	
  Commission Fee Schedule 

  
	
   

  	
  You will earn commission
  fees based on qualifying revenues according to commission fee schedules to be
  established by us. “Qualifying revenues” are revenues derived by us from our
  sales of qualifying products 

  

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  including posters, prints,
  photos, photo books, lobby cards, mounting and framing. “Qualifying revenues”
  do not include shipping & handling, gift-wrapping, taxes, and service
  charges. 

  

  AllPosters.com pays monthly commissions on a sliding scale. At the end of
  each month we will add all of your sales together for that month and arrive
  at your commission percentage for the month according to this commission fee
  schedule: 

  
	
   

  	
  Total Sales/Month 

  	
   

  	
  Commission Percentage 

  
	
  Less than $500 

  	
   

  	
  25% 

  
	
  $500 to $2000 

  	
   

  	
  26% 

  
	
  $2000 to $5000 

  	
   

  	
  27% 

  
	
  $5000 to $10,000 

  	
   

  	
  28% 

  
	
  $10,000 to $20,000 

  	
   

  	
  29% 

  
	
  $20,000 and up 

  	
   

  	
  30% 

  
	
   

  	
  Each
  time you refer a visitor to AllPosters.com and they complete a purchase, you earn
  commission on that sale. If the visitor does not purchase immediately, but
  comes back within 10 days and purchases, we still credit you with the sale.

  AllPosters.com will also
  pay you commission on sales made by all Websites you recruit to the AllPosters.com
  Affiliates Program. To qualify, the Websites you recruit must reference your
  Account Number or Website ID when they fill out our Affiliates Program
  application. This reference can be made manually whereby the applicant enters
  your Account Number or Website ID into the field marked “Referrer Account
  Number or Website ID” on the Affiliates Application or automatically using
  our recruitment banners that contain special links.

  

  For each Website you recruit, you will earn: 

  
	
   

  	
  1. $2.00 when they
  establish a valid link to AllPosters.com

  2. $3.00 when they make their 1st sale

  3. $5.00 when they make their 2nd sale

  4. Plus 5% of every sale they make for life

  
	
   

  	
  Affiliates may not sign-up
  Websites owned by them or beneficially owned by them.

  Affiliates that sign-up
  for the AllPosters.com Affiliates Program must have a valid URL that they are
  responsible for.

  Affiliates may not
  directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or
  incentive to sign up 

  

 

 

	
   

  	
  Websites to the
  AllPosters.com Affiliates Program.

  If we determine, at our
  sole discretion, that you are abusing the system in the manner stated above,
  we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us)
  withdraw your participation and withhold any commission fees payable to you
  for Websites you recruit. 

  
	
  6. 

  	
  Commission Fee Payment 

  
	
   

  	
  We will pay you commission
  fees on a monthly basis. 30 days following the end of each calendar month, we
  will send you a check for the commission fees earned on your sales of
  Qualifying Products that were sold during that month, less any taxes that we
  are required by law to withhold. However, if the commission fees payable to
  you for any month are less than $20.00, we will hold those commission fees
  until the total amount due is at least $20.00 or (if earlier) until this
  Agreement is terminated. If a Product that generated a commission fee is
  returned by the customer, we will deduct the corresponding commission fee
  from your next monthly payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will
  send you a bill for the commission fee. 

  

  
	
  7. 

  	
  Policies And Pricing 

  
	
   

  	
  Customers who buy products
  through this Program will be deemed to be customers of AllPosters.com.
  Accordingly, all of AllPosters.com’s rules, policies, and operating
  procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and product sales
  will apply to those customers. We may change our policies and operating
  procedures at any time. For example, we will determine the prices to be
  charged for products sold under this Program in accordance with our own
  pricing policies. Product prices and availability may vary from time to time.
  Because price changes may affect products that you already have listed on
  your Website, you may not include price information in your product
  descriptions. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate
  information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any
  particular product. 

  
	
  8. 

  	
  Identifying Yourself As An
  Affiliate 

  We will make available to
  you a small graphic image that identifies your Website as a Program
  participant. You must display this logo or the phrase “In affiliation with
  AllPosters.com” somewhere on your Website. We may

  

 

 

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  modify the text or graphic
  image of this notice from time to time. In addition, we encourage (but do not
  require) you to include a Special Link on your Website to the AllPosters.com
  home page at http://www.allposters.com .

  

  You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement or your
  participation in the Program without our prior written consent, which may be
  given or withheld in our sole discretion. Please review our Rules
  Regarding Affiliate Communications and Promotion. In addition, you may
  not in any manner misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and
  you, or express or imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you
  or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement
  (including by expressing or implying that AllPosters.com supports, sponsors,
  endorses or contributes money to any charity or other cause). 

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9. 

  	
  Limited License 

  
	
   

  	
  We grant you a
  nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text described in
  Section 8 and such other images for which we grant express permission, solely
  for the purpose of identifying your Website as a Program participant and to
  assist in generating product sales. You may not modify the graphic image or
  text, or any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our rights in
  the graphic image and text, any other images, our trade names and trademarks,
  and all other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark
  Guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may
  revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice. 

  

  In addition, we grant you a nonexclusive, worldwide right to reproduce and
  use all graphic images and other materials provided to you, solely for the
  purpose of creating Links connecting your Website to the AllPosters.com
  Website and promoting Products for sale. These product images must be served
  by AllPosters.com’s Website and cannot be used in any form other than the
  form provided by AllPosters.com. 

  
	
  10. 

  	
  Responsibility For Your
  Website 

  
	
   

  	
  You will be solely
  responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your Website
  and for all materials that appear on your Website. For example, you 

  

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  will be solely responsible
  for: 

   

  
	
   

  	
  The technical
  operation of your Website and all related equipment

  
Creating and
  posting Product descriptions on your Website and linking those descriptions

  to our catalog 

  
The accuracy and
  appropriateness of materials posted on your Website (including, among

  other things, all Product-related materials)

  
Ensuring that
  materials posted on your Website do not violate or infringe upon the rights

  of any third party (including, for example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy,
  or other

  personal or proprietary rights)

  
Ensuring that
  materials posted on your Website are not libelous or otherwise illegal

  
	
  11. 

  	
  Resale And Special
  Incentive Restrictions 

  
	
   

  	
  You may not purchase
  products during sessions initiated through the links on your Website for
  resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes orders for customers or
  on behalf of customers. Such purchases may result (in our sole discretion) in
  the withholding of commission fees or the termination of this Agreement.
  Products that are eligible to earn commission fees under the rules set forth
  above are referred to as “Qualifying Products.”

   

  In addition, you may not:
  (a) directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or
  incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money (including any
  rebate), or granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special
  Links on your Website to access our Website (e.g., by implementing any
  “rewards” program for persons or entities who use Special Links on your
  Website to access our Website). If we determine, in our sole discretion, that
  you have offered any person or entity any such consideration or incentive, we
  may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold
  any commission fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or
  terminate this Agreement. 

  

 

 

 

	
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  Term Of The Agreement 

  
	
   

  	
  The term of this Agreement
  will begin upon our acceptance of your Program Application and will end when
  terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at
  any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of
  termination. Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will
  immediately cease use of, and remove from your Website, all links to our
  Website, product images from our database, and all AllPosters.com trademarks,
  trade dress and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us
  to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. You are only
  eligible to earn commission fees on our sales of Qualifying Products
  occurring during the term, and commission fees earned through the date of
  termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not canceled
  or returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to
  ensure that the correct amount is paid. 

  
	
  13. 

  	
  Modification 

  
	
   

  	
  We may modify any of the
  terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole
  discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our Website.
  Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available
  commission fees, commission fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program
  rules. In the event of substantive changes to the terms of this agreement,
  you will be contacted by Email. Substantive changes include changes in the
  commission schedule, bonus rates for Websites you recruit, and commission
  rates for Websites you recruit. If any modification is unacceptable to you,
  your only recourse is to terminate this agreement. Your continued
  participation in the program following our posting of a change notice or new
  agreement on our Website will constitute binding acceptance of the change. 

  
	
  14. 

  	
  Relationship Of Parties 

  
	
   

  	
  You and we are independent
  contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint
  venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship
  between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers
  or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on
  your Website or otherwise, that reasonably would 

  

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  contradict anything in
  this Section. 

   

  
	
  15. 

  	
  Limitation Of Liability 

  
	
   

  	
  We will not be liable for
  indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits,
  or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even if we
  have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate
  liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not
  exceed the total commission fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.

   

  You hereby agree to
  indemnify and hold harmless AllPosters.com and its subsidiaries and
  affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders,
  partners, members, and other owners, against any and all claims, actions,
  demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and
  expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (any or all of the foregoing
  hereinafter referred to as “Losses”) insofar as such Losses (or actions in
  respect thereof) arise out of or are based on (a) any claim that our use of
  the Affiliates Trademarks infringes on any trademark, trade name, service
  mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right
  of any third party, (b) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty
  or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, or (c) any claim
  related to your Website, including, without limitation, content therein not
  attributable to us. 

  
	
  16. 

  	
  Disclaimers 

  
	
   

  	
  We make no express or
  implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any
  products sold through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties
  of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement, or any implied warranties
  arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In
  addition, we make no representation that the operation of our Website will be
  uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences
  of any interruptions or errors. 

  
	
  17. 

  	
  Independent Investigation 

  
	
   

  	
  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
  HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU
  UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS
  

  

 

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER
  FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEBSITES THAT ARE SIMILAR
  TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEBSITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE
  DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
  REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
  AGREEMENT. 

  
	
  18. 

  	
  Miscellaneous 

  
	
   

  	
  This Agreement will be
  governed by the laws of the United States and the state of California,
  without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to
  this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located in San
  Francisco, California, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of
  such courts. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise,
  without our prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this
  Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable
  against the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Our failure
  to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will
  not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision
  or any other provision of this Agreement. 

  
	
   

  	
  Rules Regarding Affiliates
  Communications And Promotion 

  
	
   

  	
  The following rules apply
  to any press release or other communication that you may want to issue in
  connection with your participation in the AllPosters.com Affiliates Program,
  as well as to any other promotion of your Website. 

  
	
   

  	
  Press Releases And Other
  Communications (Including All Communications On Your Website Or Via Other
  Media) 

   

  
	
   

  	
  A. Any communication must
  accurately identify that you are participating in the

  “AllPosters.com Affiliates Program.”

   

  B. Any communication must
  clearly and accurately describe the nature of your

  participation in the AllPosters.com Affiliates Program: your communication

  must not create confusion or misrepresent the nature of 

  

 

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  your or any other

  participant’s participation in the AllPosters.com Affiliates’ Program.

   

  You may, without our prior
  consent, say the following in any communication: that you have become an
  AllPosters.com Affiliate, and/or that you have joined or become a member of
  the AllPosters.com Affiliates Program.

   

  You must obtain our prior
  written consent to use any other description of your participation in the
  AllPosters.com Affiliates Program or of the program itself, which we may give
  or withhold at our sole discretion. If you seek such consent, please submit
  the entirety of your proposed press release to us by Email at affiliates@allposters.com
  for review. 

  
	
   

  	
  Other Website Promotion 

  
	
   

  	
  A. To protect the
  integrity of the reputation of AllPosters.com Affiliates as well as the

  AllPosters.com brand name, you may not promote your Website via certain forms
  of

  indiscriminate advertising, commonly referred to as “spamming.” Accordingly,
  you

  may not promote your Website via postings to non-commercial newsgroups or
  cross—

  postings to multiple newsgroups at once.

   

  B. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, you may promote your Website via mailings to recipients

  who are already customers or subscribers to your Website’s services, provided
  that the

  recipients have the option to remove themselves from future mailings.
  Further,

  you may promote your Website via newsgroup postings to newsgroups that
  specifically

  welcome commercial messages (when in doubt, consult the newsgroup FAQ or

  moderators to be sure that such a message is acceptable in that newsgroup).

   

  C. In all promotion, you
  must clearly represent yourself and your Website as entities

  independent from AllPosters.com, AllPosters.com’s affiliated companies, the

  AllPosters.com Website, and any of AllPosters.com’s 

  

 

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  affiliated companies’
  Websites.

   

  D. Generally, in any forum
  or media, you must honor the advertising practices and

  restrictions that are commonly considered acceptable by its readers.

   

  AllPosters.com, Inc.,
  reserves the right at its sole discretion to modify the foregoing rules at
  any time. AllPosters.com, Inc., reserves the right to take action against any
  person or entity that does not conform to these rules.

  
	
   

  	
  Guidelines For Using The
  AllPosters.comTM Trademark

   

  These guidelines apply to
  your use of AllPosters.comTM (The “Trademark”) in materials which have been
  approved in advance by AllPosters.com, Inc. 

  
	
   

  	
  1.     You
  may use the Trademark solely for the purpose authorized by AllPosters.com,
  Inc.

  2.     You
  may not alter the Trademark in any manner. For example, you may not change
  the proportion, color, or font of the Trademark.

  3.     You
  may not display the Trademark in any manner that implies sponsorship,
  endorsement by AllPosters.com, Inc. outside of your involvement in the
  Affiliates Program.

  4.     You
  may not use the Trademark to disparage AllPosters.com, its products or
  services, or in a manner which, in AllPosters.com, Inc.’s reasonable
  judgement, may diminish or otherwise damage AllPosters.com, Inc.’s goodwill
  in the Trademark.

  5.     The
  Trademark must appear by itself, with reasonable spacing (at least the height
  of the Trademark) between each side of the Trademark and other graphic or
  textual elements.

  6.     You
  acknowledge that all rights to the Trademark are the exclusive property of
  AllPosters.com, Inc., and all goodwill generated through your use of the
  Trademark will inure to the benefit of AllPosters.com, Inc. 

  
	
   

  	
  AllPosters.com, Inc.
  reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify these guidelines at any
  time.

   

  

 

 

 

 

	
   

  	
  AllPosters.com, Inc.
  reserves the right to take action against any use that does not conform to
  these guidelines.

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