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master agreement for Widerview Affiliates

This Master Agreement ("Agreement") is made between Widerview inc. ("Merchant") and the Affiliate Site ("Partner").

BACKGROUND

Partner and Merchant each desire to establish the general terms and conditions which shall govern advertising and commission arrangements between Partner and Merchant which result from their participation in The Widerview Village Affiliate Program.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In consideration of the promises set forth below, we agree as follows:

1. Offers and Engagements

1.1. From time to time, Merchant may post on the Widerview Village Affiliate Page offers to pay to participants a specified commission in return for certain advertising services leading to a Qualifying Link (defined below). If such offers receive an approval to join the program and a unique affiliate link from Widerview inc. they shall be deemed to be an "Offer" for purposes of this Agreement. The term "Offer" shall also include any counter-offers resulting from an Offer.

1.2. If an Offer made by one party is accepted by the other party in accordance with the Offer's terms via The Widerview Village Affiliate Program, an "Engagement" will have been formed. Each Engagement shall have the same unique affiliate link as the original Offer that lead to the Engagement and shall be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. However, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the specific Engagement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Engagement shall govern.

1.3. At any time prior to Partner providing a unique affiliate link, Widerview inc. may with or without notice (a) change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of an Offer or an Engagement or (b) remove, alter, or modify any graphic or banner ad submitted by Widerview inc. for an Offer or an Engagement. Affiliate Partner agrees to promptly implement any request from Widerview inc. to remove, alter or modify any graphic or banner ad submitted by Widerview inc. that is being used by Affiliate Partner as part of an Engagement.

2. Affiliate Partner's Responsibilities

2.1. Affiliate Partner will link its site to areas within Widerview inc. site, http://www.widerview.com, using special URLs specified in the Engagement (the "Required URLs"). Affiliate Partner may post as many links to the Required URLs and the rest of Widerview inc.'s site as it likes on Affiliate Partner's site. The position, prominence and nature of links on the Affiliate Partner's site shall comply with any requirements specified in the Engagement, but otherwise will be in the discretion of Affiliate Partner.

2.2. Affiliate Partner agrees not to make any representations, warranties or other statements concerning Widerview inc., Widerview inc.'s site (widerview.com), any of Widerview inc.'s products or services, or Widerview inc.'s site policies, except as expressly authorized by the Engagement.

2.3. Affilate Partner is responsible for notifying Widerview inc. of any malfunctioning of the Required URLs or other problems with Affiliate Partner's participation in the Engagement. Widerview inc. will respond promptly to all concerns upon notification by Affiliate Partner.

3. Commissions

3.1. Widerview inc. agrees to pay Affiliate Partner the 5% commission specified in the Engagement if Widerview inc. sells to a visitor to Widerview inc.'s site (a "Customer") a product that is the subject of the Engagement and if that Customer has accessed Widerview inc.'s site and purchased the product or service via a Qualifying Link. Sales commission will not be paid if the credit card used is invalid or if the product is not shipped to the customer. Widerview inc. will notify Affiliate Partner when a sale is not finalized or has been canceled by Widerview inc.

3.2. A "Qualifying Link" is a unique affiliate link from Affiliate Partner's site to Widerview inc.'s site (widerview.com) using one of the Required URLs or any other URL provided by Widerview inc. for use by Widerview Village Affiliates; if it is the last link to Widerview inc.'s site that the Customer uses during a Session where a sale of a product to Customer occurs. A "Session" is the period of time beginning from a Customer's initial contact with Widerview inc.'s site via a link from the Affiliate Partner's site and terminating when the Customer either returns to the Widerview inc.'s site via a link from a site other than Partner's site or the Engagement expires or is terminated. 7 days are allowed for online purchases made after the initial click through from the Affiliate Partner's site. After the 7 days have expired, sales will not receive commission unless another click through is made by the customer and a new 7 day period begins.

3.3. Widerview inc. shall have the sole right and responsibility for processing all orders made by Customers. Affiliate Partner acknowledges that all agreements relating to sales to Customers shall be between Widerview inc. and the Customer.

3.4. All determinations of what constitutes a unique affiliate link and whether a commission is payable will be made by Widerview inc.; and will be final and binding on both Widerview inc. and Affiliate Partner. Prices for the products will be set solely by Widerview inc. in its discretion.

4. Ownership and Licenses

4.1. Each party owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in its names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights and proprietary technology, including, without limitation, those names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights and proprietary technology currently used or which may be developed and/or used by it in the future.

4.2. Widerview inc. grants Affiliate Partner a revocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce and transmit the name, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and proprietary technology, as designated in the Engagement or during the registration process in The Widerview Village Affiliate Program, on Affiliate Partner's site solely for the purpose of creating links from Affiliate Partner's site to Widerview inc.'s site during Engagements. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or permitted by applicable law, Affiliate Partner may not copy, distribute, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the same. Affiliate Partner may not sublicense, assign or transfer any such licenses for the use of the same, and any attempt at such sublicense, assignment or transfer is void.

4.3 Termination

5. Either party may terminate any Engagement at any time by deleting their acceptance of the Engagement by emailing the other party with a request for termination. Termination of an Engagement shall not terminate this Agreement or any other Engagement.

5.1. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, for any reason, provided that they provide at least five day's prior written EMAIL notice of such termination to the other party and Widerview inc.. Termination of this Agreement shall also terminate any outstanding Engagements. However, all rights to payment, causes of action and any provisions which by their terms are intended to survive termination, shall survive termination of this Agreement.

6. Representations

6.1. Each party represents to the other that (a) it has the authority to enter into this Agreement and sufficient rights to grant any licenses granted hereby, and (b) any material which is provided to the other party and displayed on the other party's site will not (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (iii) be defamatory or libelous; (iv) be lewd, pornographic or obscene; (v) violate any laws regarding unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising; (vi) promote violence or contain hate speech; or (vii) contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines.

6.2. 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.

7. Cross-Indemnification

7.1. Each party hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other party and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by a third party, arising out of a breach, or alleged breach, of any of its representations or obligations herein.

8. Widerview inc. Required Provisions

8.1. Widerview inc. and Affiliate Partner jointly and severally hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Widerview Village Affiliate Program; and Widerview inc. and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, "Widerview") from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to any Offer, Engagement, any other matter related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof any dispute relating thereto.

8.2. The parties agree that Widerview inc. may rely on any data, notice, instruction or request furnished to Widerview inc. by either party which is reasonably believed by Widerview inc. to be genuine and to have been sent or presented by a person reasonably believed by Widerview inc. to be authorized to act on behalf of one of the parties. In the event of any dispute between the parties, the parties agree that to the extent the parties contact and involve Widerview inc., Widerview inc. may consult with and use counsel of its own choice in connection with such dispute and the reasonable fees and disbursements of Widerview inc.'s counsel shall be within the costs and disbursements covered by the indemnity specified in Section 8.1 above.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1. In no event shall either party be liable to the other party for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or incidental damages, even if informed of the possibility of such damages.

9.2. The parties agree that The Widerview Village Affiliate Program; and Widerview inc. and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents shall not be liable to either party for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or incidental damages, even if informed of the possibility of such damages.

10. General

10.1. Each party shall act as an independent contractor and shall have no authority to obligate or bind the other in any respect.

10.3. This Agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Widerview inc.'s headquarters. Any action to enforce this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in that state. If you need to send official correspondence, send it via registered mail to Widerview inc.'s headquarters to the attention of Widerview inc.'s legal department.

10.4. This Agreement may be agreed to in more than one counterpart, each of which together shall form one and the same instrument. The parties agree that execution may be achieved in any format convenient to the parties.

10.5. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.

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