Model Commission Agreement ("Agreement"). This Agreement sets forth the terms
and conditions under which Deviant Nation makes the Model Commission Program
("Model Program") available to you. By becoming a Deviant Nation Model and
using the Model Program you expressly agree to be bound by and follow all terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement. If you do not agree to be bound by
this Agreement, your sole recourse is not to participate in the Model Program.
Deviant Nation reserves the right to add, delete and/or modify any of the terms
and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in its sole
discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on the Deviant Nation
Web Site. In the event of substantive changes to the terms of this Agreement,
you may be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your
only recourse is to terminate this Agreement and your participation in the
Model Program. Your continued participation in the Model Program following
posting of a change notice or new agreement on the Deviant Nation Web Site will
constitute binding acceptance of the changes.
SECTION 1 - GENERAL RULES
1.1 The Deviant Nation Terms of Service and the Deviant Nation Privacy Policy
are incorporated herein by this reference. As an Model you will continue to be
bound by the Deviant Nation Terms of Service and the Deviant Nation Privacy
Policy.
1.2 To take advantage of the Model Program, you must be an existing Deviant
Nation model, regardless if you have any sets published on Deviant Nation.
SECTION 2 - DEFINED TERMS
2.1 References to “this Agreement” include incorporation of the following; (i)
this Model Commission Agreement, (ii) any additional or different terms
specifically applicable to membership in any Network.
2.2 The following terms have the meanings indicated: a. Link
includes: Any software, software code, programming or other technology or
method (or any combination of the foregoing) that (i) creates a hyperlink
between two Websites. b. Deviant Nation Network includes: Any Model
marketing network now or hereafter operated by Deviant Nation or by a corporate
Model of Deviant Nation, including the Model marketing networks that Deviant
Nation currently operates under any service names of Deviant Nation Network.
SECTION 3 – COMMISSION
3.1 Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive models . Models who wish to be
exclusive models of Deviant Nation will be granted a larger commission rate
than non-exclusive models. This commission will be agreed upon at the time the
model notifies Deviant Nation that they wish to be exclusive to Deviant
Nation’s website.
3.2 Termination of Exclusivity . Termination of exclusivity
will automatically convert your commissions to non-exclusive paid commission
rate listed below.
3.3 Multi-Month Subscriptions are defined as:
a. 3 Month Subscription ($23.99)
b. 6 Month Subscription ($35.99)
c. 12 Month Subscription ($59.99)
3.4 Multi-Month Subscriptions . You will receive
25% on the 1st time subscription when your web site visitor signs up via your
referral for a multi-month subscription. You will not receive Monthly
Commission as defined below on multi-month subscription packages because the
user is not on a monthly payment subscription. Multi-Month Subscriptions
commissions are defined as:
a. 3 Month Subscription ($23.99) = $6 Commission
b. 6 Month Subscription ($35.99) = $9 Commission
c. 12 Month Subscription ($59.99) = $15 Commission
3.5 Monthly Commission . You will receive 50% of
the members first month’s membership dues. After the first month, you will
receive 10% on the member’s monthly membership dues for as long as your
referred member remains a paying member of Deviant Nation. Monthly Subscription
commissions are defined as:
a. New Sign up one time payment ($9.99) = $5 Commission
b. Re-occurring monthly membership dues ($9.99) = $1 Commission x # of members
referred. (100 members referred = $100 a month in commission)
3.6 Referring Users . You will be able to have
users you refer enter in your username / model name as a referral on the signup
form. Once you have been approved by Deviant Nation as an Model, Deviant Nation
will send you a link to publish. You will begin receiving commission for
everyone who purchases Deviant Nation subscriptions through your referral.
3.7 Taxes
. You agree that you are responsible to pay all applicable taxes on commission
earned and to provide Deviant Nation with all the necessary information for IRS
purposes, either a Social Security number or Taxpayer id.
SECTION 4 - PAYMENT
4.1 Payment . Commission will be automatically calculated in
real time, and you can login to your account to check how much commission you
have earned. Deviant Nation will mail checks by the 15th working day of each
quarter, if the balance is equal to or greater than $100. If the balance is
less than $100, the balance will carry over to the next quarter until such time
that the balance is equal to or greater than $100. All amounts are stated in
and all payments will be made in US funds.
4.2 Current Information . You agree to keep payment address
and complete contact information, including telephone number and e-mail
address, up-to-date in your account profile If you fail to keep this
information current and complete you cannot hold Deviant Nation responsible for
late or misdirected payment of earned commission.
4.3 Charge Backs. If a purchase that generated a referral fee
is reversed (charged back) on the customer's credit card by the customer,
Deviant Nation will deduct the corresponding fee from your next payment.
SECTION 5 - ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS – YOUR OBLIGATIONS
5.1 Your commissions depend on your contribution to the website, and if at any
time you stop contributing to the community, this agreement may be terminated.
Activity is defined as:
a. Updating your journal and responding to member’s comments.
b. Participating in Deviant Nation’s forums by posting new threads or responding to existing threads.
c. Submitting your own new sets or shooting new sets with a Deviant Nation photographer.
SECTION 6 - CONFIDENTIALITY
6.1 Definition of Confidential Information . Confidential
Information means any information, technical data, or know-how, including but
not limited to, that which relates to research, product plans, products,
services, customers, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes,
designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing
or finances of the Deviant Nation, which all shall be deemed as Confidential
Information. Confidential Information does not include information,
technical data or know how which (i) is in the possession of the receiving
party at the time of disclosure as shown by the receiving party’s files and
records immediately prior to the time of disclosure, or (ii) prior to or after
the time of disclosure becomes part of the public knowledge or literature other
than as a result of any improper inaction or action of the Recipient or, (iii)
is approved by the Company, in writing, for release.
6.2 Nondisclosure of Confidential Information . The Recipient
agrees not to use any Confidential Information disclosed to it by the Company
for its own use of for any purpose other then to carry out discussions
concerning, and the undertaking of the Relationship. The Recipient will not
disclose any Confidential Information of the Company to parties outside the
Relationship or to employees of the Recipient other than employees or agents
under appropriate burden of confidentiality and who are required to have the
information in order to carry our the discussions regarding the Relationship.
The Recipient agrees that it will take all reasonable measures to protect the
secrecy of and avoid disclosure or use of Confidential Information of Deviant
Nation in order to prevent it from falling into the public domain or the
possession of persons other than those persons authorized under this Agreement
to have any such information. Such measures shall include the highest degree of
care that the receiving party utilizes to protect its own Confidential
Information of a similar nature. The Recipient agrees to notify the Company in
writing of any misuse or misappropriation of Confidential Information of the
disclosing party, which may come to the receiving party’s attention.
SECTION 7 - TERM AND TERMINATION
7.1 Term . The term of this Agreement will begin upon Deviant
Nation’s acceptance of your Model Program application and will end when
terminated by either party. When you resign from the site, this agreement will
terminate.
7.2 Termination . Either You or Deviant Nation, by giving the
other party notice, may, at any time and with or without cause, terminate this
Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement: (1)You shall no longer be
entitled to use any Network; (2) Licenses and rights granted to You hereunder
shall terminate; (3) You shall immediately return or destroy all confidential
information and trade secrets of Deviant Nation in the possession or control of
You or any of Your employees, representatives, or agents.
7.3 All rights or remedies arising out of a breach of any terms of this
Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Your participation
in any Network. Your representations and warranties in this Agreement shall
survive execution, delivery, acceptance, performance, expiration or termination
of this Agreement. In addition, the provisions of this Agreement which, by
their nature, should survive expiration or termination of this Agreement or
Your participation in any Agreement shall survive expiration or any termination
of this Agreement.
7.4 Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold
harmless Deviant Nation and the other Released Persons for and against any and
all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties,
interest, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) that directly or indirectly arise out of or are based on (i)
any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement made by
You in this Agreement or any Engagement, (ii) operation of any of Your Site(s),
(iii) any violation by You of any law, regulation or rule, (iv) Your use of any
Network, (v) any claim related to any of Your Site(s), Your acts or omissions,
Your participation in any Network or any Program, any Content, goods or
services offered, sold or otherwise made available by You to any person, or
Your acts or omissions in using, displaying or distributing any Links obtained
or formed through any Network, (vi) any claim that Deviant Nation is obligated
to pay tax obligations in connection with compensation paid to You pursuant to
any such pogrom, (vii) any violation or alleged violation by You of any rights
of another, including Your use of any Content, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrighted or patented material, or other intellectual property used in
connection with Your Site(s) or (viii) any claim of any violation by Deviant
Nation or any other Released Person of any law, rule or regulation that is a
direct or indirect result of Your use of any Network or the provision of
Deviant Nation gathering or storage of data or tracking, reporting or other
services, other than any knowing and intentional violation by Deviant Nation or
other such Released Person. Deviant Nation reserves the right, at its own
expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, but doing so shall not excuse your indemnity
obligations. Deviant Nation shall have the right to participate in the defense
of all claims as to which it does not assume defense and control, and you shall
not settle any such claim without Deviant Nation’s prior written content. You
also agree to indemnify Deviant Nation for any reasonable legal fees or other
costs incurred by Deviant Nation acting reasonably, in investigating or
enforcing its rights under this Agreement.
SECTION 8 - INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
8.1 Independent Contractors. Model is an independent
contractor, not Deviant Nation’s employee and nothing in this Agreement shall
confer upon either party any authority to obligate or bind the other in any
respect. Neither this Agreement nor any course of dealing between the parties
shall confer upon you any exclusive right with respect to any Deviant Nation’s
software or services.
SECTION 9 - FORCE MAJEURE
9.1 Force Majeure. Deviant Nation shall not be liable to you
by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations here
under on account of, including but not limited to, strikes, shortages, riots,
insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental
action, labor conditions, earthquakes, interruptions in telecommunications
services or Internet access, or any other cause which is beyond the reasonable
control of Deviant Nation.
SECTION 10 - ASSIGNABILITY AND SEVERABILITY
10.1 Assign ability . Neither the rights nor the obligations
arising under this Agreement are assignable or transferable by you, and any
such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void and without effect.
10.2 Deviant Nation may assign this Agreement to any successor, Model or
assign. If Deviant Nation sells or otherwise transfers ownership of any Network
to any corporate Model of Deviant Nation, a joint venture in which Deviant
Nation has an equity interest, or an entity which licenses Deviant Nation
technology or any other third party, then the rights, obligations and
liabilities of Deviant Nation under this Agreement shall transfer to the third
party. This Agreement, insofar as it relates to other Networks shall continue
in effect as binding obligations of you and Deviant Nation.
10.3 Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement, or its
application to any person or circumstances, is held by a court with
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof,
or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than
those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in
full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be judicially
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall not be affected with
respect to any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11 - GOVERNING LAW
11.1 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by the
law of the State of California.
11.2 Consent to Jurisdiction . Each party consent to the
jurisdiction of the Federal and California courts and agrees to commence any
litigation hereunder in one of those courts.
11.3 If any provision of this Agreement is or shall become inconsistent with or
unenforceable under any provision of applicable law that may be waived or the
applicability of which may otherwise be varied or excluded by You or by You and
Deviant Nation, then you and Deviant Nation hereby waive or exclude the
applicability of such provision of law.
11.4 The parties agree that the provisions of the Uniform Computer Information
Transaction Act, as it may have been or hereafter may be in effect in any
jurisdiction, shall not apply to this Agreement or any course of dealing
between the parties.
SECTION 12 - MODIFICATIONS
12.1 Modification. You understand that the Deviant Nation
reserves the right to modify the Model Commission Contract at any time.
SECTION 13 - SUBMISSION TO BINDING ARBITRATION
13.1 You agree that any controversy between you and Deviant Nation directly or
indirectly arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or any
Network or Program (including the performance, construction or breach of this
Agreement) shall be submitted to and finally settled by binding arbitration
before a single arbitrator reasonably satisfactory to both parties in
accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect. Any such controversy or claim so submitted to
arbitration shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any third
party. The arbitration shall be conducted in California and judgment on the
arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction. Either You
or Deviant Nation may seek any interim or preliminary injunctive relief from a
court of competent jurisdiction in California necessary to protect its rights
or property pending the completion of arbitration. If you are not residing in
the United States at the time of any such controversy or claim, you agree to
the following additional provisions:
(i) You waive any objection to the place designated above for the
arbitration.
(ii) You agree to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state
courts sitting in the California, U.S.A. to interpret and enforce the
arbitration provisions of this Agreement; and
(iii) All arbitrations shall be held in the English language.
You expressly acknowledge that you understand that if arbitration
is required:
(i) The decision in the arbitration shall be final and binding on the
parties;
(ii) Except as provided above as to injunctive relief, you are waiving your
right to seek remedies in court, including the right to jury trial; and
(iii) Any party’s right to appeal or to seek modification of rulings by the
arbitrator is strictly limited.
SECTION 14 - ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT
14.1 You acknowledge (1) Reading, (2) Understanding, and (3) Receiving a copy
of this agreement. By your signature below, you agree to the terms, conditions,
and content expressed herein.
Signature
Model Name: _____________________ Date: _____________________