Moore Designs Terms of
Service
1.
Authorization/contact agreement.
The client is engaging Moore Designs as an independent contractor
for the specific project of developing an Internet web site,
graphics or modifying an existing web site. The web site is to be
hosted by Moore Designs. The client also authorizes Moore Designs to
publicize their completed web site to Internet search engines,
directories and other indexes.
The client is responsible for providing
accurate and reliable contact information. The client agrees that any email
address given for business purposes will be active and understands that the
client is responsible for replying to all correspondence sent to that address by
Moore Designs. Failure to respond in a timely manner may result in a suspension
of your account if Moore Designs is unable to contact you for a 14 day period
using the contact information that you have provided.
2. Changes and
Additions.
Any changes request by you after agreed completion and upload may be
subject to additional charges. Additional work requested will
be considered as a separate work order. Moore Designs is under no
obligation to make any additions that do not arrive in writing or
arrive without an acknowledgement of charges to be billed.
You must submit a new order form when adding additional pages/features
to your web site. Any further revisions in your web site may result
in additional charges if it requests anything other than a simple
change of contact information or a correction of an error.
3. Completion
Date.
Moore Designs and the client must work together to complete the web
site in a timely manner. Moore Designs agrees to complete the web
sites in a timely manner, no later than four (4) weeks from the time
that ALL information and materials are received by Moore Designs.
If the client does not supply Moore Designs with ALL information and
materials by a date, 8 weeks from the date that the Order Form
is submitted, the account may be suspended or even cancelled at the
discretion of Moore Designs. If for any reason, a lengthy delay is
anticipated after all materials have been delivered to Moore
Designs, we will provide a refund for any uncompleted work
that is cancelled by the client or advise the client of a new
schedule for the contracted work.
4. Payment of Fees.
All design work completed or in progress remains the legal property of
Moore Designs until full payment is received. Once full payment is made, the
client shall retain legal ownership of all contracted work.
Fees to Moore Designs are due before the commencement of any contracted work. If
payment is not arranged within 7 days of the Submission of the Order Form, the
account can be cancelled by Moore Designs.
The entire amount of the contract becomes due
and payable at the time that the work is contracted - NOT upon completion.
For your convenience, we accept Visa, MasterCard, PayPal or International money
order. All payments must be made in U.S. Funds. Public access to the web site
will be granted after final payment is made.
Fees for updates are due within 10 days of receipt of invoice. Payments must be
paid promptly. Delinquent bills will be assessed a $25 dollar charge if payment
is not received within 10 days of the due date. If the amount remains delinquent
30 days after its due date, the account will be suspended until the account is
paid in full - including the $25 US charge for delinquency.
If the amount remains delinquent for more than
6 months, the account will be turned over to a collection agency.
5.
Impossibility of Performance.
Client acknowledges and agrees that Moore Designs cannot guarantee
the absence of service interruptions caused by Acts of God or other
circumstances beyond their control including, but not limited to,
local telecommunications problems, line failures, or temporary down
time for maintenance or upgrades. The client also accepts that
because web pages rely on delivery through a world-wide web of
co-operating systems - from time to time, any web site may
temporarily experience interruptions beyond the control of Moore
Designs.
6. Copyrights
and Trademarks.
The client unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text,
graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to
Moore Designs for inclusion in the web site are owned, or that the
proper permissions were received by the client from the rightful
owner to use these elements in the web site. The client further
guarantees that Moore Designs will be held harmless, be protected
from, and be defended from any claim or suit arising from the use of
such elements furnished by the client.
7. Copyright
to Web Pages and Artwork.
Upon full final payment of this contract, Moore Designs agrees that
its work product produced in the performance of this contract shall
remain the exclusive property of client, and that it will not sell,
transfer, publish, disclose or otherwise make the work product
available to third parties without client's prior written consent.
Rights to photos, graphics, source code, work-up files, and computer
programs are specifically not transferred to the client and remain
the property of their respective owners. Clients are entitled to
personal use of purchased Moore Designs artwork e.g. incorporating
it into letterheads, business cards, print advertising (credit to
Moore Designs where applicable), however we do retain the copyright
on each graphic. This means that you are free to use your graphics
as in the above fashion, but cannot modify them in any way. We also
reserve the right to display your graphics as examples of our work
on our design site. Distribution of graphics to other parties is
prohibited, including usage on other web sites, inclusion in any
collection, or sale of artwork. We require that a link back to our
design site be placed on each site created by us or on pages where
our graphics are featured.8. Removal of web pages. Moore Designs
reserves the right to remove the design from public posting for
failure to adhere to the terms of this contract, including violation
of any licensing agreements or failure to pay fees duly assessed.
9. Refusal of
Service.
Moore Designs reserves the right to refuse service for any web site
or material that that it feels is not legal, moral, or in the best
interests of Moore Designs. Moore Designs is not responsible for the
content of any web site. Moore Designs may cancel this contract for
failure of the client to abide by its terms.
10.
Cancellations and Refunds.
Any cancelled work will only be refunded if cancelled before being
posted on an active web site. Any refund authorized, will be
calculated using the terms below.
Any work cancelled by the client after being
posted to an active site may be considered for a partial refund at the sole
discretion of Moore Designs.
Once design work has commenced, the initial deposit of 50% is
non-refundable. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing, and Moore
Designs will invoice the client for any work completed for which compensation is
not included within the aforementioned 50% deposit. The client agrees to accept
responsibility for all work completed prior to written notice of cancellation
being received by Moore Designs.
11. Design
Credit.
A small logo image and link to Moore Designs will appear at the
bottom of each page on the site. The client agrees to display this
image and link for as long as the web site, designed by Moore
Designs, is publicly displayed on the internet, regardless of where
the site is hosted or maintained.
12. Governing
Law.
This contract shall be governed by the laws of the Province of
Newfoundland and the country of Canada, which shall claim venue and
jurisdiction for any legal motion or claim arising from this
contract. This contract is void where prohibited by law.
