Terms of Service

This is a legal agreement between You (the Affiliate Program member) and Disaster First Aid /Darkhorse Press United States (the the Affiliate Program's administrator). This Agreement contains the terms and conditions that apply to Your participation to in the Disaster First Aid Affiliate Program.

By submitting the online application you are agreeing that you have read and understand the terms and conditions of this agreement and that you agree to abide by and be legally responsible for these terms and conditions. Anyone determined by Darkhorse Press United States to have violated these terms and conditions may be removed from the Affiliate program.

Overview

All uses in this agreement of the words "Disaster First Aid", “Darkhorse Press”, "we", "us" or "our" refers to Darkhorse Press United States, an independent small press company with its principal place of business in Oakland California. The words "applicant", “member” and "you" refer to the person or entity applying for and/or maintaining membership in this Affiliate Program. “Member” means an applicant who has completed the application process and has been accepted by us into the Disaster First Aid Affiliate Program. "Your site" means the site on the World Wide Web which you own and which you specify in your application. “The Disaster First Aid site” means http://www.disasterfirstaid.com.

Enrollment into the Program

To enroll, complete and submit the online application. You will receive an email containing your user-number and password. Acceptance and activation of your membership is pending a screening of your website for appropriateness and compatibility with our program’s goals and standards. We reserve the right to reject your application at our sole discretion if it is found to be either incompatible, inappropriate or unsuitable.

Unsuitable sites may include but are not limited to-

sites that are under construction , grossly incomplete or deficient, or not accessible.
sites that Promote, contain or link to “adult” or sexually explicit materials.
sites that promote, contain or link to other sites containing violence or illegality.
sites that promote, contain or link to other sites containing discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
sites that promote or engage in illegal activities, or sites whose themes are primarily political.
sites that violate intellectual property rights/copyrights or violate any local, state, federal or other law or regulation.
sites that contain any libelous, defamatory or disparaging materials or statements.
sites that contain false or misleading advertising.
sites that are deemed to be incompatible with the values and content of our sites.

Sites and siteholders that do not follow these Membership Terms and Conditions will not qualify for membership in the Affiliate Program.

Your Control Center

As a member of the Disaster First Aid Affiliate Program, you will have access to your own Administrative Control Center, accessed by your user-number and password at http://ww8.aitsafe.com/mtracker/ and http://www.disasterfirstaid.com/affiliatelinks.html. Here you can view your affiliate sales and commissions, or change/update your account information. For example, be sure to keep your email and postal mail addresses current and correct.

You will be able to download HTML code for graphics or text items that provide links to web pages within the Disaster First Aid website. You may not alter these codes except to change font style or size. In order for us to accurately keep track of guest visits from your site to ours and track your commissioned sales, you must use this HTML code that we provide. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable right to display and host the Disaster First Aid Affiliate Links provided to you under this Agreement.

You may use the Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States Trademarks, links and images solely for the purpose authorized above, i.e. the Disaster First Aid Affiliate Program. You may not modify the Disaster First Aid or Darkhorse Press United States Trademarks, links or images.

Disaster First Aid/Darkhorse Press United States reserves the right, at any time, to review your site and require that you change the placement or use of our logos and/or links to comply with the guidelines provided.

Responsibility for Your Site

You will be responsible for the content, style, and placement of the links. You may not alter the graphic or text links (collectively called "Marks"). You agree to fully cooperate with us in order to establish and maintain any links between the Disaster First Aid site and Your Site.

You also agree that those graphic images that you display pertaining to Disaster First Aid for use as a link or otherwise, will only be graphic images that we provide to you from the Affiliate Control Center. If we update those graphics, you agree to replace our old graphics with the new ones.

New information or standards and other Member News will be posted in the Control Center from time to time. It is your responsibility as an Affiliate Member to ensure that any posted changes to the Membership Agreement are adhered to.

You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of Your Site and related equipment and for all materials and content that appears on Your Site. The Disaster First Aid Affiliate Program does not provide Technical Help Services. You (the affiliate member) are responsible for the following:

The technical operation of your site and all related equipment.
The accuracy and appropriateness of all materials posted on Your Site according to the standards set forth in this Agreement.
Ensuring that materials posted on Your Site do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other personal or proprietary rights).
Insuring that materials posted on Your Site are not libelous, illegal, sexual, violent, or otherwise inappropriate for this group of website affiliate members.

Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States disclaims all liability for these matters. Further, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating

Except as provided above, you agree that you hold no other use-rights, copyrights, title or interest to these Marks, messages, images or other content of any Disaster First Aid or Darkhorse Press United States website or publications.

All Affiliate Program Members must acknowledge and agree to these terms and conditions. Filling out submitting the internet application form shall serve as confirmation that you have read and agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement. Anyone found in violation of these terms and conditions, either deliberate or accidental, is subject to removal from the Affiliates Program.

Commission Fees, Fee Schedule and Fee Payment

Your Commission Fees are accrued and processed on a monthly basis. (A) If your commissions equal $50 or more, you will receive payment monthly; (B) if the Fees payable to you for any calendar month are less than $50.00, these Fees are paid at the end of each current 3-month quarter. In the event that this agreement is terminated, either by you or us, your fees will be paid within 60 days of that termination, or when termination requirements are paid.

Fraud or Misuse of the Affiliate Program

If Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States determines in its sole discretion that you are using the Disaster First Aid Affiliate program in a fraudulent, illegal or unethical manner, Darkhorse Press United States reserves the right to terminate your membership and/or refuse payment for transactions sent to us via your site. For the purposes of this agreement "fraudulent, illegal or unethical manner" includes, but is not limited to, the following actions:

Submitting false sales or sales using false or nonfunctioning e-mail addresses;
Submitting registrations or sales using e-mail addresses belonging to other people;
Placing your Affiliate Link within a "Hotline Server" or similar community;
Displaying or associating your website with objectionable material;
Any other activity that Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States determines to be
unethical, unacceptable, or fraudulent.

In order to determine fraudulent use, we will consider the content of your site, your marketing tactics, or any other information that we deem appropriate.

Reporting and Sales Stats

You can access and monitor your Affiliate account at any time and view reporting details in your Affiliate Admin.Control Center, by logging in with your user-number and Password at his URL: http://ww8.aitsafe.com/mtracker/

Promotion & Publicity

You are welcome to promote your own websites, but naturally any promotion that mentions the Disaster First Aid Site or any Darkhorse Press United States service, could potentially be perceived by the public or the press as a joint effort that has been approved by us. Therefore, certain forms of advertising by Affiliate Program members are always strictly prohibited.

For example, advertising commonly referred to as "spamming" is absolutely prohibited. Use of unsolicited commercial e-mail or advertising in any way that conceals or misrepresents your identity, your domain name or your return e-mail address is also prohibited.

You may not claim ownership of, partnership with, or any business relationship with Disaster First Aid or Darkhorse Press United States other than your membership in this Affiliate Program. In all cases, you must always clearly represent yourself and your websites as being not a Representative of, and completely independent from, Disaster First Aid and/or Darkhorse Press United States.

Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States. shall not be required to advertise, market, promote, or publicize your website under this agreement.

Initiation and Termination of This Agreement

Either party (yourself or Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States) may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. Within seven (7) days from the day of termination notification You (the former affiliate member) must remove all Text, Images and Links relating to this Affiliate Program from Your Site. Once your membership is terminated, either by you or by us, these links will go dead and no activity will be recorded.

The terms of this Agreement will begin upon our receiving your Program application and will end when this agreement is terminated in writing by either party (yourself or Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States). Termination of membership for any cause relieves Darkhorse Press United States from any obligation to record or award affiliate earnings.

You are only eligible to earn commission fees on the completed sales occurring during the period of this Agreement. Unless you are terminated for fraud or illegal activity, Your final payment will be distributed to you within thirty (30) days after the date this Agreement has been terminated AND all links and marks pertaining to Disaster First Aid have been removed from your website(s).

Disaster First Aid / Darkhorse Press United States reserves the right to terminate this Agreement with no notice to you if we determine that your use of our Affiliates program is for fraudulent or illegal purposes.

FILLING OUT AND SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION FORM SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE DISASTER FIRST AID AFFILIATES PROGRAM.

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