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The following policy ("I-REGISTRY Ltd. Anti-Abuse Policy") is announced pursuant to the Registry-Registrar-Agreement ("RRA") and is effective upon thirty days' notice by I-REGISTRY Ltd. ("Registry") to Registrars. Abusive use(s) of .RICH domain names should not be tolerated.

The policy includes the general aspects of anti-abuse, acceptable use and rapid takedown and applies to registrars and registrants of .RICH domain names and defines how the Registry will proceed if abuses that are reported to the Registry. The policy does not replace the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) or other proceedings for disputes.

The Registry, together with the Registry-Service-Provider, will take the requisite operational and technical steps to promote WHOIS data accuracy, limit domain abuse, remove outdated and inaccurate data, and other security measures to ensure the integrity of the TLD. The specific measures include, but are not limited to a TLD Anti-Abuse Policy that clearly defines abuse, and provide point-ofcontact information for reporting suspected abuse, committing to rapid identification and resolution of abuse, including suspensions, ensuring completeness of WHOIS information at the time of registration, publishing and maintaining procedures for removing orphan glue records for names removed from the zone, and establishing measures to deter WHOIS abuse, including rate-limiting, determining data syntax validity, and implementing and enforcing requirements from the Registry-Registrar Agreement.

Acceptable Use of .RICH Domain Names

The Registry intends that no domain name in the .RICH space shall be used in a manner which, infringes any other third parties' rights, is in breach with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements or for the purposes of undertaking any illegal or fraudulent actions, including spam or phishing activities.

Failure to comply with the above provisions may result in the suspension or termination of the domain name registration by the Registry.

Abuses of .RICH Domain Names

The nature of such abuses creates security and stability issues for the Registry, registrars and registrants, as well as for users of the Internet in general. The Registry's definition of abusive use of a .RICH domain name includes, without limitation, the following:

• Illegal or fraudulent actions;
• Spam: The use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages. The term applies to email spam and similar abuses such as instant messaging spam, mobile messaging spam, and the spamming of Web sites and Internet forums;
• Phishing: The use of counterfeit Web pages that are designed to trick recipients into divulging sensitive data such as personally identifying information, usernames, passwords, or financial data;
• Pharming: The redirecting of unknowing users to fraudulent sites or services, typically through, but not limited to, DNS hijacking or poisoning;
• Willful distribution of malware: The dissemination of software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. Examples include, without limitation, computer viruses, worms, keyloggers, and Trojan horses.
• Malicious fast-flux hosting: Use of fast-flux techniques with a botnet to disguise the location of web sites or other Internet services, or to avoid detection and mitigation efforts, or to host illegal activities.
• Botnet command and control: Services run on a domain name that are used to control a collection of compromised computers or "zombies," or to direct distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks);
• Distribution of child pornography; and
• Illegal Access to Other Computers or Networks: Illegally accessing computers, accounts, or networks belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of another individual's system (often known as "hacking"). Also, any activity that might be used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (e.g., port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).

Rapid Takedown of .RICH Domain Names

The Registry reserves the right to deny, cancel or transfer any registration or transaction that it deems necessary, in its discretion; (1) to protect the integrity and stability of the Registry; (2) to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, in compliance with any dispute resolution process; (3) to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of the Registry, as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, and employees; (4) for violations of this Agreement and its Exhibits; or (5) to correct mistakes made by the Registry or any Registrar in connection with a domain name registration. The Registry also reserves the right to place a domain name on hold, lock, or similar status during resolution of a dispute.

If a registrar does not take action within a time period indicated by the Registry (usually 24 hours), the Registry might then decide to take action itself. At all times, the Registry reserves the right to act directly and immediately if the potential harm to Internet users seems significant or imminent, with or without notice to the sponsoring registrar.

The Registry will be prepared to call upon relevant law enforcement bodies as needed. There are certain cases, for example, Illegal pharmacy domains, where the Registry will contact the Law Enforcement Agencies to share information about these domains, provide all the evidence collected and work closely with them before any action will be taken for suspension. The specific action is often dependent upon the jurisdiction of which the Registry, although the operator in all cases will adhere to applicable laws and regulations.

When valid court orders or seizure warrants are received from courts or law enforcement agencies of relevant jurisdiction, the Registry will order execution in an expedited fashion. Compliance with these will be a top priority and will be completed as soon as possible and within the defined timelines of the order. There are certain cases where Law Enforcement Agencies request information about a domain including but not limited to:

• Registration information
• History of a domain, including recent updates made
• Other domains associated with a registrant's account
• Patterns of registrant portfolio

Requests for such information is handled on a priority basis and sent back to the requestor as soon as possible. The Registry sets a goal to respond to such requests within 24 hours.

The Registry may also engage in proactive screening of its zone for malicious use of the domains in the gTLD, and report problems to the sponsoring registrars. The Registry could take advantage of a combination of the following resources, among others:

• Blocklists of domain names and name servers published by organizations such as SURBL and Spamhaus.
• Anti-phishing feeds, which will provide URLs of compromised and maliciously registered domains being used for phishing.
• Analysis of registration or DNS query data [DNS query data received by the gTLD name servers.]

The Registry will keep records and track metrics regarding abuse and abuse reports. These will include:

• Number of abuse reports received by the Registry's abuse point of contact described above;
• Number of cases and domains referred to registrars for resolution;
• Number of cases and domains where the Registry took direct action;
• Resolution times;
• Number of domains in the gTLD that have been blacklisted by major anti-spam blocklist providers, and;
• Phishing site uptimes in the gTLD

Removal of orphan glue records

By definition, orphan glue records used to be glue records. Glue records are related to delegations and are necessary to guide iterative resolvers to delegated name servers. A glue record becomes an orphan when its parent name server record is removed without also removing the corresponding glue record. (Please reference the ICANN SSAC paper SAC048 here.) Orphan glue records may be created when a domain (example1.tld) is placed on EPP ServerHold or ClientHold status. When placed on Hold, the domain is removed from the zone and will stop resolving. However, any child name servers (now orphan glue) of that domain (e.g., ns1.example1.tld) are left in the zone. It is important to keep these orphan glue records in the zone so that any innocent sites using that name server will continue to resolve. This use of Hold status is an essential tool for suspending malicious domains.

The Registry, together with the Registry-Service-Provider, observes the following procedures, which are being followed by other registries and are generally accepted as DNS best practices. These procedures are also in keeping with ICANN SSAC recommendations.

When a request to delete a domain is received from a registrar, the Registry first checks for the existence of glue records. If glue records exist, the Registry will check to see if other domains in the Registry are using the glue records. If other domains in the Registry are using the glue records then the request to delete the domain will fail until no other domains are using the glue records. If no other domains in the Registry are using the glue records then the glue records will be removed before the request to delete the domain is satisfied. If no glue records exist then the request to delete the domain will be satisfied.

If a registrar cannot delete a domain because of the existence of glue records that are being used by other domains, then the registrar may refer to the zone file or the "weekly domain hosted by name server report" to find out which domains are using the name server in question and attempt to contact the corresponding registrar to request that they stop using the name server in the glue record. The Registry does not plan on performing mass updates of the associated DNS records.

The Registry will accept, evaluate, and respond appropriately to complaints that orphan glue is being used maliciously. Such reports should be made in writing to the Registry, and may be submitted to the Registry's abuse point-of-contact. If it is confirmed that an orphan glue record is being used in connection with malicious conduct, the Registry will have the orphan glue record removed from the zone file. The Registry has the technical ability to execute such requests as needed via its Registry-Service-Provider.

Methods to promote WHOIS accuracy

The creation and maintenance of accurate WHOIS records is an important part of Registry management. The Registry will manage a secure, robust and searchable WHOIS service for this gTLD.

Contacts

All reports of abuse should be sent to abuse@nic.rich.

Any complaints regarding inaccurate WHOIS information or should be addressed to the sponsoring registrar of that domain. Complaints may also be sent to support@nic.rich.

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1. Purpose

The .RICH Top Level Domain ("TLD") established by and for the use of I-REGISTRY Ltd. ("I-REGISTRY"), the Registry Operator for the TLD space. This Policy is intended to be updated and revised regularly to reflect the needs of I-REGISTRY and its TLD. The current version of this Policy will be made publicly available at the registry website.

2. Registration Policy

The .RICH space will operate following an unrestricted registration model, meaning that no eligibility criteria or registration restrictions will be imposed upon prospective registrants in the space. Registrations will be allocated according to the "first come, first served" principle.

The use of Privacy and⁄or Proxy registra-on services shall be permitted within this space.

3. String Requirements, Reserved Names and Name Collisions

String Requirements

Registry Operator, via Registry Service Provider, will not accept a Registration unless the applied-for Domain Name meets the applicable requirements as defined in RFC 1035m 2181 and RFC 1123, including the following technical and syntax requirements. The Domain Name Label must:

• if ASCII, consist exclusively of the letters A-Z, the numbers 0-9, and hyphens;
• if non-ASCII (e.g., IDN), consist of language scripts offered by the Registry (as specified on the Registry Website);
• not begin or end with a hyphen ('-');
• not exceed 63 characters;
• contain at least one character (not including the .RICH); and
• not contain hyphens, except where two consecutive hyphens (-) are used in the 3rd and 4th positions, when preceded by "xn" and followed by a label that corresponds with an IDN containing characters referred to in Subsection (b) above.

Reserved Names and Premium Auctions

Registry Operator may reserve, and not allow the Registration of any Domain Names which:

(a) appear on the list of reserved strings set forth in Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement;

or

(b) such other names as are designated by Registry Operator to be reserved prior to and/or during General Availability of the Registry TLD to the public.

Name Collisions

If any .RICH domain name is identified by ICANN as a potential name collision risk, pursuant to the Registry Operator's rights and responsibilities under the Registry Agreement, Specification 6, §6, the Registry Operator reserves the right to take all necessary and proper steps to resolve the conflict, including the blocking of any affected domain name.

4. Sunrise Period

Registry Operator will offer a sixty (60) day End Date Sunrise Period, specifically in relation to Rights Protection Mechanisms. Only holders of SMD Files provided by the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Operator or their agents are allowed to submit Sunrise Application(s). Successful Sunrise Registration(s) will be allocated to trademark holders after the Sunrise Period ends unless two or more Sunrise Applicants apply for the same TLD. In that case, the Sunrise Applicants will resolve contentions through an auction process with the Registry Operator's authorized Auction Provider.

Registry Operator has developed a Sunrise Policy, which describes, among other items, (i) the terms under which trademark owners may submit Sunrise Applications to the Registry during the Sunrise Period, and (ii) the rules under which Sunrise Applications may be challenged.

5. Registration period and renewals

An .RICH domain name may be registered, and renewed at the end of each registration period, subject to the current terms and conditions offered by the concerned Registrar.

Registrations in the .RICH space shall follow a first-come, first-served model. The Registry Operator will utilize Auction Provider and Brokerage Services for Premium Domain allocation in addition to offering Premium Domain Names (Reserved Names) prior to and/or during General Availability.

6. Acceptable Use

I-REGISTRY intends that no domain name in the .RICH space shall be used in a manner which:

• infringes any other third parties' rights
• is in breach with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements or for the purposes of:
• undertaking any illegal or fraudulent actions, including spam or phishing activities.

Failure to comply with the terms and conditions set out in this Registration agreement may result in the immediate suspension, cancellation or termination of the domain name registration by the Registry Operator.

7. Dispute Resolution Policies

The Registry Operator for ".RICH" will comply with all dispute resolution mechanisms as defined in the registry agreement Specification 7 article 2, and as revised from time to time by ICANN consensus policies and procedures. Registrants of .RICH domain names hereby agree to be bound by all applicable domain name dispute policies, as outlined in this Registration an Use Policy.

These dispute mechanisms include, but are not limited to:

• the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure ("PDDRP");
• the Uniform Rapid Suspension system ("URS"); and
• the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP").

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") shall apply to any challenges to registered domain names on the grounds that: 1) such domain names are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark in which the complainant has rights, 2) the registrant lacks rights or legitimate interests in the domain name, and 3) the domain name has been registered and used in bad faith.. The full text of the UDRP is located at the following address: http:⁄⁄www.icann.org⁄dndr⁄udrp⁄policy.htm

b. Uniform Rapid Suspension System ("URS")

The Uniform Rapid Suspension System ("URS") shall apply to any challenges to registered domain names on the grounds that: 1) such domain names are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark in which the complainant has rights, 2) the registrant lacks rights or legitimate interests in the domain name, and 3) the domain name has been registered and used in bad faith. The full text of the URS is located at the registry website when available.

c. Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (Trademark PDDRP)

The Registry Operator for .RICH shall agree to be bound by the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure ("Trademark PDDRP"). The Trademark PDDRP applies to challenges by trademark holders claiming that one or more of its marks have been infringed, and thereby the trademark holder has been harmed, by the registry operator's manner of operation or use of the gTLD. The full text of the Trademark PDDRP is located at the registry website when available.

GET.RICH Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions

FOREWORD

Our affiliates are very important to us. We do our best to treat you with the fairness and respect you deserve. We simply ask the same consideration of you. We have written the following affiliate agreement with you in mind, as well as to protect our company's good name. So please bear with us as we take you through this legal formality.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let us know. We are strong believers in straight-forward and honest communication. For quickest results please email us at affiliates@get.rich.

Best regards,
Dot Online GmbH
GET.RICH Affiliate Team

AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
YOU MAY PRINT THIS PAGE FOR YOUR RECORDS.
THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND Dot Online GmbH (DBA GET.RICH)
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 BE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY TERM AND CONDITION.

1. Overview

This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to you becoming an affiliate in GET.RICH's Affiliate Program. The purpose of this Agreement is to allow HTML linking between your web site and the GET.RICH web site. Please note that throughout this Agreement, "we," "us," and "our" refer to GET.RICH, and "you," "your," and "yours" refer to the affiliate.

2. Affiliate Obligations

2.1. To begin the enrollment process, you will complete and submit the online application at the GET.RICH server. All affiliate membership is subject to prior approval. Dot Online GmbH reserves the right to refuse service to any new or existing affiliate, in its sole discretion, with or without cause. Dot Online GmbH reserves the right to refuse to do business with anyone, at any time, for any reason. Dot Online GmbH reserves the right, without liability, to reject, omit or exclude any affiliate, webmaster or website for any reason at any time, with or without notice and regardless of any previous conditions. The fact that we may auto-approve applications does not imply that we may not re-evaluate your application at a later time. We may reject your application at our sole discretion. We may cancel your application if we determine that your site is unsuitable for our Program, including if it:

2.1.1. Promotes sexually explicit materials
2.1.2. Promotes violence
2.1.3. Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
2.1.4. Promotes illegal activities
2.1.5. Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist others to infringe on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights or to violate the law
2.1.6. Includes "GET.RICH" or variations or misspellings thereof in its domain name
2.1.7. Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion.
2.1.8. Contains software downloads that potentially enable diversions of commission from other affiliates in our program.
2.1.9. You may not create or design your website or any other website that you operate, explicitly or implied in a manner which resembles our website nor design your website in a manner which leads customers to believe you are GET.RICH or any other affiliated business.

2.2. By using our Affiliate Program, you warrant that:
2.2.1. You are 18 years of age and that there is no legal reason that You cannot enter into a binding agreement.
2.2.2. You are the owner or are licensed to use the entire contents contained on Your website.
2.2.3. Your website and/or newsletter does not violate any law or regulation.
2.2.4. Your website and/or newsletter does not contain misrepresentation or content that is defamatory or violates any rights of privacy or publicity.
2.2.5. Your website and or/newsletter does not and will not infringe any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right.
2.2.6. You place our banners anywhere on your site as you see fit, or within non-spam emails.
NOT ALLOWED: All other uses of banners or links, such as newsgroups, chat rooms, message boards, banner networks, counters, or guest books etc. are NOT allowed.
2.2.7. Failure to abide by these rules could mean termination from Affiliate Program.
2.2.8. Fraud is a serious offense, and will be treated as such. Fraud is defined as any action that intentionally attempts to create sales or click-through using robots, scripts, or manually "refreshing" of pages, for the sole purpose of creating commissions.

2.3. As a member of GET.RICH's Affiliate Program, you will have access to Affiliate Account Manager. Here you will be able to review our Program’s details and previously-published affiliate newsletters, download HTML code (that provides for links to web pages within the GET.RICH web site) and banner creatives, browse and get tracking codes for our coupons and deals. In order for us to accurately keep track of all guest visits from your site to ours, you must use the HTML code that we provide for each banner, text link, or other affiliate link we provide you with.

2.4. GET.RICH reserves the right, at any time, to review your placement and approve the use of Your Links and require that you change the placement or use to comply with the guidelines provided to you.

2.5. The maintenance and the updating of your site will be your responsibility. We may monitor your site as we feel necessary to make sure that it is up-to-date and to notify you of any changes that we feel should enhance your performance.

2.6. It is entirely your responsibility to follow all applicable intellectual property and other laws that pertain to your site. You must have express permission to use any person's copyrighted material, whether it be a writing, an image, or any other copyrightable work. We will not be responsible (and you will be solely responsible) if you use another person's copyrighted material or other intellectual property in violation of the law or any third-party rights.

3. GET.RICH Rights and Obligations

3.1. We have the right to monitor your site at any time to determine if you are following the terms and conditions of this Agreement. We may notify you of any changes to your site that we feel should be made, or to make sure that your links to our web site are appropriate and to notify further you of any changes that we feel should be made. If you do not make the changes to your site that we feel are necessary, we reserve the right to terminate your participation in the GET.RICH Affiliate Program.

3.2. GET.RICH reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and your participation in the GET.RICH Affiliate Program immediately and without notice to you should you commit fraud in your use of the GET.RICH Affiliate Program or should you abuse this program in any way. If such fraud or abuse is detected, GET.RICH shall not be liable to you for any commissions for such fraudulent sales.

3.3. This Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Affiliate application, and will continue unless terminated hereunder.

3.4. Privacy Policy: Dot Online GmbH respects the privacy of its users and promises not to disclose personal or business information to third parties without the express permission of You and Your company. We will not sell Your name, e-mail address, phone number, or any other personal information to anyone else. We consider this information to be private, and it will remain as such. If You have any questions about Your privacy rights, contact us at affiliates@GET.RICH

4. Termination

Either you or we may end this Agreement AT ANY TIME, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice. Written notice can be in the form of mail, email or fax. In addition, this Agreement will terminate immediately upon any breach of this Agreement by you.

5. Modification

We may modify any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement at any time at our sole discretion. In such event, you will be notified by email. Modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in the payment procedures and GET.RICH's Affiliate Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only option is to end this Agreement. Your continued participation in GET.RICH's Affiliate Program following the posting of the change notice or new Agreement on our site will indicate your agreement to the changes.

6. Payment

6.1. GET.RICH affiliate program is operated by Dot Online GmbH which is responsible for payouts of affiliate commissions and all financial transactions related to GET.RICH affiliate program. You will receive a commission for sending an authorized sale via your links. In order to place links, you must first be approved by Dot Online GmbH to become an affiliate of GET.RICH Affiliate Program. You understand that the commission and payout amount may be changed at any time. You are responsible for determining if the payout for a link You have placed on Your site has changed or been discontinued. You receive the commission from Dot Online GmbH Payments are made on the last day of each month when Your account balance reaches $100 or more for the previous months' transactions. Money credited to Your account does not accrue interest. If You choose payout by wire transfer, you will bear all banking fees ($20 - $40). If You choose payout by PayPal, you will bear all PayPal fees. If an order is later refunded to the customer or charged back by the customer, or if a customer's check does not clear, the referral fee and commission, as well as any Affiliate charge back fees, will be deducted from the next monthly payment sent to the Affiliate. Dot Online GmbH can also claim redemption by the Affiliate.

6.2. GET.RICH uses a third party to handle all of the tracking and payment. The third party is the Affiliate Software by Post Affiliate Pro (http://www.postaffiliatepro.com/. Kindly review the network’s payment terms and conditions.

7. Access to Affiliate Account Interface

You will create a password so that you may enter GET.RICH’s secure affiliate account interface. From that site you will be able to receive your reports that will describe our calculation of the commissions due to you.

8. Promotion Restrictions

8.1. You are free to promote your own web sites, but naturally any promotion that mentions GET.RICH could be perceived by the public or the press as a joint effort. You should know that certain forms of advertising are always prohibited by GET.RICH. For example, advertising commonly referred to as "spamming" is unacceptable to us and could cause damage to our name. Other generally prohibited forms of advertising include the use of unsolicited commercial email (UCE), postings to non-commercial newsgroups and cross-posting to multiple newsgroups at once. In addition, you may not advertise in any way that effectively conceals or misrepresents your identity, your domain name, or your return email address. You may use mailings to customers to promote GET.RICH so long as the recipient is already a customer or subscriber of your services or web site, and recipients have the option to remove themselves from future mailings. Also, you may post to newsgroups to promote GET.RICH so long as the news group specifically welcomes commercial messages. At all times, you must clearly represent yourself and your web sites as independent from GET.RICH. If it comes to our attention that you are spamming, we will consider that cause for immediate termination of this Agreement and your participation in the GET.RICH Affiliate Program. Any pending balances owed to you will not be paid if your account is terminated due to such unacceptable advertising or solicitation.

8.2. Affiliates that among other keywords or exclusively bid in their Pay-Per-Click campaigns on keywords such as GET.RICH, www.GET.RICH, and/or any misspellings or similar alterations of these – be it separately or in combination with other keywords – and do not direct the traffic from such campaigns to their own website prior to re-directing it to ours, will be considered trademark violators, and will be banned from GET.RICH’s Affiliate Program. We will do everything possible to contact the affiliate prior to the ban. However, we reserve the right to expel any trademark violator from our affiliate program without prior notice, and on the first occurrence of such PPC bidding behavior.

8.3. Affiliates are not prohibited from keying in prospect’s information into the lead form as long as the prospects’ information is real and true, and these are valid leads (i.e. sincerely interested in GET.RICH’s service).

8.4. Affiliate shall not transmit any so-called “interstitials,” “Parasiteware™,” “Parasitic Marketing,” “Shopping Assistance Application,” “Toolbar Installations and/or Add-ons,” “Shopping Wallets” or “deceptive pop-ups and/or pop-unders” to consumers from the time the consumer clicks on a qualifying link until such time as the consumer has fully exited GET.RICH’s site (i.e., no page from our site or any GET.RICH’s content or branding is visible on the end-user’s screen). As used herein a. “Parasiteware™” and “Parasitic Marketing” shall mean an application that (a) through accidental or direct intent causes the overwriting of affiliate and non-affiliate commission tracking cookies through any other means than a customer initiated click on a qualifying link on a web page or email; (b) intercepts searches to redirect traffic through an installed software, thereby causing, pop ups, commission tracking cookies to be put in place or other commission tracking cookies to be overwritten where a user would under normal circumstances have arrived at the same destination through the results given by the search (search engines being, but not limited to, Google, MSN, Yahoo, Overture, AltaVista, Hotbot and similar search or directory engines); (c) set commission tracking cookies through loading of the GET.RICH site in IFrames, hidden links and automatic pop ups that open GET.RICH’s site; (d) targets text on web sites, other than those web sites 100% owned by the application owner, for the purpose of contextual marketing; (e) removes, replaces or blocks the visibility of Affiliate banners with any other banners, other than those that are on web sites 100% owned by the owner of the application.

9. Grant of Licenses

9.1. We grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to (i) access our site through HTML links solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) solely in connection with such links, to use our logos, trade names, trademarks, and similar identifying material (collectively, the "Licensed Materials") that we provide to you or authorize for such purpose. You are only entitled to use the Licensed Materials to the extent that you are a member in good standing of GET.RICH's Affiliate Program. You agree that all uses of the Licensed Materials will be on behalf of GET.RICH and the good will associated therewith will inure to the sole benefit of GET.RICH.

9.2. Each party agrees not to use the other's proprietary materials in any manner that is disparaging, misleading, obscene or that otherwise portrays the party in a negative light. Each party reserves all of its respective rights in the proprietary materials covered by this license. Other than the license granted in this Agreement, each party retains all right, title, and interest to its respective rights and no right, title, or interest is transferred to the other.

10. Disclaimer

GET.RICH MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING GET.RICH SERVICE AND WEB SITE OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED THEREIN, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF GET.RICH ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED. 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.

11. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that:

11.1. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by you and constitutes your legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms;

11.2. You have the full right, power, and authority to enter into and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to perform your obligations under this Agreement, without the approval or consent of any other party;

11.3. You have sufficient right, title, and interest in and to the rights granted to us in this Agreement.

12. Limitations of Liability

WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL GET.RICH'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EXCEED THE TOTAL COMMISSION FEES PAID TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

13. Indemnification

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless GET.RICH, 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 (i) any claim that our use of the affiliate trademarks infringes on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, or (iii) any claim related to your site, including, without limitation, content therein not attributable to us.

14. Confidentiality

All confidential information, including, but not limited to, any business, technical, financial, and customer information, disclosed by one party to the other during negotiation or the effective term of this Agreement which is marked "Confidential," will remain the sole property of the disclosing party, and each party will keep in confidence and not use or disclose such proprietary information of the other party without express written permission of the disclosing party.

15. Miscellaneous
5.1. You agree that you are an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between you and GET.RICH. 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 any other of Your Site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.

15.2. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any party, except to a party who obtains all or substantially all of the business or assets of a third party.

15.3. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany without regard to the conflicts of laws and principles thereof

15.4. You may not amend or waive any provision of this Agreement unless in writing and signed by both parties.

15.5. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between us and you, and shall supersede all prior agreements and communications of the parties, oral or written.

15.6. The headings and titles contained in this Agreement are included for convenience only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the terms of this Agreement.
15.7. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary such that the intent of the parties is effectuated, and the remainder of this agreement shall have full force and effect.

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According to its Registry Agreement with ICANN (including paragraph 2.6 and Specification 5) IREGISTRY Ltd. ("Registry") has the discretionary right to reserve domain names at any time. In addition, the Registry may at any time establish or modify policies concerning Registry's ability to reserve (i.e. withhold from registration or allocate, assign, designate, otherwise earmark to Registry or third parties) or block additional character strings within the .RICH gTLD at its discretion and within the framework of applicable ICANN requirements.

The Registry may release or register reserved domain names in accordance with applicable ICANN requirements and handling procedures or procedures otherwise developed by the Registry.

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This Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy (the "SDRP") is incorporated by reference into the Registration Agreement. This SDRP is effective as of January 30, 2014. An SDRP Complaint may be filed against a domain name registered during the .rich sunrise period, no later than 90 days after sunrise end date.

1. Purpose

This Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy (the "SDRP") is incorporated by reference into the Registration Agreement. This SDRP is effective as of January 30, 2014. An SDRP Complaint may be filed against a domain name registered during the .rich sunrise period, no later than 90 days after sunrise end date.

2. Applicable Disputes

A registered domain name in the TLD will be subject to an administrative proceeding upon submission of a complaint that the Sunrise Registration was improper under one or more of the following criteria.

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According to the ICANN requirements I-REGISTRY Ltd. ("Registry") will publish the .RICH Startup Information after delegation and prior to starting its Sunrise Period. The Startup Information includes the dates for the relevant startup periods as well as the complete Sunrise registration policies for the TLD, including all applicable policies related to the registration of a domain name in the TLD during the Sunrise Period, the TLD's Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP).

Except of the Sunrise Policy, the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP) and the Startup Policy all other published policies apply to any registration of a domain name in any of the launch phases. The launch phases are

• the End-Date Sunrise,
• the General Availability, and
• Claims

The data for the individual phases and other ICANN requirements are

End-Date Sunrise from February 6, 2014 to April 7, 2014
General Availability starting from April 10, 2014
Claims for General Registration from April 10, 2014 to July 9, 2014

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1. Overview

In order to assist trademark owners with protecting their trademarks during the launch of .RICH the Registry Operator has developed this Sunrise Policy, which describes, among other items,

• the terms under which trademark owners may submit Sunrise Applications to the Registry during the Sunrise Period, and
• the rules under which Sunrise Applications may be challenged.

The Sunrise Period allows trademark holders and agents that have successfully submitted trademark records, verified by the Trademark Clearinghouse ("TMCH"), an opportunity to register domain names derived from the registered and validated mark names contained in the Trademark Database ("TMDB"). The Sunrise Period precedes the Landrush and General Availability periods of the new gTLD, which are open to the public.

Registry Operator will offer a sixty (60) day End Date Sunrise Period, specifically in relation to Rights Protection Mechanisms. Only holders of SMD Files provided by the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Operator or their agents are allowed to submit Sunrise Application(s). Successful Sunrise Registration(s) will be allocated to trademark holders after the Sunrise Period ends unless two or more Sunrise Applicants apply for the same TLD. In that case, the Sunrise Applicants will resolve contentions through an auction process with the Registry Operator's authorized Auction Provider.

2. Registration Channel and Basis Application Requirements

2.1 Sunrise Applications can only be submitted to the Registry by a Registrar.

2.2 The Registry Operator will not process the Sunrise Application unless

• the Sunrise Applicant submits a Signed Mark Data file (SMD File) provided by the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Operator which is encoded with a Domain Name Label in the applied-for Domain Name and signifies that the TMCH has verified that the trademark contained in the SMD File meets the requirements for inclusion in the TMCH in accordance with TMCH Guidelines in force at the time the Sunrise Application was filed.
• The SMD File is received by the Registry Operator within the Sunrise Period.
• The Sunrise Applicant pays the Sunrise Validation (Application) and Processing (Registration) Fee.

3. Reserved Names and Premium Auctions

Registry Operator may reserve, and not allow the Sunrise Application of any Domain Names which:

• appear on the list of reserved strings set forth in Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement;
• or
• such other names as are designated by Registry Operator to be reserved prior to and/or during General Availability of the Registry TLD to the public.

4. Eligibility

During the Sunrise Period, only the holder of a SMD File provided by the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Operator will be eligible to file a corresponding Sunrise Application.

5. Identical Match of the applied for domain name label to the Trademark

The domain name applied for during the sunrise period must be an identical match to the mark on which the sunrise applicant based its Sunrise Application.

Identical Match is when the domain name label is an identical match to the trademark, meaning that the label consists of the complete and identical textual elements of the mark in accordance with section 4.2.1 of the TMCH Guidelines. In this regard:

• For a trademark exclusively consisting of letters, words, numerals and/or special characters: the recorded name of the mark is an identical match to the reported name as long as all characters are included in the trademark record provided to the TMCH and in the same order in which they appear on the trademark certificate.
• For marks that do not exclusively consist of letters, words, numerals, or special characters: the recorded name of the trademark is an identical match to the reported name as long as the name of the trademark includes letters, words, numerals, keyboard signs, and punctuation marks that are:

• predominant;
• clearly separable or distinguishable from the device element; and
• all predominant characters are included in the trademark record submitted to the TMCH in the same order they appear in the mark.

6. String Requirements for Domain Names applied for during the Sunrise Period

Registry Operator, via Registry Service Provider, will not accept a Sunrise Application unless the applied- for Domain Name meets the applicable requirements as defined in RFC 1035m 2181 and RFC 1123, including the following technical and syntax requirements. The Domain Name Label must:

• if ASCII, consist exclusively of the letters A-Z, the numbers 0-9, and hyphens;
• if non-ASCII (e.g., IDN), consist of language scripts offered by the Registry (as specified on the Registry Website);
• not begin or end with a hyphen ('-');
• not exceed 63 characters;
• contains at least one character (not including the .RICH); and
• not contain hyphens, except where two consecutive hyphens (-) are used in the 3rd and 4th positions, when preceded by "xn" and followed by a label that corresponds with an IDN containing characters referred to in Subsection (b) above.

7. Sunrise Application Validation

Sunrise Applications submitted during the Sunrise Period are subject to validation before the Registry will issue a Domain Name Registration.

Upon request of the Registry a Validation Agent will attempt to verify that the domain name applied for during the Sunrise Period is an identical match to the Validated Mark in the SMD File, meaning that the domain consists of the complete and identical textual elements of the mark in accordance with section 4.2.1 of the TMCH Guidelines. The Validation Agent will then inform the Registry of its findings. If the Validation Agent is unable to validate the Sunrise Application, the Registry will reject that Sunrise Application.

If more than one Applicant submits a valid Sunrise Application for the same domain name, all Sunrise Applicants for that name will be notified of the claims and will proceed to an auction where the highest bidder wins. The auction process will be governed by the terms and conditions published by the Auction Provider and provided to such Applicants ("Auction Rules"). Any auction fees, charges and the final bid price for the domain name will be the responsibility of the Applicant. Where notified of the result of an auction, Registry Operator will ensure that the domain name is Eligible for Allocation to the successful bidder.

8. Sunrise Dispute Resolution

Any party may file a Complaint according to the .RICH Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy on the following grounds:

• at time the challenged domain name was registered, the registrant did not hold a trademark registration of national effect (or regional effect) or the trademark had not been court-validated or protected by statute or treaty;
• the domain name is not identical to the mark on which the registrant based its Sunrise registration; or
• the trademark registration on which the registrant based its Sunrise registration is not of national effect (or regional effect) or the trademark had not been court-validated or protected by statute or treaty.

Such SDRP claim shall be filed with the Dispute Resolution Provider no later than 90 days after Sunrise Period ends.

Parties participating in an auction may bring a Complaint under this SDRP prior to the auction against an opposing party to the same auction. The Auction will be suspended pending the resolution of the SDRP if the complainant notifies the Registry Operator within the five (5) calendar days following the Registry's notification of auction regarding the relevant domain name(s). Such notice must be in writing. The SDRP Complaint shall be filed with the National Arbitration Forum within five (5) calendar days of the written notice. If the SDRP Complaint is not filed, the auction shall proceed as scheduled. Once an auction is concluded, if an SDRP claim is brought and the losing bidder prevails, the auction price to the losing bidder will be the amount of the last bid made by that bidder.

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I-REGISTRY Ltd. ("Registry") will provide to the public a thick searchable WHOIS database both accessible on port 43 as well as on port 80 (http) as required in Specification 4 of the ICANN Registry Agreement. The Registry may, from time to time as determined at its complete discretion, impose certain limits on the amount of simultaneous and/or consecutive port 43 and/or port 80 requests.

1. Registrars are required to ensure that the actual Registrant data fields, as required in the WHOIS database, is obtained from the Registrant and Registrar must collect and maintain accurate records of such data.
2. Registrars must provide any competent authority who has provided a competent and legitimate request which has been properly verified and authenticated by the Registrar, with the actual WHOIS data.
3. Registrar shall inform the Registrant, when using a proxy service, that the actual Registrant data as required by the WHOIS database, will be disclosed to any competent authority who has provided a competent and legitimate request which has been properly verified and authenticated by the Registrar with the actual WHOIS data.
4. The Registrar shall notify the Registrant that even where a domain name is removed from the root zone, the domain name record may still appear in the WHOIS database for 24 hours.
5. The Registry may perform a bi-annual review of a random sampling of domain names to test the accuracy and authenticity of the WHOIS information. If errors or missing information exists, notice shall be forwarded to the relevant Registrar, who shall be required to address these deficiencies with the relevant Registrants within 20 days.
6. The Registry will comply with all the security, WHOIS, and privacy requirements required by ICANN whether in the Consensus or Temporary Policies (as defined in the Registry Agreement) and imposed by a competent legislative authority in Germany who has jurisdiction over the Registry.
7. Registrants shall put forth any request for any changes, updates, and/or corrections to WHOIS information to the Registrar of the Registrant. The Registrar shall verify and authenticate the request and make the appropriate changes within 10 days of successful authentication and verification of the request.
8. By submitted a WHOIS query, the requestor agrees that he/she will use the information obtained through the WHOIS search for lawful purposes only and that he/she will at no time now or in the future:
   • allow, enable, solicit, and/or encourage the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial advertising or solicitations via direct mail, electronic mail, or by telephone;
   • breach any applicable data and privacy protection acts; and
   • utilize and/or enable high volume, automated, and/or electronic processes querying the WHOIS database.
9. Any and all data provided through the WHOIS search is provided "as is" and without any representation and/or warranty as to its accuracy. The Registry shall in no circumstances be responsible and/or be liable for any reliance on any information provided through the WHOIS search.
10. Disclosure of contact data is restricted because of German and EU Data Protection legislation. The contact details for certain Domain Names may be restricted and the information can also be obtained through the Registry Special Access Request at whois.nic.rich.
11. All copyright in the WHOIS information, the WHOIS database, and any WHOIS datasets are explicitly reserved.
12. It is strictly prohibited to combine, collect, and/or compile any information that is obtained from this WHOIS service.

The registry operator will offer a "thick" registry system. In this model, all key contact details for each domain name will be stored in a central location by the registry. This allows better access to domain data, and provides uniformity in storing the information. The registry operator will ensure that the required fields for WHOIS data (as per the defined policies for the TLD) are enforced at the registry level. This ensures that the registrars are providing required domain registration data. Fields defined by the registry policy to be mandatory are documented as such and must be submitted by registrars. The Registry-Service-Provider's registry system verifies formats for relevant individual data fields (e.g. e-mail, and phone⁄fax numbers). Only valid country codes are allowed as defined by the ISO 3166 code list. The Registry-Service-Provider's WHOIS system is extensible, and is capable of using the VAULT system, described further below.

Similar to the centralized abuse point of contact described above, the registry operator can institute a contact email address which could be utilized by third parties to submit complaints for inaccurate or false WHOIS data detected. This information will be processed by its Registry-Service-Provider's support department and forwarded to the registrars. The registrars can work with the registrants of those domains to address these complaints. The Registry, together with its Registry-Service-Provider, will audit registrars on a yearly basis to verify whether the complaints being forwarded are being addressed or not. This functionality, available to all registry operators, is activated based on the registry operator's business policy.