Affiliates
This Affiliate Network Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your participation as an affiliate (an "Affiliate") in the Netflix Affiliate Network.
By submitting an application to become an Affiliate, you warrant that you have read and understood this Agreement, and you agree to be bound by it.
To begin the enrollment process, you must submit a complete Affiliate Network Application. We will evaluate your application and notify you of your acceptance or rejection in a timely manner. We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to accept or reject your application for any or no reason whatsoever.
Upon notice of acceptance of your application, this Agreement shall be effective between you and Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix"). If your application is temporarily rejected, you may reapply after two (2) weeks. If your application is permanently rejected, which Netflix may do in its sole and absolute discretion, you will not be able to reapply to the Netflix Affiliate Network.
Throughout this Agreement, capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in quotes. In addition, the following definitions apply:
1.2. "Link" means an embedded graphic, icon or text provided by LinkShare or Netflix containing a unique hypertext pointer to the URL address for the Netflix Site embedded in an Advertisement and which identifies the number of consumers that become Subscribers via the Advertisement.
1.3. "LinkShare" means the Netflix third party affiliate management system.
1.4. "Netflix Email" means any material you send by electronic mail that promotes the Netflix Service. Netflix Emails require advance approval by Netflix per Section 4.3 and are otherwise prohibited.
1.5. "Netflix Service" means the DVD rental service currently offered on the Netflix Site, and the DVD rental service as Netflix may alter and modify from time to time during the Term.
1.6. "Netflix Site" means the Netflix Internet site that is currently located at http://www.netflix.com and any other additional, substitute or successor site that may be designated by Netflix under this Agreement.
1.7. "Subscriber" means a person, with a mailing address within the United States, its territories, or possessions, who (i) subscribes to the Netflix Service using a Link and through such Link successfully registers for a free trial of the Netflix Service (i.e., requiring the entry of name, address, email address, and valid payment information) via the Netflix Site and (ii) has not previously subscribed to the Netflix Service.
2.2. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party notice of termination.
2.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, Affiliate shall immediately cease serving Advertisements.
2.4. No Referral Fees or bonuses shall be due with respect to Subscribers who register after the date of termination. We reserve the right to withhold your final payment for a reasonable period of time as necessary to calculate properly any amount due to you.
2.5. Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement will be extinguished, except for those rights and obligations that either by their express terms survive or that are otherwise necessary for the enforcement of the Agreement.
3.2. Netflix shall provide you with all Advertising and you shall use only Advertising provided by Netflix in promoting the Netflix Service. The Advertising available for your use will be made available on the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site. Netflix shall be solely responsible for creating and modifying all Advertising.
3.3. During the Term, Netflix shall pay you a fee ("Referral Fee") for each new Subscriber you deliver as of the last day of the month, as documented on the reporting system located on the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site. Netflix reserves the right to adjust the Referral Fee payable to you to the extent of any reporting errors, fraudulent Subscriptions or intentional manipulations of the registration process, all as determined in our reasonable, good faith discretion. In addition to all other remedies available to it, Netflix shall have the right to refuse to make any payment to you with respect to any Subscriber that Netflix, in its reasonable, good faith discretion, determines was obtained as a result of promotional efforts that were in breach of this Agreement. The Referral Fees payable shall be in accordance with the Referral Fee pricing schedule set forth on the Netflix Payment Schedule. The Netflix Payment Schedule is located on the Netflix Affiliate Site and is available through the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site. Netflix reserves the right to change the Referral Fees payable hereunder by providing notice to you and reflecting such changes on the Netflix Payment Schedule. Any changes to the Referral Fees shall become effective upon notice to you. Such notice may be in the form of an email to you or by posting on the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site. See Section 12.3 for information about your obligations regarding notices.
3.4. Netflix shall provide payment to LinkShare for any such Referral Fees you are owed within thirty (30) days after the last day of the month during which they were earned. LinkShare will then disperse payment to you for such Referral Fees according to your agreement with them. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that Referral Fees payable to you for any month total less than US$35, Netflix may, in its sole discretion, instruct LinkShare to defer payment of such Referral Fees until such time as such Referral Fees and any other Referral Fees earned during the subsequent period(s), in the aggregate, exceed US$35. No interest will accrue on unpaid Referral Fees.
4.1.2. Links or pop-under placements on websites for which you have received express written permission from such sites to serve such links or placements and as otherwise subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement.
4.3. If you desire to promote the Netflix Service (i) by purchasing, either directly or indirectly, search terms from websites, search engines or other directory or referral services (e.g., Overture, Google, and Yahoo!), (ii) by incorporating keyword text into meta tags or websites or by using other search engine optimization techniques, (iii) by distributing Netflix Emails, or (iv) by offering, either directly or indirectly, any consideration or incentives to potential Subscribers to register for the Netflix Service, including without limitation, payment of money, rebates, discounts or other benefits, you must first get written permission from us, which may be given or withheld in our sole and absolute discretion. We reserve the right to revoke such permission at any time for any or no reason whatsoever.
4.4. You shall not bid or otherwise purchase, either directly or indirectly, the search name "Netflix" or any misspelling or variant thereof from websites, search engines or other directory referral services.
4.5. You shall not, in any way, utilize pop-over Advertisements or Spyware to promote the Netflix Service. You shall replace any Advertising displayed on your site with any new Advertising provided by Netflix within ten (10) days after receiving notice from us of the new Advertising. You shall not modify any Advertisement in any way.
4.6. Your site shall not in any way copy or resemble the look and feel of the Netflix Site, nor shall you create the impression that your site is the Netflix Site or a part of the Netflix Site. You shall not use Netflix or any variation or misspellings thereof in your URL. You shall not frame or permit the framing of any page of the Netflix Site.
4.7. During the Term, you will not disparage Netflix, the Netflix Site or the Netflix Service, or portray these in a derogatory or negative manner. The content of your website will, at all times, be in good taste. You are solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of your website and will indemnify, defend and hold Netflix harmless from any claims arising out of or related to your website.
If you operate subaffiliate networks, work with Agents or conduct reward programs with users, you agree to the following:
5.2. You will provide Netflix with an up-to-date list of your Agents (site name and url) upon request.
5.3. You agree to terminate your relationship with an Agent as it pertains to the Netflix Affiliate Network if an Agent engages in any activity that is prohibited as provided by this Agreement or if requested by Netflix, and if you do not terminate such Agent within five (5) business days from Netflix's request, Netflix reserves the right to withdraw you and all your Agents from the Affiliate Network and to refuse payment of any monies owing to you hereunder.
5.4. You agree not to use any of the information provided via LinkShare's SignatureID tracking technology to identify unique individual customer activity conducted by Netflix, nor to allow others to use the technology to identify such unique customer activity, nor to access such unique customer activity or data. You further agree not to transfer or reuse any data generated by SignatureID.
5.5. You are solely responsible for technical implementation and maintenance of any linking technology or tracking parameters necessary to utilize the SignatureID technology. You are responsible for conducting appropriate testing and verification of the SignatureID tracking parameters including link creation, click through, ordering, and reporting as necessary to insure correct and dependable operation of the SignatureID tracking feature. You understand and agree that your failure to properly implement the SignatureID technology feature can and will result in an inability of Netflix to pay you Referral Fees, for which Netflix has no obligation.
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any time in our sole and absolute discretion. Modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in Referral Fees, payment procedures, and permitted promotional activities. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Affiliate Network following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on our site will constitute binding acceptance of change.
7.2. Netflix shall defend, indemnify and hold Affiliate, its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to the extent arising out of or related to any actual or alleged breach of this Agreement by Netflix, including without limitation any infringement of any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of any third party by the Advertising.
7.3. Affiliate shall defend, indemnify and hold Netflix, its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to the extent arising out of or related to any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement by Affiliate, including without limitation any breach of Affiliate's obligations under Section 4 above, and the confidentiality obligations outlined in Section 11 below.
7.4. Any party seeking indemnification under this Section 7 shall promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim and shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party with respect to such claim. The indemnifying party will be entitled to control the defense and settlement of any claim against which the other party seeks indemnification with counsel of its own choosing and at its own expense; provided, that the indemnified party will be entitled to approve any non-monetary settlement.
7.5. The indemnity obligations under this Section 7 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Except as expressly set forth herein, neither party makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, including any express or implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, or any representation or warranty as to any revenues or other economic or non-economic benefit that may accrue to the other party by reason of its participation in this Agreement. Furthermore, Netflix specifically makes no representation or warranty relative to the performance levels or continuous operation of the Netflix Site or the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site.
NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION SHALL SURVIVE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Neither party may make any public announcement about the terms of the Agreement without the other party's prior written approval and consent. The parties agree that there will be no press releases issued in connection with this Agreement and you may not identify or list Netflix as a provider of Advertising to you without prior written approval from Netflix.
Each party acknowledges that by reason of its relationship to the other party hereunder it will have access to certain information and materials concerning the other's business, plans, customers, technology, products and services that are confidential and of substantial value to the other party, which value would be impaired if such information were disclosed to third parties. In particular, the parties hereto acknowledge that the information regarding Subscribers obtained during the Term and the effectiveness of Advertising hereunder are highly confidential and valuable to Netflix. Each party agrees that it shall not use in any way for its own account or the account of any third party, nor disclose to any third party, any such information revealed to it as a result of or arising out of the relationship hereunder (other than to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement). Each party shall take every reasonable precaution to protect the confidentiality of such information. This Section shall survive termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, any information (i) required by legal process to be disclosed, (ii) already in the public domain or (iii) released through no fault of the parties will not be considered confidential information hereunder.
12.2. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in a signed writing.
12.3. Notices and other communications to you, as required or permitted to be given hereunder, shall be posted on the LinkShare Affiliate Network Site and/or otherwise e-mailed to the e-mail address provided in your application and shall be deemed effective upon posting or e-mailing, as applicable. You are responsible for updating your contact information within the Netflix Affiliate Network, and Netflix has no responsibility for any inability to contact you due to obsolete or incorrect contact information or due to any spam filters or other communication blocking devices you may employ. Notice or other communications to Netflix shall be sent by e-mail to nfaffiliates@netflix.com and shall be deemed effective one business day after e-mailing.
12.4. This Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by you without the express written consent of Netflix.
12.5. The division of this Agreement into separate sections, subsections and/or exhibits and the insertion of titles or headings is for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
12.6. You and Netflix are independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture or agency relationship. You'll have no authority to make or accept any offers, warranties, or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that would cause confusion as to our relationship with you or otherwise contradict anything in this Section.
12.7. Each party hereby represents that it has the authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, including that all individuals executing this Agreement are 18 years of age or older.
The submission of your application shall constitute your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.