APPENDIX B TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
AFFILIATE AND REFERRAL TERMS
Any undefined terms in this Appendix shall have the meaning given to them in the
Terms of Service
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License to Promotional Items. All Community Members who
are currently in compliance with the Terms of Service are hereby granted a revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to utilize the Platform's name, access and download promotional banners,
videos, photographs, other promotional materials, and/or Volume promotional materials created by you,
provided that such materials are approved by Volume in writing
("Promotional Items"), for use on
site(s) or accounts owned or controlled by such Community Members
("Referral Sites"). The Promotional
Items are licensed to eligible Community Members for the limited purposes of advertising, marketing and
promoting the Platform. Any and all licenses granted to Community Members pursuant to the Terms of
Service shall immediately cease and revert to us upon the termination, cancellation, or violation of the
Terms of Service by you. You agree not to share any of the Promotional Items with anyone in any way not
in accordance with the Terms of Service and applicable law. You hereby acknowledge and agree that all
rights to the Promotional Items belong solely to Volume and/or Volume's licensor(s).
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Keywords; Domain Names. Notwithstanding the foregoing
license to use the names
of the Platform in connection with referring traffic to the Platform, you are not, as a part of this
license, permitted to (i) bid on, purchase or otherwise register/use "Volume," "volume.com," or any
other similar spelling in connection with the words "Official," "Officially" or "Official Site" as
keywords or advertising words on any internet search engines, including without limitation, google.com,
bing.com, ask.com, yahoo.com, etc.; (ii) use the Platform name in association with any similar or
competing website or service; or (iii) register any domain name which incorporates or is a "misspelling"
or variation of "Volume." You agree that in the event you violate any part of this section of the Terms
of Service, your account will be immediately terminated, any monies earned but not yet paid to you will
be forfeited, and that you will cooperate fully in transferring any items forbidden by this section to
Volume as the rightful owner. Subject to the foregoing limitations and pursuant to the license granted
herein, eligible Community Members will be permitted to use any website domain name they choose in
connection with promoting the Platform, so long as such website domain name(s) registered does not
infringe on our or any third party's intellectual property rights, or defame, insult or otherwise harass
anyone, and does not promote or suggest any illegal activity.
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Restrictions. You are prohibited from using any images,
videos, text, script(s),
applications, logos and functional elements appearing on Referral Sites to which you do not have all
legal rights, free from any and all encumbrances and third-party claims. Further, you represent and
warrant that you will only advertise on services and providers that permit advertisement of services
such as the Platform. You understand and agree that if you advertise on any service or provider that
does not permit such advertising, your account will be terminated without notice and without payment.
Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that we may, at any time, review the contents of any Referral
Site and disapprove of any material thereon that might, in our sole discretion, reflect negatively upon
the Platform. Upon request from us, such material must be immediately removed in order for you to remain
eligible to receive commissions hereunder.
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No Email or Telephone Marketing. We do not permit
promotion of the Platform by
email or telephone marketing, including by way of example, through use of SMS or MMS. You acknowledge
and agree that any email or telephone marketing by you will be grounds for immediate termination of your
account without payment.
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Compliance with Applicable Laws and Data Privacy Regulations.
You will comply with all applicable laws in your jurisdiction and those jurisdictions in which you are
providing marketing activity. Compliance includes without limitation, your adherence to all email
marketing, consumer protection and data privacy laws applicable to your activities. You will
indemnify us for all claims, losses and liabilities relating to or arising out of your violation of this
section.
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User Referral Link. Each Community Member shall be
assigned one or more unique
URLs (each a "User Referral Link")
that must be used when referring new users in order to connect such new users to the Community Member
who referred them. Your User Referral Links can be found under the Affiliates tab on the Platform. You
acknowledge and agree that we are not obligated to pay any commissions to you for any new user signups
or spending that did not directly result from clicking on your User Referral Links.
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Commissions on User Spending. In order to receive
commissions in connection
with users referred by you, you must first provide age verification documentation to show that you are
at least the Age of Majority. Volume will compensate eligible Community Members, subject to the terms of
this Appendix B in all respects, a commission for certain types of referrals generated by such eligible
Community Members, as set forth in further detail below:
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Definition of Adjusted Gross Receipts. As used herein, "Adjusted Gross Receipts" means
gross payments received
from a subject user, less any chargebacks (including amounts paid as a result of credit card
abuse or fraud, or paid to such subject user by us to settle a claim involving the allegation of
credit card or other abuse or fraud) or any uncollectable revenue attributable to the subject
user.
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Paying User Referrals. As used herein, a
"Referred User" means an
Internet user who creates a
new Volume user account as a result of clicking an existing Community Member's User Referral
Link. Eligible Community Members will receive a commission equal to 20% of Adjusted Gross
Receipts paid by each of their Referred Users to the Platform. A Referred User will not include
any user who was previously banned from the Platform and who is attempting to access it using
different credentials.
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Paying Sub-Referrals. Eligible Community Members will receive a commission equal to 5% of the
amount of commissions paid to their Referred Users under this section.
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Performing User Referrals. As used herein, a
"Referred Independent Artist"
means an internet user
who creates a new user account by clicking on an existing Community Member's User Referral Link
and who verifies the account for purposes of collecting payment by completing the Platform's age
verification process. Eligible Community Members will receive a one-time Fifty Dollar (USD
$50.00) commission for each of their Referred Independent Artists who subsequently earns a
minimum amount that we will establish, from time to time, in our sole discretion.
We reserve the right to modify these amounts at any time without further notice to you.
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Commissions on Number of Signups; Countries and Tiers.
Certain Community
Members may be eligible for commissions based on the number of Internet users who create an account with
the Platform after being referred by a current Volume Community Member. The amount of commission will
depend upon the country in which the referred Internet user resides, as described more fully below. As
applicable, a commission of One U.S. Dollar (US $1.00) will be paid for Referred Users from a Tier 1
country, Ten U.S. Cents (US $0.10) for Referred Users from a Tier 2 country, and One U.S. Cent
(US $0.01) for Referred Users from a Tier 3 country.
We reserve the right to modify these amounts at any time without further notice to you.
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No commission will be paid for a Referred User residing in a country not found in Tier
1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 below.
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The following countries have been assigned to their respective Tiers as indicated below.
We reserve the
right to modify the countries belonging to each tier at any time without further notice
to you.
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Tier 1:
Netherlands Antilles Austria Australia Belgium Canada Switzerland Germany Denmark Finland Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands France United Kingdom Guernsey Gibraltar Greenland Ireland Iceland Jersey Japan Liechtenstein Luxembourg Netherlands Norway New Zealand Qatar Sweden Singapore San Marino United States Minor Outlying Islands United States United States Virgin Islands
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Tier 2:
United Arab Emirates Aruba Brunei Darussalam Brazil the Bahamas Cyprus Spain Equatorial Guinea Greece Hong Kong Israel Isle of Man Italy South Korea Kuwait Cayman Islands Macau Macao French Polynesia Puerto Rico Portugal Slovenia British Virgin Islands
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Tier 3:
Antigua and Barbuda Anguilla Barbados Bahrain Cook Islands Chile Czech Republic Estonia Guam Croatia Hungary Saint Kitts and Nevis Lebanon Lithuania Latvia Northern Mariana Islands Malta Mexico New Caledonia Oman Poland Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovakia Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Taiwan Uruguay Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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Commission Payouts. Periods for eligible Community
Members to accumulate
commissions run from the 1st through the 15th and the 16th through the 31st day of each month.
Commission payments will be made to eligible Community Members within seven days after each period is
closed. In the event that you accumulate a commission, you will not be entitled to receive payment, nor
shall Volume be liable for any such payment, unless and until the total amount of accumulated funds
associated with your account exceeds Fifty U.S. Dollars (USD $50.00). In order to receive cash
commissions, you may be required to complete a one-time claim form, which might include submission of
your legal name, a copy of your government-issued photo identification, mailing address, birth date,
telephone number, social security number, and a selection of a preferred payment method. In addition,
depending on the amount of commissions accumulated, you might be required to sign, notarize, and return
an affidavit or declaration of eligibility, a liability release, an IRS Form W-9, and provide any
additional information as may be required by Volume. Failure to provide any requested information may
result in forfeiture of any unpaid commissions. We reserve the right to charge a $10.00 payment reissue
fee for replacing lost or misplaced payments that had previously been issued; this fee is assessed at
the time of reissue.
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Invalid Referrals. You acknowledge and agree that you
shall not be entitled to
any compensation from Volume for any referral if Volume determines or believes, in Volume's sole
discretion, that such referral is the result of possibly fraudulent activity or any violation of this
Appendix B or any other part of the Terms of Service.
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Nature of Relationship / Disclaimer of Agency. Nothing
in this Appendix B, or in the Terms of Service, is intended by you or Volume to constitute an employment
relationship, a joint venture, or collaboration between you and Volume. You acknowledge that you are in
no way an employee or agent of Volume and as such, you have no authority to act on Volume’s behalf or to
bind Volume to any obligation or agreement.
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CALIFORNIA-BASED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND
AGREE THAT YOU ARE
AWARE OF CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 5 ("AB5") AND ITS REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASSIFYING WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. GIVEN THAT YOU, IN PROMOTING THE PLATFORM, ARE ENGAGED IN AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS SEPARATE
FROM VOLUME'S CORE BUSINESS OF OPERATING A SOFTWARE PLATFORM, ARE AT ALL TIMES FREE FROM VOLUME'S
CONTROL IN PROMOTING THE PLATFORM (SUBJECT ONLY TO THE RULES AND STANDARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
WITH LAW), AND ARE AT ALL TIMES FREE TO PROMOTE OTHER WEBSITES OR PLATFORMS, YOU AGREE THAT, UNDER THE
CRITERIA OF AB5, YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF VOLUME AND AFFIRMATIVELY STATE THAT IT IS YOUR PREFERENCE TO
BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND NOT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF VOLUME.