Can Extreme Art Studio charge a fee for maintaining a franchisee's webpage on the System Website?
Extreme_Art_Studio Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
9.5 SYSTEM WEBSITE.
- 9.5.1 We have established a website to advertise, market and promote Extreme Art Studio Businesses; the art activities camps, parties, events, products and services that they offer and sell; and/or an Extreme Art Studio Franchise opportunity ("System Website"). We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with a webpage on the System Website that references the Franchised Business. If we provide you with a webpage on the System Website, you must: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update and modify your webpage, including information on your Studio(s); (ii) notify us whenever any information on your webpage is not accurate; and (iii) if we give you the right to modify your webpage, notify us whenever you change the content of your webpage. We reserve the right to include a charge as part of the technology fee for our maintenance of your webpage. We will own all intellectual property and other rights in the System Website, including your webpage and all information it contains (including, without limitation, the domain name or URL for your webpage, the log of "hits" by visitors, and any personal or business data that visitors supply).
- 9.5.2 We will maintain the System Website, and may use the Brand Fund's assets to develop, maintain and update the System Website. We periodically may update and modify the System Website (including your webpage). You must promptly notify us whenever any
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Extreme Art Studio's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Extreme Art Studio may include a charge as part of the technology fee for maintaining a franchisee's webpage on the System Website. Extreme Art Studio has established a System Website to advertise and promote Extreme Art Studio Businesses.
Franchisees may be provided with a webpage on the System Website, and if so, they must provide the information and materials requested to develop, update, and modify their webpage. Franchisees must also notify Extreme Art Studio whenever any information on their webpage is not accurate and if they have the right to modify their webpage, notify Extreme Art Studio whenever they change the content.
Extreme Art Studio owns all intellectual property and other rights in the System Website, including the franchisee's webpage and all information it contains. Extreme Art Studio will maintain the System Website and may use the Brand Fund's assets to develop, maintain, and update the System Website. Franchisees must promptly notify Extreme Art Studio whenever any information on their listing changes or is not accurate, and Extreme Art Studio has final approval rights over all information on the System Website, including the franchisee's webpage.