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Terms of Service
These Terms of Service (the "Agreement ") set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Infogrames' web sites and the services and materials on those sites offered to you by Infogrames, Inc. (the "Service").
By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this agreement as if you had signed it, If you do not agree to be bound by this agreement,
please discontinue your use of the service.
1. Restrictions on Use
As part of the Service you will be provided with information, chat rooms, links to other web sites and other services that Infogrames
may decide to offer, subject to these Terms of Service. Infogrames
may, in its sole discretion, discontinue or alter any aspect of
the Service, including, but not limited to restricting, (i) the
time of availability, (ii) the availability and/or scope of the
Service for certain platforms (i.e. computer types and operating
systems), (iii) the amount of use permitted, and (iv) restricting
or terminating any user's right to use all or part of the Service,
at any time in Infogrames' sole discretion and without prior notice
or liability.
2. Content
"Content" includes the software, communications, any graphics
(including textures, skins, and modules-e.g., rides, cars, buildings,
etc.), sounds, music, video, audio, text and all other material
and information uploaded or made available by Infogrames, you or
any other user on the Service. Content is derived in whole or in
part from material supplied and owned by Infogrames and other sources.
This material is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable
laws. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post,
transmit, publicly display, prepare derivative works or distribute
Content from the Service without the express authorization of Infogrames.
You may, however, download Content from the Service for your personal,
non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright
and other proprietary notices and use the Content in accordance
with all restrictions applicable to your use of the Service in general.
In the event you download content from the Service, the Content
is licensed to you by Infogrames which does not transfer title to
you. Infogrames does not pre-screen all Content available on the
Service and does not assume any responsibility or liability for
Content provided by users of the Service or by third parties. Infogrames
reserves the right to remove at our sole discretion Content for
any reason. Neither Infogrames nor its affiliates assume any liability
for failure to remove, or delay in removing Content.
3. Conduct
It is a condition of your use of the Service that you do NOT: (i)
restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service
(ii) post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information
of any kind, including, without limitation, any images or other
material depicting nudity; (iii) post or transmit comments containing
harassing or offensive language, including sexual references, sexual
nicknames, ethnic or racial slurs, hate propaganda, hate mongering,
swearing or rude or deliberately offensive comments, or engage in
disruptive activities online, including excessive use of the return
key, shouting (ALL CAPS), or flooding; (iv) post, upload or transmit
any Content or other material that is fraudulent or violates or
infringes the rights of others, including material that violates
privacy or publicity rights, or infringes copyright, trademark or
other proprietary rights, unless you first obtaining permission
from the owner or right holder, and such owner or holder agrees
to the terms of this Agreement; (v) post, upload or transmit any
information, software or other material that contains a virus or
other harmful or corrupted component; (vi) post or transmit content
that encourages or provides instructional activities about illegal
activities, in particular hacking, cracking or distribution of counterfeit
software; (vii) post, transmit or in any way exploit any information,
software or other material for commercial purposes or that contains
advertising, "junk mail," "spam," or "chain
letters," (viii) solicit other users to join or contribute
money to any online service or other organization, advocate or attempt
to get users to join in illegal schemes or plan or participate in
scams involving other users; (ix) impersonate any person or entity
or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your professional or
other affiliation with any person or entity or indicate that you
are an employee or representative of Infogrames or its affiliates;
(x) resell or redistribute the information derived from the Service
in a machine-readable database; (xi) use the Service to collect
personally identifying information about users of the Service in
violation of our Privacy Policy; (xii) disguise a file type to thwart
Infogrames' detection process; (xiii) improperly use the game support
or complaint buttons or make false reports to Infogrames staff members.
4. Monitoring
Infogrames has no obligation to monitor the Community Areas or any other use of the Service. You acknowledge and agree that Infogrames
reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and
all information transmitted or received through the Service, including,
but not limited to, the Community Areas, for operational and other
purposes. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded,
copied, and used for authorized purposes in accordance with our
Privacy Policy. Use of the Service constitutes consent to such monitoring.
Furthermore, Infogrames reserves the right at all times to disclose
any information posted on the Community Areas or on any other portion
of the Service as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or governmental
request, or to refuse to post, or to remove, any information or
materials, in whole or in part, that in Infogrames sole and absolute
discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Agreement.
5. License
5.1. By uploading Content, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication (a "Communication") through
the Community Areas and the Service you are granting Infogrames
a royalty-fee, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted,
worldwide license to (i) use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit,
publicly perform, display, or create derivative works from any such
Communication, and (ii) sublicense to third parties the unrestricted
right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect
to such Communication. No Communication will be subject to any obligation
of confidence on the part of Infogrames. You waive and relinquish
any "moral rights" that may exist in any Communication,
and agree not to assert any moral rights in any Communication.
5.2. Downloadable Software License Terms. Any software that
you may download from this Site ("Downloaded Software")
is the copyrighted work of Infogrames and/or its licensors. Use
of Downloaded Software is governed by the terms of any end-user
license agreement that may accompany the Downloaded Software. The
following terms apply to your use of Downloaded Software (to the
extent not inconsistent with any accompanying end-user license agreement):
(a) Infogrames hereby grants to you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
limited license to use the object code version of the Downloaded
Software solely on your single personal computer; (b) Downloaded
Software is provided strictly on an "as-is" basis, without
any warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including
without limitation any warranties of merchantability, fitness for
a particular purpose (even if Infogrames has been informed of such
purpose), non-infringement or compatibility with your computer hardware
or software; (c) Infogrames has no liability of any kind or nature
in connection with your use of the Downloaded Software (including
liability for any consequential or incidental damages), and the
entire risk of use (including without limitation any damage to your
computer hardware or software) resides with you; and (d) your license
to use the Downloaded Software will terminate automatically and
without notice in the event that you violate any of these license terms.
6. Content in the Community Areas and on the Service.
Communications posted in the Community Areas and through the Service
are provided by users who are unaffiliated with Infogrames, and
the user providing each such Communication is solely responsible
for its content. In using the Community Areas or receiving e-mail
messages through the Service, you should not assume that such messages
have been reviewed by Infogrames, that such Communications contain
correct information, or that the persons posting such Communications
have accurately identified themselves and/or their affiliation with
any third party. You understand that by using the Service, you may
be exposed to Communications that are offensive, indecent, or objectionable.
Under no circumstance will Infogrames be liable in any way for any
Communication, including, but not limited to, liability for any
errors on omissions in any Communication, or for any loss or damage
of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Communication
posted, e-mail, or otherwise transmitted via the Service.
7. Personal Safety
When using the Service, please be certain that anything that you say does not compromise your personal safety. Do not provide your
name, phone number, postal or e-mail address, your password, or any other personally identifying information to people you do not know. Do not continue any conversation online that makes you feel uncomfortable.
8. Submissions
Infogrames is pleased to hear from users and welcomes your comments regarding Infogrames programs and services. Infogrames longstanding company policy does not allow it to accept or to consider creative
ideas, suggestions, or materials other than those it has specifically
requested. We hope that you will understand that the intent of this
policy is to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when
projects developed by Infogrames employees and agents might seem
to be similar to creative works submitted by users. Accordingly,
while we value your feedback, we must ask that you do not send original
creative materials. If, at our request, you send specific submissions
(postings to the Community Areas, or contests), or, without a request
from us, you send creative suggestions, ideas, notes or concepts
or other materials (collectively, "Comments"), they will
be deemed, and will remain, the property of Infogrames, and will
otherwise be subject to the provisions below. You represent and
warrant that you are authorized to grant all rights in the Comments
to Infogrames. Disclosure, submissions, or offer of any Comments
will constitute assignment to Infogrames of all worldwide rights,
title, and interest in all copyrights and other intellectual property
rights in such Comments. Infogrames may edit, copy, publish, distribute,
translate, and otherwise use in any medium any Comments that you
forward to Infogrames and will own exclusively all such rights,
title, and interest and will not be limited in any way in its use,
commercial or otherwise, of the Comments. Infogrames is and will
be under no obligation to: (1) maintain any of your or any user's
Comments in confidence; (2) pay to you or any user any compensation
for any Comments; or (3) respond to any of your or any other user's
Comments.
9. Dealing with Merchants
Your correspondence or business dealing with, or participation in promotions of merchants found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such merchant. Infogrames will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any
sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such merchants on the Service.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
INFOGRAMES HAS PROVIDED LINKS AND POINTERS TO INTERNET SITES MAINTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES ("THIRD PARTY SITES") AND MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PROVIDE THIRD PARTY MATERIALS ON THE SERVICE. NEITHER INFOGRAMES, ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS
OPERATE OR CONTROL IN ANY RESPECT ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICE
ON THESE THIRD PARTY SITES. THE SERVICE, THE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
AVAILABLE IN OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE SERVICE, AND THE THIRD PARTY
SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INFOGRAMES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT,
AND WARRANTIES IMPLIED FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR COURSE OF
DEALING. INFOGRAMES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED
IN SUCH MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS, OR IN THE SERVICE, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED,
OR THAT THE SERVICE, INCLUDING THE STORAGE SERVICES AND THEIR CONTENTS,
OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. INFOGRAMES DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE, OF
THE MATERIALS IN THE SERVICE OR IN THIRD PARTY SITES IN TERMS OF
THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS
OR OTHERWISE. You assume all risk of errors and/or omissions in
the Service, including the transmission or translation of information
and the completeness, accuracy and usefulness of any Content found
on the Service. You assume full responsibility for implementing
sufficient procedures and checks to satisfy your requirements for
the accuracy and suitability of the Service, including the information,
and for maintaining any means that you may require for the reconstruction
of lost data or subsequent manipulations or analyses of the information
provided. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Service,
and any information sent or received in connection with that use,
may not be secure and may be intercepted by unauthorized parties.
YOU ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF NECESSARY MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER PROPERTY.
11. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL INFOGRAMES, ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES OR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR WITH
THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICE ADVERTISED IN OR OBTAINED THROUGH
THE SERVICE, INFOGRAMES REMOVAL OR DELETION OF ANY MATERIALS OR
RECORDS SUBMITTED OR POSTED ON ITS SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT
OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR STRICT
LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF INFOGRAMES OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARY
COMPANIES, AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF DAMAGES. THIS WAIVER APPLIES WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES
OR INJURY ARISING FROM ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION,
INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION,
COMPUTER VIRUS, FILE CORRUPTION, COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE, NETWORK
OR SYSTEM OR OUTAGE, OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY RECORD. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
AND AGREE THAT INFOGRAMES, ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATES
OR SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR
ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE SERVICE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW
LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES
YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY, FROM STATE TO STATE.
12. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Infogrames, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings,
as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or accruing
from (a) any Content or other material uploaded, posted or otherwise
provided by you that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret,
trade dress, patent or intellectual property right of any person
or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy,
(b) any misrepresentation made by you in connection with your use
of the Service; and (c) claims brought by persons or entities other
than the parties to this Agreement arising from or related to your
access and use of the Service, including the information obtained through the Service.
13. Termination
Infogrames may, in its sole discretion, terminate your use of the Service, or remove and discard any communication transmitted by you or information stored, sent, or received via the Service without prior notice and for any reason. Termination, suspension, or cancellation
of this Agreement or your access rights will not affect any right
or relief to which Infogrames may be entitled in law or in equity.
Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights granted to you will
automatically terminate and immediately revert to Infogrames and
its licensors. Sections 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16 through
20 will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
14. Trademarks
Infogrames, and the Infogrames logo are trademarks of Infogrames, Inc., and all other trademarks, service marks and trade names used on the Service are the property of their respective owners, and
all of the above trademarks may not be copied, downloaded or otherwise
exploited without the permission of Infogrames or the owner of such
trademark, service mark or trade name, except as explicitly permitted
in this Agreement.
15. Minors
If you have agreed to allow your minor child, or a child for whom you are legal guardian (a "Minor"), to use the Service, you agree that you will be solely responsible for: (a) the online conduct of such Minor; (b) monitoring such Minor's access to and
use of the Service; (c) the consequences of any use of the Service
by such Minor. Children under the age of 13 cannot enter restricted
areas of the Service. At various places on the Service, we ask users
to enter their age. Infogrames relies on our users to be truthful
in responding to these questions. If a user does not identify his/her
proper age, we will have no way of verifying actual age with respect
to our privacy policy.
16. Child Online Protection Act Notification
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 230(d) as amended, Infogrames hereby notifies you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available and may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful
to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections
is available at the Electronic Frontier Foundation Web site, http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Censorware,
and at the Safe Surf site, http://www.safesurf.com. To view information
on our policy regarding privacy of children under the age of 13,
please see our privacy policy.
17. Infringement Policy
Infogrames, pursuant to 17 U.S.C Section 512 as amended by Title 11 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "Act"), reserves the right, but not the obligation, to terminate your license to use the Service if it determines in its sole and absolute discretion
that you are involved in infringing activity, including alleged
acts of first-time or repeat infringement, regardless of whether
the material or activity is ultimately determined to be infringing.
Infogrames accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical
measures used by copyright owners to protect their materials. In
addition, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c), Infogrames has implemented
procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements
and for processing such claims in accordance with the Act. All claims
of infringement must be submitted to Infogrames in written complaint
that complies with the requirements below and is delivered to our
designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement.
By Mail
Doreen Small
VP Legal Affairs
Infogrames, Inc.
417 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
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By phone: 212-726-6583
By email: Legal Services
In addition, any written notice regarding any defamatory or infringing activity, whether of copyright, patent, trademark or other proprietary right must include the following information:
A. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of (1) the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed or (2) the person defamed.
B. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at the site. Similarly, for materials that are defamatory or infringe
patent, trademark, or other proprietary rights of a third party, please submit a list of such materials.
C. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, to be the subject of infringing activity, or that is claimed to be defamatory and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to mail address.
D. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and/or electronic mail address.
E. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
or other proprietary right owner, its agent, or the law.
F. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed or on behalf of the person defamed.
18. Modification
Infogrames reserves the right in its sole discretion, to amend this Agreement, and to modify, add or discontinue any aspect, or feature of the Service. Such amendments, modifications, additions or deletions will become effective upon notice of that action, which may be provided
to you by posting on the Service, via e-mail or any other reasonable means. Continued use of the Service by you will constitute your binding acceptance of any such amendments, modifications, additions or deletions.
19. Export Control Information
Unless otherwise specified, the materials on the Service are presented
solely to provide information regarding and to promote Infogrames
Service and other products available in the United States, its territories,
possessions and protectorates. The Service is controlled and operated
by Infogrames from its offices within the state of New York, United
States of America. Infogrames makes representation that materials
on the Service are appropriate or available for use outside the
United States. Those who choose to access the Service from outside
the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible
for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent that the local
laws are applicable. Software from the Service is further subject
to United States export controls. No software from the Service may
be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (A) into (or
to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran,
Syria, or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods,
or (B) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially
Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of
Deny Orders. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that
you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident
of any such country or on any such list.
20. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any principles
of conflict of law. Although you acknowledge that we will have the
ability to enforce our rights in any court of competent jurisdiction,
you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts
in New York, New York, U.S.A., regarding any and all disputes relating
to this Agreement or your use of the Service. You acknowledge and
agree that the warranty disclaimers and liability and remedy limitations
in this Agreement are material terms of this Agreement and that
they have been taken into account in the decision by Infogrames
to provide the Service. You may not assign any of your rights, obligations
or privileges without the prior, written consent of Infogrames.
Any assignment of the foregoing other than as provided for in this
section under this Agreement will be null and void, ab initio. If
any provision of this Agreement will be unlawful, void, or for any
reason unenforceable then that provision will be deemed severable
from this Agreement, will be enforced to the fullest extent allowed
by law as to affect the intention of the parties, and will not affect
the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This
Agreement and any posted operating rules constitute the entire Agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement,
and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals
whether oral, or written, between the parties with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between the
parties with respect to such subject matter. No waiver of any provision
or any right granted under this Agreement will be effective unless
set forth in a written instrument signed by the waiving party. No
waiver by either party or any breach or default under this Agreement
will be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. You
agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, or sell, resell, or exploit
for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of
the Service, or access to the Service. The titles and subtitles
used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not
to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
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