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Terms and Conditions of
Use and End User
License Agreement
The Sony Blu-ray Disc player (“Product”) and associated software
(“Software”) are provided and maintained by Sony Electronics Inc.
and its affiliates (“Sony”). Sony also provides and maintains
associated service (the “Service”), including any subsite accessible
through the Service’s Internet homepage (the “Site”). The Software
includes software embedded in the Product; stored on any media,
bundled with the Product or otherwise provided by Sony;
downloaded from the Site or otherwise made accessible or provided
by Sony; any such media and any printed or “on-line” or electronic
documentation associated with the Product and all updates and
upgrades thereto.
WHEN YOU ACCESS, BROWSE, OR USE THE SERVICE,
PRODUCT, SOFTWARE, AND/OR SITE, YOU ACCEPT,
WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SONY’S PRIVACY
POLICY POSTED ON THE SITE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET FORTH IN ANY
PORTION OF THE SERVICE AND SITE (COLLECTIVELY THE
“AGREEMENT”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, SONY DOES NOT
GRANT THE LIMITED RIGHTS HEREIN, AND PLEASE DO
NOT USE THE SERVICE, PRODUCT, SOFTWARE, AND/OR
SITE.
1. Ownership
The Software and all materials on the Service and/or Site, including
but not limited to images, software and text (the “Content”) are
protected by copyright under U.S. copyright law, international
conventions, and other copyright laws. You cannot use the Software,
Service, Product, Content, and Site except as specified herein. There
may be proprietary logos, service marks, and trademarks found on
this Service or Site. By making them available on the Service and/or
Site, Sony is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary
logos, service marks, or trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the
Service, Site, Content or Software may violate copyright laws,
trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and
criminal statutes. All title and copyright in and to the Software or
materials on the Service/Site and any copies of the Software, are
owned by Sony, its licensors, or suppliers. All rights not specifically
granted under this Agreement are reserved by Sony, its licensors, and
suppliers.
2. Your Rights & Limited License
The Service, Site, Software, Content, and Product are only for your
personal use. You are responsible for all your activities hereunder,
including all legal liability incurred from your use of the Service or
others who use the Service via your Product or Account (as defined
below). You may use the Service, Site, Software, Content and
Product for lawful purposes only. You may not distribute, exchange,
modify, sell, or transmit anything you may copy from the Service or
Site, including but not limited to any text, images, audio, and video,
for any business, commercial, or public purpose. As long as you
comply with the terms of this Agreement, Sony grants you a non-
exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to enter, display, and use
the Service, Site, and Software as set forth in this Agreement. You
agree not to interrupt/disrupt or attempt to interrupt/disrupt the
operation of this Service, Site or Software in any way.
3. User Account & Privacy
As part of your usage of the Product, Service, Site, and/or Software,
Sony may require that you establish a user account (“Account”) for
which you must provide Sony true, accurate, current, and complete
information about yourself and maintain/promptly update such
information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of any and all of your passwords associated with the Account. You
agree to notify Sony immediately of any unauthorized use of your
password or any other breach of security related to the Service, Site,
and/or Software.
Sony’s Privacy Policy is posted on the Site and at
http://products.sel.sony.com/SEL/legal/privacy.html
, the
terms of which are incorporated herein, and applies to your use of the
Account, Product, Service, Site, and Software.
4. Automatic Update
The Software contains a functionality by which it is updated
automatically when the Product is connected to a server belonging to
Sony or to a third party designated by Sony. When you specify your
intention not to use this automatic update functionality, or when the
setting asking whether you wish to update automatically is activated
and you decline to execute updates, it is assumed that you agree that
the security functionality improvements, error corrections, other
functional updates or any other changes offered by Sony through
such updates would not be made to the Software and that your
current and further use of the Software may be affected thereby.
When the automatic update functionality described in the previous
paragraph is activated, it is assumed that you agree (a) that the
Software will be automatically updated as necessary to improve
security functionality, to correct errors, to improve update
functionality, or for other purposes, and (b) that this updating of the
Software may be accompanied by the augmenting, modifying, or
removing of functionality of the Software.
5. Additional Terms Governing Product Software
You may use the Software solely in conjunction with the Product that
accompanied the Software. The Software is licensed, not sold. In
addition to the terms set forth in other portions of this Agreement, the
Software is subject to the following:
Use of Software. You may use the Software in conjunction with the
Product for personal use.
Limitation on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation and
Disassembly. You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or
disassemble the Software in whole or in part.
Separation of Components.The Software is licensed as a single
product. Its component parts may not be separated for use on more
than one device unless expressly authorized by Sony.
Data Files. The Software may create data files automatically for use
with the Software. Any such data files will be deemed as part of the
Software.
Rental. You may not rent or lease the Software.
Software Transfer. You may permanently transfer all of your rights
under this Agreement only as part of a sale or transfer of Software
accompanying the sale or transfer of your Product, provided you
retain no copies, transfer all of the Software (including all copies,
component parts, the media and printed materials, all versions and
any upgrades of the Software and this Agreement), and the recipient
agrees to the terms of this Agreement.
Dependent Software. The software, network services or other
products other than Software upon which the Software’s
performance depends on might be interrupted or discontinued at the
discretion of the suppliers (software suppliers, service providers or
Sony).
High Risk Activities. The Software is not fault-tolerant and is not
designed, manufactured or intended for use or resale as on-line
control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe
performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft
navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life
support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of the
Software could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical or
environmental damage (“High Risk Activities”). Sony and its
suppliers specifically disclaim any express or implied warranty of
fitness for High Risk Activities.
U.S. Government Restricted Rights. The Software is provided with
RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
United States Government is subject to restriction as set forth in
subparagraph (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-
Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer
is Sony Electronics Inc., 16530 Via Esprillo, San Diego, CA 92127.
