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Additi onal In formation
Terms and Co ndition s of
Use an d End Use r
Lice nse Agre ement
The Sony Blu-ray Disc player (“Product”) and associated
software (“Software”) ar e provided and maintaine d by Sony
Corporation and its affiliates (“Sony”). Sony also provides and
maintains asso ciated service (the “Service”) , including any
subsite accessible through the Service’s Internet homepage (the
“Site”). T he Software in cludes softwa re embedded in the
Product; stored on any m edia, bundled with the Product or
otherwise provided by Sony; downl oaded 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 AC CESS, BROWS E, OR USE TH E SERVICE,
PRODUCT, SOFTW ARE, AND/OR SITE, YOU ACC EPT,
WITHOUT LIMITATI ON OR QUALIFICATI ON, THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS S ET FORTH H EREIN, SONY’S
PRIVACY POLICY POSTED ON THE SITE, AND ANY
ADDITIONAL TERMS A ND CONDITIONS OF USE SET
FORTH IN ANY PORTION OF THE SERVI CE AND SITE
(COLLECTIVELY THE “AGREEME NT”). IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, SONY DOES NOT GRANT THE LIMITED
RIGHTS HEREI N, AND PLEAS E DO NOT U SE THE
SERVICE, PRODU CT, SOFT WARE, AND/OR S ITE.
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 copyright l aw and
international conventions. You cannot use the Software, Service,
Product, Content, and Site except a s specified herein. There may
be proprietary logos, serv ice marks, and trademarks found on
this Service or Site. By making them available o n 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 a nd
publicity, and civil and criminal statutes. All tit le 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 gr anted 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. Y ou are responsible for al l your activities
hereunder, including all legal liability incurred from your use of
the Service or others who use the Service via your Product. You
may use the Service, Site, Sof tware, Content and Product for
lawful purposes only. You may not distribute, exchange,
modify, sell, or tr ansmit anything you may copy from the
Service or Site, including but not limited to any text, images,
audio, and video, for a ny 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 attem pt to interrupt/disrupt the operation of
this Service, Site or Software in any wa y.
3. 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 a sking 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, er ror corrections, other functional
updates or any other changes offer ed by Sony through such
updates would not be made to the Software and that your current
and further use of the S oftware 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 se curity 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, modi fying, or removing of functionality of the
Software .
4. Addi tional Terms G overning Pro duct Software
You may use the Software solely in conjunction with the Product
that accompanied t he Software. T he 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, r everse engineer,
decompile, or disassemble the S oftware 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 unles s expressly authorized by Sony.
Data Files. The Sof tware may create data file s automatically for
use with the Software. Any such data f iles will be deemed as part
of the Software.
Rental. You may not r ent or lease the Softwar e.
Software Transfer . You ma y permanently transfer a ll 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 Softwa re
(including all copies, component parts, the media and printed
materials, all ver sions and any upgrades of the Sof tware and this
Agreement), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this
Agreement.
Dependent Software. The software, ne twork services or other
products other than Software upon w hich the Software’s
performance depends on might be interrupted or discontinued at
the discreti on 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 envi ronments requiring fail-
safe performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities,
aircraft navigation or communication s ystems, air traffic control,
direct life support machines, or we apons systems, in which the
failure of the Software could lead t o 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.
GNU General Public, Lesser General Public, & Other Lic enses.
Notwithstanding terms in this Agreement, certain porti ons of the
Software are governed by the GNU Les ser General Public
License, Version 2.1 (LGPL), GNU General Public License
Version 2 (GPL), and other open source code licenses (“Open
Source Licenses”), copies of which are attached hereto and
incorporated herein. For such portions of the Software, to the
extent there is any conflict between this Agreement and the
Open Source Licenses, the Open Source Licenses shall govern
as applicable.
Certain Source Code Availability. Sony is making available the
source code of c ertain portions of the SOFTWARE per the GPL/
LGPL LICENSE S. Please see http://ww w.sony.com/linu x
for access to and instr uctions on obtaining s uch source code.
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