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Terms of Use1. YOU MUST AGREE TO THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITE AND/OR PLAYING OUR GAMES This Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) informs you of the terms, conditions, disclaimers, notices and policies (collectively the “Terms”) that apply to your access and use of the website of Ultimate Guitar USA LLC (“Ultimate Guitar”), located at the URL www.arcaderocker.com. (“Site”) and any and all games provided by Ultimate Guitar (“Games”). Collectively, the Site and Games are referred to as the “Services” in this Agreement. Some of these Games may be playable by one or more persons simultaneously (“Users”), and the conduct of all such Users while playing the Games or using the Site is governed by this Agreement. This Agreement is a binding contract between you and Ultimate Guitar that provides for important rights and obligations. By accessing, browsing, and/or using the Services and/or playing, downloading or browsing our Games you represent to Ultimate Guitar that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and conventions, including without limitation all intellectual property laws. Ultimate Guitar reserves the right, at its sole and absolute discretion, to deny any user access to the Services, without notice. If you violate any of the Terms, we may, at our option, give you a warning notice of violation or terminate your account immediately for violation of the Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE OR ACCESS OR USE OUR GAMES.2. ELIGIBILITY TO ACCEPT AGREEMENT AND USE SITE You must be at least 13 years of age to access and use the Services. There is no exception to this requirement. Ultimate Guitar does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 that falls within the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule. By your use of the Services, you agree that you are either 18 years of age or older, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and that you are fully able and competent to understand and accept this Agreement as a binding contract and to abide by all Terms. 3. ULTIMATE GUITAR’ RIGHT TO MODIFY AGREEMENT Ultimate Guitar may modify this Agreement at any time, with or without notice to you, by posting the modified Agreement on the Site. Your continued use of the Services after such modification shall be deemed to be your acceptance of any such modification. Any such modification will only apply to matters and event which occur following the date of modification. You may not modify this Agreement without the prior written authorization of an officer of Ultimate Guitar. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement regularly to determine whether the Agreement has been modified. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY MODIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CEASE USE OF THE SITE AND UNINSTALL ANY GAMES YOU MAY HAVE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER AND SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES. 4. POLICY ON PRIVACY The Services include the Privacy Policy relating to the collection, use and disclosure of your information. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Services, you are consenting to the Privacy Policy. 5. ULTIMATE GUITAR’ OWNERSHIP OF THE SERVICES AND PROPRIETARY MATERIALS The Services contain copyrighted material, technology, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets and other proprietary information, which may include computer code, text, data, video, images, illustrations, animations, sounds, musical compositions and recordings, audiovisual effects, color schemes, business methods and methods of operation, concepts, ideas, know-how, moral rights, and any related documentation (collectively the “Proprietary Material”). All intellectual property rights to the Proprietary Material, including patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret rights, are owned or licensed by Ultimate Guitar. You agree not to copy, download, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, perform, display, distribute or sell, or in any other way exploit the Proprietary Material, or to participate with or to encourage others to engage in such acts, without the prior written consent of Ultimate Guitar. Moreover, you may not reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or translate any computer software programs that comprise Proprietary Material, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of such programs, except to the extent allowed under any applicable law. If applicable law permits such activities, any information so discovered must be promptly disclosed to Ultimate Guitar and shall be deemed to be the confidential proprietary information of Ultimate Guitar. Nor may the Proprietary Material, or any portion thereof, be modified or used for any purpose other than as expressly authorized in this Agreement. The Proprietary Material may include materials licensed by Ultimate Guitar from third parties, and the licensors of those materials may enforce their rights in the event of any violation of this Agreement. ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO YOU IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE RESERVED BY ULTIMATE GUITAR AND ITS LICENSORS. 6. OWNERSHIP OF IDEAS INVENTIONS AND USER SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING USER-GENERATED CONTENT The Services provide you with access to a variety of resources, materials and downloads, and may allow you access content made available by Ultimate Guitar and other Users. Such content may include, without limitation, game data, content creation tools, audio, video, film, music, text, communications, software, graphics, images, and information. All such content made available by you or by other users of the Services is referred to in this Agreement as “User-Generated Content.” As between Ultimate Guitar and you, you own the copyright in any User-Generated Content that is exclusively created by you. You expressly acknowledge and agree that any User-Generated Content that you make available through the Services may be made freely available by Ultimate Guitar to others, including without limitation for download by others. 7. PROHIBITED USER-GENERATED CONTENT You are solely responsible and liable for any User-Generated Content that you upload, post, input, publish or otherwise distribute using the Services. As a condition of your use of the Services, you agree not to use the Services for any unlawful or prohibited purpose. User-Generated Content prohibited from upload, display or posting on the Services includes, without limitation, User-Generated Content that Ultimate Guitar determines in its sole and absolute discretion: 8. PROHIBITED USER CONDUCT Subject to the permitted use of the Services granted in this Agreement, you may not, in whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile, or create derivative works based on the Service, or remove any proprietary notices or labels from the Service. Failure to comply with the restrictions and limitations contained in this Section 8 will result in the immediate, automatic termination of your access to the Services and may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability. 9. USER REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT SECURITY As a condition to using certain components of the Services, you may be required to register with Ultimate Guitar and select a password and screen name (“User ID”) to obtain a personal account. In cases where you do not choose a user name/screen name, Ultimate Guitar may automatically assign you a user ID to identify you to our servers. You agree to provide Ultimate Guitar with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate, automatic termination of your access to the Services. You may not select or use as a User ID a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; use as a User ID a name subject to any rights (including trademarks or copyrights) of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or use as a User ID a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. Ultimate Guitar reserves the right to refuse registration of, or to cancel, a User ID in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that Ultimate Guitar cannot guaranty the accuracy of any information submitted by any User of the Services, nor any identifying information about any User. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs through your account. You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You may not share your account with a third party or use the account of a third-party. You agree to notify Ultimate Guitar immediately in writing of any unauthorized use of your account, or other account-related security breach of which you are aware. You may cancel your account at any time upon written notice to Ultimate Guitar. 11. GENERAL DISCLAIMERS 12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, ULTIMATE GUITAR, INCLUDING ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SAME. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ULTIMATE GUITAR CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF YOUR USER GENERATED CONTENT OR ANY INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ISP DISRUPTIONS, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE FAILURES, OR ANY OTHER EVENT WHICH MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF DATA OR A DISRUPTION OF SERVICE. 13. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES Solely as a convenience to users, Ultimate Guitar may provide links on the Services to other websites owned by third-parties. Unless otherwise expressly stated, Ultimate Guitar does not endorse or control these third-party websites and assumes no responsibility for them or the content contained therein. 14. USE OF THE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES The Services are controlled and operated by Ultimate Guitar in the State of California, United States of America. Ultimate Guitar makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, that Services and other materials available through the Services are appropriate, legally permissible or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Service from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with all federal, state and local laws. Whether or not you use the Services inside the United States of America, you agree to abide by any applicable export control laws and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any User Generated Content, software or other materials subject to restrictions under such laws to a national destination prohibited by such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You further agree not to upload to the Services any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. 15. EQUITABLE REMEDIES You acknowledge and agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by you. Ultimate Guitar shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including a preliminary and final injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach. Such remedies shall not be the exclusive remedies for a breach by you, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available to Ultimate Guitar at law or in equity. 16. INDEMNIFICATION To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Ultimate Guitar, its offers, directors, employees and agents, from and against all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney fees) arising from your use of the Services, your violation of any of the Terms, your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, trade secret, privacy or property right, or any claim that your User-Generated Content caused damage to a third-party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive this Agreement and your use of the Services. 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS You agree that the Services shall be deemed exclusively based in the State of California, USA, and this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and executed exclusively in the State of California. Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of the State of California without reference to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any claim asserted in any legal proceeding by you or Ultimate Guitar shall be commenced and maintained in any state or federal court located in San Francisco County, State of California, USA, having subject matter jurisdiction with respect to such dispute. You and Ultimate Guitar agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such court. The prevailing party in any such proceeding shall be entitled to reimbursement of court costs, including a reasonable attorney fee, in addition to any other remedy awarded. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the maximum extend permissible and the remaining portions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. You may not transfer or assign any of your rights or obligations provided in this Agreement without the express prior written approval of Ultimate Guitar; Ultimate Guitar may assign this Agreement without restriction of any kind. No failure on the part of Ultimate Guitar to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver or consent. This Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement and understanding between you and Ultimate Guitar with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements or understandings. 18. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT NOTICE As an online service provider, Ultimate Guitar has adopted the following general policy regarding copyright infringement in accord with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (“DMCA”). The address of Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“Designated Agent”) is: |
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