TERA TERMS OF SERVICE
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF
SERVICE CAREFULLY. WHEN YOU USE EN MASSE ENTERTAINMENT'S WEBSITE AND
RELATED SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS TERMS OF SERVICE.
This Terms of Service governs your use of our
website located at www.tera-online.com, and all software, products,
features and services made available, displayed or offered by or through
our website ("TERA"). TERA is operated by En Masse Entertainment, Inc.,
its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "En Masse", "we," or
"our"). The TERA Privacy
Policy, Rules of Conduct and any supplemental terms as provided to you
by En Masse are an integral part of this Terms of Service and are
incorporated in herein by reference.
If you have any questions regarding this Terms of Service, Rules of
Conduct or any supplemental terms, please contact at account@tera-online.com.
- 1. Intellectual Property. TERA contains
copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information
including, without limitation, software, video, photographs, graphics,
text, music and sound, and the entire contents of TERA and each area
contained therein are copyrighted as a collective work under United
States copyright laws. En Masse owns a copyright in the selection,
coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content. You may not
transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works
from, modify, publish, or in any way exploit, any of the content
contained on TERA (including, without limitation, any content that TERA
enables you to download) without the express written permission of En
Masse and any other applicable owner. In the event of any permitted
copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no
changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, or copyright
notice may be made. The downloading of copyrighted material from TERA
is allowed by you only for your personal use. You acknowledge that En
Masse and/or third-party content providers remain the owners of all
content posted on TERA, and that you do not acquire any of those
ownership rights by downloading copyrighted materials. You may not use
any unauthorized third-party software that intercepts, mines, or
otherwise collects information from or through TERA, or disrupt or
assist in the disruption of any computer used to support TERA (each a
"Server"). You agree that you will not violate any applicable law or
regulation in connection with your use of TERA. TERA is for your
individual, non-commercial, entertainment purposes only. Except as may
be expressly permitted by En Masse in writing, you may not sell or
exchange anything you copy or derive from TERA. As long as you comply
with the terms of this Terms of Service, En Masse grants you a
personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right during the
term of this Terms of Service to enter, use, perform and display TERA
and its contents.
- 2. User Content. TERA's incorporates certain
communication features such as forums, message boards, chat,
messenger-type features, and email that may be provided to registered
and unregistered users (collectively, "TERA Communication Features").
You acknowledge that by using TERA Communication Features, you may be
exposed to messages, information, data, text, software, graphic files,
or other materials, whether in written, verbal, electronic, digital,
machine-readable or other form ("User Content") that you might find
objectionable. En Masse does not control the content of any User
Content and does not guarantee their accuracy, integrity or quality.
You understand that any User Content sent through or appearing on TERA
Communication Features is the sole responsibility of those persons
transmitting such User Content. This means that you, and not En Masse,
are entirely responsible for all User Content that you transmit. Under
no circumstances will En Masse be liable for any errors or omissions in
any User Content or for any loss or damages of any kind incurred as a
result of the access to, downloading, viewing, listening, use of or
inability to use any User Content sent through or appearing on any TERA
Communication Features.
En Masse has no obligation to monitor or supervise TERA Communication
Features and/or User Content, and expressly disclaims any
representation that we will monitor or supervise such features and/or
User Content. However, we expressly reserve the right, but not the
obligation, in our sole discretion to monitor, screen, edit, block or
remove any User Content, in whole or in part, sent through or appearing
on any TERA Communication Feature and you have no expectation of
privacy in any content in any of the TERA Communication Features.
Without limiting the foregoing, En Masse and its designees shall have
the right to block or remove, in whole or in part, any User Content
that is in violation of this Terms of Use, is illegal, infringing or
otherwise offensive or objectionable. Accordingly, you acknowledge that
TERA Communication Features are forums for public and not private
communications. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD EN MASSE AND ITS
DESIGNEES HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE
ATTORNEYS' FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR
VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY RIGHTS
OF ANOTHER.
Any and all User Content submitted to En Masse shall be deemed, and
shall remain, the property of En Masse from the moment such User
Content us created. En Masse shall exclusively own all now known or
hereafter existing copyrights and all other intellectual property
rights to all User Content of every kind and nature, in perpetuity
throughout the world. To the extent that any of the above may be void
or unenforceable, you agree that any and all User Content is hereby
irrevocably assigned to En Masse, together with all intellectual
property rights therein. To the extent any of the User Content is not
assignable, by submitting User Content to En Masse, you agree that En
Masse shall be irrevocably entitled to, throughout the world and in
perpetuity, modify, adapt, use, reproduce, license, publish, broadcast,
perform, sell, translate, create derivative works from and distribute
any User Content for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise,
in any medium now known or hereafter devised, without compensation or
credit to the provider of the User Content. You also give up any claim
that any use by En Masse of any User Content violates any of your
rights, including but not limited to moral rights, privacy rights,
rights to publicity, proprietary or other rights, and/or rights to
credit for the material or ideas set forth therein.
- 3. Eligibility. If you are between the ages
of thirteen (13) and eighteen (18), your parent or guardian must
complete the registration process, in which case the parent or guardian
will take full responsibility for all obligations under this Terms of
Service. By using TERA, you represent that you are at least eighteen
(18) years of age and are either accepting this Terms of Service on
behalf of yourself or on behalf of your child. You may not transfer,
sell, or share your Account with anyone, unless you are a parent or
guardian, in which case you may permit one child to use the Account
instead of yourself. You are liable for all activities conducted
through the Account.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, administered by the
Federal Trade Commission, imposes rules regarding the collection of
personal information from children. TERA is not directed to children
under the age of thirteen (13). If you are under the age of thirteen
(13) you may not create an Account and must not provide any personal
information to En Masse.
- 4. Establishing an Account. A TERA account
("Account") may be required to access certain features of TERA,
including TERA Communications Features. If you have questions about
Account registration, please contact at account@tera-online.com.
To create an Account, you must provide your name, date of birth,
mailing address and valid email address. You must provide truthful and
accurate information. Accounts are available only to adults, or in
their discretion, their minor child. If you are a minor, your parent or
guardian must complete the registration process, in which case your
parent or guardian takes full responsibility for all obligations under
this Terms of Service. You are solely responsible for all activity on
your Account. You should not reveal your Account password to others. En
Masse will not ask you to reveal your password.
En Masse does not recognize the transfer of Accounts. You may not
purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell,
gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void.
- 5. Login ID and Password. During the
registration process, you may be required to provide your login ID
(your verifiable email address) and a password (collectively referred
to as "Login Information"). You may not share the Account or the Login
Information with anyone other than as expressly set forth herein. You
are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the Login
Information, and you will be responsible for all uses of the Login
Information, whether or not authorized by you. In the event that you
become aware of or reasonably suspect any breach of security, including
without limitation any loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of the
Login Information, you must immediately notify En Masse by emailing
accounts@tera-online.com.
- 6. Username. In addition to your Login
Information, you may be required to select a unique username for use
with TERA Communication Features. Your username can be seen by others.
Therefore, if En Masse finds a username to be offensive or improper, it
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the username, block
user registration, remove the username from all aspects TERA, and/or
suspend or terminate your Account. In particular, you may not use the
name of another person, or a name which violates a third party's
trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right. You may not use
a name which may mislead others to believe you to be an employee of En
Masse, or which En Masse deems at its sole discretion to be vulgar or
otherwise offensive. En Masse reserves the right, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to delete or alter any username, terminate or
suspend your Account, or terminate any license granted herein, for any
reason whatsoever.
- 7. Rules of Conduct. When using or accessing
TERA or TERA Communication Features, you agree not to:
i. Transmit or post any content or language which, in the sole
and absolute discretion of En Masse, is deemed to be unlawful, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, racially, ethnically
or otherwise objectionable; or contains any viruses, trojan horses,
worms, time bombs, automation software or other computer programming
routines that are intended to damage, modify, interfere with, or
otherwise disrupt any system or data;
ii. Communicate or post any user's personal information, except that a
user may communicate his or her own personal information in a private
message directed to a single user;
iii. disrupt the normal flow of chat, harass, threaten, stalk,
embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to other
users, send repeated unsolicited or unwelcome messages to a single
user, or repeatedly post similar messages in a chat area, including
without limitation continuous advertisements to sell goods or services,
defraud, or attempt to gain access to any other user's Account;
iv. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a
En Masse agent or employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity; v. interfere with or disrupt
any aspect of TERA or servers or networks connected to TERA, or disobey
any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks
connected to TERA;
In addition to the above, En Masse prohibits any conduct or
action that En Masse, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines
is contrary to the spirit of TERA, and may terminate or suspend your
Account, or take any other action that En Masse deems appropriate in
its sole and absolute discretion.
- 8. Changes to Terms of Service. En Masse
reserves the right, at its sole and absolute discretion, to change,
modify, add to, supplement or delete any of the terms and conditions of
this Terms of Service at any time, including without limitation access
policies, the availability of any feature of TERA, hours of
availability, content, data, software or equipment needed to access
TERA, effective with or without prior notice; provided, however, that
material changes (as determined in En Masse's sole and absolute
discretion) will be disclosed to you through any of one or a
combination of: a patch process, or by email, postal mail, website
posting, or pop-up screen. If you cannot comply with changes to this
Terms of Service, or such changes are unacceptable to you, you must not
use or access TERA and your Account. By continuing to access or use
TERA following any revision to this Terms of Service constitutes your
complete and irrevocable acceptance of any and all such changes. En
Masse may change, modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of TERA at
any time. En Masse may also impose limits on certain features or
restrict your access to parts or all of TERA without notice or
liability. If you do not agree to any new terms, or to any of the terms
in this Terms of Service, your only remedy is to not access or use TERA
and to cancel your Account.
- 9. Service Interruptions and Changes to TERA.
En Masse reserves the right to interrupt all or any aspect of TERA from
time to time on a regularly scheduled basis or otherwise with or
without prior notice in order to perform maintenance. You agree that En
Masse will not be liable for any interruption of TERA, delay or failure
to perform resulting from any causes whatsoever. You acknowledge that
TERA may be interrupted for reasons beyond the control of En Masse, and
En Masse cannot guarantee that you will be able to access TERA or your
Account whenever you may wish to do so. En Masse has the right at any
time for any reason or no reason to change and/or eliminate any aspect
of TERA as it sees fit in its sole discretion.
- 10. Termination. You or En Masse may
terminate this Terms of Service and your Account at any time. You may
terminate this Terms of Service at any time by not using TERA. En Masse
can terminate this Terms of Service by asking you to stop using TERA,
and, at En Masse's sole and absolute discretion, by preventing your
access to TERA and/or your Account. Upon termination of this Terms of
Service, you will have no further rights to use TERA or its services.
Your only right and remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with
TERA is to terminate this Terms of Service and your Account and to
cease using any services available through TERA, including TERA
Communication Features. The foregoing are the exclusive rights and
remedies in connection with, without limitation, any disagreement with
any terms and conditions of this Terms of Service , or any policy or
practice of En Masse in operating TERA, and/or content available
through TERA (or any changes to such content). Without limiting the
foregoing, En Masse shall have the right to terminate this Terms of
Service with you, effective immediately, and/or terminate or
temporarily suspend your access to your Account and/or all or any part
of TERA, without notice, in the event of any conduct by you which En
Masse, in its sole and absolute discretion, considers to be
unacceptable, or for conduct that En Masse believes is a violation of
the terms and conditions contained herein or any other policies posted
by En Masse, or for other conduct which En Masse believes, in its sole
and absolute discretion, is harmful to En Masse, other TERA users. En
Masse reserves the right to deny any account registration and to deny
access to TERA to any individual.
The provisions of Sections 1, 2, and 11 through 17 shall survive any
termination of this Terms of Service.
- 11. Warranty Disclaimer. TERA AND ALL RELATED
SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
PROVIDED AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
EN MASSE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, WRITTEN OR ORAL, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. Without limiting the foregoing, En Masse does not ensure
continuous, error-free, secure or virus-free operation TERA or your
Account. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties,
and to the extent, the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This
warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other
legal rights that vary from state to state.
- 12. Limitation of Liability. NEITHER EN MASSE
NOR ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE
IN ANY WAY FOR DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM (A) THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE TERA AND RELATED SOFTWARE AND SERVICES INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR
MALFUNCTION; (B) THE LOSS OR DAMAGE TO CHARACTERS, ACCOUNTS,
STATISTICS, INVENTORIES OR USER PROFILE INFORMATION; OR (C)
INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ISP DISRUPTIONS,
SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE FAILURES OR ANY OTHER EVENT WHICH MAY RESULT IN A
LOSS OF DATA OR DISRUPTION OF SERVICE. IN NO EVENT WILL EN MASSE BE
LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
- 13. Force Majeure. En Masse shall not be
liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes
outside its reasonable control, including without limitation any
failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause
beyond En Masse's control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots,
embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods,
accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel,
energy, labor or materials.
- 14. Acknowledgments. . You hereby acknowledge
and agree that:
i. WHEN YOU ACCESS OR USE TERA, EN MASSE MAY OBTAIN CERTAIN
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER AND ITS OPERATING
SYSTEM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR HARD DRIVES, CENTRAL
PROCESSING UNIT, IP ADDRESS(ES) AND OPERATING SYSTEM(S), FOR PURPOSES
OF IMPROVING TERA SERVICES OFFERED TO YOU, AND TO POLICE AND ENFORCE
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TERMS OF SERVICE OR ANY SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS;
ii. En Masse may, with or without notice to you, disclose your
Internet Protocol (IP) address(es), personal information, chat logs,
and other information about you and your activities: (a) in response to
a request by law enforcement, a court order or other legal process; or
(b) if En Masse believes that doing so may protect your safety or the
safety of others;
iii. you are wholly responsible for the cost of all telephone and
Internet access charges along with all necessary equipment, servicing,
repair or correction incurred in maintaining connectivity to the
Servers.
- 15. Equitable Remedies. . In the event that
you breach this Terms of Service, you hereby agree that En Masse would
be irreparably damaged if this Terms of Service were not specifically
enforced, and therefore you agree that En Masse shall be entitled,
without bond, other security, or proof of damages, to appropriate
equitable remedies with respect to breaches of this Terms of Service,
in addition to such other remedies as En Masse may otherwise have
available to it under applicable laws. In the event any litigation is
brought by either party in connection with this Terms of Service, the
prevailing party in such litigation shall be entitled to recover from
the other party all the costs, attorneys' fees and other expenses
incurred by such prevailing party in the litigation.
- 16. Governing Law. The laws of the State of
California, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this Terms of
Service and your Account. You expressly agree that exclusive
jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with En Masse, arising out of or
relating in any way to your Account or your use of TERA resides in the
federal and state courts within the jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Central District of California, and you further
agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in
such courts in connection with any such dispute including any claim
involving En Masse or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees,
contractors, officers, directors, vendors and content providers.
- 17. Miscellaneous. If any provision of this
Terms of Service shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this
Terms of Service and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any remaining provisions. This Terms of Service is the complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement between you and En Masse
concerning TERA, and this Terms of Service supersedes any prior or
contemporaneous agreement, either oral or written, and any other
communications with regard thereto between you and En Masse; provided,
however that this Terms of Service is in addition to, and does not
replace or supplant any supplemental agreement. This Terms of Service
may only be modified as set forth herein. The section headings used
herein are for reference only and shall not be read to have any legal
effect.
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