Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
SONY'S RIGHTS TO USER'S MATERIAL
If
you send any communications
or
materials
to
Sony
by
electronic mail
or
otherwise including any selections,
comments, data, questions, suggestions,
or
the like ("Materials"), all such Materials are, and will be treated
as,
non-
confidential and non-proprietary (except
as
expressly provided
for
in the applicable privacy policy). Thus, you give
up any claim
that
use
of
such Materials violates any
of
your
rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary
or
other property rights, rights
of
publicity, rights
to
credit
for
material
or
ideas,
or
any
other
right, including
the
right
to
approve
the
way Sony uses such Materials. Any Material
may
be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied, disclosed,
licensed, performed, posted, published, sold, transmitted,
or
used
by
Sony anywhere in the world, in any medium,
forever and
without
attribution
or
compensation
to
you. Furthermore, you hereby assign all right, title, and interest
in, and Sony
is
free
to
use,
without
any compensation
to
you, any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques,
or
other
intellectual property rights contained in the Materials, whether
or
not
patentable,
for
any purpose whatsoever,
including
but
not
limited
to
developing, manufacturing, having manufactured, licensing, marketing, and selling
products using such Materials. However, you agree and understand
that
Sony is
not
obligated
to
use any such ideas,
know-how, concepts,
or
techniques
or
Materials, and you have no right
to
compel such use.
USE
OF SONY SOFTWARE WITH COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS
The Sony Software may be capable
of
being used
by
you
to
view, store, process
and/or
use content created
by
you
and/or
third parties. Such content may be protected
by
copyright, other intellectual property laws,
and/or
agreements. You agree
to
use the Sony Software only in compliance with all such laws and agreements
that
apply
to
such content.
You
acknowledge and agree
that
Sony may take appropriate measures
to
protect content stored,
processed
or
used
by
the Sony Software. Such measures include,
but
are
not
limited to, refusal
to
accept your
request
to
enable backup and restoration
of
content
through certain Sony Software features, and termination
of
this
EULA
in the event
of
your illegitimate use
of
the
Sony Software.
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
AND
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
You
acknowledge and agree
that
access
to
certain Sony Software features may require an Internet connection
for
which you are solely responsible. Further, you are solely responsible
for
payment
of
any fees associated with
your Internet connection, including
but
not limited
to
Internet service provider
or
airtime charges. Operation
of
the Sony Software may be limited
or
restricted depending on
the
capabilities, bandwidth
or
technical limitations
of
your Internet connection and service. The provision, quality and security
of
such Internet connectivity are your
responsibility
or
that
of
the
third party providing such service.
TRANSMITTED MATERIAL
Internet transmissions are never completely private
or
secure.
You
understand
that
any message
or
information you
send
to
Sony
may
be read
or
intercepted
by
others, unless there
is
a special notice
that
a particular message (for
example, credit card information)
is
encrypted (sent in code). Sending a message
to
Sony does
not
cause Sony
to
have any special responsibility
to
you.
DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (PlayReady™)
Content owners use Microsoft PlayReady™ content access technology ("PlayReady")
to
protect
their
intellectual
property, including copyrighted content. This Sony Product uses PlayReady technology
to
access PlayReady-
protected Content
and/or
WMDRM-protected Content ("WMDRM" means Microsoft Windows Media digital rights
management technology).
If
this Sony Product fails
to
properly enforce restrictions
on
the Content usage, Content
owners may require Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft")
to
revoke this Sony Product's 'ability
to
consume PlayReady-
protected Content. Revocation should
not
affect unprotected Content
or
Content protected
by
other content access
technologies. Content owners may require you
to
upgrade PlayReady
to
access
their
Content.
If
you decline an
upgrade, you will
not
be able
to
access Content
that
requires
the
upgrade.
DIGITAL RIGHTS
MANAGEMENT
(Widevine
DRM)
Content owners use Widevine
DRM
content access technology
to
protect
their
intellectual property, including
copyrighted content. This Sony Product uses Widevine
DRM
technology
to
access Widevine ORM-protected Content.
Content owners may require you
to
upgrade Widevine
DRM
to
access their Content.
If
you decline an upgrade, you
will not be able
to
access content
that
requires the upgrade.
ADVERTISEMENTS, SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
Inclusion
of
the
Service
of
a Third Party Provider does
not
mean
that
Sony approves of,
or
endorses,
or
recommends
that
Third Party Provider
or
its Content.
You
understand and agree
that
the
Services
and/or
Content may include
advertisements ("Advertisements"), and
that
these Advertisements are necessary in order
for
the Services
to
be
provided.
If
you use the Sony Entertainment Network service, the
SEN
and/or
PSN
Terms
of
Use/Service and
the
SEN
and/or
PSN
Privacy Policy
for
your country will apply and you will be required
to
agree
to
them. You understand
and agree
that
use
of
that
service (and other services available through it) as well as other services than those
provided
by
Sony Entertainment Network
may
result
in
you receiving
or
being shown recommendations
and/
or
advertisements, service announcements, administrative messages, news updates and the like which Sony
is
not
responsible
nor
liable for.
SONY,
PARENT,
SUBSIDIARIES,
ITS
AFFILIATES,
AND
ITS
THIRD
PARTY
PROVIDERS
DISCLAIM
ALL
WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS
OR
IMPLIED,
AS
TO
THE
ACCURACY,
LEGALITY,
RELIABILITY,
OR
VALIDITY
OF
ANY
ADVERTISEMENT,
SERVICE
COMMUNICATIONS,
OR
CONTENT,
AS
WELL
AS
ANY
LIABILITY
ARISING
UNDER
ANY
THEORY
OF
LAW
FOR
THE
ADVERTISEMENTS,
SERVICE
COMMUNICATIONS,
AND
CONTENT.
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