Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
such charges.
If
you
do
not
consent
to
such charges, however, you
may
not
have access
to
paid Content
or
Services
for
which
such charges apply.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY/
NOTICE
FOR
CLAIMS
OF
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
VIOLATIONS AND
AGENT
FOR
NOTICE
Sony respects
the
intellectual
property
rights
of
others, and
we
ask
you
to
do
the
same.
It
is Sony's policy,
at
its
discretion, (a)
to
terminate
and/or
disable
the
Content
ofThird
Party Providers
or
users
of
the
Services
who
may
infringe
or
repeatedly
inf
ri
nge
the
copyrights
or
other
intellectual
property
rights
of
Sony, its Third Party Providers
or
others;
and/or
(b)
to
forward reports
of
intellectual
property
rights violations
to
Third Party Providers and others
for
review
and
action
per
the
terms
of
such Third Party Provider's procedures
for
protection
of
intellectual
property
rights. The Sony Software and Content are protected
by
copyright laws and international copyright treaties,
as
well
as
other
intellectual
property
laws and treaties. There
may
be
proprietary logos, service marks, trademarks,
likenesses, and
trade
names
found
in
the
Sony Software,
the
Content,
or
on
the
Services. By making
the
Sony
Software and Content available
on
the
Services, Sony and
the
Third Party Providers are
not
granting you
any
license
to
utilize
those
proprietary logos, service marks, trademarks, likenesses,
or
trade
names. Any unauthorized use
of
the
Sony Software,
the
Services,
or
the
Content
may
violate copyright laws, trademark laws,
the
laws
of
privacy and
publicity, and civil and criminal statutes. All right, title, and interest in and
to
the
Sony Software and
the
Content, and
any
and all copies
or
portions
thereof, are
owned
by
Sony, its licensors, Third Party Licensors, suppliers
and/or
Third
Party Providers. All rights
not
specifically granted
under
this
EULA
are reserved
by
Sony, its licensors, Third Party
Licensors, suppliers
and/or
Third Party Providers.
You are responsible
for
all
your
activities hereunder, including all legal liability incurred
from
access, browsing,
or
use
of
the
Services by
you
or
by
others
who
use
the
Services via
your
Sony Product
or
Account (as defined in
the
User Account section).
You
may
use
the
Sony Software,
the
Services, and
the
Content
for
lawful purposes only. You
may
not
distribute, exchange, modify, sell,
or
transmit
anything
you
may
copy
from
the
Sony Software,
the
Services,
or
the
Content, including
but
not
limited
to
any
data, text, software, likenesses, photographs, images, graphics,
audio, music, sound, video, messages, and tags,
for
any
business, commercial,
or
public purpose.
DE
-
REGISTRATION
OF SONY
PRODUCT
Should
you
return
your
Sony Product
to
its place
of
purchase, transfer
your
Sony Product in accordance
with
this
EULA,
or
if
this
EULA
is terminated,
you
agree
to:
(i) de-register
the
Sony Product
by
deleting any and all accounts
you
may
have established
on
or
have accessed
through
the
Sony Product; and (ii) reset
the
Sony Product
to
its original factory settings.
YOU
ARE
SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE
FOR
MA
I
NTAINING
THE
CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
ANY
ACCOUNTS
YOU
HAVE
WITH
THIRD
PARTIES
AND ANY
USERNAMES
AND
PASSWORDS
ASSOCIATED
WITH
YOUR
USE
OF
THE
SONY
PRODUCT.
GOVERNING
LAW
AND
JURISDICTION
This
EULA
shall be governed
by
the
laws
of
the
State
of
Delaware (USA),
without
regard
to
conflict
of
laws
provisions. The United Nations Convention
on
Contracts
for
the
International Sale
of
Goods shall
not
apply
to
the
Sony Software
or
this
EULA.
This
EULA
will
not
be governed
or
interpreted in
any
way
by referring
to
any
law
based
on
the
Uniform Computer Information Transactions
Act
{UCITA)
or
any
other
act derived
from
or
related
to
UCITA.
RESOLVING
DISPUTES
; ARBITRATION;
SMALL
CLAIMS;
JURY
TRIAL
WAIVER;
CLASS
ACT
ION
WAIVER
For purposes
of
this
EULA,
·Dispute"
is defined
as
any
disagreement, cause
of
action, claim, controversy,
or
proceeding
between
you
and
any
Sony
entity
related
to
or
arising
out
of
the
Sony Product, Sony Software,
Sony Services & Content
or
this
EULA.
If
a Dispute arises, you agree
to
first give notice
to
us by contacting Sony
Electronics Inc.
at
16535 Via Esprillo,
San
Diego, California
92127,
Attn:
Legal Department, and engaging in
good
faith
negotiations
to
attempt
to
resolve any Dispute
for
at
least 14 days, except
that
you
or
Sony (its parent, subsidiaries
or
any
of
its affiliates)
may
skip this informal
negotiation
procedure
for
Disputes enforcing, protecting,
or
concerning
the
validity
of
intellectual
property
rights. Dispute is
to
be given
the
broadest possible meaning
that
will be
enforced.
ANY
DISPUTE
THAT
IS
NOT
RESOLVED
THROUGH
THE
INFORMAL
NEGOTIATION
PROCESS
DESCRIBED
HEREIN,
SHALL
BE
RESOLVED
EXCLUSIVELY
THROUGH
BINDING
ARBITRATION
ADMINISTERED
BY
THE
AMERICAN
ARBITRATION
ASSOCIATION
("AAA")
IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH
ITS
COMMERCIAL
ARBITRAT
I
ON
RULES,
AND
THE
SUPPLEMENTARY
PROCEEDINGS
FOR
CONSUMER-RELATED
DISPUTES
WHEN
APPLICABLE,
AND
JUDGMENT
ON
THE
AWARD
RENDERED
BY
THE
ARBITRATOR
MAY
BE
ENTERED
IN
ANY
COURT
HAVING
JURISDICTION
THEREOF.
To
begin arbitration,
either
you
or
we
must
make
a
written
demand
to
the
other
for
arbitration. The arbitration
will
take place before a single arbitrator.
It
will
be administered in keeping
with
the
Expedited Procedures
of
the
Commercial Arbitration Rules, and
the
Supplementary Proceedings
for
Consumer-Related disputes
when
applicable
("Rules")
of
the
AAA
in
effect
when
the
claim is filed.
You
may
get
a copy
of
AAA's Rules
by
contacting AAA
at
{BOO)
778-7879
or
visiting www.adr.org. The
filing
fees
to
begin and carry
out
arbitration
will
be
shared between
you and us,
but
in no
event
shall
your
fees ever exceed
the
amount
allowable
by
the
special rules
for
Consumers
Disputes provided
for
by AAA,
at
which
point
Sony will cover all additional administrative fees and expenses. This
does
not
prohibit
the
arbitrator
from
giving
the
winning
party
their
fees and expenses
of
the
arbitration
when
appropriate pursuant
to
the
Rules. Unless
you
and
we
agree differently,
the
arbitration will take place in
the
county
and state where
you
live, and applicable federal
or
state
law
shall govern
the
substance
of
any
Dispute. The
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