Playverse Terms of Service
PRESSING I AGREE OR USING PLAYVERSE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE
TERMS (AGREEMENT). IF YOU (OR, IF APPLICABLE, YOUR PARENT
OR GUARDIAN) DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO USE OR ACCESS PLAYVERSE.
Our website located at
www.playverse.com
, including all of its mobile apps, subsites and all software, products,
features, games and services made available, displayed or offered by or
through our website, mobile apps or subsites (collectively, Playverse), is provided to the user, by Trendy
Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company with its
principal place of business located at 104 North Main Street, Suite 600,
Gainesville, FL 32601 (Trendy), and its suppliers, service
providers and licensors (collectively, Third Party Providers).
Parents
. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must make
sure that your parent or guardian reads and accepts this Agreement and our
Privacy Policy on your behalf prior to your use of Playverse.
Print or Download.
Please print and download a copy of this Agreement for your records.
Personal Use.
Playverse is for your individual, non-commercial, entertainment purposes
only. Except as may be expressly permitted by Trendy, you may not sell or
exchange anything you copy or derive from Playverse. As long as you comply
with the terms of this Agreement, Trendy grants you a personal,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right during the term of this
Agreement to enter, use, perform and display Playverse and everything on
it. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of
Playverse in any way.
PLAYVERSE ACCOUNTS
A. Background.
Certain content, games or services provided by Trendy through Playverse may
be accessed or used by you without requiring registration or login to
Playverse (Public Materials). Other content, games or
services provided by Trendy through Playverse, require that you register
and open an account directly on Playverse or have an account on Playverse
from an authorized third party, such as Steam/PSN/XBL ( Playverse Account) in order to be accessed or used by you
(User Materials). This Agreement applies to your access
and use of Public Materials and User Materials. Any Playverse Account
supplied to you is personal, and you may not transfer or make available
your Playverse Account username or password to others, including, without
limitation, your co-workers or other members of your household. You must
obtain access to the Internet and pay any access and usage fees and supply
the necessary equipment and software to connect to Playverse via the
Internet.
B. Accessing Your Playverse Account Information.
It is your responsibility to make sure that all information on your account
page is truthful, complete, current and accurate.
C. Security of Your Account.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Playverse
Account and for all activities that occur through the use of your Playverse
Account. You must notify Trendy of any unauthorized use of your Playverse
Account or any other breach of security, and ensure that you secure your
Playverse Account and computer from third party access.
Trendy Security Disclaimer
. Trendy has implemented physical, electronic and managerial procedures in
order to help safeguard and prevent unauthorized access, use, modification
or disclosure of your personal information. Although we use reasonable
efforts to safeguard the security of your personal information,
transmissions made on or through the Internet and personal information
stored on our servers or the servers of third parties that we use are
vulnerable to attack and cannot be guaranteed to be secure. In addition,
submissions made via e-mail are not protected by encryption and are
vulnerable to interception during transmission.
D. Pre-Release Game Terms.
The following applies only to any pre-release games you have access to on
Playverse, notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary.
PLAYVERSE COMMUNICATION FEATURES
A. General.
Playverse's communication features (such as Playverse launcher, Message
Boards, voice chat, universal chat, messenger-type features, e-mail, and
mobile device access, etc. or any future communication features) may be
provided to users; other or similar communication features (such as in-game
or out-of-game voice or text chat, game related message boards, e-mail,
messenger-type features or community areas) are services that may be
provided to users of certain games through Playverse (collectively, Trendy Communication Features).
Note: You may be exposed to messages, information, data, text, software,
graphic files, or other materials, whether in written, verbal, electronic
or other form, whether now known or hereafter known ( User Content) that you might find objectionable. Trendy
and its Third Party Providers do not control the content of any User
Content and do not guarantee their accuracy, integrity or quality. User
Content on Trendy Communication Features is the sole responsibility of
those persons transmitting such User Content, and that Trendy is solely
acting as a hosting provider. You are responsible for all User Content that
you transmit.
Trendy and Trendy's Third Party Providers have no obligation to monitor or
supervise Trendy Communication Features or User Content, and expressly
disclaim any representation that we or our Third Party Providers will
monitor or supervise such Communication Features or User Content. Trendy
expressly reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole
discretion to monitor, screen, edit, refuse to post, block or remove, in
each case, in accordance with applicable law, any User Content on any
Trendy Communication Feature, you hereby waive any rights of
confidentiality that you may have in and to your communications when using
any of the Trendy Communication Features, and you agree that you have no
expectation of privacy in any content in any of the Trendy Communication
Features. For example, Trendy and its Third Party Providers have the right
to block or remove any User Content that is in violation of this Agreement,
is illegal, infringing or otherwise offensive or objectionable. Trendy
Communication Features are forums for public and not private
communications.
Prior to using any Trendy communication Features, please carefully review
Trendy's policies concerning (1) submission of creative ideas, suggestions
and materials, (2) fan fiction, artwork, content or user generated content,
and (3) uploading of photographs, video, and audio materials.
B. Rules of Conduct.
You may not do any of the following while accessing or using Playverse or
any Trendy Communication Features:
Trendy retains the right to suspend, terminate, or otherwise sanction
Playverse game subscription of any Playverse user who violates the
foregoing Rules of Conduct, as well as to take any other action required or
permitted under applicable law.
C. Trendy Rights in User Content.
You hereby grant Trendy an irrevocably, perpetual, license to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, broadcast, license, perform, post, sell,
translate, create derivative works from and distribute any User Content for
any purpose whatsoever related to Playverse or any game within Playverse
(or any successor), in any medium now known or hereafter devised, without
compensation or credit to the provider of the User Content, including
sublicensing any third party to do any of the foregoing.
D. Suggestions.
Any and all creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts or other
information that you send to us (collectively, Submissions
) are deemed the property of Trendy from the time of uploading or
transmission.
E. Links.
Playverse, including the Trendy Communication Features, may provide and
users may include in messages, links to other web sites. Trendy and its
Third Party Providers are not responsible for the availability of such
external sites, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for
any materials on or available from such sites.
F. Epilepsy Warning
Please note that certain people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or
loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light
patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching
certain monitor images or playing certain video games. If you or anyone in
your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of
consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior
to playing.
FEE-BASED PLAYVERSE GAMES
Some content, games or services offered on Playverse may be offered to you
on a fee basis. If you elect to subscribe to or purchase fee-based content,
games or services and transmit to Trendy a purchase request, you warrant
that
Your purchase of any fee based content, games or services via Playverse is
subject to our Sales Policies located in this Agreement and on
www.playverse.com
/policies
.
Evolution of Games
. You understand that online games, and system specifications necessary to
play those games, may continuously evolve over time. Trendy reserves the
right to modify or increase the system specifications necessary to play any
game - whether free or subscription based - at any time and without notice,
provided that if such modifications give rise to any increase in the fees
payable to play any applicable game, to the extent required by applicable
laws, Trendy will provide you with notice of such price increase in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. You are responsible for
purchasing any necessary additional technology or services in order to
access and play those games.
SALES POLICIES
A. Methods of Payment.
If you purchased any Trendy games or services (including any Virtual Goods)
through Trendy's commerce systems, we have the right to automatically
charge your credit card or debit your account for the applicable fees or
charges, plus any applicable taxes we are required to collect, and you
authorize us to do so. Any prices posted in US Dollar or non-US dollar
currencies by Trendy on the Store do not include any applicable sales tax,
unless specifically noted that it is tax-inclusive. If you elect to redeem
Playverse Credit or any promotional code in exchange for any games or
services (including any Virtual Goods), the applicable promotional code or
required Playverse Credits will be permanently consumed and converted into
the purchased games or services. Playverse Credit value posted by Trendy on
the Store for any game or service being offered for redemption is not
inclusive of the applicable sales taxes therefor.
With respect to the purchase of any games, services, or Virtual Goods
through Trendy's commerce systems, you will be required to review and
accept the applicable terms for such games, services, or Virtual Goods
prior to submitting your order. You agree to receive all notices and
records from Trendy in electronic form.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A. General
Playverse, including, without limitation, all Trendy Communication
Features, contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary
information including, without limitation, text, software, photographs,
video, graphics, music and sound, themes, objects, items, characters,
character names, character profiles, stories, dialogue, concepts, artwork,
and the entire contents of Playverse and each area contained within
Playverse are owned and copyrighted by Trendy. Trendy also owns a copyright
in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such
content. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer
or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content
contained on Playverse (including, without limitation, content that
Playverse enables you to download) without the express written permission
of Trendy. If any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of
copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution,
trademark, legend or copyright notice may be made. The downloading of
copyrighted material from Playverse is allowed by you only for your own
use. Trendy or third-party content providers remain the owners of all
materials posted on Playverse, and that you do not acquire any of those
ownership rights by downloading copyrighted materials. Trendy reserves all
rights regarding Playverse not expressly granted under this Agreement.
Trendy hereby grants to each Playverse game subscriber or member that is in
good standing (i.e. a subscriber who is current in his or her payment of
all applicable fees for their use of the games and services on Playverse to
which he or she subscribes and who is not otherwise in breach of this
Agreement) (each, a Game Subscriber) such grant to be
automatically revoked as of the moment that the subscriber's account is no
longer in good standing, a limited, personal, nonexclusive,
nontransferable, non-assignable and fully revocable license to use (a) the
relevant Trendy game name, and (b) trademarks and copyrighted material from
the applicable game, including non-player character names and images, deity
and monster names and images, geographical names, item names and images,
character names and images, background art, and screenshots containing any
of the foregoing, solely to be used for material (for example, "fan
fiction" and "fan artwork") that the Game Subscriber posts to or transmits
through Trendy Communication Features ( Game Licensed Content) in accordance with this Agreement
-- and for no other use. Each Game Subscriber undertakes to Trendy that any
Game Licensed Content that he or she provides must comply in all respects
with this Agreement.
B. No Ownership Rights in Playverse Account. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, you agree that you have no ownership or other
property interest in any Playverse Account and agree that all rights in
and to such accounts are and forever will be owned by and inure to the
benefit of Trendy.
C. Copyright and Trademark Notices.
All contents, games and other information offered on or through Playverse
are subject to copyright and trademark protections under United States and
international laws.
D. Fan Sites
Solely in connection with your fansite or your fansite pages dedicated to
the games that Trendy develops, publishes or distributes, we may (in our
sole discretion) grant you, on a non-exclusive and non-sublicensable basis,
permission to reproduce and redistribute on the fansite to end users,
certain Trendy and Third Party Provider game-related images, graphics or
artwork (Trendy Fansite Content) and certain Trendy and
Third Party Provider trademarks and logos (Trendy Marks)
that Trendy may expressly designate "for fansite use" on fansite pages at
www.playverse.com
or its associated game sites, so long as you comply with the terms
described here and on the fansite pages, as those terms may be modified
from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
As the operator of an independent, unaffiliated web site, you will have
sole editorial control over the fansite, except that you represent and
warrant to Trendy that the fansite will not post material that is illegal
or infringes on the rights of third parties or harms the reputation of the
game, Trendy, its parent or affiliate companies, or its officers or
employees. If at any time you post such disparaging material, or material
that is illegal or infringes upon the rights of any third party, Trendy may
terminate the grant to the Trendy Fansite Content. Your ownership in the
fansite excludes the Trendy Fansite Content and Trendy Marks and excludes
any derivative works based upon or including the Trendy Fansite Content or
Trendy Marks. The fansite is not a "Joint Work" as that term is defined in
the United States Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code ( U.S.C.), and is not otherwise a joint, collective or
collaborative work under any other applicable laws.
You must include Trendy's trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights
notices, as provided on the fansite page for the game referenced, when
displaying Trendy Fansite Content or Trendy Marks, and must comply with
usage guidelines that may be provided by Trendy. You may not remove or
alter any identifying information or copyright management information
conveyed in connection with copies of Trendy Fansite Content or Trendy
Marks, including in digital form; nor challenge Trendy's or its Third Party
Provider's ownership of the Trendy Fansite Content or Trendy Marks, nor use
or adopt any trademarks that might be confusingly similar to such Trendy
Marks.
Trendy reserves all rights, title and interest in and to the Trendy Fansite
Content and Trendy Marks which are not expressly granted herein. You may
not rent, lease, reproduce, modify, translate or create derivative works of
the Trendy Fansite Content except as expressly permitted herein, nor create
any derivative works (including without limitation fiction or visual art)
from, or in any way exploit, any of the characters or content contained in
the game or on Playverse, without the express written permission of Trendy.
The creation and sale of merchandise based on the game or upon Trendy
Fansite Content or Trendy Marks is expressly prohibited.
If you intend to charge a subscription or access fee to generate revenue
from the fansite, we would require you to execute a simple license
agreement with us. The limited permission granted here with respect to
fansite use of certain Trendy Fansite Content and Trendy Marks does not
cover such circumstances.
Fansites that quote an article or patch message from a Trendy site are
requested to limit the quote to a paragraph or less and provide a link back
to Playverse or associated game site for the full article or message,
rather than reproducing on the fansite the entire patch message or article.
Permission to link from the fansite to
Playverse.com
or the associated game site is granted in such circumstances.
D. POLICY ON REPEAT INFRINGERS; AGENT FOR NOTIFICATIONS OF CLAIMED
INFRINGEMENT
Please review our website for information on our policy for repeat
infringers and agent for notifications of claimed infringement.
E. CONTENT AND PHOTOGRAPHS
If you upload any photograph, video, or audio file to or through any Trendy
Communication Feature, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, you
You understand that, once your photograph, video, or audio file is posted,
anyone can download or distribute that material. You expressly waive any
and all claims you may have against Trendy and release Trendy from any and
all liability arising from or related to the submission and Trendy's or any
third party's use or transmission of the photograph, video, or audio file.
F. PLAYVERSE CREDIT AND OTHER VIRTUAL GOODS
1. Playverse Credit.
a. Obtaining Playverse Credit. If you have an active
Playverse Account you may participate in our Playverse Credits service
offering. Playverse Credits (Playverse Credits) is an
online redeemable point system which can be used to obtain certain products
and services offered by Trendy for redemption through our online Store.
Playverse Credit can be acquired, used and redeemed in a variety of ways.
For example
, you may have the opportunity to acquire Playverse Credit by participating
in or by completing certain tasks or objectives in one of our Playverse
games.
We may also offer Playverse Credit to you for free through one of our
promotional campaigns.
We may offer Playverse Credit to you for sale in-game or through Playverse
or at retail in the form of Playverse Gift Cards.
Playverse Credit is sold in bundles and the price may vary depending on the
amount you purchase and the location it is being purchased.
We may limit the amount of Playverse Credit you may obtain in your account
balance at any one time or in the aggregate. We will notify you if you
reach such limit.
No sales tax is charged when purchasing Playverse Credit in-game or through
Playverse; however, sales tax may apply to your redemption of Playverse
Credit for Trendy products or services in some jurisdictions. The amount of
tax charged depends upon many factors, including the type of product or
service purchased. Except as otherwise set forth herein or in our Sales
Policy on
www.playverse.com
and subject to applicable law, you are solely responsible for any tax
consequences that may result from your acquisition, use or redemption of
Playverse Credit.
b. License to use Playverse Credit. No matter how you
obtain Playverse Credit, you agree that such Playverse Credit solely
represents a limited license right to a virtual good which is governed by
the terms of this Agreement, and that such Playverse Credit is
non-transferable to another person or Playverse Account, has no credit
value and is not redeemable for any sum of money or monetary value from
Trendy. Playverse Credit does not constitute a personal property right.
c. Redemption of Playverse Credit. Trendy may offer
opportunities for you to redeem your Playverse Credit (e.g., at the Store
or while playing a game on Playverse) for certain items or services
provided that you have a sufficient balance to do so. While your Playverse
Credit does not have any set expiration date, please be aware that Trendy
may cease to continue to offer an item or service in exchange for your
Playverse Credit. In order to protect against theft, we will limit the
amount of Playverse Credit you may redeem or purchase. We will not
reinstate any deducted Playverse Credit except in limited circumstances at
our sole and absolute discretion after investigation.
d. Corrections. You are solely responsible for verifying
that the proper amount of Playverse Credit has been added to or deducted
from your Playverse Account. You can view your Playverse Credit balance
from within any of our items or services that accept Playverse Credit for
payment. If you believe that a mistake has been made, please contact us
immediately so that we can investigate the matter. You agree that we have
the sole discretion in determining whether or not your claim is valid and
if so the appropriate remedy.
e. Improper Usage of Playverse Credit. We reserve the
right to reduce, liquidate, deactivate, suspend or terminate your Playverse
Credit or access thereto if we suspect, after investigation, that you have
misused Playverse Credit service or have otherwise used Playverse Credit
service to conduct any fraudulent or illegal activity.
2. Virtual Goods.
Trendy retains the unfettered right to modify its games and all aspects of
characters, items, points and in game coin (collectively, Virtual Goods) therein.
YOU PROMISE THAT YOU WILL NEVER ASSERT OR BRING ANY CLAIM OR SUIT AGAINST
TRENDY, ITS LICENSORS OR THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, WHICH IS RELATED TO OR
BASED ON (I) A CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF ANY
TRENDY-AUTHORIZED EXCHANGE, (II) A CLAIM THAT YOU "OWN" ANY VIRTUAL GOODS
IN ANY GAME, (III) A CLAIM FOR THE "VALUE" OF VIRTUAL GOODS IF TRENDY
DELETES THEM (OR TERMINATES YOUR PLAYVERSE ACCOUNTS), (IV) A CLAIM FOR THE
"VALUE" OF VIRTUAL GOODS THAT YOU MAY LOSE IF TRENDY DOES ANYTHING THAT IT
IS ENTITLED TO DO PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE APPLICABLE GAME'S
AGREEMENT, RULES OF CONDUCT, TERMS OF SERVICE OR TRENDY'S PRIVACY POLICY,
OR FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONS OR "BUGS" IN TRENDY'S GAMES (OR SUCH OTHER
APPLICABLE TRENDY-AUTHORIZED EXCHANGE) OR (V) A CLAIM THAT THE "VALUE" OF
ANY VIRTUAL GOODS HAS INCREASED OR DECREASED BY VIRTUE OF ANY GAME
MODIFICATION THAT TRENDY HAS MADE OR WILL MAKE. ALL OF THE ABOVE APPLIES
WHETHER ON ANY OTHER TRENDY-AUTHORIZED EXCHANGE ENABLED SERVER.
G. SOFTWARE
All software or code that is downloaded or made available from Playverse ( Software) is owned by and the copyrighted work of Trendy
or its Third Party Providers or other suppliers. Trendy hereby grants to
you, the user, a personal, non-transferable license during the term of this
Agreement to use the Software for entertainment purposes only in connection
with Playverse and in accordance with this Agreement. Any reproduction or
redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may
result in civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the
maximum extent possible.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO
ANY OTHER COMPUTER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION
IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. TRENDY AND TRENDY'S THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DISCLAIM
ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
DISCLAIMERS: LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
A. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
NEITHER TRENDY, TRENDY'S THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, NOR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES
CONTAINED ON PLAYVERSE, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE TRENDY PARTIES),
MAKE ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT PLAYVERSE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO
THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, OR
SERVICES ON PLAYVERSE.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PLAYVERSE AND ALL INFORMATION,
CONTENT, GAMES AND SERVICES CONTAINED THEREON ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE TRENDY
PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE OF PLAYVERSE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
B. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE LAWS WHICH PROHIBIT THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS AND
EXCLUSIONS, THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION B APPLY
TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION
OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF PLAYVERSE, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE
OF ACTION.
IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE TRENDY PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR: (1) ANY INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO
(I) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE PLAYVERSE, (II) THE BREACH OF ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, OR (III) THE USE OF PLAYVERSE OR ANY BROWSER
OWNED OR OPERATED BY ANY PARTY, OR (2) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST OR DAMAGES TO
DATA, FILES, CONTENTS, IMAGES OR ITEMS WITHIN PLAYVERSE) ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO PLAYVERSE, EVEN IF TRENDY WAS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
IN THE EVENT ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE BY
TRENDY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY CONCERNING
PLAYVERSE, IS MADE BY YOU, THE ACTUAL DAMAGES TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED
IS LIMITED TO THE FEES, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU FOR USE OF PLAYVERSE.
SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF STATUTORY OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN
TYPES OF DAMAGES. IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS THE LIMITATIONS AND
EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION B. MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CONSEQUENTLY,
IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, THE LIABILITY OF THE TRENDY PARTIES IS
LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THEREBY MINIMIZING THE LIABILITY OF
SUCH TRENDY PARTIES TO YOU TO THE LOWEST AMOUNT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW. THIS LIMITATION IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER LIMITATION SET FORTH IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
TRENDY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION,
ADVICE OR STATEMENT, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE OR ILLEGAL
POSTING OR CONDUCT, ON PLAYVERSE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TRENDY
COMMUNICATION FEATURES OF PLAYVERSE, BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED TRENDY
EMPLOYEES WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL TRENDY, ANY TRENDY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES
CONTAINED ON PLAYVERSE, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR
RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH PLAYVERSE, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TRENDY COMMUNICATION FEATURES.
PRIVACY ISSUES
A. GENERAL
Our general Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) which is
located on the Playverse site is incorporated into this Agreement for all
purposes. You agree that you have reviewed, agree to and understand our
Privacy Policy. If you are located outside of the United States, please
note that the information that you provide is being sent to the United
States. As further described in our Privacy Policy, by using Playverse, you
consent to your data being sent to the United States and to such other
third parties and jurisdictions as may be involved in the provision and
operation of Playverse.
B. FOR PARENTS
Please note that all persons under the age of majority in their
jurisdiction are required to have a parent or guardian read and accept this
Agreement and our Privacy Policy on their behalf.
C. CONSENT TO MONITOR
Some games available on or through Playverse may, when in operation,
monitor your computer's random access memory, and system and configuration
files, crash data, etc. for the purpose of monitoring and improving quality
and service and also for the purpose of identifying unauthorized third
party programs running concurrently with your game which
If a game detects any Unauthorized Software,
You agree that all character and account data that is stored and is
resident on our servers, and any and all communications that you make
within Playverse or any game (including, but not limited to, messages
solely directed at another player or group of players) traverse through our
servers, may or may not be monitored by us or our agents (where and to the
extent permitted by applicable law), you have no expectation of privacy in
any such communications, you expressly consent to such monitoring of
communications you send and receive, and you expressly agree to waive any
rights of confidentiality that you may have in and to such communications.
GENERAL TERMS
A. TERMINATION
B. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Trendy, and the Third Party
Providers, and all of their respective officers, directors, owners, agents,
employees, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees
(collectively, Indemnified Parties) from and against any
and all liability and costs including, without limitation, attorneys' fees
and costs, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim
arising out of (i) any breach by you of the Agreement or any
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein or (ii) your use
of Playverse, including, without limitation, your Playverse Account and all
Trendy Communication Features.
C. TAXES
You may be required to report as taxable income the value of any prizes
received by you. Trendy or any sponsor who provides a particular prize may
report the value of the prize to Federal or state taxing authorities.
D. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
Trendy reserves the right to modify or delete certain terms of this
Agreement as Playverse evolves; provided, however, that material changes to
this Agreement will not be applied retroactively. Such changes will be
effective with or without prior notice to you. You can review the most
current version of this Agreement by clicking on the “Terms of Service”
link located at the bottom of the website. You are responsible for checking
this Agreement periodically for changes. If any future changes to this
Agreement are unacceptable to you or cause you to no longer be in agreement
or compliance with this Agreement, you must terminate this Agreement and
immediately stop using Playverse. Your continued use of any of the
Playverse following any revision to this Agreement constitutes your
complete and irrevocable acceptance of any and all such changes. Please
note that Trendy may also revise other policies, at any time, and the new
versions will be available on the website. Trendy has no obligation to
refund any fees that may have accrued to your account before cancellation
of your account or cessation of use of any subscription, nor will Trendy
have any obligation to prorate any fees in such circumstances.
E. EXPORT CONTROL
This site is controlled and operated by Trendy from its offices within the
State of Florida, United States of America. Those who choose to access
Playverse from other locations do so on their own initiative and are
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws
are applicable. Software from Playverse is further subject to United States
export controls. No software from Playverse may be downloaded or otherwise
exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba,
North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, or any other country to which the U.S. has
embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list
of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table
of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and
warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or
resident of any such country or on any such list.
F. LAW/DISPUTE RESOLUTION/BINDING ARBITRATION/CLASS ACTION WAIVER
You agree that this Agreement is deemed to have been made and executed in
the State of Florida, U.S.A., and any dispute arising hereunder must be
resolved in accordance with the law of Florida. Subject to the Dispute
Resolution/Binding Arbitration/Class Action Waiver below, you agree that
any claim asserted in any legal proceeding by you against Trendy must be
commenced and maintained exclusively in any state or federal court located
in Alachua County, Florida, having subject matter jurisdiction with respect
to the dispute between the parties and you hereby consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts. In any dispute arising under this Agreement,
the prevailing party will be entitled to attorneys’ fees and expenses.
In order to expedite and control the cost of disputes, you and Trendy agree
that any legal or equitable claim relating to this Agreement (referred to
as Claim) will be resolved as follows:
Most user concerns can be resolved by use of our Trendy support site. If we
are unable to resolve your concerns and a dispute remains between you and
Trendy, this Section explains how we agree to resolve it.
YOU AND TRENDY AGREE TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS BETWEEN US IN
INDIVIDUAL BINDING ARBITRATION. THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO: (I) ANY ASPECT OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US; (II) THIS AGREEMENT; OR (III) YOUR USE OF
PLAYVERSE, YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY SOFTWARE. IT APPLIES REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS ARE BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, FRAUD, UNFAIR
COMPETITION, MISREPRESENTATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.
However, this Section does not apply to the following types of claims or
disputes, which either party may bring in any court with jurisdiction: (i)
claims of infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights,
including such claims seeking injunctive relief; and (ii) claims related to
or arising from any alleged unauthorized use, piracy or theft.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND TRENDY ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO SUE IN
COURT AND TO HAVE A TRIAL BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY.
The Federal Arbitration Act applies to this Section. The arbitration will
be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association (AAA) and, where applicable, the AAA’s
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes, as modified by this
Agreement, both of which are available at
www.adr.org
. The AAA will administer the arbitration. The arbitration costs, including
arbitrator compensation, will be split between you and Trendy according to
the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures
for Consumer Related Disputes, if applicable.
YOU AND TRENDY AGREE NOT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS OR
REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR COLLECTIVE
ARBITRATION, EVEN IF AAA’s PROCEDURES OR RULES WOULD OTHERWISE ALLOW
ONE. THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL
PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF THAT PARTY’S INDIVIDUAL
CLAIM.
You and Trendy also agree not to seek to combine any action or arbitration
with any other action or arbitration without the consent of all parties to
this Agreement and all other actions or arbitrations.
If the agreement in this Section not to bring or participate in a class or
representative action, private attorney general action or collective
arbitration should be found illegal or unenforceable, you and Trendy agree
that it shall not be severable, that this entire Section shall be
unenforceable and any claim or dispute would be resolved in court and not
in collective arbitration.
Notwithstanding this Section, you have the right to litigate any dispute in
small claims court, if all the requirements of the small claims court,
including any limitations on jurisdiction and the amount at issue in the
dispute, are satisfied.
This Section shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
G. Miscellaneous
The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is
expressly disclaimed. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or
others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or
similar breaches. We may assign or transfer this Agreement to an affiliate
or to a successor in a merger of sale of substantially all our assets. You
may not assign or transfer this Agreement or your rights hereunder, and any
attempt to the contrary is void. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding and agreement between us and you with respect to the subject
matter hereof. You are not relying on any representation concerning this
subject matter, oral or written, not included in this Agreement. No
representation, promise or inducement not included in this Agreement is
binding. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall
be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.
If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these
terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
provisions. Trendy is not liable for any breach of the Agreement caused by
matters beyond Trendy’s reasonable control, including, without limitation,
Acts of God, fire, lightning, explosion, war, disorder, flood, or acts of
local or central government or other authorities or regulatory bodies. The
parties may not amend this agreement orally, and it may only be amended as
described in this agreement or in a signed writing of the parties.
Revised. October 14, 2014