Sony BDV-T57 - Manual (Page 4)

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user account (”Account”) for which you must provide
them with true, accurate, current, and complete
information about yourself and maintain/promptly update
such information. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of any and all of your passwords associated
with any such Account.
SONY’S RIGHTS TO USER’S
MATERIAL
If you send any communications or materials to Sony by
electronic mail or otherwise (“Materials”), including any
selections, comments, data, questions, suggestions, or the
like, all such Materials are, and will be treated as, non-
confidential and non-proprietary. 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.
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
Content owners use Windows Media digital rights
management technology (“WMDRM”) to protect their
intellectual property, including copyrights. This Sony
Product uses WMDRM software to access WMDRM-
protected Content. If the WMDRM software fails to
protect the Content, Content owners may ask Microsoft
Corporation (“Microsoft”) to revoke the Service’s ability
to use WMDRM to play or copy protected Content.
Revocation does not affect unprotected Content. If you
download licenses for protected Content, you agree that
Microsoft may include a revocation list with the licenses.
Content owners may require you to upgrade WMDRM 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. You also understand and agree that the use of
the BRAVIA® Internet Video feature may include certain
communications from Sony or Third Party Providers such
as service announcements, administrative messages,
newsletters, and the like (“Service Communications”), and
that you will not be able to opt out of receiving such
Service Communications. SONY, ITS AFFILIATES,
AND ITS THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DISCLAIM
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
THE ACCURACY, LEGALITY, RELIABILITY, OR
VALIDITY OF ANY ADVERTISMENT, SERVICE
COMMUNICATIONS, OR CONTENT, AS WELL AS
ANY LIABILITY ARISING UNDER ANY THEORY OF
LAW FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS, SERVICE
COMMUNICATIONS, AND CONTENT.
OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT
AND RULES FOR MINORS
(UNDER AGE 16)
Certain Content may not be suitable for minors or other
users. Such Content may or may not be rated or identified
as having explicit language, or otherwise being for a
mature audience. Therefore, you acknowledge that you are
using the Services at your own risk and that Sony has no
liability to you for the Content, including any Content that
may be offensive. You are responsible for supervising the
use of the Sony Product, the Sony Software, Excluded
Software, the Services, and the Content by any minor. If
you are under the age of 16, you should ask your parent(s)
or a guardian before you: (i) e-mail Sony via the Service;
(ii) send in any information; (iii) enter any contest or game
that requires information about you or offers a prize; (iv)
join any club or group; (v) post any information on any
bulletin board or enter any chatroom; or (vi) buy anything
online.
EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY
YOU UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE, AND
AGREE THAT THE CONTENT AND SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS AND/OR
SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES
OVER WHICH SONY HAS NO CONTROL. THE
SELECTION, PROVISION, QUALITY, PICTURE SIZE,
AND AVAILABILITY OF SUCH CONTENT AND/OR
SOFTWARE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF
SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OR OTHER THIRD
PARTY. YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH ANY AND
ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT THE THIRD
PARTY PROVIDERS MAY SET FOR ITS SERVICE,
CONTENT AND/OR SOFTWARE. YOU FURTHER
UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE, AND AGREE
THAT ACCESS, BROWSING, AND USAGE OF THE
SERVICES REQUIRES INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDED BY YOU, AND FOR WHICH YOU ARE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE PAYMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY
FEES (SUCH AS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR
AIRTIME CHARGES) FOR SUCH ACCESS AND FOR
DISPLAY OR DELIVERY OF ADVERTISEMENTS
INCLUDED WITH THE SERVICES. OPERATION OF
THE BRAVIA® INTERNET VIDEO FEATURE AND
THE SERVICE MAY BE LIMITED OR RESTRICTED
DEPENDING ON THE CAPABILITIES, BANDWIDTH
OR TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS OF YOUR
INTERNET SERVICE. SONY, ITS AFFILIATES, AND
ITS THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS,
DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY, OR FAILURE TO
STORE ANY USER COMMUNICATIONS OR
PERSONALIZED SETTINGS.
THE SONY SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING
DOCUMENTATION, THE SERVICES, AND THE
CONTENT ARE FURNISHED TO YOU “AS IS” AND
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS,