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than the Sony Software upon which the Sony
Software's performance may depend might be
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suppliers (software suppliers, service providers,
Third Party Providers, etc.) or Sony.
EXCLUDED SOFTWARE
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grant, you acknowledge that the Sony Product
includes software subject to other terms and
conditions governing the use of such software
other than this EULA ("Excluded Software"). Certain
Excluded Software may be covered by open source
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and conditions applicable to Open Source
Components are provided to you together with this
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menus. Please visit
http://www.sony.net/Products/Linux for a list of
applicable Excluded Software included in this Sony
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the extent required by the licenses covering Open
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extent the terms of the licenses applicable to Open
Source Components prohibit any of the restrictions
in this EULA with respect to such Open Source
Components, such restrictions will not apply to
such Open Source Component. To the extent the
terms of the licenses applicable to Open Source
Components require Sony to make an offer to
provide source code in connection with the
Software, such offer is hereby made.
USER ACCOUNT
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browse, or use the Services and the Content, Third
Party Providers and/or other third parties may
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true, accurate, current, and complete information
about yourself and maintain/promptly update such
information. You are responsible for maintaining
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associated with any such Account.
DATA COLLECTION
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Corporation and/or third parties that you access
may also allow affiliates of Sony Corporation and/
or third parties to collect data about you and/or
about the use of that service. Sony Corporation
does not control and is not in any way liable for
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such data collection and you should consult the
relevant privacy policy for each such Service before
using it.
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, to the
maximum extent as permitted under the applicable
law, 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, for
the period in which the above-mentioned rights
given up by you exist 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
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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.
ADVERTISEMENTS, SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
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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
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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
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