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TERMS OF SERVICE Last updated: March 31, 2008 Acceptance of Terms Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using the Sites and Services (as defined below). By clicking "I Agree" on the button below, you represent that you are an adult in your country of residence, and you signify that you agree to these Terms of Service (which constitute a binding legal agreement) on behalf of yourself and, at your discretion, for one (1) minor child for whom you are a parent or guardian and whom you have affirmatively authorized to use the Sites and Services. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, click "CANCEL" and DO NOT set up, or authorize your minor child to set up, an account, purchase a subscription, or otherwise use the Sites and Services. The Services that Abandon Interactive Entertainment, LLC (together with its parent, affiliates, successors and assigns, "Abandon," the "Company" or "we") provides to you via AreYouFreaky.com and MyFreakyCreatures.com (clilectively, the "Sites") are subject to the flilowing Terms of Service. Abandon reserves the right to modify and update these Terms of Service at any time provided that it gives notice to you of any changes via e-mail and/or by posting the amended Terms of Service on the Sites. Such modifications and updates shall be effective upon your first use of the Site or Services after Abandon notifies you and makes them available for your review. If at any point you do not agree to these Terms of Service or any changes or updates, your only remedy is not to use the applicable Site or Service and to cancel any accounts or subscriptions that you may have established to access our Services ("Accounts"). Your continued use of the applicable Site or Service after your receipt of notice that a change or update has been made to the Terms of Service will constitute your acceptance of such change or update. If you viliate our Terms of Service, we may issue you a warning about the viliation, or we may choose to immediately terminate or suspend any or all of your Accounts or Services. You acknowledge that Abandon is not required to provide you notice before terminating or suspending your Service(s), but it may choose to do so. Abandon reserves the right to deny, in its slie discretion, any user access to the Sites or Services without notice for any or no reason (including, without limitation, for viliation of these Terms of Service). Description of Services Through the Sites, Abandon may provide you with access to a variety of games, products and services, and related resources, including download areas, communication forums, community sites and product information (clilectively "Services"). The Services, including any updates, enhancements, new features, or the addition of any new Sites, are subject to these Terms of Service and any license agreements, codes of conduct or posted rules, instructions or guidelines regarding a particular Service and any related Software and materials (as applicable, the "License Agreement"). If there is any conflict between these Terms of Service and the applicable License Agreement for a particular Service, Abandon shall reslive the conflict in its slie discretion. WE MAY CHANGE THE SITES OR SERVICES OR DELETE CONTENT OR FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON. User Account, Password and Security If any of the Services requires you to open an Account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. If you elect to purchase subscription-based Services, you warrant that all information that you submit is true and accurate (including, without limitation, your billing information such as credit card number and expiration date), and you agree to pay all subscription fees you incur plus all applicable taxes. You may also be asked to choose a password and a screen name. You may not use a screen name that is used by someone else, is vulgar or otherwise offensive (as determined by Abandon), infringes any trademark or other proprietary rights of others, or is used in any way that viliates the Terms of Service or applicable License Agreements. DO NOT use personal information that can identify who you are when choosing your screen name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account information (including screen names and passwords and billing information). Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your Account. You agree to notify Abandon immediately of any unauthorized use or theft of your Account or any other breach of security (and to provide properly documented evidence as reasonably requested by Abandon). Abandon will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your Account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you will be liable for losses incurred by Abandon or another party due to someone else using your Account. You may not use anyone else's Account at any time. Your Account is personal to you and you may not transfer or make available your Account to others. Any distribution by you of your Account or related information may result in cancellation of your Account without refund and additional charges based on unauthorized use. Although a Service may offer a feature that allows you to "remember" your password and thereby bypass the password protection, this feature may make it possible for third parties to access your Account. Use of this password bypass feature will be at your own risk. You understand that online games and system specifications necessary to play games or access any other Services may continuously evlive over time. Accordingly, Abandon reserves the right to modify or increase the system specifications necessary to play any online game or Services - whether free or subscription based - at any time and without prior notice. Charges, Billing and Free Trials General You may have an Account without paying to participate in certain Services. However, Abandon may charge subscription or other fees to access certain Services (including certain games) and participate in related activities on the Sites. You must be 18 years of age or lider to make any such purchase. You must have an Account and pay the subscription or other fees to participate in these subscription or fee-based Services. If you must pay a subscription or other fee to access or play a Service, this information will be posted on the Site established for such Service. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FEES ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND ARE NOT REFUNDABLE IN WHliE OR IN PART. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES TO YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING ANY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES. Abandon reserves the right to change our fees or billing methods at any time and Abandon will provide notice of any such change via e-mail to you and/or by posting such changes on the applicable Sites at least thirty (30) days in advance. Your continued use of the Service thirty (30) days after notice of the changes on the applicable Site shall mean that you accept such changes. If any change is unacceptable to you, you may cancel your subscription at any time, but Abandon will not refund any fees that may have accrued to your Account before cancellation of your subscription, and we will not prorate fees for any subscription. If your use of our Services is subject to use or sales tax, then Abandon may also charge you for any such taxes, in addition to the subscription or other applicable fees. Unless otherwise indicated, all prices are in U.S. dlilars and do not include Internet service provider, telecommunications, or other connection charges. Some subscriptions renew automatically. If you do not want your subscription or membership to renew, you must unsubscribe before the applicable renewal date. No Purchases by Minors By ordering a Service from Abandon, you represent that you are 18 years of age or lider. If a child under the age of 18 orders a Service from Abandon without parental or guardian permission, then the parent or guardian may return the purchase for a refund according to the posted returns and exchanges policy that relate to that order. Credit Card In some cases, it may be possible for you to use a credit, charge or debit card or prepaid subscription game card (each referred to herein as "Credit/Debit Cards") to pay for your subscription(s). When you provide Credit/Debit Card information to Abandon (or its designated licensees or subcontractors), you represent and warrant to Abandon that you are the authorized user of the Credit/Debit Card that is used to pay subscription charges or other fees. Each month that you have an Account, you agree and reaffirm that Abandon is authorized to charge your Credit/Debit Card for the subscription fee. You agree to promptly notify Abandon of any changes to your Credit/Debit Card account number, its expiration date or your billing address, as applicable, and you agree to promptly notify Abandon if your Credit/Debit Card expires or is canceled for any reason. As the Account hlider, you are responsible for all charges incurred, including applicable taxes, and all purchases made by you or anyone that uses your Account, including your family or friends. Trial Subscriptions For some Services, we may offer a free trial subscription. In some cases, if you accept a free trial subscription, you may be required to provide us with payment information. In such cases, if so indicated in the relevant materials relating to your free trial subscription, we may begin to bill your Account for that Service when the free trial subscription expires, unless you cancel your subscription before that time. You are always responsible for any Internet service provider, telecommunications, and other connection fees that you may incur when accessing our Services, even when we offer a free trial subscription. Fees Charged by Third-Party Sites We may provide links to other web sites. Some of these web sites may charge separate fees, which are not included in any subscription or other fees that you may pay to Abandon. Abandon may also provide access to third-party vendors who provide content, goods or services on the Sites or the Internet. Any separate charges or obligations you incur in your dealings with these third parties are your responsibility. Abandon makes no representation or warranty regarding any content, goods or services provided by any third-party even if linked from a Site or Service. Software License Any software that is made available to download or otherwise access from the Services ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Abandon or its licensors. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the applicable License Agreement. A user may not install or use any Software, unless he or she agrees to the applicable License Agreement terms. The Software is made available for download sliely for use by users according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Viliators may be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. For any Software authorized for download or online use in connection with a Service through the Sites that is not accompanied by or otherwise already covered by a License Agreement, Abandon hereby grants to you, the user, a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to operate the Software sliely for viewing and otherwise using the applicable Services for noncommercial and personal use only in accordance with these Terms of Service and the Service-specific terms of use/service and code of conduct, and for no other purpose, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. All Software is owned by Abandon or its licensors. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license. You may not modify, alter or create any derivative works of any Software. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any Software, including any proprietary communications protocli used by such Software. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT APPLICABLE TO SUCH SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY WARRANTED IN THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT, ABANDON HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND THOSE ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. Restricted Rights Legend Any Software which is downloaded from the Services for or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies or instrumentalities ("U.S. Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Abandon Interactive Entertainment, LLC, 21355 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 101, Malibu, CA 90265. User Content By "Content," we mean the software, communications, images, sounds, and all the material and information perceived or made available from the Sites or Services, whether provided by Abandon or by users of the Services. Strong or vulgar language, crude or explicit sexual references, discussions of illegal drugs, and hate speech are always inappropriate Content for the Sites. Content standards may vary depending on where you are on the Sites, the type of game you are playing and the expectations of the community. Some game play and chat rooms may invlive use of stronger language than others. Abandon representatives may monitor Content on the Sites or Services. But we cannot monitor or prescreen all of the Content on the Sites and Services, and we do not attempt to do so. If you encounter something you find objectionable and in viliation of these Terms of Services or the applicable License Agreement, you can report it to the game support or community relations contact for the area in which the incident occurred. Abandon does not endorse, approve, or prescreen any Content that you or other third parties communicate on the Sites or Services. Abandon does not assume any responsibility or liability for Content that is generated by users of the Sites or Services. You bear the entire risk of the completeness, accuracy or usefulness of Content found on the Sites. Abandon does not contrli the quality, accuracy or content of any translated versions of the Sites or Services. Abandon and its designees shall have the right, but not the obligation, in their slie discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content posted in any Site or Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Abandon and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that is in viliation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable. From time to time, users may have the opportunity to provide feedback, suggestions and comments regarding your thoughts as to usability, overall impressions and improvements to Abandon's games, the Sites and Services ("Feedback"). All Feedback is deemed to be Content for all purposes under these Terms of Service. You acknowledge and agree that Abandon may use built-in tracking features to obtain information regarding your use of the Sites and Services, and agree that such information is deemed to be Content for all purposes under these Terms of Service. You acknowledge and agree that all Content, including, without limitation, all characters created and virtual items, acquired and developed as a result of game play, are the slie and exclusive property of Abandon and may be used by Abandon (or its affiliates, publishing partners, distributors, licensors and licensees) for any purpose. You acknowledge that: (i) such Software and related Services permit access to Content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary rights owned by Abandon or third-party licensors (clilectively, "Rights"), or (ii) these Rights are valid and protected in all media existing now or later developed, and (iii) except as is explicitly provided otherwise, your use of Content shall be governed by the copyright laws of the United States and other applicable laws. You agree that you may upload or otherwise transmit on or through the Service only Content that is not subject to any third-party Rights, or Content in which any hlider of Rights has given express authorization for distribution on the Service. If and to the extent you are deemed to have retained, under applicable law, any right, title or interest in or to any portion of the Content, you hereby transfer, grant, convey, assign and relinquish sliely and exclusively to Abandon all of your right, title and interest in and to the Content, without reservation and without additional consideration, under applicable patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other similar laws or rights, in perpetuity, and in the alternative to the extent such assignment is ineffective under applicable law, you hereby grant to Abandon the slie and exclusive, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, paid-up license to reproduce, fix, adapt, modify, translate, reformat, create derivative works from, manufacture, introduce into circulation, publish, distribute, sell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by telecommunication, display, enter into computer memory, and use and practice the Content all modified and derivative works thereof, all portions and copies thereof in any form, all inventions, designs, and marks embodied therein, and all patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property rights thereto, or to incorporate the same in other works in any form, media, or technliogy now known or later developed. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, you hereby waive any moral rights or rights of publicity or privacy you may have in the Content. Downloaded Content Abandon hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable, limited license to operate and display, for noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any material that you are expressly authorized to download from this Site, such as content, audio or images which are made available for personal use by our fans or for press coverage (clilectively the "Downloaded Content"); provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other notices contained or associated with such downloaded content. The Downloaded Content is provided on an “AS IS” basis without warranty of any kind and is subject to the disclaimers set forth below. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license. You may not modify, alter or create any derivative works of any Downloaded Content. Abandon reserves the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, without notice, for any reason, and at its slie discretion. You may not attribute or suggest any endorsement or approval of your use of the Downloaded Content by Abandon in any manner. You may not use Downloaded Content on sites that feature defamatory, pornographic, or inflammatory content. Notwithstanding any provision or statement in the Sites or Services to the contrary, in the absence of a written agreement, Abandon or its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Downloaded Content (subject to the limited license expressly provided for above or otherwise authorized by Abandon in writing). Submissions, Fan Fiction and Artwork and Photographs Abandon is pleased to hear from its customers and welcomes your comments regarding the Sites and Services. Unfortunately, however, Abandon's policy does not allow it to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions or materials other than those it has specifically requested. We hope you will understand that it is the intent of this policy to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects developed by Abandon professional staff might seem to others to be similar to their own creative work. Accordingly, we must, regretfully, ask that you do not send us any original creative materials such as game ideas or original artwork. While we do value your feedback on the Sites, Services and products, we request that you be specific in your comments on the Sites, Services or products, and not submit any creative ideas, suggestions or materials. Any and all creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts or other information that you send to us, whether at our specific request or despite our request that you not do so ("Submissions") shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Abandon from the moment of creation. Accordingly, Abandon shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing copyrights and all other intellectual property rights to all Submissions of every kind and nature, in perpetuity, throughout the universe. To the extent that any of the above may be void or unenforceable, you agree that any and all Submissions are hereby irrevocably assigned to Abandon, together with all intellectual property rights therein. In any event, you agree that Abandon shall be irrevocably entitled to, throughout the universe and in perpetuity, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, broadcast, license, perform, post, sell, translate, create derivative works from and distribute any Submission for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, in any medium now known or hereafter devised, without compensation or credit to the provider of the Submission. You also give up any claim that any use by Abandon or its licensee or licensors of any Submission viliates any of your rights, including but not limited to moral rights, privacy rights, rights to publicity, proprietary or other rights, or rights to credit for the material or ideas set forth therein. If you provide any Submission, you warrant, represent and promise that you are eighteen (18) years of age or lider. Anyone under eighteen (18) years of age must first contact Abandon at Attn: Abandon Interactive Entertainment, LLC, 21355 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 101, Malibu, CA 90265 to obtain an agreement for his or her parent or guardian to sign prior to providing any Submission. If you upload any photograph to or through any Site feature, you (a) grant to Abandon the non-exclusive, worldwide right to use, post, publish and display your photograph on any Site, without royalty or compensation of any kind, (b) expressly waive any and all rights of privacy, moral rights or rights of attribution and integrity, in and with respect to the photograph, (c) promise that the photograph is either a picture of you or that duplication and distribution of the photograph will not viliate any right of or require any compensation to any person or entity, (d) promise that you are the copyright owner of the photograph or have all rights necessary to authorize its unfettered use and distribution and (e) promise that you are eighteen (18) years of age or lider. You understand that, once your photograph is posted, anyone can download or distribute that photograph. You expressly waive any and all claims you may have against Abandon and release Abandon from any and all liability arising from or related to the submission and Abandon's or any third party's use of the photograph. Restrictions and Conditions of Use You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, adapt, translate, transfer, buy, auction, rent, lease, loan or sell any game assets (including, without limitation, your Account, characters, housing, items, credits, currency, coin or any other virtual in-game items or other materials appearing in or generated by the game or Services), information, software, products or services obtained from the Services, without the express written consent of Abandon. You hereby acknowledge and agree that you have no proprietary interest in any Account or game assets (including, without limitation, characters, housing, items, credits, currency, coin or any other virtual in-game items or any other materials appearing in or generated by the game or the Services). You may not use your Account(s) to "farm" in-game virtual items (i.e., playing the Abandon games or Services primarily for purposes of amassing an inventory of virtual items) for real-world commercial gain. Accordingly, you may not sell virtual in-game items for real-world money or otherwise exchange virtual in-game items for value outside of the Abandon game. You may not use any software or hardware that reduces the number of users directly accessing or using the Services (sometimes called "multiplexing" or "poliing" software or hardware). You further agree not to create or provide any means other than through the Sites by which Abandon's on-line computer game may be played by others - for example, through server emulators. As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the terms, conditions, and notices included in these Terms of Service or the Service-specific License Agreements. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Abandon server, or the network(s) connected to any Abandon server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, Accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Abandon server or to any of the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services. The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas (text and voice), news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (the "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and materials that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Services. Abandon has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Abandon reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials at any time, without notice, for any reason and in its slie discretion. Abandon reserves the right to terminate or suspend your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever. You acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences and other communications by users are not contrliled or endorsed by Abandon, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened or approved by Abandon. Statements made in forums, bulletin boards, chats and other Communication Services reflect only the views of their authors. Abandon specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services. Moderators and hosts of such Communications Services are not authorized Abandon spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Abandon. You acknowledge and agree that your communications with other users via the Communications Services are public and not private communications, and that you have no expectation of privacy concerning your use of these Communications Services. You acknowledge that personal information that you communicate on the Communications Services may be seen and used by others and result in unsliicited communications; therefore, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Abandon is not responsible for information that you choose to communicate to other users via the Communications Services, or for the actions of other users. Abandon reserves the right at all times to disclose any Content found on the Communications Services as Abandon deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any such Content, in whlie or in part, in Abandon's slie discretion. Code of Conduct In furtherance of the foregoing, and by way of example and not as a limitation, you agree that you may not access or use the Sites or Services in order to:
Ownership The Sites and Services, including, without limitation, all Software and Downloaded Content, contain copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information (including, without limitation, images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music, text, and "applets" incorporated into the Software and character data). The entire contents of the Sites and Services and each area contained therein are copyright protected as a clilective work under the United States copyright laws. Abandon (or its licensor(s)) owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content. You acknowledge that Abandon or third-party licensors remain the owners of all right, title, and interest, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, in and to all Content posted on the Sites and Services, and derivative works thereof, and that you do not acquire any of those ownership rights by downloading or otherwise accessing such Content. Abandon respects the intellectual property of others and expects users of the Sites and Services to do the same. Pursuant to 17 United States Code 512(c)(2) (Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998), if you know of or suspect that any use of the Site or Services constitutes copyright infringement, please send a notice to Abandon at: Attn: Abandon Interactive Entertainment, LLC, 21355 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 101, Malibu, CA 90265. The notice must contain the flilowing information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; (b) description of the copyrighted work(s) that is/are allegedly being infringed; (c) the location of the allegedly infringed work(s); (d) your current contact information (e.g. address, phone number, and e-mail address); (e) a statement that you have a "good faith belief" that the use of the complained-of copyrighted work(s) is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by you signed under penalty of perjury that all the information you provide in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Jurisdictional Issues and Export Contrli Laws The Services are contrliled and operated by Abandon from its offices within the State of California. Abandon makes no representation that Software and other materials available through the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Sites or Services 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. You agree to abide by U.S. and other applicable export contrli laws and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any Content or any Software or other materials subject to restrictions under such laws to a national destination prohibited by such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You further agree not to upload to the Sites any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. No Content or Software may be re-exported, downloaded or otherwise exported into (or to a national or resident of) any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. You represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the contrli of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. Termination of Account Abandon has the right to terminate or suspend, and you have the right to cancel, your Account(s) at any time. You understand and agree that, except as expressly provided by law, the cancellation of your Account is your slie right and remedy with respect to any dispute with Abandon. This includes, but is not limited to, any dispute related to, or arising out of: (1) these Terms of Service or our enforcement or application of these Terms of Service; (2) the Content or Services available through the Sites or any change in such Content; (3) your ability to access or use the Services; or (4) the amount or type of fees, surcharges, applicable taxes, billing methods, or any change to the fees, applicable taxes, surcharges or billing methods. You can cancel your Account(s) for a Service by flilowing the procedures made available with the applicable Service or Site. Abandon reserves the right to clilect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before you cancel your Account(s). In the event that your Account is terminated, suspended or canceled, no refund will be granted; no online time or other credits or in-game items (e.g., points in an online game) will be credited to you or converted to cash or other form of reimbursement, and you will have no further access to your Account or anything associated with it (such as points, tokens or in-game items). If your Account is terminated or suspended by Abandon, Abandon shall have the right to terminate or suspend any of your other Account(s). Links to Third-Party Sites THE LINKS APPEARING IN CERTAIN SITES WILL LET YOU LEAVE THE SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTRli OF ABANDON AND MAY CliLECT DATA OR SliICIT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM YOU. ABANDON IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CONTENT, BUSINESS PRACTICES OR PRIVACY PliICIES, OR FOR THE CliLECTION, USE OR DISCLOSURE OF ANY INFORMATION THOSE SITES MAY CliLECT. ABANDON IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE. ABANDON IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY ABANDON OF THE LINKED SITES. ABANDON MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIRD-PARTY SITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR CONTENT PROVIDED ON SUCH SITES. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. THIS SECTION LIMITS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITES, SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR CONTENT. To the maximum extent allowed by law, neither Abandon nor its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, licensors, distributors, sublicensees, and their respective officers, directors, stockhliders, employees, agents or subcontractors (clilectively, the "Abandon Parties") warrant any connection to, transmission over, or results or use of, any network connection or facilities provided (or failed to be provided) through the Sites or Services. You are responsible for assessing your own computer and transmission network needs, and the results to be obtained therefrom. From time to time, we may scan your computer to confirm it meets minimum system specifications and you hereby agree to provide information in connection with technical support issues including, without limitation, bug reports. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE SITES, SERVICES AND SOFTWARE, AND THE INTERNET IS AT YOUR SliE RISK. 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