This Internet website is owned and operated by Guild Software, Inc. Please read these terms of service and conditions of use carefully before using this website. By using this website, you signify your consent to these terms of use in addition to any other law or regulation that applies to the website, the Internet, and/or the World Wide Web. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time.
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Guild Software maintains this website for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. Without Guild Software's prior written permission, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use the content of this website, except that you may download one copy of the material in temporal storage on one computer for your personal, non-commercial viewing only, provided you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright or other intellectual property right. In the event you download software from the site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "software") are licensed to you by Guild Software. Guild Software does not transfer title to the software to you. You own the medium on which the software is recorded, but Guild Software retains full and complete title to the software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the software to a human-readable form.
Except for personal information as governed by our Privacy Policy, any communication or material you transmit to the website by electronic mail, or by posting to one of our forums, including any data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by Guild Software or its affiliates for any purpose, including but not limited to product or service solicitations, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Guild Software has a specific process for submitting games ideas and proposals. You should only submit proposals through our Games Submissions page, and any submissions will be governed by the Guild Software Game Submission Agreement. Any submissions, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques posted or sent to us outside of the Games Submissions page will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
You shall not upload to, distribute through, or otherwise publish through a Guild Software website any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. The forums shall be used only in a non-commercial manner. You shall not, without our express written approval, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services. You specifically acknowledge that soliciting other guests to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization is expressly prohibited. You must also follow the house rules whenever you are using any Guild Software website. It is our policy to respect the privacy of all guests. Therefore, in addition to the privacy of registration data (see our Online Privacy Policy), we will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a guest's e-mail unless required in the course of normal maintenance of the Guild Software website and its systems or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with legal process served on Guild Software, Inc.; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Guild Software, Inc.; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. Guests shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.
Guild Software does not tolerate the use of cheat programs, the reverse-engineering of protocols or code, the use of multiple accounts for the purpose of cheating, players' collusion or any other form of cheating in its online community. Any player found cheating will be subject to a one time warning, and the subsequent freeze of their accounts, reset of their ranking and/or permanent removal of player privileges, at Guild Software's sole option.
By joining any of Guild Software's Online games, you agree to exercise constant fair play vis a vis your fellow players. Any player found voluntarily obstructing an online game before its normal completion, or using foul or obscene language, will face, at Guild Software's sole discretion: the freezing of their online account, resetting of their ranking and/or permanent removal of player privileges.
Guild Software has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this website and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this website. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Guild Software. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.
Guild Software may revise these terms from time to time by updating or revising this posting, with the revised terms taking effect as of the date of its posting. Guild Software controls and operates this website from its headquarters in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada and makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this website from other locations you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Guild Software products are available in many parts of the world. However, this website may describe products that are not available worldwide. If any portion of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law to the greatest extent possible and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect to this website must be commenced within one year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
The material in this website could include technical inaccuracies or other errors. Your use and browsing of the website is at your risk. Guild Software does not assume responsibility for continuously updating any page of this Web site. Unless there is a specific statement on a page of the Web site that the page has been updated on a certain date, you should not assume that the page has been updated or that the content of the page remains current. Neither Guild Software, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the website shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the website. Guild Software does not warrant that the functional aspects of the website will be uninterrupted or error free or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the website is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Guild Software reserves the right to make changes to this website at any time without notice.
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Guild Software, Inc. used herein (including but not limited to: Guild Software, Sweet Storm and their logos) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Guild Software, Inc. or its affiliates. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or modify Guild Software, Inc. trademarks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on this website, without Guild Software, Inc.'s prior consent. The use of Guild Software, Inc. trademarks on any other website or network computer environment is not allowed. You may not use the Guild Software, Inc. trademarks as a "hot" link on or to any other website unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance.
Guild Software and Sweet Storm are all trademarks of Guild Software, Inc. Other product and brand names on this site may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
All content on the website is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the website without the written permission of Guild Software. Guild Software neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the website will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Guild Software. Images, photographs, or illustrations displayed on the website are either the property of, or used with permission by, Guild Software. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the website. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
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