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Updated: 20 September 2017 09:55
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MINECRAFT END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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In order to protect Minecraft (our "Game") and the members of our
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community, we need these end user license terms to set out some rules for
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downloading and using our Game. This license is a legal agreement between
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you and us (Mojang AB) and describes the terms and conditions for using
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the Game. We don't like reading license documents any more than you do, so
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we have tried to keep this as short as possible. If you break these rules
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we may stop you from using our Game. If we think it is necessary, we might
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even have to ask our lawyers to help out.
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If you buy, download, use or play our Game, you are agreeing to stick to
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the rules of these end user license agreement ("EULA") terms. If you don't
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want to or can't agree to these rules, then you must not buy, download,
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use or play our Game. This EULA incorporates the terms of use for the
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mojang.com website ("Account Terms"), our brand and asset usage
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guidelines, our privacy policy, and, if you live in the United States,
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our Arbitration Agreement. By agreeing to this EULA you also agree to
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all of the terms of the foregoing documents, so please read through them
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carefully.
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BINDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
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For those that who live in the United States, please click here to
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review the binding arbitration agreement and class action waiver that is
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part of this EULA. Under the agreement, we both agree to use a neutral
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arbitrator to decide any individual claims that may arise and thus agree
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to waive our rights to bring individual claims in court for consideration
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by a judge or jury. We also agree that class action lawsuits and
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class-wide arbitrations are not allowed under the terms of the agreement.
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The complete Arbitration Agreement is on this page. You and we agree
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to it; please read it.
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ONE MAJOR RULE
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The one major rule is that you must not distribute anything we've made
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unless we specifically agree to it. By "distribute anything we've made"
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what we mean is:
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• give copies of our Game to anyone else;
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• make commercial use of anything we've made;
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• try to make money from anything we've made; or
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• let other people get access to anything we've made in a way that is
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unfair or unreasonable;
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unless we specifically agree to it. And so that we are crystal clear, "the
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Game" or "what we have made" includes, but is not limited to, the client
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or the server software for our Game and includes Minecraft and Minecraft:
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Java Edition on all platforms. It also includes updates, patches,
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downloadable content, add-ons, or modified versions of a Game, part of
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those things, or anything else we've made.
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Otherwise we are quite relaxed about what you do - in fact we really
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encourage you to do cool stuff - but just don't do those things that we
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say you can't.
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USING OUR GAME
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You have been granted a license to the Game so you can play and use it,
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yourself, on your devices.
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Below we also give you limited rights to do other things but we have to
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draw a line somewhere or else people will go too far. If you wish to make
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something pertaining to anything we've made we're humbled, but please make
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sure that it can't be interpreted as being official and that it complies
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with this EULA and the brand and asset usage guidelines and above all do
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not make commercial use of anything we've made.
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The license and permission we give you to use and play our Game can be
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revoked if you break any of the terms of this EULA.
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When you buy our Game, you receive a license that gives you permission to
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install the Game on your own personal device and use and play it on that
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device as set out in this EULA. This permission is personal to you, so you
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are not allowed to distribute the Game (or any part of it) to anyone else.
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This also means you cannot sell or rent the Game, or make it available for
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access to other people and you cannot pass on or resell any license keys.
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You may however give gift codes that have been bought through our official
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gift code system. This is important to help us stop piracy and fraud and
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to protect our Game. It is also important to prevent members of our
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community from buying pirated versions of our Game or fraudulent license
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keys - which we may cancel, such as in the case of fraud.
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If you've bought the Game, you may play around with it and modify it by
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adding modifications, tools, or plugins, which we will refer to
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collectively as "Mods." By "Mods," we mean something original that you or
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someone else created that doesn't contain a substantial part of our
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copyrightable code or content. When you combine your Mod with the
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Minecraft software, we will call that combination a "Modded Version" of
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the Game. We have the final say on what constitutes a Mod and what
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doesn't. You may not distribute any Modded Versions of our Game or
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software, and we’d appreciate it if you didn’t use Mods for griefing.
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Basically, Mods are okay to distribute; hacked versions or Modded Versions
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of the Game client or server software are not okay to distribute.
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Within reason you're free to do whatever you want with screenshots and
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videos of the Game. By "within reason" we mean that you can't make any
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commercial use of them or do things that are unfair or adversely affect
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our rights unless we've specifically said it's okay in this EULA, allowed
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it through the Brand and Asset Usage Guidelines, or provided for it in a
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specific agreement with you. If you upload videos of the game to video
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sharing and streaming sites you are however allowed to put ads on them.
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Also, don't just rip art resources and pass them around, that's no fun.
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Essentially the simple rule is do not make commercial use of anything
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we've made unless we've specifically said it's okay. Oh and if the law
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expressly allows it, such as under a "fair use" or fair dealing" doctrine
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then that's ok too - but only to the extent that the law applicable to you
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says so.
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In order to ensure the integrity of the Game, we need all Game downloads
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and updates to come from an authorized source. It's also important for us
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that 3rd party tools/services don't seem "official" as we can't guarantee
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their quality. It's part of the responsibility we have to the customers of
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Minecraft. Make sure that you read through our brand and asset usage
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guidelines too.
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OWNERSHIP OF OUR GAME AND OTHER THINGS
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Although we license you permission to install on your device and play our
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Game, we are still the owners of it. We are also the owners of our brands
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and any content contained in the Game. Therefore, when you pay for our
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Game, you are buying a license to play / use our Game in accordance with
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this EULA - you are not buying the Game itself. The only permissions you
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have in connection with the Game and your installation of it are the
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permissions set out in this EULA.
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Any Mods you create for the Game from scratch belong to you (including
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pre-run Mods and in-memory Mods) and you can do whatever you want with
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them, as long as you don't sell them for money / try to make money from
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them and so long as you don’t distribute Modded Versions of the Game.
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Remember that a Mod means something that is your original work and that
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does not contain a substantial part of our code or content. You only own
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what you created; you do not own our code or content.
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CONTENT
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If you make any content available on or through our Game, you agree to
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give us permission to use, copy, modify, adapt, distribute, and publicly
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display that content. This permission is irrevocable, and you also agree
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to let us permit other people to use, copy, modify, adapt, distribute, and
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publicly display your content. You are not giving up your ownership rights
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in your content, you are just giving us and other users permission to use
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it. For example, we may need to copy, reformat, and distribute content
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that you post on our website so others can read it. If you don't want to
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give us these permissions, do not make content available on or through our
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Game. Please think carefully before you make any content available,
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because it may be made public and might even be used by other people in a
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way you don't like.
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If you are going to make something available on or through our Game, it
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must not be offensive to people or illegal, it must be honest, and it must
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be your own creation. Some examples of the types of things you must not
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make available using our Game include: posts that include racist or
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homophobic language; posts that are bullying or trolling; posts that are
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offensive or that damage our or another person's reputation; posts that
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include porn or someone else's creation or image; or posts that
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impersonate a moderator or try to trick or exploit people.
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Any content you make available on our Game must also be your creation or
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you must have permission or the legal right to do it. You must not and you
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agree that you will not make any content available, using the Game that
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infringes the rights of others. '
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We reserve the right to take down any content in our discretion.
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Please watch out if you are talking to people in our Game. It is hard for
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either you or us to know for sure that what people say is true, or even if
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people are really who they say they are. You should think twice about
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giving out information about yourself.
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UPDATES
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We might make upgrades, updates or patches (we call them all "updates")
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available from time to time, but we don't have to. We are also not obliged
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to provide ongoing support or maintenance of any Game. Of course, we hope
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to continue to release new updates for our Game, we just can't guarantee
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that we will do so. With updates come changes that might not work well
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with other software, such as Mods. This is unfortunate, but it is
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something we don’t take responsibility for. If that is the case, try
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running an older version.
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OUR LIABILITY, GOVERNING LAW, AND PLACE TO RESOLVE DISPUTES
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The terms of this EULA do not affect any legal (statutory) rights that you
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may have under the law that applies to you for the Game. You might have
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certain rights which the law that applies to you says cannot be excluded.
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Nothing we say in these terms will affect those legal rights, even if we
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say something which sounds like it contradicts your legal rights. That’s
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what we mean when we say “subject to applicable law”.
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SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, When you get a copy of our Game, we provide it
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"'as is"'. Updates are also provided "'as is"'. This means that we are not
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making any promises to you about the standard or quality of our Game, or
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that our Game will be uninterrupted or error free. We are not responsible
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for any loss or damage that it may cause. You bear the entire risk as to
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its quality and performance. You have to accept that we may release games
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well before they are complete and so they may (and often will) have bugs
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-but we prefer to release these features early than make you wait for
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perfection. If you would like to notify us about a potential bug, we have
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a site for that here.
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If you and we ever have a dispute in court (and we hope that won't happen
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just as much as you do), the exclusive forum (that is, the place it will
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be handled) will be a state or federal court in King County, WA (if you
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live in the United States) or a court in Ontario (if you live in Canada).
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(If you live in the United States, most disputes go to arbitration, not
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court.) The laws of your state or province govern this EULA and all
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disputes, including disputes relating to it, our Game, or our Website,
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regardless of conflict of laws principles, except that the Federal
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Arbitration Act governs everything related to arbitration.
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TERMINATION
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If we want we can terminate this EULA if you breach any of the terms. You
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can terminate it too, at any time; all you have to do is uninstall the
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Game from your device and the EULA will be terminated. If the EULA is
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terminated, you will no longer have any of the rights to the Game given in
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this license. You do still have the right to things you have created
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yourself with the game of course. The Arbitration Agreement (if you live
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in the United States) and the paragraphs about "Ownership of Our Game",
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"Our Liability" and "General Stuff" will continue to apply even after the
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EULA is terminated.
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GENERAL STUFF
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Your local law may give you rights that this EULA cannot change; if so,
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this EULA applies as far as the law allows. Nothing in this license limits
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our liability for death or bodily injury resulting from our negligence or
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fraudulent misrepresentations.
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We may change this EULA from time to time, if we have reason to, such as
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changes to our games, our practices, or our legal obligation. But those
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changes will be effective only to the extent that they can legally apply.
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For example if you use the Game only in single-player mode and don't use
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the updates we make available then the old EULA applies but if you do use
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the updates or use parts of the game that rely on our providing ongoing
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online services then the new EULA will apply. In that case we'll inform
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you of the change before it takes effect, either by posting a notice on
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our Website or by other reasonable means. We're not going to be unfair
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about this though - but sometimes the law changes or someone does
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something that affects other users of the Game and we therefore need to
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put a lid on it.
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If you come to us with a suggestion for any one of our Websites or Games,
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that suggestion is made for free and we have no obligation to accept or
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consider it. This means we can use or not use your suggestion in any way
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we want and we don't have to pay you for it. If you think you have a
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suggestion that we would be willing to pay you for, please do not submit
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your suggestion unless you have first told us you expect to be paid and we
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have responded in writing by asking you to submit the suggestion.
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