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EXHIBIT A
REALNETWORKS, INC.
TERMS OF SERVICE FOR REALONE SERVICES
Terms of Service for RealOne Services
IMPORTANT -- READ CAREFULLY: These Terms of Service for RealOne Services ("Agree
ment") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or an entity) and
RealNetworks, Inc. and its suppliers and licensors (collectively "RN" or "RealNe
tworks") for the RealNetworks RealOne Services ("Services"). The Services inclu
de product upgrades, support and access to content as described. You may only r
eceive the Services if you are a Service subscriber in good standing with a vali
d, authorized credit card on file with RealNetworks, or if you are in the trial
period of the Services. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO
NOT PURCHASE OR USE THE SERVICES.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGR
EEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
THE SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED TO YOU ON A FREE OR TRIAL BASIS AT THE SOLE DISCRET
ION OF REALNETWORKS.
YOUR USE OF THE REALONE PLAYER SOFTWARE WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE REALONE PLAYER L
ICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING THE SOFTWARE, AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF WHICH WILL BE
INSTALLED IN THE APPROPRIATE RN PRODUCT FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER UPON INSTALLATIO
N OF THE SOFTWARE.
1. PAYMENT & SERVICES.
Following the expiration of a trial period that may be provided to you i
n the sole discretion of RealNetworks, you agree to pay RealNetworks the monthly
service charges for your use of the Services using a valid credit card, plus an
y applicable taxes, in accordance with the billing terms and prices in effect at
the time the fee or charge becomes payable. You authorize RN to automatically
bill the charge card you provide each month, or withdraw funds via electronic tr
ansfer from your checking account (depending on what type of charge card you are
using), until you cancel the Services. Payments are billed in advance at the b
eginning of the applicable month. All payments are completely non-refundable. Y
ou may cancel the Services at any time, but RN will not refund any remaining por
tion of your subscription fees, including any minimum commitments, already bille
d to your account. You agree to provide RN with a valid credit card and accurat
e, complete and updated information required by the subscription registration fo
rm. Failure to comply may result in the immediate termination of Services.
RN will assess an additional 1.5% (or the highest amount allowed by law, whichev
er is lower) per month late charge if your payment is more than 30 days past due
. That amount is also due immediately. You are responsible and liable for any f
ees, including attorney and collection fees, that RN may incur in its efforts to
collect any remaining balances from you. You also agree that you will be bille
d for and will pay any outstanding balances if you cancel the Services, or the S
ervices are terminated. You agree to notify RN about any billing problems or dis
crepancies within 90 days after they first appear on your account statement. If
you do not bring them to RN's attention within 90 days, you agree that you waiv
e your right to dispute such problems or discrepancies.
During your subscription period, you will be entitled to receive: (1) premium C
ontent (as defined below); (2) any generally available RealOne Player upgrades r
eleased during your subscription period; and (3) RealOne Player support services
as described at http://service.real.com/help/call.html. You understand that all
information, audio, video, musical compositions, multimedia presentations, imag
es, artwork, data, text, software, sound, photographs, graphics, messages or oth
er materials (collectively, "Content") provided in conjunction with the Services
are the sole responsibility of the entity from which such Content originated an
d not RN. You understand that by using the Service and accessing the Content, y
ou may be exposed to Content that you may find objectionable; it is your respons
ibility to determine which Content meets your standards. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL RN BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO DURING YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION PERIOD, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN
ANY CONTENT, QUALITY OF THE CONTENT, AVAILABILITY OF THE CONTENT, THE SUBJECT MA
TTER OF THE CONTENT, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT
OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SERVICE.
2. YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL REALONE SERVICES
You may cancel the RealOne Services at any time. You will not receive a
ny refund or partial refund for any charges already billed to your account. In
the event you signed up for a minimum commitment period, you will be responsible
for all charges for the entire minimum commitment period. You may cancel the s
ervices by accessing your RealNetworks account at www.real.com. Cancellation in
structions are available through the 'Manage My Membership' Options on the My Ac
count Main page. Further, you may contact RealNetworks by phone at 1-888-768-32
48 (from the United States or Canada), or 1-206-674-2650 from other locations.
You understand and agree that cancellation of your subscription is your sole rig
ht and remedy with respect to any dispute with RN. This includes, but is not li
mited to, any dispute related to, or arising out of: (1) any term of this Agree
ment or RN's enforcement or application of this Agreement; (2) any policy or pra
ctice of RN, including any RN Privacy Policy, or RN's enforcement or application
of these policies; (3) the Content available through RN or the Internet or any
change in Content provided through RN; (4) your ability to access and/or use the
Content; (5) any RealNetworks Software or Content provided by or through RealNe
tworks; or (6) the amount or type of fees, applicable taxes, billing methods, or
any change to the fees, applicable taxes, or billing methods.
3. REALNETWORKS' RIGHT TO TERMINATE OR MODIFY SERVICES
RN may modify the terms of this Agreement or the Services, including but not lim
ited to the price, content or nature of the Services, upon notice to you. In th
e event RN modifies the Agreement or the Services, you may terminate the Service
s. RN may terminate this Agreement and any Services at any time upon notice to
you, provided that you will be entitled to receive the Services for any period f
or which you have already paid, or a pro-rata refund at RN's sole discretion. R
N may provide notice by e-mail or by publishing the changes on its website. This
Agreement will automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any term. No
notice shall be required from RN to effect such termination. Upon any terminati
on of this Agreement (whether by you or RN), you shall immediately discontinue u
se of the Services. Your obligation to pay accrued charges and fees shall survi
ve any termination of this Agreement.
4. SERVICE USE RESTRICTIONS.
a) You agree that you shall only use the Services and Content in a manner that c
omplies with all applicable laws in the jurisdictions in which you use the Servi
ces and Content, including, but not limited to, applicable restrictions concerni
ng copyright and other intellectual property rights. Except as specifically auth
orized herein, you may not: (i) permit other individuals to use the Content and
Services; (ii) modify, translate, distribute or create derivative works of the C
ontent or the Services; (iii) copy or redistribute the Content; (iv) rent, lease
, transfer, or otherwise transfer rights to the Content or the Services; (v) rem
ove any proprietary notices or labels on the Content or Service; and (vi) add to
, alter, delete from, or otherwise modify the Content.
b) You may only use the Services and Content for your private, non-commercial us
e. You may not use the Services or Content in any way to provide, or as part of
, any commercial service or application. All Content, including but not limited
to that is streamed, downloaded or copied using the Services are protected by t
he U.S. copyright laws and related laws of other jurisdictions, and are for your
own personal use only. You may not, under any circumstances, distribute Conten
t to third parties, or broadcast or perform the Content outside your normal cir
cle of family and social acquaintances.
c) You may not attempt to, in conjunction with, any device, software program or
service, circumvent technological measures employed to control access to, or the
rights in, a Content file. The Service embodies a copy management system requi
red by the laws of the United States, and you may not circumvent or attempt to c
ircumvent this system by any means.
d) In addition to any other remedies available in equity or law to RN and RN's C
ontent suppliers, failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions in this
Section 4 Service Use Restrictions shall immediately terminate your license to
the Content and the Services.
5. PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
Personal information you provide to RealNetworks is governed by RealNetworks Pr
ivacy Policy at http://www.realnetworks.com/company/privacy/index.html. Your ele
ction to use the free or paid Software and Services, indicates your acceptance o
f the terms of the RealNetworks Privacy Policy, so please review it carefully if
you have any questions about RealNetworks treatment of personal information you
provide to us. To summarize key terms of the RealNetworks Privacy Policy: Inf
ormation collected during product purchase, trial sign up and product registrat
ion includes name, e-mail address, age, gender, location information, product an
d service information, information on software downloads and updates, systems in
formation, content preferences, purchase information and credit card billing inf
ormation. The information is stored locally on a user's personal computer and o
n RealNetworks servers and is sent to and from such servers as part of routine p
roduct communications that enable RealOne Player functionality.
RealNetworks uses this information to:
a) Verify access rights to premium content, services or software.
b) To provide you with information about products, services, news and events.
c) To allow you to purchase and download products and services.
d) To provide you with advertising, promotions and special offers we feel you
may be interested in based on content preferences and other information you prov
ide to us.
e) To provide you with personalized content programming, instructions and serv
ices (such as local radio stations or to retain a list of your recently played s
tations).
f) For license reporting, billing, royalty payments and assessment of service
levels.
g) To better understand on an aggregated basis how our products are used, traf
fic patterns and what types of content and services are most popular with users
of our products and services.