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Sopuzzle.com Terms of Service Sopuzzle.com Terms of Service Click the "I Accept" button to continue ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS Sopuzzle.com ("Sopuzzle.com") welcomes you. Sopuzzle.com provides the Sopuzzle.com Services (defined below) to you subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. By accessing and using the Sopuzzle.com Services, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of the TOS. In addition, when using particular Sopuzzle.com owned or operated services, you and Sopuzzle.com shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted and modified from time to time. All such guidelines or rules (including but not limited to our Spam Policy) are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Sopuzzle.com may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service. For instance, different terms apply to homesteaders on Sopuzzle.com GeoCities or members of AT&T Sopuzzle.com Dial or AT&T Sopuzzle.com High Speed. DESCRIPTION OF Sopuzzle.com SERVICES Sopuzzle.com provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including without limitation various communications tools, forums, shopping services, search services, personalized content and branded programming through its network of properties which may be accessed through any various medium or device now known or hereafter developed (the "Sopuzzle.com Services"). You also understand and agree that the Sopuzzle.com Services may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Sopuzzle.com to provide the Sopuzzle.com Services. You also understand and agree that the Sopuzzle.com Services may include certain communications from Sopuzzle.com, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Sopuzzle.com Newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of Sopuzzle.com membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Sopuzzle.com Services, including the release of new Sopuzzle.com properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Sopuzzle.com Services is provided "AS-IS" and that Sopuzzle.com assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Sopuzzle.com Services, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Sopuzzle.com Services. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Sopuzzle.com Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Please be aware that Sopuzzle.com has created certain areas on the Sopuzzle.com Services that contain adult or mature content. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and view such areas. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS In consideration of your use of the Sopuzzle.com Services, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving the Sopuzzle.com Services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Sopuzzle.com Service's registration form (the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Sopuzzle.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Sopuzzle.com has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Sopuzzle.com Services (or any portion thereof). Sopuzzle.com is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents of children under the age of 13 who wish to allow their children access to the Sopuzzle.com Services must create a Sopuzzle.com Family Account. When you create a Sopuzzle.com Family Account and add your child to the account, you certify that you are at least 18 years old and that you are the legal guardian of the child/children listed on the Sopuzzle.com Family Account. By adding a child to your Sopuzzle.com Family Account, you also give your child permission to access many areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services, including, email, message boards and instant messaging (among others). Please remember that the Sopuzzle.com Services is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Sopuzzle.com Services areas and/or Content (as defined in Section 6 below) are appropriate for your child. Sopuzzle.com PRIVACY POLICY Registration Data and certain other information about you are subject to our applicable privacy policy. You understand that through your use of the Sopuzzle.com Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the applicable privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Sopuzzle.com and its affiliates. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the Sopuzzle.com Service's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Sopuzzle.com of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Sopuzzle.com cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5. MEMBER CONDUCT You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Sopuzzle.com, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Sopuzzle.com Services. Sopuzzle.com does not control the Content posted via the Sopuzzle.com Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Sopuzzle.com Services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Sopuzzle.com be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Sopuzzle.com Services. You agree to not use the Sopuzzle.com Services to: upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; harm minors in any way; impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Sopuzzle.com official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Sopuzzle.com Service; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping) that are designated for such purpose (please read our complete Spam Policy); upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Sopuzzle.com Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges; interfere with or disrupt the Sopuzzle.com Services or servers or networks connected to the Sopuzzle.com Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sopuzzle.com Services, including using any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers; intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; "stalk" or otherwise harass another; and/or collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs a through m above. You acknowledge that Sopuzzle.com may or may not pre-screen Content, but that Sopuzzle.com and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the Sopuzzle.com Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Sopuzzle.com and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Sopuzzle.com or submitted to Sopuzzle.com, including without limitation information in Sopuzzle.com Message Boards and in all other parts of the Sopuzzle.com Services. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Sopuzzle.com may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce the TOS; (iii) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Sopuzzle.com, its users and the public. You understand that the Sopuzzle.com Services and software embodied within the Sopuzzle.com Services may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and that use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by Sopuzzle.com and/or content providers who provide content to the Sopuzzle.com Services. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Sopuzzle.com Services. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Sopuzzle.com Services, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. INTERSTATE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIONS ON Sopuzzle.com NETWORK When you register with Sopuzzle.com, you acknowledge that in using the Sopuzzle.com Services to send electronic communications (including but not limited to email, search queries, sending messages to Sopuzzle.com Chat or Sopuzzle.com Groups, uploading photos and files to Flickr, and other Internet activities), you will be causing communications to be sent through Sopuzzle.com's computer networks, portions of which are located in California, Texas, Virginia, and other locations in the United States and portions of which are located abroad. As a result, and also as a result of Sopuzzle.com's network architecture and business practices and the nature of electronic communications, even communications that seem to be intrastate in nature can result in the transmission of interstate communications regardless of where you are physically located at the time of transmission. Accordingly, by agreeing to this TOS, you acknowledge that use of the service results in interstate data transmissions. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Use of the Sopuzzle.com Services and transfer, posting and uploading of software, technology, and other technical data via the Sopuzzle.com Services may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and other countries. You agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations. In particular, you: (a) represent that you are not a party identified on any government export exclusion list, including but not limited to the U.S. Denied Persons, Entity, and Specially Designated Nationals Lists, nor will you transfer software, technology, and other technical data via the Sopuzzle.com Services to parties identified on such lists; (b) agree not to use the Sopuzzle.com Services for military, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weaponry end uses in violation of U.S. export laws; (c) agree not to transfer, upload, or post via the Sopuzzle.com Services any software, technology or other technical data in violation of U.S. or other applicable export or import laws. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES Sopuzzle.com does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Sopuzzle.com Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services, you grant Sopuzzle.com the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable: With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Sopuzzle.com Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Sopuzzle.com Services solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Sopuzzle.com Group to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Sopuzzle.com Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Sopuzzle.com removes such Content from the Sopuzzle.com Services. With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services other than Sopuzzle.com Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Sopuzzle.com Services solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Sopuzzle.com Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Sopuzzle.com removes such Content from the Sopuzzle.com Services. With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services other than Sopuzzle.com Groups, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed. "Publicly accessible" areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services are those areas of the Sopuzzle.com network of properties that are intended by Sopuzzle.com to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services would include Sopuzzle.com Message Boards and portions of Sopuzzle.com Groups and Flickr that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Sopuzzle.com Services would not include portions of Sopuzzle.com Groups that are limited to members, Sopuzzle.com services intended for private communication such as Sopuzzle.com Mail or Sopuzzle.com Messenger, or areas off of the Sopuzzle.com network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by Sopuzzle.com. CONTRIBUTIONS TO Sopuzzle.com By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to Sopuzzle.com through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Sopuzzle.com is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) Sopuzzle.com shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Sopuzzle.com may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of Sopuzzle.com without any obligation of Sopuzzle.com to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Sopuzzle.com under any circumstances. INDEMNITY You agree to indemnify and hold Sopuzzle.com and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the Sopuzzle.com Services, your use of the Sopuzzle.com Services, your connection to the Sopuzzle.com Services, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another. NO COMMERCIAL REUSE OF Sopuzzle.com SERVICES You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion or use of, or access to, the Sopuzzle.com Services (including Content, advertisements, Software and your Sopuzzle.com ID). GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE You acknowledge that Sopuzzle.com may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Sopuzzle.com Services, including without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Sopuzzle.com Services, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Sopuzzle.com Services, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Sopuzzle.com Services, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Sopuzzle.com's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Sopuzzle.com Services in a given period of time. You agree that Sopuzzle.com has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Sopuzzle.com Services. You acknowledge that Sopuzzle.com reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Sopuzzle.com reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time. Sopuzzle.com Messenger, including any web-based versions, will allow you and the people with whom you communicate to save your conversations in your Sopuzzle.com accounts located on Sopuzzle.com servers. This means you can access and search your message history from any computer with access to the internet. Whether or not you use this feature, other users may choose to use it to save conversations with you in their account on Sopuzzle.com too. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your consent to allow Sopuzzle.com to store these communications on its servers. MODIFICATIONS TO Sopuzzle.com SERVICES Sopuzzle.com reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Sopuzzle.com Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Sopuzzle.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sopuzzle.com Services (or any part thereof). TERMINATION You may terminate your Sopuzzle.com account, any associated email address and access to the Sopuzzle.com Services by submitting such termination request to Sopuzzle.com. You agree that Sopuzzle.com may, without prior notice, immediately terminate, limit your access to or suspend your Sopuzzle.com account, any associated email address, and access to the Sopuzzle.com Services. Cause for such termination, limitation of access or suspension shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b)requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) discontinuance or material modification to the Sopuzzle.com Services (or any part thereof), (d) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Sopuzzle.com Services. Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and suspensions for cause shall be made in Sopuzzle.com's sole discretion and that Sopuzzle.com shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Sopuzzle.com Services. Termination of your Sopuzzle.com account includes any or all of the following: (a) removal of access to all or part of the offerings within the Sopuzzle.com Services, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of all or part of the Sopuzzle.com Services. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Sopuzzle.com Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Sopuzzle.com shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Sopuzzle.com Services. LINKS The Sopuzzle.com Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Sopuzzle.com is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Sopuzzle.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. Sopuzzle.com'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS You acknowledge and agree that the Sopuzzle.com Services and any necessary software used in connection with the Sopuzzle.com Services ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in advertisements or information presented to you through the Sopuzzle.com Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Sopuzzle.com or the applicable licensor (such as an advertiser), you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform or create derivative works based on the Sopuzzle.com Services, such Content or the Software, in whole or in part. Sopuzzle.com grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Sopuzzle.com Services. You agree not to access the Sopuzzle.com Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Sopuzzle.com for use in accessing the Sopuzzle.com Services. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: YOUR USE OF THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Sopuzzle AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Sopuzzle.com AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Sopuzzle.com OR THROUGH OR FROM THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS. A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICES AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Sopuzzle.com AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF Sopuzzle.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE; (b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE; OR (e) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE Sopuzzle.com SERVICE. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SPECIAL ADMONITION FOR Sopuzzle.com SERVICES RELATING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information from the Sopuzzle.com Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please read the above Sections 19 and 20 again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly, the phrase "Let the investor beware" is apt. The Sopuzzle.com Services is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included in the Sopuzzle.com Services is intended for trading or investing purposes. Sopuzzle.com and its licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the Sopuzzle.com Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions based on such information. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement. NOTICE Sopuzzle.com may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings on the Sopuzzle.com Services, or other reasonable means now known or hereafter developed. Such notices may not be received if you violate this TOS by accessing the Sopuzzle.com Services in an unauthorized manner. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the Sopuzzle.com Services in an authorized manner. TRADEMARK INFORMATION You agree that all of Sopuzzle.com¡¯s trademarks, trade names, service marks and other Sopuzzle.com logos and brand features, and product and service names are trademarks and the property of Sopuzzle.com Inc. (the "Sopuzzle.com Marks"). Without Sopuzzle.com's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the Sopuzzle.com Marks. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT Sopuzzle.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Sopuzzle.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Sopuzzle.com's Copyright Agent the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest; a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf. GENERAL INFORMATION Entire Agreement. The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Sopuzzle.com and governs your use of the Sopuzzle.com Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and Sopuzzle.com with respect to the Sopuzzle.com Services. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Sopuzzle.com services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software. Choice of Law and Forum. You and Sopuzzle.com each agree that the TOS and the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action or disputes (regardless of theory) arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and Sopuzzle.com, shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in the county of Santa Clara, California or the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. You and Sopuzzle.com agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California or the Northern District of California, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts. Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of Sopuzzle.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your Sopuzzle.com account is non-transferable and any rights to your Sopuzzle.com ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted. Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Sopuzzle.com Services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

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