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not limited to, intellectual and other property
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publicity) of SONY, each of the THIRD-PARTY
SUPPLIERS or any third parties. The software,
network services or other products other than the
SOFTWARE upon which the SOFTWARE'S
performance depends might be modified,
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the suppliers (software suppliers, service
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not warrant that the SOFTWARE, network
services, contents or other products will continue
to be available, or will operate without
interruption or modification. You shall not, nor
shall you instruct or permit, procure, enable or
request any third party (including your users, third
party personnel or other personnel, staff or
contractors) to, take any action designed or
intended to: (i) use the SOFTWARE (or any part
thereof) in any manner or for any purpose that is
inconsistent with this EULA; (ii) introduce to the
SOFTWARE any "back door," "drop dead device,"
"time bomb," "Trojan horse," "virus," or "worm"
(as such terms are commonly understood in the
software industry) or any other equivalent code,
files, scripts, agents, programs, software routine
or instructions designed or intended to disrupt,
disable, harm or otherwise impede in any manner
the operation of the SOFTWARE or any device or
system owned or controlled by you or any third
party, or which otherwise may damage or destroy
any data or file ("Malicious Code"); (iii) interfere
with the proper working of the SOFTWARE; (iv)
circumvent, disable, or interfere with security-
related features of the SOFTWARE or features that
prevent or restrict use, access to, or copying the
SOFTWARE, or that enforce limitations on use of
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impose, in your sole discretion) an unreasonable
or disproportionately large load on the
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the extent disclosure is required, please visit
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USE OF SOFTWARE WITH COPYRIGHTED
MATERIALS
The SOFTWARE may be capable of being used by
you to view, store, process and/or use content
created by you and/or third parties. Such content
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may take appropriate measures to protect
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limited to, refusal to accept your request to
enable backup and restoration of content through
certain SOFTWARE features, and termination of
this EULA in the event of your illegitimate use of
the SOFTWARE.
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PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE SOFTWARE MAY BE
DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH CONTENT AVAILABLE
THROUGH ONE OR MORE CONTENT SERVICES
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THAT CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF
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SONY'S CONTROL, SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN
RESPECT OF ANY DAMAGES (OR OTHER LIABILITY)
RELATED TO SUCH CONTENT SERVICE. USE OF THE
CONTENT SERVICE REQUIRES AN INTERNET
CONNECTION. THE CONTENT SERVICE MAY BE
MODIFIED OR DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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