Terms and Conditions of

Use and End User

License Agreement

The Sony Blu-ray Disc player (“Product”) and associated software (“Software”) are provided and maintained by Sony Corporation and its affiliates (“Sony”). Sony also provides and maintains associated service (the “Service”), including any subsite accessible through the Service’s Internet homepage (the “Site”). The Software includes software embedded in the Product; stored on any media, bundled with the Product or otherwise provided by Sony; downloaded from the Site or otherwise made accessible or provided by Sony; any such media and any printed or “on-line” or electronic documentation associated with the Product and all updates and upgrades thereto.

WHEN YOU ACCESS, BROWSE, OR USE THE SERVICE, PRODUCT, SOFTWARE, AND/OR SITE, YOU ACCEPT, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SONY’S PRIVACY POLICY POSTED ON THE SITE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET FORTH IN ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE AND SITE (COLLECTIVELY THE “AGREEMENT”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, SONY DOES NOT GRANT THE LIMITED RIGHTS HEREIN, AND PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICE, PRODUCT, SOFTWARE, AND/OR SITE.

1.Ownership

The Software and all materials on the Service and/or Site, including but not limited to images, software and text (the “Content”) are protected by copyright under copyright law and international conventions. You cannot use the Software, Service, Product, Content, and Site except as specified herein. There may be proprietary logos, service marks, and trademarks found on this Service or Site. By making them available on the Service and/or Site, Sony is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary logos, service marks, or trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the Service, Site, Content or Software may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes. All title and copyright in and to the Software or materials on the Service/Site and any copies of the Software, are owned by Sony, its licensors, or suppliers. All rights not specifically granted under this Agreement are reserved by Sony, its licensors, and suppliers.

2.Your Rights & Limited License

The Service, Site, Software, Content, and Product are only for your personal use. You are responsible for all your activities hereunder, including all legal liability incurred from your use of the Service or others who use the Service via your Product. You may use the Service, Site, Software, Content and Product for lawful purposes only. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell, or transmit anything you may copy from the Service or Site, including but not limited to any text, images, audio, and video, for any business, commercial, or public purpose. As long as you comply with the terms of this Agreement, Sony grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to enter, display, and use the Service, Site, and Software as set forth in this Agreement. You agree not to interrupt/disrupt or attempt to interrupt/disrupt the operation of this Service, Site or Software in any way.

3.Automatic Update

The Software contains a functionality by which it is updated automatically when the Product is connected to a server belonging to Sony or to a third party designated by Sony. When you specify your intention not to use this automatic update functionality, or when the setting asking whether you wish to update automatically is activated and you decline to execute updates, it is assumed that you agree that the security functionality improvements, error corrections, other functional updates or any other changes offered by Sony through such updates would not be made to the Software and that your current and further use of the Software may be affected thereby.

When the automatic update functionality described in the previous paragraph is activated, it is assumed that you agree (a) that the Software will be automatically updated as necessary to improve security functionality, to correct errors, to improve update functionality, or for other purposes, and (b) that this updating of the Software may be accompanied by the augmenting, modifying, or removing of functionality of the Software.

4.Additional Terms Governing Product Software

You may use the Software solely in conjunction with the Product that accompanied the Software. The Software is licensed, not sold. In addition to the terms set forth in other portions of this Agreement, the Software is subject to the following:

Use of Software. You may use the Software in conjunction with the Product for personal use.

Limitation on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation and

Disassembly. You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software in whole or in part. Separation of Components. The Software is licensed as a single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one device unless expressly authorized by Sony. Data Files. The Software may create data files automatically for use with the Software. Any such data files will be deemed as part of the Software.

Rental. You may not rent or lease the Software.

Software Transfer. You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this Agreement only as part of a sale or transfer of Software accompanying the sale or transfer of your Product, provided you retain no copies, transfer all of the Software (including all copies, component parts, the media and printed materials, all versions and any upgrades of the Software and this Agreement), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement.

Dependent Software. The software, network services or other products other than Software upon which the Software’s performance depends on might be interrupted or discontinued at the discretion of the suppliers (software suppliers, service providers or Sony).

High Risk Activities. The Software is not fault-tolerant and is not designed, manufactured or intended for use or resale as online control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail- safe performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of the Software could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage (“High Risk Activities”). Sony and its suppliers specifically disclaim any express or implied warranty of fitness for High Risk Activities.

GNU General Public, Lesser General Public, & Other Licenses. Notwithstanding terms in this Agreement, certain portions of the Software are governed by the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1 (LGPL), GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPL), and other open source code licenses (“Open Source Licenses”), copies of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein. For such portions of the Software, to the extent there is any conflict between this Agreement and the Open Source Licenses, the Open Source Licenses shall govern as applicable.

Certain Source Code Availability. Sony is making available the source code of certain portions of the SOFTWARE per the GPL/ LGPL LICENSES. Please see http://www.sony.com/linux for access to and instructions on obtaining such source code.

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