The Sims Teleportation System

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Electronic Arts Inc.

TheSims.com Terms of Service

We make TheSims.com web site (our "Site") and related services
available pursuant to the following Terms of Service ("TOS") 
and any other rules posted on our Site. Your use of this Site
signifies your agreement with this TOS and any posted rules.  
If you do not agree to the TOS and posted rules, then please 
do not use this Site.  Although EA does not charge to use 
TheSims.com, we may choose to charge for any or all of our 
services on this Site in the future. We may modify the TOS at 
any time, and your continued use of this Site signifies your 
agreement to the modified TOS.  Please read the TOS and check 
back often.

1. 	Privacy Policy. To read our Privacy Policy, click on 
the "Privacy Policy" icon on our home page.  If you are under 
18, you must: (1) let your parent or guardian know about EA's 
Privacy Policy before you register to use this Site or any of 
this Site's services; and (2) have your parent's or guardian's
permission before you use any of the bulletin board or chat 
features on this Site.  Please don't post your name, address 
or any personal information about yourself anywhere on 
TheSims.com.

2. 	Use of this Site.

2.1	Registration.  You must register to use some of the 
features on this Site.  We may change registration requirements 
from time to time.  You may not provide false registration 
information about yourself.

2.2	Content. Content is defined as any graphics (including 
skins, buildings, and textures), sounds, music, video, audio or 
text that EA, you, or any other user may upload or transmit on 
this Site.  You agree not to upload or transmit on this Site any 
Content that is subject to any third party's copyright, 
trademark, or other proprietary right, unless you have express 
permission from all parties with rights in that Content, and 
those parties agree to this TOS.  You bear the entire risk of 
the completeness, accuracy or usefulness of any Content found 
on this Site. Each user is solely responsible for the Content 
that he or she posts.  EA does not pre-screen Content supplied 
by users.  However, EA reserves the right to remove from this 
Site any Content (including bulletin board postings) at any time 
and for any reason.  Removal may be immediate and without notice. 

2.3	No Commercial Use.  TheSims.com is for your personal, 
non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, 
transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create 
derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Content, software, 
products, or services obtained from this Site. You may not use 
this Site, or any of its Content, to further any commercial 
purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue 
generation activity on your own Site.

2.4 	Your Activity. You use this Site at your sole risk. You 
agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of this 
Site and for all of your communication and activity on this Site. 
EA reserves the right to deny you access to this Site, or any part 
of this Site, at any time without notice.   If EA determines, in 
its sole discretion, that you engaged in prohibited activities, 
were not respectful of other users, or otherwise violated this 
TOS, EA may deny you access to this Site.  EA's judgments are 
final.  You may not use this Site to: 

(a) publish, post, distribute, or otherwise disseminate Content 
that is harassing, defamatory, infringing, pornographic, obscene, 
invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, or otherwise 
unlawful or objectionable; 

(b) threaten, harass, stalk, abuse others, or otherwise cause 
distress or unwanted attention to any person; 

(c) upload files that contain software or Content owned by a third 
party unless you have express permission to do so and the third 
party agrees to this TOS regarding the uploaded software or Content; 

(d) promote or encourage any illegal activity including hacking, 
cracking or distribution of counterfeit software;

(e) upload files that contain a virus or corrupted data; 

(f) interfere with this Site's availability to other users 
(e.g., excessive shouting [use of all caps] or flooding [continuous
posting of repetitive text]);

 (g) post messages on a bulletin board for any purpose other than 
 personal communication; 

(h) transmit advertising, promotional materials, chain letters, 
pyramid schemes, or make any commercial use of this Site; 

(i) engage in any unlawful purpose, or use this Site in a manner 
that is contrary to any law or regulation; or 

(j) impersonate another person or Site personnel, modify files 
without permission, or violate the TOS or the Site's posted rules. 

2.5 Nature of Communications; No Privacy. Your and other users' 
communications are not endorsed, approved, or pre-screened by EA. 
You acknowledge and agree that your communications with other users 
via chats, conferences, bulletin boards, and any other avenues of 
communication on this Site are public and not private communications, 
and that you have no expectation of privacy concerning your use of 
this Site.  You acknowledge that personal information that you 
communicate on this Site may be collected by other users and result 
in unsolicited communications, and that EA is not responsible for the 
actions of other users. 

2.6 	Rights Granted to EA. You grant to EA a royalty free, 
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable, non-exclusive and 
fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, 
adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, 
perform, and display, in whole or in part, and without any notice or 
compensation to you, any Content that you post, transmit, upload or 
otherwise communicate on this Site.  You waive and relinquish any 
"moral rights" that may exist in any Content, and agree not to 
assert any moral rights in Content.

2.7	Publicity Rights.  If you win a contest, or are inducted 
into our Hall of Fame, you give us permission to post your user 
name and/or hometown on our Site in connection with your submission 
or the contest.  If you do not want us to post your actual name on
this Site, then please do not use your actual name as your user name.
 
3.	 Links to Third-Party Sites.  EA may include hyperlinks 
on TheSims.com to web sites operated by parties other than EA, 
including advertisers.  EA does not control such web sites and 
is not responsible for their Content.  Those sites may collect 
data or solicit personal information from you.  Those sites are 
not subject to EA's Privacy Policy and EA is not responsible for 
the privacy policies on those sites, or the use of any information 
those sites may collect.

4.	Community Web Pages.  

4.1 Registration.  To post a web page using the format provided 
with The Sims(tm) game and thus share game data with other players 
(a "Community Web Page"), you must register your copy of 
The Sims(tm) online and provide us with your product serial number 
and the other registration information requested.

4.2	Community Web Pages.  EA is providing server space to 
users to post Community  Web Pages ("Web Hosting Service"). As 
with all Content on this Site, you bear the entire risk of the 
completeness, accuracy or usefulness of any Community Web Page 
posted.  Each user is solely responsible for the Community Web Page 
that he or she posts.  EA does not pre-screen Community Web Pages.  
However, EA reserves the right to remove from this Site any 
Community Web Page at any time and for any reason.  Removal may 
be immediate and without notice.  You may not use your Community 
Web Page to engage in any activity prohibited by this TOS.  You 
also may not post or maintain a Community Web Page that:

(a) is not devoted to The Sims(tm)  game;

(b) has no activity for more than thirty (30) days;

(c) acts as a door or sign post to another home page, or is used 
for data warehousing (storing data that is accessed from other 
sites);

(d) restricts access to the Web Page through password protection 
or other means;

(e) contains links to pages containing Content that is not 
permitted on this Site;

(f) reflects any conduct that EA determines is harmful to EA, 
another user, or any third party; or

(g) is used to send unsolicited email that uses TheSims.com address, 
or refers to TheSims.com.

4.3 No Guarantee of Availability.  EA does not guarantee access to, 
or the availability of, any Community Web Page posted by you or 
another user.  EA does not guarantee that a certain amount of space 
will be dedicated to Community Web Pages.  EA reserves the right to 
change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue this Web Hosting Service 
at any time, without notice. Users do not have the right to continued 
or uninterrupted use of any Community Web Page on this Site, or the 
right to post or maintain a Community Web Page. Without limiting the 
foregoing, EA has the right to: (1) limit or change the amount of 
server space available for Community Web Pages; (2) modify or remove
Content on, or decrease the size of, Community Web Pages; (3) limit 
or change the duration of time that Community Web Pages may be 
hosted; and  (4) remove or prevent any Community Web Page from 
being posted to this Site.  EA is not obligated to make or keep 
backup copies of any Community Web Pages posted on this Site, or 
of any Content or Community Web Page modified or removed by EA.

4.4	Required Links or Content.  EA may require each Community 
Web Page to contain a link to TheSims.com home page or other links, 
and/or to display certain Content including, but not limited to, 
banner advertising or other advertising.  You may not alter, remove 
or otherwise interfere with links or Content that EA places on 
Community Web Pages.

5. Downloadable Software. 

5.1	License Terms.  Any software that you may download from this 
Site ("EA Software") is the copyrighted work of Electronic Arts Inc. 
and/or its licensors. Use of EA Software is governed by the terms of 
any end-user license agreement that may accompany the EA Software. 
The following terms apply to your use of EA Software (to the extent 
not inconsistent with any accompanying end-user license agreement): 
(a) EA hereby grants to you a personal, non-exclusive, 
non-transferable, limited license to use the object code version of 
the EA Software solely on your single personal computer; 
(b) EA Software is provided strictly on an "as-is" basis, without
any warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including 
without limitation any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a 
particular purpose (even if EA has been informed of such purpose), 
non-infringement or compatibility with your computer hardware or 
software; (c) EA has no liability of any kind or nature in connection
with your use of the EA Software (including liability for any 
consequential or incidental damages), and the entire risk of use 
(including without limitation any damage to your computer hardware 
or software) resides with you; and (d) your license to use the EA 
Software will terminate automatically and without notice in the event
that you violate any of these license terms.

5.2	Export Controls: This Site is located in California, USA. 
Users who access this Site are solely responsible for knowing and 
complying with all federal, state, and local laws that may apply 
to them in their own locale. EA Software may be subject to United 
States export controls.  By downloading EA Software from this Site, 
you warrant that you are not located in any country, or exporting 
EA Software to any person or place, to which the United States has 
embargoed goods.

6.	No Unauthorized Copying or Distribution. You understand and 
agree that all Content, EA Software and all HTML and other code 
contained in this Site, is owned by EA and/or its licensors and is 
protected by copyright and other laws and international treaty 
provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the above listed 
materials is prohibited by law and may result in civil and criminal 
penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent 
possible. Without limiting the foregoing, copying the above listed 
materials to any other server or location for publication, 
reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited. 

7.  	Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability. EA 
hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this 
Site, EA Software, Content, products, services and other material 
on this Site, including without limitation all implied warranties 
and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, 
title, and non-infringement of third party rights.  This Site and 
all EA Software, Content, products, services and other material on 
this Site are provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis without 
warranty of any kind. EA and its licensors assume no responsibility 
for any damages suffered by you, including, but not limited to, loss 
of data, errors, use or reliance on inaccurate information, 
Site down time or interruptions caused by EA, its licensors, 
Content suppliers (including other users), and affiliates, or by 
your or any other user's own actions, errors and/or omissions.  
You acknowledge and agree that EA is not liable for any action by EA, 
its licensors, its Content providers (including other users) or 
affiliates with respect to conduct, communication, Community Web 
Pages, or other Content on this Site.   EA shall not be liable for 
any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary, or 
consequential damages in connection with EA Software, this Site, 
or any of its Content.  Your sole and exclusive remedy for breach 
of any warranty, or your dissatisfaction with this Site or any 
service on it, is to discontinue your use of this Site.  

8.	Indemnification. At EA's request, you agree to defend, 
indemnify and hold harmless EA, its affiliates, licensors, and 
suppliers, from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including 
attorneys' fees, arising from any breach of this TOS by you.
EA reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive 
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to 
indemnification by you hereunder, and in such event, you shall 
have no further obligation to provide indemnification for that matter.

9.	 Entire Agreement and Modifications. This TOS and any rules 
and instructions  posted on this Site constitutes the entire
agreement between you and EA regarding  your use of this Site, and 
supercedes any other agreement or understanding.  The  TOS and posted 
rules may not be modified orally by any EA or Maxis employee.  EA 
reserves the right to modify this TOS at any time. We may add new 
provisions or  revise any of the terms and conditions of this TOS. 
You agree that it is your  responsibility to review this TOS from 
time to time to keep yourself informed of  any changes. You agree 
that your continued use of this Site after any changes to  this TOS 
constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to such changes. 

10.	 Governing Law. This TOS will be governed by and construed 
in accordance with the laws of the State of California, as applied 
to agreements made and performed entirely within California. Any 
litigation or other dispute with respect to this Site and/or this 
TOS will take place in the state or federal courts located in 
Santa Clara County, California. You consent to personal jurisdiction 
and venue in the state and federal courts of  Santa Clara County, 
California.

11.	Our Relationship. You acknowledge and agree that no joint 
venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists 
between you and EA as a result of this TOS or your use of this Site. 
You agree that you may not and will not hold yourself out as a 
representative, agent, or employee of EA, and EA shall not be liable 
for any representation, act, or omission on your part. 

12.	No Waiver.  EA's failure to enforce at any time any of the 
provisions of this TOS shall not be construed as a waiver of any 
such provision.  Any express waiver of a provision by EA shall not 
constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such 
provision or any other provision of this TOS.

(c) 2000 Electronic Arts Inc. Material published on TheSims.com is 
copyrighted by EA or its licensors.  All rights reserved. 
Web Site (c) 2000 Electronic Arts Inc.  All third party trademarks 
mentioned or displayed on this Site are the property of their 
respective owners.
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