Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Last Updated: December 20, 2023

This document (the “Agreement”) constitutes a legal agreement between you and Infinite Pie Studios Pty Ltd, and its related companies and affiliates (collectively, “IPS,” “We,” or “us”) that governs the relationship between you and IPS with respect to your use of IPS’ games, products, services and websites accessed through internet-capable platforms, including game consoles, personal computers, mobile devices, and in-game applications and software hosted by third-parties. (collectively, the “Services”).

Please read the following Agreement carefully. By using or accessing the Service, you consent to this Agreement and to our Privacy Policy.

1. ACCESS TO THE SERVICE

In order to use or access the Service, you affirm that (i) you are at least 18 years of age (or have reached the age of majority if that is not 18 years of age where you live) or you have reviewed this Agreement with your parent or guardian and he or she assents to this Agreement on your behalf and takes full responsibility for your compliance with them; and (ii) you are a legal resident of a country where your access to and your play, purchase, receipt and use of the applicable Services are permitted. You represent that you are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, and representations set forth in this Agreement.

If you use or access the Service through a social network (e.g., Twitch) or other third party platform, game console, app, or service (“Third Party Service”), you may be required to have an account with the Third Party Service through which you connect to the Service. You agree to comply with the Third Party Service’s terms of use as well as this Agreement. You also agree that IPS has no responsibility or liability for any act, error, or omission of any Third Party Service.

The collection and use of your information, whether extracted from a Third Party Service or otherwise provided to IPS is subject to our Privacy Policy. You agree that IPS may use your information, game history and other data related to your use of the Service as provided in our Privacy Policy.

2. LIMITED LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICE

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, IPS grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use and access the Service, solely for your personal, non-commercial use.

You agree not to (a) use the Service for any use or purpose other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement, or (b) copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Service or any portion thereof, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by IPS or its licensors, except for the permissions and rights expressly granted in this Agreement.

If you violate this Agreement, IPS reserves the right to immediately and without notice terminate or suspend your access to the Service.

3. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

All content and materials comprising the Service, including without limitation, software, computer code, HTML, APIs, design, artwork, graphics, video, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, games, titles, themes, objects, icons, virtual items, characters, stories, dialogue, catch phrases, concepts, formats, effects, methods of operation and documentation, and the selection and arrangement thereof (“Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, trade dress and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by IPS or its licensors. All other trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos used on the Service, with or without attribution, are the property of their respective owners.

You acknowledge and agree that the Content and Marks are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws of Australia, the United States, and similar laws of other jurisdictions. IPS reserves all rights, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, in connection with the Content and Marks.

You will not obtain any ownership interest in the Content, Marks or our Services through this Agreement or otherwise. All rights to the Content not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved to their respective copyright owners. Except as expressly authorized by this Agreement or on our Services, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, perform, display, post, transmit, exploit, create derivative works or otherwise use any of the Content or Marks in any form or by any means, without the prior written authorization of IPS or the respective copyright owner, which may be granted at its sole discretion.

4. USER GENERATED CONTENT

User generated content (“UGC”) is defined as any content, material, data and information that you create, upload to, or transmit through the Service, or that is extracted from your Third Party Service profile, including, without limitation, text, images, stories, photos, sound, music, drawings, sketches and game questions.

By posting any IPS on, through or in connection with the Service, you hereby grant to IPS a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide license to use, modify, excerpt, adapt, store, translate, sub-license, create derivative works and compilations based upon, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such UGC, in whole or in part, on, through or in connection with the Service or in connection with any commercialization, distribution, or syndication thereof on and through all media formats now known or hereafter devised, for any and all purposes including, but not limited to, promotional, marketing, research, trade or commercial purposes. IPS’ use of such UGC shall not require any further notice to you and such use shall be without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity. IPS may remove any UGC at its sole discretion at any time. UGC is not confidential and will not be returned to you.

If UGC that you create and publish reproduces your name, likeness, image, and/or voice (collectively, “Image”), you acknowledge and agree that IPS has the right to use your Image as part of the Service pursuant to the broad license stated above. If the UGC you publish on the Service features the Image of any person other than yourself, you represent and warrant that you have received permission from the relevant person for the use of his/her Image by IPS in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and you indemnify IPS for any losses which IPS may incur pursuant to the Indemnification provision of this Agreement.

Please note that not all Services allow the posting of UGC and IPS reserves the right to limit the storage capacity of UGC that you post on, through or in connection with the Service. IPS also reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove and permanently delete any UGC from the Service with or without notice for any reason.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you own the UGC posted by you on, through or in connection with the Service, or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section, and (b) the posting of UGC by you on, through or in connection with the Service does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of the use of any UGC posted by you on or through the Service.

You agree not to share, post, or otherwise disseminate any UGC that is, in IPS’ sole discretion, offensive, demeaning, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate, including but not limited to: content that directly or indirectly threatens an individual or group, promotes self-Injury or suicide, is bullying or harassing, facilitates criminal or otherwise illegal activity, promotes sexual violence or exploitation, or is hate speech.

If you feel that any UGC violates these terms, you may request that We review it by submitting the content for review via email to contentreview@infinitepiestudios.com.

5. LIVE STREAMING IPS GAMES

IPS welcomes the streaming of its games to a live audience (“Live Streaming Content”) via Twitch and other video streaming services, provided that such Live Streaming Content complies with this Agreement and the following conditions:

Live Streaming Content must have no commercial (i.e., monetary) objective. As an exception to this, you are permitted to monetize Live Streaming Content (such as Twitch and YouTube videos) with advertisements, subscriptions, bits, or other monetization tools integrated into the streaming platform, as well as external subscriptions such as patreon donations. You may not sell tickets or charge money for “virtual gameshow nights” and similar activities. You may not sell or resell access to the Services.

All Live Streaming Content must be appropriate for the audience of the Services, comply with applicable law, and be free of any material that violates the rights of others or that is offensive, sexually explicit, or defamatory (as determined by IPS).

You may not say, publish or engage in any conduct that would lead viewers to believe that the Live Streaming Content is endorsed, approved or sponsored by IPS, or produced in partnership with IPS. In addition, the Live Streaming Content must not include any co-branded content without IPS’ express written consent (e.g., promoting sponsorships with other companies).

You may not use any IPS Content or Marks in a manner that is derogatory or that may damage the reputation or goodwill of IPS (as determined by IPS).

The Live Streaming Content may not include links or information related to exploits or hacks to the Services or any other games.

IPS, at any time and in its sole discretion, may revoke your permission to create and publish Live Streaming Content and reserves the right to remove the content from any third-party service and/or take other action it deems appropriate.

6. DMCA POLICY

IPS respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Service to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to Us.

If you believe that your content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Us to locate the material; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We reserve the right to remove content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at our sole discretion. In appropriate circumstances, IPS will also terminate a user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer.

Our designated email address for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the Service is: dmca@infinitepiestudios.com.

7. RULES OF CONDUCT

Your use of the Service is subject to all applicable local, state and national laws and regulations. You are solely responsible for all activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through or under your account. You shall not use, allow, or enable others to use the Service, in any manner that is, attempts to, or is likely to:

  • be libelous, defamatory, vulgar, indecent, or obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, discriminatory, or abusive, or which may or may appear to impersonate anyone else;
  • affect Us adversely or reflect negatively on Us, our goodwill, name or reputation or cause duress, distress or discomfort to Us or anyone else, or discourage any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion, features or functions of the Service, or from advertising, linking or becoming a supplier to Us in connection with the Service;
  • use cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any unauthorized third party software designed to modify or interfere with the Service or any IPS game experience;
  • exploit, distribute or publicly inform other members of any game error, miscue or bug which gives an unintended advantage;
  • send or result in the transmission of junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, surveys, contests, pyramid scheme, or so-called “spamming” and “phishing”;
  • unless approved by Us, be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial or any other form of compensation or through linking with any other website or web pages;
  • transmit, distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horses, spyware, or other potentially harmful programs or other material or information;
  • create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others or forge any TCP/IP packet header or part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting for any reason;
  • contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted; “stalk” or otherwise harass anyone;
  • violate any laws, regulations (including, without limitation, laws regarding the transmission of technical data or software exported from Australia or the United States), judicial or governmental order or any treaties, or violate or infringe upon any intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other rights of ours or of any other person, firm or enterprise;
  • gain unauthorized access to the Service, other users’ accounts, names, passwords, personally identifiable information or other computers, websites or pages, connected or linked to the Service;
  • disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of the Service or the rights of use and enjoyment of the Service by any other person, firm or enterprise; or
  • use the Service in any manner which violates or is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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8. USER DISPUTES

You are solely responsible for your interaction with other users of the Service and other parties that you come in contact with through the Service. IPS hereby disclaims any and all liability to you or any third party relating to your use of the Service. IPS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to manage disputes between you and other users of the Service.

9. USER FEEDBACK

In general, IPS does not accept, via the Service or otherwise, unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of game ideas, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, proposals, ideas or concepts (collectively, “User Feedback”). Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in an IPS creative work or Service would be purely coincidental. However, on occasion, We may request feedback from our users in the form of a survey or similar submission. Any and all User Feedback provided by you to IPS, whether solicited or not, and all rights contained therein, will become the sole property of IPS and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as IPS sees fit. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation, credit or notice whatsoever in connection with your User Feedback or IPS’ use thereof.

10. BETA VERSIONS

If you’ve acquired or are accessing a ‘beta’ version of the Services, the following additional rules and conditions apply:

a) Beta versions are provided ‘as is’. You understand that they are a work in progress and IPS does not warrant or guarantee their functionality, nor will IPS bear any liability if the software isn’t working properly or causes issues;

b) Access and availability to beta versions are time-limited;

c) You may be asked to provide feedback to help Us identify and understand issues that the Services encounters, and IPS will be free to use any feedback shared by you.

11. LINKS AND THIRD PARTY

The Service may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by IPS of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

From time to time, during your use of the Service, you may communicate with, receive communications from, be re-directed to, interact with, or participate in or use the services or obtain goods and services of or from, third parties such as our advertisers, sponsors, promotional partners (collectively, the “Advertisers”). All such communication, interaction and participation is between you and such Advertisers and We shall not be responsible or liable to you in any way in connection with these activities or transactions (including, without limitation, any representations, warranties, covenants, contracts or other terms or conditions that may exist between you and the Advertiser or any goods or services you may purchase or obtain from any Advertiser).

12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Service is provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Without limiting the foregoing, IPS AND ITS PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. We make no warranty and disclaim all responsibility and liability for the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service or any content thereon. IPS will not be responsible or liable for any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Service, or any Content. You also agree that IPS has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Service. We make no warranty that the Service will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from IPS or through the Service, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.

You also acknowledge that the time that you spend on the Service, including any dollar amounts or achievements accumulated in our games, is solely for entertainment purposes and that no value can be attributed to such time. Accordingly, please do not contact Us requesting payment of your “winnings” as such requests will not be honored.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IPS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE; AND (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR UGC, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT IPS HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

14. INDEMNIFICATION

Upon IPS’ and/or its licensors’ request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless IPS, its licensors and any IPS affiliates, contractors, vendors, and content providers from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to a breach of these Agreement for which you are responsible or in connection with your distribution of any UGC on or through the Service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree to indemnify and hold IPS and its licensors harmless for any improper or illegal use of your account, including the illegal or improper use of your account by someone to whom you have given permission to use your account. You agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of Service and for all of your communication and activity on the Service, including any content you contribute, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless IPS, IPS’ licensors and IPS affiliates from any liability or damages arising from your conduct on the Service, including any UGC that you contribute.

IPS and its licensors reserve the right, at their own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. In that event, you shall have no further obligation to provide indemnification to IPS and/or its licensors in that matter.

15. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT.

IPS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or revise this Agreement at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Any such change or modification will be effective immediately or, where required by law, 30 days after its publication in connection with the Service. IPS may notify you of any such changes by providing a link to the new Agreement before you use the Service, posting the notice of such changes on IPS’ website, or sending notice via other means. Your continued use of the Service after any changes or modifications to this Agreement are posted will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to, such changes or modifications. If you object to any change or modification, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the Service.

16. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE

In case of any claim, dispute, controversy or disagreement (a “Dispute”) in connection with this License, you agree to first attempt to settle any Dispute in an informal manner, to expedite resolution and control the costs. Thus, in case of a Dispute, you agree to negotiate in good faith with IPS for at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to initiating any court proceeding. Informal negotiations will be assumed to commence upon IPS first response to your written submission of a Dispute to IPS via legal@infinitepiestudios.com.

THIS LICENSE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTRALIAN LAW, EXCLUSIVE OF ITS CHOICE OF LAW AND/OR CONFLICTS OF LAW JURISPRUDENCE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ALL LITIGATION REGARDING OR ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENSE SHALL BE IN AUSTRALIA, AND YOU AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS IN AUSTRALIA FOR ANY SUCH LITIGATION.

17. GENERAL

(a) Nothing herein shall be deemed to supersede or derogate from IPS’ remedies at law for any violation of this License or applicable law. If any provision of this License is unenforceable, the rest of it shall remain in effect. This License constitutes the entire agreement between you and IPS with respect to the use of the Services and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications and representations with respect to the Services or any other subject matter covered by this License.

(b) No delay or failure to take action under this Agreement shall constitute any waiver by IPS of any provision of this Agreement.

(c) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of South Australia without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

(d) Any cause of action by you must be instituted within one year after the claim or cause of action has arisen, or be barred.

(e) This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by IPS without restriction.

18. LANGUAGES

For all purposes, this English language version of the License shall be the original, governing instrument and understanding of the parties. In the event of any conflict between this English language version and any translation made available by IPS, the English language version shall govern and control.

19. CONTACTING US.

If you have any questions about this Agreement, or the practices of IPS’ Services, please contact Us at legal@infinitepiestudios.com.