End User License Agreement

In order to create a better player experience for our entire community, we require all of our players to carefully review and accept the following General ConsiderationsCommunity Guidelines, and End User License Agreement. This not only helps us preserve a healthy and fun environment or all of our players, but it also allows us to continuously improve your player experience.

Our Privacy Policy is available to inform you of our data collection practices and your rights with respect to the data we collect from you. We provide it to you separately for two reasons: 1) it is not an agreement to which you must consent in order to enjoy our products—instead, the policy exists solely to communicate or practices and your rights with respect to those practices; and 2) your privacy rights are important to us and deserve your undivided attention. Please take the time to review our Privacy Policy here. 

General Considerations and Definitions

For purposes of this Agreement, “Website” means https://safeplacestudio.com and all subpages thereto, including social media pages and accounts (i.e. Facebook, Discord, and Twitter), and digital storefronts such as the Epic Games Platform, Steam, and other services and platforms where our products are made available (herein “Digital Storefronts”). 

The term “Game” means our interactive entertainment product (namely “Venice 2089”), including the game client and all versions thereof across all playable platforms, and also refers to all expansions, updates, and all content and intellectual property embodied therein. 

“Intellectual Property” means all copyrights, trademarks, patents and inventions, trade secrets, personality rights, and other proprietary rights commonly identified as “intellectual property rights” or pseudo-intellectual property rights by applicable foreign or domestic law, and by way of example but by no means a limitation of the foregoing includes: visual assets, Game code, artwork, music, audiovisual works, methods, processes, prototypes, technology, storyboards, characters, plot devices, slogans, logos, and any material distributed under confidentiality or non-disclosure restrictions.

“Services” mean all of the products and services offered by Safe Place Studio s.r.l., including but not limited to our Games , our website, community and social media accounts, customer support, technical support, and all others means by which you interact with us and our products and services.

By accessing the Website, or downloading or purchasing the Game(s), you hereby accept the Community Guidelines, and End User License Agreement contained herein (collectively the “Agreements”) in full. Do not continue to use the Website or Game(s) if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions set forth below. From time to time, we may make changes to some or all of this document. We will notify you of any such change. Your continued use of our Website, Game(s) or Services upon notice of a change to these terms shall constitute your assent and acceptance of those changes.

The following terminology applies to these Community Guidelines, Terms of Service, End User License Agreement, and any or related agreements referenced herein: “End User”, “you” and “your” refers to you, the person accessing this website/game and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. “the Company”, “ourselves”, “we”, “our” and “us”, refers to our company, Safe Place Studio s.r.l. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the End User and ourselves, or either the End User or ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the End User in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the End User’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to, Europe and applicable international Law. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she/they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Community Guidelines

We want to make sure that our Game and Website remain fun, healthy, and safe environments for you and your friends to enjoy. By accepting our Terms of Service and End User License Agreement, you understand that these Community Guidelines apply to your use of both the Website and our Games, as well as any and all social media channels (including but not limited our Digital Storefronts, Facebook and similar social media platforms, as well as online video and streaming platforms such as, by way of example and by no means a limitation of the foregoing, YouTube.com and Twitch.tv)  in connection with Games operated or managed by us (collectively herein the “Community”). Your failure to comply with any part of the Community Guidelines may result in your account termination, or we may otherwise ban you from further contributing to the Community by whatever legal means available to us. 

Furthermore, you accept sole and complete liability for any content shared by you to our Community. As such, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, employees, agents, affiliates, subcontractors, members and assigns, against any and all claims, disputes, demands, actions, suits, damages, liabilities, obligations, losses, settlements, judgements, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and costs) made or entered into against us that arise out of, relate to or are the result of content you share with or to the Community. 

Playing our Game

You may download and play our Game via the applicable Digital Storefronts. While we (Safe Place Studio s.r.l.) may not require that you create a user account to enjoy our game, you may require a user account for the Digital Storefront through which you are accessing our Game in order to purchase, download, and use the Game on that service.  

We retain the right to monitor and/or record your communications sent to us directly or within our dedicated communities, and you acknowledge and agree that when you communicate with us, you have no expectation that your communications will be private. We have the right to disclose your communications for any reason, including: (a) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (b) to enforce the terms of this Agreement or any other Company policy; (c) to protect our legal rights and remedies; (d) to protect the health or safety of anyone that we believe may be threatened; or (e) to report a crime or other offensive behavior.

Your use of the Services and your ability to access your account or communicate with other players is governed by the Community Guidelines, End User License Agreement (the “EULA”), and those in-game policies we may from time to time deploy or enforce at its sole and exclusive discretion. The Community Guidelines and EULA are not meant to be exhaustive. The Community Guidelines and EULA are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference as provided herein.

User Comments and Feedback

Our Community offers various opportunities to interact and share your opinions and thoughts with us and other End Users in Game or via our forum, social media pages (including Twitch, Discord, and Facebook), through the Game’s Digital Storefront pages, or via other Community initiatives. However, please note that the opinions or views expressed, or statements made to the Community (other than by our employees, officers, or verified community leaders) via posts, user comments, feedback, “wiki” entries,  online chat (in Game or via Discord, Twitch or comparable social media outlets), or via the communication features of the Game (collectively referred to herein as “User Comments”), do not reflect the opinions or views of the Company.  

We do not review, edit or modify User Comments prior to their publication to the Community. However, we reserve the right to remove or modify any User Comments shared with the Community for any reason. By sharing User Comments and accepting the terms of these Community Guidelines, you acknowledge that we may make such deletions or changes without notice to you, nor is any such change or removal subject to review, appeal or revocation. 

You retain ownership in your User Comments and all Intellectual Rights contained therein, provided such User Comments do not contain Feedback as defined below. We may from time to time publicly share or redistribute User Comments on our Website, or through other Community channels, press releases, or promotional and marketing materials. You hereby grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual and irrevocable right and license us to use your User Comments in connection with the promotion of the Game. 

We appreciate any feedback, suggestions, improvements, constructive criticism, or ideas you may have in connection with the Game or Website (“Feedback”). However, we cannot guarantee that the Feedback you provide has not already occurred to us. By submitting Feedback to us, you hereby assign all right, title, and interest in and to the Feedback to us, including but not limited to Intellectual Property rights. To the extent that any such rights cannot be assigned under applicable EU or international law, you hereby waive your existing or future rights and release us from any and all claims arising from our use of your Feedback. 

User Generated Content

We encourage our End Users to create and share your fan art, fan fiction, video montages, Let’s Play videos, and other creative content with our Community (herein “User Generated Content”). We also encourage streaming and recording your game play and sharing it with the community or through social media video streaming services such as YouTube.com or Twitch.tv—for the purpose of these Agreements, we also consider your streams and videos containing our Game “User Generated Content”. For clarity, any non-commercial use restriction referenced in the License portion of this Agreement does not refer to any gameplay that is publicly performed by you on a streaming platform, regardless of your status on that platform (affiliates, partners, and ambassadors are welcome). We only ask that, as a courtesy, you send us a note or @ us in a tweet to let us know when you’re streaming so we have a chance to support and promote those who are supporting and promoting our Game. 

We want you to create and express yourself freely, and you retain all rights in and to your User Generated Content. By sharing your User Generated Content with the Community, you grant us an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive and universal right and license to reproduce, modify, and redistribute your User Generated Content solely in connection with our Games. 

However, User Generated Content shared with the Community must comply with these Community Guidelines and our End User License Agreement. Failure to comply with any of the terms contained therein may result in our banning your IP or otherwise restricting your access to the Game and whatever other legal remedies may be available to us, including issuing take downs to the appropriate service providers due to the breach of the licenses and rights granted to you herein. 

Infringing Content

To the extent possible under International Law, we are not liable for any copyright infringement arising from any User Generated Content shared with the Community. However, under the European Union copyright law we are able to provide the lawful owners of copyrighted works recourse in the event that their copyrights are infringed, provided our ability to do so is not superseded by the interests of any social media platform used to share copyrighted works (in such event, you should look for the take down procedure supplied by the social media platform). If you believe that your copyrights are being violated by User Generated Content, User Comments, or other materials located in our Game or on our Website or other Community channels under our direct control, please contact us so that we may investigate your claims and, if appropriate, modify or remove the infringing material. We require the following information before we are able to investigate your claim:

  1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;
  2. A description of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed;
  3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located or identified on the Website or in the Game or Community channels under our direct control, including a verifiable link to the material;
  4. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
  5. 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, and is not a permissible “fair use” of your work; and
  6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information submitted to us is accurate and that you are the owner of the copyright or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

The above information should be provided to our agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement, who can be reached by emailing safeplace.amm@gmail.com .

If you believe your content has been taken down pursuant to the above procedures in error, we require the following information sent to the agent referenced above before we can investigate your claim or re-post your content:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature;
  2. your name, address, and phone number;
  3. identification of the material and its location before it was removed;
  4. a statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification;
  5. your consent to the jurisdiction of a federal court in the district where you live (if you are in the U.S.), or your consent to the jurisdiction of a federal court in the district where your service provider is located (if you are not in the U.S.); and
  6. your consent to accept service of process from the party who submitted the takedown notice.

Community Rules and Restrictions

By entering into these Agreements and accepting the Community Guidelines, you agree to comply with the following:

Website

               To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our Website and the use of this Website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Nothing in this disclaimer will:

The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

To the extent that the Website and the information and services on the Website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Trademarks

The Company trademarks (“Company Marks”) may only be used: (1) in connection with the activities listed as acceptable in these Community Guidelines; AND (2) when the applicable policy associated with that activity specifically references your right to use the Company Marks pursuant to this policy. 

Do Not:

End User License Agreement

License

We retain exclusive rights for any and all of any and all State, Federal, and International intellectual property and proprietary rights in and to our Games and all copies of our Games, including without limitation all copyrights, inventions, trademark rights, trade secret rights, trade dress rights, and any and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights embodied in or derived from our Games. We prohibit the copying, reproduction, and circumvention of technology of our Games beyond the terms of this license. Our Games are licensed to you, as opposed to being sold or assigned to you, and your continued legal use of the Games is contingent upon your compliance with this Agreement and the License Terms set forth below.

License Terms 

We hereby grant you a non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferrable, and limited right and license to access, download, or otherwise make use of the Game for your personal, non-commercial use (for purposes of this End User License Agreement only, the “Game”). Continued use of the Game is contingent upon your compliance with the following:

Ownership and Independent Origin

All characters, events, and portrayals contained in the Game are purely fictional and any resemblance to real events or real individuals whether alive or dead is purely coincidental. We do not claim any rights or interest in or to existing trademarks, trade names, personalities or likenesses that may incidentally resemble an existing product, service, or person. Furthermore, we do not claim any right, obligation, or liability in and to User Generated Content (such as “death notes”) or third-party content otherwise made available in the Game. The rights in and to any such third-party content remains with its respective owners. 

DISCLAIMER

ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, SERVICES, AND MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN THE GAME AND RELATED SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT.

NO WARRANTIES

SAFE PLACE STUDIO S.R.L. AND ITS LICENSORS AND DISTRIBUTORS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIVACY AND INTEGRITY OF THE COMPUTER RESOURCES YOU USE TO OPERATE THE SOFTWARE.  NEITHER WE NOR OUR LICENSORS OR DISTRIBUTORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DISRUPTIONS, DELAYS OR OTHER OMISSIONS IN ANY CONNECTION, DATA EXCHANGE OR OTHER INTERACTION THAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU USE THE GAME, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE (I.E., ANY SYSTEM FAILURE, SERVER ACCESS LOSS, OR DATA BREACH RESULTING FROM ANY CAUSE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTS OF GOD, NATURE OR OTHER CAUSES (BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT BY NO MEANS A LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, EVENTS SUCH AS WAR, EMBARGO,  DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE, HOSTILE DOMINATION BY UNKNOWN SENTIENT OR BORG LIFE FORMS, OR ANY BACTERIA, VIRUS, OR OTHER UNKNOWN INFECTION OR PATHOGEN THAT RESULTS IN ANY COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THAT CAUSES LIFE TERMINATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT REANIMATION OF BODILY FUNCTION ACCOMPANIED BY LIMITED BRAIN ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS AN INSATIABLE URGE FOR HUMAN FLESH).  NEITHER WE NOR OUR LICENSORS OR DISTRIBUTORS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USERS OR COMPUTERS THAT CONNECT (INCLUDING THOSE INFECTED BY THE ABOVE REFERENCED DISEASE), EXCHANGE DATA, OR OTHERWISE INTERACT WITH YOU OR YOUR COMPUTER AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE GAME. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

YOUR PURCHASE AND USE OF THE GAME IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR ABILITY TO PLAY THE GAME WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR DEFECT-FREE. IN NO EVENT WILL WE (INCLUDING OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, PERSONNEL, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES) NOR OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF USE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF PURCHASE OR USE OF THE GAME. IN NO EVENT WILL YOU BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OR CHARGEBACK FOR ANY PURCHASES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME, IF APPLICABLE. 

Term and Termination

Term. This Agreement is effective upon your first use of our Services and shall remain in effect until it is terminated or superseded by a new or updated version of this EULA, or, if neither of the foregoing events occur, as long as you continue using our Services. In the event that we choose to cease providing the Services, or license to a third party the right to provide the Services, we are not required to provide notice to you. Neither the Services nor our agreement to provide access to the Services shall be considered a rental or lease of time on the capacity of our servers or other technology.

Termination. Subject to the “Survival” provisions set forth below, You are entitled to terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying us by email at safeplace.amm@gmail.com .

We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason, or for no reason, with or without notice to you. For purposes of explanation and not limitation, most account suspensions and terminations are the result of violations of this Agreement. In case of minor violations of these rules, we may provide you with a prior warning and/or suspend your use of your account due to your non-compliance prior to terminating the Agreement or modifying or deleting your account.

In the event of a termination of this Agreement, any right you may have had to any Virtual Goods or Game Assets are forfeit, and you agree and acknowledge that you are not entitled to any refund for any amounts which were pre-paid on your account prior to any termination of this Agreement.  In addition, you will not be able to use the Services.

Applicable law and jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly provided by applicable law, this EULA is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Italy. All disputes arising out of or in connection with interpretation and/or execution of this EULA shall be resolved by means of correspondence and negotiations without recourse to a court. In the case that the User and the Comapny fail to come to agreement without recourse to a court within 60 (sixty) business days from the date of the receipt of the relevant claim, disputes shall be resolved by a state court of the relevant jurisdiction at the Company’s place of location unless otherwise expressly provided by applicable law.

Assignment. We may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign this Agreement without our prior written consent. Your assignment of this Agreement without our prior written consent shall be void.

No Waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a (1) waiver of such provision, or (2) diminishment of any right to enforce such provisions. Further, we may choose to waive enforcement of a provision of this Agreement in a particular instance; however, you are still obligated to comply with that waived provision in the future.

Force Majeure. We shall not be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent that performance of its obligations are delayed or prevented by reason of any act of God, disturbances in the Force, alien lifeform (e.g., Borg) invasion, any pandemic bacterial or viral infections leading to the reanimation of expired human remains, fire, natural disaster, accident, act of government, shortages of material or supplies, power outage, embargo, warfare, strike, or any other cause reasonably beyond our control.

Severability. If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, then that portion shall be severed, and the remainder of this Agreement shall be given full force and effect.

Entire Agreement. This EULA, along with our other applicable agreements contained herein, constitutes and contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements.

Survival. All provisions reasonably necessary to preserve any and all rights and available claims by us survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

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