EA Services are licensed, not sold: a personal, limited, revocable, non-commercial license
The EA Services are licensed to you, not sold. EA grants a personal, limited, non-transferable (not for sharing), revocable and non-exclusive license to use the EA Services you have access to, for your non-commercial use, subject to your compliance with the Agreement.
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The EA Services are licensed to you, not sold. EA grants you a personal, limited, non-transferable (i.e., not for sharing), revocable and non-exclusive license to use the EA Services to which you have access for your non-commercial use, subject to your compliance with this Agreement.
EA grants you access to our games and services to you for your personal enjoyment.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is conditional on compliance with the Agreement and can be revoked; Section 7(A) adds that tampering with technical protection measures terminates it, and Section 8 that termination of the account ends the license.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No copying, modifying, distributing or reverse engineering unless EA authorizes it or law permits it
You may not access, copy, modify or distribute any EA Service, Content or Entitlements unless expressly authorized by EA or permitted by law, and you may not reverse engineer or attempt to extract or use source code or other data from EA Services unless expressly authorized by EA or permitted by law. EA or its licensors own and reserve all other rights, including all right, title and interest in the EA Services and associated intellectual property.
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You may not access, copy, modify or distribute any EA Service, Content or Entitlements (as those terms are defined below), unless expressly authorized by EA or permitted by law. You may not reverse engineer or attempt to extract or otherwise use source code or other data from EA Services, unless expressly authorized by EA or permitted by law. EA or its licensors own and reserve all other rights, including all right, title and interest in the EA Services and associated intellectual property rights.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both restrictions carry the same two exceptions: express authorization by EA, or what applicable law permits.
"Content" and "Entitlements" are defined in Section 3.
Content & IP Rights · Context
"Content" means everything on or from EA Services, including user-generated content, owned by or licensed to EA
Content is the software, technology, text, forum and chat posts, profiles, widgets, messages, links, emails, music, sound, graphics, pictures, video, code and all audio-visual or other material appearing on or coming from EA Services, plus the design and appearance of EA's websites. Content includes user-generated Content ("UGC"): EA Account personas, forum posts, profile content, a player's voice or other audio transmitted through social features, images or other visual material submitted to EA Services, and other Content contributed by users. All Content is either owned by EA or its licensors or licensed to EA and its licensors under Section 5, which is the UGC license you grant when you contribute UGC.
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The EA Services include Content and Entitlements. Content is the software, technology, text, forum posts, chat posts, profiles, widgets, messages, links, emails, music, sound, graphics, pictures, video, code, and all audio visual or other material appearing on or coming from EA Services, as well as the design and appearance of our websites. Content also includes user-generated Content ("UGC"). UGC includes EA Account personas, forum posts, profile content, a player’s voice or other audio transmitted as part of social features available in or through EA Services, images or other visual material submitted or otherwise contributed to or through EA Services, and other Content contributed by users to EA Services. All Content is either owned by EA or its licensors, or is licensed to EA and its licensors pursuant to
EA provides games, features and content through a series of entitlements.
When you contribute UGC, you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion of it, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party.
Qualifications & exceptions
The definition is open-ended ("and all audio visual or other material"); the examples are not an exhaustive list.
"Entitlements" are rights EA licenses to you to access or use online or offline parts of EA Services
Entitlements are rights that EA licenses to you to access or use the online or offline elements of EA Services. Examples given are access to digital or unlockable Content; additional or enhanced functionality (including multiplayer services); subscriptions; virtual assets; unlock keys or codes, serial codes or online authentication; in-game accomplishments; and virtual points, coins or currencies. Entitlements are licensed rights, not property you own, and some are unlocked with virtual currency.
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Entitlements are rights that EA licenses to you to access or use the online or off-line elements of EA Services. Examples of Entitlements include access to digital or unlockable Content; additional or enhanced functionality (including multiplayer services); subscriptions; virtual assets; unlock keys or codes, serial codes or online authentication; in-game accomplishments; and virtual points, coins, or currencies.
Some entitlements are unlocked using virtual currency that has no value outside of our games.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
EA may update services and remove Content or Entitlements without notice on the stated grounds
From time to time EA may update or modify an EA Service, Content or Entitlements, and you may lose access to certain Content or Entitlements without notice if, at EA's discretion, EA must remove them for legal, contractual and licensing obligations, technical limitations, or because they could harm EA's reputation. Updates and modifications may be required in order to continue using EA Services; Section 10 adds that you consent to EA automatically installing available updates and that failing to install them may make EA Services unplayable.
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From time to time, EA may update or modify an EA Service, Content or Entitlements, and/or you may lose access to certain Content or Entitlements without notice if, at our discretion, we must remove such Content or Entitlements from the EA Services, for legal, contractual and licensing obligations, technical limitations, or if the Content or Entitlements could harm EA’s reputation. Updates and modifications may be required in order to continue to use EA Services.
We also may make updates or changes to our games and services, which might impact your use or game progress.
You consent to EA automatically installing any available updates for EA Services. Failure to install available updates may render EA Services, including EA PC Games, unplayable.
Qualifications & exceptions
The stated grounds for removal are legal, contractual and licensing obligations, technical limitations, or potential harm to EA's reputation, judged at EA's discretion.
Not stated here
Whether any refund or replacement follows a removal is not addressed in this section; Section 8 states no refund for sanctions, and purchases fall under the unsupplied Terms of Sale.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
EA may update or reset game parameters to balance play, which can set back characters, groups or Entitlements
EA may need to update or reset certain parameters to balance game play and usage of EA Services. These updates or "resets" may cause you setbacks within the relevant game world and may affect characters, games, groups or other Entitlements under your control.
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EA may need to update, or reset certain parameters to balance game play and usage of EA Services. These updates or "resets" may cause you setbacks within the relevant game world and may affect characters, games, groups or other Entitlements under your control.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You are responsible for your UGC and may not upload content that infringes rights or breaks the law
You are responsible for your user-generated content (UGC). You may not upload UGC that infringes a third party's intellectual property rights, or that violates the law, this Agreement, or a third party's right of privacy or right of publicity. UGC is defined in Section 3 and includes personas, posts, profile content, transmitted voice or audio, and submitted images.
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You are responsible for your UGC. You may not upload UGC that infringes a third party's intellectual property rights or that violates the law, this Agreement or a third party's right of privacy or right of publicity.
You are responsible for your UGC, it must be your own content or content you’re allowed to use.
UGC includes EA Account personas, forum posts, profile content, a player’s voice or other audio transmitted as part of social features available in or through EA Services, images or other visual material submitted or otherwise contributed to or through EA Services, and other Content contributed by users to EA Services.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
EA may remove, edit or disable UGC for any reason, does not pre-screen all UGC and takes no responsibility for it
EA may, in its sole discretion, remove, edit or disable UGC for any reason, including if EA reasonably determines that the UGC violates the Agreement. EA does not assume responsibility or liability for UGC, for removing it or for not removing it or other Content. EA does not pre-screen all UGC and does not endorse or approve any UGC available on EA Services.
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EA may, in its sole discretion, remove, edit or disable UGC for any reason, including if EA reasonably determines that UGC violates this Agreement. EA does not assume any responsibility or liability for UGC, for removing it, or not removing it or other Content. EA does not pre-screen all UGC and does not endorse or approve any UGC available on EA Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Removal is "for any reason" at EA's sole discretion; a violation finding is one example, not a condition.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Contributing UGC grants EA a perpetual, worldwide, sublicensable license with no payment or credit to you
When you contribute UGC you grant EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC or any portion of it, in any manner, form, medium or forum now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party. The section summary describes this as allowing EA to use what you upload for free within its games and services.
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When you contribute UGC, you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion of it, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party.
You allow EA and our players to use anything you upload or create (UGC) for free within our games and services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is non-exclusive: you keep your own rights in the UGC.
The summary line says "within our games and services"; the operative grant is not limited to EA's games and services and names any medium or forum.
Not stated here
Whether the license survives account termination is stated only indirectly: Section 8 lists Section 5 among the sections that survive termination.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Other users who can access your UGC may use, copy, modify and redistribute it on that EA Service without paying you
You also grant all other users who can access and use your UGC on an EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service, without further notice, attribution or compensation to you.
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You also grant to all other users who can access and use your UGC on an EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service without further notice, attribution or compensation to you.
You allow EA and our players to use anything you upload or create (UGC) for free within our games and services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The grant to other users is limited to use on or through the relevant EA Service, unlike the grant to EA.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Do not upload or distribute material that infringes someone else's intellectual property
You may not upload or distribute any material that infringes another's intellectual property rights, including copyrighted characters, individual names or likenesses, or protected logos or designs.
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Do not upload or distribute any material that infringes another’s intellectual property rights (including copyrighted characters, individual names or likenesses, or protected logos or designs).