The Roku Channel App Terms of Use

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You may not copy, modify, distribute or build on the app

Copying, modifying, adapting, distributing, translating or creating derivative works of the app is prohibited. This is a restriction on the app software itself and is stated without any listed exception.

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copy, modify, adapt, distribute, translate, or create derivative works of the app;

Qualifications & exceptions

• No exception for these acts is stated in this list.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Reverse engineering is barred except for narrow inter-operability

Decompiling, disassembling, reverse engineering or otherwise trying to derive the app's source code is prohibited. The only exception is where applicable law forbids the prohibition, and then only if the act is essential to achieve inter-operability with other software, is done only for that inter-operability, and is neither disclosed nor used to create similar software.

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decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise try to derive the source code of the app

except to the extent such actions cannot be prohibited under applicable law and then, only if it is essential to achieve inter-operability with other software, is done only to achieve such inter-operability, and is not disclosed or used to create any similar software

Qualifications & exceptions

• Exception applies only where applicable law prevents the prohibition.
• The act must be essential to achieve inter-operability with other software and done only for that purpose.
• Results may not be disclosed or used to create any similar software.

Not stated here

• Which jurisdictions' law would permit the exception is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

The app may not be sold or transferred

Selling or transferring the app is listed among the prohibited acts. Combined with the personal, non-commercial permission to install and use it, the app is not something the document allows a user to pass on to someone else.

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sell or transfer the app; or

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers both sale and transfer.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Only you and Roku are parties, and your rights do not transfer — The general statement that the user's rights are not transferable is what gives the prohibition on selling or transferring the app its effect; the two are consistent rather than competing.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Streaming content is for your personal, non-commercial use

Content on the app is stated to be intended for personal, non-commercial use only. The limit applies to the content viewed through the app, alongside the same limit stated for installing and using the app itself.

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Content on The Roku Channel app is intended for your personal, non-commercial use only.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Personal, non-commercial use only.
• Stated as the intended use of the content, not as a separately enforced prohibition in this sentence.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Copying content is barred and DRM may enforce it

Copying or redistribution of certain content is strictly prohibited, and digital rights management or other technologies may be used to prevent or restrict copying or re-distribution. Users agree not to try to circumvent or avoid those measures, so technical protection is backed by a contractual promise not to defeat it.

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Copying or redistribution of certain content is strictly prohibited, and digital rights management or other technologies may be used to prevent or restrict any copying or re-distributing of any content, which you agree not to try to circumvent or avoid.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The copying and redistribution prohibition is stated for certain content, not necessarily all content.
• DRM or other protective technologies may be used; the user agrees not to circumvent or avoid them.

Not stated here

• Which content is covered, and which technologies are used, are not identified.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Unauthorized access and bypassing app controls are prohibited — Both prohibit circumvention but protect different things: this card covers content-protection technology applied to content, while the other covers security mechanisms and access controls protecting the app itself.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Rights not expressly granted stay with Roku and its licensors

The app is proprietary to Roku and/or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws of the United States and other countries. Every right that these terms do not expressly grant to the user is reserved to Roku or the applicable licensor, so the permission to install and use the app personally is the whole of what the user receives.

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The Roku Channel app is proprietary to Roku (and/or its licensors) and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and other countries.

Any rights not expressly granted to you in these terms are reserved by Roku (or its applicable licensors).

You may install and use the app on a compatible mobile device, only for personal, non-commercial purposes.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only rights expressly granted in these terms pass to the user; anything else stays reserved.
• Reservation runs to Roku or its applicable licensors.
• Protection is claimed under United States law and the laws of other countries.

Not stated here

• Which rights belong to licensors rather than Roku is not identified.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): The app is licensed for personal, non-commercial use on a compatible device — Because every right not expressly granted stays with Roku or its licensors, the personal non-commercial permission to install and use the app is the whole of what the user holds, not a floor below other implied rights.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Proprietary notices must be left in place

Removing, altering or obscuring copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices is prohibited. The duty covers notices incorporated in or accompanying the channel and notices on any content provided through the app.

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You may not remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying The Roku Channel or from any content provided via The Roku Channel app.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to notices accompanying the channel as well as to notices on content delivered through the app.
• Covers removing, altering and obscuring.