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4.1 Ownership and Rights.
SEI (and, to the extent applicable, its licensors) owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the PlayOnline Service, the Software and all Documentation, and will be the sole owner of any and all data you generate through your use of the PlayOnline Service, and you receive only limited rights to access and use PlayOnline Service, the Software and all Documentation, as set forth in any applicable license agreement. SEI shall reserve its rights in its sole discretion to delete, alter, or transfer any and all data at any time without notice to User. Further, SEI (and, to the extent applicable, its licensors) owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in and to any ideas, opinions, comments, or suggestions that you submit to SEI, its affiliates, its agents, or its representatives in any form or format (including, but not limited to, e-mail, telephone, facsimile, regular mail, and chat room discussions) and in any context in which it is apparent that SEI may use such ideas, opinion, comments, or suggestions to improve the PlayOnline Service or any other product or service offered by SEI to its customers. Further, SEI shall have the right to assign and/or delegate in its sole discretion its rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part to third party at any time without notice to Users. PLAYONLINE, THE SOFTWARE AND THE DOCUMENTATION ARE PROTECTED BY UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK LAWS, AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, AND ARE THE SUBJECT OF TRADE SECRETS.UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
SE makes it clear, at no point do you own your account, you pretty much rent it, they own it. You can not, as such, have it "stolen" from you. Ya, ya I know some of you will say, but what if you rent a car, it's still theft. Ya it is, but from the car rental agency. SE never really had it stolen from them, just a transfer of renters. You can complain about theft all you want, and talk about lawsuits against them, but they are smart in one thing, the writing of the agreements that you agree to every time you log on.
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3.2 Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold SEI harmless from and against any and all claims, suits, actions, expenses, attorney and other legal fees and costs arising from your commission of any acts or activities prohibited by this Article 3.
Can't sue em either.
They may have horrible customer relations, but they have smart lawyers.
Edited, May 17th 2007 1:12pm by Bacchusthegreat