Terms of Service

1. Accepting the Terms

These Terms of Service, which include and hereby incorporate the Privacy Policy at http://wordfeud.com/privacy/ ("Terms") are a legal agreement between Bertheussen IT ("Bertheussen IT" or "we") and you ("you"). By using or accessing (a) the website located at http://wordfeud.com (the “Site”) or (b) any Bertheussen IT game or application ((a) and (b) collectively, the "Service") you agree that you have read, understood, and accept to be bound by the Terms.

Bertheussen IT reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or revise these Terms at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Any such change or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Service, and your continued use of the Service after any changes or modifications to these Terms 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.

2. Rights to Use the Service

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Bertheussen IT 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 (and not to attempt to) (i) use the Service for any use or purpose other than as expressly permitted by these Terms or (ii) 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 of the Service, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Bertheussen IT or its licensors, except for the permissions and rights expressly granted in these Terms.

If you violate these Terms, Bertheussen IT reserves the right to issue you a warning regarding the violation or immediately terminate or suspend any or all accounts you have created using the Service. You agree that Bertheussen IT need not provide you notice before terminating or suspending your account(s), but it may do so.

Bertheussen IT reserves the right to refuse any user access to the Services without notice for violation of the Terms.

3. Intellectual Property/Ownership

All rights, title and interest in and to all materials that are part of the Service (including, but not limited to, designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement), except for “User Content” (as defined below), collectively referred to as the “Service Materials”, are, as between Bertheussen IT and you, owned by Bertheussen IT and/or its third party licensors. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not acquire any ownership rights whatsoever by downloading Service Materials.

You agree that you shall not modify, copy, distribute, frame, reproduce, republish, download, scrape, display, post, transmit, or sell in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, or otherwise exploit the Service Materials without Bertheussen IT's express prior written permission. All other uses of copyrighted material, including any derivative use, require express prior written permission from Bertheussen IT. Any reproduction or redistribution of Service Materials not in accordance with these Terms is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Service or by accessing any Service Materials posted on the Service by Bertheussen IT, or any derivative works thereof. All rights not expressly granted by these Terms are reserved by Bertheussen IT and its licensors, and no license is granted hereunder by estoppel, implication or otherwise.

4. User Content

Any data, text, graphics, photographs and their selection and arrangement, and any other materials uploaded to the Service by you or other users (hereinafter "User Content") are subject, whether in whole or in part, to unlimited commercial, non-commercial and/or promotional use by Bertheussen IT. All User Content is the sole responsibility of the person from whom the User Content originated. Thus, users are responsible, and Bertheussen IT is not responsible for any files users upload, post, or otherwise make available. Bertheussen IT may or may not regulate User Content and does not guarantee the accuracy, quality, or integrity of any User Content posted via the Bertheussen IT application. By using Bertheussen IT you acknowledge and accept that you may be exposed to material you find offensive or objectionable. You agree that Bertheussen IT will not under any circumstances be liable for any User Content, including, but not limited to, errors in any User Content, or any loss or damage incurred by use of the User Content.

User Content is not confidential and will not be returned to the user.

You represent and warrant that User Content you transmit or submit is original to you and that you exclusively own the rights to such content, including the right to grant all of the rights and licenses in these Terms without Bertheussen IT incurring any third party obligations or liability arising out of its exercise of such rights and licenses.

You hereby grant to Bertheussen IT a worldwide, irrevocable (as long as your account is not terminated), perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid-up and royalty-free license, (with the right to sublicense), to use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast and otherwise exploit User Content you transmit or submit and all derivative works. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, you hereby waive any moral rights you may have in User Content.

The foregoing license granted Bertheussen IT by you, expires in the event that your account is terminated, either by you, or by Bertheussen IT.

Bertheussen IT reserves the right to remove and permanently delete any User Content from the Service with or without notice for any reason or no reason. You may notify Bertheussen IT of any User Content that you believe violates these Terms, or other inappropriate user behavior, by emailing support@wordfeud.com.

5. Rules of Conduct/Usage

The Service may provide communication channels designed to enable you to communicate with other Service users. Bertheussen IT has no obligation to monitor these communication channels but it may do so and reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Channels and to remove any materials (including without limitation User Content), at any time, with or without notice for any reason, at its sole discretion. Bertheussen IT may also terminate or suspend your access to any Communication Channels at any time, without notice, for any reason. You acknowledge that any User Content (including without limitation chats, postings, or materials posted by users) on the Communication Channels is neither endorsed nor controlled by Bertheussen IT. Bertheussen IT will not under any circumstances by liable for any activity within Communication Channels.

As a condition of your use of the Service, and without limiting your other obligations under these Terms, you agree to comply with the restrictions and rules of use set forth in this Section as well as any additional restrictions or rules (such as application-specific rules) set forth in the Service.

In furtherance of the foregoing, and as an example and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Service in order to:

  1. post, upload, transmit or otherwise disseminate information that is obscene, indecent, vulgar, pornographic, sexual or otherwise objectionable
  2. defame, libel, ridicule, mock, stalk, threaten, harass, intimidate or abuse anyone, hatefully, racially, ethnically or, in a reasonable person's view, otherwise offensive or objectionable
  3. violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property or other rights of any party including using, uploading, transmitting, distributing, or otherwise making available any information made available through the Service in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other right of any party (including rights of privacy or publicity)
  4. attempt to obtain passwords or other private information from other members
  5. improperly use support channels or complaint buttons to make false reports to Bertheussen IT
  6. use cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any unauthorized third party software designed to modify or interfere with the Service or any Bertheussen IT game experience
  7. use the Service in order to design or assist in the design of cheats, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third party software designed to modify or interfere with the Service or any Bertheussen IT game experience
  8. without Bertheussen IT’s express written consent, modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of the Service
  9. disrupt, overburden, or aid or assist in the disruption or overburdening of (1) any computer or server used to offer or support the Service or any Bertheussen IT game environment (each a "Server"); or (2) the enjoyment of the Service or any Bertheussen IT game by any other person
  10. institute, assist or become involved in any type of attack, including without limitation distribution of a virus, denial of service attacks upon the Service, or other attempts to disrupt the Service or any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Service
  11. attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, Accounts registered to others or to the computers, Servers, or networks connected to the Service by any means other than the user interface provided by Bertheussen IT, including but not limited to, by circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person to circumvent or modify, any security, technology, device, or software that is part of the Service
  12. interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Service or connect to or use the Service in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service
  13. use any unauthorized third party software that accesses, intercepts, "mines", or otherwise collects information from or through the Service or that is in transit from or to the Service, including, without limitation, any software that reads areas of RAM or streams of network traffic used by the Service
  14. intercept, examine or otherwise observe any proprietary communications protocol used by a client, a Server, or the Service, whether through the use of a network analyzer, packet sniffer or other device
  15. make any automated use of the system, or take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure
  16. use, facilitate, create, or maintain any unauthorized connection to the Service, including without limitation (1) any connection to any unauthorized server that emulates, or attempts to emulate any part of the Service; or (2) any connection using programs, tools, or software not expressly approved by Bertheussen IT
  17. exploit, distribute or publicly inform other members of any game error, miscue or bug which gives an unintended advantage
  18. violate any applicable laws or regulations, or promote or encourage any illegal activity including, but not limited to, hacking, cracking or distribution of counterfeit software, or cheats or hacks for the Service

These rules of use are not meant to be exhaustive, and Bertheussen IT reserves the right to determine what conduct it considers to be a violation of the Terms or improper use of the Service and to take action up to and including termination of your account and exclusion from further participation in the Service.

6. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time and for any reason by sending an email to support@wordfeud.com. Such requests are usually processed by Bertheussen IT within 48 hour upon receipt.

Bertheussen IT may terminate your account and your access to the Service (or, at Bertheussen IT’s sole option, applicable portions of the Service) at any time for violation of the Terms. Bertheussen IT is not required to provide you with any notice or warning prior to any such termination.