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Terms of Use
(Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links)
Last Updated : 2/17/2020
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. ("Konami") appreciates your interest in Konami’s application entitled “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links” (together with any Materials, as defined below, the "Application"). By accessing or using the Application, you agree to comply with these terms and conditions ("Konami Terms"), in addition to the terms and conditions provided by Platformers ("Platform Terms"). If you do not agree to Konami Terms and Platform Terms, you may not access or use the Application. Please note that Konami is not affiliated with Platformers; has no control over Platform Terms; and is not responsible for Platformer’s acts or omissions. You can only agree to Konami Terms if you are an "Adult". Acceptance of Konami Terms by a Minor shall be deemed to be made with the agreement of his or her parent(s) or legal guardian.
Konami may modify Konami Terms periodically. In such a case, Konami will indicate to you within the Application that it intends to modify Konami Terms, and unless otherwise stipulated, the modifications will come into effect when you agree to the modifications upon first using the Application after such modifications. If you do not agree to such revisions you may no longer use the Application.
1. Children Under 13. If you are under 13 years old, please do not access or use the Application if Platform Terms prohibit you from accessing or using the Platform. If Platform Terms allow you to access and use the Platform, you may use the Application in accordance with Platform Terms.
2. Intellectual Property. Information and materials available in the Application, which may include video games and other software applications, and all components thereof such as audio-visual materials and Virtual Goods (as defined below) (collectively, "Materials") are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights, which are owned and controlled by Konami, its affiliated or related entities or its or their third-party content licensors or suppliers. Subject to your compliance with Konami Terms, Konami hereby grants to you a personal, limited, revocable non-transferable license to access and use Materials solely via the Application and solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. Nothing contained in Application grants do or should be construed as granting any license or right to make commercial use of any Materials or other Konami or third-party copyrighted materials, trademarks or intellectual property without Konami’s prior written permission.
Konami may also modify, suspend, discontinue or prohibit you from accessing the Application (or any portion of the Application) at any time, for any or no reason and without notice. In such instances, your license to access and use Materials (including any Virtual Goods) shall be automatically terminated or suspended, as applicable. Konami shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to you in connection with such termination or suspension.
3. Rules of Conduct. While using the Application, you will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Konami expects users of the Application to respect the rights and dignity of others. In addition to other terms and conditions of Konami Terms, your use of the Application is conditioned upon your compliance with rules of conduct set forth in this section; your failure to comply with such rules may result in termination of your license to use and access the Application. You agree that you will not:
• Post, transmit or otherwise make available, through or in connection with the Application:
- Anything that is or may be (a) threatening, harassing, degrading, hateful or intimidating; (b) defamatory; (c) fraudulent or tortious; (d) obscene, indecent, pornographic or otherwise objectionable; (e) protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other proprietary rights without the express prior consent of the owner of such right; (f) related to alcohol or the sale of tobacco products, ammunition or firearms; or (g) related to wagering or gambling.
- Any material that would give rise to criminal or civil liability; that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; or that encourages or provides instructional information about illegal activities or activities such as "hacking", "cracking" or "phreaking".
- Any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other computer code, file or program that is potentially harmful or invasive or may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment.
- Any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letter", "pyramid scheme" or investment opportunity, or any other form of solicitation.
- Any material, non-public information about a company without proper authorization to do so.
• Use the Application for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose.
• Attempt to gain for yourself or any other person any unfair advantage with respect to use of the Application, including use of cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any unauthorized third-party software, or by exploiting any bugs or errors in the Application. You also agree not to inform any person (other than Konami) of such bugs or errors.
• Use the Application in connection with designing or assisting in the design of cheats, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third-party software.
• Use the Application to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including without limitation others' privacy rights or rights of publicity, or harvest or collect personally identifiable information about other users of the Application.
• Impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation any representative of Konami; falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with the Application; or express or imply that Konami endorses any statement that you make.
• Interfere with or disrupt operation of the Application or servers or networks used to make the Application available, including by taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load upon the Application or upon such servers or networks; or violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of such networks.
• Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Application (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the Application).
• Use the Application to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services.
• License, sublicense, transfer, assign, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, distribute or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of, use of or access to the Application.
• Modify, adapt, make derivative works of, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Application.
• Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from the Application or materials originating from the Application.
• Frame or mirror any part of the Application without Konami’s express prior written consent.
• Create a database by systematically downloading and storing Materials.
• Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device to retrieve, index, "scrape", "data mine" or in any way gather Materials or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Application without Konami’s express prior written consent.
• Prostitute a child, exploit a child for pornography or engage in act likely to constitute child abuse; or engage in act that will or may have a bad influence on or encourage bad behavior among minors (including encouraging minors to drink, smoke or gamble, posting information relating to the adult or sex entertainment industry and soliciting minors to access sites inappropriate for use by minors).
• Engage in act that encourages or assists suicide or drug abuse, or any act leading to meetings for the purpose of sexual or obscene acts.
• Post or ask for information that can identify or enable direct access to an individual (such as telephone number, email address and SNS service account).
• Campaign for Pre-election campaign, campaign or participate in politics or other similar acts.
• Post, publish, collect or accumulate personal information of third parties (including addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, credit card numbers and account numbers).
• Conduct real money trading, convert User IDs, data, characters or items in the Application into cash, purchase or sale of property or information through the foregoing or any act or statement comparable to the foregoing.
• Unless explicitly permitted by Konami, assign, exchange, lend or license data, characters or items in the Application, or act or state something comparable to the foregoing.
• Use any program defects of the Application or any other problematic phenomenon or effect to gain a benefit or for other improper purpose.
• Engage in any act that instigates, encourages or abets any acts set forth in this section.
• Engage in any other acts Konami determines to be inappropriate.

4. Purchases of Virtual Goods. The Application may provide you with an opportunity to purchase personal, limited, revocable, non-transferable licenses to access and use virtual goods (collectively, "Virtual Goods") solely within the Application and solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. These purchases may be made using payment methods designated by Konami. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Konami Terms or in the Application, you agree that you have no right or title to any Materials, including without limitation any Virtual Goods, and that such Virtual Goods do not constitute or represent any balance of real currency or other stored value or its equivalent. Konami reserves the right to terminate or suspend such licenses at any time, for any or no reason, and without notice to you. Konami shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to you in connection with such terminations or suspensions, except to the extent required by applicable law. You may not sublicense, lease, lend, sell, gift, bequeath, trade, transfer or provide use or access to any Virtual Goods, except as expressly provided by Konami, and any such act or attempted act is prohibited and void. You shall not attempt to use or access any Virtual Goods that you have not personally licensed or acquired from us.
If you wish to purchase Virtual Goods made available by Konami through the Application (each such purchase, a "Transaction"), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Transaction. Such information may include your credit card number and its expiration date and billing address, and other information associated with proprietary payment methods. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY PAYMENT METHOD UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION AND THAT YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SUCH PAYMENT METHODS, AND YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY USE OF YOUR PAYMENT METHODS BY MINORS. By submitting such information, you grant Konami the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating completion of Transactions initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of information may be required prior to acknowledgment or completion of any Transaction.
5. Accounts and Passwords. You may be required to register in order to access certain Materials or areas of the Application or to purchase licenses to Virtual Goods. With respect to any such registration, we may refuse to grant you, and you may not use, an Account ID (or e-mail address) that is already being used by someone else; that may be construed as impersonating another person; that belongs to another person; that personally identifies you; that violates intellectual property or other rights of any person; that is offensive; or that we reject for any other reason in Konami’s sole discretion. You shall not hold more than one Account ID at any given time, and you may not register an Account ID on behalf of any other individual. You represent and warrant that all information you submit in connection with any registration (including without limitation information related to your identity) is accurate and complete, and that you have not been previously restricted from accessing or using any Konami website or other Konami Internet property or any Konami game or other application.

Your Account ID and password are for your personal use only, and not for use by any other person. You may not sublicense, lease, lend, sell, gift, bequeath, trade, transfer or provide use or access to any Account IDs or passwords or associated account settings (including any game-related information), except as expressly provided by Konami, and any such act or attempted act is prohibited and void. You shall not attempt to use or access the Application with any Account ID or password that you did not personally register with Konami. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password you may use to access Materials or areas of the Application, and you are fully responsible for all interactions with the Application that occur in connection with your password or Account ID (including, without limitation, all Transactions, as defined above). You agree to immediately notify Konami of any unauthorized use of your password or Account ID or any other breach of security related to your account or to the Application, and to make reasonable efforts to remedy such breaches (including any breaches relating to known or suspected copyright infringement in connection with the Application), and to ensure that you “log off”/exit from your account with the Application (if applicable) at the end of each session. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with any of the foregoing obligations.
6. Saving Data. Konami does not warrant that data and record of your use of the Application ("Saved Data") will be preserved without error, or will be read out without fail. You agree that you have been advised in advance that, in the event that Konami finds it necessary to maintain operations of the Application or if Konami determines in its sole discretion that it is against many users interest, Konami may add, modify or make changes (including deletion) to Saved Data without obtaining your prior approval if in Konami's sole discretion. Konami reserves the right to delete Saved Data that is not used for at least six (6) months.
7. Monitoring, Deleting and Blocking. Konami reserves the right, but is not obligated, to monitor and, in its sole discretion, to delete any materials and postings or to block (or request that Platformers block) users who have posted materials or acted in a manner, in each case, that Konami believes to violate Konami Terms or to be unsuitable for the Application. Konami’s decision not to pursue legal action for any violation of Konami Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of Konami Terms or of Konami’s legal rights. Konami also reserves the right to disclose any posting, the circumstances surrounding its transmission, and the identity of the poster, including without limitation in order to operate the Application properly, to protect Konami, its affiliated companies and other Application users, and to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.
8. Questions About Konami’s Products or Services. The Application may not be the most effective way to inform us that you need help with one of Konami’s products or services. The method for making any inquiries concerning the Application is stipulated in the Application. If you would like to inform us about a specific problem, please contact us according to such method. Konami is not responsible or liable for any information it provides in response to, or for any failure or delay in responding to, any questions, comments or other materials posted to the Application.
9. Sweepstakes, Contests and Similar Promotions. Any sweepstakes, contest, raffles and other promotions made available through the Application ("Promotions") may be governed by specific rules that are separate from Konami Terms. By participating in any such Promotion, you agree to become subject to those rules, which may vary from terms and conditions set forth herein. With respect to any Promotion, in the event of any conflict between terms and conditions of a Promotion and Konami Terms, Promotion terms and conditions shall govern.
10. Links. The Application may provide you with links to websites, services, products, content or other material of third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any material available through such links, and that you access such material at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy and terms of use policies made available to you by such third parties. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE APPLICABLE TO SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties. We make no guarantees or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the Application. Your access to and use of the Application is at your own risk. The Application is provided “AS IS” and we are not responsible for its use or misuse. Access to and use of the Application from locations where the Application may be illegal is prohibited, and you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE DISCLAIM, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL (I) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (INCLUDING SUITABILITY OF THE APPLICATION FOR YOUR NEEDS OR REQUIREMENTS OR THOSE OF ANY OTHER PERSON), (II) WARRANTIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, (III) WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CORRECTNESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPLICATION, (IV) WARRANTIES RELATING TO OPERATION OF THE APPLICATION (INCLUDING DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, VIRUSES, DEFECTS OR OMISSIONS), (V) WARRANTIES OTHERWISE RELATING TO PERFORMANCE, NONPERFORMANCE OR OTHER ACTS OR OMISSIONS BY US OR ANY THIRD PARTY, AND (VI) WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you.
KONAMI AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS AND AGENTS, AND EACH OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATED ENTITIES AND OWNERS, SHAREHOLDERS, GENERAL AND LIMITED PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE FOREGOING ENTITIES (COLLECTIVELY WITH KONAMI, THE "KONAMI ENTITIES") DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVER(S) ON WHICH THE APPLICATION IS HOSTED ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING ALL TELEPHONE, COMPUTER HARDWARE AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO ACCESS AND USE THE APPLICATION, AND ALL CHARGES RELATED THERETO. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION AND YOUR RELIANCE THEREON. NO OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT OF ANY KONAMI ENTITY, OR OF ANY FAN, USER OR VISITOR OF OR TO THE APPLICATION, WHETHER MADE IN THE APPLICATION OR USING ANY MATERIALS (SUCH AS SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE APPLICATION), SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL KONAMI ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION OR ANY SITE OR SERVICE LINKED FROM THE APPLICATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF KONAMI AND/OR ANY OF THE KONAMI ENTITIES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION OR ANY SITE OR SERVICE LINKED FROM THE APPLICATION EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO KONAMI FOR SUCH ACTIVITY. Some states or countries do not allow exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
13. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify Konami, each of the Konami Entities and each of their affiliates and agents from any third-party lawsuits, claims, demands, damages, liabilities and costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the Application, or your breach or alleged breach of the covenants, representations or warranties of Konami Terms.
14. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. If you breach Konami Terms or any of the other applicable terms, or if Konami suspects, in Konami’s sole discretion, fraudulent, abusive or unlawful activity associated with your account, Konami may immediately (a) suspend or limit your access to the Application, or (b) terminate your account. In addition, we reserve the right to discontinue or modify the Application at any time at our sole discretion, without any further liability to you. Further, if you do not access or use the Application for more than six (6) months, we reserve the right to terminate your account at our sole discretion, without any further liability to you. If Konami suspends or terminates your account for any reason, you must discontinue any use of the Application, and the right to purchase or use Virtual Goods shall also be suspended or terminated. Notwithstanding any other provision in Konami Terms or other applicable terms to the contrary, Konami reserves the right to reduce, liquidate, suspend, deactivate, remove access to and/or terminate any and all Virtual Goods if Konami suspects, at its sole discretion, that (a) you have used any Virtual Goods(s) in violation of Konami Terms, and/or any other applicable terms and/or (b) you have otherwise used any Virtual Goods(s) to conduct any fraudulent or illegal activity.
15. TERMINATION BY YOU. If you delete the Application from your device, your unused Virtual Goods may no longer be usable. You may fail to transfer, assign, give away or request refund for your unused Virtual Goods.
16. Governing Law. You agree that your access to and use of the Application is governed by the laws of Japan without giving effect to any choice of legal rule that would cause application of laws of any jurisdiction other than Japan. All disputes and controversies arising out of or in connection with the Application shall be resolved exclusively by courts located in Tokyo, and you hereto agree to submit to the jurisdiction of said courts and agree that the venue shall lie exclusively with such courts.
17. No Assignment. You may not lend, license, assign or succeed to any third party all or part of your rights, obligations, status or interests to use the Application.
18. Connection Restrictions. In using the Application, you shall access from the country/region that Konami designates and shall use the Application designated for such country/region. Konami will not warrant any provision of the Application if you access from or use the Application for countries/regions other than the country/region designated by Konami.
19. Severability. If any provision of these Konami Terms, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible so as to effect the intent of the parties, or, if incapable of such enforcement, shall be deemed to be deleted from these Konami Terms, and the remainder of these Konami Terms and such provisions as applied to other persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect.
20. WAIVER. No waiver by Konami of any term, provision or condition of Konami Terms, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instance, shall be deemed to be or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of Konami Terms.
21. Contact Information for Inquiries. The method of any inquiries concerning these Konami Terms is stipulated in the Application.
22. Language. Konami Terms have been prepared in, and will be construed in, the English language. Translated versions have been prepared for the convenience of users whose mother language is the relevant translation language; if there is any discrepancy in the meaning or interpretation between the English version and any translated version of Konami Terms, the meaning and interpretation of Konami Terms prepared in English shall prevail.
23. ADDITIONAL TERMS. This section applies to users who owns or controls the Application on OS smart devices provided by Apple, Inc. ("Apple"). In the event of conflict between this section and any other section in Konami Terms, this section shall prevail. In the case where any section in Konami Terms other than this section is less restrictive than this section, this section shall prevail.
23-1. Konami grants you a license only, for the nontransferable right to download and use the Application for your personal, noncommercial purposes, according to the terms of the APP Store Terms and Service.
23-2. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance and support services for the Application.
23-3. In the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Application to you; and that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatever with respect to Application.
23-4. Apple bears no responsibility for any claims by you or a third party related to your possession or use of the Application, including, but not limited to: (i) A claim of product liability; (ii) A claim that the Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; (iii) A claim arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; and (iv) A claim by you or a third party that the Application or the use of the Application by you infringes the intellectual property rights of you or a third party.
23-5. You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
23-6. The Application is provided by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., headquartered at 1-11-1 Ginza, Chuo‐Ku, Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan. Please see Section 21 of Konami Terms for further contact information concerning the Application.
23-7. You must comply with any applicable third party terms of agreement when using the application.
23-8. You acknowledge and agree that Apple Inc. and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries to Konami Terms, and on your acceptance of Konami Terms, you acknowledge that Apple has the right (and will be deemed to have acknowledged the right) to enforce Konami Terms against you as third-party beneficiary.