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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Closed Alpha
NONDISCLOSURE AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS BINDING PROMISES
FROM YOU REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH
THESE PROMISES, YOU SHOULD NOT PROCEED WITH THE ALPHA TEST.
Welcome to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (the “Game”) Closed Alpha. WB Games Inc., (“WB”)
is offering you access to play the version of the Game through a Alpha program (the “Alpha Test”) to,
among other things, allow a limited number of people to test the features, capabilities
and performance of the Game and provide feedback to WB. Please carefully read this Alpha Test
License Agreement, which includes the Privacy Policy incorporated here by this reference
(collectively, the “Agreement”). By using the Game, you represent that you have read, understood,
and agree to the Agreement in its entirety, including the Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree with any of the Agreement, including the Privacy Policy,
then please do not access the Game.
1. Agreement
(A) You represent and warrant that you are not a principal, employee, agent, independent
contractor, officer or director of a developer or publisher of video or computer games (other than
WarnerMedia). You represent and warrant that you are entering into this Agreement on a
completely voluntary basis with no expectation of any form of compensation whatsoever other
than what is expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(B) In connection with the Alpha Test, WB may provide you, on a temporary basis, access to the
pre-release copy of the Game. You understand and agree that the pre-release copy and all other
Materials (as defined below) provided to you are confidential or proprietary information of WB
and are not intended for public release. You agree as a condition of participating in the Tech
Test to (i) not copy or reproduce the pre-release copy of the Game, the Materials or any other
confidential or proprietary information of WB, and (ii) safeguard access to the pre-release copy
of the Game, the Materials and confidential and proprietary information and prevent
unauthorized access to, reproduction of, disclosure of and/or unauthorized use of, the pre-release
copy of the Game, the Materials and confidential and proprietary information of WB.
(C) You will carry out the testing in your home and will not provide access to the Game to any
other person. You will not disclose any part of the Game to any third party, including but not
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breach of the above obligations may cause irreparable harm to WB, and WB is entitled to (in
addition to any other remedies available to it), ex parte injunctive relief without bond to prevent
the breach or threatened breach of your obligations.
ONCE THE COMMERCIAL VERSION
OF THE GAME HAS BEEN RELEASED BY WB TO THE PUBLIC, YOUR
CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATION (AS SET FORTH HEREIN) SHALL CONTINUE ONLY
WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ALPHA TEST, INCLUDING
ALL FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS (WHETHER FROM YOU, ANY OTHER
PARTICIPANT, OR FROM WB EMPLOYEES).
(D) As a tester, you are invited to play the Game for the sole purpose of evaluating the Game and
identifying errors. Nothing in this Agreement or your participation in the Alpha Test shall be
construed as granting you any rights or privileges of any kind with respect to the Game or rights
to receive any other compensation of any kind for your participation and does not constitute an
employment agreement or offer of such an agreement between you and WB. The Game is
provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis and WB makes no warranty to you of any
kind, express or implied. WB may, in its sole discretion for any reason and at any time without
notice during the Alpha Test terminate your participation therein without any form of
compensation due to you whatsoever for this termination.
(E) When playing the Game, you may accumulate earned points, achievement points, or other
value or status indicators and items acquired by such points, all of which are non-refundable,
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right to add, remove or reset any such points, or other data at any time during the testing process
(without any notice to you), and such items may be reset when the Game completes the Tech
Test. In this case, all player history and data will be erased and each player will return to novice
status at the end of the Alpha Test.
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the Game; (ii) playing the Game is at your own risk and you know that the Game may include
known or unknown bugs, (iii) any value or status indicators that you achieve through game play
may be erased at any time, (iv) WB has no obligation to make the Game available for play
without charge for any period of time, nor to make it available at all, (v) this is a closed Tech
Test, you will keep all information about the Game confidential as stated above and not disclose
such information to any other person; and (vi) you will not use the Game or the Materials for any
purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(G) Alpha Test accounts are non-transferable under any circumstances. You may not share your
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(including, without limitation, the display or distribution of the Material via a third party
website) without the express prior written consent of WB. Use of WB’s and/or its licensors'
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OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS IN THE GAME OR MATERIALS OR ANY PART
THEREOF TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY NOR TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO CREATE
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OR THING WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH OR WHICH IS LIKELY
IN ANY WAY TO PREJUDICE SUCH RIGHTS.
3. Confidentiality
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comments, and (iv) any WB’s employee’s feedback and comments, (b) the terms of this
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Our long-standing company policy does not allow us to accept or consider submissions that are
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future misunderstandings when projects developed by us or under our direction might seem to
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between you and us in any way, and that you have no expectation of any review, compensation
or consideration of any type.
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authorized users shall be entitled to exploit and/or disclose all Unsolicited Submissions and
Solicited Submissions, and we shall not be liable to you or to any person claiming through you
for any exploitation or disclosure of these Submissions.
5. Diagnostic Information/Monitoring.
As a condition to participation in the Alpha Test, you grant WB the right to upload certain system
and software information from your computer system, mobile device and/or tablet during your
participation in the Alpha Test, solely for the purpose of evaluating and improving the Game. You
further acknowledge that any and all Game character data is stored and is resident on WB’s or its
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players) traverse through WB’s or its affiliates’ servers, may or may not be monitored by WB’s
or its affiliates’ personnel and, accordingly, you have no expectation of privacy in any such
communication.
6. Miscellaneous
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RISKS OF PROGRAM ERRORS, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT,
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With the exception of class actions (further discussed below), claims to enforce intellectual
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WB reserves the right to seek a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order from a
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Class Action Waiver.
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connection with the Game. If any court or arbitrator determines that the class action waiver set
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Modification.
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