LBC STUDIOS GAME TERMS OF USE
UPDATED: September 20,2023
These Terms of Use (collectively with the LBC Privacy & Cookies Policy, this “Agreement”) is between you and LBC Studios Inc. (“LBC”) and governs your use of LBC website www.lbcstudios.ca– (“Website”) and the Hempire, Tasty Buds , and Tycoon mobile applications(the “Apps”). The Website, the Apps, and any services provided on or through the Website or the Apps (collectively, the “Services”) are owned and operated by LBC.
BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO USE THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CEASE ANY FURTHER USE OF THE SERVICES.
LBC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to add to, delete, or otherwise change any term or condition in this Agreement upon notice to you by posting such revised Agreement on the Website or within the Apps. If you do not agree with any term or condition set out in such revised Agreement, you must immediately cease any further use of the Services, and this Agreement will be deemed to be terminated by LBC in accordance with Section 12 below.
1. PERMITTED USE
The Services are provided solely (the “Permitted Use”) to allow you, subject to this Agreement, to a) play Hempire, an online marijuana-growing game; b) interact with other Hempire players and users of the Services; c) purchase Hempire merchandise on the Website; d) play Tasty Buds, an online cannabis themed game; e) interact with other Tasty Buds players and users of the Services; f) purchase Tasty Buds merchandise on the Website;; g) play Tycoon, an online casual cannabis themed idle game; h) interact with other Tycoon players and users of the Services. Hempire, Tasty Buds,and Tycoon, is aimed at mature audiences who have generally attained or are near the age of majority. The minimum age (“Minimum Age”) to use the Apps or other Services is 14 years of age, or, for the Apps, the age specified by the age rating standard applicable to the use of the Apps in your country of residence. LBC does not knowingly or intentionally collect information from children under 14. If we learn that we have received information directly from a child who is under the age of 14, we will delete the information.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you represent, covenant and warrant that a) you have reached the Minimum Age required to use the Services; b) you possess the legal authority to create a binding legal obligation; c) you will use the Services in accordance with this Agreement; and d) all information supplied by you to us or through the Services is true, accurate, current, and complete. Parents or guardians are responsible for the acts of children under the applicable age of majority when using the Services.
2. HEMPIRE & TASTY BUDS & TYCOON GAME USER ACCOUNT
To use, or benefit from certain features of, the Apps, you may be required to connect a third-party account to the Apps, such as your Facebook account or the account tied to your mobile device’s operating system, such as your Apple ID if you are using an Apple device (an “Account”) and provide or select a user name and password (your “Login Credentials”). You may cease to use such an Account when using the Apps at any time. You may also select Login Credentials if you choose to create an account for the Hempire & Tasty Buds Shop on the Website.
You are responsible for keeping your Login Credentials secure and you will not share your Login Credentials with anyone. You are responsible for the activity associated with your Account in the Apps or your Hempire Shop or Tasty Buds shop account. You agree to immediately notify LBC of any unauthorized use or suspected unauthorized use of your Account or Hempire Shop or Tasty Buds shop account or any other breach of security when using the Services. When you provide LBC with such notice, LBC will suspend or otherwise secure your Account or Hempire Shop or Tasty Buds shop account to prevent future unauthorized activity.
LBC forbids the use of multiple Accounts. If you use more than one Account to access the Apps, LBC may, in its sole discretion and without notice, suspend or terminate your access to the Apps, the whole in accordance with Section 13, below, and report your conduct to any relevant third parties with whom you have one or more Accounts. Accounts from third party websites or operating systems have separate and independent privacy statements, notices, and terms of use, which we recommend you read carefully. We have no control over, do not review, and are not responsible for the terms of use or content displayed on such other websites and devices, or in connection with such content or services.
3. LIMITED LICENSE FOR APPS
LBC grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable license to download, install, access, and use the Apps solely for your own personal, non-commercial use on any device that you own or control, and for no other purpose whether express or implied. LBC reserves all rights not expressly licensed to you under this Agreement.
4. USE RESTRICTIONS
The rights granted to you in this Agreement are subject to the following restrictions. Specifically, you may not:
- rent, lease, license, sublicense, transfer, host, loan, sell, or otherwise transfer the Services;
- copy, reproduce, republish, or distribute the Services;
- disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, modify, adapt any components of the Services, or create derivative works of the Services;
- use the Services in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with this Agreement;
- use the Services in any way that infringes, violates, or misappropriates the rights of any third party, including without limitation third-party intellectual property rights;
- use scripts, automation software (“bots”), “Macro” software or any other performance-enhancing methods or technologies designed to cheat or gain any advantage within the Services;
- upload files to the Services that contain viruses, time bombs, trojan horses, worms, corrupted files or data, or any other similar software or program that may damage the operation of the Services or the hardware or computer systems of other users;
- promote or encourage unlawful activity including hacking, cracking, or distributing counterfeit software, or cheats or hacks for the Services;
- circumvent or attempt to circumvent technologies used by LBC to detect and prevent cheating in the Services;
- restrict or inhibit another user from using the Services;
- impersonate any person, including LBC or other users of the Services;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of LBC’s, or any other users’, accounts, computer systems, or networks associated with the Services;
- block, disable, or otherwise affect any advertising, tabs, links to other sites and services, or any other features forming part of the Services;
- use the Services in any way to transmit, or harvest any information for the purposes of transmitting, directly or indirectly, any unsolicited bulk communications or “spam” (such as e-mails, voice, photos, video, chat, or instant messages); or
- authorize or assist any third party to do any of the things described in this section.
You understand and agree that: (i) the Services not designed or customized for distribution or use, as applicable, in any specific country or jurisdiction and (ii) the Services are not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any country or jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. You are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, including any applicable data protection laws, as applicable, when you use the Services.
5. CHANGES TO THE SERVICES AND ACCESS
This Agreement will govern any upgrades that may be provided by LBC that replace or supplement the original Apps licensed under this Agreement, or any other changes to the Services, unless such upgrade or change is accompanied by a separate agreement in which case the terms of that agreement will govern. LBC reserves the right to change, suspend, remove, or disable your access to or use of the Services, and to change, modify, remove, terminate, suspend or discontinue any feature of Hempire, Tasty Buds, Tycoon, and any information, material, image, text, video, sound, post, comment, profile, graphic, persona, code, data, media, or other content (the “Content”) contained in, provided through, made available in, or appearing in the Services in our sole discretion and without notice. Without limiting the foregoing, LBC may change the availability of any Content, and, subject to applicable law, institute or amend existing fees or charges in connection with the use of the Services in its sole discretion and without notice. In no event will we be liable for the removal or disabling of your access to or use of the Services.
6. CONTENT YOU POST ON THE SERVICES
The use of any Content available on the Services is at your own risk. We have no obligation to prescreen, edit, or remove any Content provided by you or other users that is posted on or made available through the Services. You will not post any Content on the Services that:
- uses offensive, racist, hateful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise-harmful language;
- incites violence or contains graphic or gratuitous violence;
- is pornographic or contains nudity;
- is defamatory;
- divulges another person’s or entity’s confidential information or trade secret;
- is fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, abusive, or discriminatory;
- encourages criminal conduct;
- advertises or solicits business for products and services other than those offered or promoted on the Services, including Facebook applications;
- may reasonably be considered spam, junk mail, or any other type of unsolicited mass message to individuals or entities that have not agreed to receive such Content, including an excessive volume of meaningless or repetitive threads or other Content as determined in LBC’s sole discretion;
- contains or links to any LBC Content, product, or service, that has yet to be released;
- contains or links to any virus, malware, spyware, or other harmful Content or code;
- violates any laws (including copyright, trade-mark, or other intellectual property or data protection and privacy laws);
- you do not have the right to submit, disseminate, or transmit;
- contains personal information which you do not have permission to share; or
- contains inaccurate personal information.
LBC does not regularly review Content posted by users, but does reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any Content submitted to the Services, and to ban any user from submitting Content to the Services, in its sole discretion. You grant LBC the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Content. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Content you submit. You are and shall remain solely responsible for any Content you make and you agree to indemnify LBC and its affiliates for all claims resulting from or relating to any Content you submit. LBC and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Content submitted by you or any third party.
7. LICENSE GRANT TO DATA YOU PROVIDE TO US
You grant to us a perpetual, transferrable, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, and fully sub-licensable license to access, collect, store, use, host, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform or display, or otherwise transmit and communicate, in part or in whole, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, any Content, reviews, questions, comments, suggestions, records, and files that: (a) you load, transmit to, post in, or enter into the Services; or (b) we collect from third parties with your permission, and including all results from processing such data, information, records, and files, including compilations, and derivative works thereof, without notice, payment, or attribution of any kind, including for the purpose of: (i) providing and making available the Services and (ii) complying with applicable law. You also grant all other users of the Services the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate or distribute your Content on or through the Services without notice, attribution, or compensation to you. You represent and warrant that you have the right to distribute and reproduce the Content and to grant the license that you have granted above. You hereby waive all your moral rights in the Content for the benefit of LBC and its successors, assigns, and licensees.
8. DIGITAL GOODS, CURRENCY, AND ENTITLEMENTS
The Apps includes virtual in-game currency (“Digital Currency”) and virtual items (“Digital Goods”), which may be earned by users or purchased with real money, where permitted by law. When you acquire Digital Currency or Digital Goods, you receive a personal, limited, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable license to access and use such Digital Currency or Digital Goods. Except where prohibited by applicable law, Digital Currency and Digital Goods made available to you in the Apps, and the price or value of such Digital Currency or Digital Goods may be modified at any time by LBC, in its sole discretion and without notice.
From time to time, LBC may reward users by providing random prizes in the form of Digital Currency or Digital Goods, or by unlocking additional Content or functionalities (such as special multi-player competitions, or an in-app marketplace) or any other in-game reward or recognition of achievement (collectively, “Entitlements”). Such prizes, whether in the form of Digital Currency, Digital Goods, or Entitlements, may vary widely in size and value, and, subject to applicable law, LBC reserves the right to award, refuse to award, and to revoke any prize, in its sole discretion and without notice.
The Digital Goods, Digital Currency, and Entitlements (i) remain the property of LBC, (ii) have no monetary value outside of the Apps, and (iii) may not be sold, traded, transferred, or exchanged for real money or non-virtual goods or services. Any purchases of Digital Currency or Digital Goods is final, and, subject to applicable law, you are not entitled to a refund for any unused Digital Currency, Digital Goods, or Entitlements, including when LBC terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 13 or otherwise suspends your access to the Apps or ceases to make the Apps available to you.
9. HEMPIRE & TASTY BUDS SHOP
By using a credit card or other payment method accepted by us to make a purchase on the Hempire & Tasty Buds Shop, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to use your payment method and that you authorize us (or Paypal, our third-party payment processor) to charge your payment method for the total amount of your order (including any applicable taxes and other charges).If the payment method you provide cannot be verified, is invalid or is otherwise not acceptable, your order may be suspended or cancelled. You must resolve any problem we encounter in order to proceed with your order.
All products offered in the Hempire & Tasty Buds Shop are subject to availability, and we reserve the right to impose quantity limits on any order, to reject all or part of an order and to discontinue offering certain products without prior notice. Prices for the products are subject to change at any time, but changes will not affect any order for the products you have already placed. Depending on the order, we calculate and charges sales tax in accordance with applicable laws. Subject to applicable law, all purchases are final and we do not offer any refunds or exchanges of any products purchased through the Website.
Purchases made in the Hempire & Tasty Buds shop are intended for individuals only and are not authorized for resale. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders, in our sole discretion, including those that appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.
Title for the products purchased from the Hempire & Tasty Buds Shop passes to the purchaser at the time of delivery by us to the freight carrier, and we will not be responsible for any product loss or damage that occurs when the product is in transit to you. Prices for the products do not include shipping, handling, or applicable fees. Our delivery charges and methods are as described in the Hempire & Tasty Buds Shop from time to time. Any shipping or delivery dates we provide you with are estimates only and not a guaranteed delivery date for your order.
10. CONTESTS, COMPETITIONS & OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS
From time to time, LBC and/or its partners may offer users the opportunity to participate in contests, quests, competitions, sweepstakes, giveaways, and other promotions. Additional terms and conditions may apply to such contests, sweepstakes, giveaways, and other promotions. It is your responsibility to carefully review those terms and conditions.
11. MONITORING
In accordance with the LBC Privacy Policy (http://lbcstudios.ca/privacy-policy/) LBC uses technologies to detect and prevent cheating in the Apps such as tracking users, and users’ auto-refreshing and auto-reloading methods, including any browser-plug-ins. If LBC suspects any user of cheating, LBC reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to immediately suspend the user’s access to the Apps, terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 13, and delete the user’s Account and/or game progress. For greater clarity, cheating includes knowingly exploiting any flaw or bug in the Apps. If you discover a flaw, bug, or other unexpected behaviour in the Apps that could be used by yourself or another user to cheat, you must immediately contact us at the contact information set out below to notify us of the issue, and agree to cease re-creating the flaw, bug or unexpected behaviour in question.
12. THIRD PARTY GAMES, CONTENT, LINKS, AND APPS
The Services may (i) contain third party Content, including advertisements, (ii) incorporate services provided by third parties, and (iii) provide links to third party games, websites or applications (collectively, “Third Party Works”). Third Party Works are provided solely for your convenience and for the convenience of other users of the Services. Links to Third Party Works do not imply that LBC sponsors, or is affiliated or associated with the person that owns or is responsible for such Third Party Works. We do not endorse the information, Content, games, products, or services described in the Third Party Works or guarantee their quality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness for any purpose. The Content in any Third Party Work is not under our control, and if you choose to access any such Third Party Works, you do so entirely at your own risk. This Agreement does not grant you any license, right, title, or other interest in Third Party Works, which may require you to enter into agreements with a third party. You are responsible for reviewing and accepting the terms of any agreement in connection with any Third Party Works.
13. TERM; TERMINATION
This Agreement commences when you first use the Services and will continue in effect unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If you breach any term or condition of this Agreement, LBC may immediately terminate this Agreement, or cease providing access to the Services to you. In addition, LBC may, without notice, terminate this Agreement and/or immediately cease to provide you with access to the Services if: (i) LBC is prevented from providing such access to you due to any law, regulation, directive, or ruling from any governmental or regulatory authority; (ii) LBC suspects you of cheating, or (iii) in LBC’s sole discretion, LBC determines that it is in LBC’s interest to stop providing such access to you. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by disabling the Apps and ceasing all access to and use of the Services. Upon the termination of this Agreement, you will immediately cease to use or otherwise access the Services, and you will immediately delete from your device all copies of the Apps in your possession or control.
14. PRIVACY
Our LBC Studios Privacy Policy sets out a description of the privacy and personal information practices that LBC employs in respect of personal information collected by LBC in connection with your use of the Services, and is accessible on the Website (http://lbcstudios.ca/privacy-policy/) and through the Apps. Please review the Privacy Policy carefully before using the Services.
15. COMMUNICATIONS NOT CONFIDENTIAL
We do not guarantee the confidentiality of any communications made by you through the Services, or any Content you load, transmit to, post in, or enter into the Services. You understand, agree, and acknowledge that we cannot and do not guarantee the security of data transmitted over the Internet or public networks in connection with your use of the Services.
16. MAINTENANCE, UPDATES AND SUPPORT
In order to access and use the Services, you are responsible for providing the required mobile device or other hardware with a current operating system, as well as an Internet connection. You agree to pay all fees incurred by you when using the Services through an Internet connection. From time to time, LBC may require or allow you to download software, software updates or patches (“Updates”). You acknowledge and agree that certain Updates may be required in order to continue using the Services, and may modify this Agreement, or your ability to access certain features or functionalities within the Services. You consent to LBC automatically installing any available Updates for the Services. Your failure to install available Updates may result in an inability to use the Services. Except as required by law or as otherwise set out in writing by LBC, nothing in this Agreement will require LBC to provide you with or entitle you to receive from LBC documentation, support, telephone assistance, enhancements, or Updates to the Services.
17. WARRANTY
SOME JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, SO THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ON, FROM, OR THROUGH THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFECT IS WITH YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICES AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ON, FROM, OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, AND LBC HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY; MERCHANTABLE QUALITY; SATISFACTORY QUALITY; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; ACCURACY; QUIET ENJOYMENT; AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, VIOLATION, OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. LBC DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE SERVICES; THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN OR PERFORMED BY THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY LBC SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE SET OUT IN WRITING BY LBC, SHOULD THE SERVICES PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SOME JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR LIABILITY, SO THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ON, FROM, OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT LBC AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY, ARISING FROM, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU ON, FROM, OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, BUSINESS, MARKETS, SAVINGS, INCOME, PROFITS, USE, PRODUCTION, REPUTATION, OR GOODWILL, ANTICIPATED OR OTHERWISE, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT (INCLUDING FUNDAMENTAL BREACH), TORT, NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY, IN NO EVENT WILL LBC’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH OR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO MAKE USE OF, THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ON, FROM, OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO MAKE USE OF, THE SERVICES, EXCEED TEN CANADIAN DOLLARS ($10) (OR THE EQUIVALENT IN LOCAL CURRENCY). FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, THE EXISTENCE OF ONE OR MORE CLAIMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT INCREASE THIS MAXIMUM LIABILITY AMOUNT.
The limitation above reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in this Agreement is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
19. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless LBC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and other partners and employees from any loss, expense, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable lawyer’s fees, arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with: (a) your use or misuse of the Services or (b) the breach of any of your obligations, representations or warranties under this Agreement.
20. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- You acknowledge and agree that the Apps provided to you is licensed to you and not sold. LBC (and its licensors) retains all right, title, and interest (including intellectual property rights) in the Services, including the copies of the Apps on your devices. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. You are not authorized to use any such trademarks. The Services contains propriety Content, information, and material that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright. You will not use such proprietary Content, information, or materials in any way whatsoever except for Permitted Use of the Services. You agree (i) not to remove any trademark, copyright, or other proprietary notices on or in any portion of the Services as delivered and (ii) to reproduce all such notices on and in all authorized copies.
- LBC shall not be obligated to indemnify or defend you with respect to any claim arising out of or relating to the Services or use of the Services. To the extent that LBC is required to provide indemnification by applicable law for any third party claim that the Services, or your possession and use of the Services, infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights, LBC will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any claim that the Services or your use of the Services infringes any third party intellectual property right, but only where LBC is required to provide indemnification under applicable law.
21. LINKING TO HEMPIRE & TASTY BUDS
You may link to the Hempire & Tasty Buds game on the Website provided you comply with the linking conditions described below (collectively, the “Game Linking Terms”):
- A link may be established to the following home page of Hempire at https://lbcstudios.ca/hempire/ & Tasty Buds at https://lbcstudios.ca/tasty-buds/;
- If you link to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds, your website:
(i) may not imply that LBC is endorsing you or your products or services;
(ii) may not imply an affiliation between you or any entity on whose behalf you may be acting without the prior written consent of LBC;
(iii) may not misrepresent your relationship with LBC or present false or misleading impressions about LBC or its services; and (iv) may not contain content that is illegal or may be interpreted as distasteful or offensive;
- LBC shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website;
- LBC may, at any time and in its sole discretion, immediately terminate your right to link to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds, with or without cause. If LBC exercises this right, you will immediately remove all links to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds; and
- Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, regardless of whether a link has been permitted by LBC, LBC is not responsible for the contents of any website that is linked to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds. LBC makes no representations or warranties, and does not endorse, any website that is linked to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds, the contents of any such website, the information appearing on any such website or any of the products or services described on any such website. The fact that a website is linked to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds does not imply that LBC sponsors, endorses or is affiliated or associated with the entity that owns or is responsible for the website.
By linking to Hempire and/or Tasty Buds, you will be deemed to have reviewed, understood and accepted, on your own behalf and on behalf of any person on whose behalf you may be acting, the Game Linking Terms and agreed with LBC to be bound hereunder.
22. MISCELLANEOUS
- This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and LBC and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein.
- This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties, their successors, administrators, heirs, and permitted assigns. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, then the provision will be deemed to be severed from this Agreement and the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
- You may not assign this Agreement or the rights under this Agreement. LBC may assign this Agreement and its rights under this Agreement without your consent.
- The failure of either party to insist upon or enforce the strict performance of the other party with respect to any provision of this Agreement, or to exercise any right under this Agreement, will not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of such party’s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance; rather, the same will be and will remain in full force and effect. No consent or waiver by any party to or of any breach or default by any other party in its performance of its obligations under this Agreement will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by all parties, and, unless otherwise provided, will be limited to the specific default or breach waived.
- The parties have expressly requested and required that this Agreement and all other related documents be drawn up in the English language. Les parties conviennent et exigent expressément que ce contrat et tous les documents qui s’y rapportent soient rédigés en anglais.
- By using the Services, you consent to receiving electronic communications from LBC related to the Services, such as in-App error messages or in-App alerts. You agree that any such notice, agreements, disclosure, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.
- LBC shall be excused for any failure to perform to the extent that its performance is prevented by any reason outside of its control.
- Except where prohibited by applicable law, including in the Province of Quebec, This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein, and each party further consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia.
- The terms and conditions contained in this Agreement that are necessary for the interpretation hereof, or the nature and intent of which is to survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, will survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
23. APPLE APP STORE ADDITIONAL TERMS
If the Apps are provided to you through the Apple Inc. (Apple Inc. together with all of its affiliates, “Apple”) App Store, the following terms and conditions apply to you in addition to all the other terms and conditions of these Terms of Use:
- The parties acknowledge these Terms of Use are concluded between the parties, and not with Apple. The responsibility for the Apps and content thereof is governed by these Terms of Use.
- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, you may use the Apps only on an Apple device that you own or control.
- You and we acknowledge that Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the Apps.
- In the event of any failure of the Apps to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Apps (if any) to you. Except for the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Apps, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be governed by these Terms of Use.
- Any claim in connection with the Apps related to product liability, a failure to conform to applicable legal or regulatory requirements, or claims under consumer protection or similar legislation is governed by these Terms of Use, and Apple is not responsible for such claim.
- Any third party claim that the Apps or your possession and use of the Apps infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights will be governed by these Terms of Use, and Apple will not be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of such intellectual property infringement claim.
- You represent and warrant that you are not: (i) located in any 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; or (ii) listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement (if any) when using the Apps.
- Apple is a third-party beneficiary to these Terms of Use and may enforce these Terms of Use against you.
- If any of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use are inconsistent or in conflict with Apple’s applicable instructions for Minimum Terms for Developer’s End User License Agreement (the current version as of the date these Terms of Use was last updated is located at: http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/minterms/) or the App Store Terms of Service (the current version as of the date these Terms of Use was last updated is located at: http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ca/terms.html, the terms and conditions of Apple’s instructions for Minimum Terms for Developer’s End User License Agreement or App Store Terms of Service, as applicable, will apply to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
24. GOOGLE PLAY ADDITIONAL TERMS
If the Apps are provided to you through Google Inc.’s (Google Inc. together with all of its affiliates, “Google”) Google Play, the following terms and conditions apply to you in addition to all the other terms and conditions of these Terms of Use.
- You acknowledge that Google is not responsible for providing support services for the Apps.
- If any of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use are inconsistent or in conflict with the Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement (the current version as of the date these Terms of Use was last updated is located at https://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement.html), the terms and conditions of Google’s Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement will apply to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
25. AMAZON APPSTORE ADDITIONAL TERMS
If the Apps are provided to you through Amazon.com, Inc.’s (Amazon.com, Inc. together with all of its affiliates, “Amazon”) Amazon Appstore, the following terms and conditions apply to you in addition to all the other terms and conditions of these Terms of Use.
- You acknowledge that Amazon is not responsible for providing support services for the Apps.
- If any of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use are inconsistent or in conflict with the Amazon App Distribution and Services Agreement (the current version as of the date these Terms of Use was last updated is located at https://developer.amazon.com/fr/support/legal/da) or any customer terms of use for the Amazon Appstore designated by Amazon as the default end user license terms, the terms and conditions of Amazon’s App Distribution and Services Agreement and of any such default end user license terms will apply to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
26. QUESTIONS AND NOTICES
You agree that any demands, notices, questions, or other communications shall be in writing and sent to support@lbcstudios.ca.