SPORTS SCORES TERMS OF USE
Updated: 02/22/2024
TERMS
The following notice of the rights to the Sports Score Data and Licensed Marks (which may be updated from time to time)
This service includes proprietary data which may only be used by individual consumers as part of this service for authorized purposes. Further reproduction, use, and distribution of such data is not permitted. The team names, logos, and team-related identifying marks are trademarks of the teams indicated. All rights reserved.
Limitations and Reservation of Rights.
Customer shall not use the Official Content [NBA, National Basketball Association, NHL, National Hockey League, MLB, Major League Baseball] in any way that either alone or in combination with other intellectual property or content (including, without limitation, photos or match footage) competes with the live or near-live viewing of any broadcast, stream, or other applicable sports league, federation, or organization-sanctioned audiovisual distribution of a live match (e.g. a live or near-live graphical simulation or re-creation of any game or material portion thereof).
Customer shall not use the Official Content [NBA, National Basketball Association, NHL, National Hockey League, MLB, Major League Baseball] in connection with or in combination with (i) any gambling or betting related purposes, (ii) electronic gaming (e.g. simulated video games or electronic trading cards), (iii) promotional, sweepstakes, sponsorships, entitlements, commercials, or other advertorial content.
Digichief expressly excludes from its grant of rights hereunder any League Intellectual Property and Marks, including those name, image, and likeness rights of any team and/or player. Use of such Official Content [NBA, National Basketball Association, NHL, National Hockey League, MLB, Major League Baseball] shall be at Customers own risk and/or based on Customer’s acquisition of rights therefore pursuant to a separate agreement with the applicable rights holder.
In no event shall Customer reflect the Official Content [NBA, National Basketball Association, NHL, National Hockey League, MLB, Major League Baseball] against the Restricted Ad Categories and/or in an unfavorable or distasteful manner with respect to the applicable sports league, federation, or organization, or any of its respective affiliates. Customer shall not engage in any activities in furtherance of the rights granted under this Addendum that will give rise to liabilities on the part of the applicable sports league, federation, or organization and/or any of its respective affiliates under any applicable law.
Customer shall not use or commercially exploit any rights granted hereunder (i) in a way that has a deceptive or misleading effect, (ii) in a way that compromises or reflects unfavorably upon the good name, goodwill, reputation or image of the respective sports league, federation, or organization, or any of the teams or any player, (iii) in a manner that tarnishes any Marks, or (iv) in a manner reasonably likely to result in the unauthorized use of any League Intellectual Property.
Customer shall be solely responsible, at its sole expense, to obtain all approvals of all governmental authorities and other relevant regulatory authorities which may be necessary in connection with its performance
Restricted Advertising Categories
Restricted Ad Categories shall mean any gambling, pornography, drugs, tobacco, political statements, obscene content, firearms, extreme fighting events (including sporting fighting events), habit forming and/or illegal drugs, sexually explicit or intimate phone services, phone services directed primarily at children, adult or reputationally sensitive topics, and/or any other illegal activity identified and communicated to Customer from time to time.