Terms of Use
Article 1 (Application)
1. These Terms are intended to define the conditions for using the Service and the rights and obligations between the Company and Registered Users, and shall apply to all matters relating to the use of the Service between Registered Users and the Company.
2. The rules regarding the use of the Service posted by the Company on its website (http://the-tournament.net/) shall constitute a part of these Terms.
3. In the event of any discrepancy between the content of these Terms and the rules or other descriptions of the Service outside these Terms, the provisions of these Terms shall prevail.
Article 2 (Definitions)
The following terms used in these Terms shall have the meanings defined below:
1. "Service Agreement" means the agreement for the use of the Service concluded between the Company and a Registered User under these Terms.
2. "Intellectual Property Rights" means copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, and other intellectual property rights (including the right to acquire such rights or to apply for registration of such rights).
3. "Posted Data" means content (including but not limited to text, images, videos, and other data) that a Registered User posts or otherwise transmits using the Service.
4. "Company" means CraftTeck Inc.
5. "Company Website" means the website operated by the Company at the domain "http://the-tournament.net" (including any successor website if the domain or content of the Company's website is changed for any reason).
6. "Registered User" means an individual or entity that has been registered as a user of the Service pursuant to Article 3 (Registration).
7. "Service" means the service named "THE TOURNAMENT" provided by the Company (including any successor service if the name or content of the service is changed for any reason).
Article 3 (Registration)
1. A person wishing to use the Service ("Applicant") may apply to the Company for registration to use the Service by agreeing to comply with these Terms and providing certain information designated by the Company ("Registration Information") in the manner prescribed by the Company.
2. The Company shall determine, in accordance with its own criteria, whether to approve the registration of an Applicant who has applied under Paragraph 1, and shall notify the Applicant if registration is approved. Registration of the Applicant as a Registered User shall be deemed complete upon the Company's issuance of such notification.
3. Upon completion of registration as described in the preceding paragraph, a Service Agreement shall be established between the Registered User and the Company, and the Registered User may use the Service in accordance with these Terms.
4. The Company may refuse registration or re-registration if the Applicant falls under any of the following categories, and shall have no obligation to disclose the reasons therefor:
(1) If any part of the Registration Information provided to the Company is false, erroneous, or incomplete;
(2) If the Applicant is a minor, adult ward, person under curatorship, or person under assistance and has not obtained the consent of their legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant;
(3) If the Company determines that the Applicant is an anti-social force (meaning organized crime groups, members thereof, right-wing organizations, anti-social forces, or similar entities) or is involved with anti-social forces through funding or other means;
(4) If the Company determines that the Applicant has previously breached a contract with the Company or is a related party thereof;
(5) If the Applicant has previously been subject to the measures set forth in Article 10;
(6) If the Company otherwise determines that registration is not appropriate.
Article 4 (Changes to Registration Information)
Registered Users shall promptly notify the Company of any changes to their Registration Information in the manner prescribed by the Company.
Article 5 (Management of Passwords and User IDs)
1. Registered Users shall properly manage and safeguard their passwords and User IDs for the Service at their own responsibility, and shall not allow any third party to use them, nor lend, transfer, change the name of, or sell them.
2. The Registered User shall be responsible for any damage arising from inadequate management of passwords or User IDs, errors in use, or use by third parties, and the Company shall bear no responsibility whatsoever.
Article 6 (Fees and Payment Methods)
1. Registered Users shall pay to the Company the usage fees separately determined by the Company and displayed on the Company Website, using the payment method designated by the Company, as consideration for using the Service.
2. If a Registered User delays payment of usage fees, the Registered User shall pay late payment damages to the Company at a rate of 14.6% per annum.
Article 7 (Prohibited Activities)
Registered Users shall not engage in any of the following activities, or activities that the Company determines fall under any of the following, when using the Service:
1. Activities that violate laws or are related to criminal activities;
2. Fraud or threatening behavior toward the Company, other users of the Service, or any other third party;
3. Activities that are contrary to public order and morals;
4. Activities that infringe on the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, reputation, or other rights or interests of the Company, other users of the Service, or any other third party;
5. Transmitting information to the Company or other users through the Service that falls under, or that the Company determines falls under, any of the following:
- Information containing excessively violent or cruel content;
- Information containing computer viruses or other harmful computer programs;
- Information containing content that defames the reputation or credit of the Company, other users, or any other third party;
- Information containing excessively obscene content;
- Information containing content that promotes discrimination;
- Information containing content that promotes suicide or self-harm;
- Information containing content that promotes inappropriate use of drugs;
- Information containing anti-social content;
- Information that requests the dissemination of information to third parties, such as chain mail;
- Information containing content that causes discomfort to others;
- Information intended to meet unacquainted persons of the opposite sex;
6. Placing excessive load on the network or systems of the Service;
7. Activities that may interfere with the operation of the Service;
8. Unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to the Company's network or systems;
9. Impersonating a third party;
10. Using the ID or password of another user of the Service;
11. Advertising, promotion, solicitation, or commercial activities on the Service without the Company's prior consent;
12. Collecting information of other users of the Service;
13. Activities that cause disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to the Company, other users, or any other third party;
14. Activities that violate the rules regarding the use of the Service posted on the Company Website;
15. Providing benefits to anti-social forces;
16. Activities intended to meet unacquainted persons of the opposite sex;
17. Activities that directly or indirectly cause or facilitate any of the foregoing activities;
18. Any other activities that the Company deems inappropriate.
Article 8 (Suspension of the Service)
1. The Company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to Registered Users in any of the following cases:
(1) When urgent inspection or maintenance of the computer system for the Service is required;
(2) When computers or communication lines are stopped due to an accident;
(3) When the operation of the Service becomes impossible due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning, fire, floods, power outages, or natural disasters;
(4) When the Company otherwise determines that suspension or interruption is necessary.
2. The Company shall bear no responsibility for any damage incurred by Registered Users as a result of measures taken by the Company pursuant to this Article.
Article 9 (Ownership of Rights)
1. All intellectual property rights related to the Company Website and the Service belong to the Company or those who have granted licenses to the Company. The license to use the Service under these Terms does not constitute a license to use the intellectual property rights of the Company or its licensors relating to the Company Website or the Service.
2. Registered Users represent and warrant to the Company that they have the lawful right to post or otherwise transmit Posted Data, and that Posted Data does not infringe on the rights of any third party.
3. Registered Users grant to the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and perform Posted Data. Registered Users also grant to other Registered Users a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and perform Posted Data posted or otherwise transmitted by Registered Users using the Service.
4. Registered Users agree not to exercise moral rights of authorship against the Company or any party that has succeeded to or been granted rights by the Company.
Article 10 (Cancellation of Registration)
1. The Company may, without prior notice or demand, delete Posted Data, temporarily suspend the use of the Service by the Registered User, cancel the registration of the Registered User, or terminate the Service Agreement if the Registered User falls under any of the following:
(1) Violation of any provision of these Terms;
(2) Discovery that the Registration Information contains false information;
(3) Suspension or inability to make payments, or filing for bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, special liquidation, or similar proceedings;
(4) No use of the Service for 6 months or more;
(5) No response for 30 days or more to inquiries or other communications from the Company requesting a response;
(6) Falling under any of the categories in Article 3, Paragraph 4;
(7) The Company otherwise determines that continued use of the Service, registration as a Registered User, or continuation of the Service Agreement is not appropriate.
2. If a Registered User falls under any of the items in the preceding paragraph, the Registered User shall automatically lose the benefit of time with respect to all obligations owed to the Company and shall immediately pay all obligations to the Company.
3. The Company shall bear no responsibility for any damage incurred by Registered Users as a result of actions taken by the Company pursuant to this Article.
Article 11 (Withdrawal)
1. Registered Users may withdraw from the Service and cancel their registration as a Registered User by notifying the Company in the manner prescribed by the Company.
2. If the Registered User has any outstanding obligations to the Company upon withdrawal, the Registered User shall automatically lose the benefit of time with respect to all obligations owed to the Company and shall immediately pay all obligations to the Company.
3. The handling of user information after withdrawal shall be governed by the provisions of Article 15.
Article 12 (Changes to and Termination of the Service)
1. The Company may change the content of or terminate the Service at its discretion. If the Company terminates the Service, the Company shall notify Registered Users in advance.
2. The Company shall bear no responsibility for any damage incurred by Registered Users as a result of measures taken by the Company pursuant to this Article.
Article 13 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)
1. The Company makes no warranties that the Service is suitable for the particular purposes of Registered Users, that it has the expected functionality, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness, that use of the Service by Registered Users complies with applicable laws or industry rules, or that it will be free of defects.
2. The Company shall bear no responsibility for any damage incurred by Registered Users ("User Damages") relating to the interruption, suspension, termination, unavailability, or change of the Service, the deletion or loss of messages or information sent to the Service by Registered Users, the cancellation of registration of Registered Users, the loss of registered data, damage or malfunction of equipment due to the use of the Service, or any other matter related to the Service.
3. Even if the Company is held liable for any reason, the Company shall not be liable for User Damages in excess of the amount paid by the Registered User to the Company in the preceding 12 months, and shall not be liable for incidental, indirect, special, future, or lost profit damages.
4. The Company shall bear no responsibility for any transactions, communications, or disputes between Registered Users and other Registered Users or third parties in connection with the Service or the Company Website.
Article 14 (Confidentiality)
Registered Users shall keep confidential any non-public information disclosed by the Company to Registered Users in connection with the Service that the Company requests be treated as confidential, unless prior written consent has been obtained from the Company.
Article 15 (Handling of User Information)
1. The handling of user information of Registered Users by the Company shall be governed by the Company's Privacy Policy (http://the-tournament.net/privacy), and Registered Users agree to the Company's handling of their user information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. The Company may use and publish information and data provided by Registered Users as statistical information in a form that does not identify individuals, at the Company's discretion, and Registered Users shall not object to this.
Article 16 (Changes to These Terms)
The Company may modify these Terms. When the Company modifies these Terms, it shall notify Registered Users of the changes. If, after notification of the changes, the Registered User uses the Service or does not take procedures to cancel their registration within the period prescribed by the Company, the Registered User shall be deemed to have agreed to the modified Terms.
Article 17 (Contact and Notifications)
Inquiries regarding the Service and other communications or notifications from Registered Users to the Company, as well as notifications regarding changes to these Terms and other communications or notifications from the Company to Registered Users, shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Company.
Article 18 (Assignment of Status under the Service Agreement)
1. Registered Users may not assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of their status under the Service Agreement or their rights or obligations under these Terms to any third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
2. If the Company transfers the business related to the Service to another company, the Company may transfer the status under the Service Agreement, rights and obligations under these Terms, and Registration Information and other customer information of Registered Users to the transferee of such business transfer. Registered Users shall be deemed to have consented in advance to such transfer under this paragraph. This paragraph shall apply to all cases in which the business is transferred, including not only ordinary business transfers but also corporate splits and other cases.
Article 19 (Severability)
Even if any provision of these Terms or any part thereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions of these Terms and the remaining parts of any provision determined to be partially invalid or unenforceable shall continue in full force and effect.
Article 20 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
1. These Terms and the Service Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan. Even if the sale of goods occurs in the Service, the parties agree to exclude the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
2. Any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance.