SRO Official Terms of Usage

Silkroad online Terms of Use
Chapter 1 General Rules
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this agreement between Joymax Co.,Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and user is to stipulate the terms and conditions of using the online game 'Silkroad Online', a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game) developed and provided by Joymax Co.,Ltd.
Article 2 (Effect and Modification of Agreement)
1. This Agreement shall be effective by clicking button of “Agree” for “Do you agree with this agreement?”, through the game website 'Silkroad Online' (http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr)
2. Provided that the Company has reasonable grounds and is in accordance to relevant laws, the Company has the right to change all or portion of the terms of this agreement. Any important modifications will be notified to the users through the game website 'Silkroad Online' (http://www.silkroadonline.net) in advance and it will be effective from the date in the notification.
3. Agreement with this agreement includes regularly checking up on modifications of the agreement and regular notifications through the game website 'Silkroad Online' (http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr). Company will not take responsibility for damage due to the user being unaware of modification of agreement and notifications.
4. User has right to refuse modification of agreement and secede owing to it. But if user wants to secede, he/she has to declare refuse within 7 days from the date of applying modification of agreement.
Article 3 (Terms and Definitions)
1. Terms and conditions used in this agreement are as follows.
① As used herein, “service” shall mean the online game 'Silkroad Online' that is in worldwide service through internet.
② As used herein, “user” shall mean any person who has obtained a user account by agreeing to the terms of use for the services through online.
③ As used herein, “user account” shall mean the combination of English letters and numbers selected by user and assigned by company in order to distinguish user and join test.
④ As used herein, “use agreement” shall mean agreement between user and company to use service.
⑤ As used herein, “Silkroad Online account information (hereinafter referred to as the "account information")” shall mean general information like user account, password, name and etc. and game play information.
⑥ As used herein, “password” shall mean a combination of characters and numbers chosen by User and registered by the Company for user identification and protection.
⑦ As used herein, “game character (hereinafter referred to as the " character ") ” shall mean game data included in a user account chosen and controlled by User.
⑧ “Item Mall Service” (used herein as Item Mall) refers to the premium service operating through the Silkroad Online homepage (www.silkroadonline.net) and the game client.
⑨ “Premium Service” refers to the actions and operations related to the purchasing, through the Silkroad Online homepage, of cash needed to use the Silkroad Online game client program item mall.
⑩“Free Service” and “Standard Service” refers to all Silkroad Online services that are not Premium Services
Chapter 2 Service use agreement
Article 1 (Use agreement)
Use agreement shall be effective by user’s request through the game website 'Silkroad Online' (http://www.silkroadonline.net) and company’s approval.
1. Use agreement shall be effective by company’s approval for user’s request.
2. Use agreement shall be made in terms of ID.
3. User’s character ID is tied to the user directly.
4. If the user is an establishment, the name of the establishment must be tied to its IP.
5. Use agreement shall be started with join process made by company and ended with secession process made by company. If the user registers wrong information when he/she joins as a member, the company can restrict use to him/her even though the user joined of their own will. If user does activity that is forbidden by company, company can classify him/her as an illegal user and restrain him/her and block him/her during a given period in order to prevent another victim.
Article 2 (Approval “yes” or “no” for use request)
1. Company can approve or not and cancel approval/agreement at company’s discretion according to below conditions.
① When name is not real name
② Illegal use of someone else’s name (include lineal ascendants/descendants)
③ Omissions and/or mis-statement when user requests use
④ Because of another user’s mistake, approval is not given
⑤ Activity that can violate the public peace, order and/or morals and/or similar behavior
⑥ Activity that is decided as having a bad effect on company’s services.
⑦ Not satisfied with other use request conditions under the Company’s requlations
⑧ Payment of the service fee through the use of anothers’ credit card, wired/wireless phone, or bank account without permission
2. Company may limit approval for use requests by using any method of approval limitation at the company’s discretion because of any of the conditions below.
① When it is difficult to service normally because of service equipment error or overcrowded service use
② When internet service provider stops the service
③ When the Company can not approve because of technical problem and/or other reasons
④ When problems relating to service or problems regarding payment options occur.
Article 4 (Termination of use)
1. User who fufill the conditions below will be considered as a user who has terminated use. The Company can modify and delete his/her account information.
① An account with pre-level 10 characters that has not logged into the game for a period of 6 months, and also has no ‘Silk’ available for the use of the premium service.
② An account that has not been logged in to the game for the past 1 year, which has no ‘Silk’ available for use of the premium service.
Article 5 (Service fee)
1. Premium service is the action of purchasing cash from Silkroad Online homepage that can be used within the Silkroad Online client program Item Mall. Standard service other than the Premium Service is free, and there are no restrictions in playing the game even if the premium service is not used.
2. Apart from this agreement, users must agree to the “Silkroad Online Item Mall user agreement” in order to perform any transactions of the items in the Item Mall.
3. Apart from this agreement, it is the users’ responsibility to check the Silkroad Online Item Mall service policy and cash policy in the “Silkroad Online Item Mall user agreement”, and the company will not be held responsible for problems that occur from not having read the “Silkroad Online Item Mall user agreement”.
4. All Fees and Charges are non-refundable.
5. You have complete responsibility for the fee payments you must make, thus it is your responsibility to manage your financial accounts in order to prevent fraud.
Chapter 3 Responsibilities
Article 1 (Company's Responsibilities)
1. Company shall test to increase stable service and find error/bugs until service closes.
2. Company shall protect against personal information leaks from the system and shall not provide the user’s personal information to a third party.
3. Company shall repair or recover system errors without delay to provide continuous and stable services, except when the causes of the errors are natural disasters or emergencies.
4. Company shall make efforts to convenience to the users in concluding the User Agreement, modifying the terms of use and other procedures and contents related to the User Agreement.
5. Company shall provide notice of the privacy policy and observe related law and the privacy policy.
6. Company shall not send commercial email when user declares user’s refusal.
7. Company shall not use the personal information gathered for the purpose of providing or expanding services, and shall not provide the personal information of a user to a third party without the user's consent. Except in cases, when there is an official request following the procedures prescribed by the law, the personal information may be disclosed http://forum.mmosite.com/topics/105/200610/13/1771,1.html?time=1208227406