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Limited Warranty and License Agreement

1. Definitions

All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Vienna Symphonic Library GmbH (“VSL”) and its suppliers. As “Licensor” Vienna Symphonic Library GmbH grants to the “Licensee” a non-exclusive license to use the software files and other computer information including but not limited to sound files, samples, impulse response sound files, and accompanying documentation, hereafter referred to as “Software” or “Sounds”. “You”, “Your”, and “Licensee” means the person who purchased this license to use this product or for whom the license was purchased. “Documentation” means the manual or guide and any other material provided by the Licensor, in any printed or electronic form, provided with or in connection with the Software. “License” means the license purchased and granted pursuant to this Agreement.

2. License

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7 (Subscriptions), Section 8 (Rent-to-Own Payment Plans), and for Trial Licenses as described below, Vienna Symphonic Library GmbH grants to You, the Licensee, a non-exclusive, perpetual license to use the Software for your own personal use and not for sublicense, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this License Agreement. You may: (a) install the Software on one or more computers, (b) transfer the Software from one computer to another provided that it is used only by the licensee, (c) copy the Software into any machine-readable form solely for backup reasons, provided you include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices on the copy, (d) transfer the Software to another party, subject to Licensor’s prior written consent and payment of the applicable handling charge, provided the other party agrees to accept all terms and conditions of this Agreement. The transfer right in this Section only applies to Software for which a perpetual license has been granted. Software used under an active Subscription may not be transferred. Software used under an active Rent-to-Own Plan may not be transferred until the license has converted to a perpetual license. If you transfer the Software to another party, you must at the same time transfer all copies, whether in printed or machine-readable form, to the same party and destroy any copies not transferred. An Educational Building Site License allows you to install the Software on the number of computers in one school site equal to the number as licenses supplied. Licensor may make the Software available on a trial basis (a "Trial License"). A Trial License is time-limited, granted for testing and evaluation purposes only, and available once per product. It does not grant a perpetual license, may not be transferred, and expires automatically at the end of the trial period, after which the Software will no longer run. All restrictions in this Agreement apply to Trial Licenses. Notwithstanding other sections of this License, the Software provided to you on a promotional basis (NFR – Not for Resale Copies) may only be used for demonstration, testing and evaluation purposes and may not be resold or transferred. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

3. Restrictions

Unless expressly permitted by this License or otherwise applicable law, You may not, or allow any third party to, (a) rent, lease, sell, re-sell, loan, distribute, sublicense, for profit or otherwise, or otherwise transfer the Software or the Sounds it contains or copies of the Software or the Sounds it contains or the accompanying documentation, or any of your rights and obligations granted under this License, except as expressly stated above; (b) install or electronically transfer the Software or Sounds of the Software on a network for use by multiple users, unless each user has purchased a license; (c) decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble the Software, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human perceivable form; (d) remove or destroy any copyright notices or other proprietary markings of the Software; (e) modify, alter, or adapt the Software; (f) create derivative works based on the Software, (g) mix, combine, filter, re-synthesize, or otherwise edit the sounds, either as provided by Licensor or reformatted for use as sounds, multisounds, samples, multisamples, wavetables, soundsets, programs or patches in a sampler, microchip, computer, software, game console or any sample playback device. Except as expressly permitted above, any attempt to lease, sublicense, assign or transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder is void. The use of the Software for the development, training, or enhancement of artificial intelligence systems, including but not limited to machine learning models, large language models, or any similar systems, is strictly prohibited. Any attempt to analyze, reverse engineer, or utilize the Software, its output, or any derivative works for the purpose of creating or improving such artificial intelligence systems is a violation of this Agreement and is expressly forbidden. The Licensee agrees not to permit or enable any third party to use the Software for these purposes. Any breach of this provision will result in immediate termination of the license and may result in legal action.

4. Protection

You agree to take all reasonable steps to protect this product, the Software and any accompanying documentation from unauthorized copying or use. You agree not to modify the enclosed product or the Software to circumvent any method or means adopted or implemented by Licensor to protect against or discourage the unlicensed use of copying of the Software.

5. Copyright

This Software and all accompanying materials are copyrighted. Licensor constantly monitors digital product releases and the Internet to check for copyright infringements, and will prosecute all piracy and copyright violations to the fullest extent of the law. You may use the Software on any commercial music release (including music libraries), public performance, broadcast, or similar occasion. You may use any of the Sounds in a commercial recording without paying any additional license fees. The sounds are guaranteed 100% copyright clean. Multimedia and Game Music use of the Software is restricted to use within the musical compositions themselves.

6. Ownership

The license granted hereunder does not constitute a transfer or sale of ownership rights in or to the Software and the Sounds it contains. Except for the license rights granted above, Licensor and its suppliers retain all right title and interest in and to the Software including all intellectual property rights therein. The Software is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

7. Subscriptions

If you purchase the Software as a Subscription, your Subscription will automatically renew for additional Subscription Terms (i.e., monthly in the case of a monthly Subscription) unless you cancel it before the next Subscription Term begins. On the first day following the end of each Subscription Term (each a "Renewal Date"), your designated payment provider will automatically be charged the then-current Subscription price for the next Subscription Term. Subscription pricing is subject to change, with new pricing taking effect upon renewal.

You may cancel your Subscription at any time in the MyVSL section of our web site at www.vsl.co.at. Upon cancellation, you will no longer be charged for additional Subscription Terms, and you may continue to use the Software until the end of the Subscription Term for which you have already paid; your Subscription will not renew thereafter. For the avoidance of doubt, once you have paid for a Subscription Term, you are not eligible for a refund of any portion of the fee paid for that term, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

If a scheduled Subscription payment cannot be processed, a grace period of seven (7) days begins, during which you may update your payment details on the “My Products” page in the MyVSL section of our web site at www.vsl.co.at so that the payment can be collected and your Subscription can continue without interruption. If the outstanding payment is still not collected by the end of this grace period, your Subscription lapses, the Software will no longer run, and your License is terminated.

The Software provided under a Subscription may be updated, expanded, or otherwise modified from time to time, and individual features or content may be added, changed, or removed at Licensor’s discretion. Because you may cancel your Subscription at any time as described above, your continued use of the Software following any such change constitutes your acceptance of it; if you do not wish to continue, you may cancel and retain access until the end of the Subscription Term for which you have already paid.

8. Rent-to-Own Payment Plans

If you acquire the Software through a rent-to-own payment plan (“Rent-to-Own Plan”), you are purchasing a non-permanent, subscription-style license to use the Software for the duration of the Rent-to-Own Plan. A Rent-to-Own Plan is available where the total value of your cart reaches €1,000 or more (including VAT) and covers the specific products in your cart at the time you confirm the plan (the “Plan Products”). The plan runs for a fixed term of 18 months (the “Term”). A rent-to-own fee of 10% of the cart total is added to form the total amount payable under the plan (the “Total Amount”), which is divided into equal monthly installments over the Term (“Installments”). The Plan Products, the Term, and the amounts are fixed when you confirm your plan and cannot be changed afterwards.

For as long as your Installments are paid when due, you may use the Plan Products in accordance with this Agreement. Provided you make all Installment payments in full, without refund, chargeback, or other payment issue, your non-permanent license will convert to a perpetual license at the end of the Term. You will not receive a perpetual license for the Software under a Rent-to-Own Plan until you have made the final Installment payment or paid off the remaining balance early as described below. If your Rent-to-Own Plan ends before the Total Amount has been paid in full, you will lose your license to the Software and your ability to access it, and no perpetual license will be granted.

You must pay your first Installment before using the Software. By purchasing a license for the Software under a Rent-to-Own Plan, you authorize VSL to charge your designated payment method each month for the Installment until the Total Amount is paid in full, unless your Rent-to-Own Plan ends earlier as described in this Section. VSL will charge your payment method for the Installment each month on the day corresponding to the date you confirmed your plan, or, if no such date exists in a given month, then the last day of such month. You are responsible for keeping a valid payment method on file for the duration of the Term.

The Plan Products, Term, and amounts cannot be changed once confirmed. You may cancel your Rent-to-Own Plan at any time on the “My Products” page in the MyVSL section of our web site at www.vsl.co.at. If you cancel, your access to the Plan Products continues until the end of the then-current monthly billing cycle, after which your non-permanent license terminates and no perpetual license is granted. Installments already paid are non-refundable and are not credited toward any future purchase. This applies whether your Rent-to-Own Plan ends by cancellation or by any other means. If a scheduled Installment cannot be processed, a grace period of seven (7) days begins, during which you may update your payment details on the “My Products” page in the MyVSL section of our web site at www.vsl.co.at so that the Installment can be collected. If the outstanding Installment is still not collected at the end of this grace period, your Rent-to-Own Plan ends automatically, your license to the Plan Products terminates, and your access to the Software stops. Installments you have already paid will not be refunded.

You may pay off your outstanding balance at any time before the final Installment. A discount of 5% applies to the remaining outstanding amount (i.e., the Installments not yet paid) at the time of payoff. Upon receipt of the discounted payoff amount, your license to the Plan Products becomes perpetual immediately.

If we suspect that you are incurring excessive or fraudulent chargebacks to your bank, we reserve the right to terminate your Rent-to-Own Plan at our sole discretion. Further, we reserve the right to terminate your Rent-to-Own Plan without providing a refund if you breach this Agreement.

The Software provided under a Rent-to-Own Plan may be updated, expanded, or otherwise modified during the Term, and individual features or content may be added or changed at Licensor’s discretion, in the same manner as for Software licensed outright. The perpetual license granted upon completion of the Rent-to-Own Plan applies to the Plan Products as they exist at the time the license converts. Should Licensor discontinue a Plan Product or materially reduce its content during the Term, you will remain entitled to the most complete version of that Plan Product made available to you during the Term, and such a change will neither increase the amounts payable nor extend the Term.

9. Term and Termination

This License shall be effective upon installation of the Software, and will remain in full force until termination. The License shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) Your failure to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement; (b) Your return, destruction or deletion of all copies of the Software in your possession; (c) in the case of Software licensed under a Subscription by cancellation or failing to pay as described in Section 7; (d) in the case of Software licensed under a Rent-to-Own Plan, that plan ending before the license has converted to a perpetual license, as described in Section 8; (e) in the case of a Trial License, expiry of the trial period as described in Section 2. Licensor’s and its suppliers’ rights and Your obligations shall survive termination of this License.

10. Personal Data and Privacy Protection

In order to use any of Licensor’s products you need to create an account at www.vsl.co.at and register your product(s) to this account. We may collect your contact information and other information that you choose to provide, including but not limited to salutation, name, company, address, e-mail address, phone number, website, profession, bank details, credit card number, PayPal account, VAT-ID, optional billing or delivery address, forum name, preferred language and information about ordered and registered products. When you use the product, we may collect data about your computer’s operating system and system ID, your IP address, the date and time when you download data such as library content and software updates, and your email address when you fill out a crash report and send it to us. We only collect, store and process your personal data for fulfilling the contract with you and not for other purposes. In this context we may transmit certain information to commissioned third parties such as distributors or suppliers if necessary to fulfill the contract. These partners also maintain the same privacy statement. No personal data will be distributed to third parties who are not involved in the contractual business process. We will only contact you based on the stored data if you have given your consent to do so (e.g., by subscribing to our newsletter or by contacting our support department). Your user data will be stored as long as you are a registered licensee of any of our products. Registered users without a license may request the deletion of their data at any time.

11. Updates

Licensor may, from time to time, revise the performance of this Software and in doing so, incur no obligation to furnish such revisions to any Licensee. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Software, including the release of new properties, shall be subject to terms of this License, and shall be provided at the sole discretion of Licensor.

12. Limited Warranty

The Software and the accompanying documentation are provided “as is” without any warranty or condition of any kind. Licensor and its suppliers make no warranties, express, implied, or otherwise, that the documentation or the functions contained in the Software will meet Your requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free. The Licensee expressly agrees that it is not possible to develop software programs in such a way that they will function without failure in all fields of use of licensee. Licensor specifically excludes any warranty for any functions or specifications described in the Software description or any promotional materials. Licensor expressly disclaims all warranties including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose.

13. Limitation of Liability

You agree that in no event will Licensor, its suppliers, or anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production, or delivery of the Software be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special or punitive damages, including any lost profits or lost savings arising out of the use or inability to use the Software, accompanying documentation or content, even if Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Licensor’s liability to Licensee or any third party arising out of or related to this License however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise will not exceed the fee paid by Licensee for the Software, as applicable. In the case of Software licensed as a Subscription, Licensor’s liability shall not exceed the fee paid by Licensee for the then-current Subscription Term. In the case of Software licensed under a Rent-to-Own Plan, Licensor’s liability shall not exceed the total of the Installments actually paid by Licensee as of the event giving rise to the liability, rather than the full Total Amount payable under the plan.

14. General

This License is governed by the Laws of Austria, without regard to conflict of laws principles therein. The Courts in Vienna, Austria, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of this License and You hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Courts in Vienna, Austria. This License is the entire agreement between You and Licensor and supersedes any other communication with respect to the Software. No modification of or amendment to this License will be effective unless in writing signed by both parties. If any provision of this License is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this License will continue in full force and effect.

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August 26, 2026