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Bethesda Softworks LLC 
End User License Agreement

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This is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you, the end user ("You") and ZeniMax Media Inc. through its division, Bethesda Softworks LLC, with offices at 1370 Piccard Drive, Suite 120, Rockville, MD 20850 USA (collectively "Bethesda Softworks").  This Agreement is part of a product package (the "Package") that includes one or more CD-ROM discs containing one or more Bethesda Softworks software products for use with its proprietary RPG game, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(R) (each, a "Product" and collectively, the "Products") and certain electronic and/or written materials (the "Documentation").

BY OPENING THE PRODUCT PACKAGING, BY CLICKING "I AGREE", BY INSTALLING ANY OF THE PRODUCTS, OR BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF THE PRODUCTS OR OTHER SOFTWARE, IF ANY, PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE PACKAGE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND THEM, AND AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THEM.  YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, IF YOU PURCHASED THE PACKAGE FROM AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER OF BETHESDA SOFTWORKS, NEITHER THE RESELLER NOR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY IS AN AGENT OF BETHESDA SOFTWORKS, AND NO SUCH PARTY IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS OR WARRANTIES, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, ON BEHALF OF BETHESDA SOFTWORKS, OR TO VARY ANY OF THE TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

If You do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, promptly return the entire Package (with the unused Products in their original packaging) to the store where you purchased it for a refund, subject to any applicable return policies including any limitations and restrictions on returns.  All returns must include all packaging, manuals and other materials provided with the Package.

If You do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, You may not use the Package or any part thereof.

1.	LIMITED LICENSE:
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You are entitled to use the Products, in executable form, for Your own personal, non-commercial use.  You may not sell or transfer reproductions of any of the Products or Documentation, or any other part of the Package to other parties in any way.  You may use one copy of the Products solely on a single terminal connected to a single computer. You may not network any of the Products (or any part thereof) or otherwise use them on more than one computer or computer terminal at the same time. 

The Package contains material for use with Bethesda Softworks' editor Product, titled The Elder Scrolls Construction Set(tm)   (the "Editor") that enables You to create new or customized levels or otherwise adjust Your experience in using Product(s) provided to You in the Package.  All uses of the Editor and any materials created using the Editor (the "New Materials") are for Your own personal, non-commercial use solely in connection with the applicable Product(s), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

You agree not to use any of the Products in any manner other than its intended use and/or purpose.

2.	OWNERSHIP; COPYRIGHT: 
You agree and understand that You are provided with LICENSED RIGHTS; nothing herein shall be deemed to be a transfer of ownership of any software or proprietary materials of Bethesda Softworks or its licensors.  Title to and ownership of the Package, including each of the Products (and all parts thereof), the Documentation, and patents, trademarks, copyrights and all other intellectual property and other property rights applicable thereto, shall at all times remain solely and exclusively with Bethesda Softworks and/or its licensors, and You shall not (nor shall You permit any third party to) take any action inconsistent with such title or ownership. The Products, the Documentation, and the other components of the Package are protected by United States copyright and other applicable laws and by international treaty provisions.  Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Bethesda Softworks and/or its licensors. You may not modify or remove any proprietary rights notices of Bethesda Softworks or any of its licensors.

3.	OTHER RESTRICTIONS: 
You may not cause or permit the sale, disclosure, copying, renting, licensing, sublicensing, leasing, disseminating, uploading, downloading, transmitting, or otherwise distributing any of the Products, the Documentation or any of the other components of the Package by any means or in any form, without the prior written consent of Bethesda Softworks. You may not (and may not permit any third party to) modify, enhance, supplement, create any derivative works from, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise reduce the object code form of any software provided to You to human readable form, or use parts of the software products provided as part of the Package independently of the Package or of the respective Products.  You may not (and may not permit any third party to) avoid, circumvent or disable any security mechanism, procedure or protocol, or any copyright protection, provided or included in connection with the Package or any parts thereof.  

You may not cause or permit the sale or other commercial distribution or commercial exploitation (e.g., by renting, licensing, sublicensing, leasing, disseminating, uploading, downloading, transmitting, whether on a pay-per-play basis or otherwise) of any New Materials without the express prior written consent of an authorized representative of Bethesda Softworks.  This includes distributing New Materials as part of any compilation You and/or other Product users may create. You shall not create any New Materials that infringe upon the rights of others, or that are libelous, defamatory, harassing, or threatening, and You shall comply with all applicable laws in connection with the New Materials.  You are only permitted to distribute the New Materials, without charge (i.e., on a strictly non-commercial basis), to other authorized users who have purchased the Product, solely for use with such users' own authorized copies of such Product and in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all applicable laws. If You distribute or otherwise make available New Materials, You automatically grant to Bethesda Softworks the irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, sublicensable, right and license under all applicable copyrights and intellectual property rights laws to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, perform, display, distribute and otherwise exploit and/or dispose of the New Materials (or any part of the New Materials) in any way Bethesda Softworks, or its respective designee(s), sees fit.  You also waive and agree never to assert against Bethesda Softworks or its licensees any moral rights or similar rights, however designated, that You may have in or to any of the New Materials.  As noted below, if You commit any breach of this Agreement, Your license and this Agreement shall automatically terminate, without notice.

Your breach of this Section shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and/or of applicable copyright and other intellectual property rights laws and treaties, and may subject You to civil and criminal liability.  

4.	LIMITED EXPRESS WARRANTY; DISCLAIMER: 
Bethesda Softworks warrants for a period of ninety (90) days following original retail purchase of the Package (the "Warranty Period"), that the Product media is, and under normal use shall be, free from substantial errors or defects that will materially interfere with the operation of the Products as described in the Documentation. This limited express warranty applies to the initial purchaser only.

EXCEPT AS STATED ABOVE, BETHESDA SOFTWORKS MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE.  ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR CONDITIONS, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR NON-MISAPPROPRIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY, CUSTOM, TRADE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, OR SYSTEM INTEGRATION, OR ANY WARRANTIES ARISING UNDER ANY STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENT.  Bethesda Softworks does not warrant the error-free or uninterrupted operation of any Product.  Use of the Editor and any New Materials is at Your sole risk.  In addition, with respect to software that is enabled for use on or over the Internet, You acknowledge that Bethesda Softworks is not responsible for the Internet or whether it should continue to exist in its present form or whether or not a government or governmental agency, either foreign or domestic, will control, regulate or disband the Internet.  Use of the Internet is at Your sole risk.

Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied or express warranty or condition lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to You.  This limited express warranty gives You specific legal rights, and You may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  

Some jurisdictions require additional warranties or minimum warranty periods that cannot be waived, disclaimed or otherwise varied by contract.  If and to the extent such local laws are held to apply to this Agreement or the Package, the foregoing warranty and/or warranty period shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of law, while retaining to the maximum extent possible the effect, scope and economic benefit of the original warranty provided herein.

If You believe You have found an error or defect that would constitute a breach of the above limited warranty during the Warranty Period, and (i) You are in the United States, You may call Bethesda Softworks' Technical Support and Customer Service Department at 410-568-3685 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, and You should have ready Your product number, the computer brand, process or make and speed, CD make and speed, operating system, sound card name and video card name; or (ii) if You are outside the United States, send Your original Product disc to Bethesda Softworks at 1370 Piccard Drive, Suite 120, Rockville, MD 20850, USA, together with a dated proof of purchase, Your product number, a brief description of such error or defect, and the address to which it is to be returned.

If You have a problem resulting from such a manufacturing defect in any of the Products, Bethesda Softworks' entire liability and Your exclusive remedy for breach of this limited warranty shall be the replacement of the applicable Product, within a reasonable period of time and without charge, with a corrected version of the Product.  Any replacement Product shall be warranted for the remainder of the original Warranty Period or thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, whichever is longer.  This limited warranty shall not be applicable and shall be void if the defect or problem with the Product is found to be the result of abuse, unreasonable use, mistreatment or neglect.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of relief, incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to You.

5.	WARRANTY CARD AND WARRANTY PROTECTION: 
To be eligible for warranty protection hereunder, You must fill out and mail in the Warranty Registration Card included in the Package within thirty (30) days of the original date of purchase.  Failure to send in Your Warranty Registration Card within thirty (30) days of the original date of purchase shall result in the loss of Your warranty protection.  As noted above, warranty protection is available only to You, the original purchaser.  In the event of any questions in this regard, Bethesda Softworks reserves the exclusive right to determine warranty eligibility and appropriate redress, if any.

6.	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: 
IN NO EVENT SHALL BETHESDA SOFTWORKS OR ANY OF ITS LICENSORS, RESELLERS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY (i) SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES, (ii) THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, OR (iii) LOSS OR DAMAGE TO ANY SYSTEMS, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, RECORDS OR DATA; EVEN IF ADVISED OF OR AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE PACKAGE, THE PRODUCTS, OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEED IN THE AGGREGATE THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PACKAGE. 

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of special, incidental, consequential, indirect or exemplary damages, or the limitation of liability to specified amounts, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to You.

7.	TERMINATION: 
This Agreement and the licenses granted under this Agreement are effective until terminated.  They shall terminate automatically without notice if You fail to comply with any provision of this Agreement.  Upon termination You shall immediately cease using the Products, and destroy the Products, the Documentation, and the other parts of the Package, and all copies of any parts thereof. 

8.	GENERAL: 
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between Bethesda Softworks and You with respect to subject matter hereof.  Any change to this Agreement must be in writing, signed by Bethesda Softworks and You. Terms and conditions as set forth in any purchase order which differ from, conflict with, or are not included in this Agreement, shall not become part of this Agreement unless specifically accepted by an authorized representative of Bethesda Softworks in writing. You shall be responsible for and shall pay, and shall reimburse Bethesda Softworks on request if Bethesda Softworks is required to pay, any sales, use, value added (VAT), consumption or other tax (excluding any tax that is based on Bethesda Softworks' net income), assessment, duty, tariff, or other fee or charge of any kind or nature that is levied or imposed by any governmental authority on the Package. No waiver of Bethesda Softworks' rights shall be effective unless made in a writing signed by a duly authorized representative of Bethesda Softworks.  You understand that the Products may contain confidential information and/or trade secrets of Bethesda Softworks; You agree to maintain and protect such confidential information and trade secrets in strictest confidence for the benefit of Bethesda Softworks, and not to use or disclose them without express authorization from Bethesda Softworks. 

All disclaimers of warranty and Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.  If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable, or not to be compliant with requirements of local law that may not be varied by contract, it shall be deemed severed from this Agreement, and deemed replaced with a substitute provision that retains to the maximum extent possible, the effect, scope and economic benefit of the severed provision consistent with applicable law.  All other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

All notices and demands to Bethesda Softworks hereunder shall be in writing and shall be served by personal service or by mail at the address first set forth in this Agreement (or at such different address as may be designed by Bethesda Softworks from time to time by written notice), Attn: Vice President - Legal.  All notices or demands by mail shall be by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by nationally/internationally recognized express courier, and shall be deemed complete upon receipt.

9.	 EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE: 
You are solely responsible for compliance with the export control laws and regulations of the United States and Your locality.  In the event You export the Products, the Documentation or any other part of the Package from the country in which You first received it; You assume the responsibility for compliance with all applicable export and re-export regulations, as the case may be.  You also are solely responsible and liable for any export or re-export of New Materials.

10.	 SUPPORT SERVICES. 
Support services, if any, provided by Bethesda Softworks shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and Bethesda Softworks' current support policies.  Bethesda Softworks provides all support services solely on an "AS IS" basis.

11.	GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION: 
This Agreement and Your use of the Package, and all disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Package (or any part thereof) shall be governed by, and any arbitration hereunder shall apply, the laws of the State of Maryland, U.S.A., excluding (a) its conflicts of laws principles; (b) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; (c) the 1974 Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods; and (d) any Protocol amending the 1974 Convention. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Package (or any part thereof), including its interpretation, performance or termination, shall be finally resolved by arbitration.  The arbitration shall be conducted by three (3) arbitrators, one to be appointed by Bethesda Softworks, one to be appointed by You and a third being nominated by the two arbitrators so selected or, if they cannot agree on a third arbitrator, by the President of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA").  The arbitration shall be conducted in English and in accordance with the then-current arbitration rules of the AAA applicable to the dispute (such as, for example, the AAA international rules if You are not a United States resident).  The arbitration, including the rendering of the award, shall take place in Rockville, Maryland, USA, and Rockville, Maryland, USA shall be the exclusive forum for resolving any such dispute, controversy or claim; however, if You are a resident of the European Community, the arbitration shall take place in London, England.  The decision of the arbitrators shall be binding upon the parties hereto, and the expense of the arbitration (including without limitation the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party) shall be paid as the arbitrators determine.  The decision of the arbitrators shall be executory, and judgment thereon may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Paragraph to the contrary, Bethesda Softworks shall have the right to institute judicial proceedings against You or anyone acting by, through or under You, in order to enforce Bethesda Softworks' rights hereunder through reformation of contract, specific performance, injunction or similar equitable relief.

The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon(tm)  (c) 2003 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.  The Elder Scrolls, Morrowind, Tribunal, Bloodmoon, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and their respective logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc in the United States and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.

Portions of this software are included under license.  (c) 1999 Numerical Design, Ltd.  All rights reserved.

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