About trademarks and copyright

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On trademarks

• “Handycam” and are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• “Cyber-shot” and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
• “Blu-ray Disc” and the Logo are trademarks.
• “AVCHD” and “AVCHD” logo are trademarks of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation.
• “HDV” and the “HDV” logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
• “Memory Stick,” “ ,” “Memory Stick Duo,” “ ,” “Memory Stick PRO Duo,” “ ,” “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo,” “ ,” “Memory Stick Micro,” “MagicGate,” “ ,” “MagicGate Memory Stick” and “MagicGate Memory Stick Duo” are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• i.LINK and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
• Intel, Intel Core and Pentium are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
• Google is a registered trademark of Google Inc.
• Map View is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Furthermore, “TM” and “(R)” are not mentioned in each case in this manual.

On copyrights

Under copyright law, it is prohibited to use images filmed without notifying the claimant first unless they are solely for private individual use. Furthermore, please be aware that filming may be restricted at certain types of demonstration, entertainment and/or exhibits, etc., even if the images are for private individual use.

Music works, sound recording or other third party musical contents you may acquire from CDs, the Internet or other sources (the “Music Contents”) are the copyrighted work of the respective owners thereof and are protected by copyright laws and other applicable laws of each country/region. Except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable laws, you are not permitted to use (including, without limitation, copying, modifying, reproducing, uploading, transmitting or placing to the external network accessible to the public, transferring, distributing, lending, licensing, selling and publishing) any of the Music Contents without obtaining authorization or approval of the respective owners thereof. License of PMB by Sony Corporation would not be construed as conferring to you by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right to use the Music Contents.