(1) The following Terms of Service will be in immediate effect when a user is registered as a Member and will terminate when the Member withdraws from the Service.

(2) The Terms of Service will be posted in Application > Settings > Terms of Service. The company may amend the Terms of Service from time to time and shall have the right to change the Terms of Service at any time when a reason for a change occurs. Should the revisions be legally disadvantageous to the Member, notification of the changes shall be notified to the Member by electronic means, such as E-mails, other than putting the public notice, starting 30 days before the effective date

(3) Modified Terms of Service will be posted in Application > Settings > Terms of Service and will be on immediate effect after 7 days.

(4) The most current version of the Terms will govern the relationship between the Company and the Member. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, the Member agrees to be bound by the revised Terms. Should the Member not agree to the amendment of the Terms of Service, he/she may choose to terminate the agreement for use of the Service.

(5) The Company will not be liable for disadvantage or loss incurred by being inattentive to the most up-to-date version of Terms of Service

(6) If the Member using a paid service does not agree to the amendments to these terms and terminates the contract, the refund policy in Article 12 (Paid Service Cancellation and Refund) in this Terms of Service will be followed.

(7) In cases where a Member signs up or logs in via services with Membership system linked to this Service, such as Facebook, Twitter, GMAIL, etc, the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between the Member and the Company regarding personal information and membership system management are subject to the terms and conditions of the service in which the Member used to link to this Service.

(8) Matters not specified in these Terms of Service shall be governed by the Framework Act on Telecommunications, the Telecommunications Business Act, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, the Personal Information Protection Act, and other related laws.

(1) There are free service and paid service that the Company provides. For separate paid service that the Company provides, the specified price must be paid to use the service.

(2) The Member must understand the Company’s described and noticed Terms of Service before entering into the contract and be able to transact accurately.

(3) The Member can use paid service provided by the Company through app store payment method. Paid service contract between the Company and the Member enters into agreement when the Company’s has approved (paid service’s procedural display “purchased/Transacted, etc.” has been shown).

(4) The Company may decline or postpone acceptance for a certain period of time until the accomplishment of small condition or the reason of restriction has been resolved in one of the following cases.

1. If subscription applicant has a history of losing the right as a Member in the past according to these terms

2. If the Member used false name or stole someone else’s information

3. If the Member provided false information or did not provide information requested by the Company

4. If the Member with a terminated contract due to not paying the service fee did not make the payment for arrears

5. If the Member is apprehended to be violating social justice and moral

6. If unable to retain maintenance or to offer service due to technical issue

7. Unable to approve acceptance due to the Member’s fault or violation on various matters while requesting for acceptance

(5) The Company may set a transaction limit for the Member’s transaction payment in monthly accumulated payments or transaction limit under the internal policy and external payment system provider’s regulations, and if the Member desires to use paid service beyond the limit that the Company has set, additional paid service may be restricted.

(1) Paid service begins when the Company has accepted the Member’s request for paid membership (for partial services, designated date notified in advance after receiving use request) and if paid membership cannot be initiated due to Company’s technical difficulties or other reasons, announcement will be notified to the Members by following Article 6 (Effect and Amendment of the Terms of Service).

(2) The Company notifies the Member about usage request when the Member’s request has been made. When the Member finds a discordance in request in the Company’s notification, a correction or modification request must be made to the Company and the Company must follow the Member’s request. However, if the payment has already been made, the contract terminating regulation of these Terms of Service will be followed.

(3) The Company provides paid service like below and the service of contents may be changed due to the Company’s circumstances or other various conditions.

1. Automatic Subscription: Monthly payment and service period automatically renewing with payment method that Member of paid membership has registered in advance.

2. Expiring Subscription: Service that ends with expiration of service period.

3. In-app Purchase: In-app purchased Diamonds used to fulfill other transaction agreements, arrangements, and conditions implemented by the Company and third parties.

(4) When Member of paid membership has accessed the service with cellular/wireless network or used all sorts of services with application on the device while connected to cellular/wireless network, separate cellular bill will be occurred under the cellular plan that has been in contract with registered cellular company. In such circumstances, occurred cellular bill will be charged/claimed/paid by the cellular plan of contract; therefore, the Company does not take any responsibilities related to the cellular bill.

(5) Use of contents may be restricted or modified due to the terms of contract with an individual, organization, or corporation (“the rightful person, etc.”) that holds the right for the contents, whether the contract has been proceeded, or an afterward request from ‘the rightful person, etc.’. If a request has been received from ‘the rightful person, etc.’, the Company may alter the types of devices supported, the number of devices that a Member can use and more.

(6) 'Ruby' will be automatically deleted if not used within 90 days from the time of issuance or during the promotion period

(1) Member of paid service that has not used the paid service at all may terminate the contract within 7 days of payment date, but payment cancellation or refund may be restricted under the conditions below.

1. In the case of already used all or portion of service trial, coupon, or Diamond(s) (bonus included) received through payment.

2. In the case of subscription purchased through payment that starts or applies to the service right away.

3. In the case of purchase processed due to Member’s negligence.

(2) Even if the Member of paid service has not used the paid service at all, refund is invalid if contract termination is requested after a valid period (7 days within the payment date).

(3) If the Member has canceled or terminated already purchase service, paid service can still be used during the remaining contract period.

(4) Refund is processed through the Company or by each app store’s refund policy.

(5) The Member may request for a refund through electronic mail and the Company may request for additional evidence after verifying purchase history for refund payment.

(6) If the reason for contract termination or refund is in the Company’s faults such as, discontinue of service, the charge occurred due to the refund is to be accounted by the Company. However, except for such cases, the Member will proceed and deduct the payment for any charge occurred from the benefit of using the paid service or fee required for refund.

(7) For paid service that the Member received as a gift or is using the paid service without paying due to receiving through promotion, the Company does not account the responsibility of refunding to the Member for paid service payment.

(8) If a minor has transacted without the consent of a legal representative, the minor or the legal representative may cancel the purchase. However, in the case where the minor has deceived to act as an adult or as if consent has been made by the legal representative, it cannot be canceled.

(9) In the case of monthly subscription by request or consent from Member of paid service, payment that the Member has made overdue may automatically be canceled from the day of arrears occurring, so if the Member desires to maintain the paid service, one must take action in advance to prevent payment arrears or payment method overdue.

(10) If the Member of paid service withdraws, the subscription cancels right away, and refund is invalid. In this case, the Member’s information and use history of SuperStar X service will be settled by following SuperStar X’s Terms and this Terms of Service.

(11) There may be restrictions on the use of the Service if one repeatedly requests contract termination/refund of the same reason or type, or if one continues to request a contract termination/refund for unjust reasons.

(12) Once the contract termination/refund is completed, the withdrawal of the purchased item is processed and the item purchased with Diamond(s) becomes invalidated. The item may become restricted or modified.

(13) 'Ruby' is not subject to withdrawal/refund of subscription.

(1) In principle, the Company provides paid service throughout the year 24 hours per day.

(2) The Company may restrict, suspend, or terminate providing all or portion of service due to facility inspection and repairment with the purpose of service enhancement for users. In this case, the Company notifies the users in advance for the reason and duration of suspension in the method of Article 6 (Effect and Amendment of the Terms of Service) if possible and can notify right after for the reason and cause if it has been confirmed for the following cases.

1. In the case of difficulty in providing normal technical service due to a Member or other unspecified third party’s illegal, criminal act

2. In the case of difficulty in providing normal paid service due to facility disorder, cellular or wireless network disorder, or paid service’s high traffic

3. In case of any situations happening beyond the control of the Company such as natural disaster, state of national emergency, power failure

(3) The Company may gift a small benefit under SuperStar X’s service management policy for the Member’s disadvantage from service termination. However, service termination due to natural disaster or any case beyond the control of the Company does not get included in the service termination or malfunction period.

(4) The Company may modify, terminate, or alter partial or all services provided without charge for the Company’s imperative caused by the Company’s policy or management and unless there is a separate policy under its law, separate compensation does not count to be the responsibility of the Company.

(1) The Company shall make efforts to provide the Service on the day the user has requested the usage of the Service.

(2) When the Company acknowledges that the opinions or complaints from the Member with respect to the use of the Service are justified, the Company shall handle them through proper procedures. As for the opinions or complaints from the Member, if the processing is to take a certain period of time, the Company shall inform the Member of the handling process and results.

(3) The Company shall make utmost efforts to provide convenience to the user during the process of the user’s agreement contract such as the contract of agreement of use and modification/termination of the contract details.

(4) The Company owns all rights to its Service. However, the reflection rate according to the number of votes, such as SBS INKIGAYO LIVE Voting/Hot Stage Voting, and Circle Chart view count, is applied in consultation with the subject of broadcasting/chart management and may be changed during service. In case of change, the company will guide the members.

(5) The company may collect 'voting benefit content' registered by members and use it for events, advertising, or 'voting service' purposes. Photos or graphic materials registered by 'members' must not infringe on the rights of third parties, such as copyright, trademark, and publicity rights. If the registered photos include the following cases as judged by the administrator, the final image will be replaced with a default image selected by the company in compliance with the terms of use.

(1) The Company reserves the rights to change all or part of the Service pursuant to the operational and technical necessity.

(2) Should the changes materially affect the Member’s rights and obligations, the Company shall follow the rules stipulated in Article 6 before applying the changes to the Service.

(3) Services such as lottery and providing offline tickets, including SBS INKIGAYO tickets, may be canceled or postponed depending on circumstances. In this case, the Company will guide the members who are eligible for the ticket lottery service of that episode.

(4) The Company may perform regular checkups if it is needed to provide the Service, which may lead to a temporary discontinuation of the Service.

(5) The Company may restrict or discontinue the Service if there is a state of national emergency, checkup/replacement/breakdown/interruption of communication facilities, or significant operational reasons.

(6) The Company reserves the right to shut down the Service due to the Company’s management.

(1) The Member may watch the VOD and contents etc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Content”) provided to the Member by the Service for personal and non-commercial purposes, and conduct the performances that the Company permits through the Service such as writing comments, posting, sharing, and participating in the Service.

(2) Besides the rights specified in the above, the Member receives no rights whatsoever on the Content provided by the Service.

(3) Members are responsible for all legal actions and consequences resulting from disputes with third parties over copyright, moral rights, and other issues related to content provided as a voting service benefit. The Company expressly disclaims all liability related to such content.

(4) The Member must not do any prohibited actions regarding the Content, including but not limited to the following actions, and shall abide by his/her rights and obligations detailed in these Terms of Service. A Member who acts outside the scope of permitted rights and obligations may be held responsible for both civil and penal legal consequences:

1. Arbitrarily create other video files with the Content

2. Arbitrarily upload Content on the Internet

3. Arbitrarily share Content with an unauthorized third party

4. All other acts that cause infringement of copyrights and intellectual property rights on the Content

(5) The Member shall not access the Service’s server and network system in an unauthorized manner. The Member also shall not perform any action that may disrupt the Service in any way.

(6) The Member is prohibited from taking any of the actions below:

5. Provide the Company with false information or plagiarize another person’s information

6. Violate the Company’s or a related third party’s copyright or intellectual property rights

7. Slander the Company’s or a related third party’s reputation

8. Commercially use the Service without the Company’s explicit consent

9. Impersonate the Company or spread false information in regards to the Service.

(7) When the Member was proven to have illegally used the Service but refuses to stop the illegal usage even after the Company prohibits it or asks the Member to correct the illegal use, the Member must agree not to appeal to the Company’s choice to unilaterally suspend the use of the Service, forcibly terminate the account, or proceed other suspensions.

(1) Posting that contains hateful, defamatory, or discriminatory content against any individual or group, including the Company and any third parties such as posting publisher, and the artists of the content

(2) Posting that includes an offense against public order and morals

(3) Posting that promotes fraudulent acts or violates any law

(4) Posting that violates the Company and any third parties’ copyrights and all other rights protected by the relevant laws

(5) Posting that exceeds the posting release period according to the Company’s internal policy

(6) Posting that depicts sexually explicit contents or links to websites that contain such content

(7) Posting that goes against the internal policy regarding the Member’s posting or is inappropriate to be on the Community

(8) Posting that interrupts the operation of the Service

(9) Posting that seeks to take advantage of the Service commercially without the consent of the Company

(10) Unlawful contents prohibited to be posted in accordance with other relevant laws and regulations.

If Member's post violates the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Use and Information Protection, Copyright Act, Personal Information Protection Act, or other relevant laws, the rights holder of such postings can request suspension of the posting release or elimination from the Service according to the procedures of the relevant laws, and the Company will take actions according to such relevant laws and regulations.

(1) The posting that received more than a certain number of reports, or when the violations have been confirmed, shall be automatically deleted. The Member who created this posting may attempt to prove that it has not violated the prohibited behaviors stated in Article 17 (Member’s Postings), in order to remove the restriction.

(2) The Member who receives more than a certain number of reports, or whose violations have been confirmed, shall be restricted from creating further postings. The concerned Member may attempt to prove that he/she has not violated the prohibited behaviors stated in Article 17 (Member’s Postings), in order to remove the restriction.

(3) The Member who receives more than a certain number of reports, or whose violations have been confirmed consistently, shall be restricted from using the Service for a maximum of 90 days to protect other Members and operation of the Service.

(4) The number of reports needed for deleting postings or confirmation of violating article 17 (Member’s Postings) needed for restricting further postings and use of the Service will be appropriately set from time to time in the course of Service operation. To make an appeal about this, the Member can use the Service’s relevant features or contact through cs@vbptr.com.

Limited use of rights given to the postings created by the Member

(1) The Company, if needed, can use the postings of the Members for the promotion of the Service. Also, the Member grants the Company the rights to translate, make technical revisions, share, and reupload the postings for the operation of the Service. This granted rights do not affect the ownership of the postings.

(2) The Member cannot use the information obtained by using the Service or contents uploaded within the Service with commercial purposes.

(3) The postings created by the Member may contain third parties’ website or links to the Service.

(4) The Company does not control the third parties’ websites or links to the Service and is not responsible for anything caused by the Member’s use of such third parties’ websites or links to the Service.