Disclaimer of Warranty

These software programs are available to the user without any license fee or royalty on an "as is" basis. The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclaims any and all warranties, whether express, implied, or statuary, including any implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever arising from the use of these programs.

This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of these programs and user's customers, employees, agents, transferees, successors, and assigns.

The MPEG Software Simulation Group does not represent or warrant that the programs furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any third-party patents.

Commercial implementations of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, including shareware, are subject to royalty fees to patent holders. Many of these patents are * general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of implementation design.

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