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PERMISSION TO USE RECORDINGS
This Permission to Use Recordings (the “Release”) is entered into as of
___________________ __, 20____ by _______________________ (“Recorded Party”, “You”, or “Your”) and TheOpinionPage.Online LLC (the “Company”) with a principal place of business at PO Box 287, New Baltimore, NY 12124. The Recorded Party hereby grants the Company the right and permission to copyright and/or publish, reproduce or otherwise use my name, voice, and likeness in video, photographs, written materials, and audio-visual recordings.
I acknowledge and understand these materials may be used for both commercial and/or non-commercial purposes.
1. PERMISSION TO USE RECORDINGS.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and received, the Owner grants the Company and its employees, agents, independent contractors, licensees, successors, and assigns (the “Company’s Agents”) permission and the full and irrevocable right to copyright and/or publish, reproduce or otherwise use the following, whether or not the recordings contain or include Recorded Party’s name, voice, image and likeness, whether in video, photographs, images, audio, written materials, and audio-visual recordings (the “Recordings”), and grant the Company and the Company’s Agents the permission and right to use, reuse, edit, exhibit, license, distribute, and/or otherwise exploit the Recordings, in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other media in any medium, including without limitation to print publications, digital publications, and/or public broadcast for any lawful purpose. There is no time limit on the validity of this release nor are there any geographic limitations on where these materials may be distributed.
2. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
YOU WARRANT TO THE COMPANY THAT YOU HAVE TITLE TO THE RECORDINGS AND AS SUCH HAVE THE RIGHT TO GRANT THE COMPANY THE RIGHTS AND LICENSE YOU ARE GRANTING HEREIN.
The Recorded Party grants and assigns to the Company and the Company’s Agents a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to (in any media now known or not currently known or invented) link to, utilize, use, copy, exploit, and prepare derivative works of such Recordings. You further agree that we have the right to promote any Recordings through any social media profiles, including but not limited to posting or sharing the Recordings on YouTube.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, or twitter.com (collectively, “Social Media Accounts”), as determined by us in our sole discretion. No Recordings you submit for this purpose shall be deemed confidential. YOU RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ANY COPYRIGHTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO ANY CONTENT YOU SUBMIT TO OUR SERVICES.
3. RELEASE.
The Recorded Party agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless the Company and the Company’s Agents from any and all damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, claims, and/or judgments of any kind or nature whatsoever arising from the use of the Recordings, including, but not limited to, those based on copyright infringement, invasion of privacy, right of publicity, libel, defamation, or false light. The Recorded Party acknowledges and agrees that this Release is binding on the Recorded Party, and the Recorded Party’s heirs, legal representatives, and assigns.
4. RECORDED PARTY’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Recorded Party represents and warrants that the Recorded Party owns or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to Recording submitted or created by you, and that Recording does not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right or other intellectual property or other property right of any third-party, and that Recording submitted or created by you is not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable.
Recorded Party hereby certifies that Recorded Party is over eighteen (18) years of age and is competent to contract in their own name insofar as the above is concerned. If Recorded Party is under eighteen years of age, Recorded Party’s parents or legal guardians have read this document and have given their consent by signing below. The Recorded Party further represents that the rights granted under this Release will not conflict with or violate any other commitment the Recorded Party has with any other party. The Recorded Party has read this Release prior to signing it and fully understands its contents, meaning, and impact. By signing this Release, I acknowledge that I have completely read and fully understand the above consent and release and agree to be bound thereby.
PRINT NAME: _____________________________________
SIGNATURE: _____________________________________ Date: ______________