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MATERIAL SUBMISSION RELEASE
The material enclosed herewith is submitted to
Baseline-Filmtracker, Inc. on the following terms and conditions
(the Agreement):
The contributor or contributors ("Contributor")
of the material submitted with and described on this submission form (the "Material")
hereby agrees and acknowledges that it is solely the Contributor’s responsibility
to insure that the Material has been duly registered for copyright purposes
at the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress in Washington,
DC and that such registration has occurred prior to this submission of the Material,
and, if the Material is a film, with respect to the screenplay on which such
film was based as well.
The Contributor hereby grants FMS the non-exclusive
rights to copy, distribute and exhibit the Material via the Internet in any
manner whatsoever, whether currently possible or hereinafter discovered. The
Contributor understands and acknowledges that users ("Users") of the
Internet and the Site may download the Material (a) into a mechanical form (i.e.,
in current technology, a disk) or (b) from the Internet for computer viewing
(i.e., in current technology, through "Quicktime") and that Users
may distribute and/or copy such downloaded versions of the Material and Contributor
grants the rights necessary for such usages. FMS bears no responsibility for
any use of or activity in relation to the Material by any User and Contributor
hereby waives any right to hold FMS liable in any manner for any User activity
with respect to the Material. FMS may license, sell, assign or otherwise dispose
of the rights to the Material granted to it hereunder.
The Contributor acknowledges that FMS is in the
business of exhibiting creative content on the www.filmtracker.com website (the
"Site") to, among others, Users in the entertainment industry, FMS
and such Users receive submissions from many other contributors and that such
other submissions may contain similarities to the Material and the existence
of such similarities in other materials exhibited or otherwise exploited by
FMS or such Users does not constitute infringement on the part of FMS or such
Users. The Contributor agrees that FMS and such Users shall have the right to
exploit in any fashion such other similar material and that it will not in any
manner hinder such exploitation based on FMS’ and such Users’ access to the
Material. The Contributor will not in a manner adverse to FMS or such Users
initiate any action, suit or other proceeding and shall not make any Claim (as
defined below) against FMS or such Users in connection to the existence of such
similarities in other materials exhibited or otherwise exploited by FMS or such
Users.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Contributor should claim that FMS or a User has used all or any part
of the Material or any features or elements in the Material or breached any
alleged agreement to use or to compensate the Contributor for the use of the
Material or any features or elements thereof, the Contributor undertakes the
entire burden of proof of originality, copying, similarity, and all other elements
necessary to establish liability, and agrees that the Contributor’s submission
of the Material shall in no event give rise to a presumption or inference of
copying or taking or that any User had access to the Material or examined same.
The Contributor shall receive no payment or other
consideration in respect of this submission to FMS and FMS shall not be liable
for any such payment. Nothing in this form shall obligate FMS to exploit the
Material in any way. It is understood that no submissions of Material may be
returned. The Contributor acknowledges that FMS may derive revenue from the
Material or the Site as a whole and that the Contributor shall not share therein
or have any rights to such revenue. The Contributor acknowledges and agrees
that he or she shall derive value from the inclusion of the Material on the
Site and such value shall be adequate consideration to bind Contributor to this
Agreement. The Contributor acknowledges that FMS would refuse to accept or
otherwise evaluate the accompanying Material in the absence of Contributor’s
acceptance of each and all of the provisions of this Agreement.
The Contributor of the Material represents and warrants that:
(1)
the
Contributor is the exclusive holder of all rights in and to the Material, including,
without limitation, all copyright;
(2)
all
of the Material is the original work of the Contributor except to the extent
based on or copied from work or facts in the public domain;
(3)
the Contributor
has retained at least one copy of the Material;
(4)
neither
the Material nor any element thereof violates the copyright, patent, literary,
privacy, publicity, trademark, service mark, trade secret or any other personal,
moral or property right of any person, entity or governing body nor the laws,
rules, regulations or other binding legal regime of any state, country or other
body including, without limitation, any obscenity laws or the like or any rights
of privacy, or laws regarding libel, defamation or slander, or the like, and
no material in or element of the Material can, may or will be classified by
any applicable governing regime as speech not protected by the First Amendment
of the United States Constitution;
(5)
there
is no threatened, pending, or current litigation or other proceeding in connection
with the Material;
(6)
neither
the Material nor the submission thereof constitutes the breach of any contract,
agreement or arrangement, including, without limitation, any union or guild
provision;
(7)
the
Material is free from viruses and other destructive elements;
(8)
the
Contributor has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, or, if this form is being submitted on behalf of a Contributor, the
submitting party warrants that it is the binding legal agent of the Contributor,
has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and provides herewith documentation of such legal agency.
The Contributor shall indemnify and hold harmless
FMS with respect to any loss, liability, suit, action, claim, settlement, fee,
cost or damage (including attorneys’ fees and other costs of defense), in connection
with any breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties or any
other provision of this form, or any authorized or unauthorized usages of the
Material.
The Contributor hereby waives any and all Claims
whatsoever against FMS in connection with any misuse of the Material by third
parties. The Contributor hereby releases FMS from any and all Claims for loss
or other damage to the copies of said Material. In
no way limiting the provisions set forth in this Agreement, the Contributor
agrees that any remedy against FMS shall be limited to damages at law and that
Contributor shall not be entitled in any event to injunctive or any other equitable
relief.
Claims shall mean and include all
past, present and future disputes, claims, controversies, demands, rights, obligations,
liabilities, actions and causes of action of every kind and nature, including:
(i) any unknown, unsuspected or undisclosed claim; (ii) any claim or right that
may be asserted or exercised by the Contributor in any capacity regarding the
Material; and (iii) any claim, right or cause of action based upon any breach
of any express, implied, oral or written contract or agreement regarding the
Material.
The Contributor (a) represents, warrants and
acknowledges that the Contributor has been fully advised of the contents of
Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and (b) hereby expressly
waives the benefits thereof and any rights the Contributor may have thereunder.
The Contributor also hereby waives the benefits of, and any rights the Contributor
may have under, any statute or common law principle of similar effect in any
jurisdiction. Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California provides
as follows:
A general
release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect
to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by
him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.
This Agreement does not create a partnership or
joint venture between the Contributor and FMS. The Contributor or FMS are not
agents or representatives of the other or allowed to act as such or incur liabilities
for the other. Any waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall not allow for
subsequent breach. This Agreement shall not be construed as to require the commission
of any act that is against the law or any applicable guild or union agreement.
If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any such law or guild, etc.,
the latter shall prevail, and this Agreement shall be modified to the extent
(and only to the extent) necessary to remove such violation. Should any provision
or part of any provision of this Agreement be void or unenforceable, such provision
or part thereof shall be deemed omitted, and this Agreement with such provision
or part thereof omitted shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement
shall at all times be construed so as to carry out the purposes stated herein.
The term of this Agreement shall be from the
time FMS accepts the Material submitted pursuant to this Agreement until either
the Contributor or FMS terminates the Agreement by sending the other party two
weeks written notice no less than two weeks prior to the date of termination.
All notices that are required to be made pursuant to this Agreement shall be
in writing and sent by email or by U.S. Priority Mail or reputable overnight
courier, at the email or geographical addresses set forth herein (or at another
address designated by notice sent in accordance with this section).
The Contributor has read and understands this Agreement
and no oral representations of any kind have been made to the Contributor and
that this Agreement states the parties entire understanding with reference to
the subject matter hereof. Any modifications or waiver of any of the provisions
of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. This
Agreement shall inure to the parties benefit and to the benefit of the parties’
heirs, successors, representatives, assigns and licensees. This Agreement shall
be governed by the laws of the state of California applicable to agreements
executed and to be fully performed therein. This Agreement may be executed in
multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of
which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.
AGREED AND ACCEPTED by the publisher of said project on www.filmtracker.com
Material Title, as indicated in FilmTracker's MY PROJECTS
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