AMERICA’S FUNNIEST PEOPLE LIBRARY
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contributors of Content (as hereinafter defined) on the Service.
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as well as all original materials created by You which are incorporated therein, including, without
limitation, all artwork, dialogue, literary material, music and musical compositions (including
lyrics), sound recordings, characterizations, interactive features, Your and/or other persons names,
likenesses, voices, usernames, profiles, actions, appearances, performances and/or other
biographical information or material, and/or other similar materials that are submitted, posted,
uploaded, embedded, displayed, distributed, communicated or otherwise added to or through the
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and to this Content and all elements thereof and the fully-paid, royalty-free, licensable and
transferable (in whole or part) worldwide license to all embedded third-party copyrights,
trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual and industrial
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including, without limitation, entertainment, news, advertising, promotional, marketing, publicity,
trade or commercial purposes, all without further notice to You or the foregoing third-party(ies),
with or without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to You
or to any other person or entity.
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along with Your first name and last name may be (in addition to all other rights granted herein)
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these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Use take effect as an agreement and separately as a notice, which limits the basis
on which AFP makes the Services available. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use by
PRODUCER shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other
provision, and PRODUCER’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. In these Terms of Use, the word “including”
is used illustratively, as if followed by the words but not limited to.”
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT ANY
CAUSE OF ACTION YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE
TERMS OF USE OR ANY PRODUCER, AFP, OR JLC OR THE SERVICES MUST
COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR (OR THE MINIMUM APPLICABLE
STATUTORY PERIOD, IF LONGER) AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES;
OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Supply of goods, services and software through the Services is subject to United States export
control and economic sanctions requirements. By acquiring any such items through the Services,
You represent and warrant that Your acquisition comports with and Your use of the item will
comport with those requirements. Without limiting the foregoing, You may not acquire goods,
services or software through the AFP Services if: 1) You are in, under the control of, or a national
or resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria or if You are on the United States of America
Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals List or the United States of America
Commerce Department’s Denied Persons List, Unverified List or Entity List or 2) You intend to
supply the acquired goods, services or software to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria (or a
national or resident of one of these countries) or to a person on the Specially Designated Nationals
List, Denied Persons List, Unverified List or Entity List.
R. AMENDMENT: Subject to applicable law, at any time, PRODUCER may amend
these Terms of Use (including by modification, deletion and/or addition of any portion thereof). If
PRODUCER makes a material amendment to these Terms of Use, it may notify You of such
amendment by sending You an e-mail at the last e-mail address that You provided to AFP, and/or
by posting notice of such amendment on the website covered by these Terms of Use. Any such
amendment to these Terms of Use will be effective thirty (30) calendar days following the earlier
of PRODUCER’s dispatch of an e-mail notice to You or AFP’s posting of notice of the changes on
the website(s). Please note that, at all times, You are responsible for updating Your personal
information to provide PRODUCER or AFP Your current e-mail address. In the event that the last
e-mail address that You have provided is not valid, or for any other reason is not capable of
delivering to You the notice described above, PRODUCER’s dispatch of the e-mail containing such
notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of any amendment described in the notice.
S. TERMINATION: These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by
PRODUCER. You may terminate these Terms of Use at any time by discontinuing use of the
Services and/or deleting Your account, however such termination in no way affects any rights
granted to PRODUCER relating to Content that You may have submitted prior to termination, all
of which shall remain in full force and effect and shall be governed by these Terms of Use.
PRODUCER may immediately terminate these Terms of Use with respect to You (including Your
access to the Services) in PRODUCER’s absolute discretion including, without limitation, if You
breach or fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Use. Upon termination, You
must cease use of the Services and destroy all materials obtained from such use and all copies
thereof, whether made under these Terms of Use or otherwise. PRODUCER has adopted and
implemented a policy that provides for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the
accounts of users who are infringers of copyright. Any fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal
activity may also be grounds for termination of Your account, at PRODUCER’s sole discretion,
and You may be reported to appropriate law-enforcement agencies.
T. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES: If You are a director, officer or employee
of PRODUCER, AFP, JLC, or their respective parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies or an
immediate family member residing in the same household of any of the preceding persons, You
must disclose this relationship when You establish Your account, upload Your Content or otherwise
use the Services.
You hereby appoint PRODUCER as Your agent with full power to enter into and execute any
document and/or do any act which might be necessary to confirm the grant of rights, consents,
agreements, assignments and waivers set forth in these Terms of Use. You agree that any
submissions You make are not being made in confidence or trust and that no confidential or
fiduciary relationship is intended or created between You and PRODUCER in any way.
U. TRADEMARKS & COPYRIGHT: AFP is a trademark of Johnny Lindy
Company, LLC (d/b/a Vin Di Bona Productions) . The AFP website and its aggregate content,
including all logos, look and feel, headers, images, content, language, and proprietary data and
software are © 2024 Johnny Lindy Company, LLC (d/b/a Vin Di Bona Productions) . All rights
reserved.
All of the AFP Services, trademarks, slogans, service marks, trade names, design including all
logos, look and feel, headers, images, content, language, and slogans, data, and software are the
proprietary property of AFP and JLC and/or AFP’s partners, affiliates, licensors or licensees, and
are subsequently protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. This Content cannot be used
or copied without PRODUCER’s written consent. To request permission, contact
help@AmericasFunniestPeople.com. Framing or iFraming the website is strictly prohibited.
PRODUCER may change the Services or delete content or features at any time, in any way, for any
reason. Except as PRODUCER specifically agrees in writing, or as stated otherwise herein, no
content from the site may be used, reproduced, transmitted, distributed or otherwise exploited in
any way or on any other site, nor as part of a derivative work, except, that where the site is
configured to enable the download of particular content, You may download one copy of such
content to a single computer for Your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided that You
(a) keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (b) make no modifications to, and do not
rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, copy (except to create a single copy for Your own back-up
purposes), or create any derivative works based on the site or the content, in whole or in part, and
(c) do not use the content in an unlawful manner or in a manner that suggests an association with
any of PRODUCER’s AFP’S, and/or JLC’s or their partners or affiliates products, services or
brands. Any business use, re-mailing or high-volume or automated use of the site is prohibited.
You acknowledge and agree that nothing in these Terms of Use shall have the effect of transferring
the ownership of any copyrights, trademarks, slogans, service marks, trade names, trade dress or
other proprietary rights in the Services or content or any part thereof to You or any third party, nor
to authorize You to create derivative works based on the Content unless otherwise specifically
authorized herein.
X. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: If you believe that any Content
infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the “Take Down
Provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing AFP’s Copyright
Agent at help@AmericasFunniestPeople.com with the following information in writing (see 17
U.S.C. 512(c)(3) for further detail):
* A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
* Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple
copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list
of such works at that site;
* Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing
activity and that is to be removed or the access to which is to be disabled, and information
reasonably sufficient to permit PRODUCER to locate the material;
* Information reasonably sufficient to permit PRODUCER to contact the complaining party, such
as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the
complaining party may be contacted;
* A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the
manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
* A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury,
that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is
allegedly infringed.
PRODUCER may at PRODUCER’s election give You notice that AFP has removed or disabled
access to certain material by means of a general notice on the site, electronic mail to a user’s e-
mail address in AFP’s records, or by written communication sent by first-class mail to Your
physical address in AFP’s records. If You receive such a notice, You may provide counter-
notification in writing to the designated agent that includes the information below. To be
effective, the counter notification must be a written communication that includes the following:
* Your physical or electronic signature;
* Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and
the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
* A statement from You under the penalty of perjury that You have a good faith belief that the
material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to
be removed or disabled; and
* Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that You consent to the
jurisdiction of a court for the judicial district in which Your physical address is located, or if Your
physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which AFP and/or
Johnny Lindy Company, LLC (d/b/a Vin Di Bona Productions) may be found, and that You will
accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing
material or an agent of such person.
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA
notice may not be valid.
Y. CONSENT AND CHANGES TO THESE TERMS: By using the AFP Services, You
consent to the terms outlined above. If there are changes to the AFP Terms of Use, PRODUCER
will post those changes on this page. If You have questions about this policy, contact
help@AmericasFunniestPeople.com.
Z. CONTENT OWNERSHIP ON WEBSITE: All content on the AFP website, excluding
materials where authorship is clearly attributed to AFP (e.g., AFP’s blogs and news pages), is
created by AFP’s members and PRODUCER takes no responsibility for the accuracy of reviews
and other information. The community is self-policing. PRODUCER encourages its members to
research the site and to report inappropriate content and any advertising language (commercial
solicitation). At no time should a member post advertising content on their or others profiles.
Violating this rule could result in Your profile being permanently deleted. Inappropriate content
should be immediately reported to help@AmericasFunniestPeople.com.
There are a variety of places on the AFP website where members can post reviews, ratings,
comments, and other content. Content should be honest and not defamatory or disparaging and
should not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties. Any form of spam or
commercial solicitation is strictly prohibited. PRODUCER reserves the right to remove or edit
Content as it deems necessary in its sole discretion. The community is self-policing, and
inappropriate content can be reported at any time to help@AmericasFunniestPeople.com.
AA. ARBITRATION; NO CLASS ACTIONS
Except if you opt-out or for disputes relating to: (1) Your or PRODUCER’s intellectual property
(such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights and patents); or (2)
violations of provisions of the “Impermissible Conduct,” clause above, you agree that all disputes
between you and PRODUCER (whether or not such dispute involves a third party) with regard to
your relationship with PRODUCER, including without limitation disputes related to these Terms
of Use, your use of the Services, and/or rights of privacy and/or publicity, will be resolved by
binding, individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association's rules for arbitration of
consumer-related disputes and you and PRODUCER hereby expressly waive trial by jury. As an
alternative, you may bring your claim in your local "small claims" court, if permitted by that small
claims court's rules. You may bring claims only on your own behalf. Neither you nor PRODUCER
will participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration for any claims covered by this agreement.
You also agree not to participate in claims brought in a private attorney general or representative
capacity, or consolidated claims involving another person's account, if PRODUCER is a party to
the proceeding. This dispute resolution provision will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
In the event the American Arbitration Association is unwilling or unable to set a hearing date within
one hundred and sixty (160) days of filing the case, then either PRODUCER or You can elect to
have the arbitration administered instead by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.
Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent
jurisdiction. Any provision of applicable law notwithstanding, the arbitrator will not have authority
to award damages, remedies or awards that conflict with these Terms of Use.
You may opt out of this agreement to arbitrate. If you do so properly, neither you nor PRODUCER
can require the other to participate in an arbitration proceeding. To opt out, you must notify
PRODUCER in writing within 30 days of the date that you first became subject to this arbitration
provision. You must use this address to opt out:
Johnny Lindy Company, LLC (d/b/a Vin Di Bona Productions)
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1750
Los Angeles, California 90067
You must include your name and residence address, the email address and username you use for
your AFP website account, and a clear statement that you want to opt out of this arbitration
agreement.
This arbitration agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with AFP.
BB. EXCLUSIVE RELEASE AND GRANT OF RIGHTS
Without in anyway limiting the foregoing or without limiting anything contained herein, the person
who owns the Content, further agrees to the following:
(A MINOR OWNER MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE)
In consideration of one or more of the following, such as the time and resources that AFP expends
in evaluating the Content that You submitted to AFP, which is owned by You and/or in which
You appear for possible inclusion in the Program or other PRODUCER use, for Your desire to
gain exposure for Yourself and/or the Content, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, You irrevocably grant to
PRODUCER sole and exclusive ownership of all right, title and interest in and to the Content,
(excluding any music owned by third parties, if any) regardless of the medium or method that
You used to submit the Content to AFP, or the medium or method by which the recording was
made.
Without limiting the foregoing grant of rights, You understand and agree that Your grant to
PRODUCER specifically includes the exclusive right, license and permission to freely utilize
and exploit the Content and/or any portion(s) thereof in any manner whatsoever. In addition
You grant PRODUCER the right to use Your name, voice, likeness, biographical information,
appearance and performance in and in connection with the Content and/or the Programs, as
“Programs” is defined below (collectively, the “Personal Rights”). Your grant to PRODUCER
includes use of Your Personal Rights and any use PRODUCER may make of the Content,
including, without limitation, any use of the Content in and/or in connection with any version
of the Program AFP, and/or any other program(s), format(s), production(s), compilation(s),
service(s), licensing, and/or exploited as an individual clip or part of a larger compilation of
clips or portions or elements thereof, commercials, commercial tie-ins, product endorsements,
product merchandising and/or merchandising of any kind, whether or not related to “America’s
Funniest People,” and also includes, without limitation, the right to use the Content and the
Personal Rights to publicize, advertise and promote the Content and/or any and all of the
Programs and/or broadcaster’s or other applicable exhibitor’s or transmission entity’s respective
programs, products or services, including transmission by satellite and over the Internet
(collectively the Programs”) in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised,
including, without limitation, all forms of home video (including, but not limited to,
videocassettes, DVDs, digital recordings or transmission, etc.); theatrical motion pictures;
compilations; printed media; the Internet, websites and any and all digitized versions (including,
without limitation, any sponsored or commercial use in connection with online banner, preroll,”
“postroll,” and/or targeted advertising, graphic overlays and watermarking (and any other
modifications or edits to the Content itself) digital and electronic devices (including, but not
limited to gaming devices such as entertainment stations and handheld devices, such as,
Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox, Gameboy, DS, PSP, and cell phones, tablets, etc.); all new media
and future technologies and all forms of television, (e.g., free, pay, pay-per-view, cable, satellite
or otherwise) throughout the universe in perpetuity and in any and all advertising, publicity and
promotion relating to any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing, collectively, Commercial
Rights”), all at PRODUCER’s sole unlimited discretion. You also understand and agree that
PRODUCER may sell, assign or license the rights hereunder (in whole or in part) to any third
party in its sole discretion and without providing any further consideration to You.
You are aware and acknowledge that new or changed rights and technologies, uses, media,
modes of transmission, distribution, dissemination, exhibition or performance are being
developed and will continue to be developed, discovered or recognized in the future, which may
offer or create new rights and opportunities to exploit the Content and the Personal Rights (the
“New Exploitation Rights”). You hereby grant and convey to PRODUCER without reservation,
any and all New Exploitations Rights in and to the Content and to the Personal Rights, regardless
of whether or not You are currently aware of or can foresee such uses.
You understand that PRODUCER has not promised or given any assurances that You will receive
any other compensation or as to whether or not the Content or any portion thereof, is or will be
included in any Program(s) or otherwise utilized, or that any portion of the Personal and/or
Commercial Rights are or will be in any way exploited. You also agree that in the event
PRODUCER receives any inquiry from a government agency or process from a court with
jurisdiction over PRODUCER or AFP in regard to the Content, its contents, and/or Your
submission of the Content, PRODUCER may supply a copy of the Content and any information
regarding the Content and its submission in response to such inquiry or process. Further, You agree
that the Content may be cut, edited, modified, added to, subtracted from, arranged, rearranged,
shortened and revised for any reason and in any manner which PRODUCER may in its sole absolute
discretion determine, including without limitation, for reasons including for content, presentation
and time, and to the extent decided by PRODUCER in its sole discretion, if at all, PRODUCER
may also add or modify the sound effects, music, voices, including host voiceovers and/or other
elements of the Content, and they may use, adapt and modify the Content and/or the use of the
Personal Rights or any portion or element of the foregoing and combine it with other materials in
any Program(s) or otherwise at their discretion. You hereby expressly waive on Your behalf, and
on behalf of Your heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, any so-called “moral rights,” “droit
moral” and any similar rights, laws and legal principles that may now or hereafter be recognized.
You hereby release, discharge and hold harmless PRODUCER, its subsidiaries, affiliates,
employees, officers, principals and directors licensees, grantees, successors and assignees, the
Program(s) broadcasters, ABC Television Network owned by American Broadcasting
Companies (“ABC”), each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, and the
respective officers, directors, employees and representatives of any of the foregoing (collectively
"Releasees") from and against any and all claims, whether at law or in equity, that You may have
at any time (whether or not You are aware of any such claims), including, without limitation,
claims for breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, defamation, false light, common
law or statutory misappropriation, invasion or other violations of any actual or purported right of
privacy and/or publicity, and claims under equivalent federal or state laws arising from Your
submission of the Content to AFP and the exploitation of any or all of the rights granted to
PRODUCER hereunder, including, without limitation, the rights to the Content, the Commercial
Rights and the Personal Rights (collectively, the “Released Claims”). The Released Claims shall
include, without limitation, any claim relating to, arising from or in connection with: (i) any use,
exploitation or exercise of any right(s) granted hereunder; (ii) the public dissemination and/or
distribution of the Content including, without limitation, any claim resulting from the piracy or
other unauthorized distribution, duplication and/or display of the Content by third parties; (iii)
the loss of the Content and/or the failure of the Content to be properly or timely displayed to the
public for any reason including, without limitation, whether as a result of technical difficulties,
equipment failure, inadequate capacity, system overload, excess traffic, human error, malicious
actions or for any other reason whatsoever; (iv) any Program preemptions (national and/or local,
including, without limitation, the market in which You reside) and/or alternate airdates and times,
if any, of any fully or partially pre-empted episodes which alternate airdates (if any) may or may
not be announced in advance and may or may not draw the same number of viewers as the
originally scheduled date and time; and/or (v) the negotiation or execution of this agreement,
including but not limited to, any claims based upon allegations of duress, undue influence or the
like.
You understand and agree that all rights You may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil
Code and any similar law of any state or U.S. territory, any similar federal law, or any similar
common law or principle of similar effect, are hereby expressly waived. You acknowledge and
understand that said section reads as follows:
“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR
DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME
OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
You acknowledge that You may hereafter discover claims in addition to the ones released in this
agreement, and You hereby expressly release PRODUCER from any such unknown and/or
unsuspected claims.
You understand that nothing shall require PRODUCER or AFP to include You, anyone affiliated
with You or the Content in any Program or to broadcast or otherwise exhibit the Program(s) in
any media and that all such matters are within PRODUCER’S sole discretion. You acknowledge
that, in the event of a breach of this agreement by PRODUCER or any third party, the damage,
if any, caused to You thereby will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle You to seek
or obtain injunctive or other equitable relief. You acknowledge that Your rights and remedies in
any such event will be strictly limited to the right, if any, to recover damages in an action at law,
and You will not have the right to enjoin the production, exhibition, distribution or any other
exploitation of the Programs, the Content or any allied rights granted herein with respect thereto,
nor to revoke or otherwise impair any of the rights granted to PRODUCER herein.
(i) You represent and warrant that the events in the Content purport to be spontaneous and
not staged. If the events in the Content are not spontaneous or were staged, You will
provide circumstances surrounding the events in the video in a separate document.
(ii) You affirm that You have never submitted nor granted any right to the Content to any
other television or media entity, any website or internet service or operator/provider or to
any third party, except, that to the extent You have submitted the Content to such a third
party, You will provide PRODUCER with detailed information in a separate document.
You represent and agree that from the date of Your submission of the Content to AFP, You
shall not ever submit, or attempt to grant any rights in or to the Content, to any other party
including without limitation, any television or media entity, except by private transmission
to Your family solely for their own private use with no other rights granted to the Content,
and except to social media sites (e.g., YouTube and Facebook) for the sole purpose of
posting on such social media site with no other rights in the Content granted to such site,
and subject to PRODUCER’s rights to remove or have removed the Content pursuant to
the Rules. If requested by PRODUCER, You will use Your best efforts to remove the
Content (and revoke or rescind any rights to the Content previously granted) from any
other website or television program or any other media outlet or where You are aware that
the Content is posted. You have not and agree not to take any action that will impair the
rights granted to PRODUCER. You acknowledge and agree that PRODUCER or AFP may
at any time eliminate or disqualify any Content from any use based on rights previously
granted or prior exhibition.
You represent and warrant that You have not violated and will not violate any provisions of
Section 507 of the Federal Communications Act which makes the acceptance of payment of
money or other consideration for the inclusion of matter in a program a criminal offense in
violation of Section 507.
You represent and warrant that:
(1) a) You are the sole and exclusive owner of the Content because (i) You shot the Content or (ii)
You are the submitter of the Content and the shooter of the Content has transferred all copyright in
the Content to You; b) You have the full right and authority to enter into this agreement and to
grant all rights granted herein; and c) You have not granted to any third parties any rights to the
Content except as specifically disclosed in writing in this Release or as disclosed in writing to
PRODUCER and You agree that You will not take any action to impair the rights You are granting
hereunder;
(2) the making, exhibition, distribution and/or other exploitation of the Content in connection with
any Program(s) does not violate or infringe the rights of others or constitute a defamation or
invasion of Your or their privacy or right of publicity;
(3) You have not falsely identified any individual involved in the shooting of the Content or any
individual whose appearance or voice is incorporated in the Content;
(4) You have obtained all necessary consents and permissions required for PRODUCER to exploit
the rights granted to it hereunder including, inter alia, any and all intellectual property rights of
third parties, all personal appearance/privacy consents and or releases of anyone identifiable in the
Content, all location rights and/or releases, and any other rights and/or releases necessary for
PRODUCER to fully exploit the rights granted hereunder (excluding any music owned by any third
parties, if any) and that all executed third party consents and/or releases which You provide to AFP
contain true and accurate contact information for the signing party(ies) and have been actually
signed by the legal owner of the rights being granted hereunder pursuant to such consents and/or
releases; and
(5) the Content and its use by PRODUCER does not fall under the jurisdiction of any guild or union
(for example, the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, the WGA, etc.).
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold PRODUCER and its subsidiaries, parents,
affiliates, licensees, grantees, successors and assignees, the Program(s) broadcasters, ABC,
their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities and the respective officers, directors,
employees and representatives of each of the foregoing entities, companies, and organizations
and any and all other related person(s) or entity(ies), harmless against any and all losses,
claims, debts, demands, liabilities, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and all other damages or
costs arising from or related to: a) any breach of the representations or warranties made
herein or the falsity of any of such representations or warranties, including, without
limitation, any and all claims by third parties that their signature(s) has or have been forged
or otherwise obtained by any improper means; b) the use by Releasees of any of the rights
and permissions You have granted herein; c) and any act or omission by You in connection
with Your submissions or application for or an appearance in the Program.
You represent that You are not (and to the best of Your knowledge, that any person appearing in
the Content is not) a candidate for public office and will not become such a candidate for Eighteen
months from the date You submit the Content.
You understand and agree that PRODUCER may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to
any person, firm or corporation, and such rights may be assigned again by any assignee thereof.
You understand and agree that You may not grant or purport to grant to any third party the rights
granted to PRODUCER under this Release. This Release will be governed by and construed under
and in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Except for certain types of disputes
described in the arbitration section of the Terms of Use, You hereby consent and agree to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State of California located in the County
of Los Angeles, in connection with any lawsuit, action or proceeding arising out of or related to
this agreement, the use of the Content, and/or to any rights granted hereunder
You agree to execute any additional documents which PRODUCER may from time to time submit
to You to evidence, establish, maintain, protect, enforce or defend PRODUCER’s exercise and full
exploitation of any of the rights You have granted herein including without limitation, all right,
title and interest in and to the Content or any portion or element thereof. If You fail to execute and
deliver such documents, IT NO WAY INVALIDATES THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREIN and
further, You hereby appoint PRODUCER as Your attorney-in-fact, with full right of substitution
and delegation, to execute any such documents in Your name and on Your behalf to effectuate the
purpose of this agreement, such power being irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
You shall be responsible for and warrant that You will pay all local, state and federal taxes in
connection with any compensation paid to You, if any, in connection with the Program(s). You
release PRODUCER, AFP its, licensees, successors and assigns from all liability for any such taxes.
You may deduct or require payment of any such tax before delivery of any compensation paid to
You, if any.
This agreement constitutes the entire understanding between You and PRODUCER, and
supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements, whether written or oral,
pertaining hereto and cannot be modified except in a written document signed by PRODUCER and
You. Any waiver of any term of this agreement in a particular instance shall not be a waiver of
such term for the future. If any provision, term or condition of this agreement is held invalid or
otherwise unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, terms and
conditions shall not be impaired thereby. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, respectively.
You declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and of the United
States that all statements made by You in this agreement are true and correct, that the name below
is Your legal name, and that the signature below is Your legal signature.
You understand and are bound by all terms contained in this agreement. Further, You understand
that neither PRODUCER nor AFP would further evaluate the Content without this agreement and
that should PRODUCER or AFP include the Content or any portion thereof in any Program(s) or
exercise any other rights granted hereunder, it will be doing so in reliance on this agreement.
(A MINOR OWNER MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE)
IF YOU, THE OWNER OF THE CONTENT, ARE BETWEEN 16 AND 18 YEARS OF
AGE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR LEGAL GUARDIAN READ AND AGREE TO THE
FOLLOWING:
I, the parent or legal guardian (referred to as I” or Guardian”) represent and warrant that I am
either: (i) the parent (with sole or shared custody, as applicable) or (ii) the legal guardian of the
minor child (the “Minor”) (who is a User of the Services) and that I have the legal capacity to enter
into irrevocable, binding agreements on behalf of the Minor. I, both individually and on behalf of
the Minor and as the Minor’s parent or legal guardian, agree to be bound by all of the provisions
of this agreement. As a material part of the consideration inducing PRODUCER to enter into the
foregoing agreement with the Minor for use of the Content and the possible benefits arising
therefrom, I hereby: ratify and approve each and all of the terms, conditions, rights, indemnities,
releases and obligations contained in the agreement; agree to attempt to secure and to do nothing
directly or indirectly to hinder or prevent the full performance thereof by the Minor; consent to the
use of Minor’s name, likeness, and voice as provided in the agreement, in and in connection with
the production, distribution, exhibition, exploitation and promotion of the Program; and irrevocably
guarantee and warrant that Minor will not disaffirm or disavow the agreement on the grounds that
Minor is a minor at the date of the execution thereof, or on any other similar grounds.
This guarantee shall be applicable as well to any modification, amendment, extension, renewal or
substitution of the agreement, and to the agreement as modified by any waiver. If PRODUCER
elects to seek Court approval of this agreement, I, in consideration of the execution of the agreement
by PRODUCER, further agree to cooperate with PRODUCER to secure the approval, by a Court
of competent jurisdiction, of the agreement. I agree to indemnify and hold the Releasees (as defined
in the agreement) harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses,
including attorneys’ fees which may arise from the breach or alleged breach by Minor or Guardian
of the foregoing.
THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE MINOR SUBMITTING THE CONTENT HAS
READ AND AGREES TO THE FOREGOING.
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While You may be requested to complete additional documents in connection herewith, any
failure to complete such documents as so requested by PRODUCER or its associates in no
way limits, voids, relinquishes, modifies, or diminishes the rights herein granted.
THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. YOU AGREE THAT, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS
HEREIN, YOU ARE EXCLUSIVELY TRANSFERRING ALL YOUR RIGHTS IN THE
SUBMITTED CONTENT TO THE PRODUCER OF AMERICA’S FUNNIEST PEOPLE,
ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES AND/OR ASSIGNS, IN PERPETUITY, IN ALL MEDIA,
THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE.
By clicking “SUBMIT” You agree that You have read the above and agree to the terms
therein.