TOTALLY FUNNY ANIMALS LIBRARY
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discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Use and policies at any time, and You agree
to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be
deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. These Terms of Use apply to all
users of the Service, including users who are also contributors of Content (as hereinafter
defined) on the Service.
ARBITRATION NOTICE:
YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES (EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES
DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH AA BELOW) BETWEEN YOU AND TFA, ITS PARENTS,
AFFILIATES, OR ASSIGNS WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL
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PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE
LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION. YOU MAY OPT-OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE BY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN
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pitches, suggestions, stories, screenplays, treatments, formats, artwork, photographs,
drawings, graphics, videos, and all forms of audiovisual works and recordings, and each
element contained therein, including, without limitation, any and all copyright and other
intellectual property rights thereto, 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 Services.
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are transferring ownership of the Content to TFA, Fishbowl Worldwide Media, LLC, a
V10 Entertainment Company (producer of “Totally Funny Animals” and hereafter also
referred to as “FB”), and its subsidiaries, affiliates, parents, licensees, related
companies, successors and assignees (all collectively referred to herein as
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any program or use) the sole and exclusive worldwide ownership of all right, title and
interest, (fully-paid, royalty-free, licensable and transferable (in whole or part) in 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 property rights that You own or control, to use, reproduce, transmit, display,
exhibit, distribute, index, comment on, modify, edit, adapt, translate, create derivative
works based upon, perform and otherwise exploit such Content, in whole or in part, in
PRODUCER’s sole discretion, in all media formats and channels now known or
hereafter devised (including, but not limited to, on websites, cable and broadcast
television networks and stations, on broadband and wireless platforms, products and
services, on physical media, and in theatrical release) for any and all purposes 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.
D. ADDITIONAL USE OF THE CONTENT: Your Content, once submitted to
TFA, along with Your first name and last name may be (in addition to all other rights
granted herein) posted by PRODUCER on the TFA website, and also on pages of other
social media sites, such as, without limitation, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter and may
be used by other PRODUCER, and/or its partners or affiliates, such as without limitation,
Vin Di Bona Productions and the The CW Network, LLC websites and television
programs, and/or its licensees or assigns (collectively referred to as the “Sites” or “TFA
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[https://TotallyFunnyAnimals.com/privacy] to understand how TFA collects and uses
personally identifiable information.
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understand and agree that Your grant also includes the right to use Your name, voice,
likeness, biographical information, appearance and performance in and in connection
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(collectively, the “Personal Rights”). Your grant includes use of Your Personal Rights
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or display and/or distribution of Your Content, including, without limitation, PRODUCER’s
potential election, in its sole and absolute discretion, to incorporate the Content into an
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from PRODUCER’s use or display and/or distribution of Your Content.
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the site do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all
applicable laws, including any applicable local laws.
Subject to the requirements of applicable consumer rights and other laws, these Terms
of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California and the laws of the United States, without giving effect to any principles of
conflicts of law. If any provision of 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 TFA 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, TFA, OR FB 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 TFA 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 TFA, 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 TFA’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 TFA 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, TFA, FB, 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: TFA is a trademark of Fishbowl
Worldwide Media, LLC, a V10 Entertainment Company. The TFA website and its
aggregate content, including all logos, look and feel, headers, images, content,
language, and proprietary data and software are © 2024 Fishbowl Worldwide Media,
LLC, a V10 Entertainment Company. All rights reserved.
All of the TFA 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 TFA and FB and/or TFA’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@totallyfunnyanimals.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 TFA’S, and/or FB’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
TFA’s Copyright Agent at help@totallyfunnyanimals.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 TFA 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 TFA’s records, or by written communication sent by
first-class mail to Your physical address in TFA’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 TFA and/or Fishbowl Worldwide Media 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 TFA Services,
You consent to the terms outlined above. If there are changes to the TFA Terms of Use,
PRODUCER will post those changes on this page. If You have questions about this
policy, contact help@totallyfunnyanimals.com.
Z. CONTENT OWNERSHIP ON WEBSITE: All content on the TFA website,
excluding materials where authorship is clearly attributed to TFA (e.g., TFA’s blogs and
news pages), is created by TFA’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@totallyfunnyanimals.com.
There are a variety of places on the TFA 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@totallyfunnyanimals.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:
Fishbowl Worldwide Media, LLC
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 TFA 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 TFA.
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 13 YEARS OF AGE)
In consideration of one or more of the following, such as the time and resources that
TFA expends in evaluating the Content that You submitted to TFA, 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 TFA, 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 TFA, 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 “Totally Funny Animals,” 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 TFA 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, CW Network, LLC (“CW”), 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 TFA
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 TFA 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
TFA, 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 TFA 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 TFA 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, CW, 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, TFA 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 TFA would further evaluate the Content without
this agreement and that should PRODUCER or TFA 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 13 YEARS OF AGE)
IF YOU, THE OWNER OF THE CONTENT, ARE BETWEEN 13 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 TOTALLY FUNNY ANIMALS, 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.