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This agreement (the "Submission Agreement") is made between you and Interscope Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ("Sponsor") in connection with your submission of Submission Materials to the Contest. The terms "Submission Materials," "Contest," and "Promotion Parties" will have the meaning assigned to each term in the Official Rules, and this Submission Agreement is incorporated by reference into the Official Rules. You should read and understand the Official Rules and this Submission Agreement before entering the Contest.
MINORS: If you are under the age of 18 or are a minor in your state of residence, you must have your parent or guardian review and agree to this Submission Agreement and the Official Rules by clicking the "I Accept" button on your behalf. By clicking "I Accept," you represent and warrant that you either (A) are over the age of 18 or not a minor in your state of residence and you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Submission Agreement; or (B) are the parent or guardian of a child who is under the age of 18 or is a minor in his or her state of residence and you agree to be bound by this Submission Agreement on behalf of your child.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY SUBMISSION MATERIALS TO SPONSOR AND DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.
1. Ownership/License of Submission Materials. As between you and Sponsor, you will retain ownership of your Submission Materials, provided, however, that if the Submission Materials incorporate any content owned by Sponsor or G-UNIT ("Artist"), such content will continue to be owned by Sponsor or Artist, as applicable, and nothing contained herein authorizes you to use such content for any purpose. By submitting your Submission Materials, you grant to Sponsor a worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable license, without additional consideration to you or any third party, to: (a) reproduce, distribute, transmit, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), make available to the public, adapt, modify, edit, translate, make, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise use and exploit (and have others exercise such rights on behalf of Sponsor) your Submission Materials, any ideas accompanying, related to, or embodied in your Submission Materials, and any materials embodying, incorporating, or derived from your Submission Materials, in any format or media now known or hereafter developed (including without limitation Internet, cable, satellite, mobile and wireless media); (b) create derivative works from your Submission Materials and incorporate your Submission Materials into other works or into Sponsor’s, or their respective designees’ products or services, including without limitation by embedding or incorporating advertisements into, before, or after, or displaying advertisements adjacent to or otherwise in connection with, the Submission Materials; (c) rate, review, evaluate, and judge your Submission Materials and permit third parties to do so; (d) exercise all copyright, trademark, publicity and other proprietary rights with regard to your Submission Materials; (e) use your name, photograph, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising or promotional purposes, whether or not in connection with your Submission Materials; and (f) use your Submission Materials for the purpose of promoting the Contest and for any other advertising or promotional purposes.
2. Waiver. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to forever release, discharge, and waive all claims against each of Sponsor and each of the other Promotion Parties from, and covenant not to initiate, file, maintain, or proceed upon any suit, claim, demand, or cause of action against Sponsor and each of the other Promotion Parties with respect to, any losses that relate in any way to this Submission Agreement or the Submission Materials , including, without limitation, any claim for idea misappropriation. Additionally, you hereby waive any and all rights that you may have under any laws or statutes worldwide that concern "moral rights" or "droit moral," in connection with your Submission Materials.
3. Ownership of Artist Content: As between you and Sponsor, all audiovisual materials featuring Artist, including without limitation any sound recording(s), image(s), and other materials embedded or incorporated therein (the foregoing, collectively, the "Sponsor Content"), are the sole property of Sponsor. You acknowledge and agree that you do not and shall not have or obtain any right, title or interest in, to, or under any Sponsor Content, whether in connection with your participation in the Contest or otherwise.
4. Consideration: You acknowledge and agree that you have received good and valuable consideration in exchange for the rights granted by you hereunder in and to the Submission Materials, including without limitation the opportunity to win a prize, and the possibility that publicity or favorable exposure may arise from Sponsor’s use of the Submission Materials. You acknowledge and agree that you are not entitled to further consideration for any use or other exploitation by Sponsor or any other party (including without limitation each of the other Promotion Parties) of the Submission Materials.
5. Representations and Warranties:
(a) You represent and warrant that: (i) all information that you provide in connection with the Contest, including without limitation any registration information, is and will remain true, accurate, and complete; (ii) you have the legal right and authority to enter into this Submission Agreement with Sponsor; (iii) you have complied and will comply with the Official Rules; (iv) you have not submitted and shall not submit your Submission Materials to any other site or service; (v) the Submission Materials are all your original, sole work (other than Sponsor Content embodied therein); (vi) you solely own, or otherwise have the full right and permission to exploit, all of the rights in, to, and under the Submission Materials and to grant the rights and licenses set forth herein, and with respect to any third party materials that appear in or are otherwise incorporated or embodied in the Submission Materials, you have obtained express, written clearances from all owners of and rights holders in such third party materials as necessary to grant the rights and licenses set forth herein, and you will provide such clearances to Sponsor upon request; (vii) you have obtained the written consent, release and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in the Submission Materials, to use such individual’s name, likeness and voice for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the Submission Materials in the manner contemplated herein, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of 18 or is a minor in his or her state of residence, you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual’s parent or guardian, and you will provide such consents, releases and/or permissions to Sponsor upon request; (viii) the Submission Materials, and the use thereof by Sponsor or each of the other Promotion Parties and their respective designees, do not and shall not infringe upon or violate any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights or other rights (including without limitation rights of privacy or publicity) of any third party; (ix) the Submission Materials are not confidential and do not contain any confidential information; and (x) in creating the Submission Materials, preparing them for the Contest; entering the Contest, and submitting your Submission Materials to the Contest, you (A) have complied and will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and (B) have not violated and will not violate any understanding by which you are explicitly or implicitly bound (including without limitation any agreement with any third party).
(b) You represent and warrant that your Submission Materials do not and shall not contain any material that, in Sponsor’s sole discretion: (i) impersonates any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, without such person or entity’s prior written consent; (ii) constitutes personally identifying information or other personal or identifying information about you or any individual; (iii) is false, deceptive, misleading, scandalous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, unlawful, defamatory, libelous, fraudulent, tortuous, threatening, harassing, hateful, degrading, intimidating, or racially or ethnically offensive, or contains nudity, pornographic images, explicit sexual themes, or graphic violence; (iv) encourages conduct that could be considered a criminal offense, could give rise to criminal civil liability, or could violate any law, or that cold otherwise by considered inappropriate; (v) constitute a virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware, or other computer code, file or program that is harmful or invasive or may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, G-UNIT’S Site, the registration site, the Contest, or any hardware, software, or equipment; (vi) constitutes any advertising, promotional material, or other form of solicitation; or (vii) constitutes any material, non-public information about a company.
(c) Sponsor reserves the right (but not the obligation), in its sole discretion, to verify, whether prior to processing the Submission Materials or at any other time, that all necessary rights, clearances, consents, releases and/or permissions in or relating to the Submission Materials have been obtained. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify you, and to refuse or reject your Submission Materials, if Sponsor determines at any time, in its sole discretion, that all necessary rights, clearances, consents, releases, and/or permissions have not been obtained by you. You agree to cooperate with Sponsor in any verification or inquiries related to the foregoing).
6. Indemnity: You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and each of the other Promotion Parties, and each of their respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives, vendors, suppliers, and third party service providers of the foregoing, from and against any and all claims or losses arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of or in connection with: (a) any use or other exploitation, or failure or omission to use or otherwise exploit, your Submission Materials; (b) your use of or access to, or your inability to use or access, G-UNIT’S website or the Contest website; (c) any breach by you of any covenant, representation, or warranty set fort in this Submission Agreement; of (d) any claim that your Submission Materials or any use or exploitation thereof caused damage to or infringed upon or violated the rights of any third party (including without limitation past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, libel, defamation, invasion of privacy or right of publicity or violation of rights related to the foregoing.
7. Limitation of Liability: To the extent permitted by applicable law: (a) in no event will Sponsor or any other Promotion Party be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including without limitation indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or related to this Submission Agreement or your Submission Materials, even if Sponsor or one of the Promotion Parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages; and (b) in no event shall Sponsor’s aggregate liability arising out of or relating to this Submission Agreement (regardless of the form or action giving rise to such liability, whether in contract, tort or otherwise) exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
8. Severability: If any provision of this Submission Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such holding will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other term hereof, and this Submission Agreement will be interpreted and construed as if such term, to the extent such term will have been held to be invalid or unenforceable, had never been contained herein. In addition, if any provision of this Submission Agreement shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law.
9. Assignment: This Submission Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be transferred or assigned by Sponsor without restriction.
10. Printed Copy: At any time upon Sponsor’s request, you agree to execute a non-electronic hard copy of this Submission Agreement and/or the Official Rules.
11. Survival: The licenses and rights granted and assigned by you in and to the Submission Materials, and your waiver of claims with respect thereto, shall survive any termination of this Submission Agreement for any reason. In addition, all warranties, indemnities, and all provision of this Submission Agreement that may reasonably be interpreted or construed as surviving the termination of this Submission Agreement shall survive the termination of this Submission Agreement for any reason.
PRIVACY INFORMATION. The information obtained from the entry will be used by Sponsor and its affiliates unless otherwise noted by the entrant. For more details, please see our privacy policy at the website. The laws of the State of California, USA apply to and govern this Sweepstakes and any claims must be raised and resolved in the Federal or state courts located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.