Guidelines and Rules

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Last updated 02.08.11

These “Guidelines and Rules” govern your submission of a video, audio, or written entry (“Entry”) to Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs’ Road to Shared Prosperity project. Half in Ten is a joint campaign of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, The Coalition on Human Needs, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and The Leadership Conference Education Fund (“Half in Ten”). By uploading or sending an Entry to Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs’ website, you agree to these Guidelines and Rules and Half in Ten’s Terms of Use, found here. Additionally, your submission is governed by Half in Ten’s privacy policy, found here.

Please note that we reserve the right to update or modify these Guidelines and Rules without advance notice by posting a revised Guidelines and Rules to this website. Visitors can determine whether the Guidelines and Rules have been modified since your last visit by checking the “Last updated” legend posted at the top. By using this website, you agree to be bound by the version of the Guidelines and Rules then in effect. If at any point you no longer agree to these Guidelines and Rules, please alert HalfinTen.org.

License and Rights

By submitting an Entry, you grant Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs and their respective agents an unlimited, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unconditional, gratis license and right to edit, modify, adapt, distribute, stream, post, publish, broadcast, reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publicly display, exhibit, and or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used) the Entry and all elements thereof, in whole or in part, including any persons or likeness embodied therein, and may use it in any and all media, now or hereafter devised.

You represent and warrant that the Entry is your original work and has been legally created, or that you have the right to grant a license to Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs in the manner described herein. You represent and warrant that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on any third party rights, including copyright, trademark, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other legal or moral rights.

Your Entry must not contain brand names or trademarks, unless authorized. Your Entry must not contain music, photos or artwork not created by you, unless authorized. You represent and warrant that you have obtained permission from all persons whose name, likeness, talent, or voice is used in the Entry, or the permission and signature of their legal guardian or parent, if applicable. A sample personal release form can be found here and a sample copyrighted material release form can be found here.

Upon Half in Ten or The Coalition on Human Needs’ request, you must provide a signed written personal release, license, assignment, or other proof showing that you have the aforementioned rights and authorizations. Additionally, you agree to sign all additional legal forms deemed necessary by Half in Ten or The Coalition on Human Needs to establish Half in Ten or The Coalition on Human Needs right to display your Entry.

Although Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs are not under any legal or contractual obligation to do so, Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs reserve the right to review and/or edit any and all Entry elements for any reason.

Notices

Should you at any time prefer that Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs no longer display your Entry, you may contact us at info@halfinten.org with your request. Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs will make an effort to accommodate any such request, but cannot guarantee or warrant that such a request will be honored.

You understand and agree that your Entry may be posted online and viewed by other people.

Disclaimers

You acknowledge that once an Entry is uploaded or sent to Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs that it is considered final and will not be returned. However, if you contact us at info@halfinten.org, we will make an effort to accommodate your request that your video be taken down. You acknowledge that Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs have no obligation to use or post your submitted Entry. You agree that Half in Ten or The Coalition on Human Needs, in their sole discretion, may remove your Entry at any time and for any reason, including if they believe, in their sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Guidelines and Rules.

You represent and warrant that you will indemnify and hold harmless Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs, including each Half in Ten partner’s respective current and former directors, trustees, officers, staff members, assignees, agents, and licensees, from any claims and damages (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or relating to the breach or alleged breach of your representations and warranties herein, your Entry, or your conduct in creating your Entry or otherwise in connection with this project.

Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed, inaccurate or misdirected Entries, Entries not uploaded in accordance with instructions, or Entries not received for any reason; all of which will be disqualified. Half in Ten and The Coalition on Human Needs reserve the right to, but are not obligated to, monitor/screen entries prior to posting them. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Half in Ten or The Coalition on Human Needs does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to you or required of you.