Read the following release form and sign where indicated. The signed release must be included with your screenplay entry or your submission will not be considered.
As a condition of entering the Anything But Hollywood Screenplay Competition I/we agree and understand that: I am concurrently submitting to you with this release form a Screenplay presently titled: (hereinafter the “Screenplay”).
1. I/we am/are the author(s) of the screenplay which I/we have submitted to the 2006 Anything But Hollywood Screenplay Competition (hereinafter the “Competition”). 2. I/we hereby state that I/we am/are the sole and exclusive owner(s) of all the rights thereto and there are no disputes regarding ownership of the submission. I/we have the full authority to submit the Screenplay to the Competition. 3. I/we guarantee the submitted Screenplay does not invade or defame the rights of any person, living or dead, and I/we fully indemnify the Competition against any claim made for such invasion, defamation or other violations of law. 4. I/we will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Competition, its employees, judges, individually and collectively, including their heirs, personal representatives, officers, directors, successors and assigns, from and against all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, judgements, liabilities and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any screenplay or other materials submitted by me to the Competition. 5. I/we shall be solely responsible for taking all the necessary steps to establish and protect my/our copyright in the submitted Screenplay, and the Competition shall have no obligation with respect thereto. The Competition shall have the right to reproduce all or part of said Screenplays for use by the Competition in its judging process and present the Screenplay to third parties, but shall not have the right to use said Screenplay for other commercial purposes. 6. I/we understands that the Competition accepts no liability whatsoever for loss of or non-receipt of my Screenplay or for the unauthorized use of all or part of my Screenplay by any person and I/we agree to remain fully liable in connection therewith. 7. I/we agree that the Competition need not return the Screenplay to owner. 8. I/we agree that this is a Screenwriting competition, not an evaluation service and that the judges will not be providing any feedback to the contestants regarding their screenplay submission/s. 9. I/we hereby agree to abide by the decisions of the Competition judges with regard to all matters and decisions, including those decisions involving sole discretion, relating to the Competition. 10. I/we understand that the entry fee in non-refundable. 11. I/we understand that because of the Competitions involvement with the entertainment industry: a) the Competition may receive many ideas, formats, stories, suggestions, and other materials which they do not solicit or otherwise request; b) The Competition does not generally accept, consider, or review unsolicited screenplays unless the person submitting the screenplay has signed this agreement; c) The Competition would not accept, consider, or review the screenplay if I/we did not sign this agreement; d) no confidential relationship is established by submitting the Screenplay to the Competition. 12. I/we understand that we may submit the Screenplay or similar Screenplays to other persons other than the Competition. I/we have kept at least one copy of all the Screenplays submitted to the Competition. 13. I/we understand that the Competition and its judges will review the Screenplay within a reasonable period of time after a copy of this signed Agreement and the Screenplay have been received. If the competition decides that they wish to use the Screenplay I/we may negotiate in good faith to reach a written agreement covering the use of the Screenplay and any compensation or payment. 14. If either the Competition or I/we transfer, assign, or license any rights under this agreement, the person making the transfer, assignment, or license will still be responsible for performing his/her/its obligation under this Agreement. 15. If more than one party signs this agreement as the submitting party, then references to “I” or “we” throughout this Agreement shall apply to each such party. 16. I/we have read and retained a copy of this Agreement, and understand this Agreement. The Competition have made no representation, oral or written, of any kind to I/we. This Agreement states our entire agreement. 17. I/we have read all the competition rules, regulations and release, understand them, and have complied with them. I/we understand that failure to adhere to the Competition rules, regulations, and release will result in disqualification for which no refund or entry fee(s) is due.
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