Liz – I’m not sure where to post this and perhaps there should be a separate discussion group addressing this, but I am SHOCKED and alarmed by the release I received last night from PopSugar regarding the ‘grand prize’ of $15 that I (and many other MSA followers, I believe) supposedly won. In order to claim this $15 ‘grand prize’, Sarah at PopSugar indicated that I would need to sign a release which would be sent separately. I thought that a bit odd, but waited to see what exactly I was ‘releasing’ before making a decision.
Well, for $15 PopSugar is requiring each ‘winner’ to release all rights to “the unrestricted, absolute, perpetual, worldwide right and license to use my name, address, photograph, likeness, voice, biographical and personal background information, statements, and Competition entry, and, without limitation, any notes, photograph, film, or video or audio tape that may be taken of me or of such materials (the foregoing, collectively, the āContentā), without further compensation, consideration, or notice or permission to me or to any third party, and to reproduce, copy, modify, create derivative works of, display, perform, exhibit, distribute, transmit or broadcast, publicly or otherwise, or otherwise use and permit to be used the Content or any part thereof, whether alone or in combination with other materials (including but not limited to text, data, images, photographs, illustrations, and graphics, video or audio segments of any nature), in any media or embodiment now known or hereafter developed (including but not limited to any format of any computer-based, Internet-based, electronic, magnetic, digital, laser or optical-based media), in connection with any Sponsor (or its designee)ās advertising, publicity, trade, competitions, activities, or materials.” WOW!!! I certainly hope everyone who received this release is actually reading it before signing away the rights to all of this for $15!! What is more, I’m surprised and disappointed in PopSugar for attempting to do this in the first place. It makes me seriously question what type of company they are, and whether I should even be doing business with them in the first place.
I’m very interested to know what other people think about this.
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