SSP 2017 Annual Meeting Release

Speaker/Moderator Release and License Agreement

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Dear Speaker,

Thank you for agreeing to speak at SSP’s 39th Annual Meeting held at the Westin Boston Waterfront on May 31-June 2, 2017. This agreement serves two principal purposes:

1) to give the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) the non-exclusive right to audio and video record your presentation and use and/or re-distribute the recording and accompanying handouts and other presentation materials (such as slides) in any manner on a royalty-free basis following the presentation, and

2) to assure SSP that your presentation and accompanying materials are your own original work, that you have obtained any necessary copyright permissions, that the work does not infringe anyone else’s copyrights and is not defamatory, that you have the full right and ability to make this license, and that you agree to hold SSP harmless from any lawsuits resulting from the inaccuracy or breach of these assurance.

Please note this online agreement is a non-exclusive license, giving us permission to use your written and spoken words following the presentation; it does not in any way transfer ownership of this intellectual property to SSP and does not in any way restrict your ability to use or profit from the intellectual property in the future.

Please note: "Annual Meeting" also encompasses the pre-meeting seminars.

Thank you in advance for your valuable contribution.

After you complete the agreement online, you’ll be redirected to a pdf of this Agreement that you can save or print for your records. (Please do NOT send a signed copy of the agreement to SSP)

Melanie Dolechek
Executive Director

Society for Scholarly Publishing

Please complete this form by May 29, 2017.

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* Speaker/Moderator Release and License Agreement - SSP 2017 Annual Meeting, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA

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* By checking the "I agree" radio button below, I affirm I hereby grant to the Society for Scholarly Publishing, including all subsidiaries and affiliates thereof (hereinafter referred to singularly and collectively as “SSP”), a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license and release to exercise all rights of whatever kind or nature now or hereafter protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States of America and all foreign countries in and to the program authored by me and presented at the SSP event named herein, including but not limited to my spoken words, any accompanying audio-visual or electronic presentations, and any accompanying written or electronic handout materials (hereinafter referred to singularly and collectively as the “work”). If presentation or materials contains work made for hire, I represent and warrant to SSP that I have the authority to bind my employer to this license and release agreement.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, I further grant to SSP and its designees the rights to record, edit, publish, reproduce, reprint, distribute, display and otherwise make use of the work, and authorize SSP and its designees to use the my name, likeness, photograph, and biographical data in connection with their use and promotion of the work.

It is understood that, other than the good and valuable consideration received for this license and release, I have received and will receive no royalty or other monetary compensation from SSP or its designees for the rights granted hereunder and the subsequent use of the work by SSP and its designees.

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* By checking the "I agree" radio button below, I affirm, I represent and warrant to SSP that the work is the my own original work or that all co-authors know of and concur with terms of this release and license; that I am the sole owner of the work and all of the rights herein granted; that I have the full right and power to make this release and license; that the work does not violate any copyright, proprietary or personal rights of others; that the work is factually accurate and contains no matter defamatory or otherwise unlawful; that I have not previously in any manner disposed of any of the rights herein granted to SSP nor previously granted any rights adverse thereto or inconsistent therewith; and that there are no rights outstanding which would diminish, encumber or impair the full enjoyment or exercise of the rights herein granted to SSP. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless SSP and its officers, directors, members, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, actions, losses, demands, costs, attorneys’ fees, and all other expenses relating or incidental to, or arising directly or indirectly from, the inaccuracy or breach of any of the aforementioned warranties and representations.

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By checking either of the “I do not agree” radio buttons above, I affirm that I cannot consent to one or more of the terms of this Agreement, and understand that, as a result, SSP may, at its discretion, withdraw the invitation for me to speak at the SSP event named herein.

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When clicking the below submit button please be assured we have received your information. You will be redirected to a pdf of the above Agreement that you can save or print for your records. (Please do NOT send a signed copy of this to SSP)