Rules & Terms
Important! Anyone that appears in your film must have given you PERMISSION to use their image in your short film. Please have everyone that appears sign this form: IMAGE RELEASE FORM
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1. SUBMITTING CONTENT
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival will use the term “content” to mean and refer to any and all content, videos, films, media, captures and all other materials, such as publicity stills or other supporting content you submit to us.
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Each time you submit content you will be confirming your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, all the terms and conditions of Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival’s Terms of Use, including, without limitation, this Agreement.
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To be considered for the Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival, your content must meet all the specifications and requirements relating to formatting, compatibility, operating characteristics and submission and these can be found on the website
We will not be responsible for lost, damaged, misdirected, unusable or unreadable content.
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2. AGE REQUIREMENTS
Submission of the registration form confirms that the parent/guardian has read and agrees on behalf of the child or children to be bound by this agreement and understands, agrees and shall be fully responsible for the submission.
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3. CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
You are solely responsible and liable for the content you submit (and the consequences thereof) made under your name, user name, e-mail address, password, and your registration or profile information. The content does not reflect the views of the Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival. The Festival reserves the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have under this Agreement, at law or in equity, to remove and delete your content from the the festival web page.
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You agree you will not submit any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, discriminatory or abusive. You also agree you will not submit any content for commercial or business purposes because it may adversely affect Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival’s ability to gain support from third parties which assist the website to continue.
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Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival reserves the right to delete or reject any content that in its sole discretion deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, in violation of copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. Harmony reserves the right to edit your content for the purposes of promoting the festival or schools.
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival reserves the right to remove and take down your content without notice if any content is in violation of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. If receives notice of any claim of infringement that satisfies specific legal requirements, may remove content associated with such claims and will notify you if your content is removed.
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In regards to intellectual property, you are fully responsible for the clearance of any music, sound, images or graphics contained in your entry. If any record company or music publisher contacts us about an entry’s music rights, we will refer that company to you so be sure to obtain all the appropriate clearances beforehand.
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4. COPYRIGHT; CONTENT REQUIREMENT VIOLATIONS; BREACH OF AGREEMENT
If you believe any content on Harmony in Motion Film Festival web page violates the copyright of any other party or violates the terms of this Agreement or in any other way infringes upon the rights of others, you can notify us by email at the festival web page. filmfestival@harmonytx.org
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5. RIGHTS GRANTED TO HARMONY IN MOTION SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
In connection with the content you submit to us for consideration in the and associated video casts, you are authorizing to host, cache and store your content and grant a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual and royalty free right and license to use and distribute your content online through Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival web page, and Harmony Public Schools. The rights described in this agreement and granted to commence immediately upon submission of content to and continue indefinitely.
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival has the right to include your film or video in its promotional activities. This may include, but is not limited to, the creation of showreels and advertisements promoting the Harmony in Motion Film Festival, physical screenings, viral campaigns, presentations and product pitches.
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival has the right to compress, transcode, and package your film for online and offline presentation.
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival has the right to screen your film at and partner events, including screenings and launches associated with the festival and otherwise.
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6. OWNERSHIP
Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival does not claim any ownership rights to the content that you submit to Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival web page. The Festival retains all rights, titles and interest in and to the web page, including, but not limited to all associated intellectual property and proprietary rights existing anywhere in the world and you acquire no ownership, proprietary or other rights, title or interest in or to the web page, any software or other information or materials we provide or make available to you. If the Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival provides you or makes software available to assist you in any download, upload or other process, the software is provided “as is” without representations or warranties of any kind. You acquire no rights in or to such software other than the limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use that software solely in connection with the web page. will not be liable for malfunctions, loss of data, damage to hardware, programs or devices resulting from use of any software or interaction with Harmony in Motion Short Film Festival web page. You must use your own programs and firewalls to scan all software, to prevent intrusion, viruses, other malicious code and damage. is not responsible for any damage if you fail or are unable to do so.
You must own the rights to the content you submit and each element of the content you submit and the right to grant all of the authorizations, rights and licenses described in this Agreement. If you do not exclusively own all of these rights, you must have all necessary authorizations, permissions, approvals, consents, rights and licenses from the owner(s) to enter into this agreement, perform and comply with all of its obligations.
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