ONLINE SUBMISSION POLICY
Licence
By posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing the Submissions to the Websites, you grant to Modern Media the right and perpetual royalty-free licence to copyright and use, reuse, publish, republish, copy, edit, digitally manipulate, store, retrieve, broadcast, and incorporate the Submissions in whole or in part (alone or collectively with other materials) without restriction throughout the World through any and all media, including without limitation, print, photographs, video, magazines, newspapers, books, custom publications, e-newsletters, directories, catalogues, brochures, and any and all online websites, or otherwise on the Internet, and through any other electronic medium presently in existence or to be invented in the future for illustration, art, promotion, marketing, advertising, trade, business, or any other purpose of Modern Media whatsoever, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of Modern Media, including without limitation, to use and licence the Submissions to third parties.
Release
By posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing the Submissions to the Websites, you release and forever discharge Modern Media and its broadcast and event sponsors, affiliates, subsidiaries, insurers, representatives, directors, officers, employees, servants, agents, successors, and assigns, including without limitation, any and all print or online magazine publications of any kind, including without limitation, any and all commercial general liability, liability, and property insurers of Modern Media of any kind (collectively, the “Releasees”) of and from any and all manner of suits, proceedings, damages, claims, demands, costs, expenses, judgments, and liabilities of whatsoever kind and howsoever arising, known or unknown, whether at law or in equity, which you now have or hereafter shall or may have against the Releasees for or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing in connection with any kind of loss, damages, or injury whatsoever arising from or out of the grant of the Submissions or the use of the Submissions by Modern Media at any time, howsoever occasioned, including without limitation, any and all claims for misappropriation of personality, defamation, libel, or breach of or invasion of privacy.
Review and Removal of Submissions
By posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing the Submissions to the Websites, you acknowledge and agree that Modern Media may review the Submissions before they are posted and may refuse, in its sole and absolute discretion, to post any of the Submissions to the Websites. Modern Media hereby reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, revise, edit, modify, delete, or remove any of the Submissions, whether or not any of the information in the Submissions is in violation of this Submissions Policy, in whole or in part. You acknowledge and agree that while Modern Media is under obligation to investigate any complaint regarding any of the Submissions, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, investigate complaints and take any actions it deems appropriate in the circumstances, including without limitation, revising, editing, modifying, deleting, or removing any of the Submissions from the Websites.
Disclaimer
Modern Media and its Affiliates are committed to adopting and maintaining appropriate measures and safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to protect against any loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, copying, use, modification, or disclosure. Modern Media exercises care in the secure transmission of your Personal Information; however, no transmission of Personal Information over the Internet is 100% secure. Modern Media is unable to guarantee that Personal Information collected, used, or disclosed through the medium of the Internet cannot be intercepted by third parties.
Requests for Access to Personal Information
Modern Media is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of any of the Submissions. The Submissions represent the views and opinions of the person(s) posting the Submissions and do not represent the views or opinions of Modern Media.
By posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing the Submissions to the Websites, you acknowledge and agree that Modern Media has the right to reproduce, broadcast, publish, and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever in accordance with this Submissions Policy.
Minors
Modern Media does not accept or permit use of the Interactive Features or the posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing of the Submissions to the Websites by children under 13 years of age. If you are between 13 years of age and 18 years of age, by posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing the Submissions to the Websites, you acknowledge, agree, and hereby represent and warrant to Modern Media that you have obtained the express prior consent or permission of your parent or legal guardian to the posting, submitting, transmitting, uploading, or publishing of the Submissions.