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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS
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PLEASE REVIEW THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS YOUR SUBMISSION. IF YOU CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR CONSENT BY CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" ICON BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, CLICK THE "I DO NOT ACCEPT" ICON BELOW. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY MATERIALS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS:

Submissions: The term "Submission" shall include any written materials or information submitted by you, including without limitation, your jokes, photographs, recordings, writings, statements, audio materials, audiovisual materials, ideas or other material furnished by you to Dotcomedy and its parent company NBC Universal, Inc. ("Dotcomedy") through this website or otherwise.



1. ORIGINALITY AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

(a) ORIGINALITY: Dotcomedy is only interested in your original jokes. We do not want to receive script ideas, screenplays or other materials from you, and these materials will not be considered and will be discarded by Dotcomedy. You represent and warrant that your (i) Submission is original work by you and you have not copied your joke from other sources, such as movies or television programs, magazines or books; (ii) no person or entity other than you has any right, title or interest in any part of your Submission; (iii) your Submission, the use thereof by NBC, or the exercise by NBC of any of the rights granted by you under this Agreement does not and will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party or entity, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, defamation, privacy, publicity, false light, idea misappropriation, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, or any contractual rights; (iv) you have all the rights, licenses, permissions and consents necessary to submit the Submission and to grant all of the rights that your have granted to NBC under this Agreement.

(b) OTHER SUBMISSIONS: You recognize that other persons will be submitting jokes and submissions to Dotcomedy which may be similar or identical to yours, and that Dotcomedy's own employees also will be developing jokes and may license or obtain material from other sources, including from NBC Universal, that is similar or identical to your Submission. If two people submit identical jokes to Dotcomedy, Dotcomedy shall accept the Submission of the person whose Submission is received first. If two or more jokes are similar, Dotcomedy shall pay the person whose Submission was received first, unless Dotcomedy deems another Submission preferable due to the way the Submission is written. You acknowledge and agree all such decisions regarding Submissions are in Dotcomedy's sole discretion. you acknowledge and agree that Dotcomedy shall have the right to use other similar or identical materials that Dotcomedy receives through other sources or develops internally , and that you will not be entitled to any compensation because of Dotcomedy's use of such similar or identical materials. Nothing in this Agreement, or your submission of the Submission, shall be deemed to place you in any different position from any other member of the public.

3. APPROPRIATENESS: Submissions must not contain material which is violent, pornographic or otherwise obscene, illegal or racially or otherwise morally offensive, or does not meet Dotcomedy's standards for any reason as determined in Dotcomedy's sole discretion.

4. AGE: You represent and warrant that you are a legal resident of the United States, that you over the age of 18, and that you have reached the age of majority in your state of residence.

5. PAYMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: You understand that if your Submission is accepted and is selected by Dotcomedy and actually appears on the program you will be paid $50.00 for your Submission. In order to receive this payment, you must fill out the entry form provided and provide correct information, including your name and address. It may take up to 90 days to process your Submission and send your payment. This payment shall entitle Dotcomedy to the rights set forth in Section 6 below.

6. RIGHTS GRANTED TO NBC:

(a) RIGHTS IN SUBMISSION: If your Submission is selected by and appears upon the program, you hereby acknowledge and agree and grant Dotcomedy, its licensees, successor and assigns, the perpetual and irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to (a) reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit, host, cache, store, archive, index, categorize, comment on, tag, transmit, broadcast, stream, edit, alter, modify, synchronize with visual material, create algorithms based thereon, and transcode the Submission to appropriate media formats, standards or mediums; (b) edit, modify, adapt or translate the Submission for any other reason; and (c) to otherwise use, exhibit and exploit, and sell, license, assign and otherwise transfer to third parties the right to use, exhibit and otherwise exploit the Submission (in whole or in part and as altered by Dotcomedy in its sole discretion) throughout the world in perpetuity, in any and all media, whether now existing or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, on dotcomedy.com, on other websites, on the NBC television network, and on all NBCU owned and affiliated broadcast and cable networks and stations, as well as in connection with any distribution or syndication arrangement with third parties or third party sites, in any media format or medium and through any media channels and for any purpose, including, without limitation, downloads, streams, in audio visual recordings, motion pictures, television programs, productions, advertising, promotion and publicity, including, without limitation, advertising, promotion and publicity for dotcomedy.com, other websites, NBC, the NBC television network and its programming, and all owned and affiliated broadcast and cable networks and channels and their programming, all without further notice to, consent from or payment to you. You waive any and all "moral rights" you may have in the Submission.

Without in any way limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that Dotcomedy, its licensees, successors and assigns, shall have the right to sell, license, assign and otherwise transfer any and all of the rights granted by you to Dotcomedy under this Agreement, and to display any advertising, publicity, promotional materials and distribution rights in connection with your Submission. You acknowledge and agree that Dotcomedy, its licensees, successors and assigns, will be entitled to retain any and all revenue generated from any sales, licenses, assignments and other transfers of the rights granted by you to Dotcomedy hereunder, as well as any and all revenue generated by the display of any advertising, publicity, promotional materials or distribution rights in connection with your Submission. Nothing in this Agreement obligates or may be deemed to obligate Dotcomedy to exercise any of the rights granted by you to Dotcomedy under this Agreement.

Your Submission will not be acknowledged or returned. You acknowledge and agree that your Submission is being sent voluntarily, and not in confidence, and that no confidential relationship is intended or created between NBC and you by your submission of the Submission.

In addition to all of the legal and equitable rights and remedies available to Dotcomedy in connection with this Agreement or your Submission, you acknowledge and agree that Dotcomedy shall have the right, in its sole discretion, not to post the Submission on any website, to remove the Submission from any website on which it has been posted, and not to use, exhibit or otherwise exploit your Submission in any manner whatsoever. Furthermore, Dotcomedy shall have the right to suspend or terminate your access to any Dotcomedy or related website and refuse to grant you access to use any NBC or related website in the future with or without warning if Dotcomedy, in its sole discretion, believes you have: (i) violated or tried to violate the rights of Dotcomedy; or (ii) violated or tried to violate any of the representations, warranties or other terms or conditions of this Agreement; or (iii) acted inconsistently with any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. Dotcomedy has no obligation to inform you of any decision not to post, to remove, or not to use, exhibit or otherwise exploit your Submission.

(b) USE OF NAME AND LIKENESS: By sending Dotcomedy your Submission, you also consent to the recording, use and reuse by NBC, its licensees, successors and assigns, of your voice, actions, likeness, name, appearance, performance, biographical material, and any other identifying information, including, without limitation, any information contained in your Submission (collectively, "Personal Elements"), as edited, altered, fictionalized or modified by Dotcomedy, in its sole discretion, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, including, without limitation, in and in connection with nbc.com or related website, in and in connection with any television programs and other productions, and in and in connection with advertising, promotion and publicity. You acknowledge and agree that Dotcomedy\, its licensees, successors and assigns, may use all or any part of your Personal Elements, and may make any changes that any of them may deem necessary, in their sole discretion, including altering, fictionalizing or modifying them regardless of whether or not you are recognizable.

11. INDEMNIFICATION AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS: You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Dotcomedy, NBC Universal, Inc., their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, each of their respective licensees, successors and assigns, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation, attorneys; fees) which in any way arise out of or result from your breach of any of the representation, warranties or other terms or conditions of this Agreement or any use of your Submission or Personal Elements in accordance with this Agreement. You hereby release, discharge and hold harmless Dotcomedy, NBC Universal, Inc., their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, each of their respective licensees, successors and assigns, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees (collectively, the "Released Parties"), from any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) arising out of, resulting from, or by reason of this Agreement, ,your Submission, any of the Personal Elements or your participation or appearance in any program or advertising, including, without limitation, any use, exhibition or other exploitation of your Submission or any of the Personal Elements, your appearance in any program or advertising, or the exercise by Dotcomedy or any of the other Released Parties, of any of the rights granted by you under this Agreement, on any legal theory whatsoever (including, without limitation, idea misappropriation, copyright infringement, personal injury, rights of privacy and publicity, false light, defamation, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, or breach of contract).

12. RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY DISCOVER FACTS OR INCUR OR SUFFER CLAIMS THAT WERE UNKNOWN OR UNSUSPECTED AT THE TIME YOU EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT, AND WHICH, IF KNOWN BY YOU AT THAT TIME, MAY HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BY REASON OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASES CONTAINED HEREIN, YOU HAVE ASSUMED ANY RISK OF SUCH UNKNOWN FACTS AND SUCH UNKNOWN AND UNSUSPECTED CLAIMS. YOU ARE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, WHICH PROVIDES:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

NOTWITHSTANDING THIS PROVISION OR OTHER SIMILAR STATUTES, LAWS AND RULES IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A FULL, FINAL, AND COMPLETE RELEASE, ACCORD AND SATISFACTION OF EACH AND EVERY RELEASED CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE OR MAY HAVE, AT ANY TIME, AGAINST ANY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER STATUTE, LAW OR RULE OF SIMILAR EFFECT OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS WAIVER IS AN ESSENTIAL AND MATERIAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE RELEASES YOU HAVE MADE HEREIN, AND OF YOUR WAIVER OF ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE UNDER SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR STATUTES, LAWS AND RULES.

13. NOTICE REGARDING CLAIMS AND OTHER MATTERS: You agree that you must provide written notice by Federal Express or by Express Mail to the NBC Universal Law Department, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor, Attn. Senior IP Counsel, New York, NY 10112 of any claim arising in connection with your Submission or in connection with this Agreement. You further agree to provide such notice within 10 calendar days after acquiring knowledge of the claim. All other notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and may be sent by email, U.S. mail, Federal Express, Express Mail or personal delivery. In the case of Dotcomedy, such notices shall be sent to the address provided above in this paragraph. In the case of you, such notices shall be sent to the most recent email address or physical mailing address that Dotcomedy has on file provided by you, and the date of such mailing or delivery shall be deemed the date of such notice.

14. OTHER MATTERS: This Agreement constitutes our entire understanding with respect to its subject matter. Any modification or waiver must be in writing, signed by both Dotcomedy and you. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and its performance will be binding on you and your heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. If any provision of this Agreement or any document incorporated by reference is found by an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the arbitrator or court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of such documents remain in full force and effect, including without limitation, the ability to resolve all controversies and claims through arbitration, provided, however, that the aggregate of all such provisions found to be invalid or unenforceable does not materially affect the benefits and obligations of the parties to this Agreement as a whole. You may not assign your rights under this Agreement except as approved by Dotcomedy and any unauthorized, purported assignment will be null and void. Dotcomedy and its successors, licensees and assigns, will have the unlimited right to assign this Agreement and the rights granted by you under this Agreement at any time, in whole or in part, to any party. You will execute any documents (after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and confirm the same) and do any other acts as may be reasonably required by Dotcomedy, with Dotcomedy to bear reasonable expenses related to your execution of such documentation, provided Dotcomedy is notified ahead of time and agrees to such expenses, to further evidence or effectuate the rights of Dotcomedy as set forth in this Agreement. You appoint Dotcomedy as your attorney-in-fact (which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest), with full power of substitution and delegation, but only to execute any and all such documents, or perform such acts, which you fail to execute (after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and confirm the same). Dotcomedy will promptly furnish to you a copy of all such documents that Dotcomedy executes on your behalf. The construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.

14. MEDIATION/ARBITRATION: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. UNDER THIS SECTION 14, YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR SUBMISSION.

IF ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE BREACH OF ANY TERM HEREOF OR YOUR SUBMISSION CANNOT BE SETTLED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS, THE PARTIES AGREE TO ENDEAVOR FIRST TO SETTLE THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM BY MEDIATION CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND ADMINISTERED BY JAMS UNDER ITS APPLICABLE RULES, BEFORE COMMENCING ANY PROCEEDINGS PERMITTED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH. IF ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, AS SET FORTH ABOVE, THEN THE PARTIES AGREE THAT IT SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AND ADMINISTERED BY JAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STREAMLINED ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL APPEAL PROCEDURE (THE "JAMS RULES"). THE JAMS RULES FOR SELECTION OF AN ARBITRATOR SHALL BE FOLLOWED, EXCEPT THAT THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE AN ARBITRATOR EXPERIENCED IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN NEW YORK OR A RETIRED JUDGE. ANY APPELLATE PANEL SHALL CONSIST OF THREE NEUTRAL MEMBERS, SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS. ALL ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS FILED IN THE COURSE OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS, AND THE FACT THAT THE ARBITRATION IS BEING CONDUCTED, SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL. THE ARBITRATOR'S DECISION SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. UPON CONCLUSION OF ANY ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS HEREUNDER, THE ARBITRATOR SHALL RENDER FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND A WRITTEN OPINION SETTING FORTH THE BASIS AND REASONS FOR ANY DECISION HE OR SHE HAS REACHED AND SHALL DELIVER SUCH DOCUMENTS TO EACH PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT ALONG WITH A SIGNED COPY OF THE AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT SECTION OF THE NEW YORK CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. ANY JUDGMENT UPON AN AWARD RENDERED BY AN ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK HAVING JURISDICTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. YOU MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION AT LAW FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING AN ARBITRATION AWARD. WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL YOU HAVE ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF AGAINST DOTCOMEDY, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES, ITS LICENSEES, SUCCESSOR OR ASSIGNS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OR NON-USE OF THE SUBMISSION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DOTCOMEDY MAY NONETHELESS (1) SEEK TO OBTAIN INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF FROM A COURT TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND (2) BRING AN ACTION TO ENFORCE THE DECISION OF THE ARBITRATOR BEFORE ANY COURT WITH JURISDICTION. YOU MUST COMMENCE A FORMAL ARBITRATION PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DATE ANY SUCH CLAIM ARISES; FAILURE TO DO SO WITHIN THAT SIX-MONTH PERIOD SHALL BE DEEMED AN IRREVOCABLE WAIVER OF ANY RIGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM AGAINST YOU.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS THAT YOU ARE GRANTING AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES YOU HAVE MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT. YOU FUTHER UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE GIVING UP CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.



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