Friendly Sample Contract Clause: User Generated Content Website Contract

Friendly Sample Contract Clause: User Generated Content Website Contract

  1. Promotional Use. Author grants to WEBSITE OPERATOR the right use Author's name, biographical information, likeness, pseudonym and/or image in connection with authorized uses of the Materials, said information to be supplied by Author.

  2. Credit, Attribution and Linking. WEBSITE OPERATOR shall give Author credit in connection with the use of the Materials by identifying Author in conjunction with the Materials as displayed on the Site. WEBSITE OPERATOR shall also provide on the Site a link to the Author’s web site and to the Materials, to the extent available, on www.xxx.com.

  3. Term. The term of this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence upon the date set forth above and will continue until such time as WEBSITE OPERATOR determines, in its sole discretion, to remove the Materials or, upon thirty-day written notice by Author of its/his/her intent to terminate the Agreement.

    1. WEBSITE OPERATOR shall be the sole owner of all intellectual property rights in the Site and all materials relating to the Site other than the Materials. Author shall retain all rights with respect to the Materials which are not expressly granted to WEBSITE OPERATOR herein and Author may exercise, sell, license, or otherwise dispose of such rights at any time.

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This is an agreement between a website operator and a user who wishes to post content on the site. It allows the contributor/author to retain copyright in the work and gives him or her credit on the site. Furthermore, the contributor/author is allowed to remove the material at any time on 30 days notice.