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PHOTO SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE OF A PITTSBURGH STEELERS FAN CUTOUT

PHOTO SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1.    No commercial advertising, including company names, apparel brands, hashtags, social media handles, phone numbers, logos, slogans or other branding.

2.    Pittsburgh Steelers-branded attire only. No third-party branding allowed, including on apparel and in photo backgrounds. 

3.    No political statements, logos, slogans or other political content.

4.    No offensive or negative comments about any person or entity.

5.    No lewd, inappropriate or offensive photos.

6.    No newborns, infants or pet photos.

7.    No arms raised in photos.

The Pittsburgh Steelers reserve the right to reject any photo that they determine, in their sole discretion, violates these guidelines or is otherwise offensive, lewd, derogatory, infringing, discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate. The Pittsburgh Steelers will not be obligated to provide the purchaser a refund if a submitted photo is rejected for any of these reasons.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE OF A PITTSBURGH STEELERS FAN CUTOUT

By purchasing a Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Cutout (the "Cutout") for use at Heinz Field during one or more home games of the Pittsburgh Steelers (the "Steelers") during the 2020 NFL season, you hereby agree as follows:

1.    The image you submit for the Cutout may be (but is not guaranteed to be) visible on television broadcasts of the Steelers' home football games during the 2020 NFL season and in film, photographs and recordings of such games or such other events held at Heinz Field and the film, photographs and recordings thereof.

2.    You may only submit your photo or a photo of an individual from whom you have obtained express permission to submit a photo under these Terms and Conditions.  Pictures of celebrities, persons of notoriety or other third parties, in each case, that the Steelers reasonably believe are not your picture or a picture of someone from whom you have obtained express permission may be rejected and the Steelers will not be obligated to refund the purchase price.

3.    All photos submitted must comply with the Photo Submission Guidelines set forth above and incorporated herein by reference.

4.    In consideration for the possibility of appearing in television or other media distributions of one or more of the Steelers home games during the 2020 NFL season (collectively, "Productions"), you hereby agree, on behalf of yourself and your personal representatives, heirs, successors and/or assigns, as follows:

a)    You hereby assign to Pittsburgh Steelers LLC, PSSI Stadium LLC, the National Football League, each of its member football clubs, NFL Ventures, Inc., NFL Productions LLC, NFL Ventures, L.P., each of their respective parents, direct and indirect subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns, and each of their respective shareholders, members, partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, sponsors, licensees and broadcast partners (collectively, the "NFL Entities"), all right, title and interest throughout the world in perpetuity in and to the images you provide to the Steelers for the Cutout (the "Images"), including, without limitation, all intellectual property, trademark and copyright rights.

b)   You, on behalf of yourself and any other individual depicted in the Images, hereby grant the NFL Entities the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free right, but not the obligation, to use the name, image, likeness, voice, biographical information and any other information you submit with an Image of and about any individuals depicted in the Images (the "Personal Information"), and the Images, in the Cutout, the Productions and in connection with any other marketing and promotion of the Steelers, the National Football League and the other NFL Entities and their business operations, and in the exhibition, distribution, advertising, transmission, reproduction, sublicensing and/or other exploitation thereof, in whole or in part, by any means now known or hereafter devised.

c)    You acknowledge that the Images and Personal Information may appear in broadcasts and other distribution of Steelers home games (including, without limitation, in clips, highlights, replays and other portions of the games distributed online, in social media and otherwise), and that neither you nor any other person depicted in an Image shall be entitled to any compensation or any right to approve the use of the Images or Personal Information.

d)   You hereby waive all rights of inspection or approval and any moral rights.

e)    You hereby represent and warrant that (i) you are at least eighteen (18) years of age, (ii) you are the sole owner of the rights you are granting herein or have the express authorization of the rights holder, and (iii) you have the express permission of any person depicted in an Image to submit that Image and Personal Information to the Steelers and to grant the rights set forth herein.

f)    You hereby release and discharge the NFL Entities, and agree to indemnify and hold the NFL Entities harmless from and against, any and all claims, demands, actions, obligations or liabilities arising out of or in connection with the use, display, editing, production, distribution, transmission, sublicensing or reproduction of the Images or Personal Information, including, without limitation, any claims for copyright infringement or invasion of privacy or publicity.

5.    You consent and agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy of the Steelers, available at http://www.steelers.com/legal/privacy-policy/, and that all information submitted in the purchase of the Cutout shall be managed under the Privacy Policy except as otherwise contained herein.

6.    These Terms and Conditions are intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by law and if any portion of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid, the remainder will continue in full legal force and effect.

7.    These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

8.    Any dispute, claim or cause of action in any way related to these Terms and Conditions and/or the Cutout shall be resolved by mandatory, confidential, final and binding arbitration to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By purchasing the Cutout you hereby agree that all disputes shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and waive any right to litigate or arbitrate any claims as a class action, representative action, or class arbitration. If you do not consent to this clause, you may not purchase the Cutout. This clause is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.