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Submission Agreement

Welcome to the Critical Link International KnowledgeLinkIC (KLIC) Project, an initiative that is owned and operated by Critical Link International, a Canadian corporation.  The ultimate goal of the KLIC Project is to call for and/or accept submissions, and to make such submissions available to our members, all with a view to providing a broader scope of research and documents in the Community Interpreting field.  To achieve that ambitious goal we need you, our current (or soon to be) members, to become a part of the venture. We have established the Submission Agreement set out below which sets out the terms and conditions under which we will accept submissions and make them available for use in the Community Interpreting field.

Submission Agreement

THIS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT REPRESENTS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND CRITICAL LINK INTERNATIONAL (“CLI”), A CANADIAN CORPORATION, AND SPECIFICALLY GOVERNS THE SUBMISSION OF ANY AND ALL MATERIALS (ARTICLES, RESEARCH, DOCUMENTS OR OTHERWISE) SUBMITTED TO CLI (THE “SUBMISSION”) INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLI KNOWLEDGELINKIC PROJECT (“KLIC”).  THIS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT SETS OUT THE TERMS UNDER WHICH WE WILL COLLECT, USE, MAINTAIN AND DISPLAY SUCH SUBMISSIONS, AS WELL AS THE TERMS UNDER WHICH CLI WILL ALLOW THE DOWNLOADING AND/OR USE OF SAME BY THIRD PARTIES. BY MAKING A SUBMISSION TO CLI, IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH THE KLIC PROJECT, YOU SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT.

Ownership of Submission Content and Indemnity

As the submitting party, you represent and warrant to CLI that the Submission is an original work and that you own all proprietary rights, including without limitation copyrights, to the Submission and all of its contents.  You hereby confirm to CLI that you have full legal right and authority to grant the licenses and rights to CLI granted under this Agreement. You also hereby confirm that the granting of the license and rights to CLI granted under this Agreement will not infringe any third party rights or any applicable laws, including without limitation any third party copyright interests.  You hereby waive any and all moral rights you have in the Submission, excepting the right to be associated with the Submission.

To the extent that any third parties have contributed to the Submission in any way or where third party works have been incorporated into the Submission, you hereby confirm that you have in writing obtained such third party’s consent to provide such Submission to CLI and to grant the license and rights granted under this Agreement in favour of CLI.  You also confirm that you have obtained, in writing, a waiver of moral rights from such third parties, excepting the right to be associated with the Submission.

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless CLI and its directors, officers, employees, agents and other representatives from and against any and all claims demands or proceedings (including but not limited to legal costs and fees) in the event of your breach of these representations, warranties and/or obligations.

License

By submitting a Submission to CLI, in any form and in any medium, now known or hereafter developed (which may include, without limitation, literary works of any kind in paper or digital form, whether published or unpublished, photographs (in film, digital or other forms), writings, spoken statements, music, audio, video, audio recordings, video recordings, audio-visual works and recordings, slides, portraits, animated and/or motion pictures, caricatures, likenesses, voices, voice reproductions, computer graphics and visual effects, or otherwise, as well as any accompanying documentation, packaging or other materials, as well as derivative works, translations, adaptations or variations of same), you hereby agree that you are granting to CLI a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, edit, display, reproduce, disseminate, publish, annotate, translate, distribute, perform, prepare excerpts and derivative works from, reformat, archive, backup and otherwise promote or exploit the Submission, for any purpose deemed reasonable by CLI, in whole or in part, and in all media now known or hereafter developed, including without limitation by making that content available for downloading by third parties (including without limitation CLI members) or by incorporating such Submissions, in whole or in part, into other materials or compilations of works and any publication of same.

You hereby agree to hold CLI harmless in the event that a third party uses your Submission in violation of the usage rights you have granted to CLI, or in any other illegal, improper or infringing manner.

Right of Submitting Party to Grant License and Rights

You are solely responsible and liable for your communications with CLI and any Submissions made under your name, user name, email address, password and your registration and profile information.

You hereby represent and warrant to CLI, recognizing that CLI is relying on same, that: (i) you are eighteen (18) years of age or older; (ii) you have full right, power, authority and capacity to grant the rights and licenses set out in this Submission Agreement in favour of CLI; (iii) all of the information provided by you associated with your Submission or your account with CLI is true and correct in all material respects; (iv) your Submission does not violate this Submission Agreement, any rights of any other party, any of your obligations, any law or regulation, or infringe upon or misappropriate any intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights of any person; (v) you hold and will continue to hold all of the ownership, license, proprietary and other rights necessary to enter into, authorize, grant rights and perform your obligations under this Submission Agreement; (vi) where necessary, you have obtained, in writing, all necessary consents and permits (including without limitation consents from all copyright holders in the works comprising the Submission) to submit the Submission to CLI and to allow CLI to carry out its intended purposes pursuant to the license granted under this Agreement; and (vii) you have obtained in writing a waiver of moral rights in favour of CLI from all authors of the Submission(s), or any part or parts thereof, except the right to be associated with the Submission.  Upon the request of CLI, you will furnish to CLI any documentation, substantiation and releases necessary and reasonably required to verify and substantiate your compliance with any or all of the terms and conditions of this Submission Agreement.

Submission of Appropriate Content

You hereby represent, warrant and undertake to submit only content and/or Submissions to CLI that are relevant to advancement of the field of community interpreting.  All Submissions must meet content standards established by CLI from time to time, and be free of nudity, graphic language or material, or any language or material deemed explicit by CLI, acting reasonably.

Submission Screening Process

You understand that making a Submission to CLI does not guarantee that the Submission will be reviewed, accepted, published or made available for viewing or distribution.

CLI reserves the right (but not the obligation) to screen submissions and to accept or reject any Submission, including without limitation for publication or inclusion on its website, without notice or liability to you or to any third party.  You acknowledge in providing the Submission to CLI that all Submissions may be subject to editing or excerpting.

Removal of Content

CLI reserves the right to remove Submissions, in whole or in part, from its website at any time, for any reason.

CLI Ownership

CLI does not own or otherwise acquire any rights in or to any Submissions except by virtue of the license and rights granted under this Agreement.  CLI is acting as a host, bulletin board or conduit for submitted content only.

Financial Considerations

CLI will not pay monetary remuneration or any other consideration not expressly set out in this Agreement for the rights granted to CLI in connection with a Submission.  CLI reserves the sole and exclusive right to sell advertising and otherwise exploit, benefit from and/or realize revenue from the conduct of its business, operating its website, working with members or otherwise, and it is not accountable or liable to any submitting party in connection with same.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

CLI ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY SUBMISSIONS MADE OR THE USE OF SAME BY THIRD PARTIES.  YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMISSIONS MADE BY YOU, AS WELL AS YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

CLI DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES CONCERNING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, SECURITY OF THE WEBSITE, OR ACCESS TO AND/OR AVAILABILITY OF ANY SUBMISSIONS FEATURED THEREOF.  OUR WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND IS NOT WARRANTED TO BE ERROR-FREE. THE SITE AND USER CONTENT SUBMISSION FEATURES ARE MAINTAINED ON SERVERS IN CANADA AND ALL USE OF OUR SITE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN CANADA.  USE OF THE INTERNET AND ONLINE TOOLS HAS AN INHERENT RISK AND WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWSOEVER ARISING OR CAUSED, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THE BASIS OR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CLAIM AND EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

General

This Submission Agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba and Canada applicable hereto.  All activities under this Agreement shall be deemed to be carried out in Canada, and the parties irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Manitoba, Canada with respect to any dispute.  This Submission Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. CLI reserves the right to terminate use of the Submission in its discretion at any time without notice.  This Submission Agreement is not transferable or assignable by you.

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