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  1. Welcome to FactCheck.org’s Spin Detectors. By submitting videos or other materials (“Content”) to this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“TOU” or “Terms of Use”) and agree that you are entering into a contract with us. The terms of the contract are the terms in these TOU. FactCheck.org is sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (“APPC”) of the University of Pennsylvania and reserves the right to change these TOU at any time, by posting the revised terms here. You should review these TOU every time you upload Content to our website or send materials to FactCheck.org.
  2. Age. You must be 13 years old or older to submit Content to this website. By submitting Content, you affirm that you are 13 years of age or older and, if you are under the age of 18, that you are an emancipated minor or have obtained the legal consent of your parent or legal guardian to enter into these TOU, submit Content, and fulfill the obligations set forth in these TOU.
  3. Copyright Policy. All Content submitted to this website is subject to FactCheck.org’s Copyright Policy in addition to these TOU.
  4. Content Submissions by Users.
    1. Any and all Content you submit shall be treated as non-confidential and APPC has no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information, in whatever form, contained in such Content.
    2. You shall be solely responsible for the Content you submit and the consequences of submitting and publishing your Content on the website. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to submit the Content and to permit APPC, at its sole discretion, to publish Content you submit; and you license to APPC all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to such Content for publication on the website and other use and distribution pursuant to these TOU.
    3. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your Content. However, by submitting Content to APPC, you hereby grant APPC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content, or any portion thereof, in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, including without limitation for promoting the website and the activities of APPC in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the website a non-exclusive license to access any of your Content that is published or distributed through the website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of the website and under FactCheck.org’s Copyright Policy.
    4. You further agree that Content you submit will not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to submit the material and to grant APPC all of the license rights granted herein.
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    6. You further agree that you will not submit to the website any Content that you have obtained in violation of any applicable local, state or federal law or regulation.
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