Last updated: 07.23.2020

The Massachusetts Teachers Association encourages its supporters to submit videos via Soapboxx in order to engage in its core activities of education and political advocacy (“Entries”). This Video Submission Policy supplements and incorporates Soapboxx’s Privacy Policy, found here Once submitted, Soapboxx reserves the right to use and promote the Entries in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand and agree that by submitting your Entry to Soapboxx, you automatically grant (and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to Soapboxx a royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to (i) use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, and publicly display your Entry, and (ii) use and reproduce (and to authorize third parties to use and reproduce) any of your Entry in any or all media throughout the world for any and all commercial, trade, advertising or other purposes determined by Soapboxx. Other users may be able to share your video from the “Watch Other Users Stories” page and such other users may follow you on your social media. All copyright and other rights in and to the computer programs, computer applications, Web applications, database programs, Web content files, and all written, graphic, audio, and audiovisual works incorporated into and utilized on Soapboxx’s website shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Soapboxx (“Soapboxx Intellectual Property”). You may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such Soapboxx Intellectual Property. Soapboxx will have the right to reject any Entry that it deems, in its sole discretion, inappropriate and/or in violation of the terms or spirit of this Policy, or for any reason whatsoever. Participants will not be notified of any rejection. The following is a partial list of the kind of content that is illegal or otherwise prohibited.

By way of illustration, but not limitation, you may not submit an Entry to Soapboxx that:

● infringes upon or violates any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or publicity rights of others, including posting or providing links to unauthorized copies of another party's copyrighted work;

● promotes and/or encourages illegal or unlawful activity in any country;

● is defamatory, libelous or slanderous in nature;

● advocates hate, violence, abuse, threats, or harm against any group, individual or entity;

● harasses or encourages others to harass any group, individual or entity;

● is racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;

● is vulgar, obscene, profane, pornographic, and/or otherwise offensive in nature;

● discloses third-party confidential, private, or trade secret information;

● violates any right or duty under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);

● is patently offensive under a community standard that Soapboxx deems appropriate, examples include promoting racism, bigotry, pornography, hatred, or physical harm of any kind;

● is inconsistent with the goals, objectives, philosophies, and/or purpose of Soapboxx; or

● is commercial in nature. You further understand and agree that: (i) you are solely responsible for understanding all copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property or other laws that may apply to your Entry; and (ii) you are solely responsible for, and Soapboxx will have no liability in connection with, the legal consequences of any actions or failures to act on your part while preparing or submitting an Entry, including without limitation any legal consequences relating to your intellectual property rights. You agree to indemnify and hold Soapboxx harmless from and against all claims, costs, loss, and damages of any kind (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) arising from or based upon any claim that any Entry prepared or submitted by you infringes the copyright or intellectual property rights of any third party.

When submitting your Entry, you agree that you will not:

● submit an Entry in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations of any country;

● impersonate any person or entity, real or fictitious, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

● make unauthorized use of any Soapboxx trademarks or service marks;

● upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit or create an Entry that contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, time bombs, cancel bots, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information;

● upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, or promotional materials, that are in the nature of "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation that Soapboxx considers in its sole discretion to be of such nature;

● provide information that you know is false or misleading. Unauthorized or questionable Entries may be subject to investigation. Violations may result in a range of actions subject to Soapboxx’s sole discretion, including without limitation legal action, including civil, criminal, and/or injunctive action.