
Any and all Photographers,
Videographers, Sound Recorders, Film-makers and anyone else who would like to
capture images, sounds, footage and/or any kind of visual or audible recordings
of the "4th Annual BANK OF HAWAII/ ATLAS SALES North Shore TowSurf Championship
2007-2008" are requested to sign this special "Photographer's Agreement" prior
to recording the Event in any way. All Photographers and any other media as
stated above are also requested to sign the "Waiver" as it is printed on the
sign up page and turn it into "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" officials prior to the start-up
of the Event for reasons of liability in regards to attending a Big Wave Surf
Event whether they remain on land.shore or sea in the Haleiwa Harbor Event .
All Photographers and any other media as stated above are requested to also
read, understand and sign this binding "Photographer's Agreement" prior to the
start-up of the event and before recording images or sounds of the Event area
by any means. This "Photographer's Agreement" requests that we at "Tow-In Surfers,
LLC" are granted equal and non-exclusive rights to the use of any and all motion
pictures, videos, films, stills, digital images, sound recordings and the like
captured at the Event by any party for promotional purposes only in mutual cooperation
with the signers of this agreement. We request the equal right to the non-exclusive
use for promotional purposes only of any media taken at the Event of the Event
itself or of any participants in the Event before, during or after the Event
or at any time that they are representing the Event or it's sponsors in any
way by mutual cooperation with the signers of this agreement. Any time that
a media image is used of the Event or any of it's participants before, during
or after the Event... we at "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" request the non-exclusive
use for promotional purposes only of any and/or all of those media images (stills,
films, videos, sound recordings, etc.) anywhere in the world and in any format
at all by mutual cooperation and consent of the signers of this agreement. Equally,
we at "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" willfully grant to the signers of this agreement
the use of any and all media images in any format taken by any media of the
Event or it's participants before, during or after the Event or at any time
that it's participants are representing the Event or it's sponsors in any way.
We at "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" request the right to be made aware of any and all
use of any media images recorded at the Event or in reference to the Event by
any media in any format. We at "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" request the equal and non-exclusive
rights for promotional purposes only to the use of these images anywhere in
the world and in any format with the Photographers or Media that are signers
of this agreement and that capture these images of the Event or in reference
to the Event. We at "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" will first clear any such use of any
media images of the Event or in reference to the Event with the media signers
of this agreement who captured them. Likewise, any Photographers or Media who
capture any media images of the Event or in reference to the Event, we would
request that we are made aware of the use of these media images by the signers
of this agreement's direct communication with "Tow-In Surfers, LLC" upon the
images media release. Use and access of and to these images not to be with-held
by either party to this agreement from the other without good and clear explained
cause or reason by the with-holding party (for instance, if there was anything
contained in these media images that would be considered or deemed negative
to "Tow-In Surfers, LLC", the "4th Annual BANK OF HAWAII / ATLAS SALES
North Shore TowSurf Championship 2007-2008", the Participants, Staff, Photographers,
Media Representatives, Sponsors, Advertisers and Affiliates and/or the North
Shore Tow-In Event itself or any subsequent media representation of the North
Shore Tow-In Event 07/08. Also, if there is any hesitation by the signer of
this agreement regarding the quality of the images, photos , videos or any other
visual capture of the event or it's participants... the signer of this agreement
may request that such images not be for used by the "4th Annual Bank of
Hawaii / Atlas Sales North Shore Tow-In 07/08" for promotional purposes
and we will honor that request. Tow-In surfers, LLC and the "4th Annual
BANK OF HAWAII/ ATLAS SALES North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship 07/08"
requests that all signers of this agreement give photo credit to the photographer
of each image or videographer of any motion images and that each individual
image or sequence of images in stills, video or audio gives visual, audible
and/or written credit on it or has captioning next to it identifying that it
is from the "4th Annual BANK OF HAWAII / ATLAS SALES North Shore Tow- Surf
Championship 07/08" and that it identifies the individual competitors,
staff, sponsors and the like captured on the images or recordings taken of the
event or relating to this event into perpetuity by the signers of this agreement.
It is also agreed that the media representatives signing this agreement are
aware that all of the competitors, staff and crew of this event have signed
a model release as part of the Liability/Entry and Participation Waiver on the
"Sign Up Page" This model release gives "Tow-In Surfers LLC"
rights to the use of the images, voices and actions of all Competitors,
Staff and Crew of the "4th Annual Bank of Hawaii / Atlas Sales North Shore
Tow Surf Championship 2007/2008" for the Event's promotional purposes into
perpetuity.