PHOTOGRAPHIC and OTHER MEDIUMS RELEASE
I do hereby irrevocably authorize, the Board of Trustees for Community College District No. 509, commonly known as Elgin Community College, its officers, employees, agents, successors, assigns and those acting under its permission and with its authority, to copyright, publish, duplicate, or otherwise use, disseminate, and/or dispose of, for art, advertising, information, educational purposes, trade, or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, any medium, including but not limited to, photographic pictures, digital images or recordings, DVD’s, videotapes, software, website entries, sound recording of me or in which I may be included in whole or in part, or composite or distorted in character or form, in conjunction with my own or a fictitious name, or reproductions thereof in color or otherwise, made through any medium and taken at any location of Elgin Community College or any production location determined by Elgin Community College.
I do hereby waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product or adverting or other copy that may be used in conjunction therewith or the use to which it may be applied now or in the future. I also hereby waive any right to royalties or other compensation from the Board of Trustees for Community college District No. 509, commonly known as Elgin Community College, its officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns.
I hereby agree to hold harmless, release and discharge the Board of Trustees for Community College District No. 509, its officers, employees, agents, successors, assigns and all persons acting under its permission or authority, including and firm publishing and/or distributing the finished product in whole or in part, whether on paper, via electronic media, on web sites, or some other format from and against any and all claims, demands, damages or liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs which I may have, arising from or relate to the use of any photographic pictures, digital images, or recordings, DVD’s, videotapes, software, website entries, sound recordings of me or any other medium, including but not limited to any misuse, by virtue of blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion, or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise, that may occur or be produced in the taking, processing, reduction or production and completion of the pictures or in any processing tending toward the completion of the finished product, its publication or distribution. I understand that this release binds my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, as well as myself.
I do hereby certify that I am of legal age (18 years or older) and I am competent to contract in my own name in the above regard I have read this release before signing below, and I fully understand the contents, meaning and impact of this release. I understand that if for any extraordinary reason my privacy must be protected after the submission of this document, I must notify Elgin Community College in writing. I further understand that my failure to do so will be interpreted as a free and knowledgeable acceptance of the terms of this release.