Common use of Publicity Release Clause in Contracts

Publicity Release. By executing this Agreement, Employee gives the Employer Group and its successors, assigns, licensees and any other designees the absolute right and permission, throughout the world: (1) to copyright (and to renew and extend any copyright), use, reuse, publish and republish photographic portraits and pictures, motion or still, of Employee, or in which Employee may be included, in whole or in part, or composite or distorted character in any form, taken during Employee’s employment or service to the Employer Group whether heretofore taken or to be taken in the future, in conjunction with Employee’s own or a fictitious name or title (which Employee now has or may have in the future), or reproductions thereof, in color or otherwise, made through any media at any place, for art, advertising, trade or any purpose relating to the Employer Group or the Business; and (2) to record, reproduce, amplify, simulate, “double” and/or “dub” Employee’s voice during Employee’s employment or service to the Employer Group and transmit the same by any mechanical or electronic means, for any purpose relating to the Employer Group or the Business. Employee further consents to the use of any printed matter giving Employee, or not giving Employee, a credit, in the sole discretion of any of the aforementioned parties to whom this authorization and release is given, in conjunction therewith. Employee waives any right Employee may have to inspect and/or approve the finished product or the advertising copy or printed matter that may be used in connection therewith, or the use to which it may be applied.