Thank you for your interest in submitting material to us. To protect you and the San Francisco Foundation (“TSFF”), we ask that you agree to the following terms before you send your Submission.

Please submit only content that does not infringe the rights of any other person. By choosing to submit content through bayareavoices.org, you represent and warrant that your submission 1) is original to and owned or controlled by you; 2) does not infringe on any third party’s intellectual property or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark rights, patent rights, rights of publicity, trade secret rights, confidentiality rights, or other rights of any nature, or create claims for idea misappropriation or breach of contract and 3) is not libelous, slanderous, defamatory, obscenity, pornography, or profanity, does not invade the privacy of any other person, and does not place any person in a false light, and will not cause injury to any person or entity.

Furthermore, please understand that by submitting content to us, you are granting us permission to use it and to allow others to see it. By providing comments, statements, stories, and/or photographs (the "Submissions") to The San Francisco Foundation ("TSFF"), you are granting TSFF a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable royalty free license to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, edit, modify, create derivative works of, translate, and otherwise use in whole or in part in any manner TSFF sees fit, in any form or media, or using any technology now known or hereafter developed, the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever at the sole discretion of TSFF, including without limitation any advertising or commercial use of any kind without additional notification, permission, approval, or compensation.

By submitting content, you further acknowledge that TSFF has your permission to use your name, voice, likeness, any other indicia of your identity included in the Submissions, and biographical information in connection with such Submissions, and that you release TSFF and anyone acting under its authorization from any claims that any use of the Submissions as authorized herein violates any of your rights, including but not limited to any rights of publicity or privacy. In that regard, you agree that you shall have no recourse against TSFF for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in the Submission, and that your posting of your Submission to this site, including the posting of materials to any forum or interactive area on the site, irrevocably waives any and all "moral rights" in such materials.

TSFF shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to monitor, refuse or remove any Submission that is available via our Site for any or no reason, including that any Submission violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable. You understand and agree that 1) TSFF is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Submission, 2) that TSFF is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide. And 3) .TSFF in its sole discretion may remove your Submission at any time and for any reason.

TSFF takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Submissions uploaded, transmitted, or downloaded by you or any third party, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you may encounter. As the provider of this Site, TSFF is only a forum and is not liable for any statements, representations, or Submissions provided by Site users. Any opinions, advice or recommendations expressed therein are those of the users providing such Submissions and not those of TSFF. TSFF does not endorse any Submission or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein. TSFF reserves the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in cases where the Site is used to disseminate statements that are harmful or inflammatory.

With respect to the Submissions, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold TSFF or other persons affiliated therewith, harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, claims, demands, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Submissions or of your name, likeness, or persona, or from the breach or alleged breach of any of the foregoing representations or warranties.