Sydney Opera House UGC Terms & Conditions

Content Creators retain all ownership of the content and only grant limited rights to Licensee and subsidiaries or assigns as described in the content license terms outlined below and otherwise communicated (e.g. in a particular request).

For good and valuable consideration, the Sydney Opera House Trust (the “Licensee”) and Content Creator (the “Creator”) agree as follows:

Term: The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence upon the date of acceptance by Creator and shall continue until terminated in writing by either party. Creator’s notice of termination must be made to content@sydneyoperahouse.com giving at least 180 days’ notice of termination.

Proprietary Rights: Creator upon acceptance of this agreement hereby grants Licensee a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable license to reproduce, edit, adapt, distribute, communicate, display, juxtapose, synchronise and to create derivative works from the materials contained in the requested work (the “Post”) for use on any medium at the Licensee’s discretion including, but not limited to: • On digital screens at the Licensee’s Sydney Opera House site at Bennelong Point, Sydney; • On the Licensee’s websites, managed websites and social media channels; and • In the Licensee’s printed promotional material such as email newsletters, posters etc.

Promotional Use: Creator grants to Licensee the right to use Creator’s name, user name, profile image, pseudonym and/or image in connection with uses of the Post which are permitted under this Agreement.

Credit, Attribution and Linking: Licensee may at its discretion give Creator credit in connection with the use of the Post by identifying Creator in conjunction with the content of the Post as displayed. Licensee may also provide a link to the Post, to the extent available, on the source network (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) at its election. To the extent fullest extent permitted by law, the Creator agrees to waive all moral rights arising in relation to the Post.

Warranties and Representations: Creator warrants and represents that the Posts are Creator’s original works, and do not now and will not violate any existing intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, copyright or trade secret or any contractual rights, and that they contain no matter which, if published, will be fraudulent, harassing, libelous, obscene, or a violation of any rights of publicly or privacy, or any law or regulation. Author will fully cooperate with Licensee in responding to and defending against any third party claim related to the Post. Creator warrants and represents that it has secured the necessary permissions and consents from any identifiable person appearing in the Post to enable the Licensee to exercise the rights granted in this agreement.

Indemnity: Each Party hereto shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the other Party, its editors, officers, employees and agents with respect to any claim, demand, cause of action, debt or liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent that it is based upon a claim that, if true, would constitute a breach of any of the indemnifying Party’s representations, warranties, or agreements hereunder.

Dispute Resolution: You agree that disputes between you and licensee will be resolved by the parties first attempting to meet and resolve the dispute in good faith. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within a reasonable period they agree to mediate in accordance with the process identified by the australian disputes centre. To the fullest extent permitted by law you waive your right to participate in a class action lawsuit or classwide arbitration.

Entire Agreement: These Terms of and Conditions, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Licensee regarding the Post content and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and Licensee.