Call Sheet Media, LLC Terms and Conditions of Use - Updated May 2, 2024
About These Terms
These terms (“Terms”) are a legally binding agreement between you and Call Sheet Media LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and agents (“CSM”). The Terms control your use and access to CSM’s websites, online information, and/or any services offered (the “Sites” or “Site”). You may not use this Site or any services offered by the Site if you are under 18 years of age, unless you have the express written consent of a parent or legal guardian and prior written approval from CSM. You represent and warrant that you have completely read and fully understand these Terms. By using CSM’s Sites and any service offered by CSM, you agree to and accept these Terms. If you do not agree to and accept these Terms, you may not use the Site or any service. CSM may revise these Terms at any time by updating this page and you agree and accept updates and changes and, as such, you should revisit this page from time to time to determine what terms govern your use of the Site. This agreement becomes effective upon your initial use of the Site and/or its services.
License Disclaimer and Use Restrictions
Nothing on any CSM Site gives you any license under any CSM or third party intellectual property rights. All intellectual property rights in this Site belong to CSM or other parties that licensed their material to CSM. Subject to these Terms, CSM grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive right to access and use the Site and the materials and information on the Site (“CSM Content”). This limited license is only for your personal, noncommercial use. You must keep CSM’s proprietary notices on any copies you make of CSM Content. Unauthorized use of CSM Content may violate copyright, trademark, privacy, communications, or other laws. You are responsible to CSM for your unauthorized use of CSM Content. This right terminates automatically if you breach any part of these Terms. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any CSM Content in your possession or control. Other than as stated above, you must not:
• change, alter, copy, distribute, republish, download, display, post, or send the CSM Content in any form or by any means without CSM’s or the copyright owner’s prior written permission, unless the Site states otherwise about specific CSM Content;
• use the Site or CSM Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
• use the Site to solicit any activity that is illegal or may infringe upon the rights of others;
• “mirror” or “frame” any CSM Content on any other device without CSM’s written permission;
• use the CSM Content to benchmark any CSM Content against any other person’s or entity’s products, services or information; or
• use the CSM Logo or any other CSM trademark as a "hot" link to any part of the Site unless CSM approves that use in writing.
Copyright Information
Copyright law protects all CSM Content.
Trademark Information
Trademark law protects all CSM Content.
Privacy
CSM’s Privacy applies to your use of the Site and is part of these Terms. Please review CSM’s Privacy Statement and related information about your privacy and CSM’s use of your information. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for:
• protecting any account and password information applicable to your use of the Site;
• restricting the use and access to your computer, smartphone, or other device used to access the Site; and
• any activity that occurs under your account due to your failure to protect such information.
Communicating Electronically
When you use the Site, you are communicating with CSM. You agree to receive electronic communications related to your use of the Site. CSM may communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all such communications meet any legal rule that those communications be in writing. CSM may provide notices to you via email or by posts on the Site, and those notices are effective on the date that CSM sends or posts them.
Export
All CSM Content is subject to U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations and may also be subject to the laws of the country where you reside.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
You agree that you take full responsibility for your use of the Site. CSM provides the Site and all CSM Content on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Specifically, CSM:
• makes no representation or warranty of any kind;
• disclaims all warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness, accuracy, non-infringement, or operation; and
• does not guarantee that the Site and CSM Content will be free of errors or defects.
THE CSM SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CSM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CSM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THE SITE, CONTRACTS, OR SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE, OR FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU MAY INCUR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CSM OR ITS AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, PROGRAM, OR ASSOCIATED SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF SUCH DAMAGES. CSM’S LIABILITY, IF ANY, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE SPECIFIC TRANSACTION GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
BY ENROLLING IN THE PROGRAM, YOU RELEASE CSM, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, AND RELATED ENTITIES FROM ALL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION, EXCEPT IN CASES OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR FRAUD BY CSM. YOU ACCEPT ALL FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE RISKS ARISING FROM PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND AGREE THAT CSM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR EXEMPLARY, RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF CSM’S SERVICES.
WAIVER OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS UNDER THIS SECTION AND ANY SIMILAR LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
No Class Action
You agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. You further agree that you will not participate in any class action or class-wide arbitration for any claims covered by this Agreement. Any claims brought by you or Call Sheet Media must be brought solely in your or its individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.
If a court or arbitrator determines that the limitations in this section are unenforceable as to any claim, then such claim must be severed from the arbitration and may be brought in court. All other claims will proceed in arbitration.
Survivability
The provisions of this Agreement concerning ownership, non-circumvention, non-disparagement, proprietary rights, confidentiality, payment obligations, and any others that, by their nature or context, are intended to survive, shall remain in effect following the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Unsolicited Intellectual Property Submissions
For your protection and ours, do not send any intellectual property, including, without limitation, screenplays, manuscripts, diaries, letters, essays, biographies, notes, ideas, or concepts to CSM without prior written permission from CSM. Any unsolicited materials received by CSM will not be reviewed and will be immediately deleted or destroyed. CSM assumes no responsibility for any unsolicited intellectual property submitted without prior written consent.
Confidentiality
The terms and conditions of this Agreement, along with any information exchanged between the parties—including, but not limited to, emails, texts, letters, and notes—are confidential. This information shall not be disclosed publicly or to any third party without the prior written consent of the other party, except as required by law.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CSM, along with its shareholders, trustees, affiliates, and successors, from and against any and all liabilities and expenses—including, without limitation, claims, damages, judgments, awards, settlements, investigations, costs, attorneys' fees, and related disbursements—that may arise or result from: (i) CSM’s services, except in cases where such liabilities or expenses are due to CSM’s breach of this Agreement, gross negligence, or willful misconduct by CSM or any of its shareholders, trustees, affiliates, or successors; and (ii) your breach of any representations or warranties outlined in this Agreement.
Except in the cases specified in item (i) above, you also agree to defend CSM in any legal or regulatory actions arising from or related to this Agreement. CSM acknowledges and agrees that none of its shareholders, trustees, affiliates, or successors shall bear personal responsibility or liability for any actions or representations made by CSM.
Miscellaneous
• These Terms do not create any legal relationship between you and CSM.
• CSM’s failure to enforce a right does not mean that CSM has waived that right.
• If a court or other tribunal finds any provision of these Terms unenforceable, CSM will change that provision only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. Other terms will remain in full force and effect.
• Any interpretation of these Terms will look at fair meaning, and ambiguities must not be construed for or against any party.
• CSM may assign its rights under these Terms, but you may not do so.
• These Terms, together with any other terms that you agree to when using the Site, comprise the entire agreement between CSM and you about your use of this Site.
• Headings are for reference only.
• These Terms supersede any prior agreements with CSM about using this Site and its content.
• CSM’s direct and indirect subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these Terms.
No Subterfuge
You hereby represent and warrant that you are not using the Site or any Service offered on the Site for any purpose of deception, fraud, or subterfuge. Should you breach this warranty, this Agreement shall immediately terminate without notice. All sums paid will be forfeited and all outstanding sums will remain due. This clause is intended to protect the integrity of the Site and its Services and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Script Coverage Only
By purchasing Script Coverage Only, you agree to be bound by additional Terms and Conditions that apply specifically to this service.
CSM Mentor Program
If you are accepted into the CSM Mentor Program (the "Program"), CSM will use its best efforts to secure an offer to option or sell your concept/project ("Project"). Although we assure that you will receive an offer for your project to be optioned or sold after your successful completion of the Program, CSM cannot control the price of any such offer or transaction with any third party. The receipt of such an offer constitutes full and total fulfillment of our obligations.
You have the right to accept or decline any offer that CSM presents to you. If you accept an offer, you agree to pay CSM fifteen percent of the deal's price. You acknowledge, understand, and agree that offers to option or sell your project may come from CSM-affiliated entities or individuals.
The initial interview fee is fully refundable if you are not accepted into the Program. Additionally, if you are accepted and successfully complete the Program, but do not receive an option or sale offer for your project within twelve months of your official Program completion date, the interview fee will also be refunded. In that case, CSM will refund your initial interview fee in full. Any additional services you purchase from CSM are non-refundable.
Additional Terms and Conditions will apply upon your application or acceptance into the Program, which you agree to when you apply to the program or book your initial interview.
Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
This Agreement and any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, CSM Content, or your use of the Site (“Dispute”) shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and waive any objections to personal jurisdiction or venue in those courts.
Before initiating any lawsuit regarding a Dispute, you and CSM agree to first attempt to resolve the Dispute through good-faith negotiation or mediation with a mutually agreed-upon mediator. Both parties will treat the existence and outcome of any negotiation or mediation as confidential.
If the Dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days of providing written notice to the other party, either party may pursue all available legal or equitable remedies. However, each party retains the right to seek temporary or emergency relief from a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm, preserve the status quo, address the expiration of a statute of limitations, or secure a priority position relative to other creditors.
Controlling Agreement
In the event of any conflict between the provisions contained in this Agreement and any marketing materials used by CSM, CSM’s representatives, or employees, the provisions in this Agreement shall be controlling.
Partial Invalidity
If any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations and understandings, oral or written. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing duly executed by both parties.
Contact Us
CSM owns this Site. If you have a question or complaint about the Site, please contact us. If you have a question about CSM’s collection or use of personal information, please see CSM’s Privacy. California residents may also send complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
Call Sheet Media, LLC
1800 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
E-Mail: projects@callsheetmedia.com