Disclaimer Regarding Submitted Information
By submitting any information, stories, photographs, documents, or other materials (“Submissions”) to the Black Pearls of Genealogy (“BPOG”), you acknowledge and agree to the following terms:
- Voluntary Submission: Your submission is entirely voluntary, and you represent that you have the legal right to share the information provided.
- No Expectation of Ownership or Compensation: You understand and agree that any Submissions you provide may be used, in whole or in part, for research, historical interpretation, public education, and/or inclusion in physical or digital monuments, placards, presentations, exhibitions, or related works created by BPOG. You acknowledge that you will not retain any rights, including copyright, or expect any form of compensation, credit, or ownership in any final product or derivative works produced by the organization.
- Non-Copyrighted Materials: You affirm that the information you are submitting is not copyrighted or, if it is, that you own the copyright or have obtained the necessary permissions to share the material freely and grant us the rights described herein.
- Grant of Rights: By submitting, you grant BPOG a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, display, distribute, modify, and create derivative works from your Submissions for any purpose aligned with our mission, including but not limited to educational, historical, and commemorative uses.
- Organizational Intellectual Property: All research outputs, written narratives, displays, visual materials, and any final products that incorporate your Submissions shall be and remain the sole intellectual property of BPOG. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not submit materials.