Terms and Conditions


These Terms and Conditions are an agreement (this “Agreement”) between me, ______________, and Intellectual Reserve, Inc. (“IRI”), an entity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the “Church”).  As part of this Agreement, I grant IRI with a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and worldwide license to freely use any and all music, lyrics, and other materials that I provide to IRI (collectively, my “Submission”), in any and all manners and media for the purpose of allowing IRI (and the Church) to determine whether or not my Submission will be used in a new hymnbook, children’s songbook, or other publication of the Church.  If my Submission is selected for use by IRI (as indicated in writing by IRI), then I hereby grant IRI with an unlimited, nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid-up, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, and transferable license to reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, publish, distribute, perform, display, sublicense, and otherwise use (and allow others to use) my Submission in any and all manners and media and for any purpose that IRI deems appropriate. 

As part of this Agreement, I represent, warrant, agree, and consent as follows: 

  1. I am at least 18 years old, I am the author and owner of my Submission, I have the right to grant IRI the rights and licenses set forth herein, and my Submission and the rights and licenses granted herein do not violate any other person’s copyrights or other rights;
  2. I will submit to IRI any information I learn of suggesting that my Submission infringes the copyright or other rights of any person or entity;
  3. While I will still continue to own all copyright in my Submission (subject to the rights and licenses granted herein), I will not sell, license, or otherwise use my Submission in any way that would impair or restrict IRI from fully using the licenses and rights I have granted herein;
  4. IRI has no obligation to use my Submission in any manner;
  5. Decisions of IRI regarding my Submission are final;
  6. Personal information I provide to IRI will be treated as confidential, and IRI will use appropriate measures to secure my personal information against loss or misuse;
  7. My personal information and my Submission may be reproduced and transmitted (including, without limitation, to IRI’s judges and staff) in electronic and other formats, as part of IRI’s review and judging process;
  8. My personal information and my Submission may be retained electronically by IRI for reference purposes only and will be made accessible to me and IRI’s personnel;
  9. If IRI selects my Submission and chooses to publish or publicly display my Submission or my personal information, I may be required to execute, without further consideration, other agreements or instruments necessary perfect IRI’s rights and unlimited use of my Submission;
  10. IRI’s review of my Submission is adequate consideration for the rights and licenses granted herein; and
  11. This Agreement is governed by and to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah without regard to any conflict of law provision and that any dispute arising from or related to this Agreement, which cannot be resolved through friendly discussions will be settled exclusively in the courts located within Salt Lake County, Utah.