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Did you guys have to agree to anything regarding golf channel being able to use the content of your submissions as they wish? If so, that would make these selections extra suspicious, as they not only got a lot of publicity from this, they have also collected a pretty big library of unique and compelling instructional content.

Yes, and from the Contest Rules, here 'tis:

"By entering this Promotion, Entrant (his/her parent/legal guardian if Entrant is a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a minor) grants Sponsor the right: (i) to post/publish submitted Video on the Website and on air(and any other present or future media in which it is or may be published, including, without limitation electronic databases), or other websites owned, operated by or affiliated with the Sponsor, without further compensation; and (ii) to modify, edit, adapt, and electronically alter submitted Video without compensation or further notice to Entrant. Although Sponsor is granted the rights herein, it is not obligated to, nor does it represent or warrant that any Video submitted by Entrant will be published on the Website or otherwise, or that such publication will be free of technical errors, problems or compatibility issues and Sponsor shall have no liability related thereto."


Then, excerpted from the TGC website's Terms and Conditions:

(B) By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material to us for display on the Service, you are granting thegolfchannel.com a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such communication and sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such material, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Yep . . .

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