OWNERSHIP OF MLS COMPILATION AND COPYRIGHT

Section 11 – Authorization:

By the act of submitting any property listing content to the MLS the Participant represents that he has been authorized to grant and also thereby does grant authority for the MLS to include the property listing content in its copyrighted MLS compilation and also in any statistical report on comparables.  Listing content includes, but is not limited to, photographs, images, graphics, audio and video recordings, virtual tours, drawings, descriptions, remarks, narratives, pricing information, and other details or information related to listed property.  

Section 11.1 - Copy of MLS Compilation:

All right, title and interest in each copy of every Multiple Listing compilation created and copyrighted by the Santa Cruz County Board of REALTORS® and in the copyrights therein, shall at all times remain vested in the Santa Cruz County Board of REALTORS®.

Section 11.2 – Entitled to Lease MLS Compilation:

Each Participant shall be entitled to lease from the Santa Cruz County Board of REALTORS® a number of copies of each MLS compilation sufficient to provide the Participant and each person affiliated as a licensee (including licensed or certified appraisers) with such Participant with one copy of such compilation.  The Participant shall pay for each such copy the rental fee set by the Board.

Participants shall acquire by such lease only the right to use the MLS compilation in accordance with these Rules.