How much notice will Azal Coffee provide before taking photos or videos in my store?
Azal_Coffee Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
You acknowledge and agree that we may take photos and/or videos in your Store or elsewhere and those photos and videos may include photos and videos of your owners, employees, and customers. If we desire to take photos or videos in your Store, we will provide you with notice one week prior to our arrival. We will not engage in photo or video shoots in your Store more than four (4) times per year. You agree that we may use those photos and videos in advertising, including on our website, social media, on television, in any promotional material, and other Digital Marketing. You hereby give and forever grant to us and our successors, assigns, and licensees, the right to use, publish, and copyright throughout the world in perpetuity any such photos and videos, in whole or part, including alterations, modifications, derivations, and composites of the photos and videos (the "Work"), in advertising and promotion of the Franchise Systems and Store. This right includes, but is not limited to, the right to combine the Work, in whole or in part, with other images, and to alter the Work, by digital means or otherwise, so long as the use is of a lawful purpose. You agree that all Work is our property and will not be returned to you for any reason. You, your owners, your employees and any other individual who appears in any photo or video waives any right to inspect or approve the Work. Additionally, your owners, your employees and any other individual appearing in any photo or video waive any right to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of any Work. You and your owners hereby hold us harmless from and against and release and forever discharge us from all claims, demands, and causes of action which you, your owners, your employees, and each of their respective successors, assigns, heirs, representatives, executors, administrators, or any other persons on their or your behalf or may have by reason of this authorization. To the extent required for us to use any Work, you shall secure any and all legal, written consents from your employees (upon their hiring) and customers to authorize us to use any Work as contemplated in this Section.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 51)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Azal Coffee's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, if Azal Coffee desires to take photos or videos in a franchisee's store, they will provide the franchisee with notice one week prior to their arrival. Azal Coffee will not engage in photo or video shoots in a franchisee's store more than four times per year. These photos and videos may include the franchisee's owners, employees, and customers.
Azal Coffee has the right to use these photos and videos in advertising, including on their website, social media, on television, in any promotional material, and other Digital Marketing. The franchisee grants Azal Coffee the right to use, publish, and copyright these photos and videos throughout the world in perpetuity, including alterations, modifications, derivations, and composites of the photos and videos, for advertising and promotion of the Franchise Systems and Store.
The franchisee agrees that all work is Azal Coffee's property and will not be returned for any reason. The franchisee, their owners, employees, and any other individual who appears in any photo or video waives any right to inspect or approve the work. Additionally, they waive any right to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of any work. The franchisee and their owners hold Azal Coffee harmless from and against and release and forever discharge them from all claims, demands, and causes of action which they may have by reason of this authorization.
The franchisee is responsible for securing any and all legal, written consents from their employees (upon their hiring) and customers to authorize Azal Coffee to use any work as contemplated in this section, to the extent required for Azal Coffee to use any work.