Individual Application to use the TREC Information Retrieval Research Collection's BBC 2007/8 Rushes videos I, ________________________________________________________, a person engaging in research and development of natural language processing, information retrieval, document understanding, or pattern recognition systems, and a member of, consultant to, or person providing service to the following organization: Organization __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Corporation/Partnership/Legal Entity __________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Official mail address _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Telephone _____________________________________ Facsimile _____________________________________ Electronic mail ________________________________ apply(ies) to use the information designated as the TREC Information Retrieval Research Collection's BBC 2007/8 Rushes video subject to the following understandings, terms and conditions. These understandings, terms and conditions apply equally to all or to part of the information. Permitted Uses 1. The information may only be used for research and development of natural language processing, information retrieval, document understanding, or pattern recognition systems. 2. Summaries, analyses and interpretations of the audiovisual properties of the information may be derived and published, provided it is not possible to reconstruct the information from these summaries. 3. Small excerpts of the information may be displayed to others or published in a scientific or technical context, solely for the purpose of describing the research and development and related issues. Any such use shall not infringe on the rights of any third party including, but limited to, the authors and publishers of the excerpts. Access to the Information by Individuals 1. Access to the information by an individual person is to be controlled by that person's organization. The organization may only grant access to people working under its control, i.e., its own members, consultants to the organization, or individuals providing service to the organization. 2. Individuals may be allowed access to the information only after completion and submission of this form. The access is to be terminated when the conditions of the application no longer apply. The organization will retain the applications of all persons ever granted access to the information and make them available upon request to any of the copyright holders and to the institution or agency holding this completed application. 3. The organization will maintain and post a list of people with current and recently terminated access to the information. 4. An individual with access may only display the information to or share the information with persons whom his organization lists as having access to the information. Restrictions 1. No distortion or modification of the video images or audio are permitted that could reasonably be construed as creating the effect of a parody or criticism of the speaker. Acknowledgement All publications and presentations of images obtained from BBC 2007/8 Rushes videos must carry the following acknowledgement. BBC 2007/8 Rushes video is copyrighted. The BBC 2007/8 Rushes video used in this work is provided for research purposes by the BBC through the TREC Information Retrieval Research Collection. By the Individual: Signature________________________________________________________ Date ________________________________ Name (please print) _____________________________________________ Email address ___________________________________________________ Title ___________________________________________________________ Accepted by the organization: Signature________________________________________________________ Date ________________________________ Name (please print) ______________________________________________ Title ____________________________________________________________ Institution/Agency __________________________________________________________________ Please print, complete, and send this form to your organization's contact person, who must retain it for tracking purposes. Do NOT send this form to NIST.