PEParazzi House Rules

With PEParazzi comes great fun-and responsibility


PEParazzi is PEP's mini-me. Its content-the scoops, photos and videos, including captions-comes from the PEPsters themselves, and not from the editors, staffwriters and contributors of www.pep.ph.

A PEParazzi contributor may be a student, a yuppy, a mom, a Pinoy resident abroad, so long as you're a registered PEP user.

Each time you submit a text, photo and/or video to PEParazzi, you remain legally bound by PEP's Terms of Service (terms and policies on Privacy and Data Protection), to which you agreed as a PEPster. The following Terms of Use for Submitted Materials, or PEParazzi House Rules, serve as reminders to ensure that our new space will be all fun and hassle-free.
  1. PEParazzi's intellectual property is owned by PEP, Inc.
  2. You grant www.pep.ph the non-exclusive license to do whatever it wants with the materials coming from your end. And so, PEPparazzi has the right to publish, republish, upload, and broadcast any material or personal data you submit.
  3. PEP is surrounded by its affiliate publications and websites in Summit Publishing Company, Inc. To give you the heads up, there will come a time when your photo or video may be used by the other magazines, we hope you can be cool about it.
  4. Please do not expect payment in this lifetime or the next (a.k.a. royalty).
  5. You retain copyright to the material you submit. However, www.pep.ph is not under any obligation to publish, upload, or broadcast any material you have submitted. So, don't feel bad in case your submission fails to make it. There's always the next time.
  6. If you are a showbiz aficionado who has not had her debut yet (at least 18 years of age), you need to seek permission from your parent or guardian when submitting your material. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT SUBMIT ANY MATERIAL TO www.pep.ph. These terms and policies may be changed at any time, but not to worry, all changes that may occur will be posted online.
  7. If you disagree with our general house rules, you have the option NOT TO SUBMIT ANY MATERIAL TO PEP.ph.


By submitting your material, you agree to:

Grant PEP.ph, its affiliates, and partners the license to use, modify, reproduce, edit, adapt, distribute, perform, play, publish, upload, broadcast, exercise and sub-license all associated and relevant rights to your material without royalty, and in a non-exclusive, transferable and non-revocable manner.

Waive unconditionally and irrevocably all your rights over the material.

Declare in writing that the material you submitted is your own original, accurate, and genuine work. No "trying hard second-rate copycat", please.

Make sure your material is not libelous or defamatory. No "legal troubles," please.

Do not submit a fabricated or modified material that may already look like it's a staged event. No "scripted" content please.

Avoid content that violates any law, infringes on any copyright, legal or proprietary rights of any third party, and is subject to any other contract, agreement or license. No "law violators," please.

Do check the veracity of your article or video or photo? The names involved, place, date and time, and other relevant information should be certified correct. In addition, the details you supply for the caption should be accurate and truthful. No guessing game, please.

You agree to hold PEP and PEParazzi free from liability against any costs, damages, and legal and other expenses they may incur or suffer as a result of a breach of the above terms.

You own the material you've submitted by retaining ownership of the copyright. If your material is accepted, PEP.ph will attribute the material to you, and offer our congratulations while patting your back for a job well done.

We value your trust and privacy. Any appropriate personal data that you disclose as part of, or in connection with, the material you submitted will be used only to establish attribution information. All other personal data you reveal will be treated with confidentiality. To avoid grave threats and stalkers on your part, PEP.ph will not disclose the email address or cell phone number/s you provided.

Since we also want to be law abiding citizens, PEP.ph may be required under certain laws or regulations to disclose information to government agencies, celebrities concerned, or individuals, and you expressly authorize PEP.ph to comply with any and all lawful requests, notices, subpoenas, court orders or warrants without prior notice to you.