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THE iRISE "Visualize the Prize" COMMERCIAL CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO INDIVIDUAL LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE "ELIGIBILITY AREA"), WHO ARE LOCATED IN THE ELIGIBILITY AREA AT THE TIME OF ENTRY, AND WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. VOID OUTSIDE THE ELIGIBILITY AREA AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Please make a note of these two items and then proceed to Step 2, "Submission of Video."
If you do not complete the registration and submission steps, your Commercial will not be submitted for review and possible inclusion into the Contest or eligible for a prize even though your Commercial may be posted on YouTube. Registration must be completed by 11:59:59 pm Pacific Time on June 4, 2008 or your Commercial will not be submitted into the review process for the Contest.
Submissions that do not include all required information and do not adhere to the foregoing and following requirements will be considered void and will not be considered in the judging of this Contest. Each Contestant is allowed a maximum of five (5) Approved Entries in the Contest. An Approved Entry is defined as a Commercial that has been registered on the Contest Web Site through the process above and has received a corresponding Confirmation Email stating that the Commercial has been accepted into the Contest. The same Commercial may not be registered for the Contest more than once. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
Entrant represents that he/she owns all rights to his/her Submission, including, without limitation, the copyrights in the recording and the performance contained therein. Entrant further represents and warrants that the Entrant has obtained permission from each person whose name, image, likeness and/or voice ("Likeness") is included in the Submission, and that such person(s) have granted Entrant all necessary rights to use the person's Likeness as described in these rules, and that Entrant can make written copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request. If the Likeness of a minor is included, such grant of rights must include written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian authorizing the use of the minor's likeness on behalf of the minor. Sponsor's determination as to whether the Submission potentially violates the rights of any third party is final. By uploading a Submission, Entrant irrevocably grants Sponsor and its affiliates, legal representatives, assigns, agents and licensees, the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used), the Entrant's Submission, including, but not limited to, the recording and the performances contained therein (in each case, as submitted or as edited/modified in any way by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion), as well as to use Entrant's name, likeness, photograph (collectively, "Likeness"), and/or statements regarding his/her participation in this Contest (with or without using the Entrant's name) in any and all media without limitation as to time or territory, and without additional compensation or approval from the Entrant or any other party. Entrant waives intellectual property rights, privacy/publicity rights or other legal or moral rights that might preclude the Sponsor's use of the Submission, and agrees not to sue or assert any claim against the Sponsor for the use of the Submission or Entrant's Likeness or statements. Entrant agrees to indemnify and hold Sponsor, its agencies and Contest Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and any of their employees (collectively, the "Indemnitees"), harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against any of the Indemnitees due to or arising out of the Entrant's Submission, or the Entrant's conduct in creating a Submission or otherwise in connection with this Contest, including but not limited to claims for trademark infringement, copyright infringement; violation of an individuals right of publicity or right of privacy; or defamation. Entrant further agrees to release Sponsor from any and all claims that any advertising subsequently produced, presented, and/or prepared by or on behalf of Sponsor infringes Entrant's rights with regard to any elements, characters or ideas contained in any Submission. SUBMISSION FORMAT AND CONTENT REQUIREMENTS: a. iRise Brand Background iRise’s visualization software gives companies a powerful way to “test drive” and fully experience applications before they are built which accelerates time to revenue, increases product innovation, improves customer experience and lowers overall development costs. More than 170 customers have used iRise on more than 3,000 successful project. Watch the fusion07 conference recap on the iRise homepage and read about what our customers are saying about iRise from the Customer tab of the iRise website. b. Commercial Content The content for the commercial is up to you. You have total creative control over the commercial video including the writing, casting, direction and shooting. Your commercial can be serious, funny or somewhere in between. You can make us say "wow" or “we didn’t think of that", but you should definitely make it something you would want to watch on YouTube or see in an Internet commercial. You should also pay close attention to the Judging Criteria in that 30% of the criteria is based on the liklihood to motivate people to buy or try iRise.
c. Judging Criteria The judging criteria (used to determine the 10 Semi-Finalists) is as follows:
d. Technical Requirements The maximum file size for any video file uploaded to YouTube is 100 MB. Video file(s) submitted to your YouTube account must be provided in one of the following file formats: avi, mov, mpg, or wmv. See the YouTube User Terms of Use for additional details. Be sure to save your Submission in the original format after uploading it to YouTube . If you are a winner, you will need to provide Sponsor with your Submission in its original format in order for the Submission to be aired on the Sponsor website. e. Additional Requirements The Commercial must be thirty (30) seconds to sixty (60) seconds in length, including any tags, and must be primarily in English. Once you upload and register your Commercial, your Submission is final and may not be modified or edited. No Submissions will be returned. The person named as the registered owner of the YouTube user account associated with the Submission and named on the Contest Registration form for the Submission must match and that person will be deemed the entrant ("Entrant"). In the event of dispute regarding the identity of an Entrant, dispute will be resolved in favor of the individual who is the "authorized email account holder" of the email address provided when the YouTube user account was created. "Authorized email account holder" is defined as the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (i.e., business, education institution) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. If any group of individuals elects to collaborate on a Submission, they are required to designate one (1) representative to enter the Contest and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither Sponsor nor any of the Contest Parties are liable for any disputes between collaborators related to a Submission. Please note the following:
PRIZES: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $15,000 cash. Prizes will be awarded as checks payable to the winner. In addition, the Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners’ Commercials will be featured on the iRise website. Limit one prize per person. SELECTION OF WINNERS:
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Potential Semi-Finalists will be required to irrevocably assign and transfer to Sponsor any and all rights, title and interest in his/her Entry, including, without limitation, all copyrights, and agree to waive all moral rights in that Entry. Semi-Finalists will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, Copyright Assignment and, where lawful, a Publicity Release. In addition Semi-Finalists will be subject to a background check. Semi-Finalists will also be required to obtain signed publicity releases from all identifiable individuals featured in Semi-Finalists’ chosen Entry. All completed documents must be returned to Sponsor within 5 days of the date notice was sent or Semi-Finalist status will be forfeited and an alternate Semi-Finalist may be selected. Notification of Semi-Finalist or Winners status must be kept confidential until their Entries are publicly revealed by Sponsor. The Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners may also be required to sign additional documents, as deemed necessary by Sponsor in its sole discretion, prior to their Entry airing on TV. Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on their respective prizes, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of their prize. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Prizes are non-transferable. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, modify or terminate the Contest. Further, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual deemed to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any Sponsor or YouTube; (b) violating the Official Rules; (c) violating the YouTube Terms of Service, or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Sponsor reserves the right to require grand prize and/or runner-up Winners to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility as a condition of awarding the prize to help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring Contest Parties into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Contest Parties resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor or Contest Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any email transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted email transmissions; inaccessibility of the Web Site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Web Site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Sponsor and Contest Parties are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of Web Site is at user's own risk. Sponsor and the Contest Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Contest, use of the Web Site or the download of any information from the Web Site. By participating in the Contest, the Entrant releases Sponsor and Contest Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant's participation in the Contest. By accepting a prize in the Contest, Winners agree that the Sponsor and Contest Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Contest, acceptance or use of any prize. Sponsor and Contest Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest is cancelled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event"). Winner List: For a list of the Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners, visit www.irisevideo.com or send a self addressed, stamped, #10 envelope to: iRise Commercial Contest, iRise, 2321 Rosecrans, Sponsor: iRise, 2321 Rosecrans, Suite 400, El Segundo, CA 90245 |
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