Entrepreneur Video Contest – Official Rules
Rules:
1. Eligibility: The Entrepreneur Video Contest is open to US legal residents only, aged 18 and over only.
2. Entering: Videos should be completely original, and must: (i) be approximately 1 (one) minute in length and (ii) meet video submission requirements (please see official rules for details).
3. Winner selection: Judges will choose one (1) Grand Prize winner and two (2) Runner up prizes. The official contest period ends November 30, 2009. All winners will be announced on December 14, 2009.
4. Prizes:
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Full Scholarship for the eCornell Systems Approach to Product and Service Design Certificate Program. ($3,500 dollar value)
TWO (2) RUNNER UP PRIZES: A Scholarship covering two courses for each runner up related to the the eCornell Systems Approach to Product and Service Design Certificate Program ($1,250 each).
5. Conditions: All video submissions must not infringe on copyright or trademark rights. By submitting your video you are assigning rights to that video to eCornell.
* For more detail on the rules, please read the complete official rules located below.
eCornell's Entrepreneur Video Contest - Official Rules
1. ELIGIBILITY: The Entrepreneur Video Contest ("Contest") is only open to legal residents of the United States, who are at least 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Cornell University, YouTube and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, participating vendors and sponsors, promotion or advertising agencies, or any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Contest and the employee's immediate family members regardless of where they live, and the employee's Household Members, are ineligible to enter.
2. HOW TO ENTER:
No purchase is necessary. Contest begins at 12:01 AM Pacific Time ("PST") on September 28, 2009 and the video submission period ends on November 30, 2009. Winners will be announced on December 14, 2009.
To enter: During the Contest Period, visit www.youtube.com/ecornell14850, login to your existing YouTube account or create a YouTube Account, and post a video response. Creating an account is free. Follow the links and instructions to make your entry and submit your original video. Video submission should meet the requirements below and elsewhere in these Official Rules.
Video Submission Requirements
I. Entrants must have an active YouTube account to enter. Your personal information is subject to the privacy policies posted on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy and at eCornell.com at http://www.ecornell/global/privacyPolicy.aspx.
II. Create a video in any format, and clearly conveys your unique approach to understanding your customer's needs. All entries must contain a subject heading that clearly indicates "eCornell Entrepreneur Online Video Contest Entry."
III. Entrants own all rights, including copyright and performance rights, and must hold all necessary releases concerning the contents of the Video Submission. If other persons are shown in the Video Submission, entrant may be required to provide signed releases from such persons or, if under 18 years old, from the parent or legal guardian of such persons. In consideration of entering the Video Submission in the Contest, each entrant irrevocably licenses these rights to the Promotion Entities, and winners irrevocably assign these rights to the Promotion Entities.
IV. Each video should be approximately five (5) minutes or less in length.
V. Each video must comply with Youtube's video requirements: http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_makevideo
VI. Each video must comply with Youtube's Terms of Service requirements:
VII. Prior to video submission, video contestant entrant confirms that they have read these Official Rules and that such entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules.
VIII. All video submissions that include content that is indecent, obscene, offensive, not suitable for a general audience, outside the intent of the Contest, contains material for which licenses are required, or does not comply with the YouTube Terms of Service located at http://youtube.com/t/terms or these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will be disqualified from the Contest and may be removed from YouTube.
IX. Entrants represent and warrant that their Video Submissions are their own original creations and do not infringe any other person's or entity's rights, and that they and any other person appearing in their Video Submission release any and all claims concerning use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission and their likenesses, statements or performances.
Each entrant may submit one (1) entry only during the Contest Period. No joint submissions will be accepted. One (1) entrant per YouTube account and email address will be allowed. In the event of any dispute concerning the identity of the entrant, the entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder for the applicable internet service. Any attempt by any entrant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different accounts or email addresses, identities, registrations, or any other methods may void and disqualify all submissions entered by that entrant, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Entries (including Video Submissions) will be screened for eligibility and compliance with requirements; incomplete, ineligible or non-complying entries will be disqualified. The Sponsors are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, misdirected, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected entries, which are void. Sponsor will not acknowledge receipt of entries.
3. SELECTION OF WINNERS:
Once a video submission has been posted as a video response on www.youtube.com/ecornell14850 , the panel of the judges will review all submissions and rate the video based on the following criteria:
1. Quality of response: How effective were you in answering the key question of what great lengths you went through to understand your customer's needs
2. Creativity: How creative was your response? (e.g. this relates to how you developed your video/ the approach that you used to develop your entry)
3. Methodology: What approach did you use to develop a deep sense of your target customer's needs?
All submissions must be made by 11:59 PM PST on November 30, 2009. The video submissions may be posted on the http://www.youtube.com/ecornell14850 website and possibly other web sites to be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
Entrant will be notified when their video submission is posted.
4. PRIZES:
- ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Scholarship for the eCornell Systems Approach to Product and Service Design Certificate Program ($3,500 dollar value)
- TWO (1) RUNNER UP PRIZES: Enrollment for two courses for each runner up related to the the eCornell Systems Approach to Product and Service Design Certificate Program ($1,250 each)
Prizes are non-transferable. No substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any listed prize or prize component for one of equal or greater value if a designated prize or component should become unavailable for any reason.
Potential winners will be notified by email and must respond within three (3) days by phone or email, or will be disqualified and Sponsor may select an alternate winner in the same manner. Potential winners will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, Publicity Release and Assignment of Rights within fourteen (14) days of the initial notification date or potential winner will be disqualified and Sponsor may select alternate winners in the same manner.
Scholarships will be awarded by eCornell. Should a winner not yet wish to enroll at the time of prize notification, the scholarship will be available for up to two (2) years from date of prize notification; and if not used after such time, the award will be forfeited.
Prizes cannot be used or redeemed in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. No substitutions or transfer of prizes permitted. If any winner is unable to accept a prize for any reason whatsoever or if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential winner may be disqualified and Sponsor may select an alternate winner from the remaining pool of eligible entries in the same manner. Taxes and any other expenses and incidentals not mentioned herein are each winner's sole responsibility. Sponsor may require winners to provide Social Security numbers for tax reporting purposes. By entering, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules.
5. CONDITIONS:
By participating and/or submitting an entry or accepting any prize, you represent and warrant that your Video Submission (a) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary, contractual, privacy or publicity right of any person or entity, and its use in any manner by Sponsor and its affiliates and agents will not incur any obligation to pay any party and (b) the footage being submitted is real and accurate. You hereby irrevocably license all such rights to the Promotion Entities in all media throughout the world in perpetuity. Each winner assigns his/her Video Submission, and all words, images, concepts or ideas contained or embodied therein, to Sponsor which become the sole property of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to edit the content of each Video Submission as it sees fit and to identify you as the source of your submission.
By submitting the Video Submissions and licensing or assigning your rights, entrants grant Sponsor and its affiliates and agents permission to use the Video Submissions for any purpose and in any media whatsoever, worldwide, without further compensation to entrants. Selected videos may be posted on Sponsor's and/or YouTube's website at any time, if deemed appropriate by Sponsor and at Sponsor's sole discretion. Acceptance of any prize constitutes consent to use of winner's name, likeness, statements, and biographical data for advertising/publicity purposes in any medium without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Entrants hereby release and hold harmless each of the Promotion Entities and their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all claims, demands, losses and liabilities arising out of this Contest, or use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission or any likeness, statement or performance, or use or misuse of the prize awarded hereunder.
Sponsor assumes no liability or responsibility for damages, losses or injury resulting from this Contest or the acceptance or use of any prize. All entrants further agree that in the event of any third party claims, damages, losses or injuries or death arising from or relating to this Contest, or any use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission or any likeness, statement or performance, or the winner's use of any prize, entrant will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Promotion Entities and their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all such claims, including the attorneys' fees related thereto. Entrant is responsible for all on-line charges incurred with any Internet service provider and/or wireless carrier.
Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures or any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any Website or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, incomplete, illegible or misdirected entries. No mechanical reproduction of entries accepted. Mass entries, or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual tampering with the Contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the judges reserve the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate or modify the Contest using all eligible entries received as of the termination date.
If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at http://www.ecornell.com/l-entrepreneur-video-contest/ and www.youtube.com/ecornell14850. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action. All decisions of Sponsor are final and binding.
6. WINNER'S LIST: For a copy of these Official Rules or a list of the winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to: eCornell's The Entrepreneur Video Contest by December 15, 2009. Specify whether you would like a copy of these Official Rules or the winners' list. Winners will also be posted on http://www.ecornell.com when all winners have been verified and confirmed.
7. ADMINISTRATOR: eCornell; Info@ecornell.com
