http://open.abc.net.au/assets/pdf/up-close/abc_open_up_close_terms_and_conditions.pdfABC Open Up Close Photography Competition
December 19, 2011 to February 26, 2012
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The promoter of this competition is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABN 524 292 78345), 700 Harris Street, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia.
2. By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Any instructions relating to the competition on the promoter’s website form part of these Terms and Conditions.
3. The promoter may in its discretion refuse to award any prize to any entrant who fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
ELIGIBILITY 4. Entry to the competition is open to residents of regional and rural areas of Australia, living outside the Greater Metropolitan Areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth. (For the avoidance of doubt, residents of the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth will not be eligible. (Residents of Hobart, Newcastle and Darwin will be eligible).
5. An entrant’s residential postcode will determine whether the entrant resides outside the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth for the purposes of this competition.
6. An entrant must be an individual and not a company or organisation. Employees of the promoter and any person associated with the competition, or with the provision of the prize(s), are not eligible to enter.
COMPETITION PERIOD
7. The competition opens at 9:00am AEST on Monday 19 December 2011 and closes at 12:00am (midnight) AEST on Sunday 26 February 2012.
8. Any entry received after the expiry of the competition period will be deemed invalid. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed or misdirected entries.
2
HOW TO ENTER
9. To enter the competition, you must:
a) take at least one (1) Up Close photograph (in the style of close-up or macro photography); and
b) select your best Up Close photograph and submit it to the ABC Open Camera Club on Flickr and tag the photo abcopen:project=upclose.
c) email
abcopen.upclose@abc.net.au with your full name, Flickr name, postal address, email address, age, and phone number; and the link to your best (1) photograph on Flickr eg:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70656999@N05/6396603481/in/photostream10. You can only enter the competition once, with one (1) photograph. You must submit a properly completed entry email to enter the competition.
YOUR ENTRY
11. To be eligible for a prize your entry must only include material created by you or material which you have permission to use, including any words, art, photographs, or footage which may be included in your entry.
12. By submitting your entry to the promoter, and by posting your work on Flickr, you grant the promoter and its licensees and assignees a non-exclusive license to exercise all rights in your entry, including without limitation, the right to reproduce and communicate your entry to the public in whole or in part, including to publish, broadcast and exhibit your content, in perpetuity and throughout the world in any media.
13. By entering this competition and posting your work on Flickr, you agree to comply with the Flickr Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
14. You understand and agree that your entry may be edited or adapted at any time by the promoter for legal, editorial or operational reasons.
PRIZES
15. The top three (3) entrants whose entries are judged by the promoter’s panel of judges to have the best composition and subject matter will win the prize. Chance plays no part in determining the prize winners.
16. Decisions of the promoter and its panel of judges are final and will be binding on each person who enters the competition and no correspondence will be entered into.
3
17. The three prize winners will receive:
a. a photographic adventure to a location in Australia, to be chosen by the promoter in its sole discretion, including a photography master class with esteemed Australian photographer, Nick Moir. [The photographic adventure is for three (3) days];
b. return economy airfares and/or other transport or transfer costs from your town to the location in Australia where the master class is to be held; and
c. three (3) nights accommodation at the location where the master class will be held;
18. If a prize winner is under 18 years of age, they must be accompanied by an adult when participating in the prize, however, travel and accommodation will only be provided for one (1) accompanying chaperone.
19. If the prize occurs in your home city, you will not be eligible to receive any accommodation or airfares (which may otherwise have formed part of the prize).
20. Prize winners must comply with any third party terms and conditions relevant to the prize e.g. in relation to any airfares, accommodation, and/or tickets as applicable.
21. The promoter shall not be responsible for any additional costs associated with use of the prize. The prize winner is responsible for all costs associated with using the prize including (if applicable) travel and/or transfer costs, expenses with respect to food and beverages, travel and medical insurance costs and spending money.
22. The prize winner must be available to redeem the prize on the dates stipulated by the promoter. If the prize winner is not able to redeem the prize on that date, the promoter may determine another prize winner in its discretion.
23. No component of the prize can be transferred or redeemed for cash.
24. In the event that any of the prizes become unavailable due to circumstances beyond the promoter’s control, the promoter reserves the right to provide a similar product to the same or greater value as the original prize, subject to any applicable laws or written directions made under applicable legislation.
WINNER NOTIFICATION
25. Unless advertised differently, the prize winners will be notified by phone, email and/or mail at the end of the competition period and announced on ABC radio and/or posted on the promoter’s website. Please allow at least 30 days from the date of notification for the delivery of the prize.
4
GENERAL
26. You warrant that:
a. all details provided with your entry are true and accurate;
b. you have all necessary rights to grant the promoter the rights granted under these Terms and Conditions;
c. use of your entry by the promoter, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, will not infringe the rights of any third parties;
and you will indemnify the promoter against any loss or damage resulting from any breach of these warranties.
27. You acknowledge that the promoter is under no obligation to use your entry, and any reproduction and/or communication of your entry to the public by the promoter (in accordance with these Terms and Conditions) is at the complete discretion of the promoter.
28. You agree that the promoter may use your personal details provided to the promoter for the purpose of conducting the competition. The promoter may disclose your personal information to its contractors, agents, any co-promoter and to State and Territory gaming departments, to assist in conducting this competition. Prize winners’ names may be published as set out in these Terms and Conditions. The promoter may also use your personal information for any promotional, marketing and publicity purposes of the promoter, subject to the ABC’s Privacy Policy available at
http://www.abc.net.au/privacy.htm.
29. If there is any event that prevents or hinders the promoter’s conduct of the competition or the promoter’s ability to deliver the prize/s to the prize winner/s, the promoter may, in its discretion, cancel the competition and recommence it at another time under the same conditions or select another winner.
30. The promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, or for any failure of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this competition, or for any technical error that may occur in the course of the administration of this competition. The promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
31. To the full extent permitted by the law, the promoter will not be liable for any death, injury, damages, expenses, or loss whatsoever (whether direct or consequential) to persons or property as a result of any person entering into the competition or accepting or using any prize, including without limitation non-receipt of any prize or damage to any prize in transit and the prize winner’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions (if any) specified by any third party
Australian Competitions Club
