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CreativInn Art Contest Terms and Conditions

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Please read these rules (the Rules) before submitting your photo(s) to CreativInn Art Contest. These are General Rules governing all contests hosted by CreativInn, unless so specified in the Specific Rules that may be applicable to individual contests. By participating in the contests, you understand, acknowledge and unconditionally agree to abide by the following Rules:

BASIC SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARTWORK

  1. The contests are open for online submissions only, through the contest page available on creativinn.com contests
  2. Submissions will not be accepted once the deadline lapses.
  3. Photos submitted must be at least 640 pixels on the shorter side, and no more than 2000 pixels on the longer side. Images should be no larger than 2MB. Photos must be in JPEG format.
  4. You may submit as many entries per contest as you wish, unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the contest specific rules. However, you will be able to upload only one image at a time using the websites upload function.
  5. You are required to provide a unique title & description for each image submitted.
  6. The same photo can be submitted for more than one contest. Photos that have won previous awards may be submitted again, unless otherwise mentioned in the contest specific rules.
  7. All submitted photos must contain the original EXIF metadata information. However there must be no border(s), logo(s), copyright marks, identifying marks, or any other visible references and/or marks on the image.
  8. Every image uploaded is subject to a moderation process before it becomes visible on the contest page. CreativInn reserves the right to assess and disregard any submitted photo at our its discretion.
  9. Photos that portray or otherwise include inappropriate and/or offensive content, including provocative nudity, violence, human rights and/or environmental violation, and/or any other contents deemed to be contrary to the law, religious, cultural & moral traditions and practices of Europe, are strictly prohibited and will be immediately discarded.

THE JUDGING

  1. The winner is determined by voting and judging criteria: after a period of vote, CreativInn will keep the 5 photos which get the most number of votes, and choose one to be the winner, based on artistic criteria.
  2. The results and the winners will be announced on the website.
  3. The decision of CreativInn’s judging panel will be final and binding on all Participants in respect to all matters relating to the Contest.
  4. CreativInn reserves the right to call for original JPEG or RAW files with unchanged EXIF for the purpose of authentication. An image maybe disregarded if this information cannot be provided.

THE PRIZES

  1. The prizes (if any) will be shipped for free within Europe. Winners from outside Europe may mention an Europe address to ship the prizes. Alternately, they will have to bear the shipping expense to their respective countries.
  2. Any state/ provincial/ territorial, and/or local taxes, fees and surcharges and taxes (whether foreign or domestic, and including income tax) on any prize that may be awarded to You under the Contest will be solely paid by You.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

  1. Submitted photos must be original, created and/or taken by the contestant. It must not contain any materials owned or controlled by a third party for which you have not obtained a license, must not infringe the copyright, trademark, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity.
  2. CreativInn respects Artists’ copyrights and copyrights shall remain vested with the creator of the Artwork. Upon making the submission, you grant CreativInn, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, sub-licensable right and license to use, publish, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, create derivative works, distribute, have distributed, print, in whole or in part, in any form, in all media forms now or hereafter known, to promote the contest, image, the artist or for editorial or educative use.
  3. The Artist will be credited wherever the image is used.
  4. The photos won’t be used outside of the framework of the contest.

LIABILITY

  1. You hereby hold harmless, release, indemnify and discharge CreativInn and its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers and representatives from all liability, claims, judgments, demands, controversies, agreements, damages, actions and causes of action whatsoever, arising out of or related in any way to the contest or the conduct of the contest and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded, whether in law or in equity, no matter what the cause or nature, and You further waive any claims that You may state or assert against CreativInn in association with the contest or any of its associated activities, or in any way related to or resulting from the contest even if such injury or claims results from or is caused by the negligence or gross negligence of CreativInn, in whole or in part, due to human error or otherwise. You further agree to indemnify and hold harmless CreativInn from any claim arising out of your participation in the contest including, without limitation, all claims brought or asserted by any third party as a result of any injury or loss that You or they may sustain in any way associated with your participation in the contest.
  2. Under no circumstance will CreativInn be liable for any:
    • lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible or incomplete Submissions
    • error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, submitted Photo(s);
    • problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, email, players or browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing;
    • incorrect or inaccurate information, caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the Photos and/or the Submissions; and/or
    • injury or damage to any Participant or to any computer related to, resulting from or in connection with the Contest.
  3. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of being conducted as anticipated, due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of CreativInn, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest, CreativInn reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest as deemed appropriate, disqualify any Participant, and/or select winners from all eligible Photos submitted prior to the termination, cancellation, modification or suspension. CreativInn reserves the right to correct any typo-graphical, printing, computer programming or operating errors at any time.