GENERAL COMPETITION RULES
These are the General Competition Rules that govern the
relationship between you and us when you enter one of our
competitions in the absence of any specific terms and
conditions in relation to a competition ("Competition(s)"). By
participating in any of our Competitions, you agree to be bound
by these General Competition Rules (which may be amended or
varied at any time by us with or without notice) in the absence
of any specific terms and conditions and by our decisions,
which are final in all matters relating to the Competitions.
When entering a competition, you should follow any links on the
competition entry page of our website to the specific terms and
conditions for that particular competition which would apply
instead of these General Competition Rules.
You should also read our
Privacy Policy
which applies to all of your dealings with us and explains what
use we will make of any personal information you may give us.
1. OUR DETAILS
"We", "us" and "our" means Viacom International Media Networks Middle East FZ-LLC, with
registered address at the 3rd floor, DMC, Dubai Media City. .
Our principal place of business is at 17-29 Hawley Crescent,
London NW1 8TT If you have any questions or concerns please
refer to our frequently answered questions (FAQ's). If the
FAQs do not adequately address your questions or concerns you
may contact us by email provided.
2. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
For whatever reason, we may need to make changes to these terms
in future. For example to reflect changes in the type and/or
format of competitions that we run or to correct errors in
these terms. We will try to keep all such changes to a minimum.
We recommend that you check these terms from time to time to
see if they have changed. We will always state at the bottom of
these terms the date on which they were last updated.
Any specific additional terms and conditions which we tell you
apply to any particular competition will take precedence over
these terms and conditions in the case of a conflict.
If you continue to enter Competitions after our terms change
you will be bound by those changes.
3. MECHANICS FOR ENTRY
(i) Costs to enter the competition will depend on the method of
entry and you should seek the permission of the person paying
the bill before entering. The cost to enter via the Internet
may vary so please check with your network operator for current
charges. If entering by telephone Calls on a standard telephone
line will depend on your landline provider. If entering by way
of premium rate SMS you will be charged a fee for such entry
which we shall notify to you which will be in addition to the
standard messaging costs charged by your network operator
(which should be checked with your network operator). If
entering by post you shall be responsible for paying sufficient
postage on your entry.
(ii) The start and closing date for any Competition shall be
set out on the Competition entry page and/or the Competition
on-air television promo (if any).
(iii) You may only enter a Competition if you are a resident of
the Middle East or North Africa (unless other territories are
also specified on the Competition entry page in which case
residents of such territories may also enter) and you are aged
sixteen (21) and over (unless a higher age limit is specified
on the Competition entry page in which case that will apply and
we reserve the right to implement age requirements where
necessary).
(iv) You may not enter a Competition if you are an employee or
immediate relatives of any employees of MTV Networks Europe,
MTV Networks, Viacom International Inc., MTV Networks Middle East FZ
LLC, or of any Competition sponsors, Prize providers,
co-promoters or their group or affiliate companies or any other
person professionally connected with the Competition.
(v) One (1) entry per person, which must include the
information requested on the Competition entry page which may
include your name, age, e-mail address, postal address,
telephone number of entrant and/or answer to the question.
(vi) The winner(s) will have answered the question correctly
and will be the first entry/entries randomly drawn on the date
of the Prize draw from all correct entries received.
(vii) The winner(s) will be notified by e-mail or telephone as
soon as possible after the Competition draw and may receive
subsequent written confirmation and full details of the Prize.
(vi) In the event that we cannot for any reason contact the
winner within a reasonable period of time from the Prize draw,
we reserve the right to draw another winner.
(vii) Our decision is final with respect to any aspect of the
competition, including the determination of any winner(s) of a
Prize and no correspondence will be entered into.
(viii) The names of the winner(s) can be obtained by sending a
stamped addressed envelope to our mailing address shown above,
(specifying the Competition) for one (1) month after the
Competition closes.
4. PRIZES
(i) The Competition Prize shall be set out on the Competition
entry page and/or the Competition on-air television promo (if
any) ("Prize") and if the winner(s) is allowed to bring any
guests the number of guests will also be set out on the
Competition entry page ("Allowed Guests").
(ii) The receipt, by any winner(s), of any of the Prize
components is conditional upon compliance by the winner with
any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations as well as
these General Competition Rules. The winner(s) and any Allowed
Guests are solely responsible for all insurance, applicable
taxes and for any expenses or costs not specified in the Prize
description.
(iii) Where Prizes involve the winner(s) travelling, the
winner(s) and any Allowed Guest(s) shall be required to hold a
valid passport and/or other necessary travel documentation and
visas.
(iv) Where Prizes necessitate travel on a specific date, the
winner(s) and any Allowed Guest(s) must be able to travel on
the date specified by us and no alternative dates will be
available. If the winner(s) is able to choose the date of
travel the trip must be taken within twelve (12) months of the
closing date of the Competition, excluding travel on or around
public holidays both in the Middle East/North Africa and the
Prize destination. The exact dates for travel shall remain
subject to availability.
(v) Travel insurance shall not be included in any Prize so the
winner(s) and any Allowed Guest(s) are advised to obtain their
own travel insurance.
(vi) Where the winner(s) is under twenty one (21), any Allowed
Guest(s) must include a parent or legal guardian. Where the
winner(s) is under twenty one (21) and in full or part time
education and the Prize necessitates travel on a date that is
in school term-time, the winner(s) must obtain the prior
written consent of his/her headteacher and his/her parent or
legal guardian for the winner's absence from school on that
day.
(vii) The winner(s) may be required to provide a written
acknowledgement of acceptance of all terms and conditions of
the Competition but in respect of winner(s) under the age of
twenty one (21) all Prizes are subject to the applicable
winner(s) first printing off these General Competition Rules,
obtaining the relevant signatures from their parents or legal
guardian and sending the signed document to our mailing address
set out above (specifying the Competition).
(viii) All Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative
will be offered. Arrangements for the fulfillment of Prizes
will be made by us. If due to circumstances beyond our control
we are unable to provide any stated Prize(s), we reserve the
right to award a substitute Prize of equal value. All Prizes
are subject to the additional terms and conditions of the
manufacturer or supplier.
(ix) The winner(s) agree that MTV Networks Europe, Viacom
International Inc., MTV Networks Middle East FZ LLC, their
subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies and employees, and
any other sponsors and Prize providers shall have no liability
in connection with acceptance or use of any of the Prizes
awarded in the Competitions. We reserve the right to disqualify
any entrant and/or winner at our absolute discretion.
5. LICENCE FOR MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY YOU OR FOOTAGE FILMED OF
YOU
In exchange for allowing you to enter the Competition, you
hereby:
• grant to us a non-exclusive worldwide, sub-licensable licence
to use, or allow third parties to use, any material you have
provided to us in connection with the Competition including
photos, artwork, written text, videos and images ("Material")
in any manner we choose on any media (existing now or in the
future) without restriction for the full term of any rights
that may exist in your Material (without payment to you or any
third party).You still own your material and may use it as you
wish but we have the right to use it for example by showing
your Material to the general public on our television channels
or to publish/stream it on our websites or to provide it to our
distribution partners to show it on their television channels
or websites. We may require you to provide us with a written
acknowledgement of this licence by printing off and signing
these General Competition Rules
• grant us the exclusive right to film, tape, sound record and
photograph all your activities in connection with the
Competition and (if applicable) any Prizes. Everything filmed,
taped or recorded of you by the Promoter shall be known as
"Footage"
• assign to us fully all intellectual property rights in any
Footage throughout the world for the full term of any rights
that may exist under any applicable law throughout the world.
This means that we own all rights in the Footage for as long as
they exist. We may require you to sign a release form
consenting to the filming/recording of the Footage, the
assignment of all rights in such Footage to us.
• waive any "moral" rights that you may have in your Material
or the Footage for the purposes of us using it in accordance
with these General Competition Rules. Your moral rights include
the right to be identified as the author and the right to
object to derogatory treatment of your Material or the Footage.
We need this waiver because we may not always be able to
identify you (or other users who have uploaded content) as the
author, and we need to be able to edit or treat your material
as we see appropriate in our editorial judgment.
• agree that we may use your, name and/or likeness, voice,
photographs and/or video footage of you, biographical
information provided by you and/or any statement made by you
concerning the Competition and/or the Prize(s) in connection
with publicizing the Competition, in any and all media in
perpetuity throughout the world in any manner we choose without
restriction.
Terminating the licence in your Material
If you want us to stop using your Material please tell us
submit the details of your material along with your instruction
to remove this material using email provided. We
will then stop using your material in new programming on our
Viacom International Media services as far as reasonably practicable. However we are
not obliged to stop your material where it is already being
used or where we have already incorporated it into compilation
packages or other programming or where we have sublicensed your
Material to a third party.
Your promises
It is very important that the Material you provide as part of a
Competition is your own work. Material that you did not create
yourself, or that include images of people or information about
people without their permission can result in serious liability
to us and to you.
Accordingly, you promise that:
• You are the only creator, author and owner of the Material
you post or upload, or if you are not the exclusive owner you
have received written consent from the owner to upload or post
the Material and to grant us the rights to use the Material as
set out above.
• Our use of your Material will not infringe any intellectual
property or other rights of any third party (for example trade
marks, copyright, privacy rights). This means that, if your
Material contain any underlying copyrights such as music,
lyrics, film footage, artwork or other copyright material owned
by any other person, you confirm that you have obtained all
necessary consents in writing (including from other people
appearing in your Material) necessary for us to use your
material as set out above.
• The Material will not contain anything that is defamatory,
offensive or illegal.
• Your Material is free from any right or claim by anyone under
any recording contract, publishing contract, or any union,
guild or collecting society such as the Performing Right
Society and you agree that you will inform us immediately if
this status changes.
6. LIABILITIES
(i) We can accept no responsibility for entries lost, delayed,
misdirected, damaged or undelivered. Incomplete and/or
illegible entries will be disqualified. We shall not be
responsible for technical errors in telecommunications
networks, Internet access or otherwise preventing entry to any
competition.
(ii) We will not be liable to you (whether as a result of
contract law, tort, statutory duty or otherwise) for any loss
or damage arising out of or in connection with a Competition in
respect of losses:
• that are related to a business or commercial undertaking
• that were unforeseeable
• that are related to loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill or
injury to reputation
• that are suffered by third parties
• that are caused by loss of data, or computer virus
• in respect of infringement of rights arising as a result of a
third party linking to our online services and causing our
content to be viewed within the pages of any other website
• that are due to your fault, for example if you have provided
incorrect information to us or you fail to comply with our
instructions in relation to the Competition and/or Prize
• that are not caused by our breach
If you have a claim against another provider of services in
connection with the Competition and/or Prizes you will pursue
that claim independently and without recourse to us.
We do not in any way seek to limit or exclude our liability to
you for death or personal injury or any loss arising as a
result of fraud.
(iii) We shall not be liable for any delay in performing or
partial or total failure to perform any of its obligations to
the winner(s) and/or any Allowed Guests and/or parent(s)/legal
guardian(s) under these General Competition Rules if such delay
or failure is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable
control including without limitation delays, changes,
disruptions, cancellations, diversions or substitutions
howsoever caused including without limitation as a result of
war, terrorist action or threatened terrorist action, strikes,
hostilities, civil commotions, accidents, fire, flood or
natural catastrophes or arising without limitation out of or in
connection with (i) the activities of third party event
organisers; (ii) any form of transportation (including but not
limited to flights, trains, coaches, buses, ferries, taxis or
cars); and/or (iii) by third parties providing accommodation
included in the Prize. For the avoidance of doubt, the affected
Winner(s) and/or any Allowed Guest(s) and/or parent(s)/legal
guardian(s) shall be solely liable for any additional costs
incurred as a result.
7. DATA PROTECTION
Any personal information, including without limitation, the
your name, age, address (including postcode), telephone number
and/or email address ("Personal Data") will be used (i) in
connection with the Competition which you entered, (ii) for any
purpose to which you gave your express consent on entry (iii)
as set out in these General Competition Rules and (iv) in
accordance with our Privacy Policy [Link to policy] (click for
more details on how we deal with your Personal Data). Your
Personal Data will not be disclosed to any third party, except
for the purpose of fulfilling the Prize(s) where applicable
unless you gave your express consent to this on entry.
8. JURISDICTION
These General Competition Rules shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and
the courts of England shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction in
relation to any disputes arising therefrom.
Any queries regarding the competition should be addressed to
our mailing address recorded above.
IF REQUIRED TO SIGN A WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THESE GENERAL
COMPETITION RULES PLEASE PRINT AND SIGN THEM BELOW:
I understand and agree to the above.
ACCEPTED AND AGREED BY:
Entrant's signature: …………………………………
Print Entrant's Name: …………………………………
Entrant's Address: …………………………………
Telephone: …………………………………
Date: …………………………………
IF YOU ARE UNDER 21 YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MUST ALSO
SIGN BELOW:
I warrant and agree as follows:
1. I am the parent or legal guardian of, and have parental
responsibility for, the entrant, who lives with me at the above
address;
2. I have read these General Competition Rules and understand
what is required of the entrant under it. I unconditionally
guarantee the entrant's compliance with his/her obligations and
duties to Viacom International Media Networks Europe under it and confirm that these
General Competition Rules are beneficial for the entrant.
Signed: …………………………………
Print Name: …………………………………
Date: …………………………………
These General Competition Rules were last updated on 12 June
2015.
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