AARP U@50 Challenge
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR AARP MEMBERSHIP NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR MEMBERSHIP WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
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How Do I Know If I'm Eligible? To enter the AARP U@50 Challenge (the "Contest"), you must be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia 18 years of age or older and have a valid user account with YouTube. Void where prohibited. The Contest is not open to employees of AARP and its affiliated organizations or to the members of their immediate families.
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How Can I Enter the Contest? To enter the Contest, create an original video (your "Video Submission") not exceeding two minutes in length that describes how you envision your future and upload it to YouTube website in accordance with these Official Rules. All Video Submissions must be uploaded to YouTube no later than 11:59:59 P.M. (ET) on November 30, 2007. If you are not an existing user of YouTube, you must create a free user account before your Video Submission can be uploaded to the site. When you register your YouTube account, you will be required to agree to the YouTube Terms of Use, located at www.youtube.com/t/terms, and the YouTube Privacy Policy, located at www.youtube.com/t/terms. Once registered with YouTube, go to the "AARP U@50 Challenge" group on YouTube and join the Contest Group. After you join the Contest Group, click "Upload Videos" and follow the instructions to upload your Video Submission. Maximum one (1) Video Submission per person. All Video Submissions must adhere to the requirements described in these Official Rules to be considered in the judging of this Contest.
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What Do I need to do to make sure my Video Submission is Judged in the Contest? 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.
Copyright And Other Important Requirements: Your Video Submission must be your own original work and property and may not contain any commercial copyrighted music or images. By entering the Contest, you represent and warrant to Sponsor that: (a) your Video Submission is your original work and that you own all rights, including copyright rights, in your Video Submission; (b) Your Video Submission does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or any other legal or moral rights of any third party; (c) Your Video Submission has not been entered in or won previous contests or awards; (d) Your Video Submission not been published or previously distributed in any media; (e) Your Video Submission does not contain any defamatory, libelous, indecent or obscene material; and (f) you have obtained permission from each person whose name, image, likeness or voice (collectively, "Likeness") is included in your Video Submission, such person(s) have granted you all necessary rights to use their Likeness as described in these Official Rules, and you can make written copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request. (If the Likeness of a minor is included in your Video Submission, such grant of rights must include written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian authorizing the use of the minor's Likeness.)
Video Submissions deemed by the Contest Judges in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with Sponsor's image will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in the Sponsor's opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules.
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What Rights Do I Need to Grant To The Sponsor To Use My Video Submission, Name and Likeness? By entering the Contest, you agree and irrevocably grant to Sponsor and its affiliates and their respective assigns, agents and licensees (collectively, the "Sponsor Parties"), the unconditional, royalty-free right and license to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, edit, exhibit, create derivative works and otherwise use or reuse your Video Submission, throughout the world, in perpetuity, in any media, including, without limitation, the Internet.
Except where prohibited, by entering the Contest you also irrevocably agree that the Sponsor Parties may use your name, likeness, voice, photograph and any statements regarding your Video Submission and participation in the Contest (collectively, "Your Likeness") throughout the world, in perpetuity, in any media, without limitation or compensation to you. By entering the Contest, you permanently waive all intellectual property rights, privacy/publicity rights and other legal or moral rights that might preclude the Sponsor Parties' use of Your Video Submission and Your Likeness, and you agree not to sue or assert any claim against the Sponsor Parties (or any of them) relating to their use of Your Video Submission or Your Likeness.
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Who Will Judge the Contest and How Will The Judges Make Their Decisions? A panel of judges from AARP (the "Contest Judges") will judge each eligible Video Submission and select winners on or about December 30, 2007 based on the following criteria:
(1) Originality and Creativity - 40%
(2) Aesthetic Appeal - 20%
(3) Relationship of content Contest theme (i.e., "envisioning your future") -40%
The decisions of the Contest Judges will be final and binding in all respects.
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What Prizes Are Offered In the Contest? A total of five (5) cash prizes will be awarded in the Contest:
One (1) First Prize - $5,000.00
One (1) Second Prize - $3,000.00
One (1) Third Prize - $1,000.00
One (1) Fourth Prize - $500.00
One (1) Fifth Prize - $500.00
All taxes on prizes and all expenses related to the acceptance and use of prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Prizes will be awarded in the form of checks. Prizes are nonassignable. Winners may waive their right to receive a prize. Winners will be notified by, on or about December 30, 2007. As a condition of receiving a prize, winners will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, copyright license agreement and liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be signed and returned to Sponsor within ten (10) days of Sponsor's postmark. Failure to timely sign and return this affidavit, agreement and release may result in the applicable winner's disqualification, forfeiture of all interest in prizes, and the selection of a substitute winner. Prizes not won and claimed by an eligible winner in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of Sponsor. For a list of winners (available after December 30, 2007), send your request with a self-addressed stamped envelope to AARP, Office of Academic Affairs, 601 E Street NW, Washington DC 20049.
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What Else Do I Need to Know?
Sponsor will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or other materials or announcements relating to the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify anyone found to be tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of the Contest as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor also reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest if tampering, viruses, bugs or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor corrupt the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the Contest. Should the Contest be terminated prior to the stated end date, Sponsor reserves the right to choose winners from among the Video Submissions entered prior to the early termination date.
- Who is the Sponsor and Who Can I Contact If I Have Questions? The Contest is sponsored by AARP, 601 E Street NW, Washington DC 20049. All Decisions of the Sponsor and of the Contest Judges regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects. If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact Rick Moody, AARP, Office of Academic Affairs, 601 E Street NW, Washington DC 20049.
