MUSIC VIDEO CONTEST

Are you a current or aspiring video creator?

Do you want to take on a creative challenge to create a music video?

Do you have what it takes to catch the eye of our expert judges?

Then the IRIX Music Video Contest is for you!

IV. CONTEST REQUIREMENTS

1. The Participant submits to the Contest a video of their authorship by the rules set out in section II.
2. The submitted video (Contest Entry) must comply with the regulations of the websites on which it is posted (YouTube and Vimeo). 
3. Submitting entries starts on 10/09/2024. The deadline for submission of entries is 31/10/2024.
4. Participants who do not meet the statutory requirements set by the Organiser, send in a different way than specified by the Organiser or send after the deadline will not take part in the Contest. 
5. The Organiser appoints a Contest Committee, which includes: Judges cooperating with the Irix Lens brand and Irix Brand Team members. 
6. The results of the Contest will be determined by the Contest Committee at its sole discretion. The deciding factors in choosing the winning entries are: creativity and originality of the Entry, production quality of the Entry, theme compliance of the Entry, technical elements of the Entry as well as the overall look and feel of the Entry. 
7. From among the Entries submitted by Participants, the Contest Committee may award Most Creative Music Video Entry, Best Interpretation of the “Irix Look’ Entry, Best Backstage Video Entry.
8. The details of the winner of the Contest will be published on the website and social networks of the Contest Organiser and partners on 02/12/2024 – The Participant agrees to the publication of the following personal data for this purpose: Profile name on YouTube / and Instagram, name, and surname. 
9. The Contest work should meet the following conditions:
10. a) cannot be advertiser-unfriendly (including products or services) or violate the image or good name of the Organiser or any other person or entity; 
11. b) it may not contain profanity, offensive content, contrary to applicable law, decency, especially through content violating freedom of religion or ethnicity; 
12. c) may not contain advertising content regarding any entities other than the Organiser; 
13. d) may not infringe any rights of third parties, in particular copyrights, personal rights or the right to image protection, 
14. e) cannot be offensive to the Organiser or any third party person or entity. 
15. If it is determined that the Contest Entry meets any of the conditions listed in paragraph 9 above, such Contest Entry will not be evaluated and the Participant will be excluded from the Contest and will lose any right to the prize in the Contest. 
16. These Regulations are the only document specifying the rules of the Contest. 
17. In matters not covered by these Regulations, the provisions of the Civil Code and other relevant legal provisions shall apply. 

V. AWARDS 

1. The following prizes are awarded in the Contest: 

1. Most Creative Music Video – Irix Cine Entry Set (with a mount of the winner’s choice)
2. Best Interpretation of the „Irix Look” – Irix photo or cine lens (with a mount of the winner’s choice)
3. Best Backstage Video – Irix photo or cine lens (with a mount of the winner’s choice

2. After the results of the Contest have been announced, a private electronic message will be sent to the Participant who is the winner of the Contest within three business days from the email address contest@irixlens.com with a request to provide data necessary for delivery of the prize, i.e., name and address. The prizes will be delivered at the Organiser’s expense to the winners within 21 working days from the date the Organiser receives the data referred to in this point.
3. Prizes in the Contest will be issued in accordance with applicable tax law. Prizes – due to their value – benefit from exemption from personal income tax pursuant to art. 21 paragraph 1 point 68 of the Act of 26 July 1991 on personal income tax. 
4. If the Participant, after establishing contact from the Organiser, fails to send the Organiser the address information, within 7 days of receiving the message via electronic communication channels from the Organiser, the right to the prize expires. 
5. Material prizes will be sent by courier at the expense of the Organiser. The delivery of prizes takes place globally. The winner is required to indicate the shipping address.
6. The awarded prize is not exchangeable and there is no cash equivalent for it. 
7. The Organiser informs that in the event of false, incomplete or incorrect data provided by the Contest winners, the prize may not be awarded despite the Organiser’s due diligence. 

VI. LICENSE

1. 1.Entry copyright remains with its creator. Participant grants the Organiser a licence to use the video submitted to participate in the Contest throughout the world by making it publicly available on the website and social media of the Organiser in such a way that everyone can have access to it in place and time of their choosing, and by reproducing it with the techniques used to share videos. 
2. The Participants of the Contest allows the Organiser to use the video without separate remuneration. 
3. The Organiser will display the name/alias/pseudonym of the prize winner alongside their entry. 
4. Contest Participants grant the Organiser the above license without payment. 
5. By submitting an Entry, Participants declare that they are fully responsible for any violation of intellectual property rights, personal rights and personal data of third parties that were included in the video sent. In the event of disputes regarding the above-mentioned rights of third parties, the Participant releases the Organiser from all liability and declares that they bear full liability for damages for violations of the rights of third parties. 
6. By sending a video as part of the Application, the Participant confirms that if the image of a person other than the Participant is included, they have obtained permission from that person to use this image as part of the Application, including the use of the image by the Organiser in accordance with the Regulations and Art. 81 section 1 of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights of February 4, 1994 (Journal of Laws of 2006, No. 90, item 631, as amended). The Participant declares that the person in the video has consented to the dissemination of their image, recorded on video, by publishing the video on the principles set out in these Regulations, including as part of the Contest, as well as in advertising and promotional materials. The above consent also includes the dissemination of the image of the person recorded on the above-mentioned video by publicly sharing the video in such a way that everyone can have access to it at a place and time chosen by them, including for advertising purposes without restrictions in time and without the need to obtain consent each time and without remuneration. If the Participant’s image is recorded in the Entry, the Participant agrees to the above.

VII. COMPLAINTS AND OUT-OF-COURT DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

1. All complaints, including those regarding the Contest’s operation or breaches of the Regulations found, should be reported to the Organiser via email to contest@irixlens.com or in writing to the Organiser’s registered office. Complaints may be submitted by 31.10.2024. 
2. A complaint or notification of violations should contain Contest Participant’s name, surname, and full address as well as a description of the issue. 
3. Complaints and applications will be considered promptly, but no later than within 14 days of their receipt by the Organiser. 
4. The User will be notified of the Organiser’s decision by e-mail or in writing to the indicated correspondence address. 
5. The consumer may use extrajudicial means of dealing with complaints, for example: 

a) The right to apply to a permanent amicable consumer court referred to in Art. 37 of the Act of 15 December 2000 on Trade Inspection, with a request to settle the dispute over property rights arising from the concluded contract. 

b) The right to apply to the voivodeship inspector of Trade Inspection, in accordance with Art. 36 of the Act of 15 December 2000 on Trade Inspection, with a request to initiate mediation proceedings regarding the amicable settlement of the dispute. 

c) The ability to obtain free assistance in resolving a dispute, including using the free assistance of a social organisation whose statutory tasks include consumer protection.

6. Additional information on out-of-court complaint consideration can be found on the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection’s website at www.uokik.gov.pl.

VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS 

1. The Regulations are available on the Contest website and at the Organiser’s office.
2. Inability to deliver a prize due to incorrect or incomplete data provided by the Participant causes the right to the prize to expire if the prize is not collected by the Participant in any other way.
3. Failure by the Participant to collect a correctly addressed prize package and its return to the Organiser in accordance with the delivery person’s regulations means that the right to the prize will expire if the prize is not collected by the Participant in any other way.