Earth Day 2021 Rules

Official Project Rules

1. Preferred format for video upload to the AudPop website is HD 720p 16x9. Acceptable file formats are .mov and .mp4. Acceptable codecs are H.264 (MP4), MPEG-4, H.263, MPGV, WMV, DivX. You will also be required to provide a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec.

2. Unless provided otherwise, all work must be your own original creation and free of any copyrighted material. You shall provide detailed information of your work regarding the source, the creator and background information as requested by AudPop

3. In the event you utilize any third-party materials, such as music provided by a third-party music provider not provided by AudPop, you must obtain full written license and consent from the owner of such third-party materials and provide such license and consent forms to AudPop.

4. [Intentionally Omitted.]

5. Submissions cannot contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.

6. Submissions must not portray Sponsor in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor.

7. By submitting to this project, you acknowledge that your work may become subject to public voting on the AudPop website. Public voting may be used to help the project sponsor determine the final rank order.

8. Videos must be in the English language or subtitled.

9. Limit 5 proposals per member.

10. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or older to enter.

11. The Sponsor reserves the right to repost the contest.

12. In addition to the judging criteria stated in the OFFICIAL RULES, Pitches will also be evaluated on that member's ability to execute the final Video based on their prior work and experience as a filmmaker.

13. The Sponsor will be entitled to reasonable revisions on the finished Videos without providing additional compensation. Remember it's easier to re-edit than re-shoot so try to get as much coverage as possible.

14. See OFFICIAL RULES for additional contest information, terms and conditions. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these requirements and the Official Rules, the terms and conditions of these requirements shall prevail.

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

GENERAL

Chance plays no part in the determination of the winner(s) of any contest, campaign, Campaign, open-bid, pitch request, or request for proposal (a "Campaign") administered by Audience Awards Inc DBA AudPop. ("AudPop"). Campaigns administered as contests are skill-based. These Official Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and AudPop with respect to each and every skill-based Campaign in which you participate. You will be asked to review and agree to abide by these Official Rules as well as agree to certain stipulations as a condition to any submission you make in connection with each Campaign. You must follow all instructions and submit your entries to be considered in a Campaign.

These Official Rules provide the general rules applicable to all Campaigns administered by AudPop, and each Campaign may have additional rules located on the "Campaign Details" and/or "Campaign Requirements" pages for each Campaign (collectively, the "Campaign Details Pages"), which supplement or supersede parts of these Official Rules. Any reference in these Official Rules to "Official Rules" with respect to any Campaign shall be deemed to be a reference to these Official Rules and the Campaign Details Pages for such Campaign, taken as a whole. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Official Rules and the rules or other information provided on the Campaign Details Pages for any Campaign, the rules or such other information posted on the Campaign Details Pages shall govern. These Official Rules may be modified from time to time by AudPop without any notice to any Member (as defined below), and any such modifications shall be effective as of the date they are posted on the AudPop website located at https://www.AudPop.com (the "Website").

SECTION 1: ELIGIBILITY

Campaigns are open only to natural persons, thirteen (13) years or older at the time of entry (or the age as otherwise specified for a particular Campaign on such Campaign's Campaign Details Page), who are registered users of the Website (each, a "Member"). All references in these Official Rules to "You" (including references to "Your") are to you, in your capacity as a Member. A minor (for these purposes, a person under 18 years of age, or 19 years of age if such person resides in Nebraska or Alabama or under 21 years of age in Mississippi, at of the time of entry) submitting an entry for a Campaign must receive his/her parent/legal guardian's permission and include his/her parent's/legal guardian's name and contact information on the official entry form where indicated. If a minor wins a prize, the prize shall be awarded to the minor's parent or guardian, who must execute the required documentation on the minor's behalf as a condition to the payment by AudPop of any prize money. If You are a minor, any references in these Official Rules to "You" shall be deemed to be Your parent or legal guardian, on your behalf. AudPop shall have no liability with respect to disputes between You and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s).

Campaigns are not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Government of Sudan, and Quebec, or to other individuals restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions, and is void in any other nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law. The following individuals are not eligible to participate in a Campaign: employees, contractors, directors and officers of AudPop or the sponsor of a Campaign (the "Sponsor") identified on the applicable Campaign Details Pages for such Campaign, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and Campaign agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of such Campaign (collectively, "Campaign Parties"), and any spouse, parent or child of any of the Campaign Parties.

BY ENTERING A CAMPAIGN, YOU AFFIRM THAT:

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER;
YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY OF AUDPOP;
YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE TERMS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS POSTED ON THE CAMPAIGN DETAILS PAGES;
YOU AGREE TO THAT ALL DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES, WHICH ARE FINAL, ARE BINDING AND CONCLUSIVE WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS RELATING TO CAMPAIGNS;
YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE DELIVERING SERVICES TO THE SPONSOR IN YOUR OWN NAME AND ON YOUR OWN BEHALF;
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE FREE TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES;
YOU REPRESENT, WARRANT, AND COVENANT THAT YOU ARE CUSTOMARILY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING SERVICES OF THE SAME NATURE AS THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO AUDPOP;
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE ARE OUTSIDE THE USUAL COURSE OF AUDPOP’S BUSINESS; AND
YOU ARE FREE FROM CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF AUDPOP IN PROVIDING ANY SERVICES.

SECTION 2: CAMPAIGNS

The entry periods for each Campaign, or the various Campaign phases, will be stated on the Campaign Details Pages for the Campaign. AudPop reserves the right to extend the deadline for submission of entries for any Campaign, or Campaign phase. AudPop reserves the right to suspend or cancel any Campaign, or Campaign phase.

SECTION 3: ADMINISTRATION OF CAMPAIGNS

Any Campaign may be structured differently from other Campaigns. For example, some Campaigns may have only one phase (e.g., create a music video, produce a "how to" video, or come up with a catchy tagline for a branded product or service), while others may have various phases (e.g., phase 1 is to come up with an idea for a product advertisement, phase 2 is to develop a "pitch" for such product advertisement, and phase 3 is to produce a completed 30-second video advertisement). Other Campaigns may request bids or pitches all of which will be reviewed and some of which may be selected by the Sponsor.

a. Submission of Entries

REFER TO THE CAMPAIGN DETAILS PAGES FOR THE LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF CAMPAIGN SUBMISSIONS (EACH, AN "ENTRY") PER MEMBER. ANY ENTRY SUBMITTED IN PERSON, BY MAIL, BY FAX, OR BY ANY MEANS OTHER THAN SUBMISSION VIA THE WEBSITE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

An Entry may not be submitted by more than one Member. If an Entry was developed by more than one person, only the Member who submitted the Entry into the Campaign may be awarded a prize(s). All Entries must be received during the applicable entry period stated in the Campaign Details Pages and must satisfy all other requirements contained or referred to in these Official Rules and the Campaign Details Pages.

BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY IN ANY PHASE OF A CAMPAIGN, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT TO AUDPOP AND THE SPONSOR OF SUCH CAMPAIGN THAT YOUR SUBMITTED ENTRY:

Does not contain content that is in violation of or infringes any intellectual property rights of any third party (including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, logos, and rights of publicity);
Except as otherwise contemplated elsewhere in these Official Rules or Campaign Details Pages, has not been entered in any previous contest, and has not won any previous award;
Will not be submitted in the future as an entry in any other contest, for an award or other honor without prior written consent from AudPop and the Sponsor of the Campaign;
Has not been published or distributed previously in any media (including, without limitation, on the Internet);
Does not contain any claim that is not and cannot be substantiated or that would be false and/or misleading to a reasonable consumer;
If applicable, is compliant with the FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255).
Does not contain or anticipate the inclusion of any commercial content that promotes any product, service or other objective other than those of the Sponsor;
Except as otherwise contemplated elsewhere in these Official Rules, does not contain content to which You do not own all right, title and interest (or have a legal right to use). Any elements appearing in a video, including, without limitation, stills, clip art, stock footage, supers, music (lyrics and/or melody) or other materials must be Your own original work created and performed by You, work that You have a legal right to use and for which You can provide proper legal documentation (e.g. licenses, assignments, purchase receipts), or be in the public domain; and
Does not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards.

If your Entry is an Entry in a Video Phase of a Campaign, You additionally represent and warrant to AudPop and the Sponsor of such Campaign that You have received written consent from every person who appears in or is heard (i.e. voiceover) in Your Entry (each, a "Video Participant") for such Video Participant's inclusion in such Entry, and You acknowledge that to be eligible to be selected as a winner of a Video Phase of a Campaign, You shall be required to provide proof of each Video Participant's consent in the form of a completed and signed AudPop Talent Release.

If your Entry is an Entry in a Video Phase of a Campaign, You additionally represent and warrant to AudPop and the Sponsor of such Campaign that You have received written consent from an authorized representative of every location that appears in Your Entry for inclusion in such Entry, and You acknowledge that You shall submit a completed and signed AudPop Location Release form to be eligible to be selected as a winner of a Video Phase of a Campaign.

As a condition of participating in the Video Phase of any Campaign (even if it is the sole phase of such Campaign), You agree, and represent and warrant that each Video Participant has agreed that in the event any of his or her likeness or voice, including, without limitation, performance and image in any form, as incorporated in Your Entry, in whole or in part, is used in any production such that the use is subject to the SAG Commercials Contract or any other applicable SAG contract, at the request of the Sponsor of such Campaign, to sign the applicable contract and accept the minimum amount of compensation due him or her pursuant to the SAG Commercials Contract or such other applicable SAG contract.

AUDPOP RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY ENTRY THAT IT DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, (A) CONTAINS UNSUITABLE OR OFFENSIVE CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NUDITY, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, DISPARAGING, LIBELOUS OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT, OR (B) VIOLATES ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES. NO ENTRIES WILL BE RETURNED.

BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY TO A CAMPAIGN, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ENTRY MAY BE POSTED BY AUDPOP OR SPONSOR, ON THEIR WEBSITES, IN SOCIAL MEDIA, ON BROADCAST, OR ANY OTHER LOCATION, IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF AUDPOP.

BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN OR TO ANY PROPERTY (INTELLECTUAL OR OTHERWISE) OF ANY SPONSOR ("SPONSOR PROPERTY"), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU USE SPONSOR PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ENTRY (A "PERMITTED USE"). EACH PERMITTED USE IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN WILL EXPIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON (A) YOUR FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICABLE WINNER FORMS WITHIN THE TIME REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CAMPAIGN, OR (B) UPON AUDPOP'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNING ENTRIES IN SUCH CAMPAIGN, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. ANY USE OF ANY SPONSOR PROPERTY OTHER THAN A PERMITTED USE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU VIOLATE THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE, YOU SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM SUCH CAMPAIGN AND MAY BE BARRED FROM THE WEBSITE INDEFINITELY, AS DETERMINED BY AUDPOP IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.

b. Selection of Entry Winners

The Campaign Details Pages for each Campaign will set forth the number of winning places for which Members are competing against one another. Those places with respect to any Campaign will be considered "in the money" for purposes of these Official Rules. A team of qualified judges selected by the Sponsor, including a head judge for each Campaign (the "Head Judge"), will select from the eligible Entries based on certain factors determined by the Sponsor. Without limiting the preceding sentence, and in addition to any factors that may be separately stated on the Campaign Details Pages for a Campaign, the judging criteria for any Campaign (or phase of any Campaign) shall be: (1) viability of the Entry as a premise for the final objective of the Campaign (e.g., commercial advertisement, music video, how-to-video, etc.); (2) creativity; and (3) effectiveness in promotion of the brand that is the subject of such Campaign. The Entries with the highest rankings from the judges for such Campaign are referred to in these Official Rules as the "Entry Finalists," and will be eligible, subject to the other provisions of these Official Rules, to receive the prize designated for such place of finish in the money on the Campaign Details Pages for such Campaign. In the case of a tie, the tie will be broken by the ranking of the Head Judge based the judging criteria. If multiple Entries in a Campaign are substantially similar to one another, as determined by the judges for such Campaign, the Entry that was first submitted to AudPop will be judged, and all other substantially similar Entries will be rejected. All decisions of

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