1. The Promoter of this "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" is "Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd" , Company Reg No. 198703164G of 138 Depot Road Singapore 109683 ("HP").

2. By submitting your entry, you (the "Creator") hereby acknowledge that you have read and understand, and hereby agree to all the terms and conditions in this "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" including all amendments, additions, replacements and modifications hereto as may be made from time to time by the Promoter.

3. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of the conditions of entry. Entries not made in accordance with these terms and conditions are ineligible.

4. You may enter the competition by submitting a video clip in the Choose Category, Use Category, Protect Category or Transition Category in English language and the registration and submission forms with your personal details ("Personal Details") during the competition period between 15 May 2009 00:00 and 30 July 2009 23:59 (Singapore time, GMT +8).

5. In order to be eligible for the competition, the entries must be received by the Promoter no later than 23:59 (Singapore time, GMT +8) on the last day of the competition. For the avoidance of doubt, submissions will be deemed to have been received by the Promoter when accepted by Promoter's web server or system host.

6. The "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" held by the Promoter is open to persons residing and having a permanent address in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand or Singapore.

7. Employees of the Promoter and the Promoter's subsidiaries, affiliates, representative offices, authorized agencies, resellers and principal sponsors and the immediate families of such employees are not eligible to participate in the competition.

8. Creators must submit their videos in accordance with the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" themes for the Choose Category, Use Category, Protect Category and Transition Category. Find out more.

9. Each entry and video / animation must be submitted through the campaign website. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any submissions that do not comply with the specifications stipulated in the campaign site www.hp.com/apac/learnwithatwist.

10. The Creators hereby agree that the Promoter reserves the right to use all videos / animations and biographies submitted by the Creators for the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" for any purpose the Promoter deems fit to the extent permitted by law, including without limitations for publicity purposes and communications related to the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" and hereby grant to the Promoter a royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use the copyright and all other intellectual property rights of whatever nature in such videos / animations for such purposes. The Creators also agree in so far as it is permitted by law to waive all moral rights in the videos submitted including the right of attribution of authorship.

11. Late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or indecipherable entries will not be accepted and no responsibility will be assumed by the Promoter.

12. There are no limits on the number of submissions for this competition. Selection is subject to the Promoter's discretion.

13. By submitting an entry for participation in the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign", all winners consent to the public disclosure of their Personal Details including names, identification, audio, videos, animations, graphics, images and/ or photographs for publicity purposes and to otherwise participate in the publicity activities of the Promoter in relation to the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign", without payment or compensation therefore.

14. To enter, each Creator must fully complete the online competition form. The Creator is prohibited from entering personal URLs in their profile entry to this competition. Any Creator who does not furnish the required details will be disqualified. The Creators warrant that the information, details and particulars submitted by him/her to the Promoter are true, accurate and complete. Incorrect or incomplete entries may be disqualified from the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign".

15. The Creator is prohibited from submitting to this competition any audio, videos, animations, graphics, images or photographs for which he/she is not the sole and rightful owner. In the event that any third party alleges that any such material submitted by the Creator infringes the copyright or other proprietary right of such third party, the Creator shall indemnify Promoter from and against any and all loss, damage, liability and costs resulting therefrom.

16. All submitted materials are non-returnable.

17. High-resolution source files of the video submission must be provided to the Promoter to qualify as finalists and winners of the competition.

18. The Creator warrants that:

  • He/she has not licensed or assigned the copyright and/or any other intellectual property rights for the videos to any third party anywhere in the world;
  • He/she is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all intellectual property rights to the videos;
  • The Promoter is allowed to edit and reproduce the audio, videos, animations, images and photographs without prior notice to the Creators;
  • The Promoter may in its own discretion include or exclude any acknowledgments with image, video or animation usage;
  • He/she allows all submitted videos / animations to be downloaded, printed and used for websites, presentations, video, flyers, brochures or any printed materials to decorate the home, office or public premises;
  • He/she will not submit videos / animations that defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy) of others;
  • He/she will not distribute or disseminate any defamatory, violent, infringing, obscene, pornographic, sexual, indecent or unlawful material or information in the video / animation;
  • He/she will not upload or otherwise transfer files that contain material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or confidentiality) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;
  • He/she will not upload or otherwise transfer files that contain viruses or corrupted files that may damage the operation of another computer;
  • He/she will not provide false or inaccurate information pertaining to the origin or source of materials contained in a file that is uploaded;
  • He/she is not to submit any videos / animations, which contain religious representations, patented and trademarked products, artwork, documents, government buildings, offices and officials, trademarked buildings, monuments, landmarks, books and movie covers/posters.

19. The Promoter is not responsible for any copyright violations and cannot guarantee the legality of the audio, videos, animations, graphics, images or photographs entered in the competition or displayed on its website or online or offline communications.

20. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any submissions it deems inappropriate and remove the submissions from the campaign site.

21. False and/or deceptive entries or acts shall render Creators' entries ineligible.

22. Video and any other material submitted must only show the logo of HP and Intel. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any video submission that includes any logo of, text mentioning, endorsement of, including company or product, of an HP or Intel competitor from participating in the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition" and appearing on the campaign site.

23. Usage of all HP and Intel corporate materials provided in the HP Toolbox downloadable kit is solely restricted for the purposes of the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign". To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter and Intel will not be held personally liable for any damages of any kind without limitation direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damage arising out of usage of the materials provided in the HP Toolbox.

24. The Promoter is not responsible for the license usage of the hardware and software that Creators use to produce the video submissions.

25. The competition is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the outcome. Eligible entries will be uploaded to website where visitors may rate each eligible entry. Each of the 5 eligible entries per category (being the Choose Category, Use Category, Protect Category and Transition Category) with the highest number of votes will be individually judged by a panel of judges determined by the Promoter, including celebrity I.T. bloggers: Jacob Cass (Australia), Kim Ong (Malaysia), Gagandeep S. Sapra (India), Mauricio Freitas, Geekzone (New Zealand) and Preetam Rai (Singapore).

26. Eligible voters may also participate in the competition for a voter's prize. To be eligible to win a prize, voters must reside and have a permanent address in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand or Singapore and must answer a skill-based question. Answers will be individually judged by a panel of judges determined by the Promoter. The panel of judges will determine the best answer based on creativity and originality of the eligible entries. There is no restriction on the number of videos a voter may vote for, but each voter can only vote for any one video once. Chances of winning a prize are not dependent on the number of times the Voters vote.

27. The Promoter reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine there are no winners or less than the maximum number of winners.

28. The Promoter will notify all winners by mail, email or telephone at the Promoter's discretion at least 14 days after the closure of the competition. All winners' names will be listed and videos showcased on the campaign website and HP Online Learning Center website.

29. The winners will also be announced on the website at least 14 working days after the winners have been selected. The Promoter reserves the right to post the Winners' names on the Internet.

30. Winning videos will be showcased on the campaign website and may be made available for download and printing to all campaign website visitors.

31. Prizes are to be collected as indicated in the notification to winners.

32. All prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and non-exchangeable for cash, and credit, and are subject to any terms and conditions as may be imposed by the prize sponsors. HP reserves the right to replace any prize with another of equivalent value without notice. HP accepts no responsibility for any variation in the prize values.

33. All ancillary costs and expenses, duties, value added taxes or tax liability incurred by the winner as a result of winning or using the prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any taxes (such as income tax) that may arise from the winning of the prize. The Creator should seek an independent financial advice on this regard.

34. Prizes must be collected within one (1) month of notification or else prizes will be forfeited at the sole discretion of the Promoter. No compensation will be due to a winner who fails to claim the prize within the stipulated time. Collection instructions will be provided in the same notification.

35. Winners and finalists from previous HP branded video tips competition are not eligible to win prizes as part of this "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign", running between 15 May 2009 00:00 and 30 July 2009 23:59 (Singapore time, GMT +8).

36. The Promoter makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the campaign website or any of its content, including but not limited to, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Promoter does not warrant that the content and delivery of the website shall be free from errors, bugs or viruses, uninterrupted, or repairable if damaged or impaired.

37. The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, (including but not limited to) any injury or damage to Creators' or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation.

38. The decisions made by the Promoter and/or its appointed judges are final and binding in all manners and no appeals shall be entertained for any reasons whatsoever.

39. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss), or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of taking any of the prizes, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

40. The Creator (including his or her heirs, executor and/or administrators) hereby agree to fully indemnify and hold the Promoter and each of the Promoter's representative offices, authorized agencies and sponsors and the directors, officers, employees and assignees thereof ("the Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all claims, loss or damage (including but not limited to economic loss, damage to any property or injury to or death of any person and any legal costs) that may be suffered or incurred by any of the Indemnified Parties arising whether directly or indirectly from:

  • any negligent act or omission or willful default, misconduct or fraud of the Creator;
  • any action, claim, loss, damage, cost and expense whatsoever brought against, suffered or incurred arising from or in connection with any breach of the terms and conditions hereunder by the Creator.

41. All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter collects the Creators' Personal Details in order to conduct the competition, and may pass that information to its related bodies corporate and agencies assisting with the competition, which may be outside Singapore. If the information requested is not provided, the Creator may not participate in the competition. If you give your consent the Promoter may contact you from time to time with information about special offers and products and services that may interest you, but you may unsubscribe later if you no longer wish to receive further marketing information. You may also contact the HP to change your details. Further information HP privacy policy can be obtained from: http://welcome.hp.com/country/ap/en/privacy.html. Demographic and profile data will also be collected and used to tailor user experience.

42. Notwithstanding anything in these terms and conditions, HP reserves the right at any time in its absolute discretion to:

  • cancel or modify the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign", or any part thereof;
  • determine and/or amend, by addition to, deletion from or variation of, these terms and conditions without prior notification, including but not limited to, the eligibility terms and criteria for the campaign and the selection of winners;
  • substitute, withdraw or cancel any prize without prior notice and without having to disclose any reason therefor and without any payment or compensation whatsoever.

43. Neither the Promoter nor the Promoter's representative offices, authorized agencies or any other associated sponsors associated with the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" shall be held liable for any failure or omission to carry out the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" in accordance with these terms and conditions or for any loss or damage suffered by the Creator if such failure, omission, loss or damage arises out of or in connection with any event of force majeure, including without limitation any calamity or conditions, acts of God, war or warlike hostilities, civil commotion, riots, blockades, embargoes, sabotages, strikes, fires, lockouts, shortages of material or labour, terrorist activity, epidemic, quarantine restrictions, health risk or any defect, failure, or any other occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the HP, HP's representative offices, authorised agencies and any sponsor associated with the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign", as the case may be.

44. To the extent permitted by local laws, the "HP and Intel Video Tips Competition Campaign" and these terms and conditions shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of Singapore. The Creator submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore in the determination of any matter or dispute arising in connection therewith.

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