- Reside and/or are registered/incorporated in Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam (“Participating Region”).
- Applicants shall submit short videos (“Entries”) to Sony as part of this contest. By submitting an entry, Applicants represent that they are the owners of the Entry. Each entry is unique to 1 video. However, each Applicant may submit more than one (1) video for consideration.
- No application or submission fees are charged.
- All natural human Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of submission.
- The maximum duration of an entry shall be 60 seconds including opening title and credits. The minimum duration of the video shall be 15 seconds.
- Industry professionals, including freelancers, may submit an entry. However, completed entries that are submitted must be produced in a non-commercial capacity. Money must not have been charged for the viewing of the submitted entries. Further, any entry that includes or is made with the intent of sales and promotion of a product, service, and/or brand (aside from Sony products, services and/or brand) may be disqualified. For example, the Entries must not contain sponsored product placement.
- The Contest is non-exclusive. Entries made for other competitions may be eligible for participation. However, any Entries which have already been awarded in any other competitions may be disqualified if found.
- Each Applicant warrants that:
- The Applicant has the legal capacity to participate in the Contest in accordance with the Terms & Conditions and that the information submitted is true, complete and accurate;
- The Applicant, or the person(s) the Applicant is the authorised representative of, possesses the exclusive ownership and/or usage rights as may be applicable to each Entry hereunder (including but not limited to the script(s) and music, etc) or the authority to make each Entry and that no Entries shall infringe the intellectual property, privacy or other rights or interest of any third party; and
- Each Entry shall not contain anything that is libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, harassing, threatening or otherwise offensive or objectionable.
- The Applicant understands and accepts that particulars and information (including personal data) stated in the online submission form and any information supplied may be used and disclosed by Sony for purposes in connection with the promotion, marketing and publicity of the Contest. In addition, the Applicant consents to Sony collecting, using, disclosing, and/or processing any and all personal data submitted for purposes relating to the administration of the Contest, including but not limited to communication with the Applicant.
- The Applicant shall indemnify and keep Sony indemnified from and against any and all losses, damages, claims and/or costs (including costs on a full indemnity basis) suffered and/or incurred by the Applicant as a result of a breach of any of the Terms and Conditions.
- Sony reserves the right to disqualify and/or exclude any Entries from the Contest, for any reason and for no reason, including without limitation, violation of any portion of these Terms & Conditions.
- Employees of Sony and its affiliates in Participating Regions, advertising and promotion agencies of Sony together with their employees, and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each of the aforesaid persons are not eligible to participate in this Contest.
- Sony reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend this Contest without any liability to the Applicants.
- The Terms and Conditions of this Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.
- All Entries must be received no later than 23:59 (GMT +8:00) on 19th March 2023.
- All Entries should be shot between 1st February 2023 and 19th March 2023. Sony reserves the right to disqualify any Entries found to have contravened this.
- Applicants agree to grant Sony a license to use and publish the entries across various mediums including online and offline platforms, for a period of 3 years from submission of the Entries, within the Asia Pacific region.
- All Entries must be uploaded on either Instagram or TikTok (which must be set to public). Shortlisted applicants may be required to submit files of the final videos (e.g. .MP4 and/or .MOV) to Sony.
- Without prejudice to any other provision herein contained, each Entry hereunder must be an original work. It must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual properties of any person or entity.
- Entries must not contain obscene or pornographic material; must not contain threatening or defamatory statements about any person, company, organisation or entity; must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity; must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations.
- Each Applicant guarantees that the editing or special effects used for the Entries were made via legally acquired software.
- All Applicants agree to Sony using and modifying the assets for promotional purposes. Applicants represent and warrant to Sony that they possess the rights to any music or assets used and that their videos will not infringe the IP, privacy or other rights/interests of any third party. Applicants agree to indemnify Sony against any liabilities arising from the use of assets provided by them to Sony as part of this Contest.
- The Applicant hereby expressly and irrevocably consents to, and grants to the Sony, its principal, third parties representatives, and/or assigns, the rights to use his/her/its name, photographs, and submissions at the Sony’s associated programmes in any manner and in any media and formats in perpetuity throughout the world as Sony deems fit including for publicity or promotional purposes. Such publicity may include without limitation, the use of the Entries submitted for this Contest, the Applicant’s name and photographs and/or any statement made by he/she concerning Sony, this Contest, and/or prizes.
- Sony shall not be obliged to include any Applicant in any publicity whatsoever.
- Winners agree to be contacted by Sony and/or its authorized representatives to participate in public relations events tied to the Contest or Sony. This may include, but not limited to, quotes given for inclusion in press release, press conference, interviews, etc.
- Each Entry is judged for its creativity, originality, and entertainment value to the selected themes below:
- Food
- Pets
- Dance
- Travel
Share your favourite, unique or tastiest food dishes or combinations.Capture and share your favourite moments or your pets, or even a simple music video of them.Attempt any viral TikTok or Instagram choreography (e.g. hands-free choreography – dance with everything but without using your hands).Show us your favourite moments while travelling, bonus if you have the most creative transitions in your travel videos. - The selection of the jury panel and the judging process shall be at the Sony’s sole and absolute discretion. Each Applicant shall accept and abide by any and all decisions made by Sony in relation to the Contest, including and not limited to, the Terms and Conditions, evaluation criteria and the awarding of prizes. No enquires, appeals, verbal or written, shall be entertained.
- Any decision made by Sony in relation to the conduct of the Contest is final, binding, conclusive and shall not be challenged on any grounds, including without limitation, grounds that Sony failed to act reasonably or fairly.
- All winners will be announced by April 2023. Sony reserves the right to extend or modify the winner notification and date of announcement or format where necessary. Potential winners will be contacted beforehand through the social media accounts they have used to submit their entries to Sony. If a winner does not reply within 7 working days, or if the data reveals that the Entry does not comply with these terms and conditions, the winner will not be eligible to receive the prize and an alternative winner will be selected.
- The winner(s) shall not transfer or exchange any prize(s) won, and Sony reserves the right to replace any prizes with items of similar value without prior notice. The winner(s) acknowledges and agrees that the winner(s) may be disqualified from receiving any prize(s) if the winner(s) is not able or willing to abide by Terms & Conditions which may be imposed by Sony, and in such event, Sony reserves the right to award the prizes to other winner(s).
- The winner(s)’ refusal to accept any prize(s) shall release Sony from all obligations in connection with the prize(s). However, the winner shall still be required to fulfil all obligations as per these Terms and Conditions.
- Sony reserves the right to disqualify any Applicant if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Applicant has breached these Terms and Conditions, or on any grounds as Sony may in its sole discretion decide.
- Applicants who submit more than one entry, or enter more than one locale’s Contest, are only eligible to win once.
- Acceptance of any prize shall constitute a release and discharge of Sony by each Winner from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, and/or damages which the winner may have, whether known or unknown at the present time, of any nature whatsoever, arising out of or relating to: (i) the Contest, (ii) personal injury and/or property damage, theft or loss suffered by the Winner as a result of the use and/or enjoyment of the prize, and/or (iii) any tax liabilities in relation to the Contest, prize and/or use or enjoyment of the same.
- Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the 3x winner(s) of the Contest shall receive the corresponding below listed prize(s):
- 1st Prize
- 2nd Prize
- 3rd Prize
USD 5,000
ZV-1FUSD 3,000
ZV-1FUSD 1,000
ZV-1FFor the avoidance of doubt, there shall only be the above-mentioned three (3) prizes awarded for the entire Participating Region. - Where applicable, prizes not collected within 4 weeks from the date of notification for collection shall be disposed of at Sony’s sole discretion. Sony’s decision regarding the award of all prizes, and/or in every situation including any not covered in these Terms and Conditions, shall be final and binding on all participants in the Contest, and no queries, themes or appeals may be made or entertained regarding Sony’s decision on the same. The receipt by any Winner of any prize under this Contest is conditional upon compliance with any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
- Unless you are an Applicant in Australia or New Zealand (**see below “Applicants from Australia and New Zealand: Statutory Rights and Privacy”), Sony cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any Applicant entering the Contest or as a result of entering the Contest or accepting any prize. Sony is not responsible for any safe custody, return, non-delivery or missing of entries, late, misdirected, problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any app, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Applicant's or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest.
- Unless you are an Applicant in Australia or New Zealand (**see below “Applicants from Australia and New Zealand: Statutory Rights and Privacy”), by entering the Contest or accepting the prizes, Applicant agrees that no claim relating to such losses or injuries (including special, indirect and consequential losses) shall be asserted against Sony, its parent companies, affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from the Contest and acceptance of any prize, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage.
- By submitting the Contest entries, Applicant agrees and warrants that Applicant shall not submit any content (a) that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence; (b) that violates any law, statute ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation; (c) on behalf of any merchant or manufacturer, or for which Applicant was compensated or granted any consideration by any third party; (d) that includes any information that references other apps, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers; (e) or that contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
- Information – All information, including personal information (“Information”) submitted or known to Sony and/or its affiliates in connection with this Contest will only be used for the purposes set out in and treated in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and those stipulated in the Privacy Policy of Sony at https://www.sony-asia.com/microsite/privacypolicy/ (“Privacy Policy”).
- Use of Information – In addition to those stipulated in the Privacy Policy, by entering the Contest, you agree:
- to the use of the Information, without compensation, for Sony’s promotional and marketing purposes;
- to the use of the Information, without compensation, for the purpose of administration in relation to the Contest.
- Each Applicant to this Contest acknowledges that in respect of any Information from her/him pursuant to this Site:
- She/he is authorized to disclose such Information; and
- Such disclosure complies with any privacy legislation from any region, within the geographical scope of the Contest, and we have the right to use such Information as contemplated by this Site (including, without limitation, the disclosure of such Information to Sony's external agencies or third parties).
- Provision of Information to Third Parties - We will not sell or otherwise transfer the Information to unaffiliated third parties without your approval. If applicable, you will have the opportunity to indicate whether you would like to "opt in" and/or “opt out” to receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from us and/or any third parties.
- Analysis of User Behaviour - We reserve the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the Site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners. We will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. We are not responsible for any actions or policies of any third parties who request personal information and you should check the applicable privacy policy of that party.
- Cookies - You should be aware that information and data may be automatically collected through the use of "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files a site can use to recognise repeat users and allow us to observe behaviour and compile aggregate data in order to improve the Site and to target its advertising. Cookies do not attach to your system and do not damage your files. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature.
- Updating or Removing Information - You may notify us of any updates, amendments and corrections to previously collected Information by using the Feedback Form on the Site. Further, upon your request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your Information from our database. However, it may be impossible to delete your entry without some residual information because of backups and records of deletions.
- For Applicants from Australia:
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees set out in Schedule 2 - The Australian Consumer Law of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as well as any other implied warranties under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) or similar consumer protection laws in the States and Territories of Australia (“Non-Excludable Guarantees”)Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, Sony (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence), for any death, personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the Contest, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under Sony’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by Sony) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of Sony; (d) any tax liability incurred by a claimant; (e) any variation in the prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions; (f) taking/use of a prize.Sony Australia Limited may need to collect Information (including Personal Information) in connection with the Contest and may, for this purpose, disclose such Information to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, as required (including such third parties who may be outside of Australia). Participation in this Contest is conditional on providing this Information. Sony Australia Limited will also use and handle Information as set out in its privacy policy, which can be viewed at https://store.sony.com.au/privacy-policy.html (“Australian Privacy Policy”). In addition to any use that may be outlined in the Australian Privacy Policy, Sony Australia Limited may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, use the Information for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages or telephoning Applicants. The Australian Privacy Policy also contains information about how Applicants may opt out of marketing communications, access, update or correct their Information, how Applicants may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or any other applicable law and how those complaints will be dealt with..