Openfilm Filmmakers of the Month Award Program Rules
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1. General
- 1.1 The Openfilm Filmmakers of the Month Award program (the "Awards") is intended to recognize and reward the superior contribution of certain content providers to the Openfilm.com website. The Awards shall be administered by Openfilm, LLC ("Openfilm"), and shall be governed by the rules set forth in this document (the "Rules").
- 1.2 Participation in the Awards is open to individual members of the Openfilm Membership Program, other than employees, agents, or representatives of Openfilm or any of its parents, subsidiaries, sister companies, or affiliates, or any member of their immediate family, whose Video Content has been published on Openfilm.com in accordance with the Openfilm Membership Agreement posted at http://www.openfilm.com/info/agreement/, whose definitions, terms and provisions are hereby incorporated by reference in these Rules. Entrants represent and warrant that their Submission is their original work, it has not been copied from others, and it does not violate the rights of any other person or entry.
- 1.3 Openfilm reserves the right to amend these Rules at any time in its sole discretion. Openfilm's right to effect any such amendment shall include, but not be limited to changes in the number of prizes awarded, the manner of determining award recipients, the amount of prize money payable to award recipients, and the frequency, continuation or termination of the Awards.
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2. Determination of Award Recipients
- 2.1 Openfilm shall periodically review and evaluate the videos displayed in Member channels on the Openfilm.com website with respect to artistic merit, production quality, number of videos, number of views, and number and character of Member Comments, and shall select those Members whose Video Content, in Openfilm's judgment, best fulfills the purposes of the Awards.
- 2.2 Ten (10) Members shall be so selected by Openfilm each month, and such selected Members, hereinafter referred to as "Recipients", shall each be eligible to receive a prize of $500 (five hundred US dollars) (the "Prize") from Openfilm.
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3. Notification and Distribution of Prizes
- 3.1 Upon determining its selection of winning Members, Openfilm shall notify Recipients of their eligibility to receive a Prize.
- 3.2 Recipients shall be required to confirm their undertaking not to request removal of any of their Video Content from the Openfilm Network for a period of not less than six months following their receipt of a Prize from Openfilm, other than for reasons pertaining to substantiated allegation of intellectual property infringement.
- 3.3 Recipients shall be further required to confirm to Openfilm their mailing address, and whether they elect to receive their Prize via check, wire transfer or electronic transfer to a designated bank or PayPal Account or other payment system acceptable to Openfilm.
- 3.4 Upon receipt of the confirmations specified in sections 3.2 and 3.3 hereabove, Openfilm shall distribute payment of the Prizes to each Recipient.
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4. Miscellaneous
- 4.1 The Rules are subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- 4.2 Except as specifically provided for in this Rules document, Recipients acknowledge and agree to be bound by the provisions of the Openfilm Member Agreement, including but not limited to sections 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
