Semikolon Spotlight Terms and Conditions
1.0 Organisers of the Photo Contest
Silvertone Media Ltd (owners of The Irys Photos App), a UK company with its principal office located at C/O Gravita Oxford LLP, First Floor, Park Central, 40/41 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 1JD ("Irys"),
and
Semikolon GmbH, registered in Germany, with its registered office at Buttstraße 4, 22767 Hamburg, Germany ("Semikolon"),
(together, the "Organisers").
The Irys x Semikolon Photo Contest is jointly organised by Irys and Semikolon. References throughout these Terms and Conditions to "Irys and Semikolon" or the "Organisers" shall mean the parties identified above.
2.0 Theme
The competition theme will be determined by Irys and Semikolon for each competition round.
4.0 Procedure
4.1 Judging will be carried out by Irys and Semikolon after the end of the respective competition round.
4.2 After judging, the winner's details (name, email address, delivery address, etc.) will be passed on to Semikolon by Irys.
4.3 If a winner does not respond within 14 days of notification, the claim to a prize shall expire and Irys and Semikolon may select another winner as a replacement.
5.0 Prizes
The prizes and/or vouchers offered by Irys and Semikolon under “Prizes” will not be paid out in cash and cannot be exchanged. Prizes cannot be transferred to third parties.
7.0 Eligibility
7.2 Participation is not limited to Semikolon customers and is not dependent on the purchase of goods or services.
7.4 All persons involved in the conception and implementation of the competition, as well as employees of Irys and Semikolon and their relatives, are not eligible to participate.
8.0 Permitted formats
8.3 Each submitted photograph must also be available to the participant in its original size and format (JPEG, RAW, or TIF). Irys and Semikolon may request this from the participant for authenticity verification (see section 11.5) and for publication in exhibitions and/or print media (see section 11.1).
9.0 Newsletter
9.1 By participating in the competition, the participant agrees that Irys and Semikolon may contact them by email and print mailings by post for matters relating to the current competition and future and/or past competitions.
10.0 Rights of participants
10.1 Copyright: Irys and Semikolon do not acquire copyright to the participants' photographs at any time.
11.0 Rights of the organiser
11.1 Right of use: By participating in the competition, the Images submitted by the Winners and those on the shortlist grant Irys and Semikolon an irrevocable, spatially unlimited, and temporally unlimited right of use to use the submitted photographs for PR purposes. This shall occur exclusively in connection with this photo competition or future photo competitions – including any subsequent communication in which the participant has been involved – and includes the possibility of publication, reproduction, illustration, and distribution for the purpose of non-commercial self-promotion and self-representation by Irys and Semikolon.
For the sake of clarity, the title of a photograph may be translated. When photographs submitted are published by Irys and/or Semikolon, the name of the participant will be credited as the author wherever possible.
Permission includes the use of the submitted photographs for the following purposes:
- The judging of the Irys x Semikolon Award.The presentation of the winners.The award ceremony for the Irys x Semikolon Award.The presentation of the achievements of the Irys x Semikolon Award.Publication on all media channels of Irys and Semikolon and companies associated with Irys and Semikolon – online and offline – for example, websites, print, newsletters, and social networks (including adaptation to the format of the respective channels, if necessary).Presentation in exhibitions and auctioning of exhibition pieces for a good cause. The print size and format will be approved by the photographer.Inclusion in publications, including publications by third parties in press reports.
Any commercial use beyond this requires the separate consent of the participant. The publication of photos within the scope of the publication conditions is free of charge.
11.2 Irys and Semikolon reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to exclude persons from participating in the competition and to disqualify them from any prizes if there are justified reasons for doing so.
11.3 Irys and Semikolon reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to exclude submitted photographs from the competition and to delete them if there are legitimate reasons for doing so.
11.4 The participant will be informed separately by Irys and Semikolon about their exclusion from the competition, the revocation of their prize, or the deletion of submitted photographs.
11.5 If, during the evaluation process, questions arise regarding the extent of editing of a submission, Irys and Semikolon may request the participant to submit the original photo and image file for review. If no original file is available, Irys and Semikolon have the right to exclude the submitted photograph from further participation in the competition.
12.0 Liability
12.2 By participating, the participant confirms that they are the author of the uploaded photographs and thus have unrestricted rights of use and may submit them to the competition. The participant further confirms that the photographs uploaded by them are free of third-party rights; in particular, that the property and likeness rights of third parties are not infringed by these uses. The participant hereby indemnifies Irys and Semikolon against any claims by third parties.
12.3 Irys and Semikolon accept no liability for the protection of copyright by third parties.
12.5 In some countries, import sales tax and/or customs duties may be levied on the prizes. It is the responsibility of the winner to pay all import sales taxes and/or customs duties associated with the prize in accordance with the laws of their country. In such cases, the winner agrees to indemnify Irys and Semikolon and their affiliates or partners from any tax liability, fees, fines, penalties, or interest, or any other liability incurred by the winner as a result of the prizes made available to them.
13.0 Final provisions
13.1 Legal recourse is excluded.
13.2 This agreement is governed by UK law. The place of jurisdiction is London, UK.
13.3 Severability clause:
Should any provision of these conditions of participation be or become invalid in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a legally permissible provision that comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid provision. The same applies in the event of a loophole in these conditions of participation.