Reno Academy photo contest and long-term collaboration

Reno Academy photo contest and long-term collaboration
The photo contest and long-term collaboration and how to participate

As part of the OPPO Reno Academy platform, OPPO is hosting our Photo Contest and Long-term Collaboration ("the Contest and Collaboration" or “Contest”).

To participate in the Contest and Collaboration, follow the instructions on this website and accept the following terms and conditions which will form a binding agreement between you and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp,Ltd (“OPPO”).

1.1. By participating in the Contest and Collaboration you hereby accept these participation rules ("the Rules"). If you do not wish to accept these Rules, please do not enter.

1.2. Photos and videos for participating the photo contest must be shared on Instagram no later than the deadlines which will be started from February 4th 2022 to April 30th 2022 as listed and only works submitted in accordance with these Rules will be accepted for the Contest.

1.3. Videos for participating the Contest must be shared on Instagram and submitted through OPPO Reno Academy’s website (www.oppo.com/en/events/reno-academy/) as listed and only works submitted in accordance with these Rules will be accepted for the Contest.

1.4. To qualify to participate the Contest and Collaboration, you must be over 18 years of age or if under the age of 18 you must obtain permission from a parent or legal guardian before uploading any images and videos to Instagram for participation or to be eligible for prizes.

1.5. By uploading photos and videos to Instagram, you agree and acknowledge that OPPO is permitted to receive and review your registration data. Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to name, and email address may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes of conducting and administering this photography campaign and other marketing initiatives. At any time, participants have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by OPPO by sending a message to OPPO’s global account via Instagram. All data you submit via our website will be stored in our server located in Singapore.

Rules of Participation

2.1. To participating in the Contest, you must share photos on Instagram and use hashtag #UnlimitedMeInPortrait #RenoAcademy in the text part of the post. OPPO users should use #shotonOPPO along with #UnlimitedMeInPortrait #RenoAcademy to participate. Each user can share three to ten images within one carousel post or a short video format within fifteen seconds in one post on Instagram, and each user can be participated with more than one post. Photos and videos shared through private accounts won’t be visible to OPPO, therefore won’t be selected for winning awards.

2.2. To joining in the Contest, you must share one video with self introduction and your portrait tips on Instagram in-feed post. Each user can share one video on Instagram. The video shared through private accounts won’t be visible to OPPO, therefore won’t be selected for winning awards.

2.3. There are no restrictions on when these photographs may have been taken or on the type of devices including mobile phones and digital cameras used to capture them. You must ensure that you have clear, independent and undisputed copyright privileges for all submissions, and that your submissions do not infringe on the rights of any third parties, including copyright, right of publicity, right of reputation, privacy rights, and so on. By participating in this Contest and Collaboration, you agree to abide by these Rules and to bear sole responsibility for any legal liabilities or disputes that may arise from your failure to do so. OPPO shall not bear any responsibility in any such cases and you fully indemnify OPPO in respect thereof.

2.4 Participants may not use any portion of another person’s photography to form any portion of their submissions. Participants shall bear sole responsibility for any legal liabilities or disputes arising from violations of these conditions.

2.5. No submission/ participation fee is charged for entry, and work submitted cannot be returned. Only submissions in the form of a digital file will be accepted. In cases where the submission of a work fails or otherwise results in it being impossible to review, the contributor shall bear sole responsibility for any losses or consequences incurred by its submission.

Terms of Selection and Awards

3.1. All participants will get a chance to win awards as long as their photos and videos posted for this Contest and Collaboration on Instagram are visible to the OPPO team. (Photos and videos must be posted with public accounts in order to be viewed by the OPPO team.) One user is selected for awards at a fixed time on every business day and the user must follow the formatting rules, if not, a second round of selection will be conducted. OPPO contacts the users for distributing the awards on a bi-weekly basis.

The Collaborators Rewards list:
1. OPPO Reno7 series *1
2. Be part of OPPO online/off-line exhibitions and events
3. Commercial opportunities
4. Reno Academy certificate and gifts

The Contest Rewards list:
1. OPPO Reno7 series *1
2. Be part of OPPO online/off-line exhibitions and events
3. Reno Academy certificate and gifts

3.2. All photos and videos that are visible to public on Instagram will be reviewed and pre-screened by OPPO editors. The screened entries are then reviewed by the professional judge panel who were invited by OPPO. The judge panel will choose the winners and their decisions are final.

3.3. Winning photographs may be included in the future in exhibitions and/or screenings as part of promotions of this or future iterations of Reno Academy. Each photographer retains the copyright of his or her images and videos in accordance with and subject to Clause 4 below and proper credit lines will be attributed to each photographer when exhibited or screened anywhere (provided that any inadvertent failure to do so shall not be a breach of these Rules).

3.4. The full name and Instagram account of each participant whose work is selected as a winner may be published on OPPO’s online channels for winner announcement.

3.5. Product prizes will be sent by posting locally or other posting methods. Any tax fees incurred for custom clearance will be deducted from the winner side.

3.6. No cash alternatives will be offered for any prizes.

3.7. Submissions that fail to comply with the Rules will not be eligible for selection. If such works are selected, they may be subsequently disqualified at any time. OPPOOPPO reserve the right to revoke any awards, compensation, certificates, or other benefits awarded in connection with such works and to publish notice of said actions on their websites or other public media.

3.8. If your photos and videos are selected to be featured, OPPO will contact you by a message on Instagram by email. Upon being contacted, you must promptly submit the original file for your submission, fill in your personal information as requested, submit your declaration of copyright and authorization as well as any other documents requested. Failure to submit all required documents within the specified time limit or the submission of documents which do not meet the Contest’s requirements will be interpreted as a relinquishment of your eligibility, upon which your position on the list of winners will be awarded to another entrant, selected in the OPPO’s discretion.

3.9. By participating in this Contest and Collaboration, you agree and acknowledge that all personal information you submit is true and accurate, including your name, email address, and any other contact addresses you provide for the purposes of communication about awards. OPPO will only use your personal information for the above purposes and within the extent permitted by the applicable privacy laws. Upon announcing awards, OPPO will contact all winners to verify that the personal information they used to participate the Contest and Collaboration is complete and accurate. If incomplete information prevents the sponsor from delivering an award to its winner, the award will automatically be considered waived and will not be reissued.

3.10. In cases where an award cannot be delivered due to causes originating with the winner (including but not limited to failure to provide contact information within three working days of the conclusion of the event or submission of incomplete or inaccurate contact information that prevents OPPO from establishing contact) the award will automatically be considered waived. The sponsor assumes no responsibility for any such outcome and will not reissue awards in such cases. Upon receiving their awards, winners will be expected to confirm completion of delivery by notifying the distributor directly, except where abnormal circumstances prevent this. OPPO shall not be liable for any accidents or damages suffered by winners relating to the use or receipt of awards.

3.11. Awards can not be exchanged for cash. If unforeseen circumstances prevent distribution of an award, OPPO reserves the right to issue an equivalent award in its place. Replacement awards may not be exchanged for cash. Prize will be delivered by posting only, and any custom clearance tax will be paid by the winner according to the relevant regulations in the winner’s country of residence.

3.12. Pictures of awards are provided for reference only, and actual awards may vary. In cases where awards exhibit quality problems, recipients should contact the award item’s provider or designated distributor and follow the relevant policies for return, replacement, and/or maintenance.

3.13. Award recipients shall bear full responsibility for any personal income taxes incurred with their awards. The event’s sponsors shall bear full responsibility for any domestic or international shipping charges incurred by the delivery of awards.

Copyright

4.1. OPPO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any photograph that does not comply with the following requirements, even after the photograph appears on the website. You warrant, in respect of the photographs submitted by you, as follows:

4.1.1. You are the sole copyright owner and creator of the photographs.

4.1.2. You have the right to enter your photographs in this Contest and Collaboration.

4.1.3. To the best of your knowledge, the photographs do not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content.

4.1.4. To the best of your knowledge, the photographs do not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct which would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability,

4.1.5. The photograph does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity, or violate any person’s rights of privacy or publicity, and your photograph does not include:

4.1.5.1. trademarks owned by third parties.

4.1.5.2. copyrighted materials owned by third parties.

4.1.5.3. names, likenesses or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures, living or dead.

4.1.5.4. entries in which you have purchased or secured the rights to use stock images.

4.2. You agree to fully indemnify OPPO in respect of all royalties, fees and any other monies owing to any person by reason of your breaching any of the foregoing.

4.3. You confirm that where necessary by local laws, each person depicted in the photograph has granted permission to be portrayed as shown—and has the right to grant that permission. All other relevant permissions must have been obtained.

4.4. Images should comply with the ethical guidelines proposed by UNICEF for ethical reporting on children (https://www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_1482.html). It is important, always, to take into account the ethical considerations of photography, and to protect vulnerable people from potential harm that could be inflicted as a result of publishing images that expose or identify individuals or groups who may be or may become vulnerable as a result of the publication of the photographs.

4.5. OPPO recognizes that you retain full ownership of the copyright in each photograph that you have submitted subject to the rights granted in clause 5 below

4.6. All information displayed on the OPPO Reno Academy website is protected by international copyright law. Under copyright laws, the propagation of any material or content therein (including by reproducing, modifying, uploading, posting, transmitting, distributing, licensing, selling, or publishing said content) without express written permission from its owner is prohibited, with the sole exception of personal and non-commercial uses.

Image Rights & Usage

5.1. You agree that all photograph(s) submitted to the Contest and Collaboration may be reproduced and used to conduct and promote Reno Academy and future projects in any and all media until you request us to stop. You hereby grant OPPO with a right to use submitted photographs in the framework of such promotional activities. Any other usage requests will be directed to the photographer.

5.2. Any photograph used by OPPO shall carry a credit line. Any failure to provide such credit line shall not be deemed to be a breach, as long as OPPO uses its reasonable endeavors to rectify such failure within a reasonable period from the date of notice of such failure.

5.3. You acknowledge that OPPO and its event partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse.

OPPO WEBSITE

6.1. All information displayed on this website is protected by international copyright law. Under copyright laws, the propagation of any material or content therein (including by reproducing, modifying, uploading, posting, transmitting, distributing, licensing, selling, or publishing said content) without express written permission from its owner is prohibited, with the sole exception of personal and non-commercial uses.

6.2 While OPPO will do its best to provide accurate and up-to-date event information on this website, OPPO is unable to fully guarantee the accuracy or reliability of all details appearing therein, and will not assume liability for any omissions or other errors that may occur in said content (including but not limited to typing errors or errors of a technical nature).

6.3 You understand that you use or browse this website at your own risk. Neither OPPO nor any of its sponsors, event sponsors, or third-party partners and affiliates that participate in the creation, production, or delivery of the website shall be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or punitive damages sustained while visiting, using or browsing, or downloading information, data, text, audio, or photography and other images from the website. The aforementioned damages include, but are not limited to, damage to computer equipment, infection with computer viruses, or any other property damages. Additionally, all content appearing on the event website is provided strictly as is, without any express or implied guarantees, including but not limited to any implied guarantee of marketability, applicability for a specific purpose, or non-infringement status.

Waiver of Liability

7.1. OPPO assumes no responsibility for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest and Collaboration, and OPPO assumes no responsibility for technical, hardware or software failure of any kind, for lost network connections, garbled computer transmissions, other problems or technical malfunctions with regard to the Contest and Collaboration. OPPO assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, corruption, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alteration of entries. OPPO is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail addressed to OPPO on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the internet or any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest and Collaboration. If for any reason a contestant’s photograph cannot be viewed or is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer viruses, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failures, OPPO assumes no responsibility.

8.1. In no event will OPPO, its members, event partners or its officers, directors, employees, be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages arising out of any contestant’s access to and use of the website and participation in the Contest and Collaboration. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, everything on the Website is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose or use or non-infringement.

Changes to the Rules

9.1. OPPO reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments to the above terms and conditions in keeping with standard practices for similar events and transfer of public gallery rights. Please refer to these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of and understand any changes made by OPPO. By continuing to use this site, you accept these terms and conditions as legally binding regardless of any changes occurring herein.

Publicity

9.2. Winners agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and winning images for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity by OPPO in relation to the Contest and Collaboration without additional compensation. Such requests will not be unreasonably withheld.

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