ROSCO GOBO DESIGN CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES

 

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 
 

1.    ELIGIBILITY: The Rosco Gobo Design Contest (“Contest”) is open to residents around the world, (excluding those residing in Brazil, Mexico, Quebec, the UAE, and any countries or entities that are listed and prohibited by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)), who are at least 18 years of age or older, and who reside in eligible countries at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors, officers, and agents of Rosco Laboratories, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and its affiliates, subsidiaries, sales representatives, and advertising, promotion and judging agencies and all other service agencies involved with the Contest, and members of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and household of each such employee (whether or not related) are not eligible to enter or win.   

2.    AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in this Contest, entrant (“Entrant”) fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. If you require the contest rules to be sent to you in your native language, contact kim.szondy@rosco.com.

3.    CONTEST ENTRY PERIOD: The Contest begins on July 25, 2018 at 6:00:00 AM Pacific Time (“PDT”) and ends on August 17, 2018 at 12:00:00 PM PDT (the “Contest Entry Period”). All entries must be received before the Contest Entry Period end time/date to be valid. 

4.    HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Entry Period, Entrants can enter the Contest by visiting www.rosco.com/gobo-design-contest and following the instructions to upload a gobo design, description statement, and all required contact fields (including, but not limited to name, email address, phone number, home address, job title). Entrants who do not follow all of the instructions, and/or abide by these Official Rules or other instructions of Sponsor may be disqualified. Contest entries must comply with the Content Requirements set forth herein to be valid. As used herein, “Content” refers to all content you submit in connection with the Contest (including, but not limited to, any designs, pictures, images, videos, descriptions, writings, explanations, hashtags, tag names, etc.). Sponsor reserves the right to remove any Content that does not adhere to the submission requirements, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion, and/or disqualify the Entrant. All Content must be in the following file formats: JPG or PNG no larger than 2MB. By submitting Content for the Contest, you hereby warrant and represent that your Content conforms to the Content Requirements set forth herein. 

Individuals who do not follow all of the instructions, and/or abide by these Official Rules or other instructions of Sponsor may be disqualified. 

Limit: Three (3) entry/entries per person/e-mail address during the entire Contest Entry Period. 

Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of automated devices will cause disqualification. Entrants may not enter with multiple e-mail addresses nor may Entrants use any other device or artifice to enter multiple times or as multiple Entrants. Any Entrant who attempts to enter with multiple e-mail addresses, under multiple identities, or uses any device or artifice to register multiple times will be disqualified and forfeits any and all prizes won, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Multiple Entrants are not permitted to share the same e-mail address. Should multiple users of the same e-mail account enter the Contest and a dispute thereafter arise regarding the identity of the Entrant, the authorized account holder of said e-mail account at the time of entry will be considered the Entrant. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.

5. CONTENT REQUIREMENTS: Entrants represent and warrant that their Content is the original work of such Entrant, it has not been copied from others, it has not previously won awards, it does not violate the rights of any other person or entity, and publication of the Content via various media including Web posting will not infringe on the rights of any third party. Any such Entrant will indemnify and hold harmless Released Parties (defined below) from any claims to the contrary. Any Entrant whose Content includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the Entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases and consents for such use including Sponsor’s use of such Content, in a form satisfactory to administrator, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of Entrant as a winner. Sponsor reserves the right to request additional information regarding such third parties or elements not owned by the Entrant from any Entrant at any time. Failure to provide such information, if requested, may disqualify an entry.  

By submitting Content, you agree that your Content is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, that Sponsor is free to use or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Content on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, agents, or designees, or obtained from sources other than you.

BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY AND CONTENT MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR’S WEBSITE OR ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET AS AUTHORIZED BY SPONSOR, IN SPONSOR’S DISCRETION. Submission of Content grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, use, publicly perform, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, create a derivative work from, publicly display, and commercialize the Content in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the Entrant.

All Content submitted by you must conform to the additional submission requirements set forth herein:

  • Content must comply with these Official Rules and any Terms of Service on the Website (if any);
  • Content uploaded through the Website must be in digital format and must comply with the posting requirements set forth above and as posted on the Website;
  • Content cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity; 
  • Content cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
  • Content cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
  • Content cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies;
  • Content cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
  • Content cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) without permission; Sponsor does not permit the infringement of others’ rights and any use of materials not original to the Entrant (except copyrighted materials owned by Sponsor) is grounds for disqualification from the Contest. Do not copy your favorite movie, book or photo or include materials, images, graphics, music or trademarks belonging to any third parties or incorporate the names, voices, likeness or personas of any party other than yourself unless you have obtained all rights necessary to permit you to use same in connection with your Content and grant the rights herein granted to Sponsor;
  • No background artwork should appear in a Content unless it is an original work of the Entrant. Any artwork, murals, etc. that can be seen in Content must be created solely by the Entrant or Entrant must be the sole owner of all copyright interests therein;
  • Content cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission; 
  • Content cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and
  • Content cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.

CONTENT POSTED TO THE WEBSITE IS NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to Entrants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Contest submission requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion. If you think that any entry infringes your intellectual property rights, click here to review our policies and send a notice of copyright infringement to Rosco Laboratories, Inc., 52 Harbor View Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902, attention, Chief Operating Officer. Sponsor reserves the right, in its reasonable discretion, during or upon completion of the Contest Period, to request that any Entrant resubmit his or her Content which fails to comply with the Contest entry requirements prior to any judging or voting period.

6.    OWNERSHIP & LICENSE: Providing Content grants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Content in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the Entrant. By accepting a prize, winner agrees that his or her Content will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Content, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of “Droit Moral” or “Moral Rights of Authors” or any similar rights or principles of law that winner may now or later have to their Content. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Content, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Content and of the copyrights transferred and “Moral Rights of Authors” waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor’s rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment. 

7.    PRIVACY: Please see the privacy policy located at http://us.rosco.com/en/privacy for details of Sponsor’s policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Contest. If you are selected as a winner, your information may also be included in a publicly available winner’s list. Please note that by submitting a design, you are agreeing to allow Rosco to contact you by email or phone.

8.    JUDGING/WINNER SELECTION: All eligible entries will be judged on or around August 20, 2018 – September 14, 2018 based on the following judging criteria (“Judging Criteria”) to determine the potential prize winner(s): All eligible entries will be judged by a pre-selected judging panel who will determine contest finalists. The judging panel can be found on contest homepage. Contest finalists will be announced on or around September 19, 2018 and voting will then open to the public. Judges’ decisions are final and binding in all aspects of this Contest. 

Votes received from any person or email address more than once will be void. Finalists are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public and/or using any websites or online forums designed to induce individuals or provide other incentives to vote for their design, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. All votes are subject to final verification by Sponsor. Use of script, macro or other automated system to vote or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process is prohibited and all such votes will be void.

On or around October 5, 2018 potential winner(s) will be notified via email. Potential winners are subject to verification. If a potential winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, if attempted notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, if any required documents are not returned within the required number of days, if a winner cannot be verified, or if a winner is otherwise unable or unwilling to accept and claim the prize as stated, then winner may be disqualified and the prize may be forfeited in Sponsor’s sole discretion.  In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to an alternate Entrant who will be selected in a manner deemed fair and equitable by the Sponsor. Winners may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, within ten (10) business days of attempted notification or prize may be forfeited. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or telephone number of Entrants. 

9.    PRIZE & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): For all new designs selected to the Rosco gobo library, there will be a royalty bearing license for each designer. One (1) winner will receive an Image Spot projector and a copy of their designed gobo and Entrant’s entry will be added to Sponsor’s library of patterns. ARV: $800 - $1600.  ARV is as of date of printing of these Official Rules. The difference in value of prize as stated herein and value at time of prize notification, if any, will not be awarded. Limit: one (1) prize per person/household. Prizes are non-transferable and no cash equivalent or substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Prize winners will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prizes they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. Please allow four-six weeks for shipment of prize after confirmation.

10.    PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest and acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent for Sponsor to use his/her name, likeness, prize information, city and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further consideration.

11.    RELEASE: As a condition of entering, Entrants agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to release Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, and agents, and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents (“Released Parties”), from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize; (b) under no circumstances will any Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and/or any rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs. 

12.    GENERAL CONDITIONS: Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undelivered, incorrect, or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor will award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to cancellation in a manner deemed fair and equitable. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions, the website, or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process, the website, or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

13.    ARBITRATION: By entering the Contest, Entrant agrees that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute, claim, or demand related in any way to the Contest will be decided by binding arbitration. All disputes between Entrant and Sponsor of whatsoever kind or nature arising out of these Rules, shall be submitted to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) for binding arbitration under its rules then in effect in the State of Connecticut, USA, before one arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by both parties. The parties agree to share equally in the arbitration costs incurred.

14.    GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION: This Contest and its Official Rules are governed by US law and are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Contest Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Connecticut, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and any matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in Section 12 of these Official Rules and/or for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of Connecticut, in the City of Stamford.

15.    WINNERS LIST: For a list of the winners, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope in a separate first class stamped envelope to: Rosco Gobo Design Contest, Rosco Laboratories Inc., 52 Harbor View, Stamford, CT 06902. Requests must be received by December 1, 2018. 

16.    SPONSOR: Rosco Laboratories Inc., 52 Harbor View, Stamford, CT 06902