Microsoft; Ford Fiesta Shopping Spree ends 30 November 2008 

The Rules of this Contest

Listed below are extracts from the rules of this competition. These extracts detail the rights being claimed from entrants.

"9 The Promoter does not claim ownership of any Entry, and Entrants retain all copyright and moral rights in their Entry.  However for the purposes of the Competition, fulfilment of the First Prize and promotional purposes connected solely and exclusively with the Competition, Entrants grant to the Promoter and the entities professionally involved in this Competition (including without limitation Ford Motor Company Limited and News International Newspapers Limited) a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to make copies, reproduce, modify for presentational or formatting purpose, distribute, publish, promote or otherwise use the Entry in all media until 31 December 2009 (upon such date the licence granted by the Entrant pursuant to this Paragraph 9 shall expire).  The Promoter and Ford Motor Company Limited agree to credit the Entry as the Entrant’s work in all commercial usage of such Entry.  Entrants agree to their name being used in this manner.  Any commercial opportunities which arise in respect of the Entry excluding those connected with the Competition only will be notified to the Entrant who will be free to negotiate terms independently."

"13 The first prize will consist of a shopping trip with £2,000 sterling spending money to be spent on the shopping trip.  In addition the winner of the first prize may have their Entry published in Fabulous Magazine (the “First Prize”)."

Results of Testing the Rules

Listed below are the results of the tests we carried out on this competition's rules. The tests are all based on the standards set out in The Bill of Rights. By adopting these standards competition organisers can create competition rules that meet the needs of organisers and are fair and respectful to the rights of entrants. For each test a result is given which can be Pass of Fail. Competitions that pass all these tests go on The Rights On List, those that don't go on The Rights Off List.

If the rules are vague and we cannot determine whether the rules pass a particular test or not the result is shown as Unclear.  Where a test is not necessary the result is shown as N/A.

Click on any result below for more information about that specific test.

1 Copyright & Moral Rights 

• Pass, All photographers entering the contest retain their copyright
• Pass, The contest does not require any entrants to waive moral rights
• Pass, Rules state a credit is always given to the photographer when the image is published
  
• Pass, All the documents that must be completed by each entrant to participate in or win a contest are shown
  

2 Free Usage Durations Claimed

• Pass, The organisers free usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
  
• Pass, The sponsors free usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
• N/A, Book usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
  
• Pass, free usage only promotes the contest or is used for a book 

3 Commercial Usage Rights Claimed

• Pass, A statement clarifying the commercial usage position is present as per The Bill of Rights
• N/A, Commercial usage is rights managed & time limited as per The Bill of Rights
• Pass, Entrants are not required to sign commercial usage licenses

4 Declarations

• Pass, The organisations that acquire rights are all named
• Pass, This (or last) years Judges are named along with brief bio details

5 Contest End Date

• Pass, The contest end date is within 16 months of the contest being announced

Conclusions

This contest meets every requirement of the The Bill of Rights.

This contest is recommended.

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Organisations - Microsoft Limited, Ford Motor Company Ltd, News International Newspapers Ltd

Judges - Creative Director of Fabulous Magazine

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