Last updated: October 4, 2022

These terms and conditions relate to Sparkol Ltd’s “2022 VideoScribe Awards” competition for all regions excluding the United States of America. Terms for the United States of America can be found further down the page.

1. Competition runs from 08:00 GMT on October 6th 2022 and finalises at 17:00 GMT on December 19th 2022. The details are as follows: Applications for the 2022 VideoScribe Awards close at 12:00 GMT on November 24th 2022. The shortlist is announced and community voting starts at 12:00 GMT December 8th 2022. Community voting closes at 17:00 GMT on December 19th 2022 with winners announced and contacted on December 20th, 2022. 

2. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.

3. Sparkol Ltd. reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without giving notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control.

4. The following countries are excluded from the competition: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Belarus, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Syria.

5. The winner of the ‘Best overall VideoScribe video for 2022’ category will win $500 cash. This prize is not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.

6. The winner of the ‘Best use of VideoScribe for your desktop’ category and the ‘Best use of VideoScribe for your browser’ category will win $250 cash. This prize is not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.

7. The winners of ‘Best use of VideoScribe for your browser’ category, and ‘Best use of VideoScribe for your desktop’ category will also receive a free annual subscription for their next renewal period with VideoScribe. No cash alternative to the prize will be offered. The prize is not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice. This prize does not apply to the winner of ‘Best overall VideoScribe video for 2022’.

8. Winners will be announced on December 20th on our social media pages and via email.

8. Three shortlisted winners for each category will be chosen by the Sparkol Ltd. team. This will be based on factors like complexity of animations, clarity of message and overall impact. The shortlist is chosen at the judges’ discretion. The shortlist will then be put to a public vote on our website to determine the three winners.

9. Sparkol Ltd. will notify each winner via the email address they entered the competition through and will get in touch with details on how to claim the prize.

10. Sparkol Ltd’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

11. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.

12. By entering this competition, the entrant declares that the video they submitted was created by them.

13. You are liable for any third party materials or content you use in connection with your entry and you are responsible for ensuring you have permission to use such third party materials and content. You must not submit content which in any way that infringes any rights of any third party or in connection with any offence, libel or slander, or in any way that is unlawful, discriminative, unreasonably causes any person distress or offence, or brings our name into disrepute.

14. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

15. By entering this competition, the entrant gives permission to Sparkol Ltd. to repurpose the video content submitted for contention, along with their name.

16. By entering the competition you are agreeing to Sparkol’s privacy statement.

17. Sparkol Ltd reserves the right to remove and disqualify any competition entry at our discretion.

18. Any entry deemed to cause alarm, distress or offence will be removed and the entrant will be disqualified.

19. Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.

20. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Network. You are providing your information to Sparkol Ltd and not to any other party.

For entrants in the United States of America

The Sparkol Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards Competition Official Contest & Sweepstakes Rules and Legal Disclaimer

Introduction

By entering into a  Sparkol Ltd Promotion  (“Contests” or “Sweepstakes”), participant (“Participant”) agrees to abide by these Official Contest & Sweepstakes Rules and Legal Disclaimer and the decisions of Sparkol Ltd (“Promoter”), such decisions which are final and binding in all respects.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES INDEMNITIES FROM YOU AND A LIMITATION OF YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

Eligibility

Sparkol’s Contests & Sweepstakes are open to legal residentsof the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers, directors, or agents of Promoter or any of Promoter’s partners, related companies, agencies, or agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as spouse, parents, siblings, children, and grandparents) and same household members of any such employee, officer, director, or agent, are not eligible to participate.  All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

How to Enter

The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards Competition will begin on October 6th 2022 at 08:00 GMT and end on December 19th 2022 at 17:00 GMT . 

Applications for the 2022 VideoScribe Awards close at 12:00 GMT on November 24th 2022. The shortlist is announced and community voting starts at 12:00 GMT December 8th 2022. Community voting closes at 17:00 GMT on December 19th 2022 with winners announced and contacted on December 20th, 2022. 

To enter, go to http://videoscribe.co/en/lp/2022-videoscribe-awards/ and follow the on-screen entry instructions. Fill in all required information. Promoter will not consider incorrect, fraudulent, incomplete, late, or otherwise non-conforming entries or entries that are intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person or entity in any way. 

Promoter shall be entitled to reject any entrant for any reason or no reason at all without having to provide an explanation. Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, or terminate any Sparkol Contest or Sweepstake for any reason and without prior notice to any Participant. 

Provision of Materials and Information/Intellectual Property

By entering into the The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards, Participant represents and warrants as follows: (1) that it fully owns or has properly licensed whatever materials or information it submits hereunder in connection with the entry and can make such submissions without violating any applicable law, agreement with any third-party, and/or third-party right of any kind (including without limitation any intellectual property, data protection, privacy, or publicity right); and (2) that any and all materials or information provided by it hereunder shall be true and correct in all respects. Furthermore, without limitation on anything set forth herein to the contrary, Promoter shall have the irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right and license (but not the obligation) to exploit any and all such materials or information in any manner it so elects to promote the The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards, its business, brand, products, and/or services, throughout the world in perpetuity, and in any and all media, now or hereafter known.

The potential Winner will be notified by email and must sign and return Promoter’s Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within fourteen days’ following the effective date of Promoter’s prize notification (the “Notification”). Failure to respond within the applicable time period will result in forfeiture of the prize, which is a one year VideoScribe licences and a cash prize of either $500 or $250 (the “Prize”), and Promoter shall have the option to award the Prize to an alternate Winner. The return of the Notification or Prize as undeliverable may also result in disqualification and an alternate Winner may be selected. Promoter is not responsible for digital communications that are undeliverable as a result of any filtering of any kind, insufficient space in a Participant’s account, or any other failure beyond its reasonable control. In the event of a dispute with respect to entries received from more than one user having the same e-mail address/account, the authorized subscriber of the account in question at the time of entry will be deemed the proper entrant. A potential Winner will also forfeit his or her Prize if he or she is disqualified as not eligible to have participated in the SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards in the first instance.

The Winner must have a government-issued photo identification to claim his or her Prize. All federal, state, and local income taxes resulting from acceptance of the Prize are the responsibility of Winner. Promoter reserves the right to substitute an alternate Prize of comparable or equal value in its sole discretion. Acceptance of the Prize also constitutes permission to Promoter to use the Winner's name, likeness, and biographical information for marketing purposes (including posting the information on its website) without further compensation or right of approval, unless prohibited by law.

Subject to applicable law, the Prize is offered “as is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind or nature, including without limitation, any warranty respecting condition, merchantability, quality, title, or fitness for a particular purpose.

Publicity

Subject to applicable law, entrance in the The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards constitutes Participant’s consent to Promoter and Promoter’s affiliates and agents to use his or her name, voice, likeness, opinions, and biographical information for marketing, advertising, and publicity purposes in any media throughout the world at any time without the obligation to seek consent or to provide Participant with any payment or other form of consideration. Participant agrees to execute any document reasonably required by Promoter to effectuate the terms hereof and failure to do so shall give rise to Promoter’s right to execute any and all such documents as Participant’s attorney-in-fact, which right shall be coupled with an interest and therefore, irrevocable.

Release

Subject to applicable law, by entering into The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards and potentially receiving a Prize, each Participant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless Promoter, along with Promoter’s employees, officers, directors, affiliates, partners, agents and assigns, from and against any claim, cause of action, demand, or proceeding (each, a “Claim”), and any resultant loss, injury (including death), cost, expense, fee, fine, penalty, or other loss or expense of any kind, including attorneys’ fees (each, a “Loss”), relating to or arising directly or indirectly out of his or her participation in a Sweepstakes (or related activity such as a press release), and/or Promoter’s right to exploit Participant’s name and/or likeness or fully exploit any other right granted to it hereunder, and/or from Participant’s receipt, use, or misuse of any Prize, no matter how such Claim or Loss arises (including without limitation, if arising out of any damage to a Participant’s computer system from downloading or using material from Promoter’s, or an affiliate of Promoter’s, website).

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL PROMOTER, AND/OR PROMOTER’S PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, LICENSEES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, OR RELATED COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY WITH PROMOTER, THE “PROMOTER PARTIES”), BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT, USE, OR MISUSE OF A PRIZE, NO MATTER UNDER WHAT THEORY ARISING, EVEN IF ANY PROMOTER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLY OF SUCH DAMAGES. PROMOTER PARTIES’ ENTIRE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO: ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT OF A PRIZE SHALL BE LIMITED TO $500. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY AND AS SUCH, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Use of Collected Materials and Information

Promoter will be collecting, storing, and exploiting personal data about Participants to administer the The SPARKOL Group’s 2022 VideoScribe Awards and exercise its rights hereunder, including without limitation, those relating to marketing and publicity. By entering into the Awards, Participants agree to Promoter’s collection and use of their personal information. Promoter will not disclose any Participant’s personal information to any non-affiliated third party. For more information on Promoter’s handling of personal information, see Promoter’s Privacy Policy, a copy of which can be found at the following link: https://www.sparkol.com/privacy/.

Dispute Resolution

The parties hereto acknowledge and agree as follows: (1) that all disputes, causes of action, and claims connected to or arising in any way hereunder between the parties shall be resolved solely on an individual basis (i.e., class actions suits are hereby waived by the parties), and exclusively by the state or federal courts situated in Kent County, Delaware; (2) that the laws of the state of Delaware shall govern, without regard to its conflict of laws principles; and (3) that the parties hereto waive any right to a trial by jury.

Winner’s List

For a list of all Winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sparkol Ltd, 1.2 Temple Studios, Temple Gate, Bristol, BS1 6QA., United Kingdom on or after December 27th, 2022 with your request.

Promoter

Sparkol Ltd, 1.2 Temple Studios, Temple Gate, Bristol, BS1 6QA., United Kingdom. 

T&Cs Last updated: September 23, 2022

These terms and conditions relate to Sparkol Ltd’s “2022 VideoScribe Count the Bats” competition.

1. This promotion runs from 29/03/2022 00:00 BST to 31/10/2022 23:59 BST, inclusive. 2. Participants may only enter if they do not currently have an active VideoScribe one-off subscription. 3. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition. 4. Sparkol Ltd reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. 5. The following countries are excluded from entering this competition: Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Syria. 6. The available prizes are as follows: 1st place - one year access to VideoScribe free of charge 2nd place - six months access to VideoScribe free of charge 3rd place - three months access to VideoScribe free of charge Prizes are fixed term subscriptions and will not be auto-renewed. No cash alternative will be offered. Prizes are non-transferable and are subject to availability. Sparkol reserves the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without notice. 7. By entering into this competition participants are agreeing to opt-in to receive marketing emails from Sparkol Ltd. 8. Winners will be announced during the week commencing 31/10/2022 via email and may be announced across Sparkol’s social media channels. 9. Sparkol Ltd will notify the winners by email and will get in touch with details on how to claim the prize. 10. Sparkol Ltd’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. 11. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. 12. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England. 13. Sparkol Ltd may reach out to the winner to request consent to use his/her name and image in any publicity material. 14. By entering the competition you are agreeing to Sparkol Ltd’s privacy statement. 15. Sparkol Ltd reserves the right to remove and disqualify any competition entrant at our discretion. 16. Any entry deemed to cause alarm, distress or offence will be removed and the entrant will be disqualified. 17. Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions. 18. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other social network. Entrants are providing their information to Sparkol Ltd and not to any third party.

Our contact details are shown below: Unit 1.2 Temple Studios, Temple Gate, Bristol, England, BS1 6QA. legal@sparkol.com +44 (0)117 332 0999