Photo Competition

OFFICIAL RULES: PLUNGE POOLS DIRECT PHOTO CONTEST

ISSUED BY: Plunge Pools Direct Pty Ltd (the Company)

TERM: The Plunge Pools Direct Photo Contest runs until 11:59pm (AEDT) November 1st, 2022 with 1 winner selected 1 month after the close of the competition. The winner will be notified by email address supplied on the application form. Plunge Pools Direct reserves the right to extend the contest indefinitely if entries are limited. By posting or submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to the Official Rules and warrants that his or her entry complies with all requirements set out in the Official Rules.

WHO MAY ENTER: Contest is open to anyone that owns or has permission to post or submit an image of a Plunge Pools Direct Plunge Pool. Owners must give up exclusive rights of the image or video upon posting or submission and by doing so has granted the Company to full rights to use the photo without limitations.

HOW TO ENTER: Contest entry requires the image owner to upload up to 10 photos as well as entry data (contact details including Plunge pool order number). A maximum of 10 photos can be uploaded per pool purchase.
Each entry must comply with the following requirements:
Photographs must be in digital format. Only entries that are uploaded via our competition link will be eligible. No print or film submissions will be accepted for entry into this Contest.
The Plunge Pool must be visible in the posted or submitted image in order to qualify for the prize associated with this contest. Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted as long as they do not constitute copyright infringement.
The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material. By entering the Contest the entrant acknowledges that the posted or submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph or video.
The photograph must not contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content (including alcohol and drug use). Watermarks are not acceptable.

RELEASES: If the photograph contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to posting or submitting the photograph any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph in the manner set forth in these Official Rules without additional compensation. Upon posting or submission the owner is agreeing to relinquish any exclusive rights to the image and is granting the Company to have unrestricted use of the image.

CONTEST PRIZE: Once the images have been approved and is in accordance to the stipulations outlined above, Plunge Pools Direct will award the prize of their choosing to the winning entrant. All photographs posted or submitted will be considered for the prize which will be awarded to the owners of the winning photographs. The prize will be issued by the company to the winner upon completion of the contest and the judging process.

JUDGING: The contest will be judged by an external party to Plunge Pools Direct. The decision is final and is not a subject for debate. The images will be judged on general appeal, composition and subject matter.

LICENSE: By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works from the entries.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Plunge Pools Direct, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, dealers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder. The Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure, theft or destruction of any media pertaining to the contest. The Company is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants’ or any other persons’ computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to in this Contest.

RIGHT TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND CONTEST: If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Company that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Plunge Pools Direct reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.