Qatar National Day Photo-Contest

Rules

“Qatar National Day contest/Sweepstakes
SPONSORED BY Qatar Airways.

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

2. Entry Period:
“Qatar National Day contest/Sweepstakes commences at 09:01 AM Qatar time on 06 December, 2011 and ends at 11:59 PM on 15 Januay, 2012.. All entries must be received on or before the end date to enter the contest. All interpretations of these Official Rules and decisions made by QATAR AIRWAYS relating to the contest are final.

3.Contest/Sweepstakes
Overview:
This Contest/Sweepstakes offers two types of prizes; “Skill based”: for all participants who enter the contest as photographers and receive the most votes and “Chance based” through Drawings: for all participants who enter the contests as photographers or voters. The contest is governed under the laws of State of Qatar. The contest is valid for people from all geographic locations except where the local laws prohibit such constest/Sweepstakess.

The period, prizes and winning criteria for Contest/Sweepstakes is as follows:

Prizes for top voted photographs

Prizes	No. of Prizes	Winning Criteria
2 Return Economy Class tickets from Doha to any Qatar Airways destination + 1 Nokia N9* phone	1	Top voted photograph
1 Return Economy Class tickets from Doha to any Qatar Airways destination + 1 Nokia N8* phone	3	Second, third & Fourth Top voted photographs
1 Nokia phone	6	Next 6 Top voted photographs

Prizes for all entrants through lucky draw

Prizes	No. of Prizes	Winning Criteria
1 Return Economy Class ticket from Doha to any Qatar Airways destination	5	Random draws among all photographers and voters
1 Nokia phone	3	Random draws all photographers and voters

4. Contest eligibility:
A. Only persons aged 18 or over on the date of entry may participate in the competition.
B. The contest is valid for people from all geographic locations except where the local laws prohibit such constest/Sweepstakes. However, all prizes would be handed over in Doha, Qatar only. Also all Qatar Airways tickets will be valid for departure from Doha, Qatar only.
C. All participants agree to receive QATAR AIRWAYS promotional newsletters. Participants can opt-out of receiving the newsletters at any point in time. However, all winners must be subscribed to QATAR AIRWAYS newsletters at the time of the prize being awarded or they will be disqualified
D. The contest can be entered by making an account on www.qatarairways.com/NationalDay and by taking any of actions below:
1. Upload an eligible photograph
2. Creating an account to vote, like, share, tweet the contest or contest entries.
E. Once submitted, all entries become the non-exclusive property of Qatar Airways and will not be acknowledged nor will they be returned.
F. All photographs must be in .jpg or .gif format and must not exceed 3MB. Photographer Entrants (defined as; all Entrants that enter the Contest/Sweepstakes by uploading a photograph) can submit a maximum of 3 photographs. Voter Entrants (defined as; all Entrants who enter the Contest/Sweepstakes by making an account to vote, share, refer photographs as submitted by Photographer Entrants) can vote 1 vote per photograph per day whereas the number of shares and referrals can be unlimited. G. Employees of Qatar Airways, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related can participate in the contest but are not eligible for the prizes announced for the regular entrants.

5. Submission guidelines:
A. All contents of Entrants submissions, including but not limited to, content, text, images, graphics, photographs, captions and descriptions, data, codes, programs, hereinafter referred to as (“Submission” or “Submissions”), must be completely original to entrant and must not have been taken or composed, in whole or in part, from any other source other than entrant, and must not have been released commercially in order to be eligible for submission to Sweepstakes. Submissions that contain materials that are not the original work of the entrant, or are illegible or incomplete, will not be accepted or will be disqualified whenever the Qatar Airways finds out their illegibility.
B. Submissions must not include or depict any of the following: obscenity, inappropriate language, nudity, explicit sexual activity, illegal drug or alcohol use, violence, commercial products, unauthorized copyrighted or trademarked properties, including brand names and logos, private property, unless entrant has obtained a property release specific for uses specified herein, material that is hateful, tortuous, defamatory, disparaging, slanderous, libelous, or otherwise unlawful, material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to, rights of privacy or publicity or any other intellectual property rights, material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual, or promotes discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age, personal identifiable information, including but not limited to, license plates, phone numbers, personal addresses, and any other content, including but not limited to, text, images, graphics, photographs, captions and descriptions, data, codes or programs that could be considered inappropriate or offensive, as determined by Qatar Airways in its sole discretion.
C. By submitting a photograph, the Entrants attest that they have made all those depicted in the Entry aware that they are submitting the Entry to the Contest and all depicted have agreed that Entrants may submit such Entry.
D. Entrants may be required to submit signed release forms from each of the people appearing in their Entry (or their parent/legal guardian) at Qatar Airways's request.
E. All eligible Entries (as determined by Qatar Airways) will be posted on the Application for public voting.
F. By entering, Entrants agree that their Entry, in its entirety or any portion thereof, may (in Qatar Airways's sole discretion) be posted on the Application, websites, broadcast on television and/or used in other Qatar Airways-selected media without any compensation.
G. In Qatar Airways's discretion, Entrants may be required to obtain and submit signed release forms at any time from each of the people appearing/depicted in their Entry. Failure to do so within time frame specified by Qatar Airways may result in disqualification.
H. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. Qatar Airways is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, corrupted, incomplete or damaged Entries. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt by Qatar Airways.
I. Qatar Airways may modify or edit any Submission, or request entrant to do so, so that such Submission is in compliance with these Official Rules. Qatar Airways is not obligated to use, publish or display or broadcast any Submission.
J. Qatar Airways, in its sole discretion may reject any entry without specifying a reason.

6. Prize Details:

A. The return tickets prizes as mentioned in clause 3 are valid only on QATAR AIRWAYS operated flights and does not include destinations from QATAR AIRWAYS partners or code-share agreements. The prize tickets do not entitle the winner to any mileage credit as part of the Privilege Club programme. The validity period for the prize tickets may not be extended and the prize tickets may not be rebooked. The prize tickets will be issued as an etix (electronic tickets). The prize does not include travel to or from the respective airports or any hotel accommodation. The prizes cannot be paid in cash, changed or exchanged. Rights to the prizes cannot be transferred. The prize tickets will be issued based on seat availability. If the seats are not available on the requested travel dates by the winners, the winner will be advised about the available travel dates. Winner is liable for all taxes, fees & security charges applicable to the ticket(s) and the ticket(s) may not be issued without payment for taxes & fees.
B. The Nokia mobile prizes as mentioned in clause 3 are sponsored by Nokia – CGC Qatar.
C. All prizes will be handed over in Doha, Qatar. All tickets will be valid only for travel origination from Qatar.
D. If for any reason any Prize is unavailable or any Prize related event is delayed, cancelled or postponed, Qatar Airways reserves the right to modify the Sweepstakes in its sole discretion and award a substitute Prize, or portion of Prize, of comparable or lesser value as set forth in these Official Rules. No substitution, transfer, assignment or cash equivalent of the Prizes, or any portion thereof, is permitted by a Winner. Sweepstakes Entities shall have no responsibility or obligation to a Winner or potential Winner who is unable or unavailable to, or who does not for any reason, accept or utilise the Prizes. All costs and expenses not specifically listed above as part of the Prizes are solely Winner’s responsibility. Prizes are provided “as is”. Entrants acknowledge that QATAR AIRWAYS has neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Prizes, including any express warranties provided by a Prize supplier that are sent along with the Prizes and any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Arrangements for the fulfillment of the Prizes will be made by Administrator and/or Qatar Airways.
E. By participating in Sweepstakes, each Winner grants the right to Qatar Airways to record, videotape and photograph the Winner (“Images”). These Images will be owned by Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways and each of its designees shall have the right to use, edit, adapt, post, stream, copy and exploit such Images, and all elements embodied therein, including any names, likenesses, voice, conversation and any other attributes of Winner’s personality and appearance, individually or with others, in whole or in part, in conjunction with other material, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for the purpose of trade, advertising, promotion or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity, throughout the world, without additional compensation, consideration, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
F. There is a limit of one (1) Prize per person.
G. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a winning online entry, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account or Facebook account used to participate in the Contest/Sweepstakes at the actual time of entry, will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorised account subscriber” for online entries is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organisation that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Proof to Qatar Airways’s satisfaction of being the authorised account subscriber may be required by Qatar Airways.
H. Qatar Airways will not be responsible for any federal, state, local or other taxes and any other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and/or use of the Prizes not specifically provided for in these Official Rules. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes as demanded by the local laws in the country of their residence.

7. License:

A. All Entrants, whether a Winner or not, agree that in consideration for being considered to enter this Sweepstakes, they are granting Qatar Airways, its representatives, affiliates, licensees, successors and assigns, (a) the right, but not the obligation, to edit, adapt, reformat, rearrange, modify, combine with other material, add to and/or customise Submission; and (b) the non exclusive, irrevocable, royalty free, right and license to exhibit, display, broadcast, copy, reproduce, encode, compress, encrypt, incorporate data into, rebroadcast, transmit, record, publicly perform, create derivatives works of, distribute and synchronise in timed relation to visual elements, and or otherwise exploit, the Submissions, and/or any portions or excerpts thereof, in any manner, including advertising, promoting and publicising Qatar Airways, an unlimited number of times, in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, throughout the world, without any additional liability, obligation or additional payment of any kind to entrant or any third party with or without referring to the names of the participants.
B. Select Submissions, whether winning or not, deemed suitable by Qatar Airways, in its sole discretion, may be posted on QATAR AIRWAYS Contest/Sweepstakes website, Qatar Airways.com, contest related digital or print ads, QATAR AIRWAYS inflight magazine and in other media throughout the Sweepstakes Period and thereafter. Entrants agree that Qatar Airways and/or Administrator may post the Submissions, in whole or in part with or without attribution without any compensation.

8. Winner Selection and Notification:

Winners will be notified via e-mail and/or phone call on the contact information provided by them during the account setup and will be required to confirm his/her address and other details for paperwork delivery. If a potential Winner does not meet the eligibility requirements or does not confirm his/her address within five (5) days of initial contact, Qatar Airways reserves the right to award the prize to the next most voted photograph or conduct another random draw from among all remaining applicable Eligible Entries. Qatar Airways’s decisions will be final in all matters relating to this Contest/Sweepstakes.

9. Winner Verification:
To be eligible to be declared the Winner and to receive any of the prizes, the potential Winner must sign, within the stipulated number of days, documents sent by Qatar Airways that may include among others:
A. An Affidavit of Eligibility and Release releasing Released Parties, Qatar Airways, Strutta and Facebook from any and all liability, loss, claims, demands, and causes of action for personal injuries or death and/or damage to personal or real property, theft, loss, or any other harm suffered directly or indirectly from potential Winner’s participation in Contest/Sweepstakes, including, but not limited to, travelling to, preparing for and/or participating in any Prize related activity, or the acceptance, possession, or use or misuse of any Prize, to be eligible for the Prize; and
B. Except where prohibited by law, a publicity release granting Released Parties the right to use potential Prize Winner’s name, picture and/or likeness, or biographical information or voice for trade, advertising and publicity purposes, in any media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without additional compensation or consideration or notification. Entry into Contest/Sweepstakes constitutes agreement to sign such a release. If potential Prize Winner does not sign this release within the time frame specified, the potential Prize Winner may be disqualified and the Prize forfeited and an alternate Prize Winner will be chosen from the top voted photographs and/or in a random drawing from among all of the remaining Eligible Entries. When properly executed, and providing potential Prize Winner is in compliance with the Official Rules, potential Prize Winner will be determined to be the Contest/Sweepstakes Prize Winner.
C. Prize or Prize documents returned as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of Prize. Qatar Airways expressly reserves the right to delay the announcement of the Winners for any reason Qatar Airways deems necessary. In addition, Qatar Airways reserves the right to select an alternate Winner in the event that any potential Winner fails to comply with these Official Rules.
D. By participating in Contest/Sweepstakes, all Winners acknowledge that Released Parties have not and will not obtain or provide insurance of any kind relating to the Prizes and that Winners will be responsible for obtaining and paying for any life, travel, car, accident, property or other form of insurance relating to the Prizes. Winners must also complete any additional legal documents provided by Administrator or Qatar Airways with respect to the Prizes and return them as instructed within the time frame specified or Winner may forfeit Prize at Qatar Airways’s sole discretion.

10. Use of Data:
Qatar Airways will be collecting personal data about Entrants online, in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Please review the Qatar Airways's Privacy Policy at http://www.qatarairways.com/qa/en/privacy.page . By participating in the Sweepstakes, Entrants hereby agree to
A. Qatar Airways's collection and usage of their personal information ,
B. Sign up to the Qatar Airwayss promotional newsletters
C. Acknowledge that they have read and accepted Qatar Airways's Privacy Policy.
D. All information submitted by Entrants is being provided to Qatar Airways and/or Administrator and not to Facebook.

11. Other Conditions.

A. The image must have been created between the 1st December 2006 and the 15 January 2012 and be participant’s original work.
B. All images must be taken in Qatar or should be related to Qatar.
C. Participant must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of all images entered.
D. Source material or proof of permission to use must be made available on request by Qatar Airways.
E. Qatar Airways does not accept any liability for the publication of any image.
F. Computer-generated or computer-altered images will not be accepted. Artwork and illustrations will not be accepted.
G. Image should be submitted as jpgs. Each jpg should be a maximum of 300dpi and 3MB in file size.
H. By entering your image, you grant to Qatar Airways the non-exclusive right to reproduce it for any purpose at any time in any media with or without attribution.
I. All Entrants, whether winners or not, consent to the use of their image, name and/or photograph in any publicity carried `out by Qatar Airways, without further compensation.
J. The winning image will be judged by voters and the editor, where appropriate.
K. Qatar Airways’s decision on all matters relating to the competition is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
L. Qatar Airways reserves the right to change the Terms and Conditions of the competition at any time. The prize advertised may be replaced by a different prize at any time and at short notice.
M. Qatar Airways also reserves the right to terminate or interrupt the competition at any time. This applies in particular in the event of any circumstances which disrupt the competition or prevent it from proceeding as planned.
N. Qatar Airways reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or suspend this Sweepstakes or any portion hereof, or to disqualify any individual implicated in any of the following actions, if for any reason: (a) infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, actions by Entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in Qatar Airways’s sole opinion, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, (b) the Sweepstakes or any website associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper processing of entries per these rules, or (c) the Sweepstakes is otherwise not capable of running as planned by Qatar Airways. In the event of modification or suspension, Qatar Airways shall award the Prizes to Winners to be selected in random drawings from among the remaining uncorrupted applicable Eligible Entries. By participating in this Sweepstakes, Entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by Qatar Airways and by the decisions of Qatar Airways; (b) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules; (c) agree to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations; (d) acknowledge that Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook or Twitter and (e) agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsors, Administrator, Facebook, Twitter and each of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotional agencies, wholesalers and retailers, and each of the foregoing entities’ employees, officers, directors, shareholders and agents (collectively the Contest/Sweepstakes Entities or “Released Parties”), from and against any and all claims, actions and/or liability for any injuries or death, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with participation in and/or entry into the Sweepstakes or acceptance or use of any Prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related travel or other activity, entrant’s breach of these Official Rules or breach of any representations as contained in these Official Rules, and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. The Released Parties are not responsible or liable for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, and assume no responsibility for (i) any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in operation or transmission at any website, (ii) failure of any entry to be received by Qatar Airways due to technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, (iii) communications line, hardware and/or software failures, (iv) damage to any computer (software or hardware) resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes, (v) theft or destruction of, tampering with, unauthorised access to, or alteration of entries and/or entry information, or (vi) entries which are late, lost, stolen, damaged, illegible, unintelligible and/or postage due (or any combination thereof). The use of third-party software or website or automated entry systems to participate is prohibited, and Qatar Airways reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person they suspect or find to have made entries in such fashion. Any entrant who attempts to tamper with this Sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified. In the event of dispute as to who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the Authorised Account Holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorised Account Holder” is defined as the natural person assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organisation responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the e-mail address in question. Additional restrictions may apply. Qatar Airways reserves the right to modify and amend these Official Rules from time to time during the Sweepstakes Period for clarification purposes and/or to change the terms and conditions of the Contest/Sweepstakes.

Sponsor: Qatar Airways. PO Box 22550, Doha, Qatar
Administrator: Strutta
Partner: Nokia-CGC Qatar
This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. You are providing your information to the Sweepstakes Entities and not to Facebook or Twitter. The information and submissions you provide will be used regardless if you are selected as a Winner or not by Qatar Airways.