Ocean Financial Centre celebrates opening with Light Up! Photo Contest 2011


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Capture the essence of Ocean Financial Centre’s grand launch during the spectacular LED light display on 31 August 2011 at 9.15pm!

Ocean Financial Centre’s ‘Light Up! Photo Contest 2011’ aims to gather all photography-enthusiasts, professionals and budding photographers, to take part in this historical moment where the new building will be unveiled, accompanied by a spectacular LED light show.

Witness for yourself the remarkable launch of an icon of today, tomorrow and the future.

Send your entries to - entries@ofcphotocontest.com

Top 3 winners stand to win fantastic prizes from Nikon worth more than $SGD8,000!

- D700 Kit (AF-S 50MM/f1.8G – includes CF Card, Card Reader, Camera Case, Cleaning Kit)
- D7000 Kit (AF-S 18-105mm VR – includes SD Card, Card Reader, Camera Case, Cleaning Kit, Tripod)
- D5100 Kit (AF-S 18-55mm VR – includes SD Card, Card Reader, Camera Case, Cleaning Kit, Tripod)


Start date: 31 August 2011

Deadline for submissions 2 September 2011


Terms & conditions:
1) This contest is open to anyone, except directors and employees of Keppel Land, who is at least 18 years old on the date of their entry.

2) The light-up of Ocean Financial Centre will commence at about 9.15pm on 31 August 2011. All Light Up! Photo Contest entries must be submitted via email to entries@ofcphotocontest.com by 11.59 pm on 2 September 2011 (Singapore time) together with his/her name, NRIC/Passport, email address and contact number. Photos sent via any other means, including by uploading on the contest Facebook page will not be considered as entries submitted for this contest.

3) Files submitted must be at least 72dpi and between 1MB and 3MB in size. The photographer must also keep a copy of a 300dpi resolution in case his/ her photo is selected for the exhibition.

4) Entries received after 11.59pm on 2 September 2011 (Singapore time) will be disqualified. Keppel Land will not accept responsibility for damaged or illegible or corrupted entries.

5) Each participant can only submit one photograph that has not been previously entered in any other photography contest. Participants who submit more than one photograph under his/her name and NRIC/ Passport will be disqualified from the contest. All participants must own the copyright of their entry and ensure that their entry does not infringe the rights of any third party nor have breached any laws or regulations.

6) A panel of judges will select the top 3 photos from the entries. All entries must satisfy the following criteria:

a) An exterior night image of Ocean Financial Centre that must feature the building during the light show on 31 August 2011;
b) Must not infringe on or violate any other person’s or entity’s rights, including any rights of privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights infringement;
c) Must not contain any nudity, lewd or vulgar behaviour; and
d) Must not be excessively digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered.

7) Winners will be notified by mail within 30 days from 2 September 2011. Details on the prize collection will be made known to the winners later. All prizes are to be collected in Singapore by winners

8) Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or any benefit or alternative in kind.

9) Keppel Land reserves the right to use or reproduce any/all submitted photo entries and/or publish the names of participants for any marketing, publicity or promotional purposes. All participants are deemed to have agreed to give Keppel Land a non-exclusive license to use or publish their entries. Each participant is deemed to consent to such use with no monetary payment.

10) Keppel Land reserves the right to exclude any entry from the contest at any time and at its absolute discretion if Keppel Land has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these terms and conditions. All Keppel Land’s actions and decisions shall be exercised at its own absolute discretion and are final and not subject to review. No discussion or correspondence will be entertained.

11) Keppel Land reserves the right to replace the prizes with items of similar value at any time without prior notice.

12) Keppel Land shall not be responsible for the merchantability or quality for any purpose or any other aspects of the prizes or the replacement items.

13) Keppel Land shall not be liable to any participant or any party, whether in contract or tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any liabilities, losses and damages, claims, costs and expenses or for any special or consequential damages or losses in connection with, related to or resulting from the prizes or the replacement items or from participating in this contest.

14) By entering into the contest, each participant agrees to hold harmless, defend and fully indemnify Keppel Land from and against all losses, damages, expenses and all third party actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs, awards and damages arising as a result of the participant’s entry to the contest, including without limitation any breach by the participant of any laws or infringement of any rights.

15) Keppel Land reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this contest without any prior notice.

16) Keppel Land may terminate this contest at any time at its absolute discretion and with or without any prior notice and reason. For the avoidance of doubt, the cancellation, termination or suspension by Keppel Land shall not entitle any person to any claim or compensation against Keppel Land for any and all losses or damages suffered or incurred as a direct or indirect result of the act of cancellation, termination or suspension.
 

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the light show will be on one side of the building?
 

All entries become the property of Keppel Land who shall enjoy all rights attached to such entries including the right but not the obligation to use or reproduce them and the names of all participants for any marketing, publicity or promotional purposes. The entries will not be returned and may not be acknowledged. Keppel Land shall also enjoy the right to publish. All participants are deemed to have agreed to give Keppel Land a non-exclusive license to use or publish their entries. Each participant is deemed to consent to such use with no monetary payment.


read carefully first ar... i highlighted the key points
 

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By entering into the contest, each participant agrees to hold harmless, defend and fully indemnify Keppel Land from and against all losses, damages, expenses and all third party actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs, awards and damages arising as a result of the participant’s entry to the contest, including without limitation any breach by the participant of any laws or infringement of any rights.

and what it essentially means, if the photo gets into trouble, due to you breaching laws or infringe on rights, even if u dun have the rights to the photo anymore... its not keppel land who gets into trouble. its you
 

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I believe all this negativity about joining contests should be stopped here. Stop warning others about photo rights, etc.

If you want to win, be creative, and submit your photo. If you worry that some one gets the rights of your photo and is able to use your photo, fine please don't enter the competition. However please think that if your photo is just a normal shot that any person with a camera is able to capture, who will want to use your photo to promote their property, brand image, etc? If you worry this and worry that, and discourage others to submit shots for the competition, then I would think you are not able to see the big picture why these rules/regulations/terms & conditions has been set.

My point: Stop discouraging others. Those who submit photos for contests have to read the rules for themselves.
 

i don't think allenleonhart mentioned his points in a negative manner but just words of concerns
however in general i have to agree with lioneldude that u knowingling give up on ur work's copyright when entering should competition.
Would look forward to the winning entries, but the organizer should have a dedicated site or micro-site in regards to such contest.
I tried to google but lack of info...that is something the organizer overlook & is not good.
 

The only people who should feel negative are the organisers for putting up such lopsided T&Cs. As much as it's mostly photographers here and not so much event organisers, it is still a vital service that some of us try to feedback to any organisers of how unfair their T&Cs are. We may not make such of a dent but at least we're trying for a better future. It has happened before that a photo contest T&C was changed to a fairer position for participants, so we shouldn't stop trying to educate companies.

People will still submit entries because they don't care about copyright. No amount of us highlighting can or will discourage them. I feel it's good that people continue to highlight copyrighting issues in contests so that others who may have overlooked or were unaware will be able to make informed choices.

It's okay to me that contest participants are mostly looking out for themselves, but some feel there is a greater need to help look out for the greater photographic community. And putting negativity on the latter people will be a bad thing.

This thread should be about the grand opening of Ocean Financial Centre hence I apologise for my off-topic post. If anyone would like to start a new thread about regarding the topic raised I'll join your discussion there. Cheers.
 

the point here is simple.
The rules and regulation were set based on the organiser interest without due concern or care to the participants in especially their interest.

For dariusateconsulting to list out all the rules and regulation in such manner probably means he/she doesn't see any wrong with it. I agree.
However, what about the interest of the participants?? It takes planning and effort by the participants to capture a photo and hopefully win it. Doesn't these people deserved credit for the photos they submitted regardless whether it will win? Giving the deserved credit to the participants when their photos were been used is the least they can show in appreciation for the effort.

What allenleonhart did is just merely pointing out something in the rules and regulations that is unfair and disrespectful to the work of the participants. In anywhere did he or we say not to participate?
 

and what it essentially means, if the photo gets into trouble, due to you breaching laws or infringe on rights, even if u dun have the rights to the photo anymore... its not keppel land who gets into trouble. its you
I do not see anything wrong with it. It is just an act of indemnity to themselves especially when they are the organiser. What I can foresee is the possibility of the participants might trespass private property to get the shot. Just exercise all common sense and obey the law when trying to the shot. :)
 

The only people who should feel negative are the organisers for putting up such lopsided T&Cs. As much as it's mostly photographers here and not so much event organisers, it is still a vital service that some of us try to feedback to any organisers of how unfair their T&Cs are. We may not make such of a dent but at least we're trying for a better future. It has happened before that a photo contest T&C was changed to a fairer position for participants, so we shouldn't stop trying to educate companies.

People will still submit entries because they don't care about copyright. No amount of us highlighting can or will discourage them. I feel it's good that people continue to highlight copyrighting issues in contests so that others who may have overlooked or were unaware will be able to make informed choices.

It's okay to me that contest participants are mostly looking out for themselves, but some feel there is a greater need to help look out for the greater photographic community. And putting negativity on the latter people will be a bad thing.

This thread should be about the grand opening of Ocean Financial Centre hence I apologise for my off-topic post. If anyone would like to start a new thread about regarding the topic raised I'll join your discussion there. Cheers.

I agree. We have continuously point this out and try to educate.
There is a good example that we did help the organiser to see it from our point of view. While it is not ideal but at least there is a better balanced of interest between the organiser and participants and in fact, Clubsnap has became a co-organiser of the event.
 

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It is their competition, they can set the rules however they want it. A rule like this is simply being self-centered. We can just made an informed choice here by reading the T&C first before even submitting any photos.

let me show you a good example that give proper respect to the work of the participants.
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/threads/876091-The-COLORFUL-World-of-Olympus-and-CARE-PHOTOWALK-Contest.-OPEN-TO-ALL-BRANDS!!!?p=7097315#post7097315
 

There appears to be some inconsistency in the T&C:

"9) All entries become the property of Keppel Land ... All participants are deemed to have agreed to give Keppel Land a non-exclusive license to use or publish their entries..."

Saying that Keppel Land only gets a non-exclusive license to use the entries suggests / implies that the ownership still remains with the participant. This is inconsistent with saying that the entry is the property of Keppel Land.
 

I believe all this negativity about joining contests should be stopped here. Stop warning others about photo rights, etc.

If you want to win, be creative, and submit your photo. If you worry that some one gets the rights of your photo and is able to use your photo, fine please don't enter the competition. However please think that if your photo is just a normal shot that any person with a camera is able to capture, who will want to use your photo to promote their property, brand image, etc? If you worry this and worry that, and discourage others to submit shots for the competition, then I would think you are not able to see the big picture why these rules/regulations/terms & conditions has been set.

My point: Stop discouraging others. Those who submit photos for contests have to read the rules for themselves.

I'm only highlighting some important points, which I feel would be helpful to those who are considering to make an informed decision. different competitions cater to different people. its good to know what exactly u are signing up for, before signing up.

read carefully first, before commenting. just because ur emotional about the issue of negativity, doesn't mean it is the case.
 

The only people who should feel negative are the organisers for putting up such lopsided T&Cs. As much as it's mostly photographers here and not so much event organisers, it is still a vital service that some of us try to feedback to any organisers of how unfair their T&Cs are. We may not make such of a dent but at least we're trying for a better future. It has happened before that a photo contest T&C was changed to a fairer position for participants, so we shouldn't stop trying to educate companies.

People will still submit entries because they don't care about copyright. No amount of us highlighting can or will discourage them. I feel it's good that people continue to highlight copyrighting issues in contests so that others who may have overlooked or were unaware will be able to make informed choices.

It's okay to me that contest participants are mostly looking out for themselves, but some feel there is a greater need to help look out for the greater photographic community. And putting negativity on the latter people will be a bad thing.

This thread should be about the grand opening of Ocean Financial Centre hence I apologise for my off-topic post. If anyone would like to start a new thread about regarding the topic raised I'll join your discussion there. Cheers.

ill start a thread proper for a follow up. we might be able to collate a small pro and cons list, and maybe the key things that ppl should look out for. but let me get home first. a handphone is hard to type.
 

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Best of luck to those submitting for this competition. For those who choose to hold on to their rights, best of luck to you too. Hopefully someone, perhaps Keppel Land buys your photo.
 

Attend courses. Let me recommend the pixel photography courses found on their sub forum.
 

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Dear all,

on behalf of Ocean Financial Centre, we have amended the Terms and Conditions to clarify the mis-communication on our part with regards to the intention of Clause 9. Please find the amended clause below:


TERMS & CONDITIONS

9) Keppel Land reserves the right to use or reproduce any/all submitted photo entries and/or publish the names of participants for any marketing, publicity or promotional purposes. All participants are deemed to have agreed to give Keppel Land a non-exclusive license to use or publish their entries. Each participant is deemed to consent to such use with no monetary payment.


We regret any inconvenience caused with regards to the clarity of our statement.

For a full list of the contest terms and conditions, please refer to the official Facebook page (Ocean Financial Centre Photo Contest 2011)