Rootclip

This film project is open to University of Tennessee Knoxville film school students actively registered in Journalism & Electronic Media 436, Advanced Video Production taught by Dr. Robert Legg during Spring 2009 term only.

Employees of Scripps Entrepreneurial Ventures, The E. W. Scripps Company, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and the immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor.

Students can post film clips: Beginning 12:00 PM Eastern Time January 20, 2009 through 11:59 AM Eastern Time April 24, 2008. To submit, go to http://www.rootclip.com/stories/.

Limit one film submission per pre-selected group of students, per chapter. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected submissions or submissions not received. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a film clip, the submission will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account identified on the online form. The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or online organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Submissions will not be returned and must be submitted using the account provided to each student group by Rootclip.

WHEN SUBMITTING THE SUBMISSION, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GRANT, OR WARRANT THAT THE OWNER HAS EXPRESSLY GRANTED, TO US A WORLDWIDE, ROYALTY-FREE, PERPETUAL, IRREVOCABLE, NON-EXCLUSIVE, FULLY SUBLICENSABLE, AND TRANSFERABLE RIGHT AND LICENSE TO USE, REPRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED UPON (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TRANSLATIONS), PUBLICLY DISPLAY, PUBLICLY PERFORM, TRANSMIT, AND PUBLISH THE SUMISSION (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) AS WE, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, DEEM APPROPRIATE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: (1) IN CONNECTION WITH OUR BUSINESS; AND (2) IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESSES OF OUR SUCCESSORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR RELATED COMPANIES. WE MAY EXERCISE THIS GRANT IN ANY FORMAT, MEDIA OR TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR LATER DEVELOPED FOR THE FULL TERM OF ANY COPYRIGHT THAT MAY EXIST IN THE SUBMISSION.

BY ENTERING, ENTRANT REPRESENTS THAT THE ENTRY IS AN ORIGINAL WORK AND DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OF ANY THIRD PARTY. BY ENTERING, ENTRANT TRANSFERS ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE ENTRY, INCLUDING ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, TO SPONSOR FOR ITS USE AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS OR ANY OFFICIAL RULE WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.

WINNER SELECTION: Winners will be chosen from eligible entries received during the four (4) submission periods set forth below.

(a) University of Tennessee Film Project Chapters 2-5: The winning student film will be selected for each of the four voting periods based on the percentage of total votes received. Total votes will be a combination of User Votes (50% of total vote) and Judges Votes (50% of total vote) for any voting period. There will be Guest Judges for each voting period and the combined total of their votes shall equal 50% of vote total. Each Judge's vote will take into consideration the submissions' creativity, continuity and production. The entry receiving the highest percentage of combined User and Judge Votes in the online voting during the applicable period will be deemed the winner of that period, upon winner verification described below. Each winning video will be appended to the previous video(s) and the story will continue, beginning a new submission and voting period until the story is complete with the winner of chapter 5.

(b) Submission and Voting Periods. Each submission and voting period begins at 12:00 PM ET on the start date and ends at 11:59 AM ET on the end date based on the following periods:

Submission periods:
Chapter 2 - January 20, 2009 - February 9, 2009
Chapter 3 - February 13, 2009 - March 2, 2009
Chapter 4 - March 6, 2009 - March 30, 2009
Chapter 5 - April 3, 2009 - April 20, 2009

Voting periods:
Chapter 2 - February 9, 2009 - February 13, 2009
Chapter 3 - March 2, 2009 - March 6, 2009
Chapter 4 - March 30, 2009 - April 3, 2009
Chapter 5 - April 20, 2009 - April 24, 2009

Submissions and votes received outside of applicable periods provided above will not be eligible. Approved videos will be posted to the website within approximately 24 to 48 hours after receipt of the submission during the applicable submission period. Videos will be available for voting during the applicable voting period once they have been approved and posted to the website; therefore, the actual voting period for some submissions may be less than the time frame set forth above.

Dr. Robert Legg, in his sole discretion, will make tie-breaker decision and choose a winner(s). Decisions of Sponsor are final on all matters. Winners will be notified by phone/mail/email within 48-hours, in Sponsor's discretion, after all votes have been counted. The winning video will be announced within 24 hours of the end of the related voting period. Upon confirmation that the winner meets all participation rules, the winning video will then be added to the story; therefore, the actual winning video may not be posted by the start time of the next submission period. Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible submissions and votes received.

PRIZES: Sponsor will NOT be awarding prizes to any winners for this project.

TERMS: Sponsor not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing, or in the administration of the project, whether caused by computer, technical or human error. Winners assume all liability and agree to hold Sponsor harmless for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this promotion. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, incomplete, illegible, faulty, or incorrect transmissions, incorrect announcements of any kind, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, any damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the online portion of the promotion, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit a user's ability to participate in the sweepstakes whether caused by computer, technical or human error. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the program for any reason, including but not limited to, if fraud, misconduct, technical failures or attempts to "flood" the voting destroy the integrity of the promotion in Sponsor's sole discretion; or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper administration of the promotion as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify, freeze or prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud, tampering or attempts to manipulate or otherwise "flood" the voting is suspected, or if the individual fails to comply with any requirement of participation or with any provision in these Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE WWW.ROOTCLIP.COM OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS PROJECT IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL & CIVIL LAWS. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND/OR SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL MAKING ANY SUCH ATTEMPTS TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

WINNERS LIST: For a list of winners, available after April 24, 2008, visit www.rootclip.com.

SPONSOR: Rootclip.com, a subsidiary of Scripps Entrepreneurial Ventures, located at 9721 Sherrill Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37932.