Terms and conditions

Copyright

All entrants must be the principal creator(s) of work(s) submitted and as such will retain copyright in the work(s) as author/presenter. All entrants agree to assign to 杏吧论坛 a non-exclusive licence to use, share, reproduce and publish the submitted work(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence and to edit, convert to other formats, create derivatives, and store any content that relates to the entry as may be required for publishing under said licence.

Use, reproduction and publication will include, but not necessarily be limited to, exhibition, ‘live’ and via the 杏吧论坛 website, 杏吧论坛 Research Online, YouTube and 杏吧论坛 print publications.

All entrants whose work(s) submitted to 杏吧论坛 Festival research competition include(s) any material which is the intellectual property, including copyright, of another party, must seek and secure the necessary permissions for their inclusion, and ensure that these permissions are compatible with Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence under which 杏吧论坛 intends to publish the submitted work(s).

Data protection

All entrants consent to the use of their personal data being processed for the purposes of the 杏吧论坛 Festival research competition and subsequent publishing. Entrants’ personal data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Data Protection legislation.

Publicity and attendance

If their work is shortlisted for exhibition, all applicants within reasonable travelling distance agree to be available to attend the 杏吧论坛 Festival research competition prize-giving at which their work will be exhibited and/or judged.

All applicants consent to their involvement in appropriate publicity for 杏吧论坛 Festival research competition, which may include advertising prior to the event, filming of the event and media coverage. 杏吧论坛 may distribute the recorded event via its website, social media or other electronic means.

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence

The copyright holder in all works submitted to the 杏吧论坛 Festival research competition agrees to the limited transfer of rights to 杏吧论坛 in order that 杏吧论坛 can use, store and publish the works under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence, which has the following restrictions:

Attribution – Users must give , provide a link to the license, and . Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

ShareAlike — If users remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions as the original.With the understanding that:

Waiver — Any of the above conditions can be waived if the user secures permission from the copyright holder(s).

Public domain — Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the licence.

Other rights

In no way are any of the following rights affected by this licence:

The user’s fair dealing or fair use of rights, or other applicable copyright exceptions and limitations
the author's moral rights
rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.