Terms and Conditions

1. The contest is open to all Citizens and Permanent Residents, as well as Foreign Residents in GCC, Middle East and Africa aged 18 years and above, with a local residential address. You must submit the entry using your own registered Instagram account.
2. Entrants below 18 years of age should obtain parental or legal guardian consent, and should be fully able and competent to enter into these terms and conditions, and agree to abide by and comply with the same.
3. The Contest is not open to employees of Nikon (the "Organiser") or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
4. No responsibility is accepted for any Contest entries that are incomplete, incoherent, unreadable, ineligible, corrupted, misdirected, lost or delayed or are unable to be sent/published due to technical or transmissions failures of any kind or any other reason.
5. Participation in the Contest constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions of the Contest. Prizes will be provided in accordance with and subject to these terms and conditions. Any entry not compliant with these terms and conditions will be deemed invalid. The Organiser reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions of the Contest at any time without prior notice.
6. Entrants are required to ensure that his/her Instagram account settings allow for public view from 4th October 2024 until 31st October 2024. In the event the Organiser is unable to verify the entry due to the account’s privacy settings that render the content not publicly viewable, the entry will be considered invalid and voided.
7. It is a condition of entry that all entrants consent to:
   1. The publication of their names and Instagram platform identifiers (in the format of username, profile picture and/or submitted photo) on the relevant media platforms for publicity purposes.
8. Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt of the Contest entry by the Organiser’s Instagram account.

1. The images submitted can be taken with a camera or a smartphone. Composite images or images generated by Artificial Intelligence cannot be considered. Both generative fill and fully generated images will be prohibited. Because of the rapidly evolving perspectives, the eligibility criteria about the use of Artificial Intelligence may change at short notice and without notification.
2. To verify the authenticity of submissions, EXIF data must be shared.
3. Entry is limited to original works that have not formerly been released as any printed, web-based, or other medium (including advertising and stock photos) and for which the entrant holds all applicable rights.
4. Works that have been posted on personal blogs or social media can be entered.
5. Works that have won prizes in other contests or that have been submitted to other contests currently underway, including similar works, are not eligible. Even works that are entered in other competitions after submission to this contest will be regarded as having been submitted to other contests currently underway.
6. Entries and the persons depicted therein are restricted to works for which the entrant holds the copyright or for which the entrant has received the prior usage permission of the right holder.
7. Before submitting a work, the entrant is responsible for taking all steps necessary to protect the right of publicity and other rights of persons depicted in the work, including but not limited to obtaining their permission, to avoid any problems related to the infringement of these rights.
8. Works that are identical or similar to another submitted work ("identical or similar works"*¹) as well as works including identical or similar images*² as separate works are ineligible for submission. 

Note:

*1. "Identical or similar works" refer to the following works:

1. A work produced from identical image data,
2. A work produced by cropping or retouching identical image data to alter it, or
3. A work produced from similar, though not identical, image data as described in (1) or (2) above (e.g., a frame from the same series of shots, photography conducted at a different date or time yet producing the same result, or a work otherwise deemed to be similar).

*2. A photo story, multiple photo stories, or other work that includes an image identical or similar to a single photo

• Entrants are responsible for the resolution of any legal issues arising from their submitted works and agree to pay any costs thereby incurred.
• Entries including content from (1) to (5) below may be disqualified at the Organiser’s discretion:
  1. Content that infringes on any laws, or is defamatory or libelous
  2. Content that constitutes or encourages criminal behaviour, leads to civil liability, or that otherwise violates laws
  3. Commercial content that promotes products or services
  4. Content in which animals were harmed or manipulated in the making of said content
  5. Content that infringes on the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or other intellectual property rights of a third person or entity (whether individuals or companies), or violates rights of privacy or publicity, including:
     • Trademarks owned by third parties (examples: billboards or signs on a street)
     • Materials protected by third-party copyrights
     • Names, likenesses, or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures
     • Entries containing screen credits

1. After all entries for the photo challenge have been received, they will undergo an internal judging process. Contest results are scheduled to be announced on 23rd October 2024.

1. After the judging concludes, the Contest winners from each entry market will be announced on respective country’s local Nikon Instagram account on 23 Oct 2024.

1. Entrants will not be notified of the receipt of their entries. Please note that the Organiser will not respond to inquiries concerning their receipt.
2. Entrants must bear all costs incurred by entering the contest.
3. Entering the Contest constitutes agreement to the terms and conditions stated in these entry requirement guidelines (“Entry Guidelines”).
   1. Share a photo on entrant’s Instagram page
   2. Tag the respective @nikonmea and @nikonasia
   3. Use #ForTheTrue and #ForTheTruePerspectiveMEA in the submission post
   4. Follow the respective @nikonmea
4. The organiser reserves the right of final judgment concerning items not expressly stated in these Entry Guidelines. Entrants who do not consent to the Organiser's decisions may withdraw from the contest. All costs associated with withdrawal from the contest are to be borne by the entrant.

5. Please note that the Organiser may elect to suspend or postpone receipt of any or all entries if in its judgment the contest cannot be run smoothly, securely, or without affecting the fairness of the judging due to circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to network failure, computer viruses, or unauthorised access to its servers. 

6. Please note that no response will be given to any inquiries, complaints, or objections regarding the judges' decisions of the contest.

7. In the event of an international incident or conflict with the laws and regulations of a country, it might take a while to deliver the prize. Alternatively, if the prize is undeliverable to the winner, prize money specified by the Organiser might be awarded to the winner instead.

1. Although entries are handled with the greatest possible care, the Organiser will not bear responsibility for accidents, damage, loss, or other problems that occur during data transfer. 

2. The Organiser will not bear responsibility for entrant damages, etc. arising from or related to circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to network failure, computer viruses, or unauthorised access to its servers.

3. The Organiser will not bear responsibility for damages or other harm suffered by entrants as a result of their participation in the contest.

4. Entrants are required to obtain the prior permission of the persons who are portrayed in their works or who hold the copyright or other intellectual property rights to the works or the items portrayed therein. Entrants also agree to fully indemnify the Organiser and bear all responsibility for any complaints or objections that arise in relation to the above.

5. Entrants agree to fully indemnify the Organiser and bear all responsibility for any third-party complaints or objections concerning copyright or other intellectual- property-right infringement or damages arising from submitted works.

6. If there is a problem related to the similarity of a submitted work to an existing work, etc., the parties involved are responsible for the resolution of that problem. Contest Entrants also agree to fully indemnify the Organiser and bear all responsibility for any complaints or objections that arise in relation to the above.

7. The above limitations also apply to the responsibilities borne by the Organiser as well as the judges and third parties participating in the contest in cooperation with the Organiser. 

1. Although entrants retain the copyright and other equivalent rights to their entries, the Organiser retains the entry rights listed below under "Organiser's Rights".

1. The Organiser reserves the right to publish entries with the credit titles to its official social networking service accounts and the Organiser’s public website throughout the submission period to publicise the contest. Such publication does not guarantee an award of any kind. Some entries might be cropped for publication.
2. With the objective of publicising the contest and enriching the general image-making culture, the Organiser reserves in perpetuity the non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, make public, publicly transmit (via social media, the Internet, email newsletters, etc.), display, print, distribute, adapt, and screen winning entries with the credit titles on websites and official social networking service accounts as well as in photo exhibitions, camera-related events, exhibitions, and the corresponding facilities managed or organised by the subsidiaries or affiliates of Nikon Group and local agents authorised by the Organiser (collectively called the "Organiser, etc.", a term that includes the Organiser) without further compensation to or the additional prior consent of the winners. When winning entries are displayed at exhibitions, etc., displayed entries might be limited depending on the global situation as well as the circumstances in the exhibition area.
3. Regardless of the above, in cases where the Organiser, etc. employs winning entries in whole or in part in images with image effects added, such as computer graphics or collages with winning entries used in whole or in part, videos, or in any other manner in which it is difficult to give credit, on media such as websites managed by the Organiser, etc., official social networking service accounts, or posters, tickets, and pamphlets promoting photo exhibitions and other camera-related events, the Organiser may not give credit.
4. The Contest winners agree not to exercise moral rights concerning the use of winning entries by the Organiser, etc.
5. For objectives other than those stated above, upon agreement with the Contest entrant or winner, the Organiser reserves in perpetuity the non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, make public, publicly transmit, display, print, distribute, adapt, and screen entries or winning entries with labels indicating them as entries or winning entries of the contest and the credit titles, without further compensation.
6. Entries that in the judgment of the Organiser do not conform to these Entry Guidelines will be disqualified. Contest entrants will not be notified in this event.
7. If a Contest winner is found to be in violation of these Entry Guidelines after a prize is awarded, the award might be revoked and the entrant requested to return the prize.
8. These Entry Guidelines will be interpreted in accordance with the local laws of the respective entry market.

1. It is a continuing condition of an entrant’s submission to the Contest that the entrants agree and consent to the terms of our privacy policy as amended from time to time, available at:
   https://www.nikon-asia.com/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon.com.au/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon.com.hk/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon.co.in/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon-mea.com/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon.com.sg/privacypolicy
   https://www.nikon.co.th/privacypolicy