COMPETITION RULES

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Notes

For the entries

  1. Entrant can participate in the competition as individuals or in teams. Multiple submissions of different works are acceptable.
  2. Multiple submissions of the same work in two or more categories are not allowed.
  3. The entries must be original and created by the entrants themselves.
  4. All the concepts, text, icons, sheets, pictures, videos, audios, music, animation contents and program of the work shall not be involved in any plagiarism or infringement of copyrights or other laws.
  5. Entries that have previously received an honorable mention or higher award in TISDC are ineligible for re-submission.

For the entrants

  1. All entrants shall accept the regulations of TISDC. Participating qualifications or prizes will be cancelled if the violation is proved and the organizer shall have the rights to take actions.
  2. The entrants shall respect the evaluation and decisions made by the committee.
  3. If the participating entry has been published, awarded or is under evaluation process in other competitions, the entrant shall clearly indicate the fact in the Affidavit and inform the organizer.
  4. Requests, lobbies, threats, bribes or other actions interfering in the evaluation are not allowed.
  5. The entrants shall agree to provide the detail information of the entries for future media coverage and exhibitions.

For the winners

  1. The winners shall agree to provide the detail information of the works for future media  coverage and exhibitions.
  2. The winners shall cooperate with the organizer in promotion and education activities for 3 years since the proclaiming of awarding.
  3. All monetary prizes will be taxed according to the regulations of Taiwan government. (The winners from abroad will be taxed at the rate of 20%.)
  4. The winning works shall agree to grant the Ministry of Education and Organizing Committee of this competition a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the images, descriptions, and related materials of the selected works. These materials may be made into audiovisual works (videos) and digital files for public screening, broadcasting, and online viewing for educational, research, and public service purposes. If necessary for educational research, the Ministry of Education may reproduce the work. This authorization shall not affect the copyright of the original work or derivative works held by the designer, who retains the right to grant exclusive licenses for other uses.
  5. The commercialization and marketing activities of the awarded works shall not contravene the spirit of the competition.
  6. With regard to the winning entry of Brand Specified Special Prize (Environmental Sustainability Award and the Special Region Award), the copyright shall remain to the designer(s). The sponsors will reserve the rights to publicly exhibit, broadcast, use, reproduce, and edit (such as text editing, image cropping, background adjustment, etc.) the winning works for production, manufacturing, publication, or other related activities. The transfer of copyright for commercial purposes, however, must still receive prior approval from the designer.

Disqualified Entrants

  1. In any of the following condition, the organizer shall have the rights to disqualify the awarded winners and revoke the prizes and certificates
      1. If the participant does not meet the participation qualifications.
      2. If the awarded work is involved in plagiarism or infringement of copyrights or other laws
      3. If the awarded work is proven to be unoriginal design, or to have fraudulently copied ideas from other’s works
      4. If the commercialization and marketing activities of the awarded work contravene the spirit of this competition
      5. If  a winner engages in requesting favors, lobbying, bribery, threats, or any other interference with the judges or the judging process, and the judging panel deems the situation to be serious after review.

＊The organizing authority reserves the right to make adjustments to the event. Any matters not explicitly addressed in this event will be governed by the regulations issued by the Ministry of Education and the information published on the official website. In the event of any disputes, the matter shall be reviewed by the panel and submitted to the Ministry of Education for a final resolution.

徵件延長至7月15日海報