Terms and Conditions Goethe-Institut Video Competition Step into German with Joris goethe.de/stepintogerman

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1 Terms and Conditions Goethe-Institut Video Competition Step into German with Joris goethe.de/stepintogerman February 29, 2016 to April 8, Competition 1.1 The Goethe-Institut is holding the video competition Step into German with Joris on its website Participation is exclusively online and is free of charge for the participants (with the exception of Internet connection charges of the participant) The competition will run from 2/29/2016 until 4/8/2016, 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time. 2. Participation 2.1 By participating, the participant agrees with these terms and conditions and the application of German law. 2.2 The competition is open to all students who are enrolled in a middle or high school in the United States at the time of the competition. It is possible to participate as an individual or a member of a team the size of which is not limited. In case of participation as a team all the team members must be enrolled in the German program of a middle or high school at the time of the contest. A team must name one team representative Participants under the age of 18 insure that their guardians have consented to their participation.

2 2.4 Participants have read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions and given their consent to the publication of their video on the website of the Goethe-Institute To participate in the competition the participant or the team representative must use the sign-up form on the website to send in the self-produced video with the following contact information: name, address, phone number, address, name and address of school Participation in the video competition and the chance of winning are not contingent on the purchasing of goods or use of services. 3. Implementation and execution 3.1 The participant in the video competition is required to produce a video on the topic of Step into German with Joris and to make it available to the jury and for voting on the Step into German website. In addition, the participant must make available the contact information and accept the Terms and Conditions. 3.2 The participants send their video which cannot exceed the length of the Joris song to the Goethe-Institut via We Transfer by April 8, The Goethe-Institut reserves the right to remove any illegal, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate videos from the contest If the video is a team production there are no limits to the number of team participants. 3.4 In the first stage of the competition 10 videos will be selected by a jury consisting of members of the Goethe-Institut in the period from 4/8/2016 until 4/16/2016. These 10 videos will be uploaded on the website In the second stage of the competition, in the period from 4/18/2016 until 4/28/2016, 11:59 pm, the public can vote on the Step into German website for these 10 selected videos and select their 5 favorites. The 5 videos that will receive the most points in the voting process will be the winners of prizes 1 through 5 of the competition. 3.6 In the period from 4/28/2016 until 5/5/2016, Joris will select from these 5 videos the grand prize winner and the winners of prizes 2-5. Prizes 6-10 will be given to the video entries having been ranked 6-10 in the fan voting. The winners of the prizes will be selected by a jury of the Goethe-Institut- The winners will be notified by the Goethe-Institut by phone or e- mail by May 11, Participants that did not win will not be notified. 3.7 Selected participants If the selected winner does not respond within two days of notification, he/she will no longer be entitled to claim his/her prizes and the next nominated participant advances.

3 The prizes are: If a team is among the winners of prizes 1 through 5 not more than 2 team members will receive the prizes listed below. The team s representative has to name the 2 team members. For prizes 6 through 20 one individual winner or the whole team will receive one Wundertüte. 1st Prize: An eight-day trip to Germany from July 11 through July 18, 2016 Round-trip ticket (economy class) and accommodation at a middle class hotel (breakfast incl.) Attendance of one Joris concert. Sight-seeing tour in Berlin and Erfurt. (Changes to the program are possible on short notice.) The Goethe-Institut does not cover any other participant expenses. The winner will take out his/her own insurance. 2nd Prize: One ipad air (16 GB) 3 rd 5 th Prizes: One item of the participant s choice from Joris online store: 6 th -20 th Prizes: One German Wundertüte filled with surprises such as Joris memorabilia, music CDs, and T-shirts. 4. Copyright and personal rights 4.1 The participants will grant the Goethe-Institut a non-exclusive right of use over the video created by them for the purposes of participation in the competition, in which respect this right of use will be free of geographical and temporal limitations and substantially restricted to the competition, and will cover all known and unknown types of use. These types of use will include, in particular, the right to make the video publicly accessible on the Internet, including the right to use it on social media networks (e.g. Facebook). These rights of use will be granted free of charge. The Goethe-Institut will be entitled to grant the rights detailed above to third parties. 4.2 The participants affirm that the video they have submitted is free from third party rights, in particular copyrights, other related rights or personal rights, and that they are able to dispose freely of the photograph. By way of a precaution, they will indemnify the Goethe-Institut from all claims made by third parties that result from the inaccuracy of the assurances given above.

4 4.3 The Goethe-Institut will be entitled, but not obliged, to use the videos created by the participants. The Goethe-Institut will identify the participants by name in the context of any forms of use. 5. Liability 5.1 The Goethe-Institut will not assume any liability of any kind for the loss or incompleteness of the data transmitted by the participant, unless the loss or incompleteness of the data is a result of intentional or grossly negligent behavior on the part of the Goethe-Institut or its staff. This will also apply to the publication of information by third parties on account of technical errors in the transmission of data and/or unauthorized access. 5.2 Irrespective of other statutory preconditions for the assertion of claims, the following exclusions from and limitations of liability will apply to the Goethe-Institut s liability to pay compensation for damages as provided for in section 4 of these conditions of participation. 5.3 The Goethe-Institut will have unrestricted liability, provided the cause of the damage is a result of intention or gross negligence. 5.4 Furthermore, the Goethe-Institut will be liable for any slightly negligent failure to comply with material duties where the failure to comply with these duties endangers the achievement of the purpose of this contract, or for any failure to comply with duties where their fulfilment would actually make the orderly conduct of the competition possible in the first place and where the participants would usually expect them to be performed. In this case, however, the Goethe-Institut will only be liable for foreseeable damages typically associated with contracts of this kind. The Goethe-Institut will not be liable for any slightly negligent failure to comply with duties other than those specified in the preceding sentences. 5.5 The limitations of liability set out above will not apply where injury to life, the body and health is suffered, where any defect becomes apparent following the assumption of guarantees for the characteristics of a product and where defects are fraudulently concealed. Liability under the Product Liability Act will remain unaffected. 5.6 In so far as the Goethe-Institut s liability is excluded or limited, this will also apply to the personal liability of the Goethe-Institut s employees, representatives and vicarious agents. 6. Data Protection 6.1 The Goethe-Institut will respect the statutory provisions on data protection. 6.2 The participants will agree to the storage, processing and transmission of the data submitted by them for the conduct of the competition by the Goethe-Institut, provided this is necessary and expedient for the conduct of the competition. 6.3 No data will be passed on to third parties for other purposes.

5 6.4 The participants will be free to request information about which of their data the Goethe- Institut has stored at any time. Participants may cancel their consent to the storage of data at any time and in this way withdraw from participation in the competition. 7. Exclusion from the competition 7.1 Staff of the Goethe-Institut e.v. and their relatives will be excluded from participation in the competition. 7.2 Persons who (i) make untruthful statements about their personal data, (ii) submit content that is illegal or incompatible with these conditions of participation, or (iii) manipulate or otherwise misuse the electronic facilities created for the competition will be excluded. 8. Premature termination of the competition The Goethe-Institute wishes to draw attention to the fact that the availability and functioning of the competition cannot be guaranteed. The competition may be terminated or removed due to external circumstances and constraints without this resulting in any claims against the Goethe- Institut being acquired by the participants. 9. Final Provisions Decisions regarding the selection of the winner and results are final. The competition process and legal relationships between individuals participating in the competition are exclusively subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, irrespective of the location of the participant. If any provisions of these terms and conditions of participation are invalid or unenforceable, this will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.