Details

Competition Theme
To promote intellectual property rights protection, encourage creativity and advocate respect for others¡¦ creative efforts. Examples of possible topics are file-sharing on the Internet, nourishment of a creative culture, knowledge about protection of creative efforts in a business setting, and experiences in safeguarding against infringement at school.

Categories
Secondary Students Category: (for full-time Form 4-7 secondary students)
Tertiary Students Category :(for full-time students pursuing a first degree, professional diploma, associate degree, higher diploma, higher certificate and certificate etc.)
Open Category: (open to all, if join as a team, team entrants should have a membership including at least one non-student aged 18 or above)
 

Eligibility and Rules:
1.Entrants should be Hong Kong residents
2.Entrants may join the competition as individuals or teams of up to 4 members
3.Each entrant should have a membership including the director of the video clip
4.Entries which have been previously shown or screened in public or won any award in other contests will not be accepted

Requirement
¡´Video clip duration: 30 seconds
Languages:
¡´Entrants may choose to use Cantonese, Putonghua, Taiwanese or English as the main language of expression in their entries and should:
1. add Chinese/English subtitles to their entries; or
2. submit a Chinese/English dialogue script together with the entry.
¡´ Each entrant can join two categories maximum and submit one entry for each category. Each entry should be submitted by sending in one DV(PAL) or DVD with two copies of the entry.
¡´Each entrant should complete the application form in full together with a brief description of the entry in not more than 150 words, and submit four film stills (in 4R or JPEG format) If the filming of the entry is sponsored or subsidised by any organisation or academic institution, details of the sponsorship or subsidy should be clearly stated on the entry form.
¡´The entrant should ensure that the sponsoring party/parties will not interfere with his creation and the ownership of intellectual property rights thereof.
¡´Entrants should be the originators of their entries and have sole ownership of the copyright and interests in the intellectual property rights (including all licensed materials).
¡´Unauthorised use of another person¡¦s music, video or film clips is not allowed.All entries must be original works. Songs or background music included in the video clips must be original works or downloaded from the designated official website. Any breach of the rules will result in disqualification.
¡´Entrants shall bear the full liability for any breach of copyright laws arising from their entries and the organisers shall assume no responsibility for it.
¡´Entries should be productions completed on or after 1 January 2009.
¡´Entrants in Hong Kong region must abide by the laws of Hong Kong in the course of production.