Competition Terms and Conditions

1. General
1. These terms and conditions are the Competition Rules (Rules) and apply to The 2011 Musical Comedy Awards Competition (Competition) on www.musicalcomedy.co.uk (Our Site). By entering the Competition, entrants agree to be bound by these Rules.
2. All entrants have read, are aware of and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use of Our Site. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and the Terms of Use, the Terms of Use shall have priority.
3. The Competition is organised by Avin A Larf Limited. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 06569873 and have Our registered office at 1 Broomfield Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 6JW. (Us and We).
4. We reserve the right to cancel or amend the Competition or the Rules without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside our reasonable control. Any changes will be posted within these Rules or on Our Site.
5. In the event of any dispute regarding the Rules, conduct, results and all other matters relating to a Competition, Our decision shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
2. Important Competition Information
   1. The venue and time for the Competition final (Final) will be confirmed here as soon as possible
   2. You cannot enter the Awards if you have performed as a headline act to over 400 people or had your own TV or Radio show broadcast.
   3. In entering the Competition you agree and undertake that you will be available to attend and perform a live heat at the Wilmington Arms, London. You will be allocated a slot (dates to be confirmed) between 1.30 and 4pm. Due to the number of contestants taking part and the need for consistency, we will only be able to reallocate slots in rare circumstances. If you are entering the Awards, please be aware that successful entrants will be required to perform in January and potentially on two Saturdays in February. Should you not be in a position to attend the heats, your Competition Entry will not be valid.
   4. The format of the Competition is as follows:
      1. Entrants will upload their original musical comedy video (Competition Entry) onto Our Site between September 15^th 2010 and midnight on 12^th December 2010, in accordance with the Terms of Use;
      2. Tim Arthur will select his favourite forty entries to perform in the live heats.
      3. The first round and Quarter-finals of the live heats will involve ten acts performing 8 minutes of their material each and will be judged by audience votes. From each live heat of ten artists, five will progress to the next round. In the semi-final, each of the ten acts will perform a 8-10 minute set.
      4. The dates for the heats are to be confirmed. All heats will take place at the Wilmington Arms, London between 1.30 and 4pm.
      5. The five finalists will perform in the final (dates and venue to be confirmed) and will be eligible to win the £500 cash prize for the 'Best Act' (Finalists)
      6. The Finalists will be further judged by a jury, selected by Us, at the Final with a prize of £500 being awarded to the Competition Entry which is deemed the winner by the majority of the jury.
      7. Prize winners will be announced at the Final.
      8. In all matters, the decision of the jury and Us shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
      9. Prizes are awarded at Our discretion and no prizes will be awarded as a result of improper actions by or on behalf of any entrant including but without limitation breach of the Terms of Use that govern the use of Our Site. We and/or the Competition judges (acting reasonably) reserve the right not to select a winner, and/or to remove or amend selection criteria and/or the structure and operation of the Competition if Entries are not of the requisite standard.
   5. Qualifying Entrants
      1. Employees of Avin A Larf Limited or any other company involved in the Competition or, if relevant, production of a television programme to which a Competition relates, or any advertising agency or web company connected with Us or any such person’s subsidiary or associated companies, agents or members of their families or households, are not eligible to enter the Competition.
      2. By uploading a video and thus entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you is true, current and complete. We reserve the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants.
      3. The Competition is open to all age groups. We assume that by using Our Site and entering the Competition (and you warrant that) you are aged 18 or over or, if you are under 18, that your parents have consented to you entering into the Competition and these Rules.
      4. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant if We have reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of the Rules.
      5. In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the Competition, We may in Our sole discretion decide whether a replacement should be selected. In this event, any further entrant will be selected on the same criteria as the original entrant and will be subject to these Rules.
   6. Competition Entries
      1. You may only submit one video to the Awards section for entering the competition, .
      2. Competition Entries must be uploaded onto Our Site by the closing date of midnight on 12^th December 2010. Failure to do so will disqualify the entry.
      3. All entrants must be registered users of Our Site. There is no charge to register for use of Our Site.
      4. There is no charge to enter the Competition.
      5. We cannot accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of or unauthorised access to Competition Entries, or Competition Entries that may be lost, damaged or delayed as a result of server functions, technical issues, virus, bugs or other causes outside of Our control.
   7. Intellectual Property Rights & Use of Entries
      1. We do not, unless we agree this with you, claim any rights of ownership in your Competition Entry.
      2. In consideration for Us agreeing to consider entrants to the Competition, each entrant hereby agrees that We may make any and all Competition Entries available on Our Site and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, which may include other internet sites, mobile, television and/or radio and that Entries may be made available with advertising and/or sponsorship. You now grant Us (and third parties authorised by Us) a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, irrevocable licence (for the full period of any rights in the Competition Entry) to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, make derivative works or podcasts from, edit, alter, store, re-format, sell and sub-licence the Competition Entry for such purposes.
      3. For the avoidance of doubt, the licence in clause 5.2 is in addition to any other licence granted by you under the Terms of Use of Our Site.
      4. Your Competition Entry, and any information submitted by you must be personal to and relate specifically to you. You hereby warrant that your Competition Entry and all information which you submit and/or distribute will not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or any other rights of any third party, and will not contain anything which is libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, harassing or threatening. If relevant, We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to screen, filter and/or monitor information provided by you and to edit, refuse to distribute or remove the same.
   8. Liability
      1. We cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the Competition or as a result of accepting any prize. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment or software, failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, or at any web site, or any combination of these, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Competition. Nothing shall exclude Our liability for death or personal injury as a result of its negligence.
   9. Data Protection and Publicity
      1. Finalists and winners may be requested to take part in promotional activity and We reserve the right to use the names of Finalists and winners, their photographs and audio and/or visual recordings of them in any publicity during and after the Musical Comedy Awards. By entering the competition, you also acknowledge that you may be invited to perform at other showcases of the Musical Comedy Awards throughout 2011 and in the future. The winner of the Musical Comedy Awards is contractually obliged to perform at the Edinburgh showcase of the 2011 Musical Comedy Awards.
      2. Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s prior consent. Please see Our Privacy Policy for further details. Data relating to entrants will be retained by Us for a reasonable period after the Competition closes to assist Us to operate competitions in a consistent manner and to deal with any queries on the Competition.
   10. Jurisdiction
       1. The Competition and Rules will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. We make no representation that materials on Our Site relating to this Competition are appropriate or available for use at other locations and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is strictly prohibited. If you access Our Site outside of the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.