Rules

• Videos MUST be uploaded to YouTube, and links to those YouTube videos must be shared to the GIFF Brightspace dropbox before 5:00 PM on Saturday
  Submissions after 5:00 PM will NOT be considered for competition
• Videos MUST be 3 minutes or less in duration including titles and credits
  Submissions longer than 3 minutes will NOT be considered for competition
• Videos MUST contain at least 3 of the elements provided the day of the event
• All videos submitted must have been created during the 24 hours of the event
• All registered team members must be current students at SUNY Geneseo
• Any music not created by the participating team must be legally licensed through a site such as the Creative Commons
• Citation of music used must be provided with video submission
• The three (or more) elements incorporated into the video must be listed in the credits
• Uploaded videos will contain the team name as the name of the submitted file. (Example: OneWordNoSpacesThankYou.mov)
• Videos must be submitted in WMV, AVI, Mov, M4V, or MP4 (H.264 compression)
• Videos MUST be less than 2GB in file size

The production of this video must be done in adherence with all Federal, State, and local laws and in accordance with the student code of conduct.

Pay special attention to the following:

Any unauthorized use of electronic or other device to surreptitiously make an audio, video, photographic, web cast or digital record of any person while on College property without prior knowledge or without effective consent, except as permitted by law, when such a recording is likely to cause injury or distress. This includes but is not limited to surreptitiously taking pictures of another person in a location that violates the standard of reasonable expectation of privacy.

Small Print

Team Captains must hold all copyright information for music, voice over, images and performances- these copyrights are the Captains’ responsibility and may need to be obtained prior to the event. We take no responsibility for any breaches of copyright. Suspected breaches of copyright will be investigated. Proof of breach will result in disqualification from competition.

GIFF staff will post and share these videos via YouTube, web pages, and social media at their discretion. Submission of your video will be considered consent to do so.

Please note, videos will be screened at the GREAT Day Award Ceremony.

State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo College (the “Publisher”) and the Creator(s) agree as follows:

1. Copyright of the work remains in the Creator(s)’s name, and the Creator(s) reserves all rights, and grants the following exceptions.
2. I grant the right to publish with the work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship.
3. Creator(s) hereby grants and assigns to SUNY Geneseo College the right to reproduce or distribute the Work throughout the world in all means of expression by any method now known or hereafter developed, including electronic format, and to market the Work within SUNY Geneseo and throughout the world.
4. Creator(s) grants the Publisher the right to use Creator(s)’s name in association with the Work in published form and in advertising and promotional materials.

In addition:

1. SUNY Geneseo College guarantees that with their use of the Work, the Creator(s) will be given attribution of their Work.
2. The Creator(s) shall indemnify and hold Publisher harmless against loss or expenses arising from breach of any such warranties.

   The Creator(s) represents and warrants that the Work:

   • Is the Creator(s)’s original work and that the Creator(s) has full power to enter into this Agreement;
   • Does not infringe the copyright or property right of another
   • Contains no material which is libelous, defamatory or violates another’s civil right, right of privacy, or is otherwise unlawful