Other Stuff to Know
To be considered, your video may not contain content that is inappropriate.
People who are included in your video must have agreed to be filmed.
You must have filled out our application and signed a release form
You may not violate any library policies during the creation of your video. You need to be a member of your local library in good standing.
Winners will be selected on how well they follow the rules and on how informative and entertaining their submission is. The Youth Services Librarians and members of teen councils for
Video Guidelines:
YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats. All videos uploaded to YouTube have a 100MB file size limit. Videos must be 25 to 30 seconds in length (the “Entry”). All Entries must comply with the Terms of Use and Code of Conduct of YouTube.com, located at www.YouTube.com. By entering the Contest, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and Code of Conduct of YouTube.com. At the time of registration you will be required to acknowledge that you have read and agree to these Official Rules and the policies, terms and conditions for the YouTube website. Entries must not be inappropriate, indecent or obscene as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Videos that do not satisfy all foregoing criteria will not be considered in the Contest, even if they are submitted and uploaded during the Entry Period. Pending the Sponsor’s approval, your video will be posted online and viewed by the public at but not exclusive of library web sites, AskAway web sites including our MySpace and facebook pages, YouTube, local TV stations and Cable broadcast commercials as decided by the committee.
Example:
To see a sample YouTube video and check out the nascent AskAway YouTube site, check out:
Limit:
You may submit as many Entries as you would like, provided each Entry is entirely original and that you are eligible to participate in the Contest at the time you submit each Entry. Once an Entry is submitted you may not edit or re-submit it with edits.
Copyright:
All Entries submitted to the Contest must be original. You must be the sole owner of any copyright of any video submitted. Your submission of each Entry is your guarantee that you are the author, creator or sole copyright holder of the video submitted. By submitting an Entry, you also represent and warrant that the Entries that you submit do not infringe on the copyright of any other persons or entity and that you have not submitted the video to any other contest. If the ownership of any Entry is contested in any manner, the Sponsor may disqualify that Entry. Rights of Use You shall retain the copyright to any Entry and all other rights thereto EXCEPT: by entering the Contest, you agree to have your submitted video displayed on the YouTube.com website and at library web sites, AskAway web sites including our MySpace and facebook pages, local TV stations and Cable broadcast commercials as decided by the committee without any fee or without any fee or other form of compensation. In addition, you hereby grant an unlimited license to the Sponsor to copy, display, broadcast, distribute or otherwise use your Entry for any purpose, including, but not limited to, promotion of the Sponsor or Sponsor’s products. You also grant the Sponsor unlimited authority to sublicense such rights to any third party, including, but not limited to, affiliated companies, or any trade association such as the American Library Association. You agree that the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right to edit, adapt and publish your Entry and may use it in any media in association with the Contest without attribution or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assignees or any other entity. You agree that the Sponsor will not be liable to you or to any third party for any editing, adaptation, modification and/or publication of any Entry. Publicity and Advertising Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes irrevocable consent to the Sponsor and their agents to use, record reproduce, publish, display, perform, translate, and distribute, the names, likeness, voices, quotations, opinions and biographical information of Entrant, including without limitation, any photograph or recording for promotional purposes in any media,worldwide, without further payment or consideration; and the name, likeness, voice and biographical information of any natural person appearing in the Entry, including without limitation any photograph or recording, for any promotional purpose in any media, worldwide, and/or for any other commercial or non-commercial corporate purpose, including without limitation use on merchandise or for marketing, without attribution or further payment or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assigns or any other entity.
Personal Information and Privacy Policy:
Information collected by Wisconsin AskAway Statewide Publicity Committee in conjunction with The You-tube AskAway contest will not be sold, distributed or shared with any other entity and will only be used to contact entrant in direct relation to the contest. The personal information collected through the Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy policy (above) and to YouTube's privacy policy set forth at www.youtube.com/t/privacy.
Entry Forms:
DIRECTORS RELEASE FORM
I understand that the above uses may include, but are not limited to, videotapes, photographs, websites, multimedia programs or other types of promotional medium existing now or in the future. I further understand that by granting this permission I am giving up all rights and claims to monetary compensation for any future use of this material by Wisconsin AskAway statewide Publicity Committee for the promotion of the Ask a Librarian program. I have read and agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Official Rules posted on at The AskAway WIKI website. I understand that all claims for damages or injuries arising out of, or in connection with, this contest shall be determined and settled in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award rendered therein shall be binding on each and all of the parties thereto and their personal representatives and judgment thereon can be entered thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction. A parent or guardian signing is doing so individually and on behalf of the minor and warrants he/she has the authority to sign on behalf of the minor.
Signature of minor ____________________________________
Print name of parent or guardian (if student is under 18 years old)
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Signature of parent or guardian individually and on behalf of the minor
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Home address __________________________________________________________
Home city, state, ZIP _____________________________________________________
School address __________________________________________________________
ASKAWAY YOU-TUBE CONTEST
I, (please print)___________________________________________, hereby grant permission to
Signature of minor _____________________________________________________________________
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Via email (scanned copies): reneep@eauclaire.lib.wi.us
AskAway information:
AskAway uses QuestionPoint, a collaborative reference service created by the Library of Congress and the
Ask a librarian for answers to your questions through a service provided by libraries and AskAway librarians, a group of public and academic libraries from throughout the state in cooperation with other libraries around the country. You can use either Live Chat or E-mail to ask a question.
Select Live Chat and one of the librarians on duty around the state or around the country will begin a chat session with you to answer your question or help you find the information you need. Live Chat is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Select E-mail and a Reference Services librarian from your local Library will answer your question with an e-mail reply. E-mail us anytime and we will respond as soon as possible during library hours, generally within 24 hours.
Check it out at http://www.askaway.info
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