Ts and Cs: Dinner dance competition July 2024

Summary Terms & Conditions:

Summary Terms & Conditions:

UK, 18+ dog owners. Submission period ends 01/08/24. Email tailsaudition@mischiefpr.com, submit details & upload video clip (max 30s) of dog doing their ‘dinner time dance’ to enter. Submission Guidelines apply. No purchase necessary. The clip must be in compliance with the Eligible Submission Guidelines. No purchase necessary. By submitting you agree to us using your content in marketing and social materials for Tails.com including music video clip. No prize. A selection of submission clips will be selected and may be used to inspire a choreographed dance by Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec for marketing and social assets. More details of the dance, marketing and social materials will be announced by Tails.com and across owned and partner social media channels across August and September 2024. Internet access, email address & smartphone/camera/recording device required. Max 2 entries per dog owner. Submissions to be used in perpetuity.

Promoter:  Tails.com, 23 Spencer House, Sheen Rd, Richmond TW9 1BN

Full Terms & Conditions 

  1. This Promotion is open to residents of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man aged 18 or over. This excludes employees of the Promoter, its agents and anyone professionally associated with this Promotion. 
  1. No purchase necessary; however, internet access, valid email address and a smartphone/camera/recording device are required.  
  1. Submission Period: Enter between 12:00 BST on the 17th July 2024 and on the 1st August 2024 inclusive.
  1. To Enter: email tailsaudition@mischiefpr.com:
    1. Email your details – full name, address, contact email address, contact phone number and attach a video clip up to 30 seconds long (the “Clip”) created by you showing your dog doing their dinner time dance.
    2. The Clip must be in compliance with the Eligible Submission Guidelines stated in Clause 5 below. 
    3. The Clip uploaded must be of good quality with clear video and audio, MP4 (video) format. Standard smartphone quality will be acceptable. 

You must complete all the above steps (Clause 4a – c) to enter.

  1. Eligible Submission Guidelines: The uploaded Clip must comply with the following guidelines and undergo Moderation in order to be eligible for selection:
    1. Submissions should be of dogs doing their own natural ‘dinner time behaviours’
    2. Submissions should have limited talking done by dog owners. Short prompts are fine. 
    3. Video Clips should be recorded in a well-lit environment. 
    4. Entrants must only upload Clips that do not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including but not limited to, ownership, copyrights, trademarks, patents, logos, licensing rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other intellectual property rights or any other requirements of applicable legislation. Submissions should not mention or feature any other pet food brands.
    5. Submissions must not disparage the Promoter, or any other person or party affiliated with the Promotion.
    6. Submissions must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libellous.
    7. Submissions must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age. 
    8. Clips created by any form of artificial intelligence will be disqualified. 
    9. By submitting a video to Tails.com, you hereby acknowledge and agree use of your content and/or images by Tails.com for the purpose of marketing and promotion related to this campaign and in perpetuity. This includes, but is not limited to, promotional advertising, public relations, websites, social media channels, creation of video and imagery inspired by/directly related to your submission, inclusion in campaign materials such as photo and video. Additionally, you agree for your submission to be supplied to third party campaign partners for the purpose of promotion and sending to space.
    10. You agree to grant the Promoter in perpetuity a non-revocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use the copyright and other intellectual property rights vesting in your clip for all purposes connected with this Promotion, including but not limited to display on the Promoter’s website, social channels,  in any publicity, advertisement or case study carried out by or on behalf of the Promoter in any manner or medium whatsoever, including print, broadcast or the internet and any other website of the Promoter or its agents/contractors choosing and use of the submission, or part(s) of the submission in marketing materials relating to this Promotion and/or future promotions. 
    11. Each Submitter also grants the Promoter and its agents/contractors the right to moderate, edit, modify or remove any submission in the Promoter’s, it’s agents or assignees’ sole discretion, in whole or in part, for display on the Promotion website or in any materials relating to the Promotion and/or future promotions. 
    12. You agree to the inclusion, publication, reproduction and/or other use of your Clip by the Promoter in any media. 
  1. Maximum of 2 entries are permitted per dog owner during the Promotion Period.
  1. The Prizes: There will be no physical or monetary prize for this campaign. A selection of submission clips will be selected and may be used to inspire a choreographed dance by Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec. As a result, your clip may feature as part of  the final dance video. More details of the dance, marketing and social materials will be announced by Tails.com and across owned and partner social media channels across August and September 2024
  2. Further Prize Details and Conditions: 
    1. Video submissions will be collected and used as inspiration material for a professionally choreographed dance with humans. The dogs from the submission clips will not be required to be a part of the final dance
    2. The final dance will be announced via media and Tails.com channels throughout the months of August and September 2024.
  1. Selection: All valid entries received during the Promotion Period (subject to moderation) will be independently judged by Tails.com within 5 working days from the close of the Promotion Period to select the shortlist of entries based on the following criteria:
  1. Originality:  What does your dog do at dinnertime that sets them apart from the rest of the pack? Is it style? Pawsome moves? Or maybe comedy? 
  2. Fun: Those ‘dances’ that dogs naturally do at dinnertime make us laugh, smile and want to join in the joy. So it’s time to share the love.

The shortlisted entries will vetted by Tails.com before being passed on to Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec who will select the videos they would like to use to inspire their dance.

  1. Notifications: Those who’s submissions are selected will be contacted via the email address provided on entry within 5 working days of Winner Selection. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the provisional winners. Once eligibility has been confirmed, the provisional winner will be confirmed as a winner. If a provisional winner does not respond to the initial contact within 14 days, we reserve the right to disqualify that entrant and award the Prize to a reserve selected in the same manner. Reserve winners may have less time to respond.
  1. Moderation: The Promoter reserves the right to reject entries which, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter:
    1. are in breach of the Terms & Conditions;
    2. contain any content that is offensive, harmful, objectionable or which is otherwise unsuitable for publication including with respect to race, religion, origin or gender, or which could reflect negatively upon the name, reputation or goodwill of the Promoter or any brand partner;
    3. contains or refers to any unauthorised third-party brand or reference any third-party names, logos and/or trademarks;
    4. promotes any political agenda;
    5. promotes anything deemed to be mistreatment of an animal
    6. contain defamatory, malicious, indecent or other inappropriate content including sexist or racist language or imagery; 
    7. include the names, likenesses, photographs or similar of any individual without their express permission; 
    8. contain immoral or obscene behaviour; 
    9. condone or encourage violent or anti-social behaviour;
    10. cause offence on the ground of religion, gender, sexual orientation, nudity, disability or age;
    11. represent a danger to health and safety or cause fear or distress;
    12. contains any AI image generated content.
  1. The Promoter may request that the included submissions participate in publicity arising from the Promotion. Participation is at the entrant’s discretion and is not a condition entering
  1. The Promoter seeks to run a fair and secure promotion and prevent abuse and cheating. If you enter in a way that is not consistent with these Terms & Conditions, your entry (and any of your associated aliases) will be disqualified. Any inclusion in media materials or as inspiration may be void and recoverable, and the Promoter reserves the right to bar you from entering future promotions for a period of at least six months. For this reason, the Promoter reserves the right at any point to:
  1. Verify the eligibility of entrants and/or provisional winners through multiple means by requesting such information it consider reasonably necessary for this purpose. Entry or a Prize may be withheld until verification is completed.
  1. Disqualify entries that are not made directly by the individual entering the Promotion. 
  1. Disqualify entries made using anonymous email services such as, but not limited to, GuerillaMail, Dispostable or Mailinator.
  1. Disqualify bulk entries from individuals, trade, consumer groups or third parties, incomplete entries and entries submitted by macros or other automated means.
  1. Disqualify entries beyond the maximum allowed, or those using techniques such as ‘script’, ‘brute force’, masking identity by manipulating IP addresses, using aliases or identities other than their own or any other means.
  1. Disqualify entrants who tamper with the entry process.
  1. Disqualify entries which, in some other way, do not meet the requirements of these Terms & Conditions. 
  1. Cancel, modify or suspend the Promotion should it not be capable of running as planned for reasons including but not limited to tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, dishonesty, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion.
  1. No responsibility can be taken for entries which are lost, delayed, corrupted, damaged, misdirected or incomplete or which cannot be delivered for any technical, delivery or other reason. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt. 
  1. The Promoter will not be liable for any delay or failure to comply with its obligations for reasons beyond its reasonable control arising from but not limited to Acts of God, global or regional epidemic or pandemic, adverse weather conditions, fire, industrial dispute, war, terrorist activity, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, plague or other natural calamities, or any other circumstances.
  1. All personal data supplied for this Promotion will be used for the purpose of this Promotion and for research and analytical purposes by the Promoter and/or by any agent appointed by it to assist with running the Promotion and will not be disclosed to an unconnected third party unless your positive consent has been obtained. 
  2. If any part/s of these Terms & Conditions are legally ruled to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder will not be affected and will continue in full force and effect.
  1. By entering, you will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.
  1. If there is a discrepancy between these Terms & Conditions and those in any promotional material, these Terms & Conditions will prevail. 
  1. These Terms & Conditions are governed by English law and their interpretation and application will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. Residents of Scotland and Northern Ireland may bring proceedings in their own jurisdiction.

Promoter: Tails.com, 23 Spencer House, Sheen Rd, Richmond TW9 1BN