General Conditions
All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. The credit union reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant from the scholarship if it reasonably believes that the entrant did not follow the guidelines set forth, such as by submitting video content that is inappropriate or providing false information within the context of the scholarship concerning identity, age, eligibility, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit union affiliation. The credit union also reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant if it reasonably believes that the Entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the scholarship by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses other entrants, viewers, or the judges.
Intellectual Property Rights
As a condition of entry, Entrant grants the credit union a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, and publicly display a Video (1) for the purposes of allowing the credit union and the judges to evaluate the Video for purposes of the scholarship, and (2) in connection with advertising and promotion via communication to the public. Once submitted, video entries become the sole property of the credit union.
Privacy
The credit union will not disclose Entrants’ personal information, such as phone number or email address, to any outside entity. Entrant’s personal information will be used only to determine eligibility and distribute scholarship funds.
Publicity
As a condition of entry, Entrant agrees to permit the credit union to use his or her name and/or likeness and Video for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
The Entrant voluntarily consents to granting the credit union permission to use his or her photograph(s), name, story and/or voice for communication purposes, including without limitation in publications on the web, and releases the credit union from any liability that may result from a use consistent with said release.
Warranty
By entering, Entrant represents and warrants to the credit union: that the submitted video is the participant’s own original work; that the participant is the sole owner of the video and all of the rights associated with it; that the video does not violate any rights of others; and that the video does not display any inappropriate material. In addition, participants release and hold harmless Theory FCU, their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, and representatives from any and all liability for any injuries, loss claim, action, demand, or damage of any kind arising from participation in the 2025 Burris Video Scholarship.
Entry Errors
The credit union is not responsible for any malfunction of the scholarship submission site or any late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed videos due to system errors, failed, incomplete or garbled technological malfunctions, or other telecommunication transmission malfunctions.