MUPE compo

Rules for the MUPE contest

READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY! BY PARTICIPATING IN THE MUPE CONTEST YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE RULES. IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL BE VOID.

YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO PARTICIPATE. PARTICIPANTS UNDER THE AGE 18 MAY ONLY PARTICIPATE WITH THE CONSENT OF THEIR LEGAL GUARDIAN.

Overview of the Contest

The MUPE Compo has got to be the easiest competition at Assembly this year: All you have to do is come up with the winning idea! The prize is a Nokia 3250 Mobile Phone!

Think up some sort of application (game, utility, whatever), and if you want, include use of picture taking and/or bluetooth, then explain the idea to Nokia as well as you can.

You can participate by sending an email to mupeteam<rhymes with 'cat'>sci.fi that includes your name, email address, age (under 18 year-olds the name of the legal guardian who has consented to the participation) and a free description of your idea. All emails must be submitted at the latest on august 3rd 2006 at 21:30.

Nokia's distinguished panel of judges (read "group of MUPE coders") will decide which idea they like the best and which they think they can get put together in 2 days. Then they'll get hard at work to try to have a demo ready by Saturday night.

If yours is the idea chosen to be implemented, and it was the first one to arrive in our mailbox (if there are similar ideas), then you win a brand new Nokia 3250 phone!

You are encouraged to attend the MUPE seminar on Thursday 3.8 at 20.00. That way you'll have a better idea of what's possible with MUPE, and therefore have a better chance of having your idea chosen to be implemented.

Decision on the winner will be reached by Thursday 3rd August at 23:00, and coding will begin. Winner will be notified at this time. Award presentation will take place on Saturday night, before the demonstration of what has been created in two days!

Rules of Participation

1. The organizer of the Contest is Nokia Corporation, P.O. BOX 226 FIN-00045 NOKIA GROUP, FINLAND ("Nokia").
2. By participating in the MUPE Contest the participant indicates his/her acceptance to these rules and agrees to be bound by them. Nokia shall have the right to reject the participation of persons not eligible to participate or who provide insufficient participation information or who do not conform to these Rules or to such other guidelines and/or instruction Nokia may at any time provide. 
3. This competition is a competition of skill. No purchase or admission fee is necessary to participate.
4. The participant that submits the best idea will win the contest. The best idea will be selected by the panel of judges whose members are appointed by Nokia. The panel of judges will make its decision on grounds of insight into user benefit, technical solution, and identification and solution of the problems inherent in the vision, but the decision of the panel of judges shall nonetheless be final.
5. All rights and title to the ideas submitted in the contest shall become the exclusive property of Nokia.
6. The Nokia Competition is open from July 25th 2006 to August 3rd 2006 at 21:30. Submissions must be received no later than August 3rd 2006 at 21:30 to qualify.
7. The participants must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to participate. Participants under 18 may only participate with consent from their legal guardian. Nokia may at any time request any participant to provide evidence of such consent. Failure to present such evidence within a reasonable time will result in the disqualification of the participant from the contest.
8. Participation to the contest is done by sending email to mupeteam@sci.fi. The email must include the following information on the participant:
   (a)    Name (first name and family name)
   (b)    Valid email address
   (c)    Age (if under 18 the full name of the legal guardian that has consented to the participation)
   (d)    Description of the idea
9. If the participation email does not contain the foregoing information, the participant shall not be eligible to participate. 
10. Any personal data included in the participation email or otherwise submitted by the participant to Nokia in connection with this contest shall only be used for the purposes of the contest. By accepting these rules the participant authorizes Nokia to process the personal data as necessary for the foregoing purpose.
11. All submissions shall be deemed to be submissions by an individual participant. Team submissions shall be deemed as individual submissions by a single participant.
12. Entries must be the participant's own original work.
13. The panel of judges appointed by Nokia will pick the best idea and the winner on Thursday August 3rd 2006 at 23:00. The winner will receive as prize a Nokia 3250 mobile phone. The winner will be notified of the win immediately by email to the email address provided by him/her in the participation email. The winner will be given instructions on how to obtain the prize. The winner will be asked for additional information such as personal ID, home address and details relating to taxation.
14. After the winner has been informed about the prize he/she must accept the prize. If the winner rejects the prize or if he/she will not accept it within a reasonable time, he/she will lose his/her eligibility to the prize.
15. The winner will be solely responsible for paying all taxes and fees associated with the winning of the prize. The winner shall be responsible for making all proper notifications to the tax authorities with respect to the prize. Nokia shall not be liable for any implications, such as additional taxes or other similar payments the prize may have on the winner's taxation. The winner acknowledges that the prize may affect his/her social benefits.
16. The prize will be subject to the same warranties and service conditions as with such products are sold at retail.
17. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Nokia shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the participant's participation to the contest. Under no circumstances shall Nokia's liability exceed the amount equal to the value of the prize.
18. Nokia reserves the right to change, modify or extend any and all aspects of this competition at any time. Any such modifications shall become effective once they are published.
19. The laws of Finland shall be applicable to any disputes arising out of the contest. Unless otherwise provided for in applicable mandatory legislation, such disputes will be finally settled in the court of Helsinki.