[Coolnat2004]

In association with Macs N Pods, we are able to give YOU a chance to win a brand new Apple iPod Shuffle 1GB! Read on, my friend...

What's the contest?
Ever have a great idea of what the next iPod should look like or feature? Here's your chance to show the world! Design the 5th generation iPod and send it in, and you could win a brand new 1GB Apple iPod Shuffle! Please read the rules and regulations at http://www.idlegeeks.com/content.php?id=16.

I hope that some of you will enter the contest. You have until August 25, 2005. Good luck!

[art_director]

I suggest ANYONE entering this contest pay close attention to this line from the contest rules:

" B. All entries will become property of Macs N Pods / Idle Geeks. "

Loosely translated: We get sole ownership of your intellectual property in exchange for the "chance to win" an iPod Shuffle.

My two problems with contests like this are:

1. WHY should anyone hand over right to their ideas / designs for such a paltry opportunity?

2. When a company puts out a contest with the specific verbage "A CHANCE TO WIN" they legally do not need to award a prize. That, in my mind, is next to theft.

A few years back I worked on a project where the client was giving away a substantial sum of money -- think two commas in the numeric notation of the amount. The marketing director, in cooperation with the legal team, was keen to include " A CHANCE TO WIN $XXX,XXX,XXX". Their entire angle was, "We'll never have to pay out but we'll get lots of interest and plenty of free press for our huge cash prize." They were right and naive consumers gladly handed over their personal information in exchange for nada. That, in my mind, should be illegal.

[budster101]

I have a GREAT design I've been sitting on.... no way I'm entering to win a freaking "1 GB iPod"... or even a CHANCE to win one.

nhere:

Especially from a poster who comes here and does this with his/her first post.
Sounds like, "Hey, anyone want to design something for us for FREE"....

[Coolnat2004]

Ugh...

We are going to give the winner the prize - we're not scammers out to get your designs.. We just like running websites and like having people read them, and like running kickass competitions like this. We don't want exclusive rights to the design, just the ability to use it on our site as we please (We are going to make a gallery or something of all the designs, and state our opinions of each one individually).

Again, we're not scammers, and we are giving away the prize.

Edit: I've changed the legal wording to better satisfy you folks: "Macs N Pods / Idle Geeks will possess unlimited usage rights to all submitted designs, but designs are still property of their original creators."

This just says that we can use the images on our site as we wish, but the designs and images are still property of the people who created them.

[budster101]

RULES:
In association with Macs N Pods, we are able to give YOU a chance to win a brand new Apple iPod Shuffle 1GB! Read on, my friend...

What's the contest?
Ever have a great idea of what the next iPod should look like or feature? Here's your chance to show the world! Design the 5th generation iPod and send it in, and you could win a brand new 1GB Apple iPod Shuffle! Please read the rules and regulations below:

Entry Requirements:
A. At least 15 quality posts at Macs N Pods forums.
B. Entry must be an original work, though it may be derived from existing images.
C. Must be your own concept rendering of a 5th Generation iPod (A new iPod).
D. Only one entry per person.

Entry Period:
A. All entries must be submitted between July 18, 2005 and August 25, 2005

Image Requirements:
A. File format: JPEG, GIF, or PNG-24
B. 72 - 100 DPI
C. Maximum Dimensions: 1024 x 768 pixels
D. You may want to keep an unflattened file on hand

Judging:
A. Judges are not permitted to enter the contest.
B. Each judge will rate each image on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest score. The image with the most combined points wins. In the event of a tie, 5 non-participating users will be randomly chosen to judge on the tied images.
C. Selected judges are as follows: Evan Koch (From idlegeeks.com, official sponsor), Nathan Bolender (From idlegeeks.com, official sponsor), Glenn Wosely (Of Macs N Pods), and others who will be announced at a later date.

Grand Prize:
A. Winner will receive one (1) Apple iPod shuffle 1GB OR $70 US Dollars via PayPal

Legal Notices:
A. Macs N Pods nor Idle Geeks are affiliated or associated with Apple Computer, Inc. iPod is property of Apple Computer, Inc.
B. Macs N Pods / Idle Geeks will possess unlimited usage rights to all submitted designs, but designs are still property of their original creators.
C. Rules & regulations are subject to change at any time.

View Current Entries:
You can view existing entries at http://www.idlegeeks.com/centries/.


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At least 15 quality posts on your forum? No thanks.

[Coolnat2004]

If you don't want to enter, then don't enter..

[budster101]

WTF are you posting a contest on another forum, and then demanding people post in yours for "15 quality posts"?

I won't enter your contest, but I will give my opinion, even if it is not ok with you.
Run your little contest for the "iPod Shuffle prize" It's not worth *my* time to both design a new iPod and post on your forum.

[loki74]

hah ha hah ha ha. funny funny funny.

I seriously doubt that the iPod will become a phone, telepathic, or lose the click wheel anytime soon. I also doubt it will switch from iTunes to Rhapsody in the near future

If you want rights to display on the site, thats what you should reserve. Not "become property." That insuates all rights.

This almost makes me want to design an iPod just so that I can not enter it in this contest!

[Coolnat2004]

Originally Posted by loki74

If you want rights to display on the site, thats what you should reserve. Not "become property." That insuates all rights.

This is why we changed the legal wording.

[mitchell_pgh]

Actually, many design contents require that you relinquish your rights when you submit art... it's not uncommon.