SLATE SHOTSOfficial Competition Rules

1.1The sponsor and administrator of the Slate Shots competition (the Competition) is Artissn Corp., a Delaware corporation doing business as Slate Market, 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles CA 90025, United States (Sponsor, we, us or our).

1.2These Official Rules govern the Competition. They are separate from, and in addition to, the Slate Market Platform Terms and Conditions and the Slate Market Privacy Policy, each of which continues to apply to your use of Sponsor’s platform. If these Official Rules and the Platform Terms conflict with respect to the Competition, these Official Rules control as to the Competition only.

1.3The Competition is administered from the United States. All decisions and determinations of Sponsor under these Official Rules are final and binding in all respects, subject only to Section 24.

2.1By submitting an Entry, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and represent that you meet every eligibility requirement in Section 3. If you do not agree, do not enter.

2.2These Official Rules form a binding contract between you and Sponsor. Sponsor is not required to accept, review, judge or acknowledge any Entry, and no submission creates any obligation on Sponsor other than as expressly stated here.

3.1The Competition is open to individuals who, as of the date of Entry, are at least eighteen (18) years old and have reached the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction of residence.

3.2Entries submitted by, or on behalf of, any person under the age of eighteen (18) or under the age of majority in their jurisdiction are not eligible and will be disqualified. Sponsor may require proof of age at any time.

3.3Where an Entry is created by a team, a single individual meeting the requirements of Section 3.1 must be designated as the entrant of record and must be authorized to act for and bind all contributors. Sponsor deals only with the entrant of record. Any prize is awarded to the entrant of record, who is solely responsible for allocating any benefit among contributors.

3.4The Competition is void, and Entries will not be accepted, in the Province of Quebec (Canada) and in the following jurisdictions: Italy, Brazil, India, mainland China, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. The Competition is further void in any jurisdiction in which it would be prohibited, or would require registration, licensing, bonding, translation or regulatory filing that Sponsor has not completed.

3.5Entrants must not be subject to any United States economic or trade sanctions, and must not be listed on any United States government restricted or denied party list. Sponsor will not award any prize where doing so would violate applicable sanctions or export control law.

3.6Employees, officers, directors, contractors, agents and representatives of Sponsor, of any Competition partner, sponsor, judge or prize provider, and the immediate family members and members of the same household of any of the foregoing, are not eligible. For this purpose, immediate family means spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, and the in law and step equivalents of each.

3.7Sponsor may verify eligibility at any stage and may disqualify any Entry or entrant that does not satisfy, or that Sponsor reasonably believes does not satisfy, these requirements.

4.1All times are United States Eastern Time. Sponsor’s clock is the official timekeeper.

4.2Sponsor may extend, shorten or reschedule any date or period in this Section 4 by posting a revised version of these Official Rules at slateshots.com. Entrants are responsible for checking for updates.

5.1To enter, you must complete both of the following during the Submission Period:

• Register at slateshots.com and complete the entry form in full, including your

legal name, date of birth, country of residence, contact email, and the public URL of each platform post of your Entry; and

• Publicly post your Entry video on at least one Eligible Platform from a public

account you own and control, including the hashtag #SLATESHOTS and tagging @slate.shots in the caption.

5.2Eligible Platforms are TikTok, Instagram (Reels), Facebook and YouTube (Shorts). Posts on any other service do not count toward viewership under Section 9.

5.3Entry format requirements. Each Entry must be an original vertical video: aspect ratio 9:16, minimum resolution [1080 x 1920], running time between 7 and 15 Minutes in English or with burned in English subtitles. Entries not meeting these specifications may be disqualified without notice.

5.4Limit of up to FIVE (5) entries per person in a different genre per Competition . Entries submitted through any automated, scripted or bulk means, or through more than one account controlled by the same person, will be void.

5.5An Entry is deemed received only when Sponsor’s systems record a completed registration form matched to a live, publicly accessible platform post. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, corrupted or inaccessible Entries, or for any technical failure, network outage, platform change or human error affecting submission or measurement.

5.6Your platform post of the Entry must remain public, unedited, undeleted and continuously accessible from the time of posting through the end of the Competition. Deleting, hiding, editing, re-uploading or making private a post will void the associated viewership as set out in Section 9.5.

6.1Each Entry must be original to you and must have been created by you or by contributors you have fully authorized and cleared.

6.2Entries must not contain, depict, promote or facilitate any of the following:

• any material infringing, misappropriating or violating any copyright, trademark,

trade secret, patent, right of publicity, right of privacy, moral right or other right of any person;

• any third party music, footage, still image, font, logo, brand, trademark, artwork,

character or software for which you do not hold a written license covering all uses contemplated by these Official Rules;

• any identifiable person who has not signed a written appearance release, or any

identifiable private property or location used without written permission or permit;

• any minor, unless the minor’s parent or legal guardian has signed a written

release and all applicable child performer laws, permits and work rules have been complied with;

• sexually explicit, pornographic or sexually suggestive content, nudity, or any

sexualized depiction of a minor;

• graphic violence, gore, cruelty to animals, self harm, disordered eating, or content

promoting or instructing on any of the foregoing;

• hate speech or content that demeans, harasses or incites hostility toward any

person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected characteristic;

defamatory, libelous, fraudulent or knowingly false material;

• content promoting or depicting illegal activity, illegal drug use, weapons

manufacture or use, terrorism or extremism;

• unauthorized commercial content, product placement, brand integration or

advertising, and any reference to any brand not expressly approved in writing by Sponsor;

• any real, unauthorized depiction or synthetic likeness of any actual person,

whether living or deceased, including any deepfake or voice clone, without that person’s or their estate’s written consent; and

• any material that violates the terms of service, community guidelines or

advertising policies of any Eligible Platform, or that violates any applicable law.

6.3Artificial intelligence. You must disclose in your registration form any use of generative artificial intelligence in creating the Entry, including the tools used and the elements generated. You represent that any AI generated element is free of third party rights claims, that you hold all rights necessary to grant the licenses in Section 15, and that your use complied with the terms of the applicable AI tool, including any restriction on commercial use. Sponsor may disqualify any Entry whose rights position Sponsor considers unclear, unclearable or uninsurable.

6.4Sponsor may, at its sole discretion and without notice or liability, remove, refuse, disqualify or decline to display any Entry for any reason, including a suspected breach of this Section 6. Sponsor has no obligation to monitor, review or screen Entries and assumes no responsibility for entrant conduct or Entry content.

7.1By entering, you represent and warrant that:

• you have full right, power and authority to submit the Entry and to grant every

right and license granted in these Official Rules;

• the Entry is original, is wholly owned or fully controlled by you, and does not

infringe or violate the rights of any person;

• you have obtained and will retain, and will provide to Sponsor on request, signed

written releases, licenses, permits and consents from every performer, contributor,

crew member, rights holder, location owner and identifiable person connected with the Entry, in each case sufficient to permit the uses contemplated here and any subsequent production, distribution and promotion worldwide in all media in perpetuity;

• the Entry is not subject to any collective bargaining agreement, guild or union

obligation, residual, reuse fee, encumbrance, lien or option, and is not the subject of any pending or threatened claim, dispute or litigation;

• the Entry has not previously been produced, distributed, exhibited or exploited

commercially, and no rights in it have been granted, optioned or assigned to any third party; and

all information you provide to Sponsor is truthful, accurate and complete.

7.2These representations and warranties survive the end of the Competition indefinitely. Sponsor is entitled to rely on them without independent verification.

7.3You will deliver to Sponsor, within FIVE (5) business days of request, copies of all releases, licenses and clearance documentation for your Entry. Failure to do so is grounds for immediate disqualification.

8.1The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with TikTok, Instagram, Meta Platforms, Facebook, YouTube, Google, or any other platform or service (each a Platform). You release each Platform completely from any and all liability arising out of or relating to the Competition.

8.2Any information you provide in connection with the Competition is provided to Sponsor and not to any Platform.

8.3You are solely responsible for complying with the terms of service, community guidelines, promotions policies and advertising policies of each Platform you use. Sponsor is not responsible for any action taken by a Platform, including removal of your post, suspension or termination of your account, restriction of your content’s distribution, or any change to how a Platform calculates, reports or displays view counts. Any such action is at your risk, and Sponsor has no obligation to compensate you or to adjust any measurement as a result.

9.1The ten (10) Entries with the highest Aggregate View Count as determined by Sponsor at the Viewership Measurement Time will be designated the Top Ten Finalists.

9.2Aggregate View Count means the sum of the publicly displayed or platform reported view counts for the entrant’s own qualifying posts of the Entry across Eligible Platforms, as observed and recorded by Sponsor at the Viewership Measurement Time.

9.3You acknowledge and agree that each Platform defines, counts, filters and reports a "view" differently, that these definitions are not comparable to one another, and that a Platform may change its methodology at any time without notice. Sponsor makes no representation that the Aggregate View Count measures anything on a consistent or equivalent basis across Platforms. You waive any claim arising out of or relating to Platform measurement methodology, discrepancies between Platforms, or any change to how views are counted or displayed.

9.4Only the following count toward the Aggregate View Count: views on a post published by the entrant of record from a single public account per Eligible Platform, identified in the entrant’s registration form at the time of Entry. The following do not count: views on any post by any other account; reposts, shares, duets, stitches, remixes, reaction videos and compilations; views on private, unlisted, restricted, deleted, edited or re-uploaded posts; views generated on any account added after the close of the Submission Period; and views on any placement not publicly accessible.

9.5If a qualifying post is deleted, hidden, made private, edited, re-uploaded or removed by the entrant or by a Platform at any time before the Viewership Measurement Time, the views associated with that post are reduced to zero and are not counted.

9.6Sponsor’s recorded determination of each Aggregate View Count is final. Sponsor may require an entrant to provide screen recordings, platform analytics exports or account access sufficient to verify view counts, and may disqualify any entrant who fails to do so within THREE (3) business days of request.

9.7Tiebreaker. If two or more Entries are tied at the tenth position, the tie is broken in favor of the Entry with the earlier completed registration timestamp in Sponsor’s systems. If still tied, Sponsor may expand the finalist pool to include all tied Entries. No tie will be broken by random drawing, lot or any other method involving chance.

9.8Sponsor reserves the right, where it determines in good faith that viewership data has been materially compromised, manipulated, rendered unreliable or made unavailable, to (a) discount or disregard views it considers inauthentic, (b) substitute a later Viewership Measurement Time, or (c) select some or all of the Top Ten Finalists by jury evaluation applying the criteria in Section 11.2 in place of viewership. Any such determination is final.

10.1The following conduct is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification, forfeiture of any prize, and where applicable referral to the relevant Platform and to law enforcement:

• purchasing, renting, exchanging, soliciting or otherwise obtaining views, likes,

follows, comments, shares or other engagement from any paid service, click farm, engagement pod, bot network or automated source;

• using any bot, script, macro, emulator, automated device, virtual private network,

proxy or device farm to generate, inflate or simulate views or engagement;

• offering or providing any payment, prize, entry, discount or other consideration to

any person in exchange for viewing, liking, sharing or engaging with an Entry;

• operating multiple or undisclosed accounts, impersonating any person, or

misrepresenting the authorship or origin of an Entry;

• misrepresenting the Entry’s content in its caption, thumbnail, title or metadata in

order to obtain views;

• interfering with, disparaging, harassing or attempting to sabotage any other

entrant, judge, Platform or Sponsor personnel; and

• tampering with, hacking or attempting to circumvent the entry, registration,

measurement or judging process.

10.2Paid promotion. You may promote your Entry using paid advertising on an Eligible Platform, provided that (a) all such advertising complies with that Platform’s advertising policies and all applicable disclosure law, (b) you disclose all paid promotion, including total spend and placements, to Sponsor in writing on request, and (c) the advertising drives traffic only to your own qualifying public post. Views arising from paid promotion that Sponsor cannot verify as compliant may be discounted at Sponsor’s discretion.

10.3Sponsor may use any method it considers appropriate, including third party fraud detection and analytics tools, to assess the authenticity of viewership. Sponsor’s good faith determination that views are inauthentic is final and is not subject to appeal, and Sponsor is not required to disclose its detection methods or data.

10.4Any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the Competition or Sponsor’s systems may violate criminal and civil law. Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and all other remedies to the fullest extent permitted.

11.1One (1) Winner will be selected from among the Top Ten Finalists by a jury appointed by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Jury composition may include Sponsor personnel, industry professionals, brand partners and other individuals selected by Sponsor, and may change without notice.

11.2The jury will evaluate each finalist Entry on the following disclosed criteria and weightings:

11.3Viewership is used only to determine the Top Ten Finalists under Section 9. It carries no weight in the jury’s selection of the Winner. The finalist with the highest Aggregate View Count is not thereby entitled to win.

11.4Tiebreaker. In the event of a tie in the jury’s scoring, the jury chair designated by Sponsor casts the deciding vote. No tie will be broken by any method involving chance.

11.5The jury’s decision is final and binding. Sponsor is not obliged to disclose scores, deliberations, notes or reasons to any entrant, and no appeal, review or re-scoring is available.

11.6Sponsor may, at its discretion, name additional finalists, runners up, honorable mentions or category recognitions carrying no prize, and may decline to award any such recognition.

11.7If Sponsor determines that no finalist Entry is of sufficient quality, or is sufficiently clearable or producible, to warrant the Grand Prize, Sponsor may decline to award the Grand Prize or may award a substitute prize under Section 13.9.

12.1The potential Winner will be notified using the contact details in the registration form. Sponsor will make THREE (3) attempts over FIVE (5) business days. If the potential Winner cannot be reached, does not respond within FIVE (5) business days of first notification, or is found ineligible, the potential Winner forfeits all rights and Sponsor may select an alternate from among the remaining finalists or may award no prize.

12.2Before any prize is awarded, the potential Winner must complete, sign and return, within SEVEN (7) business days of receipt: an affidavit or declaration of eligibility; a liability and publicity release; complete chain of title and clearance documentation for the Entry; government issued photo identification; and, as applicable, an IRS Form W-9 or Form W-8BEN and any other tax documentation Sponsor requires. Non-United States winners must provide documentation sufficient for Sponsor to satisfy its withholding and reporting obligations.

12.3Failure to return any required document within the stated period, submission of false or incomplete information, or the return of any notification as undeliverable constitutes forfeiture.

12.4Winner status is provisional until Sponsor confirms in writing that all verification requirements and all conditions in Section 13.6 have been satisfied. Sponsor may revoke provisional winner status at any point before that written confirmation.

13.1One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. The Grand Prize is Sponsor’s commitment to develop and produce a vertical series based on or inspired by the winning Entry, with a production budget of up to Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$200,000) (the Production Budget).

13.2There is no cash prize. The Production Budget is not paid, transferred, advanced or made available to the Winner. It is held, administered, allocated and disbursed exclusively by Sponsor in its sole discretion in connection with the production. The Winner has no right to receive, direct, audit or claim the Production Budget or any part of it, and no right to any cash alternative or equivalent.

13.3The Production Budget is a maximum, not a guaranteed spend. It is inclusive of all above the line and below the line costs, including development, writing, cast, crew, locations, permits, production design, equipment, post production, music, visual effects, clearances, legal fees, errors and omissions and other insurance, contingency, and Sponsor’s production fee and overhead allocation. Any portion of the Production Budget not expended remains the property of Sponsor. Sponsor bears no obligation to spend the full amount, and any cost in excess of the Production Budget is incurred only at Sponsor’s election.

13.4Sponsor controls the production in all respects, including all creative, casting, budgeting, scheduling, format, episode count, running time, title, distribution, marketing, monetization and brand integration decisions, and including the right to change, adapt, reformat, re-cast, re-write or abandon the project. Sponsor has no obligation to complete, release, exhibit, distribute or promote the production, and no obligation to do so within any particular time.

13.5Winner’s engagement. Sponsor intends to engage the Winner in a creative capacity on the production, on terms to be set out in the Production Agreement. The nature of that role, any credit, any compensation, and any participation in revenue are to be negotiated in good faith and set out in the Production Agreement. Nothing in these Official Rules guarantees the Winner any particular role, title, credit, control, approval right, compensation or backend participation, or any employment relationship with Sponsor.

13.6Conditions precedent. Sponsor’s obligation to provide the Grand Prize is conditional on each of the following, each to Sponsor’s reasonable satisfaction:

• the Winner’s execution of the Production Agreement within the period stated in

Section 14.1;

• delivery of complete, unencumbered chain of title in the Entry and all underlying

material;

• clearance of all third party rights, including music, footage, trademarks,

likenesses and locations, on terms and at a cost Sponsor considers commercially acceptable;

• the project being insurable under a customary errors and omissions policy on

standard terms;

• the Winner’s legal capacity, work authorization, visa status, immigration eligibility

and practical availability to participate in the production in the intended production territory;

• the absence of any circumstance relating to the Winner or the Entry that Sponsor

reasonably considers would expose Sponsor to material legal, financial, regulatory or reputational risk; and

• the absence of any legal, regulatory, sanctions, guild, union or contractual

impediment to the production.

13.7If any condition precedent is not satisfied, or if the Winner declines or fails to execute the Production Agreement, the Winner forfeits the Grand Prize in full. Sponsor may then award the Grand Prize to an alternate finalist selected by the jury, or may decline to award it.

13.8Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize: US$200,000. Actual value realized will vary and may be substantially less, and depends entirely on production decisions within Sponsor’s control. The Grand Prize is awarded as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. It is non transferable, non assignable and may not be substituted, exchanged or redeemed for cash at the Winner’s request. No prize may be transferred to any third party or, except as Sponsor may agree in writing, to the Winner’s heirs or estate.

13.9Substitution. If Sponsor determines in good faith that production is or has become impracticable, uneconomic, uninsurable, unclearable or legally impermissible, or if any event described in Section 25 occurs, Sponsor may (a) substitute a prize of comparable or greater value, or (b) substitute a development commitment consisting of paid development of a pilot and series bible, with a value of not less than US$10,000 or (c) where neither is reasonably achievable, terminate the Grand Prize obligation on written notice, in which case Sponsor’s total liability is limited as set out in Section 22.

13.10Chances of becoming a Top Ten Finalist depend on the Aggregate View Count your Entry receives relative to all other Entries. Chances of winning depend on the jury’s evaluation of the finalist Entries. No odds of winning can be stated because the Competition is not a game of chance.

14.1The Grand Prize is contingent on the Winner executing a separate written production and rights agreement with Sponsor (the Production Agreement) within THIRTY (30) business days of Sponsor presenting it. Sponsor will negotiate in good faith but is not required to accept any change to its customary terms.

14.2The Production Agreement will contain terms customary for a production of this type, including the grant or assignment to Sponsor of all rights necessary to produce, distribute, exploit and merchandise the series and all derivative works worldwide in all media in perpetuity; sequel, prequel, remake, spin off, format and adaptation rights; the Winner’s services, credit and compensation; representations, warranties and indemnities; confidentiality; and Sponsor’s ownership of the produced series and all elements created for it.

14.3In the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and the executed Production Agreement, the Production Agreement controls as between Sponsor and the Winner.

14.4The Winner will not make any public statement about the Competition result, the production or the Production Agreement without Sponsor’s prior written approval, other than to repeat announcements Sponsor has already made publicly.

15.1You retain ownership of the copyright in your Entry, subject to the licenses and rights granted in this Section 15 and, if you are the Winner, to the Production Agreement.

15.2By entering, you grant Sponsor and its affiliates, successors, licensees, distribution partners and designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid, non exclusive, transferable and sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, exhibit, stream, broadcast, distribute, excerpt, edit, crop, caption, subtitle, dub, translate, reformat, create derivative works from and otherwise use the Entry, in whole or in part, in any and all media now known or later developed, for the purposes of operating, administering, judging, exhibiting and promoting the Competition and for promoting Sponsor, the Slate Shots brand and Sponsor’s platform and services.

15.3The license in Section 15.2 includes the right to use the Entry in Sponsor’s marketing, sizzle reels, investor and brand partner presentations, press materials, social media, event screenings and platform showcases, and the right to display the Entry alongside advertising or sponsorship without any payment to you.

15.4Right of first negotiation. For a period of NINETY (90) days following the public announcement of the Top Ten Finalists, each finalist grants Sponsor an exclusive right of first negotiation for the production, development, series and adaptation rights in that finalist’s Entry. During that period, no finalist may grant, option, assign, shop or negotiate those rights with any third party. If Sponsor and a finalist do not reach agreement within that period, the finalist’s rights revert free of this restriction, subject to Section 15.2, which continues.

15.5Moral rights. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you waive, and agree never to assert, any moral right, droit moral, right of integrity, right of attribution or equivalent right in the Entry against Sponsor or any party authorized by Sponsor. Where such rights cannot be waived by law, you consent to all acts and omissions that would otherwise infringe them.

15.6You waive any right to inspect or approve any use of the Entry, and any right to compensation, credit, royalty, residual or other payment in connection with any use permitted by this Section 15.

15.7Sponsor has no obligation to use, display, exhibit, produce or distribute any Entry, and no obligation to return any Entry or any material submitted with it.

16.1All Entries are submitted on a non confidential and non obligation basis. No confidential, fiduciary, agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or implied contractual relationship is created between you and Sponsor by your Entry or by Sponsor’s receipt, review or evaluation of it. Sponsor is under no obligation of secrecy with respect to any Entry.

16.2You acknowledge that Sponsor receives a large volume of submissions and pitches, that Sponsor and its personnel independently create, develop, acquire and produce content continuously, and that ideas, themes, formats, settings, characters, plots and premises are frequently similar or identical by coincidence and are in many cases not protectable.

16.3You acknowledge that Sponsor may now be, or may in the future be, developing, producing or exploiting material that is similar or identical to your Entry, and you irrevocably waive and release any and all claims against Sponsor and its affiliates, personnel, judges, partners and licensees arising out of or relating to any such similarity or identity, including claims for breach of implied or express contract, idea submission, idea theft, breach of confidence, misappropriation, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit and any equivalent claim under any law. You agree that Sponsor owes you no compensation, credit or acknowledgment in respect of any such material.

16.4Nothing in this Section 16 limits your right to bring a claim for direct infringement of the copyright in the specific protected expression fixed in your Entry.

16.5You agree not to submit, and Sponsor does not want to receive, any confidential information or trade secret in or with your Entry.

17.1Except where prohibited by law, by entering you grant Sponsor and those authorized by Sponsor the irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free right to use your name, city and country of residence, voice, image, likeness, photograph, biography, social media handles and statements, and those of any person appearing in your Entry for whom you have obtained a release, for advertising, publicity, promotional and trade purposes in any and all media, without further notice, review, approval, compensation or consideration.

17.2Sponsor may require the Winner and any finalist to participate in publicity, press, interviews, photography, filming, live events and promotional appearances relating to the Competition, at Sponsor’s expense for reasonable pre-approved travel where Sponsor requests attendance in person, and without additional compensation. Failure or refusal to participate reasonably may result in forfeiture.

18.1All taxes, levies, duties and charges of any kind arising from or relating to any prize, benefit or payment, and all costs and expenses not expressly stated to be covered by Sponsor, are the sole responsibility of the Winner.

18.2Sponsor will report and withhold as required by applicable law. Payments or benefits to non United States persons may be subject to United States withholding at the statutory rate unless a valid treaty claim is properly documented. The Winner is responsible for obtaining independent tax advice. Sponsor gives no tax advice and makes no representation about the tax treatment or valuation of any prize.

19.1Personal information collected in connection with the Competition is processed by Sponsor as controller in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at [PRIVACY POLICY URL], which is incorporated into these Official Rules by reference. Where the Privacy Policy and these Official Rules conflict on privacy matters, the Privacy Policy controls.

19.2Sponsor processes your personal information to administer the Competition, verify eligibility, measure viewership, communicate with entrants, award and administer prizes, comply with legal, tax and regulatory obligations, and where you have consented or Sponsor has another lawful basis, for marketing.

19.3Because the Competition is administered from the United States, your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and in other countries whose data protection laws may differ from those of your country of residence. Where required, Sponsor relies on appropriate transfer safeguards, including standard contractual clauses. By entering you acknowledge this transfer.

19.4Sponsor may share personal information with its service providers, judges, prize providers, brand partners, professional advisers and regulators as necessary for the purposes above. Sponsor retains Competition records for as long as needed for those purposes and for its legal and defensive requirements.

19.5Depending on your jurisdiction you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your personal information, or to withdraw consent or lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Requests may be sent info@slatemarket.io. Exercising a right to erasure or objection during the Competition may make it impossible for Sponsor to administer your Entry, in which case your Entry may be withdrawn.

20.1Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, extend, shorten, restart or terminate the Competition, in whole or in part, or to amend these Official Rules at any time, for any reason, including where Sponsor determines that the integrity, fairness, security, administration or lawfulness of the Competition has been or may be compromised.

20.2Amendments take effect when a revised version is posted at slateshots.com. Continuing to participate after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of the revision. Where required by law, Sponsor will provide additional notice.

20.3If the Competition is terminated before the Winner is announced, Sponsor may, at its discretion, award the Grand Prize or a substitute prize from among eligible Entries received before termination on the basis Sponsor considers fair, or award no prize. Sponsor has no obligation to award any prize if the Competition is terminated, and no entrant is entitled to any compensation, reimbursement of costs, or damages of any kind in that event.

20.4Sponsor’s failure to enforce any provision of these Official Rules does not waive that provision or any other.

21.1Sponsor may disqualify any entrant or Entry, at any time and without prior notice, and may revoke or reclaim any prize already awarded, where Sponsor determines in good faith that the entrant or Entry has breached these Official Rules, provided false or misleading information, engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 10, infringed any third party right, failed verification, or engaged in conduct that Sponsor reasonably considers likely to bring Sponsor, the Competition or any partner into disrepute, whether that conduct occurs before, during or after the Competition Period.

21.2A disqualified entrant forfeits all rights and all prizes, must return or reimburse the value of anything already received, and has no claim of any kind against Sponsor.

21.3Sponsor may ban a disqualified entrant from future Sponsor competitions and from Sponsor’s platform.

22.1By entering, you release and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, judges, partners, sponsors, prize providers, advertising and promotional agencies, and each Platform (collectively, the Released Parties) from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, injuries, costs and expenses of any kind, whether direct or indirect, arising out of or relating to: your participation in the Competition; the preparation, creation, submission, posting, promotion or exhibition of your Entry; the measurement, calculation or reporting of views; the selection or non selection of finalists or the Winner; the award, acceptance, use, misuse, valuation, substitution, delay or non award of any prize; any production or non production of any series; any act or omission of any Platform; and any unauthorized human or non human intervention in the Competition.

22.2TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITY, LOST REVENUE, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR COST OF PRODUCING OR PROMOTING AN ENTRY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

22.3TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES TO ANY ENTRANT, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE COMPETITION OR THESE OFFICIAL RULES, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE OUT OF POCKET COSTS THAT ENTRANT ACTUALLY AND REASONABLY INCURRED IN ENTERING, AND (B) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$100). ENTRANTS WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO SEEK ATTORNEYS’ FEES EXCEPT WHERE SUCH WAIVER IS UNENFORCEABLE.

22.4The Competition and all Entries and prizes are provided without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Released Parties disclaim all warranties, express, implied and statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non infringement, and uninterrupted or error free operation.

22.5Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties, damages or liabilities. Where that is the case, the exclusions and limitations in this Section 22 apply to the fullest extent permitted, and nothing here excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

23.1You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all third party claims, proceedings, liabilities, damages, awards, settlements, penalties, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to: any breach of your representations, warranties or obligations under these Official Rules; any allegation that your Entry infringes, misappropriates or violates any right of any person; any failure to obtain a required release, license, consent or permit; any claim by any contributor, performer, collaborator or rights holder connected with your Entry; your use of generative artificial intelligence; and your conduct in promoting your Entry, including any conduct prohibited by Section 10.

23.2Sponsor may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate fully. You will not settle any such matter in a way that imposes any obligation or admission on any Released Party without Sponsor’s prior written consent.

23.3This Section 23 survives the end of the Competition indefinitely.

24.1These Official Rules and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the Competition are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict of laws principles or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

24.2Informal resolution first. Before commencing any arbitration or proceeding, you agree to notify Sponsor in writing at 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, describing the dispute and the relief sought, and to negotiate in good faith for THIRTY (30) days.

24.3Binding individual arbitration. Except as stated in Sections 24.5 and 24.6, any dispute that is not resolved informally will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS / the American Arbitration Association under its then current rules for consumer or commercial disputes, before a single arbitrator, seated in Los Angeles County, California, conducted in English. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to decide all issues, including arbitrability, except as stated in Section

24.4. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

24.4Class action waiver. ALL PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU AND SPONSOR WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, COORDINATED, MASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any representative proceeding. The enforceability of this Section 24.4 is to be decided by a court and not by the arbitrator, and if it is found unenforceable as to any claim, that claim will proceed in the courts identified in Section 24.5 and the remainder of Section 24 continues to apply.

24.5Court proceedings. Either party may bring an individual action in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction. Sponsor may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property, confidential information or the integrity of the Competition. For any dispute not subject to arbitration, the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles, California, and waive any objection to venue or inconvenient forum.

24.6Mandatory local law. If you are a consumer resident in a jurisdiction whose law gives you a non waivable right to bring proceedings in your local courts, to the protection of your local consumer law, or that prohibits pre-dispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers, nothing in this Section 24 limits that right, and Sections 24.3 and 24.4 do not apply to you to the extent they are unenforceable in your jurisdiction. Nothing in these Official Rules affects your rights as a consumer to rely on mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

24.7Any claim must be brought within one (1) year after it arises, or within the shortest period permitted by applicable law if longer is required, failing which it is permanently barred.

25.1Sponsor is not liable for any delay in or failure to perform any obligation under these Official Rules, including any delay in or failure to award any prize or to commence, continue or complete any production, where caused by any event beyond its reasonable control, including act of God, natural disaster, extreme weather, fire, flood, pandemic, epidemic or public health measure, war, hostilities, civil unrest, terrorism, act of government or regulator, change in law, sanctions, labor dispute, strike, guild or union action, embargo, supply failure, financing failure, insurance unavailability, cyber attack, power or telecommunications failure, internet or Platform outage, or the discontinuation, material change or loss of access to any Platform or its data.

25.2Where any such event materially affects the Competition, Sponsor may exercise any right in Section 13.9 or Section 20 without liability.

26.1Severability. If any provision of these Official Rules is found invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable or, if modification is not possible, severed. All remaining provisions continue in full force.

26.2Entire agreement. These Official Rules, together with the documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Sponsor concerning the Competition, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous statements, representations, understandings and communications, whether oral or written, including any statement made in any advertisement, social media post, press release, interview or event presentation. No statement by any employee, contractor, judge or partner of Sponsor varies these Official Rules unless made in a signed writing by an authorized officer of Sponsor.

26.3Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any right or obligation under these Official Rules. Sponsor may assign these Official Rules and any right or obligation under them, in whole or in part, without your consent, including in connection with any merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets.

26.4No third party beneficiaries, except that each Released Party may enforce the provisions that benefit it.

26.5Relationship. Nothing in these Official Rules creates any employment, agency, partnership, joint venture or fiduciary relationship between you and Sponsor.

26.6Language. These Official Rules are drafted in English. Any translation is provided for convenience only, and the English version controls in the event of any inconsistency, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

26.7Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. "Including" means including without limitation.

26.8Survival. Sections 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 and 26 survive the end or termination of the Competition.

27.1The name of the Winner will be posted at slateshots.com on or about December 16 and will remain available for THIRTY (30) days. A written request for the Winner’s name may also be sent to the address in Section 27.2.

27.2Questions about these Official Rules or the Competition may be directed to shots@slatemarket.io or to Artissn Corp. d/b/a Slate Market, Attn: Slate Shots, 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles CA 90025, United States.