[CHALLENGE] 2024. AUGUST : LET'S DRAW THE PARALYMPIC GAMES

The Paralympic Games is an international sporting competition where athletes with disabilities compete beyond their limitations.

In total, the Paralympics include 22 different sports with a variety of events under each sporting category.

Some examples include basketball and boccia games played on specially designed wheelchairs, track and field events that allow athletes to wear prosthetic legs made of carbon fiber, and cycling that requires pedaling with your hands rather than your feet.

Weight classes are divided only by body weight, and events like judo require athletes to use their tactile senses to go back and forth on offense and defense, whereas dressage invovesl an equestrian manipulating a horse's movements to present artistic skills for evaluation.

Our second challenge in August is about ‘THE PARALYMPIC GAMES’, and we’re hosting it in collaboration with the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

The Paralympic Games was initiated as a means to treat and rehabilitate paraplegics.

It all started when a British medical doctor held a competition to help improve the strength and self-esteem of war veterans.

The competition continued to develop, and the first official Paralympic Games got underway in Rome in 1960.

In the early days, the Paralympic Games had no ties to the Olympic Games.

But when the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, the IOC agreed to host the Paralympic Games right after the Closing Ceremony for the Olympic Games.

The Paralympic Games are different from the Olympic Games in the way it is organized.

The format is adjusted so that all athletes compete under suitable conditions.

For instance, in football or goalball, the crowd has to remain silent so that the players wearing eye patches can focus on the sound of the ball.

As for the Para cycling track, tandem cycles, which are two-person bicycles, are used along with standard bicycles, and visually impaired and non-disabled athletes pair up to compete in teams.

Don’t you think it’d be fun to imagine and draw about a unique game style or competition that requires people working together to win?

This year's Paralympic Games will be held in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024.

It’s actually the first-ever Paralympic Games hosted in France.

Reports say that the Paralympic Games will feature a never-before-seen Opening Ceremony that blends in with the cityscape, Including the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde, which has the largest obelisk in Paris.

What comes to your mind when you think of the Paralympic Games?

Take on the challenge and capture various aspects of the Paralympic Games, from all the athletes working hard to compete to the unique events and magnificent scenery of the sporting venues.

The artworks (hereinafter, the “Artwork”) you submit on the Penup platform should meet the following criteria to be considered for the Challenge:

• non defamatory, vulgar or offensive content,

• non political content,

• non unlawful content,

• non AI generated content,

• the Artwork should not include any material in which copyright or other intellectual property rights are owned by a third party, and more specifically should not incorporate a logo, watermark or any graphic integration referring to a brand.

Samsung may, in its sole discretion, disregard an Artwork if it considers that such Artwork does not comply with all or part of the present rules.

This will be proceeded for 16 days.

From Aug. 16, Fri (GMT) to Aug. 31, Sat (GMT).

The challenge is running based on GMT.

Therefore, the start and end times differ depending on time zone of each country, so please refer to GMT time when uploading your work.

We’re also doing this challenge in collaboration with the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

That means 10 winning entries will be uploaded on to the Olympic Games Paris’ official website, and the final winner will be crowned by a user poll.

Please look out for new updates about the official web link and details about the challenge.

Moreover, since we are working with the IOC this time, additional terms and conditions will apply to your artwork.

If you participate in the challenge, we’ll assume you’ve agreed to these additional terms and conditions.

The most important provision that applies to PENUP users would be, “The copyright of the artwork naturally belongs to the creator, but the artwork may be used for marketing purposes related to the Olympic Games in addition to PENUP.”

For more details, please refer to the terms and conditions (English) below.

We look forward to your participation and amazing works!

Thank you.

Legal items, The terms and conditions applicable to this challenge are as follows:

1. Conditions of participation to the Challenge: The Penup app only operates on the Android OS, so participation in this challenge is limited to users with an Android phone.

2. Challenge phases : 10 artworks selected by the IOC and Samsung from the entries submitted for the challenge will be uploaded to MyOlympicRewards.com . Please note that you must warrant and confirm you are at least 18 years of age or older to access MyOlympicRewards.com

3. Content shared on Penup:

1. Use of the content by IOC and Samsung: Users acknowledge and accept that the Artwork and any product of their work related to and/or associated with the Artwork which the User produces, makes, devises, invents or develops for the purpose of participating in the Challenge (the “Works”), shall be the exclusive property of the IOC. The User hereby irrevocably and absolutely transfers and assigns to the IOC, worldwide and in perpetuity, without any restriction of any kind, any and all rights (including intellectual property rights), titles and interest in and to the Works (including, without limitation, the right to reproduce, copy, edit, alter, adapt, translate, modify, distribute, create derivative works or sell the Works, in any media, form or manner whatsoever). The User agrees not to market, sell, publish, give to be published, disclose or otherwise use the Works for any reason whatsoever without the prior written consent of the IOC.

2. Moral Rights: The User hereby waives any moral rights it may have in the Artworks and the Works. In the event any moral rights cannot be waived under the applicable law, the User accepts not to assert his/her moral rights in relation to the use of the Artworks and the Works and, in particular, agree and give their consent that the Artworks and the Works may be edited, modified, altered, transformed, adapted, distributed, used to create derivative works, destroyed or otherwise, in whole or in part, either by Samsung, the IOC or third parties authorised by them, without such uses being deemed or considered an infringement of any moral rights or any other right. Furthermore, the User authorises Samsung, the IOC or third party authorised by them to use or exploit the Artworks and Works with or without mentioning the User as the author(s) or in any other capacity.

3. Liability for the shared content: The user will be entirely responsible for any content they provide and for any consequences arising in connection with that content. The User warrants to Samsung, the IOC and any entities existing or to be created, owned or directly or indirectly controlled by the IOC from time to time, including the OFCH, Television & Marketing Services S.A., the Olympic Refuge Foundation, World Olympians Association, Olympic Channel Services S.A., Olympic Channel Services S.L., Olympic Broadcasting Services S.A., Olympic Broadcasting Services S.L. and their respective affiliates that the Works and Artwork do not, and that their use by Samsung and the IOC will not, violate any existing copyright, intellectual property rights or other rights of any third-party.

4. Reservation of rights: The participation in any of the art challenges does not give the right to the users to use the IOC’s/Samsung’s/Olympic/Paralympic Games’ names, trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive properties.

5. No Use of Olympic Properties: The Users are not granted any marketing rights under the Terms and Conditions or any right of association in any way with the IOC, the Olympic Games or the Olympic movement. The User shall not, without the prior written consent of the IOC, use or authorise the use of any of the “Olympic Properties” as defined by the Olympic Charter (as available on the following link: https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-charter and as periodically updated), including without limitation the Olympic symbol, emblem(s) such as Olympic Games emblems, trademark(s), theme(s), logo(s), mascot(s) or other designation(s), or conduct any communication that may suggest, directly or indirectly, that the Users have been granted any right of association with and/or maintains any particular relation with the IOC, the Olympic Games and/or the Olympic movement.

6. Ambush marketing: The participants warrant that they will not undertake, facilitate or persuade others to undertake, any activities that would or might reasonably be expected to constitute “Ambush Marketing” (being specified that “Ambush Marketing” is defined as any activity, whether commercial or not, which creates, implies, refers to, or results in, any association with the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games or the Olympic and/or Paralympic Movement -or also in this case Samsung’s products and activities- and any mark or designation related to the Games or Paralympic Games, or which creates such association in the public’s mind, as well as the supply or distribution of advertising and promotional materials or products at or in the vicinity of Olympic or Paralympic sites for the purpose of obtaining some visibility for a brand, unless such activity has been expressly authorised in writing in advance by the IOC or Samsung);

Limitation of Liability: Samsung and the IOC are responsible only for the smooth running of the Challenge and in accordance with its responsibilities expressly set forth in this Notice. For the sake of clarity, Samsung and the IOC shall not be responsible for any liability related to the Challenge that is not expressly referred to herein, including any damage liability or damage from participation in the Challenge.

Samsung and the IOC will not accept responsibility for any entries or Artworks that are lost, mislaid, damaged, delayed, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of network, hardware or software failure of any kind.

By participating in the Challenge, Participants agree to indemnify and hold harmless Samsung, the IOC, Paris 2024 Organizing Committee and each of their respective affiliates, partners, representatives, suppliers, distributors, successors and assigns, and each of their respective parent companies and each such entities’ officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims by, or liability to, any third party for loss, damage or injury to persons or property caused by any act or omission (whether willful or negligent) of the Participant in connection with the Penup platform or the Challenge to the fullest extent permitted by law.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the Released Parties are not responsible for:

(1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Participant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Challenge;

(2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to, malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software failures of any kind including any injury or damage to any person’s computer account resulting from participating in the Challenge, or mis-transcribed data;

(3) unauthorized human intervention or human error which may occur in any part of the entry process;

(4) technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries;

(5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen post or Artwork;

(6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Participant’s participation in the Challenge; or

(7) any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Challenge or any Challenge-related activity.

(8) If for any reason a Participant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Participant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Challenge, if it is possible.

Nothing in this section shall exclude the Released Parties’ liability for unlawful intent or gross negligence, or for any other liability whose limitation is prohibited by law.