Knock Turn

ARTICLE 1- THE PROMOTER

1.1 The promoter is Yamaha Corporation, 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, 430-8650, Japan and Yamaha Music Europe GmbH Siemens Strasse 22-3, Rellingen, Germany 25462 (“Yamaha”).

1.2 Yamaha reserves the right to cancel this Campaign at any time by its own sole discretion.

1.3 By participating in this Campaign, participants agree that they have read, understood, accepted and will comply with these Terms and Conditions.

ARTICLE 2- PARTICIPANTS

2.1 Participation in this Campaign is restricted to participants who have agreed to this Terms and Conditions Campaign and aged 18 years and over.

2.2 Employees of Yamaha, its affiliates, their families, agents, and other parties directly involved in this Campaign are not entitled to participate.

2.3 There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this Campaign.

2.4 The Campaign will run from 20 of January 2025 to 31 of March 2025. After this date no further entries to the Campaign will be permitted.

2.5 Each Participant warrants and represents that his/her submitted content (performance video and/or comments)is original, has not been previously published or won any award. Participants also warrants that their post is free of third party’s rights and must not contain illegal or inappropriate content. Participants must ensure that their post is made public.

2.6 If the submitted contents contain intellectual property rights, portrait rights, or other rights of a third party, the participant shall obtain prior permission from the relevant rights holder prior to the participation. In particular, if any person appears in the content in an identifiable form, make sure to obtain approval from the person. If a minor appears in the content, prior agreement by a parent or legal guardian is necessary.

2.7 Yamaha reserves the right to verify the Participants’ eligibility and /or exclude Participants and its sole discretion at any time and for any reason.

ARTICLE 3- RULES OF PARTICIPATION

3.1 The Participant must record a video with original score, titled “Knock Turn Op.9-2”, being played.

3.2 To enter via Instagram, participants must have an active and non-private Instagram account (i.e., the account is set to “public”) or sign up for a free Instagram account at www.instagram.com. The Instagram profile of the Participants must be public during the period of the Campaign (Jan 20 - Mar 31, 2025)

3.3 Participants must upload their video to their Instagram account as a publicly visible 'Post.' The video must clearly display the Participant actively playing the piece.

3.4 The Participant must follow Yamaha's official Instagram account. (https://www.instagram.com/yamahamusicglobal/)

3.5 In order to participate in the Campaign, the Participant must properly write with a hashtag "#LoveYourMistake" to the description section.

3.6 The videos should be uploaded to Instagram between Jan 20 and Mar 31, 2025. Uploads after this date will not be counted. Participants, comment and have content submitted or uploaded to Instagram in connection with this Campaign (collectively, "Submitted Content")

3.7 The Yamaha Piano/Keyboard is preferred to be visible on the video. Participants agree that the use of Yamaha products in the photos and videos shall not be defamatory of the Yamaha's Brand.

3.8 The Participant is considered as the one who owns the Instagram account where the video is uploaded.

3.9 No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received by Yamaha for whatever reason.

3.10 Participants must ensure compliance with Instagram’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines in all submitted content. Non-compliance may lead to disqualification.

ARTICLE 4 - BENEFIT OF THE CAMPAIGN

4.1 Yamaha retains full and exclusive discretion to select which Submitted Content, if any, will be featured, as well as the quantity of such content to be used, without any obligation to justify the selection criteria, provide reasoning, or notify participants of the decisions.

4.2 Some of Submitted Content will be featured on the special website without prior notice to the participant. (https://www.yamaha.com/en/about/experience/promotion/every-key/)

4.3 Submitted Content will be randomly chosen by Yamaha.

4.4 This Campaign is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, X, META or any other social network. By entering the Campaign Participants accept that they have no claims against these social networks in connection with this Campaign.

4.5 Participants acknowledge that by featuring their content on Yamaha’s website or promotional materials, Yamaha is under no obligation to provide monetary compensation, promotional opportunities, or any other form of consideration, unless explicitly agreed upon in writing.

ARTICLE 5 - DISCLAIMER

5.1 Yamaha accepts no responsibility for lost or late video post, or for posts that are not posted on time and correct format.

5.2 Incomplete or illegible posts will be excluded from participation.

5.3 Yamaha is not liable for any costs incurred by the Participant in connection with the Campaign.

5.4 Yamaha will not be liable for late posts of any kind in respect of this campaign.

5.5 Yamaha reserves the right to refuse unjustified posts, as well as to withdraw this Campaign entirely at any time, or to unilaterally modify the Terms and Conditions without incurring any obligations.

5.6 Yamaha shall not be liable for any failure to meet these Terms and Conditions where such failure is caused by any supervening circumstances such as force majeure. Such circumstances shall include, but shall not be limited to technical problems, change of terms and conditions or decisions/actions/failure by any third party such as META, Facebook, Instagram or X, severe weather conditions, fire, flood, war, earthquake, riots, industrial dispute, terrorism, acts of god, or events that, without fault of either party, render performance impossible or incapable of satisfactory execution.

5.7 Participants’ Submitted Content may not contain, depict or show any content that: (i) is sexually explicit or suggestive, offensive, lewd, profane, obscene, or contains nudity or racist innuendo; (ii) promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any political agenda or message; (iii) defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about Yamaha or other companies; (iv) contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) or copyrighted materials (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published via websites, television, movies or other media) owned by others, without permission; (v) contains any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, or street addresses for any person other than Participant, or otherwise infringes on the privacy of any person other than Participant; (vi) communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive image and good will of Yamaha’s brand; and/or (vii) violates any law. Any Submitted Content that contain, depict or show such content; that exceed any required file size or length limits imposed by the Campaign or any third-party social media site; and/or that violate these Submitted Content requirements and/or these Terms and Conditions will be disqualified. Yamaha reserves the right in its sole and unfettered discretion to screen and disqualify any Submitted Content that Yamaha believe is inappropriate or not suitable for publication, that does not comply with these Terms and Conditions, or that is not consistent with the spirit or theme of this Campaign.

5.8 By submitting contents, the Participant explicitly acknowledges and grants Yamaha, along with its legal representatives, successors, dealers, affiliated companies (including their subsidiaries), an irrevocable, worldwide, transferable, and perpetual license to use, sublicense, edit, modify, post, reproduce, publicly display, and publish any material uploaded by the Participant to Instagram in connection with the Campaign. This license includes the right to use such contents for commercial purposes on Yamaha’s social media channels and websites, in any media format, including online or in print, with or without attribution to the Participant’s first and/or last name. No additional consideration or approval shall be required from the Participant. Submitted Contents that attempt to restrict these rights will not be accepted or considered. Participants retain the moral rights to be identified as the creator of their Submitted Content but waive any objection to modifications made by Yamaha for the purposes outlined in this Campaign.

5.9 If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.

5.10 Questions or complaints regarding the Campaign should be addressed to Yamaha. Contact details will be https://inquiry.yamaha.com/contact/?act=74&lcl=en_WW

5.11 In these Terms and Conditions, gender-specific language forms are avoided for reasons of better readability. However, all personal designations apply equally to all genders. The chosen formulation serves only to simplify the language and does not imply any valuation or discrimination.

ARTICLE 6 - DATA

Upon participation to this campaign, the Participant will provide personal data such as name, address, which is stored and processed by Yamaha for the purpose of administering this Campaign. You can object to the use of your personal data at any time by notifying Dataprotection@contact.europe.yamaha.com. All personal information will be processed by Yamaha only in connection with the management of this promotion including the provision of information to third parties designated to administer the promotion. In as far as our third-party providers encounter your personal data, we will ensure that the data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR also complies with the applicable data protection laws.

Participant may have more information about Personal Data usage on Yamaha’s and Executing Agency’s Privacy Policies here: https://uk.yamaha.com/en/privacy_policy/

ARTICLE 7- JURISDICTION

These Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted according to and governed by Federal Republic of Germany law without reference to principles of conflict of laws. Any dispute or procedure shall be heard before the Hamburg District Court in Germany. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any portion of these Terms and Conditions to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect.