Poptent publishes video contest/assignment advertisements that are not for contests. These contest/assignment advertisements are published on these dedicated contests announcement websites: www.onlinevideocontests.com, www.vidopp.com, www.filmthenext.com, and www.filmcontest.com. These advertisements include the the words "contest", "prizes", "awards", "rewards", "judged", "judging criteria", "rules" and offers of huge "cash" prizes.
The Poptent website requires that you join Poptent before you can see any contest/assignment "rules" and if you join you will be tied to a binding arbitration contract and after you join you will find out that there are no contest rules and these are not contests and are for a "work-for-hire" arrangement that requires you to sign away your copyrights and legal protections in order to participate. There are NO contests associated with these assignments. There are no contest judges, no contest prizes, no contest rules, and no contest format.
I submitted 34 videos that I created at my own expense to these "contests" and I believed I was entering legitimate contests that followed Federal and State laws and that there would be judges and rules and prizes only to find out there were no contests and now Poptent claims it owns my videos on behalf of the Brand Clients. As of January 29 I have not been paid for video submissions that Poptent has stated they owe me. On or about August 22 I was notified by Mark Schoneveld Senior Poptent Manager that these were not contests and were for a "work-for-hire" arrangement.
PLEASE be aware that these Poptent contests/assignments may not be legitimate contests and before you join Poptent I suggest you contact Poptent and ask for a copy of any contract, agreement, and contest rules. Read the contracts and agreements very carefully and have an attorney help you!
You can contact Poptent here: [email protected], [email protected]. Help stop false and misleading advertising! Thanks very much for your support.
T.L. Alexande
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