Eligibility criteria

• Must be Bangladeshi National
• Minimum 18 years of age
• Proof of age, identity, and eligibility of participant must be furnished to Robi upon request (national ID, Passport, etc.)

Term

The Program opens for online submissions of audio recordings on 25th March, 2021 and closes on 30th November, 2021, at 11:59 PM. All entries must be received by the Entry Deadline.

How to enter

Each participant (“Participant”) may submit their audio recordings online through the following:

• Participants can submit their sound of independence through Robi Website, Robi Facebook Messenger or can upload the sound on social media and put the hashtag #আমারস্বাধীনতারআওয়াজ and Publish publicly on their timeline.
• Each Participant may submit multiple audio recordings. Each submission must be original and unique.

Submission categories/themes

The sounds that make people feel independent

Prohibited submissions

• Anything which violates any prevailing laws and constitution of the country
• Anything which infringes and/or violates the intellectually property rights of any third parties
• Any kind of propaganda or campaign against liberation war, spirit of liberation war, father of the nation, national anthem or national flag
• offensive, false or threatening recordings which may annoy, insult, humiliate or malign any person
• Anything which hurts the religious values or sentiment
• Any kind of defamatory information
• Anything which creates enmity, hatred or hostility among different classes or communities of the society, or destroys communal harmony, or creates unrest or disorder, or deteriorates or advances to deteriorate the law and order situation
• Hate/discriminatory/derogatory/vulgar speech/recordings of any kind
• Any political statements

Robi reserves the right to reject any submission without assigning any reason whatsoever, if Robi, in its sole opinion, is of the view that such submission is in contravention of this document, or in conflict with any laws/regulations/guidelines/directives/policies, and/or against social norms.

Technical specifications of submission sound files

Sounds can be submitted with google drive, Youtube links or directly recorded using facebook messenger voice recird option. Reference image or videos are appreciated with the sound files

Intellectual property rights (including copyrights) and no-objection-certificate (NOC)

• Copyright of any audio recording submissions shall remain with the respective Participant at all times.
• By uploading or submitting any audio recording to the Program, the Participant grants Robi with unlimited non-exclusive right to keep such audio recordings stored in the Sound of Independence Program’s website at www.robi.com.bd and/or any other websites/platforms/applications, and to make such audio recordings available through the Program to the general public, so that the general public may access such audio recordings and listen to them from time to time.
• By uploading or submitting any audio recordings to the Program, each Participant grants Robi the unfettered right to use such audio recordings for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, in relation to the Program and all promotional activities without any remuneration being due to such Participants.
• Each Participant, by uploading/submitting any audio recordings to the Program, hereby confirms that he/she does not have any objection to Robi utilizing such audio recordings as detailed under this document, including but not limited to storing such audio recordings in any format, making such audio available and accessible by the general public through the Sound of Independence Program’s website at www.robi.com.bd and/or any other websites/platforms/applications, as well as for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, in relation to the Program and all promotional activities without any remuneration being due to such Participants.

Publicity

By submitting any audio recording(s) to the Program, each Participant hereby grants to Robi the right to publicize the Participant’s name, photograph, image, likeness, voice, statements, and biographical information for promotion purposes without compensation and without opportunity for further review.

Representations

Each audio recording submitted to the Program, in its entirety, must be an original work of the Participant. By entering the Program, the Participant represents, acknowledges and warrants that he or she has full power and authority to enter the audio recording in the Program and that the audio recording does not infringe any copyright or violate any other intellectual property rights. The Participant agrees to indemnify Robi from any and all third-party claims arising from any audio recording(s) submitted by him or her.

Limitation of Liability

Robi will not be liable/responsible for any audio recordings submitted by the Participants. Each Participant agrees to release and discharge, hold harmless and indemnify Robi, their employees, agents and representatives, officers and directors and their immediate families, successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, and liability for any damages, expenses, fees, injury or losses sustained in connection with the Participant’s participation under the Program, and/or submission of audio recording(s) to the Program.

Program decisions

All decisions of Robi are final and binding. Robi retains the sole discretion to make all decisions regarding the interpretation and application of these rules and acceptance or rejection of any audio recording submissions to the Program. Robi also reserves the right to delete or reject any audio recordings at a subsequent/later date/time, even if such audio recordings are initially accepted by Robi.

Acceptance of Rules, Terms and Conditions

By submitting any audio recording(s), each Participant will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions and rules detailed in this document and Robi reserves the right to exclude any entry from the Program at any time and in its absolute discretion if Robi has reason to believe that an Participant has breached any terms and conditions, acted in violation of any laws, and/or acted fraudulently in any way or brings Robi into disrepute.

Reserved Rights

Robi reserves the right to cancel the Program or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and/or if circumstances arise outside of its control. If any Participant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, Robi reserves the right to exclude such Participant from the Program.

Contact:

For information, please contact with us directly via Robi facebook channel.