2012 Zip Line Gear
Video Contest
Official Rules
1. Description of the Contest: The "2012 New Website Video Contest" sponsored by Zip Line Gear ("SPONSOR"), is designed to give Entrants ("Entrants") the opportunity to submit videos of their own creation, while finding creative ways to incorporate the new Zip Line Gear logo into the video.
All eligible entrants will receive a Zip Line Gear T-Shirt boasting the new Zip Line Gear logo, and a water bottle for their submission, in addition to being considered for prizes. Prizes will be awarded to the Entrants who submit the best entries as determined by the judges in their sole discretion in accordance with these Official Rules, and the judging criteria below. It will be your responsibility to ensure that your video receives as many views as possible; the video with the most views will automatically be considered for first place.
2. Eligibility: This contest is open to anyone in the United States, age 18 and older, with the exception of: employees, their immediate family, contractors, associates, dealers, and vendors of Zip Line Gear.
3. How to Enter: No purchase or entry fee necessary. Contest begins at 12:00 am PST on April 9, 2012, and ends at 12:00 am PST on May 25, 2012 ("Contest Period"). To enter, upload your video to YouTube with the tag "ziplinegear2012". Then go to www.ZipLineGear.com/video-contest (the "Site") and follow the onscreen submission process which will require your full name, valid email address, telephone number, mailing address, video title, and URL to YouTube video. If it is a group submission, one member of the group must be designated as the Primary Entrant. The Primary Entrant is required to list his/her information on the submission form.
Submissions may be serious or humorous, but should be creative and original. Submissions must be submitted during the Contest Period. Sponsor's clock is the official clock and sole determinant for the purposes of a valid submission in this Contest. The Submission is time stamped when the Entrant clicks on the Submit button at the completion of the submission process. Sponsor or its designated representatives reserve the right to disqualify any Submission that does not conform to these Official Rules or the Site Usage Agreement as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Limit two (2) different Submissions per Entrant during the Contest Period. Only one Submission per Entrant can win.
All Submissions from the same person or email address in excess of the stated limit will be disqualified. You must retain a copy of your Submission in its original format after uploading it to the Site.
Requirements:
a. The Submission must not contain or reference any names,
products, trademarks, logos, or trade dress of any company or entity, besides
those belonging to Zip Line Gear.
b. Each Submission must be no less than 30 seconds, and no longer than 5
minutes (submissions that exceed 5 minutes will not be considered).
c. The Submission must be your own original work, created solely by you;
must not have been previously published, released or distributed in any
form; must not have won any award; and must not infringe the copyright,
trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights of
any person or entity.
d. Music used in the submission must be original and/or not require any
additional clearances for Sponsor to use or post on public websites or to
use in public forums of any kind.
e. If any persons appear or are referred to in the Submission, you are
solely responsible for obtaining consent, prior to submitting your video.
Formal submission of your video will represent any required clearances.
f. Submissions that are lewd, obscene, sexually explicit, pornographic,
disparaging, defamatory, violent, libelous, or that otherwise contain
inappropriate content or objectionable material may not be submitted and
may be removed at any time in Sponsor's sole and unfettered discretion.
g. You may not be, nor may you work with parties in conjunction with your
Submission who are: 1) represented under contract (e.g., by a talent agent
or manager) that would limit or impair Sponsor's ability to display your
Submission in any media form; 2) subject to an acting or modeling contract
that would make your/their appearance in the Submission a violation of any
third-party rights; or 3) under any other contractual relationship, including
but not limited to guild and/or union memberships, that may prevent Sponsor
from being able to use the Submissions worldwide in all media in perpetuity
on a royalty-free basis, without any payment or fee obligations. Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole and unfettered discretion to disqualify any
Submission that it believes violates or potentially violates any of the
foregoing requirements or otherwise fails to comply with any provision of
these Official Rules or the Site Usage Agreement for the Site. The decisions
of Sponsor on this and all matters pertaining to the Contest shall be final
and binding with no right of appeal.
Entrants indemnify and hold Sponsor harmless from and against any suits, claims, losses, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees that may arise from or in connection with any Entrant's Submission and the use and or display of the Entrant's Submission.
5. JUDGING CRITERIA: Sponsor will select three (3) finalists (the "Finalists") by May 30th, 2012. All criteria will be judged equally. Odds of winning depend on total number and caliber of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
Winners will receive the prize Notice via email no later than May 30th, 2012. The email will be sent to the email address provided by Entrant in the Submission process.
Final prizes will be awarded to the Entrants who submit the best entries as determined by the judges in their sole discretion in accordance with (but not limited to) these Official Rules and the following criteria:
- Creative incorporation of zip line equipment into the video
- Creative incorporation of the new Zip Line Gear logo into the video
- Unique pan shots and angles that reflect the "thrill" of zip lining
- Interesting story line or plot to engage the viewer
- Quality of videography, use of lighting, sound, and music
- Number of YouTube video views
6. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:
a. One Grand prize of EITHER a Canon 60D 18MP digital camera (valued at $1,299) or $1,000 USD
cash, available as substitute upon request.
b. One second prize of a GoPro HD Hero2 + 32GB flash drive (valued at $350.00)
c. One third prize of a GoPro HD Hero + 8 GB flash drive (valued at $200.00)
d. Unless otherwise stated, prizes must be accepted as awarded and no substitute is available.
The prizes are neither refundable nor transferable. Prizes will only be awarded to the Entrant
whose full name and valid email address and mailing address appears on the Submission form. Please
allow four weeks to receive the prize from the date of being declared the winner in accordance
with these Official Rules.
e. Each Submission will be tied to one Entrant. In the event that a group of people (more than one)
works together on a submission, the submission will be entered under the name of a Primary Entrant.
In the event that a Submission created by a group (and submitted by a Primary Entrant) is declared
the winner in accordance with these Official Rules, the prize will be awarded to the Primary Entrant
and it will be the responsibility of the Primary Entrant to distribute the prize.
f. Only one prize will be given for each of First, Second, and Third place in accordance with section
6 of these Official Rules.
7. GRANT OF RIGHTS AND ORIGINALS:
a. By entering the Contest, Entrant agrees, acknowledges and understands that all Submissions may
be posted on the Site for viewing by the general public. Furthermore, Entrant grants the Sponsor
in perpetuity a nonexclusive license to publish, display, reproduce or otherwise use the Submission
for the Sponsor and its designees in its sole discretion whatsoever and without further notice or
compensation. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any Submission and reserves the right not
to post a Submission for any or no reason. All Entrants' Submissions become the exclusive property
of Zip Line Gear. Winners agree to sign any documents that may be necessary to affect the assignment
of the licensing rights.
b. If you are selected as a winner, you will need to provide Sponsor with your Submission in its
original format. Failure to do so may result in disqualification, and the selection of an alternate winner.
8. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
a. Conduct
Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to modify the terms and conditions of the Contest, cancel,
terminate, and/or suspend the Contest and to disqualify any Entrant that tampers with the entry process,
violates these official rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Without limiting the
foregoing, Sponsor may reject any Submission, if in Sponsor's sole judgment, the Entrant has been disqualified,
has questionable eligibility or is otherwise ineligible to enter or participate. ANY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTS
DELIBERATELY TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL
PENALTIES AND FINES; SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
b. Incidents
Without limiting the foregoing, Sponsor may modify, cancel, terminate, and/or suspend the Contest if, in
Sponsor's sole opinion, an incident of any kind occurs to corrupt or impair the administration, security,
integrity, fairness or play (as intended) of the Contest, including without limitation: (a) earthquake,
flood, fire, storm or other natural disaster, act of God or ( b) labor controversy or threat thereof,
civil disturbance or commotion, disruption of the public markets, war or armed conflict (whether or not
officially declared).
c. Releases and Affidavits
Before being declared a winner, the selected Entrant must complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility,
a Waiver and Release, and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release, within five (5) calendar days
of the date stated on the prize Notice.
d. Release
By participating in this Contest all Entrants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Zip Line Gear
(Sponsor) from and against any liability, injury, death, loss or damages to Entrant or any person or entity,
including without limitation damage to personal or real property, caused in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, by reason of their participation in this Contest (or related activities) or their acceptance,
possession or use/misuse of a prize.
e. Publicity
Except where prohibited, Entrants hereby grant Sponsor the right to use their names, likenesses, voices,
opinions and biographical information for publicity or promotional purposes.
f. Entry Errors/Internet
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected
Submissions. Sponsor is not responsible for lost or late Submissions nor for electronic transmission errors
resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction
or unauthorized access to or alterations of Entrant's Submissions, or for technical, network, telephone
equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate
transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof. If for any reason the program is
not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt
or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor
reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the contest.
Furthermore Sponsor reserves sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from eligible Submissions received during the Contest Period. If there is a dispute as to the identity of the Entrant, the prize will be awarded to the authorized account holder of the email address. The "authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet provider, online service provider or other organization such as a business or educational institution that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. An Entrant may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected Submission.
9. PRIVACY: By participating in this Contest, Entrant grants to the Sponsor the right to use his/her likeness and name, mailing address, including city of residence, telephone number and email address ("Personal Information") without further permission or compensation for the purpose of administering the Contest including but not limited to, contacting and announcing the winner, and acknowledges that the Sponsor may disclose the Personal Information to third parties or service providers of the Sponsor in connections with the foregoing. By accepting a prize in this Contest, winner grants to the Sponsor the right to use their Personal Information including any photographs or comments for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest without compensation or further permission and acknowledges that the Sponsor may disclose the Personal Information to third parties or service providers of the Sponsor in connections with the foregoing. For more information, see Sponsor's Privacy Policy available at http://www.ziplinegear.com/privacy/.
10. GOVERNING LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of participants or Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the state of Oregon, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state laws. Claims may not be resolved through any form of class action. Venue for all suits will be in federal or state courts located in the County of Josephine, City of Grants Pass, or State of Oregon.
11. SEVERABILITY: If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
12. LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY: In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and any Contest related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, any television, point of sale, print or on-line advertising, the terms and conditions of these English Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
13. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Contest is Sleaddventures, LLC. DBD: Zip Line Gear, 420 SW 6th St. Grants Pass, OR 97526