“AMERICAN’S AGAINST STREAKING VIDEO CONTEST”
OFFICIAL RULES
THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY
BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS
CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE THE CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
BY ENTERING, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS
OF THE JUDGES, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of any one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at
time of entry. The following individuals are not eligible: Employees and
Affiliates of WW Ohana World Wide.
2. CONTEST SCHEDULE: You may enter the Contest between 12:00:01
a.m. Eastern
Standard Time ("EST") on 6/15/10 and 11:59:59 p.m. EST on 09/15/10 ("Contest Period").
3. TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, go to www.NoStreakingWindowWashing.com
("Web Site"), during the Contest Period, and click on the link for
the Contest Page. BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE,
YOU MUST EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY
POLICY OF THE WEB SITE, WWOWW, AND NO STREAKING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE
TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEB SITE OR ENTER THE CONTEST.
Click on the
“American’s Against Streaking” Contest link and complete and submit a
registration form for the Contest. Before emailing your Submission to contest@nostreakingwindowwashing.com, you will be
required to agree that you have (a) read or have had these Official Rules read
to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules, and (b) received
permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable
persons appearing in your Submission. You will be required to submit a release
(to be provided by Sponsor) signed by each identifiable person appearing in
your Submission granting Sponsor permission to use his or her image/likeness if
your Submission is selected as the winner. Submissions that do not include all
required information and adhere to the Official Rules as determined by Sponsor
in its sole discretion will be considered void. Once emailed, Submission will
not be returned. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or
disqualify any Submission it deems inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.
CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT: Here's the setup for “American’s Against Streaking”.
Get together your idea for a No Streaking Professional Window Washing
commercial. Go for action-packed, drama, or funny. It's up to you. Then write
it, shoot it and submit it.
Your submission should be in commercial form consistent with these Official
Rules.
JUDGING REQUIREMENTS:
Judging Criteria ("Judging Criteria") is as follows:
- (#1) Originality and Creativity - 40%
- (#2) Adherence to Creative Assignment - 30%
- (#3) Overall Appeal - 30%
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
A Video File must be submitted:
- The Video file(s) must be no more than 1 minute 30 seconds in length
(all copyrighted material will be removed)
- The Video file size should be kept at or under 100 MB
for quicker upload/encoding time (max file size is 500MB)
- Video Files must be provided in one of the following
file formats: .MPEG; .MOV; .AVI; .WMV
- For all video submissions shot in 16:9 aspect ratio,
they will need to be ready for center cut extraction
Finalists may be asked to provide the original audio and video files used
during production of the entry for broadcast purposes. This may include
uncompressed QuickTime files, final audio mix and/or separate audio tracks for
dialogue, music, and effects. These items are not mandatory to become a
Finalist.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Submission must be primarily in English.
- All entries must be received by 11:59:59
pm EST
on 9/15/10.
- The person submitting the registration and emailing the
Submission will be deemed the entrant ("Entrant"). The Entrant
is the one (1) person who owns the email address associated with the registration.
If any group elects to collaborate on a Submission, they are required to
designate one (1) person as the agent of the group to enter the Contest,
agree to these rules and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither
Sponsor nor any of the Contest Parties are liable for any disputes between
collaborators arising under or related to the Contest.
- Each individual Entrant is allowed a total of three (3)
Submissions.
- Limit one (1) Finalist Prize per person, household
and/or email address throughout the Contest Period.
- Each Submission must comply with the Web Site, WWOWW,
and No Streaking’s Terms of Service, as well as these Official Rules. In
the event of any inconsistency between these Official Rules and the Terms
of Service of WWOWW or No Streaking, the terms in these Official Rules
shall prevail.
- Each Submission must be the original work of the
Entrant produced for this Contest; it may not have been entered in or won
previous contests or awards; it may not have been published previously in
any medium; it must not infringe any party's intellectual property or
other rights; it must be suitable for display and publication on national
television (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent, including but not
limited to nudity or profanity); it must not contain obscene or
pornographic material, it must not contain defamatory statements
(including but not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered
offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation or socioeconomic group), it must not include threats to any
person, place, business, group or world peace, it must not invade privacy
or other rights of any person, firm or entity, and it must not in any
other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards.
- Each Submission must not feature or refer to any Window
Cleaning Service other than No Streaking Professional Window Washing; it
must not feature or reference any other third party trademarks, and it
must not feature or reference any names or third party logos (other than
the No Streaking brand logo).
- Each Submission must not feature beer, distilled
spirits (i.e. hard liquor, malt beverages), tobacco products (including
cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff),
contraceptives, feminine hygiene products, fireworks, firearms and
ammunitions, prescription drugs, illegal drugs and related drug
paraphernalia, nutritional supplements, lotteries and gambling (including
horse or dog racing and products or services related to gambling).
- Each Submission must not utilize live animals unless
the Entrant has obtained the consent of the animal's owner and an
affidavit from the animal owner or wrangler that the animal was not harmed
in the making of the commercial. Entrants are encouraged to contact the local
Humane Society prior to filming the Submission to verify appropriate
animal safeguards on set.
- Each Submission must not contain any copyrighted works
(other than as owned by the Entrant). You may not include any music,
unless you are the original composer of such music. Use of any
unauthorized music may result in disqualification of Submission, in
Sponsor's sole discretion.
- Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to
remove or blur or to ask the applicable Entrant to remove or blur any
non-material elements (e.g. small logos on clothing, artwork hanging in
the background, etc.) rather than disqualify an otherwise compliant
Submission.
- If in Sponsor's determination it is necessary or
advisable to make minor, non-material adjustments to an otherwise
compliant Submission to comply with specifications or requirements for
airing, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, elect to do so, or may ask
the applicable Entrant to do so.
All Submissions will be reviewed for content before being published or judged;
however, such review does not relieve Entrant from responsibility for
compliance with all of the Terms of Service and these Official Rules.
Submissions that do not comply in all material respects with the Terms of
Services or these Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited, or
inappropriate content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
will be disqualified and will not be published or considered for prizes.
Sponsor makes the final determination as to which Submissions are eligible to
take part in this Contest and be considered for a Finalist Prize. Certain
Submissions may be featured from time to time on the Web Site during the
Contest Period, in Sponsor's sole discretion; being selected as a featured
Submission is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee
selection as a Finalist in the Contest.
BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST AND UPLOADING YOUR SUBMISSION,
YOU IRREVOCABLY GRANT TO SPONSOR AND ITS AGENTS THE UNCONDITIONAL AND PERPETUAL
RIGHT TO POST, DISPLAY, PUBLISH, USE, ADAPT, EDIT AND/OR MODIFY SUCH SUBMISSION
IN ANY WAY, IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA, FOR ANY PURPOSE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND
WITHOUT CONSIDERATION TO YOU. FINALISTS AGREE TO IRREVOCABLY ASSIGN AND
TRANSFER TO THE SPONSOR ANY AND ALL RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST IN SUBMISSION,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL COPYRIGHTS AND WAIVE ALL MORAL RIGHTS IN
SUBMISSION. ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS FURTHER AGREE TO RELEASE AND INDEMNIFY AND
HOLD HARMLESS WWOWW ENTITIES (AS DEFINED BELOW), SPONSOR AND THE CONTEST
PARTIES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT ANY COMMERCIAL, ADVERTISING, PRESENTATION,
WEB CONTENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL SUBSEQUENTLY PRODUCED, PRESENTED, AND/OR
PREPARED BY OR ON BEHALF OF SPONSOR INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF ENTRANT'S WORK
AS CONTAINED IN ANY SUBMISSION.
4. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Three (3) finalist Submissions (each
a "Finalist") will be selected by a judging process in which a
qualified panel of judges ("Judges") will evaluate each eligible
Submission based on the Judging Criteria set forth above. In the event of a tie
for the third Finalist spot, the tie will be broken based on the highest score
in the first Judging Criteria, continuing thereafter to each Judging Criteria
in order, as needed to break the tie. The three (3) Finalist Submissions will
be posted for the public (ages 13 or older, except Maine, 18 or older) to vote
on their favorite at www.NoStreakingWindowWashing.com
starting on 9/20/10 at 12:00:01 am EST and ending on 9/30/10 at 11:59:59 pm EST
("Voting Period"). At the close of the Voting Period, the Submission
that receives the most votes will be deemed the Grand Prize Winner ("Grand
Prize Winner"). In the unlikely event that public voting results in a tie,
the tied Submissions will be re-judged by the Judges based on the Judging
Criteria stated above. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like
voting methods will void all such votes. Any attempt by Finalist and/or his/her
family/friends to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using
multiple names, email addresses, phone numbers and/or any other fraudulent
mechanism, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor
the right to disqualify Finalist in its reasonable discretion. All Finalists
are subject to verification, including without limitation, verification of
eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules and completion of release
forms (described below). If attempted notification is returned as
undeliverable, if a Finalist cannot be verified, or if a Finalist is otherwise
unable to accept prize, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an
alternate Finalist provided sufficient time remains, in Sponsor's discretion.
Entrants agree that the Sponsor has the sole right to decide all matters and
disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of Sponsor are final
and binding. Finalists, by acceptance of the Finalist Prize (defined below),
agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and Contest Parties, as
well as each of their respective parent and affiliated companies, and each of
their employees, representatives, contractors, advertisers and sponsor from any
and all liability, loss, damage, cost or claim relate to any allegation
regarding the acceptance or use of their prize, including but not limited to
the airing of the commercial Submission.
5. PRIZE DETAILS:
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZES: One grand prize ("Grand Prize") consists of
a $250 Visa Gift Card. The Grand Prize Winners’ Submission will be aired at www.NoStreakingWindowWashing.com,
YouTube, and on Facebook. There is no monetary value associated with the Grand
Prize. One (1) SECOND PRIZE: One second prize (“Second Prize”) consists of a
$50 Visa Gift Card. One (1) THIRD PRIZE: One third prize (“Third Prize”)
consists of a $25 Visa Gift Card.
THE MAXIMUM
TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES IN CONTEST IS: $325
6. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All Entrants must have a valid Contest Registration
Form and e-mail address. Finalists are solely responsible for any taxes on
their respective prizes, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of
their prize. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion
of the Sponsor. Prizes are non-transferable. Unclaimed prizes will not be
awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason,
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or
greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as
planned, including without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other
causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its
sole discretion to cancel, modify or terminate the Contest. Further, Sponsor
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual deemed
to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the
operation of the Contest or any Sponsor or Contest-related Web Site; (b)
violating the Official Rules; (c) violating the Web Site terms of service,
conditions of use and/or applicable general rules or guidelines; or (d) acting
in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse,
threaten or harass any other person. This Contest is offered only in the United
States and is governed by the laws of the state of Florida. All claims relating
in any manner to this Contest or to any Submission must be resolved in the
federal or state courts located in Collin County, Florida.
Please see the Web Site's privacy policy located at http://www.NoStreakingWindowWashing.com/websiteterms&privacy
for details of our policy regarding the personal information collected in
connection with this Contest.
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR
NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB
SITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL
AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY
PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW.
7. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Finalists will be notified by phone and/or email and
will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release by 10/15/10
or Finalist Prize will be forfeited and an alternate Finalist may be selected. NOTIFICATION OF FINALIST STATUS MUST BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL
THE FINALISTS ARE PUBLICLY REVEALED BY SPONSOR OR YOUR FINALIST PRIZE WILL BE
FORFEITED AND YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC VOTING AS A
FINALIST SUBMISSION. Your Submission will not be posted for public
voting as a Finalist unless the properly and fully completed Releases are
received by Sponsor no later than 9/19/10. The Grand Prize Winners will also be
required to sign a prize acceptance form prior to their Submission airing on website.
Sponsor reserves the right, to require a potential Finalist Prize winner to
submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help
ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity for the
Contest will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or
ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion.
Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general
waiver of any obligation to Entrants. By accepting a prize, Finalist (or
Finalist's parent or legal guardian if Finalist is a minor) agrees, and agrees
in writing if requested, that the Submission will be deemed a Work Made For
Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so
deemed, then the Finalist agrees to irrevocably assign and transfer to Sponsor
all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Submission, if any,
including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or
she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Finalists hereby
waive in favor of Sponsor, all rights of "Droit Moral" or "Moral
Rights of Authors" or any similar rights or principles of law that Finalist
may now or later have to his/her Submission. Sponsor reserves the right to
alter, change or modify a winning Submission, in its sole discretion. Upon
request of Sponsor, Finalist shall execute and deliver such additional
instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably
necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest
in and to the Submission and of the copyrights transferred and "Moral
Rights of Authors" waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail
to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of
Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No liability or responsibility is
assumed by the WWOWW Entities (as defined below), Sponsor or Contest Parties
resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the
Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in
connection with participating in the Contest. No responsibility or liability is
assumed by the WWOWW Entities, Sponsor or Contest Parties for technical
problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the
following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: hardware
or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network,
electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication
problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers,
hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of
any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or
intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the Web Site in whole or
in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Web Site;
unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest,
including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus,
bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection,
inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with
the Contest. WWOWW entities, Sponsor and Contest Parties are not responsible
for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official
Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of
Web Site is at user's own risk. WWOWW Entities, Sponsor and the Contest Parties
are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any
kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment
resulting from participation in the Contest, use of the Web Site or the
download of any information from the Web Site. By participating in the Contest,
the Entrant releases Sponsor, Contest Parties and the WWOWW Entities from any
and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such
Entrant's participation in the Contest. By accepting a prize in the Contest,
winners agree that the Sponsor, Contest Parties and WWOWW Entities shall not be
liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Contest,
acceptance or use of any prize, or any travel related thereto. Sponsor, Contest
Parties and WWOWW Entities are not liable in the event that any portion of the
Contest, event or the event contest is cancelled due to weather, fire, strike,
acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a
"Force Majeure Event"). Should a Force Majeure Event occur, Sponsor
may, but is not obligated to, exercise commercially reasonable efforts to air
the Grand Prize winning commercial at another time or make a reasonable
substitution in its sole discretion.
9. WINNERS' LIST/RULES REQUEST: For the names of the Finalists or
Official Rules, send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be
received by 9/14/10 to: WW Ohana World Wide Attn: Americans Against Streaking,
P.O. Box 62, Ruskin, FL 33575.
10. SPONSOR: WW Ohana World Wide PO Box 62 Ruskin FL 33575.
WW Ohana World Wide and No Streaking Professional Window Washing and each of
their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, officers, directors,
agents, representatives and employees (collectively, the "WWOWW
Entities") will have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising
in connection with participation in this Promotion or any prize awarded.