Rules
Official U.S. Rules for The ON3P Secret Sauce Open Video Contest
1. INTRODUCTION: Source Interlink Magazines, LLC (owner and publisher of Newschoolers.com), and ON3P Skis (“Sponsors”) is offering The ON3P Secret Sauce Open Video Contest ("Contest") as described in these official rules. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are over 13 years of age at the time of entry. Employees of the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, dealers and agents, and the foregoing employees’ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter the Contest.
3. TIMING: Contest begins at 12:01:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST") on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 and ends at 09:00:00 p.m. PST on Sunday, May 5, 2013 ("Contest Period").
4. HOW TO ENTER: Limit one entry per person. To enter: upload your best video of playing the skiing video game Shredsauce. See Section 6 for judging criteria. Entry methods: Log on to Newschoolers.com’s website and click on the “The ON3P Secret Sauce Open Video Contest” to submit and upload your entry. At the start of your entry, there will be a short questionnaire to fill out the following: your full name, age, hometown, e-mail address, and phone number. Video should be no more than one (1) minute long and in one of the following video formats: asf, asx, avi, divx, dv, dvx, m4v, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, qt, wmv, 3g2, 3gp, 3ivx, or 3vx. More than one (1) entry from any person, or email address, will void all entries from that person or email address. Must be a registered user of Newschoolers.com to enter.
5. ENTRY/PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: Entry and associated content must be truthful in all respects, original, unpublished, cannot have been submitted in any other competition, and must not infringe or violate any third-party rights, including but not limited to the rights of copyright, trademark and publicity. Entry may be disqualified by Sponsors in its’ sole discretion if any entry or associated content: (i) disparages Sponsors or its business partners, (ii) causes or may cause reputational harm to Sponsors or its business partners, (iii) infringes or violates any law or regulation, or any third party rights (including but not limited to the rights of copyright, trademark, privacy and publicity), and (iv) contains nudity, sexually explicit content, violence, hate, gore or other offensive material. Sponsors shall retain discretion as to whether an entry and associated content are appropriate for the Contest.
6. JUDGING: Three (3) finalists will be selected as the potential winners and must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. On or about May 6, 2013, the eligible final entries received will be judged and one (1) winner will be determined by selected judges chosen by Sponsors (“Judge(s)”). Prize will be awarded based on the following criteria in relation to the Contest theme: persuasiveness of entry. The decisions of the Sponsors and/or Judge(s) on all matters related to the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects.
7. NOTIFICATION: Starting on or about May 6, 2013 the potential winner will be notified (the "Notification") in order of merit by messaging on Newschoolers.com. Within seven (7) days following the actual send date, of the Notification, the potential winner must correctly complete, execute and return the following documents as directed: An Affidavit, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement, including where lawful a Publicity Release. Please note that additional documents may be required at the discretion of Sponsors. Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (or the return of any prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to a prize, in which case such prize will be awarded to the entrant with the next highest score in accordance with the herein described judging criteria. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt to contact such potential winner, an alternate entrant will be selected in his or her place from all eligible entries received.
8. PRIZES: One (1) First Place winner will receive a pair of ON3P Jeronimo skis ($650.00 retail value); one (1) Second Place winner will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts & 3 ON3P hats ($200.00 retail value); and one (1) Third Place winner will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts and 1 sticker pack ($75.00 retail value). Limit one prize per winner. The total ARV of all prizes to be awarded in the Contest is $925.00. Contest prizes are nontransferable, must be accepted as awarded and subject to the conditions herein will be awarded. No substitution may be made, except by Sponsors in the event that a prize or part thereof cannot be awarded for any reason; in such event, Sponsors will in its sole discretion award a substitute prize or part thereof of equal or greater value. Each winner is solely responsible for the following in relation to a Contest prize awarded to him/her: a) any and all applicable taxes (including but not limited to the following taxes: federal, state, local taxes and sales tax); and b) any and all applicable fees and expenses that are not specifically set forth herein as included with a Contest prize and are related to the acceptance, award, enjoyment, installation and use of a Contest prize. Visual prize depictions may not accurately represent an awarded prize.
9. ENTRANT VERIFICATION: In the event of a dispute regarding which individual submitted any entry, such entry will be deemed submitted by the natural person whose name is on the applicable official entry form, email or essay page.
10. RELEASE: By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors (and where applicable a supplier and/or manufacturer of a service or product included with a Contest prize) and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, representatives, agents and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest (collectively the "Releasees") from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind (including any for the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity, and any personal injury, death and/or property damage) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, enjoyment, acceptance, installation or possession of a Contest prize. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a Contest prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors and its representatives, licensees, assignees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively the “Licensees”): a) The right to photograph/video a winner (including an awarded Contest prize and throughout a Contest prize activity); and b) The right in perpetuity to use, reuse, publish and display a participant’s/winner’s name, address, entry information (plus associated content), statements, quotes, opinions, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, video, photograph(s), biographical information, prize information, and winner-submitted photograph(s)/video/text/blog(s) (in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited or modified, as solely determined by Licensees) for advertising, trade, commercial, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without limitation or additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. Participants acknowledge that all entries and associated content, including all related intellectual property rights, become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned and may be used or edited by Sponsors without additional compensation in any and all media, without the further right of approval of entrant, except where prohibited.
11. CONDITIONS: Participants agree that by participating in the Contest they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, altered, stolen, postage due or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a Contest prize(s); and c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, line failure, injury, faulty machinery or other mechanical error, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Entries made by proxy or electronic means such as script, bot, macro, or any other similar software or program are void. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. If in the Sponsors’ or Judge(s) opinion, there is any suspected evidence of tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Sponsors reserve the right to modify, or terminate the Contest in a manner deemed appropriate by the Sponsors, at the Sponsors’ discretion. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12. LAWS: Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted.
13. WINNERS’ LIST: A list of prize winners will be available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope after June 15, 2013 to Newschoolers.com The ON3P Secret Sauce Open Video Contest - c/o Source Interlink Magazines, LLC, 831 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 Attn: Legal.
14. USE OF INFORMATION: The collection and use of entrant information will be governed by the following online privacy policy, available for viewing at
http://privacy.sourceinterlinkmedia.com/.
15. SPONSORS: Source Interlink Magazines, LLC (owner and publisher of Newschoolers.com), 831 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 and ON3P Skis, 5622 NE Hassalo St., Portland, OR, 97213.
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Official Canadian Rules for the ON3P Secret Sauce Open
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE OR PAYMENT DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: The ON3P Secret Sauce Open (“Contest”) is open only to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) and 13 years or older, and located in Canada at the time of entry. Void elsewhere and where prohibited by law. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of ON3P, Shredsauce and Newschoolers (“Sponsor”) and its respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors and licensees, and the advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the development and administration of the Contest (collectively, “Promotion Parties”), and their immediate family members (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) and those living in the same households of each are not eligible to enter or win. Other eligibility requirements and conditions of participation are set forth below in these official rules for the Contest (“Official Rules”).
2. Promotion Period: Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 5, 2013 (“Promotion Period”).
3. How to Enter the Contest: During the Promotion Period, enter the Contest by completing the following steps: Visit Newschoolers.com (the “Website”) and click on the link on the contest page to locate the online official entry form. Follow the on-screen directions to enter the Contest, upload your video (“Video"), complete all required fields and click submit to enter (“Entry”). Entries must follow the submission requirements set forth below. All Entries are subject to a review by Sponsor prior to posting online.
Photo/Video/Essay must follow the submission requirements set forth below. By uploading your Contest Entry, you agree that your Contest Entry conforms to submission requirements set forth below and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the submission requirements. THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE CONTEST ENTRY PER PERSON/EMAIL ADDRESS.
3. Conditions of Submission:
Submission Guidelines:
• The Contest Entry submitted must be created by the Entrant.
• The Contest Entry must feature a top-to-bottom run of Shredsauce with no editing.
• All Video Contest Entries must be between no longer than one run of Shredsauce.
Additional Conditions of Submission:
Any Contest Entry which Sponsor, in its sole opinion, deems to be inappropriate for publication will not be considered, or displayed and the corresponding entrant will be disqualified. Contest Entry cannot: (i) be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity; (ii) promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (iii) be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (iv) defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies; (v) contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; (vi) contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media); (vii) contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead; (viii) communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and (ix) depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law. By submitting a Contest Entry each entrant represents and warrants that: (i) his/her Entry is the sole and original creation of the Video and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (ii) the Contest Entry does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark/tradename, or other proprietary right of any person (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity; (iii) the Contest Entry is the sole and exclusive property of the Entrant; (iv) the participants depicted in the Entry have given written consent to its submission into the Contest and use as contemplated by these Official Rules; (v) the Contest Entry has not been previously published; (vi) entrant owns or otherwise has rights to use all elements of the Contest Entry; (viii) that Entrant is the parent or legal guardian of all persons appearing in the Video (other than Entrant, if applicable); (ix) Contest Entry has not won previous awards; and (x) publication of the Contest Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party. Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor and Promotion Parties from any claims to the contrary.
BY SUBMITTING A CONTEST ENTRY, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER CONTEST ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR’S WEBSITES, IN SPONSOR’S DISCRETION. Posting of a Contest Entry is not an indication that the entry has won a prize or is otherwise eligible for a prize. Your Contest Entry will be the property of Sponsor, and may be displayed, used or altered by Sponsor (or anyone Sponsor authorizes) for any purpose without any kind of payment to you. It also means that Sponsor or any of their affiliates may produce, market, sell or otherwise distribute products based on (in whole or in part) your Submission. This means you irrevocably and forever grant and assign to Sponsor all worldwide right, title, and interest in and to your Contest Entry (and all works derived from them) as well as all intellectual property you create by participating in the Contest. This also means you waive all rights of attribution and integrity if your Contest Entry is used by Sponsor or anyone Sponsor authorizes.
Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to entrants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Contest entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion. Sponsor also reserves the right, in their reasonable discretion, during or upon completion of the Contest Entry Period, to request that any entrant resubmit his or her Contest Entry prior to any judging period. By submitting a Contest Entry, you agree that your submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, that Sponsor is free to disclose or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Contest Entry on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not monitor/screen Contest Entries prior to posting them to the Website.
4. Voting: Contest Entries will be posted during the Contest Period in the gallery for public voting (“Voting Period”). The Contest Entries that receive the highest number of votes at the conclusion of the Voting Period will be deemed prize winners, subject to verification. In the event of a tie, winner(s) will be determined by the Contest Entry deemed the most original/creative, as determined solely by the Sponsor. Winner will be determined approximately by May 6, 2013 from all eligible Contest Entries received.
5. How to Vote: During the Voting Period, individuals may vote on a Contest Entry by online vote. Go to the Website and click on the link to locate the online official voting form. Follow on-screen directions to vote. LIMIT ONE (1) VOTE PER CONTEST ENTRY PER PERSON/E-MAIL ADDRESS DURING THE VOTING PERIOD. Improper, incomplete, mutilated and illegible votes will be disqualified. Any attempt by entrant and/or his/her family/friends to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names or email address and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor the right to disqualify entrant in its reasonable discretion and all of the ineligible votes. Sponsor reserves the right to void all votes made through any script, macro, robotic, automatic, mechanical, programmed or similar duplication method. Furthermore, entrants may not offer to buy or pay for votes or compensate a voter for a vote in any way. Any attempt by any person to fraudulently circumvent the voting restrictions in order to cast multiple votes will result in disqualification of all such votes received and may result in disqualification of the entrants for whom the improper votes were received if Sponsor determines that that entrant was involved in any way in the perpetration of such fraud.
6. Prizes and Approximate Retail Values (“ARV”): One (1) First Place winner will receive a pair of ON3P Jeronimo skis ($650.00 retail value); one (1) Second Place winner will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts & 3 ON3P hats ($200.00 retail value); and one (1) Third Place winner will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts and 1 sticker pack ($75.00 retail value). The total ARV of all prizes to be awarded in the Contest is $925.00. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize is permitted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All federal, state and local taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Arrangements for delivery of prizes will be performed after winner validation. LIMIT ONE (1) PRIZE PER PERSON/EMAIL ADDRESS/HOUSEHOLD. At Sponsor’s discretion, unclaimed prizes may not be awarded.
7. Conditions: Sponsor’s decisions are final in all matters relating to this Contest. All potential winners (and/or their parent/legal guardian if a minor) will each be notified by telephone, email, regular mail or overnight mail, and may be required to complete, sign and return a declaration of eligibility, a liability release, and where lawful, a publicity release within a stated amount of time. If declarations/releases are not received by the date stated on the notification, or if any notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if a potential winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, or does not return such other releases as deemed necessary by Sponsor, the potential winner will be disqualified and at Sponsor's discretion, an alternative potential winner may be selected.. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or telephone number of entrants. Promotion Parties assume no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible, inaccurate, damaged or incomplete entries or other communications, non-delivered or postage due mail, failure or unavailability of electronic equipment, communications or internet connections, or other errors, failures or malfunctions of any kind. Entries by automatic, programmed or like methods will be disqualified. Improper, incomplete, mutilated and illegible entries will be disqualified. . Prizes will be awarded only to an address within the United States. This Contest is subject to all federal and state laws. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor. If, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including 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, the Sponsor reserves the right to modify or terminate the Contest in a manner deemed reasonable by the Sponsor, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. In the event of cancellation of the Contest, Sponsor will randomly award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect Contest Entries received prior to cancellation. Sponsor reserve the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process or the Website or acts in a disruptive manner. This Contest is offered only in Canada (excluding Quebec) and all entrants agree that the rules shall be is governed by the laws of Ontario. By entering, entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, provincial and local courts located in Mississauga, Ontario.
The personal information collected through this Contest is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy located at
http://www.grindmedia.com/privacy-policy. By entering this Contest, you agree to the use of your personal information as described in the above Privacy Policy.
As a condition of entering, entrants agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to release Promotion Parties their affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, sales representatives, distributors, dealers, advertising and promotion agencies and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents, from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize, or the use of any photo or Contest Entry (b) under no circumstances will an entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and the entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.
8. Release: Except where prohibited, by accepting prize, winner grants permission for Sponsor and their agents to use his/her name, video/photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without additional compensation.
9. Winners’ List: To view the winners’ list for this Contest, please visit Newschoolers.com. The winners’ list will be available after winner validation has been completed.
10. Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by ON3P Skis. ON3P Skis, 5622 NE Hassalo Street, Portland OR USA, 97213.
Prizes
• 1st place will receive 1 pair of ON3P Jeronimo skis.
• 2nd place will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts and 3 ON3P hats.
• 3rd place will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts and 1 sticker pack.
• ON3P's Pick will receive 3 ON3P t-shirts and 1 sticker pack.
