WPXI's Cutest Pet Photo Contest
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND
MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Eligibility. Subject to the additional restrictions below, the WPXI's Cutest
Pet Photo Contest is open to “residents of the state of Pennsylvania who are 18
years or older at the time of entry.” Entrants must reside within the Channel
11 viewing area. Employees of WPXI-TV (“Sponsor”) and each of its respective
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotional agencies,
and the family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees,
are not eligible to enter or to win. The term “family members” includes
spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, grandchildren and in-laws,
regardless of where they live.
3. How To Enter. The Contest entry period will begin at 6:30 p.m. (E.T.) on Dec. 20,
2012 and end at 3 p.m. (E.T.) on Jan. 14, 2013. Sponsor will be the official
timekeeper for the Contest.
Enter by visiting WPXI's Cutest Pet Photo Contest official registration page at
http://wpxi.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=78844 (the “Website”) and
completing all of the required information and following all posted
instructions.
As part of the registration process, you must upload your original photo.
Maximum one (1) entry per person and per email address during the Contest
Period. The photo should be of just one pet. Photos with people will not
be accepted. Professional photos will not be accepted.
The use of multiple identities and/or accounts is prohibited, and any attempt
to obtain more than the stated number of entries will void that participant’s
entries and may result in participant’s disqualification. Incomplete, forged,
altered, automated, mechanically-reproduced, lost, late, misdirected, garbled,
or illegible entries, or entries that do not meet the size or formatting
requirements specified above, will be disqualified. Sponsor will not be
responsible for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or
technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning
of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender, Sponsor,
or Sponsor’s Contest application service provider. In the event of a dispute,
all online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the
ISP account from which they were sent, provided that such person satisfies all
other Contest eligibility requirements. For these purposes, an ISP account
holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such ISP account by the
Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization
responsible for assigning ISP addresses for the domain associated with such ISP
account.
All entries become property of Sponsor and none will be returned. Any questions
regarding the number of entries submitted or the owner of an ISP account shall
be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right
to disqualify any entries by persons who submit false or misleading entry
information or who Sponsor determines to be tampering with or abusing any
aspect of the Contest.
4. Entry Restrictions. Any elements appearing in your
entry must be entirely original, created by you, be in the public domain, or be
an Authorized Asset. Use of any materials that are not original to you, not in
the public domain, or that are not an Authorized Asset may result in
disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry that
violates the foregoing restrictions, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion.
5. Winner Selection.
During the Voting Period, Jan. 14, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. (E.T.) until Jan. 28, 2012
at 3 p.m. (E.T.), visitors to the Website will be prompted to vote for their
favorite photo from among all entries received during the Contest Period.
Starting on Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m., you'll be allowed one vote per hour per day.
Captcha is required for voting to help ensure that votes are generated by a
person. The use of software of other automated processes to submit
multiple votes is prohibited and votes submitted by such means will be
disqualified and disregarded.
Please note that even if a particular entry is shown as the leader at the close
of the Contest Period, that entry has not yet won. All results are unofficial
until verified by Sponsor.
On or about Jan. 28, 2013 at 3 p.m. (E.T.), the one (1) photo that receives the
highest number of votes will be the named the potential 1st place winner upon
verification by Sponsor.
6. Prize Description.
One (1) First Prize: Subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with
these Official Rules, one (1) First Prize Winner will receive a Petco or
PetSmart Gift Card (ARV: $ 100).
7.Winner Notification and Acceptance. Potential winners will be notified on or
about Jan. 28, 2013 at the email address or phone number provided on the
potential winner’s entry form.
In order to claim a prize, potential winner must respond to Sponsor’s
notification within “forty-eight (48) hours” of notice or attempted notice.
Potential winners may be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, and
a liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law), which must
be notarized and returned within 7 days of notification
Sponsor’s inability to reach a potential winner after a reasonable (as solely
determined by Sponsor) effort has been made, the failure of a potential winner
to timely respond to a prize notification, the return of any prize notification
as undeliverable and/or a potential winner’s failure to comply with any term or
condition of these Official Rules may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, result in
the potential winner’s disqualification and the selection of a substitute
winner by based upon the entry that received the next highest number of votes.
Sponsor will select up to 3 alternate potential winners, after which the prize
will remain unawarded.
A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL SPONSOR HAS
COMPLETED ITS VERIFICATION OF PARTICIPANT’S ELIGIBILITY.
A winner may waive the right to receive a prize. Prizes are non-assignable and
nontransferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. No substitutions allowed by
winner. Prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to
availability. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes or components of
prize packages with a prize or component of equal or greater value. Winner is
solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on a prize. Winner
may be required to provide his/her valid Social Security Number to Sponsor for
tax purposes and/or complete an IRS W-9 form in order to claim a prize. Winners
are solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes on prize value
and, as applicable, will be issued an IRS Form 1099 based on the prize value
determined by Sponsor. Prizes not won and claimed by eligible winners in
accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the
property of Sponsor.
8.Participation. By participating, participants agree to be bound by these
Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and any Contest judges or
administrators selected by Sponsor, which are final and binding in all
respects. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify persons found tampering with
or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as solely determined by Sponsor.
In the event the Contest is compromised by a virus, non-authorized human
intervention, tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control of
Sponsor which corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or
proper operation of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole
discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. Should the Contest be
terminated prior to the stated expiration date, Sponsor reserves the right to
award prizes based on the entries received before the termination date. Proof
of sending or submission of an entry will not be deemed proof of receipt by
Sponsor.
9.Authorization. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT (I)
YOUR ENTRY IS ORIGINAL, WAS LEGALLY OBTAINED AND CREATED, AND DOES NOT INFRINGE
THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHER LEGAL, EQUITABLE, OR MORAL RIGHTS OF
ANY THIRD PARTY; (II) YOU HAVE OBTAINED PERMISSION TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY FROM
EVERYONE NAMED, DESCRIBED, OR APPEARING IN YOUR ENTRY AND FROM THE OWNERS OF
ALL LOCATIONS APPEARING IN YOUR ENTRY, AND YOU CAN MAKE THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS
AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR UPON REQUEST; (III) THE ENTRY YOU ARE SUBMITTING HAS NOT
PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION AND IS NOT CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLICATION; AND (IV) YOU WILL NOT DISSEMINATE OR
OTHERWISE SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY TO ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR PUBLICATION.
10.Publicity Release. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU AGREE THAT SPONSOR, COX
MEDIA GROUP, INC., COX ENTERPRISES, INC., [WPXI-TV] AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING/PROMOTION
AGENCIES, AND PRIZE SUPPLIERS AND EACH SUCH COMPANY’S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY,
THE “RELEASED PARTIES”) HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND PERMISSION TO PUBLISH YOUR
ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE AND TO BROADCAST, PUBLISH, OR OTHERWISE USE YOUR ENTRY
AND/OR YOUR NAME, BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AND LIKENESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CONTEST OR FOR ANY COMMERCIAL, PUBLICITY, OR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSE WITHOUT
LIMITATION, REVIEW OR APPROVAL, OR COMPENSATION TO YOU. BY ENTERING, YOU GRANT
THE RELEASED PARTIES AN EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY-FREE AND IRREVOCABLE LICENSE AND
RIGHT (BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION) TO TELECAST, BROADCAST, COPY, EDIT, ADAPT,
MODIFY, REPRODUCE, PUBLISH, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF, DISTRIBUTE, USE, OR
OTHERWISE PUBLICLY DISPLAY ANY OR ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF,
IN ANY MANNER OR MEDIUM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN PERPETUITY, FOR COMMERCIAL,
PUBLICITY, OR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES, AND TO LICENSE OTHERS TO DO SO, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, REVIEW OR APPROVAL, OR COMPENSATION TO YOU.
11.Indemnification. If Sponsor’s use of your entry causes Sponsor to be subject
to a claim by any third party, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Released
Parties, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them,
against any and all damages, costs, judgments and expenses (including
reasonable attorney’s fees) which the Released Parties (or any one of them) may
incur as a result of the use of your entry.
12.Release. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, EACH PARTICIPANT AGREES TO FULLY
RELEASE, FOREVER DISCHARGE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM AND
AGAINST ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, LIABILITIES, LOSSES, INJURIES, AND DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE CONTEST, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL
INJURY, DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, LOSS OF ENJOYMENT, OR ANY
OTHER HARM WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF: (1) PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST; (2) THE
QUALITY, RECEIPT, POSSESSION, USE, OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE; OR (3) ANY TRAVEL OR
ACTIVITY THAT IS RELATED TO THE CONTEST OR ANY PRIZE.
13.Limitations of Liability. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, PARTICIPANTS
ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING THE WEB
SITE AND THE PRIZE(S), ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THAT SPONSOR MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE
PRIZE(S) AND SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES IS LIMITED TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.)
THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR: (1) ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE
INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY PARTICIPANTS, PRINTING OR PRODUCTION ERRORS, OR
BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR EMPLOYED IN THE
CONTEST; (2) TECHNICAL FAILURES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
MALFUNCTIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, OR DISCONNECTIONS IN PHONE LINES OR NETWORK
HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE; (3) UNAUTHORIZED HUMAN INTERVENTION IN ANY PART OF THE
ENTRY PROCESS OR THE CONTEST; (4) TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR WHICH MAY OCCUR IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, THE PROCESSING OF ENTRIES, OR THE
NOTIFICATION OF ANY WINNER; OR (5) ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY
WHICH MAY BE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM A
PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY
PRIZE.
Only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules is available to be won
in the Contest. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming,
or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth
in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the
right to award the prize based upon the entries that received the highest
number of votes.
14.Construction. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these
rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise
unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their
terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.
15. Sponsor. WPXI’s Cutest Pet Photo Contest is sponsored by WPXI-TV. The decisions
of Sponsor regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the
Contest shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will not be
responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these
Official Rules or in other materials or announcements relating to the Contest.
For a list of winners (available after June 18, 2012) or a copy of these
Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Winners
List/Official Rules” (as applicable), WPXI’s Cutest Pet Photo Contest, WPXI-TV,
4145 Evergreen Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. If you have any questions regarding
this Contest, please contact Carly Noel, Senior Multimedia Specialist,
cnoel@wpxi.com.
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