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High School Blood Drive Challenge
United Blood Service High School Blood Drive Challenge
2011-12 “UB-Tube” Video Contest Official Rules
1. DESCRIPTION: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The "UB-Tube High School Video Contest” governed by these Official Contest Rules ("Contest") begins at 12:01 AM [ET] on November 1, 2011. Submission of digital video entries ends at 11:59 PM [ET] on March 1, 2012 (Contest Period). The Sponsor of the contest is United Blood Services ("Sponsor"). The Administrator of this Contest is United Blood Services (“Contest Administrator”).
2. ELIGIBILITY: All entrants into the contest must currently attend an Arizona High School that participates in the United Blood Services High School Challenge and must be registered members of the www.facebook.com Web site in compliance with Facebook’s Terms & Conditions policy located at https://register.facebook.com/terms.php for valid entry. Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors and interns) who have, within the past six months, held employment with or performed services for Sponsor, Contest Administrator, Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”), (collectively, "Contest Entities") or any organizations directly affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Contest are not eligible to enter or win. Immediate family and household members of such individuals are not eligible to enter or win. "Immediate Family Members" shall mean parents, step-parents, legal guardians, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. "Household Members" shall mean those people who share the same residence at least three months a year. Void where prohibited.
3. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, entrants must become a fan of the High School Challenge | United Blood Services Arizona (“Fan Page”) on www.facebook.com and submit an entry during the Contest Period. Must be a member of Facebook to become a fan of a page; follow the on-screen instructions to become a member. Once you have become a fan, follow the on-screen instructions to add a video to the wall, creating a fan video”. To be considered valid for entry, submissions must 1) have a title, 2) act to persuade students to become a blood donor, 3) use only approved United Blood Services statistics and facts, 4) must not exceed one minute (60 seconds) in play length, and 4) represent an original work and idea.
All video entries must be received by 11:59 PM [ET] Thursday, March 1, 2012 (Contest Period). Entrants must retain an HD or high resolution file on a data DVD of their Submission for their own records to ensure the best viewing should their Entry be selected as a finalist. If selected as a finalist, the entrant will be required to submit a DVD version of the video to the contest sponsor (Standard format DVD, 720px x 480px, NTSC) as well as complete contest release forms releasing the copyright of the video to the Sponsor. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entries or Submissions deemed inappropriate, offensive or inaccurate for any reason, in their sole discretion. There are no limits on the number of Entries per person, however, each Entry must meet the aforementioned requirements and be submitted separately. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Each entrant must be the rightful owner (or have authorized use) of the Facebook account used to make the submission. In the case of a team entry, one member of the team must submit the video on behalf of all members. If chosen as a finalist, all team members will be acknowledged. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the Facebook account was opened. Once the five finalists are chosen, they will be contacted by the sponsor and must be prepared to provide additional information and complete the required release forms. Entrants who are unable to be reached or do not submit the required release forms will be disqualified. All information provided by entrants with their Entry becomes the property of Sponsor. Entries will not be returned or acknowledged by the Sponsor.
All submitted material (“Material”) becomes the sole property of the Sponsor. Material includes to the extent applicable (a) any information and material (e.g., video) submitted by the entrant in connection with the Contest; (b) entrant’s name, likeness, voice, and image; and (c) all photographs, recordings, audiovisual materials, writings, statements, and quotations of or by the entrant and furnished to the Sponsor by the entrant. Material containing the image or voice of a person other than the creator of the video will require submission of an additional release form if the entry is chosen as a finalist. By submitting Material, entrants represent and warrant to the Sponsor that (i) the Material is wholly original and does not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any third party, (ii) entrants have all rights necessary to submit the Material in the Contest in accordance with these Official Rules, and (iii) no party other than the entrant has any right, title or interest in and to the Material or any part of the Material. Material must not contain offensive or lewd content. All tangible Material submitted will become the property of The Sponsor and will not be returned. By entering the Contest, the entrant grants The Sponsor a perpetual, fully-paid, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to reproduce, prepare derivate works of, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, otherwise use, and permit others to use and perform throughout the world the Material in any manner, form, or format now or hereinafter created, including on the internet, and for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising or promotion of The Sponsor and their services, all without further consent from or payment to the entrant (or the entrant’s group). Entrants agree that The Sponsor has no obligation to post the entrant’s Material on the Contest page. The Sponsor reserves the right to limit the number of entrants whose Material is posted on the Contest page and to remove entrants whose entries have already been posted in the event of an error or determination that the entrant is ineligible to participate in the Contest. The entrants understand that their names and other Materials may be posted on the Contest page in connection with Contest.
4. JUDGING CRITERIA: All submissions will be judged on the following criteria: 1) accuracy of content; 2) ability to motivate individuals to become blood donors; 3) creativity/originality. All submissions will be judged by a panel of judges to be selected by the Sponsor. All decisions of the judging panel are final on all aspects of the Contest.
5. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Following the end of the Contest Period, the five (5) submissions that most accurately reflect the aforementioned judging criteria (“Finalists”) will be selected as finalists based on the opinions of a judging panel to be selected by the Sponsor. At any time throughout the contest, the Contest Administrator and Sponsor each reserve the right to change submission dates and guidelines, without notice. This includes, but is not limited to, increasing and/or extending entry and submission deadlines for any aspect of the contest. The final selection process will be conducted in two parts, each accounting for 50% of the vote: 1) a public vote and 2) a final judging panel. Part 1) The Finalists will be posted on the Sponsor’s website from during the month of April. During this time contest entrants as well as the public will be eligible to vote for their favorite submission by following the onscreen prompts to register their vote. Only one vote per person will be permitted. Points will be assigned to each entry based on how they ranked following the close of the voting period. Part 2) The Finalists entries will be voted upon by a Final Judging Panel to be selected by the sponsor. One the same scale as the public vote, points will be assigned to each entry based on how they were ranked by the judging panel. The Submission with the most combined points overall will be named the winner. In the event that more than one Submission receives the same number of votes, then a winner will be selected from the tying entries by the Judging Panel in accordance with the guidelines of the judging criteria. Sponsor or Contest Administrator will notify winner by telephone, e-mail, overnight mail and/or via the Facebook messaging system on or around April 15, 2012. Selected winner will be required to respond (as directed) to the notification within two (2) days of attempted notification. The failure to respond timely to the notification may result in forfeiture of the prize and, in such case, Sponsor will select an alternate winner from the pool of Finalists. Contest winner will be required to verify address and to execute an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release covering eligibility, liability, advertising, publicity and media appearance issues, unless prohibited by law. Prize will not be awarded until all such properly executed forms are returned. In the event that a winner is a minor; all correspondence will be sent to the attention of the parent and legal guardian of such minor and the parent or legal guardian will be required to sign the contest release forms as stated above. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries receiver according to the eligibility requirements.
6. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION/RELEASES: Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all respects. By participating in this Contest and/or by accepting any prize that they may win, entrants agree to release the Sponsor, Facebook, and Contest Administrator; their parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, units and divisions and advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers; each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees; and each of these companies and individuals' respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of any prize. Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, and/or on a winner's list, if applicable, without further permission or compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above-mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation. Without limitation to any other release of liability set forth herein, the Released Parties shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or affidavits, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest; Sponsor and Facebook shall have no liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest, and reserve the right, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control, corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest. Sponsor may prohibit you from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in their sole discretion, they determine you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices of intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. This Contest will be governed by the internal laws of the State of Arizona. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within Maricopa County, Arizona. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR AND FACEBOOK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
7. PRIVACY POLICY: Any personal information supplied by the entrant to Facebook will be subject to Facebook’s privacy policy posted at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Entrants may receive additional email communication or promotions from the Sponsor as permitted by the Facebook Terms of Service.
8. SPONSOR: United Blood Services, 6220 E. Oak St., Scottsdale, AZ 85226
9. WINNERS LIST: Prize winners will be posted on the Contest page and at UnitedBloodServivesAZ.org on or after April 15, 2012. This offer may not be published elsewhere without the written permission of Sponsor.
For further details about the contest visit us online at www.UnitedBloodServicesAZHS.org or via email at dgotcher@bloodsystems.org.
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