Hot Tub Time Machine Contest
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. BY ENTERING, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICAL RULES AND THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
SPONSORED BY: Interactive One, LLC (the “Sponsor”) located at 850 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022.
CONTEST DESCRIPTION:
Hot Tub Time Machine contest (“Contest”) will begin on Monday, February 2, 2015 at 3:00PM Eastern Standard Time and end on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (“Contest Period”). This Contest will be conducted exclusively online. One (1) winner will be awarded the following: Roundtrip coach class airfare for two (2) to Los Angeles, California from anywhere in the United States of America for winner and one (1) guest (winner and guest must both travel from the same departure city) departing on February 12, 2015 and returning February 14, 2015; Hotel accommodations for Two (2) Night in one (1) standard room in a Los Angeles, California area hotel in Sponsor’s sole discretion; Admission for Two (2) a post screening party in the Los Angeles, California area; Taxi reimbursement to/from Los Angeles area airport and hotel; Admission for Two (2) to the press junket including a photo opportunity for the winner and his/her guest with participating talent (TBD); Group transfers to/from the hotel, screening, and post party (if required); Limited travel insurance. Prize approximate retail value (“ARV”) is $2,660 USD.
CONTEST ELIGIBILITY:
Entrants must be legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older, and have a valid Twitter Account.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
1. Employees of Sponsor, Radio One, Inc, and each of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, advertisers, competitors, promotional partners, Participating Websites, radio stations and members of the immediate families or those living in the same households (whether related or not) of any of the above are NOT eligible to participate in or win this Contest. For purposes of this Contest, immediate family members mean spouses, parents, grandparents, children, and siblings and their respective spouses.
2. Participants may only win once during this Contest.
HOW TO ENTER / EXECUTION:
To enter, readers of www.GlobalGrind.com (“Participating Website”) must go to the Participating Website during the Contest period and;
1. Post a “Throwback Photo” on Twitter and include the following Hashtag: #GGHotTubTimeMachine in the caption of the photo; and Tag Global Grind’s Official Twitter page (@GlobalGrind) and the Hot Tub Time Machine Twitter page (@HotTubMovie) in the tweet of the contest photo (“Throwback Photo”).
a. Additional Throwback Photo Requirements:
a. Entries may not be patently offensive, illegal, pornographic or obscene, or similarly inappropriate in Station’s sole discretion.
b. Entries must be family friendly and not contain any profanity, obscene language, lewd or sexual content, references or graphics (no nude, sexually explicit, or suggestive photos).
c. Submissions may not infringe upon any rights of any third partyincluding without limitation, copyright, trademark and right of publicity or privacy.
d. Entries must be produced and solely owned by the entrant submitting the entry.
e. Entries must be unpublished and not have been submitted in other competitions.
f. Submissions must not contain: unnecessary violence, derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, humiliate other people (publicly or otherwise), or otherwise assault or threaten others
2. In the event that there is a conflict between these Official Rules and Twitter’s terms of service, these Official Rules shall govern.
3. By entering this Contest and submitting an Entry Throwback Photo, you irrevocably grant to Sponsor and their agents, to the extent permissible by law, the unconditional and perpetual right to post, display, publish, use, adapt, and/or modify such Entry Throwback Photo in any way, in any and all media, throughout the world, for any purpose, without limitation, and without notice or consideration to you.
4. After submitting a Qualified Throwback Photo, Entrant will be entered into the Contest and eligible for a chance to win.
5. The Entry Throwback Photo with the most retweets by Monday, February 9, 2015 @ 5:00 pm EST will win the Prize.
6. All Internet entries/Throwback Photo must be posted by 4:00 PM EST on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, or they will be void/ineligible.
7. Winners will be announced via a re-post announcement on Global Grind’s Twitter page located at Twitter.com/globalgrind.
8. Winners will have 24 hours to contact Global Grind via Direct Message or the Prize will be forfeited.
9. One entry per person per day per Twitter account during the Contest Period.
10. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a participant’s online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by the authorized holder of the Twitter account at the time the entry was made.
11. Winners will be selected according to which Entry Throwback Photo has the most Retweets during the Contest Period.
12. Any registration information and/or submissions provided by participants for purposes of this Contest will be disclosed to Sponsor, and not to Twitter
13. This Contest is in no way sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or associated with Twitter.com.
14. All decisions made by the Sponsor regarding any aspect of this Contest are final.
IN THE EVENT OF A TIE:
1. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken based on Sponsor’s determination of which Entry Throwback Photo Sponsor Considers, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, to be the best Twitter by a panel of three (3) Judges.
PRIZES:
1. One (1) winner will be awarded the following:
o Roundtrip coach class airfare for two (2) to Los Angeles, California from anywhere in the United States of America for winner and one (1) guest (winner and guest must both travel from the same departure city) departing on February 12, 2015 and returning February 14, 2015; Hotel accommodations for One (1) Night in one (1) standard room in a Los Angeles, California area hotel in Sponsor’s sole discretion; Taxi reimbursement to/from Los Angeles area airport and hotel; Admission for Two (2) to the press junket including a photo opportunity for the grand prize winner and his/her guest with participating talent; Group transfers to/from the hotel, screening, and post party (if required); and Limited travel insurance. Prize approximate retail value (“ARV”) is $2,660 USD.
2. Sponsor will provide travel arrangement for winner and One (1) guest.
3. No substitution of Prize is offered, no transfer of Prize to a third party is permitted and non-cash Prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
4. All Contest winners must sign and date official Sponsor release and waiver forms as requested. Failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting the Prize.
5. Prizes will be awarded only upon winner verification and final approval by the Sponsor. Each winner or selected Entrant will be notified by an announcement on Global Grind Twitter page located at Twitter.com/GlobalGrind on Monday February 9, 2015. Each Winner or selected Entrant will then have twenty four (24) hours to respond with their information. If the winner or selected Entrant is unable to be contacted within twenty four (24) hours of the drawing date, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize or fails to return completed and executed release forms and affidavits, if applicable and as required by Sponsor, or if the prize notification or prize is returned undeliverable, that prize will be forfeited and if time permits, at the discretion of Sponsor, an alternate Entrant will be selected as the winner by random drawing from among all remaining entries.
6. If for any reason a Contest winner decides not to accept the Prize awarded, the winner will be required to sign a release form acknowledging forfeiture of the Prize. It will be at the discretion of Sponsor if another Entrant will be selected as the winner if time permits.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
1. Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes associated with the receipt of the Prize.
2. Any person winning over $600.00 in prizes will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year for tax purposes and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS as required by law.
3. Entrants agree that the Sponsor shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity, or from Entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize.
4. By participating in the Contest, the winner agrees to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this Contest, in any media now known or hereafter devised for advertising or promotional purposes without additional compensation, and must sign a publicity release prior to acceptance of the prize. By entering this Contest, each participant agrees to comply with the Official Rules and the decisions of the Contest sponsor which shall be final and binding in all aspects relating to the Contest.
5. All Contest winners will be required to sign a liability release prior to acceptance of any prize. Pursuant to the liability release, the winner or winners will agree to hold the Website, Sponsor, any other Contest parties and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of the foregoing, harmless against any and all claims or liability, directly or indirectly related to or arising from or in connection with Contest participation or the acceptance, possession or use / misuse of awarded Prize or any portion thereof, or participation in Prize-related activities, including but not limited to any related travel.
6. Winners must provide valid identification (i.e. via driver’s license, passport or other government-issued photo I.D.) to claim their Prize.
7. Sponsor retains the right to disqualify any Entrant if all Contest rules are not followed. Contest void where prohibited by law.
8. So long as no participant is materially adversely affected, Sponsor reserves the right to make changes in these Contest rules, which will become effective immediately.
9. Sponsor is not responsible for the inability of any Entrant to complete or continue a telephone call, internet registration or text entry due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections, communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of entries, including any injury or damage to any computer arising from or relating to participation in this Contest. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries, and may subject that Entrant to disqualification.
10. By accepting the Prize, the winner acknowledges that Sponsor makes no warranties, and hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any prize furnished in connection with the Contest. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUCH PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
11. No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
12. Sponsor will not assume any responsibility for any changes in the execution of the Contest, including; cancellation of the Contest as a result of the occurrence of events not within Sponsor’s control and, such as acts of God, strikes, terrorists acts or criminal acts of third parties. In the event, such an act should occur, Sponsor may in its sole discretion, offer the winner comparable prize(s) currently being offered by Sponsor in lieu of the Prize originally awarded.
13. If for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including without limitation, any suspected evidence of tampering or technological corruption or if any portion of the Contest is compromised by virus, bugs, worms or unauthorized human intervention, fraud, an insufficient number of qualified Contest entries, or any other causes beyond Sponsor’s, control which, Sponsor’s sole opinion, corrupts, threatens or impairs the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest at Its sole discretion.
14. Copies of Contest rules and winner’s list are available upon request during regular business hours, Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the offices of Interactive One, located at 850 Third Avenue, Third Floor, New York, NY 10022.
15. Any and all claims arising directly or indirectly from the Administration of this Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. For all such matters, each Party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
16. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Company reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney’s fees) from any such entrant to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.
17. Sponsor will use any information provided by Entrants to fulfill the obligations of this Contest in accordance with its online Privacy Policy located at: http://hellobeautiful.com/privacy/
18. The Official Sponsor of this Contest is Interactive One, LLC (“IONE”). All decisions made by the Official Sponsor regarding any aspect of this Contest are final.
