IT'S A SHORE THING 2009: AN ADVENTURE IN COSTA RICA
CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
October 16, 2009 - October 30, 2009
1. TO ENTER the It's a Shore Thing 2009: An Adventure in Costa Rica
contest (the “Contest”) simply visit the web site located at www.muchmusic.com, click on the Contest page, complete and submit your entry by following the instructions found on the site. In the event of a dispute, entries received on-line shall be deemed to be submitted by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. All entries must include your first and last name, address, email address, age, ten digit day time and evening telephone number, a photograph, in BMP/JPEG/GIF/TIFF format or video upload in AVI/MOV/WMV/MPEG in accordance with the submission guidelines below. Limit of one (1) entry per individual per day. If it is discovered that you attempted to enter more than once per day, all your entries will be void. Contest starts at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on Friday, October 16, 2009 and closes on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”). There are four (4) grand prizes (the "Prize") to be won from among all the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.
Submission Guidelines:
VIDEOS MUST NOT DEPICT YOU IN ANY STATE OF UNDRESS and submissions with any sort of nudity or indecent footage will be automatically disqualified. Show us your love of adventure! Why do you love extreme sports? Why do you want to learn to surf? Tell us why YOU deserve to win a trip to Costa Rica with Much VJ's! You must have a valid passport at the time of entry.
Videos submitted must not feature any identifiable persons, other than yourself. Entrants should refrain from wearing any clothing items bearing business, designer, or sports logos, or bearing the name or likeness of a celebrity, living or dead, in any Video.
By entering this Contest each entrant (i) represents and warrants that the entry submitted by the entrant is the original work of the entrant exclusively and that he/she has all rights necessary to enter the Video into the Contest, including the right to have the Video broadcast or displayed in any form of media; (ii) represents and warrants that his/her submission does not infringe on any third party’s copyright materials, trade-mark or other intellectual property rights; (iii) consents to the publication and/or use, in any medium of the entrant’s entry, name, city of residence, photograph and/or image for publicity purposes carried out by the Contest Sponsor or its advertising and promotional agencies without payment or compensation of any kind; and, (iv) agrees to release, discharge and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from any claim or liability arising from or related to submission of the entry and participation in this Contest.
Entries remain the property of the entrant, however by entering, each entrant grants the Contest Sponsor a license to reproduce, post and/or broadcast the Video in any form of media, including, without limitation, on www.muchmusic.com and on MuchOnDemand.
2. The contest sponsor is CTV Limited (MuchMusic) (hereinafter referred to as the “Contest Sponsor”).
3. To enter and to be eligible to win, entrant must be a legal resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) and be over the age of majority in his or her province or territory of residence.. Employees and their parents, siblings and children, and persons domiciled with an employee of the Contest Sponsor, its agents, parent, affiliated or related companies, subsidiaries, divisions, prize sponsors, and promotional and advertising agencies and administrators, are ineligible to enter. A winner of a CTV contest within the three (3) months preceding the start of this contest (including persons designated by such winners to take ownership of prizes) and persons domiciled with a winner are not eligible to enter.
4. Prize - There are four (4) Prizes each consisting of a trip for one (1) to Club Del Mar, Jaco, Costa Rica. Trip includes: round trip economy air fare for one (1) from a major Canadian airport closest to the Prize winner's place of residence in Canada (hereinafter referred to as the "Departure Point"); return airport shuttle to resort, five (5) nights accommodation (based on one (1) room, single occupancy) as chosen by the Contest Sponsors. Meals will be provided. Daily surf lessons, canopy/zipline tours or Horseback riding, and hike to waterfall/mud bath. Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein including, without limitation, applicable taxes, fuel/currency surcharges, ground transportation, meals and beverages, other than described herein, as applicable, room service, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, insurance together with any required travel documentation, and all personal expenses of any kind or nature, together with any applicable overnight layover. Departure dates and accommodation are subject to availability and change without notice or compensation. Prize winner is also solely responsible for all costs incurred to and from the Departure Point as the Prize originates and terminates there. It is the sole responsibility of the Prize winner to obtain all necessary travel documentation including passports and visas, as applicable and to comply with any customs and immigration requirements. Prize winner must be able to travel at the times and dates as determined by the Contest Sponsors in their sole discretion and authority failing which the Prize will be forfeited. It is recommended that Prize winner obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to departure. Travel must take place between Sunday, November 15, 2009 and Friday, November 20, 2009. Approximate retail value of the Prize is Three Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($3,800.00) Cdn. based on Toronto departure. Each Prize winner acknowledges that he/she will be filmed by the MuchMusic television crew during his or her participation in the various components of the Prize, which film will be broadcast for a special television program on MuchMusic.
5. Prize must be accepted as awarded. The Prize may not be sold, transferred and is not convertible to cash. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize in whole or in part in the event that all or any component of the Prize is unavailable. Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein. No change in travel arrangements can be made by the winner once the booking has been confirmed. The Prize may not be used towards any type of frequent flyer mileage, or other reward point accumulation program.
6. On or after Monday, November 09, 2009 an impartial panel of judges (the "Judges") will review all eligible entries submitted. The criteria that will be used by the Judges to determine the Prize winners is: (a) originality (b) how well the entrant demonstrated his/her love of adventure as noted in the Submission Guidelines, and (c) how well the entrant stuck to the topic in his/her Video. All criteria will be weighted equally. The odds of winning a Prize will depend on the number and caliber of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. CTV Limited (MuchMusic) will contact the four entrants who obtained the highest scores from the Judges in accordance with the judging criteria above. Proof of identification must be provided upon request. In order to be declared a winner, potential winner must first correctly answer, unaided, a mathematical skill testing question administered by CTV Limited (MuchMusic). Before being awarded a Prize, potential winner, or, if under the age of majority, his or her parent or legal guardian, will be required to sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Sponsor, a full release and indemnity form stating that he/she has read and understood these official rules and regulations (“Rules”), grants all consents required, authorizes the Contest Sponsor to broadcast, publish and disseminate his/her name, photograph, likeness, sobriquet and voice, in connection with any promotion or publicity, and/or for general news, entertainment and information purposes at no additional compensation to the potential winner, beyond the awarding of or participation in the Prize, accepts the Prize as offered and releases the Contest Sponsor from any and all liability of any kind arising out of the potential winner’s participation in this Contest and receipt and use of the Prize. In the event that the potential winner do not comply with all the provisions as contemplated in these Rules, Contest Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify potential winner and select an alternate potential winner and the Contest Sponsor shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The provisions and procedures referred to above relating to selection and notification of a potential winner and/or traveling companion(s), if applicable, shall be applied, with the necessary amendments, until a qualified winner has been duly selected.
7. By entering this Contest the entrants and participants automatically agree to accept and abide by these Rules. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including without limitation the eligibility of entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest. Anyone whose submission involves anything illegal, potentially or actually dangerous or harmful or containing any element of physical risk will be disqualified from the Contest and have no chance of winning. Any entry that involves a third party that does not choose to be part of the submission will be disqualified. Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to edit any entry submission to blur out any trade-marks or to remove any copyrighted content, including but not limited to, music or video clips. Submissions must not include any illegal, defamatory or in any way obscene content. Submissions cannot be a parody or derogatory.
8. Contest Sponsor assumes no responsibility for garbled, lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected mail, voice messages, e-mail or any computer errors or malfunctions. No correspondence will be entered into except with entrants requesting Rules by mail or requesting the name of the prize winner (for which a self-addressed, postage paid envelope must be included). Contest Sponsor does not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, seeding or printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry materials-data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, Contest Sponsor reserves its right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend the Contest including canceling any method of entry, and select a winner from previously received eligible entries. Contest Sponsor reserves its right to modify the Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof. The Contest Sponsor reserves its right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Any attempts to deliberately damage the Contest web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Contest Sponsor reserves its right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. Contest Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this Contest or from downloading any material from the Contest web site, where applicable.
9. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. Personal information collected from entrants will be used by Contest Sponsor for the purpose of administering this Contest. CTV Limited will not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal information of entrants with third parties, other than to third parties engaged by them to fulfil the above purposes or as permitted or required by law. By entering the Contest, entrants consent to the manner of collection, use and disclosure of personal information as set out in CTV Limited's Privacy policy at ctv.ca. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Sponsors should be addressed to CTV Limited at 299 Queen St West, Toronto, ON, M5V 2Z5.
10. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
11. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Contest Sponsor and/or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.