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Hen Photo Contest Official Rules Hen Photo Contest SPONSOR
TERM The 2014 Chicken Waterer Photo Contest begins Saturday
March 15, at 9:00 a.m. US Pacific Time and ends March 30, 2014, 11:59 p.m. US Pacific
Time ("PT")
(the "Contest"). Information on how to enter and prizes form part of
these official rules ("Official Rules"). By submitting an entry, each
entrant agrees to the Official Rules and warrants that his or her entry
complies with all requirements set out in the Official Rules. This is a
skill-based contest and chance plays no part in the determination of winners. WHO MAY ENTER Contest is open only to individuals who are aged 18 or
over and live in the United States, District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico or Canada. Entries from persons
outside these geographies are not eligible. HOW TO ENTER Each Entry consists of a single image. To enter, send a
JPG image by email to [email protected],
along with the following required information, including your name, address, telephone
number, email address. The Chicken Breed Categories for entries are: (1) Iowa
Blue hen, (2) Redcap hen, (3) Rhode Island White hen, (4) Star hen, (5) Crevecoeur hen, (6) Cubalaya hen, (7) Dorking hen, (8) Holland hen, (9) Houdan hen, (10) Malay hen, (11) Minorca hen, (12) La Fleche hen (the
"Categories"). There is no limit on the number of entries per person.
Each entry must comply with the following requirements (the "Photograph
Requirements"): Photographs must be in digital format. The photograph need
not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or
photographic prints are acceptable. All digital files must be 20 megabytes or
smaller, must be in JPEG or JPG format. The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of
original material taken by the Contest entrant. By entering the Contest,
entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is
an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not
infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of
privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and
that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph. The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered
discretion of the Sponsor, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually
explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. The photo must not include images of buildings or artworks
that are not owned by the entrant. Nor should the photo contain an image of a
person. Watermarks are not acceptable. If Sponsor does not receive
a non-watermarked version of the entry within ten (10) days following its
request, the entry will be disqualified. The entries in each Category will judged separately, in
accordance with the Judging Criteria, as defined below. All entries must be
submitted and received by March 30, 2014, 11:59 p.m. PT. Proof of submission is not proof
of receipt. Sponsor reserves the right to examine the original
photograph/source material in order to confirm compliance with these rules. CONTEST PRIZES The winner in each Category will each receive a BriteTap®
chicken waterer (retail value $29.95), and his/her winning photograph will be on
the ChickenWateer.com web site along with a photo credit. Potential winners shall be required to sign and return
within ten (10) days following an attempted notification, an Affidavit,
Declaration or Certificate of Eligibility, Liability Release, and where legally
permissible, a Publicity Release and Warranty of Ownership and License in which
the entrant warrants that he/she is the owner of the photograph (and all the
intellectual property rights in the photograph submitted) and grants to Sponsor
and its licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license
to reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the entry
(along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the
Contest without additional compensation. Failure to execute and deliver any
required documents to Sponsor by the specified deadline may result in
disqualification from the Contest, and selection of an alternate potential
winner. NONCOMPLIANCE OR RETURN OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION AS UNDELIVERABLE, WHETHER
BY REGULAR MAIL OR BY EMAIL, MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF AN
ALTERNATE POTENTIAL WINNER. JUDGING Photographs will be judged based on their photographic
composition, clarity, and completeness in showing the characteristics of each breed of chicken. We reserve the right not to choose a winners in any, or all, of the Categories if none of the entries are judged to be of sufficient quality for publication. Decisions of
the judge are final and binding. LICENSE By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an
irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to Authorized Parties,
to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries
(along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the
Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to:
Display on the ChickenWaterer.com web site; chicken waterer.com blog;
ChickenWaterer.com Breed Photo Gallery and Breed Selector calculators. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release,
discharge, and hold harmless National Geographic Society and its partners,
affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees,
officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages
arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related
activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize
awarded hereunder. ChickenWaterer.com assumes no responsibility for any
error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or
transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or
unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries
or entry forms. CW is not responsible for any problems with or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers
or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be
received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet
or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof,
including any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers
related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any
materials related to in this Contest. CONDITIONS THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entrants agree that
this Contest shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the Palo Alto,
California and the forum for any dispute shall be in the Palo Alto, California,
United States of America. To the extent permitted by law, the right to
litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial
or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or on
connection with this Contest are hereby excluded and any entrant expressly
waives any and all such rights. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries void if
the Sponsor determines the photograph to not be an original, or if the entries
are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced
in error or obtained through fraud or theft. By entering, entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these
Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final and binding with
respect to all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if the entrant wins
that Sponsor may use the winning photographs and each winner's name,
photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to
the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where
prohibited by law). All federal, state/provincial/territorial, and local taxes,
fees and surcharges and taxes (whether foreign or domestic, and including
income, sales, and import taxes) on prizes are the sole responsibility of the
prize winners. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize is/are
ineligible, cannot be traced or does/do not respond within ten (10) days to a
winner notification as required by the "Contest Prizes" Rules above,
or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant. |