Photoshop'd Vegas - Official Rules

Written by Reina Lyn Ben
Contest Terms and Conditions
Galavantier.com Photoshop’d Vegas Contest
Official Rules
 
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Odds of winning will depend on the total number of entries received. Void where prohibited by law.
 
1. ELIGIBILITY: The Galavantier.com Photoshop’d Vegas Contest (the "Promotion") is open only to natural persons who are legal residents and physically located in one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia and Canada and who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of the beginning of the Promotion Period (as defined below). The Promotion may only be entered in or from the U.S. or Canada. Entries originating from any other jurisdiction will be disqualified. Employees of Galavantier, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Wildfire, directors, and officers, and each of their immediate family members and persons living in their same household (whether legally related or not), are not eligible to participate in the Promotion or win a prize.
 
2. HOW TO ENTER: Promotion begins on Monday, February 20, 2012 on or about 12:00AM Pacific Standard Time ("PST") and ends on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 11:59PM PST (the “Promotion Period”). There is one way to enter the Promotion during the Promotion Period: (i) Online Entry: Go to the Promotion registration page located at: http://www.facebook.com/galavantier (the "Web Site"). The Web Site will contain a description of the Promotion and the official entry form. Entrant must complete the entry form with all required information for the entry to be eligible. Entries must be original works, i.e. you may add elements not found in the original images, but the usual copyright and plagiarism rules apply: you may not use someone else's material without permission. In cases of doubt, the jury and/or the Sponsor staff may request to see the original image file. This will result in disqualification from the Promotion and will be subject to any and all applicable state and federal laws. All submitted entries are required to contain the provided Galavantier.com logo in the bottom right hand corner of the image which is available for download at http://www.galavantier.com/images/promotions/logo_photoshopd_vegas.png. By submitting an entry to this contest, the contestant grants Sponsor the rights to freely publish said image online or in printed media in relation to the contest, without remuneration. Entries submitted to this contest will not be re-sold. All entries must be RGB JPEG files, below 5MB, minimum size 1000x1000 pixels, maximum 4000x4000 pixels and must be submitted via our contest submission form, images received via email or by any other means will not count. Once an entry has been submitted it cannot be changed, so make sure you submit the correct and final version of your image. Sponsor is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant. The stock images supplied for use in this contest are licensed for this purpose only, they are not freeware/public domain. For any other use, commercial or none-commercial, the images can be purchased and downloaded with a full royalty-free usage license from shutterstock.com. Attempts at obtaining added personal voting power by registering multiple accounts or otherwise exploit the system, is strictly forbidden. Attempts at doing so may result in the voiding of votes cast and/or the removal of any entries submitted by the offender. Our decision in this respect will be final, no correspondence will be entered into. Sponsor reserves the rights to, if necessary, modify the rules and/or proceedings of the contest, in order to stamp out cheating, fraud, etc. Sponsor has taken the necessary steps to monitor the proceedings of the contest in their entirety, and will actively root out any attempts at cheating. Entries not complying with the contest rules are subject to disqualification without prior warning. Entrants who are not currently subscribers to the Sponsor's e-Newsletter may choose to subscribe on the Promotion entry form. Subscribers will receive Galavantier news, sweepstakes announcements, and occasional requests to update their subscriber profile via e-mail. Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time. Limit one (1) entry per person. With regard to online entries, in the event of a dispute about the identity of an entrant, each entry will be declared made by the registered account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry, as long as that person meets all other eligibility requirements in these "Official Rules". All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human or electronic. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Promotion. The Website's database clock with be the official time keeper for this Promotion. 

 
3. PRIZES: One (1) Nikon D3000 DSLR Camera with One (1) Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR AF-S DX Nikkor Lens, One (1) SSE Pro Pack which includes One (1) 64GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card, One (1) USB SD/HC Memory Card Reader, One (1) Three Piece Filter Kit (UV, CPL, FLD), One (1) Soft Carrying Case, One (1) Full Size Tripod with Carrying Bag, One (1)Wireless Remote, One (1) Dedicated Shoe Mount Flash, One (1) Tulip Lens Hood, One (1) Travel Charger, One (1) HDMI Cable, One (1) pack of LCD Screen Protectors, One (1) Mini Table Top Tripod One (1) Executive Sunset Electronics Cleaning Cloth. ARV of the Grand Prize is $699.95. Total ARV of all prizes: $699.95. Any difference between the ARV and actual retail value of a prize will not be awarded to winners. The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. The prizes must be accepted as awarded and entrants hereby acknowledge that Sponsor has neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prizes, including, without limitation, to the prize’s quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or express warranties (if any) provided exclusively by a prize supplier that are sent along with the prize. The prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash or exchanged for any other goods. The stated ARV of the prizes are based on available information provided to Sponsor and the value of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. The winners will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prize they receive. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited.
 
4. SELECTION OF WINNERS: The winner will be determined 40% by public vote, 60% by the judges' votes on or about Friday, April 20, 2012 from among all eligible entries by Sponsor or a representative selected by Sponsor, whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this Promotion. Eligible entries are those in which all required fields have been completed correctly and otherwise comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any participant or winner and may refuse to award any prize to a person who is ineligible or has violated any rule, gained unfair advantage in participating in the Promotion, or obtained winner status using fraudulent means. Promotion will prematurely end and all entries will be null and void if less than 15 entries are submitted by date of voting. 
 
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be notified via email, within approximately five (5) business days after the potential winners are selected. “Notification” is deemed to have occurred immediately upon sending of an e-mail. In order for a potential winner to claim their prize, the potential winner must respond within ten (10) business days of Notification and may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release and a Publicity Release (where legal), and any other additional documents required by Sponsor (the “Required Documents”) within ten (10) days of date of Notification. Failure to comply within this time period, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable or not returned properly executed, or if winner is found to be ineligible, or not in compliance with these Official Rules, will result in the potential winner forfeiting the prize and being disqualified and an alternate potential winner being selected from among remaining eligible entries. 
 
6. GENERAL: All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. By entering the Promotion, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules, or attempt to interfere with the Promotion in any way, shall be disqualified. Entrants and prize winner agree to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, Galavantier, and their respective officers, employees, directors, parent and related companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies and any other companies participating in the design, administration or fulfillment of the Promotion (collectively, “Released Parties”) from liability of any kind. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law or regulation) to use winner’s name, likeness, biographical data and statements for advertising and publicity purposes without notice or additional compensation.
 
The Released Parties are not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical, human or other errors in these Official Rules, in the administration of the Promotion, in the announcement of the prize winners, and/or in any advertising or other associated promotional materials in connection with the Promotion. Further, the Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, electronic, network, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, errors in transmission, lost or unavailable network connections, dropped dial-up internet connections, interrupted broadband, cable, or wireless internet connections, cell phone dropped calls, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestions, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an entrant’s ability to enter the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend this Promotion should any virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Promotion and no compensation will be payable. ANY PERSON ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD SPONSOR OR IN ANY WAY TAMPER WITH, DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
All personal information collected will be treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s privacy policy, which is located at www.galavantier.com/privacy-policy
 
7. GOVERNING LAW / DISPUTES: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of entrants’, Sponsor or the Released Parties in connection with the Promotion will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state’s laws. The parties hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts located in the Sate of California in any action to enforce (or otherwise relating to) these Official Rules or relating to this Promotion. 
 
BY ENTERING THE PROMOTION, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE PROMOTION, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, (IF ANY), NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00), BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (3) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND ENTRANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (4) ENTRANTS’ REMEDIES ARE LIMITED TO A CLAIM FOR MONEY DAMAGES (IF ANY) AND ENTRANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
 
 
9. SPONSOR: Galavantier Inc, 10620 Southern Highlands, Pkwy, Ste 110-380, Las Vegas, NV 89141.
 
10. MISCELLANEOUS: The names of individuals, groups, companies, products and services mentioned herein, and any corresponding likenesses, logos and images thereof reproduced herein, have been used for identification purposes only and may be the copyrighted properties and trademarks of their respective owners. The mention of any individual, group or company, or the inclusion of a product or service as a prize, does not imply any association with or endorsement by such individual, group or company or the manufacturer or distributor of such product or service and, except as otherwise indicated, no association or endorsement is intended or should be inferred. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the Required Documents will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision of the Official Rules or the Required Documents is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. For entrants, to the extent there is a conflict between these Official Rules and any terms of use or other agreement posted on the Web Site, these Official Rules control.
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