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Full Rules & Regulations
How to Enter:
The contest starts on September 8, 2009 (the “Contest Starting Date”) and closes on October 27, 2009 (the “Contest Closing Date”).
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter on-line at
www.tanashoefetish.com.
Follow the instructions to submit your video entry and complete the electronic entry form. On-line entries must be received before 11:59 pm, EST October 27, 2009. All entrants must provide their name, address, age, phone number and email address. Limit is one on-line video entry per person, per household, per day (12:00 AM to 11:59 PM EST ). Entries that exceed this limit will invalidate all on-line entries previously made by that entrant. In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the "Authorized Email Account Holder" of the email address from which the entry originated. "Authorized Email Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (ie, business, educational institution) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Contest Sponsor is not responsible, whether as a result of human error or otherwise, for any failure to capture on-line entries.
Video Entries:
Your entry(ies) must be an original creation and not contain the intellectual property of another person or company. Entries which contain obscene, lewd or otherwise offensive material will not be accepted. Submissions must meet the following criteria:
1. Acceptable formats available: .WMV, .AVI, .MOV and .MPG
2. Video resolution of 480x360 or higher
3. Frame rate of 24fps or higher
4. MP3 audio
5. 1GB file size limit
6. Submission must be between 30 seconds & 75 seconds
The criteria noted are based on YouTube specifications and therefore subject to change without notice. Please refer to
www.YouTube.com/help for up to date information. Submissions that do not meet the time requirement will automatically be disqualified.
All entries become the property of the Sponsor, which assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. By submitting your contribution to the Organizer in relation to the Contest you agree to and thereby waive any and all moral rights that exist in your contribution to the Contest and any derivate works made there from.
By submitting your contribution to the Organizer in relation to the Contest you represent, warrant and undertake to Sponsor and Organizer that your contribution (i) is your own original work and that you have the sole right to submit it to the Contest (ii) does not violate in any way rights of third parties including copyright and other intellectual property rights and (iii) does not violate any applicable laws.
In the event that you breach any of your representations, warranties or undertakings contained herein Sponsor and Organizer shall be entitled to and may seek indemnification from you for recovery of all legal fees, damages, claims and other expenses that may be incurred by Sponsor or its affiliated entities as a result of your aforementioned breach.
Your contribution to the Contest should not include any content whatsoever which would reasonably be understood to be defamatory, threatening, distasteful, racist, unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right to alter or modify your contribution to the Contest without notification or consent from you. Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time and at its sole discretion. Entrants agree to grant to Sponsor and Organizer an everlasting, royalty-free, assignable, exclusive license to use, utilize, replicate, alter, adapt, modify, publish, broadcast, translate, produce derivative works from, distribute, present, play, sublicense and exercise all copyright and other intellectual property rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to include your contribution in other works in any media now known or later created forever. Each entrant agrees and grants Sponsor and Organizer permission to make available and display/perform and otherwise distribute entrant's name and video submission in all media in perpetuity without compensation. Except where legally prohibited, submission of an entry into this Contest constitutes permission for Sponsor and Organizer to use the entrant's name, photograph, likeness, voice, address (city and province) and testimonials, in printed, broadcast media or new media, in perpetuity, in any manner they deem appropriate in connection with promoting the video submission itself or this Contest, without further compensation in connection with this Contest or the prize awarded.
Each entrant agrees to indemnify Sponsor from any third party claims arising from or related to that entrant's participation in the Contest. By participating, entrants agree that Sponsor, Organizer involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution of this promotion and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers, and agencies, and their directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys, and any other person or entity associated with such entities and/or promotion shall not be liable for any and all claims, damages, losses or injuries, including any third party claims, arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, this Contest, including entry and participation in this Contest and acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes. All entrants further agree that in the event of any third party claims, damages, losses or injuries, arising from or relating to this Contest, they will indemnify Organizer and Sponsor from any and all such claims, including the attorneys' fees related thereto. Organizer and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on- line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury.
Entrants participating in this Contest are liable for any copyright infringements caused by their videos.
Entrant is responsible to secure permission from all talent included in the video. Sponsor and Organizer assume no responsibility for royalties or fees associated with talent performances in the entered videos.
Sponsor and Organizer assume no responsibility for lost or late entries or for incomplete computer transmissions or technical failures.
Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right not to accept entries that are considered inappropriate for the Contest.
The following procedure must be followed in order for a video submission to be valid in the contest:
1. Post your shoe fetish video to YouTube
2. Visit
www.youtube.com and select UPLOAD (FREE registration is required)
3. Enter the title, description, video category and keywords
4. Upload your video
Copy the video code that will be used to submit your video in our contest.
Judging:
Submissions will be judged on creativity, technical merit, originality, overall impact and the inclusion of current Tana shoe care products. Your video will be judged on how well you express your passion for shoes, your “shoe fetish”. Ten finalists’ entries will be selected by the TANA judging panel to move on to the online voting to determine the Grand Prize winner.
Online Voting to Determine the Grand Prize Winner:
The 10 Finalists’ entries will be posted at
www.tanashoefetish.com, beginning approximately 12:00 AM ET on November 15, 2009 through 11:59 PM ET on December 6, 2009 and will be subject to voting by visitors to the Web Site. Visitors can vote one time per household, per day. Voters are encouraged to judge the entries based on creativity, technical merit, originality, overall impact and the inclusion of current TANA shoe care products. The entry with the highest number of votes by the close of voting (December 6, 2009) will be eligible to win, subject to Sponsor approval in its sole discretion.If in its sole discretion, Sponsor believes that the entry with the highest number of votes is not the best representation of the judging criteria, then the entry will be deemed ineligible and Sponsor will review the entry with the next highest number of votes. In the event of a tie vote, Sponsor will make the final determination of the Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize winner will be announced on December 18, 2009.
The Prizes:
There are TEN SEMI-FINALIST PRIZES available to be won consisting of a TANA gift basket valued at $150.00. There is ONE GRAND PRIZE available to be won consisting of $2,500.00 cash, a $1,000 gift card from the winner’s favourite shoe store in Canada and $500.00 donated to the Grand Prize winner’s charity of choice. Prize is not transferable and must be accepted as awarded.
Eligibility:
The sponsor of this contest is Sara Lee Household and Body Care (“Sponsor”). To be eligible, you must be a resident of Canada over the age of majority in your province of residence as at the Contest Starting Date. You are NOT eligible if, at any point during this time, you are (or you live with) an employee, representative or agent of the Sponsor or their affiliates or licensees, advertising or promotional agencies, contest judges or employees of participating shoe stores and shoe repair shops.
Limits of Responsibility:
By entering this contest, the winner acknowledges and agrees that Sara Lee Household and Body Care, their respective affiliates, agencies, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents shall have no liability and the contest winner hereby agrees to release them and hold them harmless from any liability arising from or relating to this contest or the awarding or use of the prize. By entering this contest, you consent to the Contest Sponsor and/or their respective affiliates using the personal information submitted with your entry for the purpose of administering this Contest and for the purposes of contacting you in the future regarding their other promotions and product and/or service offerings, and our information may be shared among the Contest Sponsors and their respective affiliated companies for these purposes, subject to compliance with applicable privacy legislation.
Other Rules:
The Sponsor will not engage in any correspondence except with the potential prize winner. The selected entrants will be contacted by phone and/or mail. If the selected entrant does not comply with the contest Rules or cannot be contacted within 14 days of the draw date, that entry will be declared void and a further entry will be drawn. Allow four (4) to six (6) weeks from the draw dates for verification of contest winners and prize fulfillment. The decisions of the Sponsor will be final and binding on all entrants. The Sponsor shall not bear any liability for contest entries which are lost, stolen, delayed, destroyed or illegible, incomplete or otherwise improperly completed, or claims that are irregular, have been submitted through illicit means or do not conform with or satisfy any or all conditions of these Official Rules. Any such claims will be judged void. By entering, each entrant agrees to abide by the Official Rules and the decisions of the independent judging organization which shall be final and binding in all matters related to this contest. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the email portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor, corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of the criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
The Sponsor shall not bear any liability for the loss, theft or misuse of the Prize, or any personal damage, personal injury or misfortune in any way attributable to this contest or the Prize. By entering, winner grants the Sponsor the right to use their name and/or likeness, without further compensation, in any advertising or publicity. Contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws. Void where prohibited.
The Sponsor reserves the right, subject to the approval of the Regie in Quebec, to terminate this contest or to amend these contest rules at any time without notice or with notice in major national newspapers if any factor interferes with the proper conduct of the contest as contemplated by the Rules. Odds of winning any prize are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received, the TANA judging process and the voting results.
For Quebec Residents:
Any litigation respecting the conduct or the organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Regie des alcools des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Regie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.