Share Your Discovery Contest: Presented by Tava
Share Your Discovery Contest: Presented by Tava Rules
OFFICIAL RULES
Sponsored by: CNET Networks, Inc., 235 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94105 (“CNET” and referred to herein as “Sponsor”). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Submitting an entry constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges which shall be final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest. The Tava Presents: Share Your Discovery Contest (the “Contest”) begins at 8:00 am Pacific Time (“PT”) on May 1, 2008 and ends at 5:00 pm PT on May 31, 2008 (the “Entry Period”).
1. The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least 18 years of age or older as of May 1, 2008 (and have your parent/legal guardian’s permission to enter should you be a minor in your state of residence). Employees of Sponsor, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members and those living the same household, are not eligible to participate. Void outside the United States and where prohibited by law. Contest subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
2. During the Entry Period, to enter, complete and submit the online entry form located at Chow.com. In 500 words or less, describe a single favorite food discovery. It could be the peaches at a particular farmer’s market vendor or the lamb served at your favorite Middle Eastern restaurant. Tell us how you found it, why you love it, and why other people should check it out. You must submit the Entry no later than 5:00 pm PT on May 31, 2008 in order to be considered eligible. All parts of the Entry must be submitted as described herein or your entire Entry will be void. Entries submitted via any other method will be void. Limit one (1) Entry per person/household/e-mail address. Multiple Entries will be void. Use of any automated or programmed entry method or any false e-mail account will void all Entries made by that entrant. All Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Entrant represents and warrants that (i) Entry is the original work of the entrant and must be exclusively owned by the entrant prior to entry and (ii) agrees to defend, hold harmless and indemnify Sponsor against any and all claims of alleged or actual infringement of any intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights and rights of attribution raised by third parties against Sponsor in connection with the Entry. Entry must not have been submitted in any other competition or previously published. Entry must be in keeping with Sponsor’s image and may not be offensive, as determined by judges in their sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or proprietary rights. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any Entry at any time in the event it is determined that the entrant has not complied with these Official Rules.
3. One winning Entry will be chosen by a panel of qualified judges on or around June 6, 2008 based equally on the following criteria: writing skills, passion and relevance to contest subject matter and usefulness to another user. The judges’ decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest.
4. The Prizes to be awarded from the Contest is as follows:
One (1) Grand Prize: one (1) Garmin 200 GPS System (with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $224.99), one (1) Bushnell Road Traveler Kit (with ARV of $65.94), and one (1) Visa $250.00 Giftcard. Total ARV of Grand Prize: $540.93.
Four (4) Runner-Up Prizes: one (1) Tava Tote Bag with ARV of $3.50), One (1) Visa $50.00 Giftcard, and a single can of Tava ($.99). Total ARV of each Runner-Up Prize: $54.49.
Approximate retail value of all Prizes: $758.89.
All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. 1099 tax statements will be filed with the IRS for any winner whose prize value is or exceeds $600. Prizes will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Prizes cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash, except by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.
5. The winner will be notified by mail or telephone using the contact information submitted at entry. To claim their prize, winners must complete the Affidavit and General Release and W-9 form, if applicable, sent to winner by Sponsor within five (5) days of attempted notification. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible and/or fails to respond to return the Affidavit and General Release and W-9 form, if applicable, within the designated time period, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected from remaining valid, eligible Entries. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an Entry, the Entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account specified in the Entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online 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. No automatically generated Entries will be accepted. Sponsor is not required to choose a winner. Acceptance of a prize constitutes winner’s consent to have his or her name released in a winner’s list which will be made available to the public.
6. Except where prohibited by law, by entering the Contest, each entrant agrees that Sponsor and its designees may use his or her name and likeness for advertising, promotional and other purposes in any and media now or hereafter known (including the right to post Entry on CNET’s websites) without further compensation or notification. Neither Pepsi-Cola Company, its bottlers, Sponsor, nor its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, or the respective officers, directors, employees or agents of the forgoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) are responsible for (i) any injury, losses or damages of any kind resulting from participation in this Contest or acceptance, possession or use of the any prize; or (ii) any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failures, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and judge entries from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Released Parties are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by 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 participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CNET RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
7. By submitting a Entry, each entrant agrees Sponsor shall own the Entry submitted (including all rights embodied therein) and that it and its designees may exploit all elements of such entry in any and all media now known or not currently known (including the right to post Entry on CNET’s websites), without compensation to entrant or any third party and without limitation to time or territory. The Sponsor reserves all rights, including the right to edit, publish, use, adapt, exploit, modify, copy, disseminate, post or dispose of any Entry, online, in print, film, television, or in any other media for advertising and promotional or other purposes without compensation or notification to the entrant of any kind, except as prohibited by law. 8. By entering this Contest, you agree and consent that any information you provide upon entering may be used by CNET in accordance with its Privacy Policy, available at http://www.cnet.com/html/aboutcnet/editorial/privacy.html?tag=ft. If you do not want your information used in this manner do not enter this Contest.
9. Winners Names: For the names of the winners, available after June 6, 2008, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: The Tava Presents: Share Your Discovery Contest Winners Names, CNET Networks, Inc. 235 Second Street, San Francisco, to be received by June 20, 2008.
10. The Contest and the Official Rules shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, without regard to conflicts of law provisions. Entrants (or their parent/legal guardian should they be a minor in their state of residence) submit to exclusive personal jurisdiction in California and agree that any dispute shall be brought in the state and federal courts in San Francisco, California.
