Photo Contest Rules and User Agreement for Washington State Parks Foundation Photo Contest via Woobox

Woobox, a service of the Washington State Parks Foundation, (the "Service"), is accessible to anyone with Internet access. Access to and use of the Service and the Sites are subject to the terms and conditions of this User Agreement and Copyright Notice and all applicable laws and regulations, including laws and regulations governing copyright and trademark. BY ACCESSING THE SERVICE AND THE SITES, YOU ACCEPT, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS USER AGREEMENT AND THE RULES FOR SUBMITTING PHOTOGRAPHS. Washington State Parks Foundation reserves the right to change these terms and conditions and these rules at any time. The changes will appear on this screen. By using the Service and the Sites, you agree in advance to accept any changes.

Copyright Notice: The materials used and displayed on the Service, including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics, artwork, video, music and sound, and names, logos, trademarks and service marks, are the property of Washington State Parks Foundation or members and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Any such content may be displayed solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to modify, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any such material without the written permission of Washington State Parks Foundation.

You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant the Washington State Parks Foundation (and those authorized by the Washington State Parks Foundation) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of the Washington State Parks Foundation’s mission and its website and publications. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. The Washington State Parks Foundation will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Participation in the contest requires the collection of your name and email address. By entering this contest, you are consenting to the use of your name and email address for further communications regarding this contest. Washington State Parks Foundation does not share or sell your personal information. 

The Service and the Sites include galleries, and other user created images which allow you and other users to post and provide feedback. You agree not to post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. You will be responsible for, and indemnify and hold harmless Washington State Parks Foundation its subsidiaries, divisions, agents and representatives against any claim arising from any material that you post or transmit. Although Washington State Parks Foundation may from time to time monitor or review images, postings, transmissions, and other user generated pages, neither Washington State Parks Foundation nor its Partners is under any obligation to do so. You acknowledge that Washington State Parks Foundation does not control the information available in the galleries and other user and member generated images and that any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content presented or disseminated on any gallery, or on any other user or member generated pages are those of their respective authors who are solely liable for their content. Washington State Parks Foundation reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted or on any other user or member generated pages.

Your use of the Service is at your own risk. Neither Washington State Parks Foundation nor partners, agents, representatives or licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury or any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or similar damages arising out of your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, the service and the sites and the information available on the service and the sites or arising out of any action taken in response to or as a result of any information available on the service and the sites. you hereby waive any and all claims against Washington State Parks Foundation and its Washington State Parks Foundation subsidiaries, divisions, partners, agents, representatives and licensors arising out of your use of the service and the sites and the information available thereon.

Any communication or material you post or transmit to the Service and/or theists is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. You assume full responsibility for anything you post or transmit, and you grant Washington State Parks Foundation the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any information or content you post or transmit for any purpose.

Washington State Parks Foundation does not review or monitor any web sites linked to the Service and are not responsible for the content of any such linked web sites. Your use of such web sites is at your own risk. You acknowledge that the use of any advice, opinion, recommendation, statement or other information displayed, link to, or distributed through the Service is at your own risk. Prior to purchasing any third-party products or services described on the Service and the Sites, you are advised to verify pricing, product quality and other information necessary to make an informed purchase. Neither Washington State Parks Foundation nor any of its agents, representatives or licensors shall have any liability arising from your purchases of third-party products or services based upon the information provided on the Service.

This User Agreement and any disputes arising out of or related to the Service shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Washington.

Updated Dec 2024