Official rules & regulations below:
Official Rules: Osprey Packs Winter Adventure Photo Contest #OspreySnow
1. CONTEST DESCRIPTION AND PERIOD: Osprey Packs Winter Adventure Photo Contest #OspreySnow (the “Promotion”) starts on February 19th, 2016 at 12:00 am GMT and ends March 19th, 2016 at 11:59 pm GMT (the “Promotion Period”).
During the Promotion, participants are asked to submit a photo of their winter adventures with their favorite Osprey Packs (each, a “Submission”).
During the Promotion Period the “Eligible Submissions” (as defined below) shall be posted on the “Contest Site” (as defined below) for fans and consumers to vote on.
The Sponsor will select one photo from the fifty (50) Eligible Submissions with the highest votes as the winner of the Promotion (“Prize Winner”).
Entry in the Promotion does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes.
This is an Osprey Promotion run jointly by Osprey Packs, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and Osprey Europe Ltd. For more info about us take a look at our website at www.ospreypacks.com or www.ospreyeurope.com (together referred to as “Osprey”).
This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or in association with, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Any inquiries regarding the Promotion should be directed to social@ospreypacks.com and the subject line should read, “#OspreySnow Promotion”.
3. ELIGIBILITY:
PROMOTION OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED
STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CANADA (excluding residents of Quebec), AND SELECT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INCLUDING: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, WHO ARE 16 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. Officers, directors and employees of Osprey, their parent, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, sales representatives, advertising, promotional and judging agencies, persons engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for this Promotion (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and the immediate family members (i.e., parent, child, sibling, and spouse) of each and/or persons living in the same household of such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate. This Promotion is void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions, and where otherwise prohibited by law.
4. HOW TO ENTER:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY AND NO ENTRY FEE, PAYMENT OR PROOF-OF-PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE.
During the Promotion Period, you can enter the Promotion in four different ways. As part of the Promotion entry process, entrants must indicate that they have read, accepted, and agreed to be bound by these official rules (the “Official Rules”).
A. Via the Woobox URL:
i. Access the “Contest” at http://woobox.com/rxcxtu during the Promotion Period and follow the instructions to complete the entry form and upload your Submission to the Contest Site. Your Submission must include an Osprey Pack and it is encouraged that you submit an explanation of where the photo was taken (but it is not required) in addition to completing the entry form.
ii. You must complete and submit the entry form as instructed to be eligible.
iii. Once you complete the entry form and upload your Submission, you will be entered into the Promotion provided your Submission meets the Submission Requirements.
iv. By entering this competition through this route you're agreeing to receive emails from us at Osprey which you can unsubscribe to at any time. For more information take a look at our Privacy and cookie policy on our website at http://www.ospreyeurope.com/gb_en/privacy.
i. Access the “Contest” app on the Osprey Packs Brand Page on Facebook located at http://www.facebook.com/OspreyPacks (the “Contest Site”) during the Promotion Period and follow the instructions to complete the entry form and upload your Submission to the Contest Site. Your Submission must include an Osprey Pack and it is encouraged that you submit an explanation of where the photo was taken (but it is not required) in addition to completing the entry form.
ii. You must complete and submit the entry form as instructed to be eligible.
iii. Once you complete the entry form and upload your Submission, you will be entered into the Promotion provided your Submission meets the Submission Requirements.
C. Via Twitter:
i. Tweet your Submission via your Twitter account using the hashtag #OspreySnow (the “Twitter Hashtag”).You must also be following Sponsor’s Twitter feed, @OspreyPacks, to enter via Twitter.
ii. Any photo containing an Osprey pack on Twitter tagged with the Twitter Hashtag during the Promotion Period may be eligible for this Promotion provided it meets the Submission Requirements.
iii. Once you tweet your Submission to the Twitter Hashtag, you will be entered into the Promotion.
iv. It is encouraged, but not required, that you submit an explanation of where the photo was taken with the submission.
D. Via Instagram:
i. Post your Submission on Instagram through your Instagram account using the hashtag #OspreySnow (the “Instagram Hashtag”).
ii. Any photo containing an Osprey pack tagged with the Instagram Hashtag on Instagram during the Promotion Period may be eligible for the Promotion provided it meets the Submission Requirements.
iii. Once you upload your Submission to Instagram using the Instagram Hashtag, you will be entered into the Promotion.
iv. It is encouraged, but not required, that you submit an explanation of where the photo was taken with the submission.
v. By using the Instagram Hashtag in connection with your Instagram post, you are acknowledging and agreeing that Sponsor has the right to stream your post through the Instagram API or otherwise use your post as set forth in its online Terms and Conditions http://www.ospreypacks.com/en/web/terms_and_conditions.
Regardless of the method of entry, each Submission must meet the following “Submission Requirements”: (i) the Submission must be the submitting entrant’s original, previously unpublished work and not include any material owned or controlled by third parties (including without limitation, third party copyrighted material) and may not have been entered in any other contest or considered for any award; (ii) the Submission may not contain any brands, logos or trademarks not permitted to be featured in Osprey promotions and advertising; (iii) the entrant must provide upon request all appropriate clearances, permissions and releases for the Submission (in the event an entrant cannot provide all required releases, Sponsor reserves the right, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to disqualify the applicable Submission, or seek to secure the releases and clearances for Sponsor’s benefit, or allow the applicable Submission to remain in the Promotion); (iv) the Submission must not include any content that is obscene, pornographic, libelous or otherwise objectionable; and (v) the entrant must have the consent of any persons featured in the Submission to use of their image in the Submission and to the entrant submitting their image as an entry to the Promotion and use of their image in accordance with these Official Rules. Any Submission that, in Sponsor’s judgment, violates the Submission Requirements may be disqualified. Submissions must be received by the end of the Promotion Period to be eligible to win the prize.
The Contest Site, Twitter, and Instagram, as applicable, are the official timekeeper for the Promotion. All entry information becomes the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Except as otherwise disclosed in these Official Rules, and to the extent entrants may otherwise elect at the time of entry, any information collected through the Promotion shall be used only in a manner consistent with the consent given by the entrants at the time of entry, with these Official Rules, and with Osprey’s Privacy Policy found at http://www.ospreypacks.com/en/web/privacy_policy or http://www.ospreyeurope.com/gb_en/privacy.
Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor by electronic mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary.
At the time of entry via the Contest Site, entrants will have the opportunity to opt-in to receive further communications from Osprey. Entrants are not required to opt-in and opting-in will not increase your chances of winning. If an entrant chooses to opt-in, the entrant thereby grants Osprey permission to send him/her future communications regarding services, incentives, offers, promotions, or other messaging related to the Osprey’s products and services.
Entrants are providing their information to Osprey and not to Facebook.
The Sponsor, and/or its designated representatives, will review all Submissions received and will post all eligible entries to the Contest Site that conform to these Official Rules, including, but not limited to, the Submission Requirements, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion (“Eligible Submissions”). Eligible Submissions will be available on the internet via the Contest Site (and other media as designated by the Sponsor in its sole discretion) for viewing by the general public and any such posting will be deemed made at the direction of the entrant within the meaning of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Communications Decency Act.
Entries that do not comply with these Official Rules, including, but not limited to, the Submission Requirements, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion, will be disqualified from the Promotion and may not appear on the Contest Site.
By entering, all entrants agree to give Osprey permission to use his/her name and likeness in accordance with Section 11 below.
Any entrant who incorporates any intellectual property owned by a third party into his or her Submission does so at his or her own risk. Without in any way limiting, expanding or amending the Terms of Use policy residing on Osprey’s website, http://www.ospreypacks.com and http://www.ospreyeurope.com, which Terms of Use policy shall remain in full force and effect, if Sponsor is duly notified that any element of an entrant’s Submission infringes upon the rights of another person and/or receives a legally valid request to remove the affected Submission from the Contest Site because of such infringement, such Submission may be disqualified from the Promotion, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion. Further, no entrant will be eligible to receive a prize unless Sponsor determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such entrant’s Submission has been or can be sufficiently cleared for legal purposes.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, the entry will be declared made by the authorized holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry, or the Twitter or Instagram account holder from which the Submission was made, and the entrant may be required to provide identification sufficient to show that he/she is the authorized account holder of such email address, Twitter account or Instagram account as applicable. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the Sponsor in writing if the entrant changes his/her email or postal address during the Promotion Period. Proof of submission of entry does not constitute proof of delivery or entry. Each Submission must be manually key stroked and manually entered by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot, or contest service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related email or IP addresses may be blocked.
5. VOTING AND JUDGING:
Fan voting on the Eligible Submissions in the Promotion will take place on the Contest Site during the Promotion Period. Voters must visit the Contest Site and select which of the posted Eligible Submissions they believe have best represent a winter adventure with Osprey Packs. Voters may vote on the Contest Site, limit one (1) vote per person per day on the Contest Site.
Any entrant offering or using, or attempting to use a “cheat,” payment, or other incentive, or any other means to obtain votes will be disqualified and any votes earned by those means will be void in Sponsor’s sole discretion. If attempts are made to vote in excess of the stated limits or obtain votes by means other than as specifically set forth in these Official Rules, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, disqualify any related entrant, Submission or votes. Any rankings or vote counts posted on the Contest Site are unofficial and should not be relied upon for any purpose. Use of any automated, script, software, macro or robotic program or any other automated or improper means to submit or gain votes may result in the disqualification, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, of the entrant to which such votes relate, of the votes themselves, or both.
Votes will be tallied by Sponsor and/or Sponsor’s designated representative.
The judging criteria are to be decided and applied in the sole discretion of Sponsor.
In the event a winning Submission is discovered to be invalid for any reason whatsoever or the person who submitted the winning Submission fails to comply with these Official Rules prior to delivery of the prize, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate Prize Winner.
6. POTENTIAL WINNER NOTIFICATION:
Potential Prize Winner will be notified by Sponsor.
Sponsor will notify the Prize Winner on or about 12:00 PM GMT March 22, 2016.
Sponsor will attempt to notify each potential Prize Winner using the email address provided at time of entry if entry was submitted on the Contest Site. If entry was submitted via Twitter, attempts to notify the potential Prize Winner will be made by Sponsor sending a direct communication to the potential winner on Twitter including Sponsor’s contact information. The potential winner must then contact Sponsor using that contact information within seven (7) days of notification. If entry was submitted via Instagram, attempts to notify potential Prize Winners will be made by Sponsor posting a comment on the potential winner’s Submission including Sponsor’s contact information. The potential winner must then contact Sponsor using that contact information within seven (7) days of notification.
The Potential Prize Winner is subject to eligibility verification and compliance with these Official Rules, maintaining compliance with these Official Rules, and approval by Sponsor. Each potential Prize Winner may be required to execute a further Submission license or assignment, Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and (where imposing such condition is legal) a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of the Potentially Winner contacting the Sponsor in order to receive prize delivery. If any required information is not returned within the number of days specified in the notification correspondence, or if any notification is returned as undeliverable, then the prize may be forfeited and an alternate Prize Winner will be selected at the Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Each entrant acknowledges that other entrants may have created ideas and concepts contained in his/her entry that may have familiarities or similarities to his/her entry, and that he/she will not be entitled to any compensation or right to negotiate with Osprey or the Promotion Parties because of these familiarities or similarities.
7. PRIZES:
The prize for the Promotion shall be the following:
A. a pack of the Winner’s choosing maximum RRP £270 / 330$ . The prize is limited to available Osprey Packs inventory in the Prize Winner’s respective region.
B. ospreypacks.com and ospreyeurope.com will feature the winning photo submission on their respective homepages.
Prizes are non-transferable. No cash alternative or prize substitutions allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if prize selected by the Prize Winner becomes unavailable. Prizes may not be sold, bartered, or exchanged by the Prize Winner.
Prizes will be despatched to the winner via Parcelforce by Osprey Europe if the Prize Winner is based in Europe or within USA via UPS by Osprey Packs if the Prize Winner is based in USA or Canada, unless otherwise stated.
All details of any prize not specified herein shall be determined solely by Sponsor. By accepting a prize, the Prize Winner acknowledges compliance with these Official Rules.
ALL FEDERAL, STATE, OR OTHER TAX LIABILITIES ARISING FROM THIS PROMOTION ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER; OSPREY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WILL NOT PAY ANY SUCH TAXES.
Only one prize will be awarded to one winner. All other expenses relating to acceptance of a prize, including but not limited to taxes and any other expenses not specified herein are the sole responsibility of winner. Prize conditions may be added or modified by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.
8. CONDUCT:
By entering into this Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. In the event of any dispute regarding the Promotion, our decision will be binding and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. These Official Rules are accessible
from http://www.facebook.com/OspreyPacks throughout the Promotion Period. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification.
Entries from residents of the U.S. are subject to U.S. law and entries from residents of Europe are subject to UK law. Entrants may not enter this Promotion if doing so is contrary to the laws or regulations in the entrant’s country of residence do not allow it.
Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual suspected of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be unsportsmanlike or disruptive, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND COSTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9. ENTRANT’S GRANT OF RIGHTS:
By participating in the Promotion, each entrant irrevocably grants Osprey and its agents and successors and assigns a non-exclusive, unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free, transferable license and right (but not the obligation) to reproduce, publicly perform, distribute, exploit, publicly display, and otherwise use the Submission in any way, for any reason, and in any and all media (including but not limited to the Contest Site), without limitation, and without further notice, consent or consideration to the entrant.
Without in any way limiting the foregoing, Osprey shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to modify and make derivative works of the Submission for any purpose which Osprey deems necessary or desirable, and each entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein. Osprey shall have the right to freely sublicense its rights hereunder, in whole or in part, to any person or entity. Osprey shall retain the rights granted in each Submission even if the Submission is disqualified or fails to meet the Submission Requirements.
10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION:
Each person who enters this Promotion represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Submission is the entrant’s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii) the Submission does not contain any computer virus (as applicable), is otherwise uncorrupted, is wholly original with entrant, and as of the date of submission, is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iii) the Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party; and (iv) the Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory or libellous; and (iv) the entrant has the consent of any persons featured in the Submission to use of their image in the Submission and to the entrant submitting their image as an entry to the Promotion and use of their image in accordance with these Official Rules. By entering, each entrant agrees to hereby indemnify and hold harmless Osprey and the Promotion Parties from any and all third party claims, actions, proceedings or damages of any kind (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from, or relating to, the breach or alleged breach of the representations, warranties or agreements herein, your entry, or your conduct in creating your entry or otherwise in connection with this Promotion.
11. PUBLICITY RELEASE:
By participating in the Promotion, in addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement entered into between Osprey and any entrant in the Promotion, each entrant irrevocably grants Osprey and their respective successors, assigns, and licensees, the right to use such entrant’s name, likeness, image, and biographical information in any and all media for any purpose, including, without limitation, advertising and publicity purposes, as well as in connection with the Promotion and hereby releases Osprey and the Promotion Parties from any liability with respect thereto.
12. DATES & DEADLINES/ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF ENTRANTS:
Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Promotion, including the Promotion Period.
13. NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP/WAIVER OF EQUITABLE RELIEF:
Each entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between the entrant and Osprey is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that the entrant’s decision to provide the Submission to Sponsor for purposes of the Promotion does not place Osprey in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of the entrant’s Submission. Each entrant understands and acknowledges that Osprey have wide access to ideas, stories, photographs, designs, and other literary materials, and that new ideas are constantly being submitted to it or being developed by their own employees. Each entrant also acknowledges that many ideas or photographs may be competitive with, similar or identical to the Submission and/or each other in theme, idea, format or other respects. Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that such entrant will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of Osprey’s use of any such similar or identical material. Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that Osprey do not now and shall not have in the future any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of the copyright in and to the Submission.
14. NO OBLIGATION TO USE:
Sponsor shall have no obligation (express or implied) to use any Submission or any materials or content created by the entrant (the “Materials”), or to otherwise exploit any Submission or Materials or, if commenced, to continue the distribution or exploitation thereof, and Sponsor may at any time abandon the use of the Submission or Materials for any reason, with or without legal justification or excuse, and entrants shall not be entitled to any damages or other relief by reason thereof.
15. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:
Osprey assume no responsibility or liability for (a) any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or for any faulty, failed, garbled or jumbled electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of entries at any point in the operation of this Promotion or for miscommunications or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers; (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or any combination thereof; or (e) any damage to the entrant’s or to any other person’s computer which may be related to or resulting from any attempt to participate in the Promotion or access or download any materials from the Contest Site.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due prize notifications.
No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Promotion if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Promotion is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures, or malfunctions or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Promotion as contemplated herein. In the event an insufficient number of eligible Submissions are received and/or Sponsor is prevented from awarding prizes or continuing with the Promotion as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, or if the Promotion is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor will (if possible) select the Prize Winner from all eligible, non-suspect Submissions received as of the date of the event giving rise to the termination. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant’s sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances.
16. RELEASES:
All entrants, as a condition of entry into the Promotion, agree that Osprey, the Promotion Parties, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (A) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, losses or damages of any kind, provided that nothing in these Official Rules shall operate to exclude or limit Osprey’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Only the type and quantity of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, in the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
17. WINNER LIST:
To request any legally required winner’s list, send an email with subject line: “Osprey Packs #OspreySnow Promotion” to social@ospreypacks.com.
Names of the Prize Winners are available at any time after March 24, 2016.