Image Market

"Take an Instagram Selfie & Win a Prize"

Contest ("Contest")

 

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

SPONSOR: Image Market Tees "Take an Instagram Selfie & Win a Prize" Contest ("Contest") is sponsored by Image Market, 10045 Scott Circle, Omaha, NE 68122 ("Sponsor").

CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest will begin at 9:00 AM (Mountain Daylight Time) on February 1^st, 2015 and will end at 9:00 PM (Mountain Daylight Time) on January 1^st, 2016 ("Contest Period").

AGREEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in the Contest, all entrants fully and unconditionally agree to and accept these Official Rules and the Sponsor’s decisions which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning the prizes (described below) is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. 

ELIGIBILITY. Legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, who are 13 years of age (or the age of majority in their place of residence, whichever is older) or older are eligible to enter, except employees of Sponsor, and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion and/or their respective agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and members of their immediate families or persons residing at the same address. 

ENTRY. During the Contest Period, participants may enter by uploading a photo using Instagram.  In order for your entry to be validated, your Instagram profile settings must be public. Contest video entries must be hashtagged with #imagemarkettees.

No other method of entry will be accepted. Limit one entry per person. Subsequent attempts made by the same individual to submit multiple entries by using multiple accounts or otherwise may be disqualified. Entries in excess of the stated limit will be void. The Contest computer, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, is the official time keeping device for the Contest. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entries (i) must be the original and sole creation of the submitting entrant, and all right, title and interest including but not limited to the copyright in any Entry, must be owned solely by the submitting entrant; (ii) may not have been submitted in any other competition, (iii) may not have been published; (iv) may not infringe upon any third party's rights, including but not limited to, copyright, patent or trademark, or rights of privacy or publicity, or contain material that is or may be considered defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or portray or depict any person, product or entity in a false light; (v) may not violate any law, rule or regulation; (vi) may not contain any virus, bugs, or other deleterious material; and (vii) may not contain inappropriate content, for example but not limited to, profanity, defamatory statements, words or symbols widely considered offensive to individuals of any certain race, ethnicity, religious, sexual orientation or socioeconomic groups, threats to any person, place, business, or group. Each entrant warrants and represents that his/her Entry complies with all of those conditions. Any non-complying Entry will subject the entrant to disqualification in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

By submitting an Entry, you further represent and warrant that you have obtained written permission from each person whose name, image or likeness ("Likeness") is included in the Entry, that such person(s) have granted you all necessary rights to use the Likeness as described in these Official Rules, and that you can and will give written copies of such permissions to the Sponsor upon request. If your Entry includes the Likeness of a person who is under the age of 18 or under the age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater (a "Minor"), such grant of rights must include written permission from the Minor's parent or legal guardian, authorizing the use of the Minor's Likeness on behalf of the Minor. Further, if the submitted photo was taken by anyone other than you, you represent and warrant that such person(s) have granted you all rights to the photo, and that you can and will give written copies of such permissions to the Sponsor upon request. Once submitted, an Entry may not be changed, altered, modified or deleted.

By submitting an Entry, you grant Sponsor and its affiliated companies, and their agents, licensees and assigns the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works of, exhibit, and otherwise use the Entry or part thereof (with or without using your name) in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, royalty, or approval from you or any other party. You agree that, upon request by the Sponsor, you will sign copyright assignments as necessary to assign any and all rights to the photo to Sponsor. By submitting an Entry, you further agree not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim, or lawsuit against the Sponsor, or any other person or entity, on the grounds that any use of the Entry, or any derivative works, infringes any of your rights, including, without limitation, copyrights and moral rights. You further acknowledge that Sponsor, its affiliated companies, and their agents, licensees and assigns is in no way obligated to broadcast, publish or use your Entry in any way. Nothing herein shall constitute an employment, joint venture, or partnership relationship between you and the Sponsor. In no way are you to be construed as the agent or to be acting as the agent of the Sponsor.

ODDS. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received during the Contest Period. As this is a contest of skill, winning is dependent upon the quality of entries received and the skill of the individual entrants. When you enter the Contest online, you can also opt-in to receive promotional offers and emails from Sponsor. You can opt-out of receiving such offers and emails at any time and opting-in does not impact your chances of winning.

WINNER SELECTION. Each week thru the end of the Contest Period, the Sponsor will choose a single photo as the weekly winner.

PRIZES: Each week thru the end of the Contest Period, the prize will be a single $25.00 Visa Gift Card. 

LIMITATIONS ON PRIZES. One prize per entrant. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portions thereof) of equal or greater value if prize (or portions thereof) cannot be awarded as described. Sponsor will determine all elements of prizes in its sole discretion. Prizes may not be assigned, transferred, changed or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor.

PRIZES ARE AWARDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. SPONSOR DISCLAIMS ALL AND ANY LIABILITY FOR THE ACTUAL PROVISION, QUALITY OR NATURE OF ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ACCEPTED BY THE WINNERS. 

The awarding of any prize is contingent upon full compliance with these Official Rules. Entrants agree to be bound by Official Rules. Entrants understand that Sponsor is not liable for injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising from participation in this Contest and acceptance, possession and use of prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prizes. Decisions of Sponsor are final and binding in all respects.

CLAIMING PRIZE: To claim prize, the winner should follow the directions provided by the notice. Winners assume responsibility of all applicable taxes associated with the acceptance and use of the prize.

PRIVACY. Any information submitted by you will become the property of Image Market’s upon submission and will not be returned to you. By submitting your information you acknowledge that Image Market will own all rights to use your information without further notice or any compensation to you.  Entry in the Contest constitutes consent to be added to Image Market’s direct mail and Internet Marketing databases. Image Market’s use of your information will be subject to its Privacy Policy. You can opt-out of receiving such offers and emails at any time and opting-in does not impact your chances of winning.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Except where prohibited, by participating Contest entrants agree that: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant(s) and Sponsor and its agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska, USA without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Entrant agrees that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Nebraska and entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited, by participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you. 

OTHER. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for entries it is unable to process due to network, hardware or other technical failures, or any other reason, or incomplete, inaccessible, damaged, misdirected, illegible, stolen or lost entries. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person suspected of tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise, in violation of the rules. 

CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any non-conforming entries. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this promotion if not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention or force majeure. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to date of cancellation. The use of automated entry systems or any other conduct that impedes the integrity of the Contest is prohibited. In the event of a dispute regarding online entry, entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of an established e-mail account associated with the entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email 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 email address. The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram. Entrants agree to release, indemnify, and hold harmless Instagram and it’s respective directors, officers, employees, and other representatives from any and all claims, losses or liabilities of any kind arising from or relating to the administration or operation of the Contest.

GENERAL. Except where prohibited by law: (i) entry constitutes permission and a license to use entrant’s submission on any and all media now known or hereafter created, including but not limited to Sponsor’s web sites including Sponsor’s third party social media web sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.); and (ii) entry constitutes permission to use each winner's name, hometown, voice, likeness, photograph and any statements regarding this Contest for editorial, public relations, promotional and advertising purposes on behalf of Sponsor without compensation. If winner notification is returned as undeliverable, the entry with the next highest score may become an alternate winner. By participating and winning a prize, winners release Sponsor, and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability with respect to the prize won and participation in the Contest, subject to all federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Taxes on prizes are sole responsibility of winners.

WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT: The name of the prize winners may be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to: Image Market, 10045 Scott Circle, Omaha, NE 68122.