Purina® Dog Chow®
Picture Your Dog in Times Square
Event
OFFICIAL RULES - NO PURCHASE OR INTERNET SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
THE FOLLOWING EVENT IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS EVENT UNLESS YOU ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OWN A DOG, AND ARE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Purina® Dog Chow® "Picture Your Dog in Times Square" Event ("Event") starts at noon Central Time on Monday, March 17, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 A.M. Central Time on Monday, April 28, 2008. Event sponsored by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Checkerboard Square, St. Louis, MO 63164 ("Sponsor"), and administered by RMA, Inc., an independent judging organization.
ELIGIBILITY: Event offered only in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia to legal residents of the U.S. who own a dog and, at the time of entry, are 18 years of age or older. Entrants under the age of majority (21 if a MS resident, 19 if an AL, NE, or PA resident, 18 in all other states) must have their parent's or legal guardian's permission to enter. Open to amateur photographers only. Persons who have been paid for their photography are ineligible. Employees of Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agency partners, and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household of each may register, create a dog page, and submit a photo for possible posting to www.longliveyourdog.com, www.pictureyourdogintimessquare.com and/or on the "Digital Tower Billboards @ Times Square2 - A Reuters/NASDAQ Alliance" in Times Square, New York ("Times Square Billboards"); however these individuals are not eligible to enter the Event to win a prize. This Event is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE OR INTERNET SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. There are two ways to enter: 1) Visit the Sponsor’s websites at www.longliveyourdog.com or www.pictureyourdogintimessquare.com between noon Central Time on March 17, 2008 and 11:59:59 A.M. Central Time on April 28, 2008 and follow the on-line instructions. Complete all required fields on the registration pages, create a dog page, and attach your photograph in JPEG or GIF format and then click "Submit". 2) Print your name, mailing address, and date of birth on an 8 ½" x 11" piece of paper and mail it along with your photo to: Picture your Dog in Times Square, P.O. Box 8242, Westport, CT 06888. Eligible photos will be posted to www.longliveyourdog.com, www.pictureyourdogintimessquare.com and/or on the Times Square Billboards. All entries must comply with the ENTRY REQUIREMENTS specified below.
All entries must be posted or postmarked by 11:59:59 A.M. Central Time on April 28, 2008. If there is more than one dog in your household, you may submit one entry per dog. However, each entry must be submitted separately. Mechanically reproduced, automated, repetitive and/or programmed submission of entries (including entries using any script, macro or Event services) will not be accepted. If you submit more than one entry, only the entry that is posted, received and processed first will be eligible. In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address. The authorized account holder is the natural person or organization assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization, or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
All entries and photographs ("Submissions") become the property of Sponsor, which retains all rights, including, but not limited to the right to copy, modify, adapt, publish, and/or use any Submissions in any way and in all media without limitation forever. No correspondence about entries will be entered into, nor will photos be acknowledged or returned. If required information is not included, entry will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for late or incomplete entries. If a problem occurs in the submission process you should receive an "Error" message. However, the responsibility to electronically forward the entry is the entrant's and neither Sponsor nor the Event administrators shall be responsible for any photo not actually received due to incomplete or improper transmission. Similarly, neither Sponsor nor Event administrators has any obligation to advise entrant of an incomplete submission.
Sponsor and RMA may prohibit you from participation in the Event if, at their sole discretion, you show a disregard for, or attempt to circumvent these Official Rules, or act: (a) in a manner that affects the administration, security, fairness or proper play or conduct of the Event in any way; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other entrant or the Sponsor; or (c) in any other disruptive manner.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: All entries must include an original unaltered photograph on which no image-editing software has been used except to resize the image. Photograph format must follow specified guidelines listed below. Photographs taken by Professional Photographers are not eligible. Any person whose primary occupation involves taking photos for profit shall be deemed a Professional Photographer for purposes of this Event. Photo must include one dog and cannot include any people or other animals. The dog depicted in the photo must be owned by and live in the same household with the entrant. Because Nestlé Purina PetCare Company promotes the compassionate care of all pets, photos depicting dogs in unsafe conditions or those which do not exemplify responsible pet ownership will not be considered. Do not include any logo/branded products in your photo. All entries must be the original, unpublished property of the entrant, may not have won prior awards, and must not infringe on any third-party rights. Any photo submitted for entry that fails to observe any of these requirements in the sole judgment of Sponsor and/or RMA will be disqualified.
PHOTO GUIDELINES: Photos that are submitted by mail must be no larger than 8" X 10". Slides will not be accepted. Photos submitted on-line must be in JPEG or GIF format with picture dimensions no smaller than 800 x 600 pixels and a file size not larger than 400 kilobytes (uncompressed). Photographs may be in color or black & white.
WINNER SELECTION AND PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. On or around May 5, 2008, one Grand Prize winner will be selected at random from among all eligible entries received throughout the promotion period. That individual will receive a 4-night, 5-day trip for themselves, their dog, and one other person to New York City to attend the debut of the "Picture Your Dog in Times Square" video display on June 19, 2008. Winner and/or their traveling companion must be at least 21 years of age. Trip includes coach round-trip airfare for two people and one dog, four nights double occupancy hotel accommodation, including pet, ground transportation to and from the hotel, and $500 for miscellaneous expenses (approx. total retail value: $4,850).
As a condition of being named the Grand Prize winner, the winner must agree to travel to New York City with their dog on June 18 through June 22, 2008. If the winner and their dog are not available or willing to travel to New York, they will be disqualified and will relinquish all rights to any prize. The winner must also agree to participate in a 2 hour media training session and must agree to participate, with their dog, in all requested public relations activities. The winner must agree to speak positively about Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Purina® Dog Chow® brand dog food, and the Event. If the winner is not willing to do so, they will be disqualified and will relinquish all rights to any prize
WINNER NOTIFICATION AND REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS: The Grand Prize winner will be notified by mail on or before May 9, 2008. As a condition of being awarded a prize, the Grand Prize winner will be required to complete and return to RMA within 7 days of notification, a signed Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity and Liability Release. If an individual under the age of majority wins the Grand Prize, the winner's parent or legal guardian must sign and execute the required Affidavit and Release. In the event that an Affidavit and Release is not returned within the specified time period, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected at random from among all eligible entries received. Except where prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission of such winner for Sponsor to use the winner’s first name, last initial, city and state of residence and submitted photo, without notice or further compensation and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media now known and hereafter devised including, without limitation, on-line worldwide, for purposes of advertising, trade, promotion, and publicity.
RELEASES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules. By entering the Event, participants agree: (a) to be bound by these Official Event Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and RMA, which shall be final and binding, and (b) that the Sponsor, its parent companies, their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information associated with the Event, whether caused by Website users, tampering, hacking, or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Event; (2) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or unauthorized access to the Website or in any materials associated with the Event; (3) any injury, damage, or loss to participants' or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Event or downloading materials from, or otherwise using, the Website; (4) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (5) any design, typographical or other errors in any materials associated with the Event; (6) garbled, incomplete, damaged, misdirected, late, lost, undelivered, or unprocessed entries; (7) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor which may cause the Event to be disrupted or corrupted; or (8) any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by participation in this Event, or by the acceptance and/or use of any prize. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate, or suspend all or any portion of this Event should fraud, virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, systems malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor and its agencies corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper play or conduct of the Event.
Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any third party's failure to act in accordance with Sponsor's instructions pertaining to the implementation of this Event.
By entering this Event you give your consent for Sponsor to deliver your entry material and personal information to RMA and/or other Event administrators as required for the purpose of administering the Event. Only Sponsor, RMA and such other Event administrators will have access to the personal information. Information will be used in accordance with Sponsor's online privacy policy. For information regarding Sponsor's online privacy policy go to www.purina.com and click on "Privacy Policy".
WHO WON: To find out who won this Event, visit www.longliveyourdog.com between June 15, 2008 and July 15, 2008, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked by June 15, 2008: Picture Your Dog in Times Square Winners, P.O. Box 2990, Westport, CT 06880.
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