The Crazy Funny Photo Contest is sponsored by Laugh Factory Inc. (Sponsor), 8001 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood CA, USA 90046.
2 Term
The photography Entry period for the Laugh Factory Crazy Funny Photo Contest (the "Contest") will begin on August 10, 2009, 10 AM Pacific Standard Time and end on October 5, 2009, 10 AM Pacific Standard Time. The Contest consists of entry and voting phases as set forth below.
Contestants may submit their photographs at any time during the Entry Period. Each week, starting on August 17, 2009, the Contest will hold a voting round which
will include all the photograph submissions from the previous week. The last weekly voting round will begin on October 5, 2009 and end on October 12, 2009.
Winners from the voting weeks will be entered into the finalist voting week which will begin on October 12, 2009. The winner and finalist will be announced on or
about October 19, 2009. Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.
3 Who May Enter
Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (excluding Arizona, New Jersey and Vermont) and the District of Columbia, United Kingdom, Canada (excluding the province of Quebec), Australia, Republic of Ireland, India, South Africa and New Zealand who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Employees of Laugh Factory, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related are not eligible. CONTEST IS VOID IN ARIZONA, NEW JERSEY, VERMONT, THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
4 How to Enter
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY, AND A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. To enter, visit www.laughfactory.com/contests/DecalContest and follow the links and instructions to request a Laugh Factory Decal. We will send you a decal by mail. We are not responsible for Decals that do not arrive at their intended address due to the failure of the post services. You may also request a Laugh Factory Decal, in person, at our comedy clubs located at 8001 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood CA, 90046 and 151 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA, 90802.
Once the contestant receives a Decal they must affix it to a surface and take a picture which shows the Decal attached the surface of their choice. The contestant must then visit www.laughfactory.com/contests/DecalContest/decalUpload complete the registration form and upload a photograph which includes the Decal.
Laugh Factory is not responsible for the contestant's choice of surfaces. We urge all contestants to behave responsibility and within the laws of their respective Nations when choosing where to apply the Decal.
An entrant may enter the contest multiple times. But all photographs submitted by each contestant (single email address) must have the Decal affixed to a distinctly different surface. Laugh Factory administrators will determine if multiple photographs from the same contestant are different enough to be counted as separate entries. If an entrant uploads the same photograph multiple times they will be disqualified and excluded from the contest.
No photos will be acknowledged or returned. By entering a photo in this Contest, Entrant grants a nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, worldwide license Sponsor to edit, adapt and publish such photo in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, and Sponsor may use the photo in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest for advertising, marketing and promotional purposes in commerce and in any and all media now known or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without attribution, compensation, permission or further notification to the entrant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity, unless prohibited by law. Except for the foregoing license, Sponsor does not claim ownership of any copyright in Contest Submissions. Upon Sponsor's request, each contestant must provide a signed written personal release and/or license from (1) all persons who appear in the photo submitted (or their parents or legal guardians if such persons are minors), and/or (2) the copyright owner of any sculpture, artwork or other copyrighted material that appears in the photo entry, authorizing use of the photo in Sponsor's and their respective designees' editorial publications, advertising, marketing and promotions in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, permission or further notification to said copyright owner, unless prohibited by law. All releases must be in the form provided by Sponsor. Failure to provide such releases upon request will result in disqualification of contestant and the related entry. If a potential winner fails to provide such releases, s/he will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected in accordance with the procedures described herein. Click here for personal release/artist release or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (residents of Vermont need not include postage) to: Laugh Factory Crazy Funny Photo Contest, c/o Laugh Factory, Inc., 8001 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, damaged, misdirected, or blurred or otherwise indiscernible photos, which shall be disqualified.
Photograph Requirements:
- Each entry must comply with the following requirements (the "Photograph Requirements"):
- Photographs must be in digital format. No print or film submissions will be accepted for entry into this Contest;
- The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable;
- All digital files must be 5 megabytes or smaller, must be in JPEG or .jpg format, and must be at least 500 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 500 pixels tall (if a vertical image);
- The photo must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights or that constitutes copyright infringement;
- The photo must the Laugh Factory Decal affixed to a surface.
- Photographs which show obvious manipulation by photo editing software will be disqualified from the contest at the discretion of the Sponsor.
- The photo must, in its entirety, be a single work of original material taken by the contestant;
- The photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Sponsor, contain material that is pornographic, hateful, tortuous or libelous;
- Photographs that do not adhere to the above criteria will not be accepted by the Sponsor.
5 Contest Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded:
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $1000 in cash, (or check) from the Sponsor and prizes with a total retail value of $1000.
TWO (2) FINALIST PRIZES: The two (2) finalist prize winners will each receive $250 in cash and prizes with a total retail value of $250.
If a winner lives outside of the United States of America, they will received their prize money via. wire transfer in their native currency. The exchange rate will be determined by the Sponsor's bank on the day of the wire transfer. The Sponsor is committed to transfer currency with a value of 1000 American dollars to the winner of the Grand Prize and currency with a value of 250 American dollars to the winners of the finalist prize. The winning contestants will be responsible for all fees and taxes associated with the wire transfer.
6 Winner Determination
The weekly winner will be chosen by the public who may vote on the photographs once per 24 hour period on each photograph that has been accepted for the contest. There will be six voting phases and then a finalist phase which will determine the winner and two runner-ups.
During each weekly voting Phase, all accepted photographs will be posted at www.laughfactory.com/contest/decalcontest/vote. The Public will be invited to vote for photographs they find to be "crazy funny". Each participant may vote for only once per photo per day. Each "thumbs up" vote will count as +1 towards the photograph's score. Each "thumbs down" vote will count as -1 towards the photograph's score. Each weekly voting phase will have 3 to 5 weekly finalist. The finalist will be the photographs with the highest score.
The Grand Prize winner will be determined by a final public vote between the winners of the weekly votes.
In case of a tie, the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will select the potential winner from the tied Entries based on the Judges' analysis of "crazy funnyness" of the photograph.
For the Voting Phase: Voters must be legal U.S. residents and 18 years of age or older (19 or older if a resident of AL or NE; 21 or older if a resident of DC, NY or MI). Multiple voters are not permitted to share the same ip address. Any attempt by any voter to submit more than the allowed number of votes by using multiple/proxy/different ip addresses, or any other method will void all of that voter's votes in the Contest and he/she will be disqualified from further participation in the Contest. Use of any automated system to vote is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected votes, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any vote, the authorized account holder of the ip address used to vote will be deemed to be the voter. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned the ip address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning ip addresses. If Sponsor determines, at its sole discretion that a Finalist has cheated by obtaining votes through proxy ip address, then the Finalist will be disqualified.
7 Winner Requirements
All 3 winners (Grand Prize and two finalist prizes) will be notified on or around October 7, 2009. The potential Grand Prize winner and each finalist winner will be required to execute and return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & (where permitted) Publicity Release ("Affidavit") in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Affidavit within the required time period, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits the prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner or a potential finalist winner is disqualified for any reason, the Finalist who received the next highest score during the Voting Phase (for the Grand Prize) will be deemed the potential winner of the applicable prize. First Prizes will be shipped approximately 2-4 weeks after the conclusion of the Contest and verification of each winner. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the winner's, name, city, state, likeness, Contest entry and/or prize information in connection with the Contest, in commerce and in all media worldwide, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.
8 Limitation of Liability
By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor, Laugh Factory, Inc., and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
Sponsor and Laugh Factory assume no responsibility for any of the following in connection with the Contest: any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or votes; or alteration of entries or votes. Sponsor and Laugh Factory are further not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry or vote to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, fraud by any entrant, Finalist or vote, or any combination thereof, including without limitation any injury or damage to entrants', voters' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials in this Contest.
9 Conditions
THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entrants agree that this Contest shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the District of Columbia and the forum for any dispute shall be in the District of Columbia, United States of America. To the extent permitted by law, the right to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or on connection with this Contest are hereby excluded and any entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries void if the Sponsor determines the photograph to not be an original or if the entries are illegible, do not have a visible Laugh Factory Decal, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.
By entering, entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the administrators are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if the entrant wins that Sponsor may use the winning photographs and each winner's name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law). All federal, state/provincial/territorial, and local taxes, fees and surcharges and taxes (whether foreign or domestic, and including income, sales, and import taxes) on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize is/are ineligible, cannot be traced or does/do not respond within ten (10) days to a winner notification as required by the "Contest Prizes" Rules above, or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.
The Sponsor reserves the right to verify the validity and originality of any entry and/or entrant (including an entrant's identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Official Rules or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
10 Right to Cancel or Suspend Contest
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. In such event, no prizes will be awarded. If Sponsor elects to cancel or terminate the Contest under any of the circumstances described above, Sponsor will not retain any rights in the submitted photographs.
11 Winners List
Winners' names will be available online at www.laughfactory.com/contest/decalcontest after October 12, 2009 following verification of all winners. Alternatively, for names of winners send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Laugh Factory, Attention: Decal Contest Winner List, 8001 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046
12 Data Privacy
By entering, entrants agree that personal data, including without limitation name and address, may be processed and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the Contest only. The data may also be used by the Sponsor in order to verify the participant's identity, postal address, and telephone number or to otherwise verify the participant's eligibility to participate in the Contest. Participants have the right to access, review, rectify, or cancel any personal data held by Sponsor by writing to Sponsor at Laugh Factory, Attention: Decal Contest, 8001 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046. Personal data will be used by Sponsor and its affiliates exclusively for the purposes of administering the contest. Personal data will not be traded, bartered, sold or otherwise transferred to any third party or business.