ULTIMATE CANUCKS SEARCH
(the "Search")
RULES & REGULATIONS
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY. SEARCH CONTEST IS VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY
LAW. SEE ELIGIBILITY SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS. TO COMPLETE YOUR ENTRY
YOU MUST READ AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS. PARTICIPATION IN THIS SEARCH
CONTEST CONSTITUTES FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
SEARCH CONTEST RULES. ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE IN CANADIAN FUNDS ($CDN) UNLESS
OTHERWISE NOTED. THE SEARCH CONTEST IS
CONDUCTED BY VANCOUVER CANUCKS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (“VCLP”)
(1) THE SEARCH: Show the world, your fellow fans,
and your favourite Canucks players how you are the Ultimate Canucks Fan. Demonstrate your ultimate fandom by creating
a photograph and sending to ultimate.search@canucks.com
or a short video and uploading it through Youtube.com. Refer to the Rules &
Regulations below on how to upload your video and the prize categories.
WARNING: You must comply with these outlined rules
& regulations and user rules of the site (YouTube) to which you upload your
entry. Importantly, you must not do
anything in connection with creating your entity which might cause danger of
any kind to yourself or any other person or property. An entry which, in VCLP’s
opinion, may have constituted in its making any danger of such kind will be
disqualified from the Search. Don’t take
risks—you can’t win if you do.
(2) SEARCH PERIOD: The Search begins at 09:00AM Pacific
Standard Time ("PST") on Friday, January 18, 2008 and ends at 09:00AM PST on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 . (the
"Search Period").
(3) ELIGIBILITY
Entrants are not eligible to
participate in the Search if they are:
a. owners, governors, officers, directors,
partners, partnerships, principals, employees, agents, and representatives of VCLP,
or it’s related entities, or
b. a member of the household and/or
immediate family of any of the above parties. For the
purpose of the Search Rules, "immediate family" means husband, wife,
spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son and/or daughter, whether or not
they reside in the same household.
c. VCLP shall have
the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to
participate in the Search. Failure to provide such proof may result in
disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied
to VCLP for the purpose of the Search must be truthful, complete, accurate and
in no way misleading. VCLP reserve the right to disqualify any entry or entrant
in its and their sole discretion, should any entry or entrant at any stage
contain and/or supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal
details and/or information.
(4) HOW TO ENTER
VCLP reserves the right
to create additional categories throughout the contest period as we see fit. VCLP
also reserves the right to not award a prize in a particular category if no
submissions received are deemed to be prize worthy.
a. Suggested
video categories for submissions. These are only recommended and subject to the
rules, VCLP will accept any entry as long as it complies with the rules:
·
Ultimate
Comedy
·
Ultimate
Drama
·
Ultimate
Documentary
·
Ultimate
Evangelist
·
Music
Video
·
Animated
Short
·
Ultimate
Kids
·
Most
Outrageous
·
Most
Original
·
Most
Inspirational
·
Critics
Choice Award
·
Crowd Pumper
b. There is no
purchase necessary to enter the Search. To enter a submission in the Search, go to http://www.canucks.com/ultimate
(“Web Site”) during the Search Period and click on the “Upload Your Video” link
to go the Search group page on either YouTube.com. If you are not an existing Youtube user, you will be
required to agree to the YouTube Terms and Conditions
of Use, located on http://www.youtube.com/t/terms
and create a free YouTube account in order to submit
a video in the contest (a “Contest ID”). Once
registered with YouTube, join the YouTube group associated with the Ultimate
Canucks Search (the "Search Group") by clicking the "Join This
Group" link from the Search Group page. When you have successfully joined
the Search Group, click "Upload Your Video" and follow the
instructions to upload your video (your "Submission") to your YouTube
account. If your Submission is a photo, please send to ‘ultimate.search@canucks.com’.
c. By uploading a
Submission in the Search, the entrant represents and warrants that the
Submission is suitable for display and publication on Canucks.com and that (i) the Submission does not contain
any material that is libelous, defamatory, profane, obscene or indecent,
including but not limited to nudity or profanity; it must not contain
defamatory statements (including but
not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals
of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic
group), it must not include threats to any person, place, business, group or
world peace, it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or
entity, and it must not in any other way violate applicable laws and
regulations (ii) the Video is
original to the entrant, and all right, title, and interest (including
copyright) therein and thereto is owned and/or controlled by the entrant to the
full extent necessary to enable VCLP to use the material entered as
contemplated herein; and (iii) the Video does not infringe upon the
intellectual property or other statutory or common law rights of any third
party.
d. Limit: Each
participant may enter submissions as many times as you like, but each entry
must be separate and distinct in terms of content from every other entry you
have submitted.
Multiple Participants are not permitted to share the same
email address.
e. Entries received
through YouTube or ‘ultimate.search@canucks.com’ shall be deemed to be
submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated
with the Entry. For the purpose of the Search Rules, "authorized account
holder" of an e-mail address means the natural person who is assigned to
an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or
other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be required
to provide VCLP with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning Entry, or the
agreement of the authorized account holder that the winner may be recognized by
VCLP as the originator of the entry.
f. Voting Period:
09:00AM Pacific Standard Time ("PST") on
During the
Voting Period, visitors to Youtube.com will be invited to vote for their
favourite Submission.
Finalists: The
Participants whose Submissions receive the top four (4) highest number of votes
during the Voting Period will be determined potential finalists for the Prize
consideration (the "Potential Finalists") in which the Judges will
select a final four grand prize winners. Limit:
Visitors to the site may vote one (1) time for each Submission during the
Voting Period. In the case of a tie, the Judges will determine the finalist
based on the winner with the Submission that has the best entertainment value.
(5) JUDGING/REQUIREMENTS
OF CONTEST WINNERS: On Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at approx. 10:00AM PST in
Vancouver, British Columbia, a panel of judges chosen by VCLP in its sole
discretion (the "Judges") will choose one (4) Grand Prize
winners for each Grand based on the Finalist Judging Criteria. The Judges
reserve the right to create additional categories and prizing throughout the
contest as they see fit.
Grand Prize
winners will be notified by email and or phone on or about
(6) PUBLICITY RELEASE AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY
Grand Prize Winner Release. Each Grand Prize Winner agrees to sign and return a publicity
release and release of liability (the "Grand Prize Winner Release")
which confirms, among other things, that the Grand Prize Winner: (i) releases Vancouver
Canucks Limited Partnership, General Motors Place,
the Vancouver Canucks, the National Hockey League ("NHL"), the
member clubs of the NHL, NHL Enterprises Canada Inc., the NHLPA and current and
former NHL players, its and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related
companies, and its and their respective directors, officers, shareholders,
owners, partners, representatives, employees, agents, successors and assigns
from any and all liability arising out of or in any way connected to his or her
participation in the Search, participation in any Search-related activity, the
use of his/her Video contemplated herein, and/or the use of personal
information described herein, including but not limited to costs, injuries,
losses or damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or
destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or
portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising
therefrom; (ii) grants to VCLP and/or its and their
agents the unrestricted right for any purpose to produce, reproduce, publish,
broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and
otherwise use or re-use the entrant's Video, address and city/province of
residence, statements, endorsements, biography, name, voice, photograph and
likeness for advertising and/or publicity purposes, without compensation, in
any and all media now known or hereafter devised; and (iii) expressly waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, any so-called "moral rights"
which may now or may hereafter be recognized by legislative enactment or
otherwise at law or in equity with respect to the Submission. The executed
Grand Prize Winner Release must be returned by Tuesday, May 29th at
(7) PRIZES: FOUR (4)
GRAND PRIZES: Finalist Prizes
a. There will be four (4) finalist prizes
(each, a "Finalist Prize") awarded to the Search finalists (each, a "Finalist")
consisting of:
(#1) One (1)
pair of tickets to Vancouver Canucks 2008.09 regular season game (to be
determined) and one (1) $200 gift certificate to the Players Chophouse
Restaurant & Lounge, located in
(#2) One (1)
team signed replica Canucks jersey and one (1) team signed hockey stick. Valued at approx. $300.00
(#3) One (1)
pair of tickets to Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames (Fan Appreciation
Night) on April 5, 2008 and participation in the ‘Jersey off our backs’ jersey
giveaway in which an unknown player will provide a jersey and sign it on the
ice at the end of the game. Valued at approx. $430.00
(#4) To be announced.
Finalist
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned,
substituted or redeemed for cash, except that VCLP, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the
Finalist Prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded as described due to
unavailability for any reason. In the event that the Finalist Prize consists of
or includes attendance at an event that is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled
for any reason whatsoever, a substitute prize or cash equivalent will not be
provided.
b. Each Finalist may
claim the Finalist Prize at General Motors Place located at 800 Griffiths Way,
Vancouver, BC seven (7) days after he/she has been successfully contacted and
notified of his/her Finalist Prize, has complied with the Search Rules and has
signed and returned the Finalist Release (outlined in section 6).
(8) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
By participating in this Search and
uploading a video or photo submission, the entrant:
a. agrees to be bound by these Search
Rules;
b. agrees to be bound by the decisions of VCLP
and the Judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects;
c. agrees to sign and return Grand Prize
Winner Release, as applicable; and
d. grants to VCLP and/or its and their agents the unrestricted right for any purpose to
produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication,
exhibit, edit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use his/her Video or
photograph Submission, without compensation, in any and all media now known or
hereafter devised.
e. Warrants and represents that the entrant owns all rights to
the Submission he/she is entering in this contest, including, without
limitation, the video or digital recording, and the performance contained in
each Submission.
f. Warrants and represents that the
entrant is the individual pictured and heard in the Submission, or,
alternatively, that the entrant has obtained permission from each person who
appears in the Submission to grant the rights to the Search parties described
in these rules and can make written copies of such permissions available to the
contest parties upon request.
(9) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
VCLP are not
responsible or liable for late, lost, incomplete, illegible, misdirected,
stolen, delayed, damaged or destroyed entries, notifications, replies or any
Release; for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers,
Internet Service Providers, websites or other connection, related to the Search
and/or the Search Website; for errors of any kind, including but not limited to
human, electronic, mechanical and/or technical in nature; for failure or
technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer and online
systems, servers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers on
account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, the Search
Website, any related website, or any combination thereof; for any injury or
damage to entrant, entrant's computer, or any other person's computer related
to or resulting from participating in, or downloading material in connection
with the Search; for incorrect or inaccurate information; for weather
conditions, event cancellations, delay or rescheduling or other factors beyond VCLP’s control.
(10) DISQUALIFICATION
VCLP reserve
the right, in its and their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant who is
found to be tampering with the entry process or with the operation and
administration of the Search; acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of
the Search; or in violation of the Search Rules. VCLP reserve the right to seek
damages and other remedies from any such entrant to the fullest extent
permitted by law, including but not limited to criminal prosecution.
REMINDER: Entrants must comply with the user rules of
the site (YouTube. com) to which you upload your entry. Importantly, you must not do anything in
connection with creating your entity which might cause danger of any kind to
yourself or any other person or property.
An entry which, in VCLP’s opinion, may have
constituted in its making any danger of such kind will be disqualified from the
Search. Don’t take risks—you can’t win
if you do.
(11) USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
By
participating in the Search, the entrant consents to the collection, use and
disclosure of his/her personal information by VCLP for the purpose of
administering the Search, awarding the Finalist Prizes as applicable. Personal
information collected in connection with the Search will be used by VCLP in
accordance with VCLP’s privacy policy available at www.canucks.com
(12) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All
intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names,
designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings,
illustrations, logos, slogans and representations are owned by VCLP and/or
their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any
copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written
consent of its owner is strictly prohibited. Entrants may use the jersey
insignia of the Vancouver Canucks, and other designs owned by VCLP associated
with the Vancouver Canucks only for the purpose of entering the Search and not
for any other purpose.
(13) GOVERNING LAW
The Search
is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations
and is void where prohibited by law. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Search Rules
or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and VCLP in connection
with the Search shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the province of British Columbia including procedural provisions without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that
would cause the application of any other jurisdiction's laws.
(14) OFFICIAL RULES
These Search
Rules will be available at the Vancouver Canucks reception desk (Gate #5)
located at General Motors Place,
Use of Canucks logos, photos, art, audio and video
(as included in the 'EXTRAS' area of the site) are only
authorized by VCLP for use in the production of Ultimate Canucks Search
submissions and for no other purpose. Any Ultimate Canucks Search submission
which includes the use of the Canucks logo cannot be used for any other
purposes without the express written consent of VCLP.
VCLP expressively reserves the right to revoke this limited license at any time
for any reason.
Canucks.com is the official Web site of The Vancouver Canucks. The Vancouver Canucks and Canucks.com are trademarks of The Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership. NHL and the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup are registered trademarks and the NHL Shield and NHL Conference logos are trademarks of the National Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Copyright © 2008 The Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership and the National Hockey League. All Rights Reserved.