Contest Rules
Submitting your photo
To enter your pet into the Halifax Humane Society’s online photo contest, you must provide information about your pet, yourself, and upload your photograph. There is a $5 entry fee per picture.
All photos and votes must be submitted 11:59pm on Sunday, July 31, 2016.
Eligible Pictures
Voting
There is a minimum of 5 votes at the time of voting. Pets will receive one vote for every $1 donated.
Winning
Warranties.
When you enter the Contest, you warrant that the photograph is original, that you are the sole owner and copyright holder of that photograph, and that you have not granted exclusive rights of that photograph to any other person or entity. You also warrant that the photograph does not invade the right of privacy of any individual; does not infringe any trademark, trade name, trade secret, intellectual property right, or other common law or statutory right; nor does it contain any material that otherwise violates any criminal prohibition or the personal or proprietary rights of any person or entity.
Grant of Rights in Connection with the Contest.
With regard to any image or content submitted, you agree to grant the Halifax Humane Society, its legal representatives, successors, and assigns, the nonexclusive right and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish, and distribute the photograph, or any portion thereof, throughout the world, in any printed form and by any kind of mechanical or electronic or any other method or device of reproduction, publication, and distribution known or later developed, during the full term of the copyright, and without notification or payment, in connection with the Halifax Humane Society Photo Contest. HHS agrees that it will never sell the photograph or rights in the photograph to any individual or entity.
Grant of Rights for Additional Purposes.
By entering the contest, you also agree to grant to HHS, its legal representatives, successors, and assigns, the nonexclusive right and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish, and distribute the photograph, or any portion thereof, throughout the world, in any printed form and by any kind of mechanical or electronic or any other method or device of reproduction, publication, and distribution known or later developed, during the full term of the copyright, and without notification or payment. HHS also agrees that it will never sell the photograph or rights in the photograph to any individual or entity.
Liability
Releases are not responsible for printing, typographical, human or other errors of any kind in any Contest-related materials or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, or illegible entries. If, for any reason, the Contests are not capable of running as planned, or infection by computer viruses, bugs, or tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, actions of entrants, technical failures, or any other causes corrupt or infect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contests, HHS reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any entry or entrant and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contests and at its sole discretion award a prize from among all eligible non-suspect entries validly received prior to the action requiring such modification. By entering, all Contestants agree that the Contests are governed by laws of the State of Virginia for the resolution of all claims and disputes (excluding any claims against or disputes involving parties other than HHS relating to any prize awarded in the Contests).
Questions?
If you have any other questions about the Contest, please contact Michelle Hebb at 386-274-4703 x318 or [email protected]. Thank you for participating and supporting the Halifax Humane Society.