Music Video Contest Official Rules

1. HOW TO ENTER
Contest begins on April 1, 2012 and ends on October 19, 2012.
To participate, contestants must enter their contact details on the entry page, agree to all rules and guidelines, and upload their completed video to their free YouTube channel or mail video on CD or flashdrive to Positive Strokes, 2664 Timber Drive, Ste. 199, Garner, NC 27529.
Completed video must be received by mail or posted and URL submitted to Patricia Franklin's website “Contact” page before midnight on October 19, 2012.
Entries become the property of contest sponsors: Patricia Franklin and Positive Strokes.

2. ELIGIBILITY
The Contest is void where prohibited.
Contestants must be legal residents of the United States of America or Canada and 18 years of age or older, or have signed parent approval for entry.
All entries must not infringe upon any rights, be appropriate in nature, and abide by the Contest rules.  By submitting your entry, you acknowledge and agree that you have ownership of all images used and all persons (if any) have agreed to the use of their images/likeness being used here and possibly later by Positive Strokes and/or Patricia Franklin.
Employees of Positive Strokes, its affiliates, marketing partners, suppliers, advertising or promotional agencies, and the immediate family members (mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, spouse) of, or persons residing in the same household as, any such person, are not eligible.
All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Participation in this Contest constitutes Contestant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Contest Rules. Participants who do not comply with these rules are subject to disqualification.

3. PRIZES
Three prizes will be awarded.
First Place $1,000
2 Honorable Mentions, $500 each

4. SELECTION OF THE WINNERS & RELEASE
Entries judged on creativity, originality, and the appropriatness of the video as it relates to the song lyrics.
During the week of November 18, 2012, the winners will be selected and mailed release forms.
The selected winners will be required to sign and return the Contest Sponsor’s declaration and release form confirming compliance with Contest Rules and acceptance of prizes as offered; confirming rights to all images and other materials used in the creation of the video; acknowledging the non-responsibility of the Sponsor, its agents, and the prize suppliers in respect to injuries, accident, loss or misfortune relating to the Contest or the awarding of the prize; and, except where prohibited, acknowledging the Sponsor’s and its agents’, subsidiaries’ or affiliates’ right to publish and/or broadcast the winner’s picture, name, voices, statements without further compensation other than the prize offered. If Contest Sponsor’s declaration and release form (prize documents) are not returned by November 28, 2012, prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
The Sponsor or its representative will attempt to contact the selected entrant by phone once per day for five (5) business days. If any selected entrant cannot be contacted by phone and release documents are not returned by November 28, 2012, or is contacted but is deemed to be ineligible in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, or unable, or unwilling to comply with these rules, that selected entrant will be disqualified and another winner will be selected. This process may be repeated until an entrant has been declared the winner.
Winners will be announced to the public and prizes awarded the week of December 9, 2012.
All decisions of the Sponsor or their authorized representatives are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest.

5. ERRORS, ETC.
The Sponsors are not responsible for (i) entries which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, damaged, destroyed or misdirected; (ii) telephone, technical, network, online, electronic, computer hardware or software failures of any kind; (iii) incomplete, garbled or delayed Internet/e-mail computer transmissions on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond its control which disrupts or interferes with the Contest; or (v) any injury, loss or damage of any kind arising out of participant’s participation in the Contest or the acceptance, possession or use of the prize, including without limitation any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest.
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond its control, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the electronic portion of the Contest, including canceling any method of entry, and randomly select the winner from entries already received. The Sponsor reserves the right to amend the terms of this Contest without prior notice if any factor interferes with its proper conduct as contemplated by these Rules.

6. USE OF VIDEOS
Any of the Entrant’s entries may be used for promotional, and/or informational materials produced by Patricia Franklin and Positive Strokes. These named companies reserve the right to not use any Entries submitted in the Contest and also reserves the right to edit Entries for purposes deemed necessary by the Program. Entrants declare their understanding of these rights when they enter the Contest.
Information collected will be used for the sole purpose of notifying the winners. Your personal information will not be shared with others!

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