Football Fever -
Official Rules
CONTEST PERIOD: Contest begins
at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("ET") on June 10th,
2010 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on July 11, 2010 (the “Contest
Period”). By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules
of the contest.
WHO
MAY ENTER: This global contest is open to any individual in the
world who owns a Nokia mobile phone with the ability to download and
run the fizwoz Mobile application from Nokia’s Ovi store. Employees,
officers and directors of Nokia, Inc., fizwoz inc (“Sponsor”),
contractors and any others engaged in the sale of Nokia services/products
or development, production or distribution of contest materials, and
their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and
promotion agencies (collectively, "Contest Entities"), and
each of their respective immediate families (spouse, and parents, children,
and siblings, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of place
of residence) and persons living in the same household (regardless of
whether related) as any of these individuals are not eligible to participate
in the contest. These Official Rules are final and binding in all respects.
Contest is void where prohibited by law, rule or regulation. Contest
is subject to all applicable national, federal, state and local laws.
WHAT TO ENTER:
The 5 contest categories are:
- Fan-atical – Men and women
dressed up in their supporter’s outfit.
- Hot Fans – Good looking
fans.
- Fan-imals – Turn your
pet into a “fan-imal”.
- Young Fans - Babies and
toddlers in football gear.
- Goaaaaaal Video – just
like on Latin TV, the euphoric goal announcement.
All Entries must be suitable for family
viewing.
Entries that best depict the spirit
of the contest may be chosen to appear in a special fizwoz
Gallery. These entries will be marked with a fizwoz emblem
and may appear on web sites and promotional material owned by fizwoz,
Inc.
At the end of the contest, all entries
will be transferred into the fizwoz auction where their
future use will be governed by the fizwoz copyright transfer
agreement. Exceptions to this include, but are not limited to, category
winners and any entry selected for inclusion into the fizwoz
Gallery.
HOW TO ENTER: No purchase is
necessary to enter into, vote or receive a prize in this contest. Contestants
must download the fizwoz application from the Nokia Ovi
Store and create a fizwoz
seller account through the application or
through the “Join” or “Register”
links on www.fizwoz.com. Using the fizwoz application,
Contestants will upload a photograph or video taken on their Nokia camera
phones. Once the Contestant’s submission is approved by the contest
sponsor, each contestant will be encouraged to ask their friends and
family to vote for their image on fizwoz.com. Contest winners will be
determined solely by the results of the popular vote. By entering the
contest, entrants grant fizwoz Inc, a royalty-free, world-wide,
perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce,
and create derivative works of the winning entries AND for entries selected
for the fizwoz Gallery, in whole or in part, in any media
now existing or subsequently developed, for any fizwoz
purpose, including, but not limited to advertising, promotion, exhibition,
and commercial products. Contest entries may appear in online properties
owned by fizwoz, Inc as well as in online and offline
properties owned by fizwoz, Inc’s
marketing partners. Neither fizwoz, Inc, nor its marketing
partners will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek
any additional approval in connection with such uses.
WHAT CAN YOU WIN: Prizes will
be awarded in the following categories:
- Grand Prize for the Overall
Contest Winner (One $5,000 prize)
- 5 x Category Winners (each
will receive $1,000 and a Nokia N900 smart-phone)
APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARV”):The
quantities, description and approximate retail value (“ARV”) of
each specific prize are as follows:
Grand Prize: One (1) $5,000 cash prize
for to the overall contest winner. Prize will be awarded as a money
transfer in local currency at the exchange rate determined by the receiving
financial institution.
Category Prizes: Five (5) prizes of
$1000 and a Nokia N900 mobile phones. ARV $479.00 each. Each category
winner shall be required to provide a ship to address to receive their
prize and shall be responsible for all local import duties, taxes and
other expenses associated with the receipt of the prize.
TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES IN THE CONTEST
IS: $12,395
No winner hereunder shall be permitted
to (a) replace his/her designated prize with another prize or item,
(b) transfer or assign his/her designated prize to another person, or
(c) redeem his/her non-cash prize for cash. Contest Entities reserve
the right, exercisable at any time in their sole discretion, to substitute
a prize (or portion thereof), with an item of comparable or greater
value. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee,
either express or implied by the contest entities. Winners are responsible
for all costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use
not specified herein as being provided, including the cost of installation.
All prize details are at sponsor’s sole discretion.
VOTING
MECHANISM: Contest results will be based on a crowd-sourced voting
mechanism conducted through www.fizwoz.com. Site visitors can vote for
as many images or videos that they want to in the contest, however they
can only vote once for each image or video per
day.
To vote for or comment on any contest
entry, site visitors must be logged into www.fizwoz.com. If site visitors do not have an account on
www.fizwoz.com they will be prompted to register when they try and vote
or comment on an entry. The site registration process can be completed
though the “Join” or “Register” links on www.fizwoz.com.
The contest winners are those entries
that receive the most votes over the time period of the contest. There
is an overall winner and one winner for each category that the contest
sponsor has defined. The overall contest winner will be one of the category
winners.
In the event of a tie for first place
in either a category or for the overall winner, the contest sponsor
will pick a winner which in their opinion best captures the theme of
the contest. The sponsor’s decision is final.
The use of automatic voting systems,
widgets or bots of any kind is NOT allowed in the contest. If any attempt
to add votes using automated mechanisms is discovered, the contest sponsors
reserve the right to disqualify that entry and any others by the same
user.
Contest participants, voters and site
visitors can share voting link(s) through email, posting to social networks,
posting to blogs and through deployment of badges on any webpage. To
facilitate this sharing, this contest uses a third party widget to integrate
with many social networking tools and webmail accounts.
PRIZE AWARDING:
Prizes will only be awarded upon each potential winner’s verification
of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules and final approval
by Sponsor. If any winner is an eligible minor, prize may be awarded
in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible
for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.
Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. For all prize winners the sponsor
will contact the potential winner via the e-mail registered to the entrants
fizwoz account. This email will include an Affidavit of Eligibility
& Publicity/Liability Release form, which must be signed, completed
and returned within seven (7) days of the date of notification, or the
entrant’s potential winner status and prize will be forfeited. Prizes
will be fulfilled within four (4) to six (6) weeks after the last day
in the month in which the particular potential winner of that prize
has properly claimed his or her prize and been verified. If any prize
or prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, potential winner
does not timely return any required documents, Sponsor is unable to
contact a potential winner within a reasonable time period or potential
winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be
forfeited and Sponsor will have no further obligation to such winner.
Each winner grants the Contest Entities and their respective designees
the right to use and publish his/her proper name and state and country
of residence and to use his/her name, city, state and country of residence
and likeness for advertising, promotional and other purposes, in any
and all media now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, without
notice, permission or further compensation, except where prohibited
by law.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:
Contest Entities are not responsible for late, lost, inaccurate, incomplete,
damaged, undelivered, misdirected, delayed or stolen entries, or for
technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning
of any computer, network, hardware, software or web site. Contest Entities
are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network server,
cable, satellite, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections,
miscommunications, failed telephone or computer or telephone transmissions
or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions,
for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, howsoever caused, or
other error of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic, network,
human, typographical, printing or otherwise, relating to or in connection
with this Contest, including, but not limited to, errors which may occur
in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing
of votes, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials.
Entrants found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Contest,
as solely determined by the sponsor, will be disqualified. If disqualified
for any of the above abuses, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate
entrant's eligibility to participate in the Contest and void all associated
Contest votes. Any attempt by any person to damage the website or deliberately
undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation
of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor
reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys'
fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s
failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute
a waiver of that provision. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate,
cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest (or any portion thereof) for
any reason, including if any fraud, virus or other technical problem
corrupts the administration, security, or proper function of the Contest
(or any portion thereof), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion
and all remaining un-awarded prizes will remain unclaimed.
TAX INFORMATION:
All applicable national, federal, state, local, and other taxes on prizes
are the sole responsibility of the winners.
PRIVACY: By participating in
the contest, the entrant agrees to all of the terms and conditions of
the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which is available at http://www.fizwoz.com/index.php?do=policies
By participating in the Contest, participants
agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Contest Entities from
any and all liability, claims, judgments, losses, injuries, demands,
damages, actions, and/or causes of actions, whether direct or indirect,
which may be due to or arise out of participation in the contest or
any portion thereof, or the acceptance, use/misuse or possession of
a prize.
WINNERS
LIST: For a list of major prize winners (available after August
1, 2010) send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, postmarked by August
1, 2010, and received by August 26, 2010 to: fizwoz inc, Football Fever
Winners, 12 Godfrey Place, Wilton, CT, 06897, USA
SPONSOR:
fizwoz, Inc,
12 Godfrey Place, Wilton, CT, 06897, USA
