You agree that all of the following terms and conditions will apply to your participation in all photography and other types of contests on the VIEWCOIN Website:
A. VIEWCOIN Contests Will Comply With California Law
All VIEWCOIN Contests on the VIEWCOIN Website will be conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of California (Calif. Bus. & Prof. Code sections 17539-17529.3, 17359.35). This means that all VIEWCOIN Contests are real contests in which at least a majority of the participants will have failed to win, and all VIEWCOIN Contests will comply with the following requirements:
- The nature of the VIEWCOIN Contest and number of contestants will be disclosed.
- The exact nature and approximate value of prizes or items of value won by participants in each VIEWCOIN Contest will be disclosed.
- The deadline for submissions to each specific VIEWCOIN Contest will be disclosed.
- The opportunity to win a prize will not be conditioned on a minimum number of entries or contest participants.
- VIEWCOIN will keep detailed records of each VIEWCOIN Contest for at least two years after all the prizes are awarded.
- In addition, all VIEWCOIN Contests will clearly and conspicuously disclose each of the following:
- All rules, regulations, terms and conditions of each VIEWCOIN Contest (if there are any in addition to those disclosed in the Terms of Use herein).
- The maximum amount of money, including postage and handling fees, which a participant may be asked to pay to win each of the prizes offered.
- The date(s) upon which the contest will terminate, and upon which all prizes will be awarded.
- Whether future contests or tie-breakers, if any, will be significantly more difficult than the initial contest, and the method of determining prize winners if a tie remains after completion of the last tie breaker.
B. Verification Of Winners And Delivery Of Prizes
The method of selection, as well as the selection, of contest winners shall be determined by VIEWCOIN in its sole discretion. The VIEWCOIN team, deemed as resident judges/curators or any other assigned VIEWCOIN team member, can (i) select the winners of any contest, or (ii) provide a preliminary list of finalists to any guest or exterior judge/curator, or VIEWCOIN Partner to select the winners, including the grand winner and runners up, of a specific contest, (iii) solicit votes from Users of the VIEWCOIN Website and/or any members of the public and declare winners based upon the number of votes obtained, and/or (iv) determine contest winners in any manner not prohibited by the laws of the State of California. After judging, voting and/or any other method to select winners has finished, the potential winners will be notified in accordance with the contact information provided in their respective User Submissions by mail, courier, email or other method chosen by VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Partners and/or the VIEWCOIN’s Sponsors in its their discretion. VIEWCOIN, any VIEWCOIN Partner, or any VIEWCOIN Sponsor reserves the right to verify winners collectively or one or more at a time, as it deems appropriate and expedient in its their discretion, and in whatever order it they chooses. To be confirmed as a winner and to be awarded the prize, the winning User will be required to confirm its ownership of the copyright and any other applicable intellectual property and/or other rights to the User Submission (“Required Confirmation”). Should a prize notification or prize addressed to a particular winning User be returned as undeliverable, VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Partner and/or VIEWCOIN’s Sponsor will not resend the notice (whether by the same or another method), research the winning User's address nor make any further attempts at delivery. That User will be deemed to have withdrawn from the VIEWCOIN Contest and given up the User’s right to receive the prize notification or the prize. In the case that winner's User’s shipping address is located in a Country or area designated by VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Sponsors and/or VIEWCOIN’s Partners as undeliverable, they reserve their rights to provide a cash payment sent via Paypal of equal value of to the announced prize instead of the specific announced prize.
Winners will be announced after the Required Confirmation is received and the respective winners are confirmed. VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Sponsors and/or VIEWCOIN’s Partners reserves the right to announce prize winners collectively, one at a time, or in any order or clusters as it deems appropriate in their discretion, except that the winner of the Judged or Most Votes Prize will be announced within thirty (30) days of the date on which the Required Confirmation are received from such winner. Winners will receive their prizes within thirty (30) days of VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Partner and/or VIEWCOIN’s Sponsor announcement of the winners. The reward and prizes and/or any other rewards are subject to change at any time without notice in the sole discretion of VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Partners and/or VIEWCOIN’s Sponsors, to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by California law.
C. Contest Entrant’s Release:
By entering the Contest, each User releases and holds harmless VIEWCOIN, VIEWCOIN’s Partners and/or VIEWCOIN’s Sponsors and any participating prize providers, as well as any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agencies (collectively, the "Promotion Entities"), against any and all claims, demands and liabilities arising out of or relating to the Contest, User's (and each individual member of User's) participation in the Contest and/or any Contest-related activity, including, without limitation, from winner's use or misuse of a prize or any portion thereof. Prize winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Contest and/or use/redemption of any prize.
INTERNET: User agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the Privacy Policy. Website, Partner and Sponsor are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the submission, the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or the announcement of the prizes. Website, Partner and Sponsor are not responsible for any electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive User information by Website, Partner and Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other similar causes or causes beyond the control of Website, Partner and Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, then, subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Website, Partner and Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Contest. If technical malfunctions or suspect voting irregularities corrupt the voting process, Website, Partner and Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to award prizes based solely on the non-suspect votes. In the event of termination, a notice will be posted on VIEWCOIN.app and all eligible Submissions received prior to termination will be judged per these Official Rules. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar methods of participation/voting will void all such submissions/votes by such methods. DISQUALIFICATION: Website, Partner and Sponsor RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS DISCRETION TO DISQUALIFY ANY PERSON WHO TAMPERS WITH OR IS SUSPECTED OF TAMPERING WITH AN ENTRY AND/OR THE JUDGING AND VOTING PROCESS, INCLUDING ANY PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SOLICIT, ENCOURAGE OR OBTAIN AUTOMATED VOTES. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS RETAINED BY Website, Partner and Sponsor SET FORTH IN SECTION 11 ABOVE, SPONSOR FURTHER RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS DISCRETION TO DISQUALIFY ALL VOTES FROM VOTERS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE FRAUDULENT. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN USER TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ENTRY SITE, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, Website, Partner and Sponsor RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND/OR SEEK DAMAGES AND/OR OTHER RELIEF FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
D. Payments from VIEWCOIN to User
Payments from VIEWCOIN to User will be implemented as a PayPal transfer. User must own a legitimate PayPal account in order to receive payment.