OFFICIAL B&H PHOTOGRAPHY PODCAST LEICA Q2 PHOTO CONTEST RULES (the “Official Rules)
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The B&H Photography Podcast Leica Q2 Photo Contest (the “Contest”) is void where prohibited by law and is sponsored by B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (“B&H”), Leica Camera AG, Am Leitz-Park 5, 35578 Wetzlar, Germany, District Court of Wetzlar HRB 966, and Leica Camera Inc., 1 Pearl Court, Unit A, Allendale, NJ 07401 (each a “Co-Sponsor” and collectively with B&H the “Sponsors”).
Method of Entry/Entry-Period: The entry period for the Contest begins on May 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM EDT and continues through June 21, 2020 at 11:59 PM EDT (the “Contest Period”). To enter the Contest, entrants must (1) subscribe to (or be subscribed to) the B&H Photography Podcast; (2) follow (or be following) @LeicaCameraUSA on Twitter; and (3) post a photo taken with a standalone camera to Twitter from inside or near entrant’s home reflecting the challenges or joys of the coronavirus related shutdown with the hashtag #BHPhotoPodcastLeica (a “Submission”). All Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM on June 21, 2020. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest.
Submission Requirements and Limitations: Submissions must be taken using a standalone camera. Submissions created using tablets are smartphones shall be disqualified. Submissions must be taken inside or near entrant’s home. Submissions taken in entrant’s backyard or front yard are permitted. Submissions taken in public spaces shall be disqualified. Submissions must not, in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsors, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. Submissions deemed by Sponsors to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Submissions owned by a third party, or the use of any trademarks, service marks, logos, brands, or products owned by a third-party are not acceptable for entry into the Contest. If a Submission includes other people, entrant must be prepared to provide a signed written personal release from all persons who appear in the Submission authorizing use of their image by Sponsors for any and all purposes in perpetuity. Entrants do not need to send release(s) with Submissions but will be contacted if personal releases are needed. By making a Submission, entrants consent to be contacted by Sponsor in connection with the Contest, including but not limited to, phone calls and emails for the purpose of obtaining the required personal releases. Failure to provide the required releases will result in disqualification of the Submission. Entrants may only make one (1) Submission.
Entry Ownership/Entrant Agreements: By entering the Contest, each entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that (i) the Submission is an original work created solely by the entrant; (ii) that the entrant owns the copyright to the Submission; (iii) the Submission does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity; and (iv) no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the Submission. Entrants retain full ownership and copyrights to their Submission. However, by entering the Contest, entrants grant Sponsors an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and translate such Submission, in any media formats now known or hereinafter devised and through any media channels now existing or hereinafter created, in perpetuity. Entrants (and entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) also agree: (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that any claims related to this Contest shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action and that awards, shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in entering the Contest, and shall not include incidental or consequential damages or attorneys’ fees; and (c) that any actual or perceived ambiguities in these Official Rules shall be interpreted by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Winner Selection/Winner Requirements/Prizes/Odds: On or about 5:00 PM EDT on June 23, 2020, a panel of judges designated by Sponsors will assess each Submission based upon, among other things, subject matter, overall composition, creativity and post-processing and select two (2) winner. The first-place winner (the “First Place Winner”) will receive one (1) Leica Q2 Digital Camera, retail value of $4,995.00 (B&H Item #LEQ2B) (the “Grand Prize”). The second-place winner (the “Second Place Winner,” and, together with the First Place Winner, the “Winners”) will receive a gift bag including a t-shirt, tote bag and water bottle (the “Second Place Prize,” and, together with the Grand Prize, the “Prizes”). Entrants may not win more than one Prize. In the event an entrant is selected for more than one Prize, the entrant shall only receive the Grand Prize. Selection of the judges shall be done by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The judges’ decisions shall be in their sole discretion and are final. No cash or other substitutions will be offered for any prizes and any taxes are the sole responsibility of the Winners. The Winners will be notified via Twitter on or about 12:00 PM EDT on July 1, 2020 (the “Notification”) and be announced on the B&H Photography Podcast on either June 25, 2020 or July 2, 2020. All entrants consent to be contacted by the Sponsor for this purpose. If a Winner does not respond to the Notification by 11:59 PM EDT on June 29, 2020, then such Winner will be disqualified and a different Submission will be selected by the judges. The Grand Prize Winner agrees (i) to be interviewed remotely on the B&H Photography Podcast on either July 2, 2020 or July 9, 2020 (subject to Sponsor’s schedule) to discuss, among other topics, the Submission and what he or she plans to do with the Prize (the “Interview”), and (ii) to execute Sponsor’s standard release in connection with the Interview. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Eligible Participants: The Contest is only open to individuals at least eighteen (18) years of age on their Submission date and is not open to employees of Sponsors, their immediate family, any person domiciled with such employees, or any affiliates or subsidiaries of Sponsors.
Limitation of Liability/Sponsor Modification/Cancellation Rights/ Choice of Law/ Venue/ Winner List: Entrants hereby fully and completely release Sponsors and Twitter from any and all liability in connection with this Contest. Entrants acknowledge that the Contest is not affiliated with or endorsed by Twitter. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, undelivered, delayed or misdirected entries or for failure to receive entries due to technical failures or human error of any kind. Winners agrees that Sponsors will have no responsibility for losses or damage of any kind resulting from the acceptance, possession, or use of the Prize. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s consent to the publication of his or her name and or social media account information by Sponsor in any media for commercial or promotional purposes without limitation or further compensation subject to Sponsor’s respective privacy policies. Sponsor may disqualify from the Contest any person it determines, in its sole discretion, to have attempted to or actually tampered with or otherwise abused any aspect of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or terminate the Contest in the event of any act, occurrence or reason that causes Sponsor to believe that the integrity, administration or fairness of the Contest has been compromised. Entrants agree that in the unlikely event a dispute arises in connection with this Contest, it will be governed by the laws of the State of New York and heard exclusively in a court of applicable jurisdiction in the County and State of New York irrespective of any choice of law rules to the contrary. To receive the name of the Winners by U.S. mail, please mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., Attn: B&H Photography Podcast Leica Q2 Photo Contest, 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Requests for the name of the Winners must be received by B&H within one (1) year of the date the Contest is concluded.