3M Hearing is my Life
Video/Audio Contest
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
1. ELIGIBILITY: The 3M Hearing is my Life Video/Audio Contest (the
“Promotion”) is only open to legal residents of the continental United States of
America who, at the time of participation, are eighteen (18) years old or
older(“Eligible Participant”). Any Employee, officer or director of 3M,
and any participating promotional company and prize provider, its respective
parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional
agencies, web masters and web suppliers, and entities involved in the creation
of Promotion materials, and members of the immediate family (spouse, children,
siblings, parents) or persons living in the same household (whether or not
related) of such employees, officers and directors are not eligible. Each
Eligible Participant must agree to the below Official Rules and to all decisions
of 3M, which are FINAL and BINDING in all respects. The Promotion is void
where prohibited. RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
2. ENTRY: Each Eligible Participant may enter the Promotion anytime
between May 25, 2010, beginning at 8 a.m. CDT and July 15, 2010 ending at 12
p.m. CDT (the “Contest Period”) by creating and submitting a video or audio
using 3M/E·A·R/Peltor brand hearing protection products. Two (2) categories will be judged:
(1) Serious, and (2) Silly/fun/goofy.
Both category winners will be selected based on: use of 3M brand hearing
protection, creativity, and storyline.
Serious category will also be judged by appropriate us of 3M Hearing
Protection Products. Submit your
video on the 3M Hearing Protection Facebook Fanpage, by sending the uploaded
URL. Upon submission, the video and or audio shall become property of 3M.
Eligible Participants are allowed only one (1) category entry for the Promotion
during the Contest Period. No exceptions will be allowed. Winners will be announced on or
around July 31, 2010.
3. WINNING: At the end of the Contest Period, one (1) winner per
category will be chosen by an independent judging agency from all eligible
entries. Each category winner will receive $500 and 3M hearing protection
products. Notwithstanding anything in
these Official Rules, 3M may discontinue the Promotion at any time in its sole
discretion without any prior notice (written or otherwise) to Eligible
Participants.
4. PRIZES: Each category prize winner shall receive the following prize:
• $500 Visa card or American Express check
• 3M hearing protection products
5. ODDS/LIMITS ON PRIZES AVAILABLE: The odds of being
selected as a Winner depend on the number of entries received during the Contest
Period. Prizes are not transferable and may not be given, bartered,
bargained for, sold, or exchanged for another Prize. All taxes on any
Prize awarded are the sole responsibility of the Winner(s).
6. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winner(s) may be required by 3M in its sole
discretion to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a
Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within fourteen (14)
business days of the date of being named a Winner. In the event a Winner
fails to timely return any document, or if a Prize is returned as
non-deliverable, or if any Winner is found not to be eligible or not in
compliance with these Official Rules, disqualification may result. By
accepting a Prize, where permitted by law, Winner grants to and authorizes 3M,
its parents, subsidiaries and related companies, and those acting pursuant to
the direction of 3M, the right to print, publish, broadcast and otherwise use,
worldwide in any medium now known or hereafter developed, including but not
limited to the World Wide Web (the internet), at any time or times exclusive use
of the Winner's full name, photo, video, audio, picture, portrait, or other
likeness, voice and indicia of persona, and biographical information as news or
information, and for advertising, trade, and promotional purposes without
additional compensation or consideration, and without notification, review or
approval.
Each participant, as a condition of participating, releases and shall
indemnify and hold harmless, 3M, its respective parents, affiliates,
subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotion agencies and all of
their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents,
successors and assigns from any and all liability, regardless of fault, for any
and all injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person(s), including death, and
property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in any Promotion related
activity, or participation in this Promotion. The Winner(s) shall bear all
risk of loss or damage to his/her Prize after it has been delivered.
7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:
a) Any attempted participation by means other than those permitted by these
Official Rules, is void. 3M and any participating promotion agencies or prize
providers shall not be responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen,
misdirected, illegible or postage-due entries; or any technical error(s) or
failure(s), or any unauthorized human intervention, or for the inaccurate
capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such
information. 3M is not responsible for contacting any participant if that
participant has changed contact information and failed to provide 3M with the
proper contact information when such information is required.
b) Neither 3M nor any participating promotion agency or prize provider are
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information or for any faulty or
failed electronic data transmission(s), lost, late, damaged, misdirected
entries, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of
cause). If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as
planned for any reason which 3M, in its sole opinion, deem could corrupt or
affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of
this Promotion, 3M reserve the right to terminate, modify or suspend this
Promotion, in whole or in part, and if possible, to select the Contestants from
entries received prior to the action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and
appropriate by 3M. 3M reserves the right at its sole discretion to
disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Promotion; to be acting in any manner deemed by 3M to be in
violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in any manner deemed by 3M to be
unsportsmanlike or disruptive, in an unreasonable manner or with intent to
annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, or to be deemed otherwise
violating U.S. or Minnesota law. 3M reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be
tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion.
IN NO EVENT WILL 3M, ANY PARTICIPATING PROMOTIONAL COMPANY OR PRIZE PROVIDER, OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR
ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES REGARDLESS OF FAULT.
8. MISCELLANEOUS: Participant agrees that this Promotion
shall be exclusively subject to the laws of Minnesota in the United States of
America. Each prize shall have no cash value and is subject to forfeiture
for any violation of the rules herein. Unclaimed prizes shall not be
awarded. Additionally, 3M reserve the right to prosecute any fraudulent or
otherwise illegal activities to the full extent of the law. Failure to
comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification. CAUTION:
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF
MINNESOTA CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, 3M
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
9. ARBITRATION/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited, participants
in the Promotion agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and or causes of
action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded,
or the administration of the Promotion or the determination of winners, shall be
resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and
exclusively by arbitration, to take place in the State of Minnesota pursuant to
the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective, (2) any and
all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion but SHALL NOT
include attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will a participant be
permitted to obtain awards for and participants hereby waive all rights to claim
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than
for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased. Except where prohibited, all issues and
questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
participant(s) and 3M in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota, excluding
Minnesota’s conflicts of law doctrine.
Sponsor:
3M Company, 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55114-1000.
Contact: For questions, please send an email to E-A-R.com/HearingConservation
3M, E-A-R and Peltor are trademarks of 3M Company.