Contest Rules
This document was last updated March 1st, 2011THE "FREEROLLER" CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
ELIGIBILITY
The Battle of the DJs ("Contest") is operated and hosted by Alpha Male Productions Inc. ("Operator") on the Audio Academy Website, www.audioacademy.fm ("Website"). The Contest is open to individuals who are 15 years of age or older at the time of entry and who are not presently signed to any record label or publisher under any exclusive agreements and/or other contractual arrangements which prohibit or might prohibit them from participating in any element of this Contest. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW OR OTHERWISE.
TO ENTER
Entrant must be a registered user of the AudioAcademy.fm website in order to participate.
Entrant must upload an original audio file using the audioacademy.fm website. The track can be modified and/or mixed with original audio files the Entrant creates using any platform the entrant chooses. Entrant may upload more than one original audio file for contest submission. However, each submission counts as a unique entry and points cannot be amalgamated. The contest is open for voting from September 19th, 2011 10:59:00 am to September 23rd, 2011 10:59:00 am ("The Voting Period"). Notwithstanding that the contest does not open to voting until September 19th, 2011 10:59:00 am, the Entrant may upload entries at any time prior to the voting start date. The computer of the Operator is the official timekeeping device for this Contest.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest.
By entering a Submission in the Contest, Entrants hereby warrant and represent that the Submission conforms to the Contest
Submission Requirements set forth herein. Entrants agree and acknowledge that no
compensation will be paid to them for any reason whatsoever including, but not limited to, entering this Contest or creating
a Submission. All Submissions shall be in the MP3 file format. Submissions
shall meet the following requirements ("Submission Requirements"), and failure to abide by any of the Submission
Requirements shall result in immediate disqualification:
Submissions shall not contain material which is (or promoting activities which are) harmful, threatening, abusive, disparaging,
harassing, vulgar, obscene, hateful, pornographic, or libelous or which
has other inappropriate content, or is otherwise objectionable as determined by either Operator or Alpha-Male in either of
their sole discretion;
Submissions shall not:
- defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about any persons, products or companies as determined by either Operator or Alpha-Male in either of their sole discretion;
- contain materials which are not created entirely by Entrant or which are owned by others (including music "samples")
- be in violation of any law.
BY ENTERING A SUBMISSION, ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUBMISSIONS MAY BE POSTED ON OPERATOR'S WEBSITE OR AFFILIATE WEBSITES, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OPERATOR. Operator reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen Submissions prior to posting them to the Website. Entrants acknowledge that Operator has no obligation to use or post any Submission. By submitting a Submission, Entrants warrant and represent that:
- the Submission is Entrant's original work,
- the Submission does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity;
- Entrant has obtained permission from any person whose name or voice is used in the Submission and
- exploitation, use, display or performance of the Submission via any form of media, will not infringe the rights of any third parties. Entrants shall indemnify and hold harmless, Operator and Contest Parties from any claims contrary to or in violation of these warranties and representations.
- that Contest Parties have the right to use the Entrant's Submission and Entrant's name and likeness in any and all media in and in connection with promotion, publicity, marketing and advertising for and by Contest Parties, and in connection with this Contest or other promotions by Contest Parties as Contest Parties see fit without any further notification or compensation to or of the Entrant
- that Contest Parties shall have no obligation (express or implied) to use any Submission in any manner and Entrants shall not be entitled to any damages or other relief by reason of Contest Parties use or non-use of a Submission;
- to be bound by these official rules;
- that Entrants may be contacted by Contest Parties by email regarding this Contest;
- to indemnify and hold Contest Parties harmless from any and all claims, demands, causes of action and judgments (including attorney's fees, court costs and expert's fees) arising out of or relating to any breach by Entrant of the terms and conditions of these rules, including any representations and warranties made herein. By entering this Contest, each Entrant agrees to sign and deliver to Contest Parties such documents as Contest Parties may reasonably require to effectuate the rights and obligations granted in these rules. Failure of Entrant to comply shall result in the immediate disqualification of Entrant in the Contest.
SELECTION OF WINNERS
Submissions may be posted on the Website at any time up to September 23rd, 2011 10:59:00 am thereby allowing visitors to vote for their favorite Submissions between September 19th, 2011 10:59:00 am and September 23rd, 2011 10:59:00 am ("Voting Period"). The submission with the most number of points at the end of the voting period will be declared the Winner.
In the event of a tie, an additional judging period will take place relating to tied Entrants, such additional judging period to be determined by Operator. Neither the Operator nor the Artist will be responsible for delays in delivering the Prize.
The Winner may be selected from all the Submission entries, regardless of any rank as determined by voting. Entrants acknowledge that the Contest Parties shall have no obligations, financial or otherwise, to the Winner, except for those explicitly set forth in these Official Rules. Entrants give the Operator the right to transmit the Winner's personal identifying information to Alpha-Male or to other Contest Parties for the purposes of facilitating the Grand Prize. The Contest Parties shall have no obligation to select a Winner from the Contest.
GRAND PRIZE
The grand prize will consist of one (1) $100.00 (USD) Gift Certificate from Loopmasters.com.
Other prizes may be determined at the discretion of Alpha-Male and the Operator. Entrants agree that the Operator and Alpha-Male have the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of Operator and Alpha-Male are final and binding.
GENERAL TERMS
Entrants and winners are solely responsible for the payment of any taxes on any respective prizes. No cash equivalent or substitution of any prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of either Alpha-Male or the Operator. Prizes are non-transferable, and non-refundable. Any winners will be notified by phone and/or e-mail and each winner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release as a condition of being declared the Winner or an Honorable Mention. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, such prize will be forfeited. By participating in the Contest, Entrants release Operator and Contest Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant's participation in the Contest, and agree to resolve any dispute individually, without resort to any class action. By accepting a prize in the Contest, the Winner agrees that the Operator and Contest Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Contest, acceptance or use of any prize, or any travel related thereto. Each Winner grants permission to Operator and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes, as well as the Submission in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation. 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 causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Operator reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or terminate the Contest. This Contest is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. By entering, Entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, provincial and local courts located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the resolution of any disputes.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE
No liability or responsibility is assumed by Operator, the Operator's affiliates or Contest Parties resulting from Entrants' participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or downloading any information in connection with participating in the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Operator or Contest Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction which may affect the operation of the Contest, including but not limited to any of the following occurrences: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent to or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website, in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestions on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an account used in connection with the Contest. Operator is not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Website. Use of the Website is at user's own risk. Operator and the Contest Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Contest, use of the Website or the download of any information from the Website. Operator is not responsible for any attempt by an Entrant or other individual to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, which may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Operator reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Operator's failure to enforce any term of these Contest Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Persons engaging in any of the foregoing activities may be disqualified in Operator's sole discretion.
