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MOE'S SOUTHWEST GRILL VIDEO CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE, OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
The following contest is offered only to legal residents
of the 50 United States ("U.S.") and the District of
Columbia ("D.C.") who are 18 years of age or older as
of July 10, 2006 and are located in the U.S. and D.C.
at the time of entry. Do not participate in this
contest if you are not a legal resident of, and
located in, one of the 50 United States or D.C. at
the time of entry.
Contest Dates: The Burritos For Life Video Contest
(the "Contest") begins at 12:01:00 a.m. Eastern Time
("ET") on July 10, 2006 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
on December 31, 2006 (the "Contest Period").
Contest Eligibility: The Contest is open to legal
residents of the 50 United States and D.C., who are
18 years of age or older as of July 10, 2006.
Employees of Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC ("Sponsor"),
its franchisees and their respective employees, officers,
directors, parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliated
companies, advertising agencies, promotional suppliers,
or production agencies, and their respective IRS
dependents, immediate family members (parent, child,
sibling and spouse of each) and individuals residing in
the same household, are not eligible to participate.
Void in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other territories
and possessions of the U.S. and where prohibited by law.
To Enter: Beginning at 12:01:00 a.m. ET on 7/10/06
through 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 12/31/06, visit
www.moes.sharkle.com and follow the online entry
instructions for completing and submitting the online
entry form, including a 30 second video ("Video") under
the following Contest guidelines: 1) The Video should
show us how you support our mission by incorporating
"A Moe's Burrito in Every Hand" in some way (Note: it
is not required to purchase or show actual Moe's product
in order for the Video to be eligible); 2) The Video must
feature the Moe's logo in some form; 3) Please leave out
any inappropriate language or random wardrobe
malfunctions! We're crazy but not that crazy
(Note: additional Video restrictions outlined below);
4) Get creative and have fun with it. The video must
be in a sharkle.com platform compliant format and the
file size must be no larger than 100 mb. No more than
one entry shall be permitted per person in the Contest.
Entrants may not enter the contest with multiple email
addresses or under multiple identities. Any entrant who
does so, or uses any device or artifice to circumvent
the Official Rules may be disqualified and all of their
entries forfeited.
Judging: Contest Videos must be original and of entrant's
own creation. Each eligible Video will be posted between
July 10, 2006 and January 15, 2007 on the website at
www.moes.sharkle.com ("Public Voting Period") and the
general public will be asked to select their favorite
video based upon personal preference. The twenty (20)
Contest videos with the highest score at the end of the
Public Voting Period ("Finalists") will be judged by a
panel of qualified judges who will review the Finalist
Videos based upon the criteria set forth below and select
one grand prize winner. Decision of judges will be final
in all matters related to this Contest.
The Finaist Video judging criteria are based on creativity
of content and the video that best represents the Moe's
brand as determined by the judging panel (50%) and
appropriateness to the overall theme of "A Moe's Burrito
in Every Hand" (50%). Videos: must be the original work
of the entrant; may not have won previous awards; may not
have been published previously; must not infringe upon
third-party rights, must be suitable for publication
(i.e., may not be obscene or indecent); must not contain
obscene or pornographic material, may not contain
defamatory statements, may not invade privacy or other
rights of any person, firm or entity, may not in any
other way violate applicable laws and regulations, may
not include the likenesses of any identifiable persons
other than the entrant, may not contain any reference
to any third party trademarks, names or third party
logos and may not contain any copyrighted works,
including music "samples". All Videos will be reviewed
for content before being judged. Entries containing such
prohibited content and/or otherwise deemed by Sponsor,
in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be
disqualified. Sponsor makes the final determination
as to what Videos are eligible to take part in this
Contest.
The grand prize winner will be chosen and will be
notified on or about February 1, 2007. The grand
prize winner will be required to execute an Affidavit
of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release and an
affidavit that their entry is unique within 7 days of
attempted notice or forfeit prize.
Prizes/Approximate Retail Values (ARV): One (1) Contest
Grand Prize -Burritos for Life. Burritos for Life will
be awarded in the form of 2,860 vouchers good at any
participating Moe's Southwest Grill (based on 52 weeks
per year and maximum of 55 years). Approximate Retail
Value of Grand Prize package: $17,160.00.
General Conditions: Sponsor and its respective agencies
are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable
network, server or other connections, miscommunications,
failed telephone or computer hardware or software or
other technical failures, unauthorized human intervention,
garbled or jumbled transmissions or other errors of any
kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic, including
without limitation, the incorrect or inaccurate capture
of entry information online, regardless of cause.
All Internet access and use charges are the responsibility
of the entrant. Once submitted, entries become the
exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be
acknowledged or returned. Any use of robotic,
automatic, programmed or like entry methods will
void all entries affected by such methods and be
deemed tampering. Entry material/data that has been
tampered with or altered is void. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY
PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE
THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES PORTION OF
THE CONTEST IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS
AND IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Sponsor reserves the right, at
its sole discretion, to cancel/suspend/modify this
Contest in whole or in part for any reason, including
without limitation, if the Contest cannot be conducted
as originally planned. In case of dispute as to identity
of a winner who entered online, entry will be declared
made by the registered user of the e-mail account, and,
if a prize is won and such registered user is a valid
entrant, the prize will be awarded to the registered
user. Sponsors are not responsible for posting,
printing, distribution, or production errors and may
rescind, cancel or revoke the Contest or drawing based
upon any such error without liability at its sole
discretion. Sponsors will not be responsible to
award prizes in excess of the number (or value amounts)
of prizes listed in these Official Rules. If a prize
becomes unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute a prize of equal or greater value. No prize
transfers, substitutions or cash equivalents except at
the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
entry at any time in the event it is determined that
the entrant has not complied with these Official Rules.
Neither Sponsor, its franchisees, nor their respective
agencies, or affiliates are responsible for lost, late,
damaged, destroyed, delayed, stolen, misdirected,
incomplete, illegible entries or postage due mail.
By participating in this Contest, entrants accept and
agree to these Official Rules and the final judging
criteria and results that will determine the winners.
By participating, each winner agrees to allow use of
his or her name, likeness, submitted Video, and/or
photograph for inclusion in the list of winners, if
applicable, and advertising this or similar Contests
(including posting of first name and last initial on
the web) without compensation, approval, notice, or
review unless prohibited by law.
By submitting a Video, Entrant hereby upon submission
assigns all right, title and interest in and to the
Video to Sponsor, including copyright, so that Sponsor
may use the video in any and all media now known or
hereinafter developed without territorial or time
limitations.
Unless prohibited by law, Grand Prize winner
(or winner's parent/legal guardian if winner is deemed
a minor in the state of his/her residence) are required
to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility,
a Liability Release and Publicity Release within 5 days
of notification, as well as a formal written assignment
of any and all intellectual property rights in the Video,
including copyright, to Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC.
If documents are not returned within the 5 day time
period, or if prize is returned as non-deliverable,
or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in
compliance with these Official Rules, such prize
will be forfeited or in Sponsor's sole discretion,
may be awarded to an alternate winner selected by
Sponsor. All federal, state and local taxes are the
sole responsibility of winner. All federal, state
and local laws and regulations apply. Participants,
by participating in this Contest, hereby waive and
release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor,
Sponsor's franchisees, and their respective parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, licensors,
advertising and promotion agencies and all of their
respective officers, directors, employees and
representatives and agents, from and against, any and
all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that
they may have, or which may arise, against any of them
for any liability for any matter, cause or thing
whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury,
loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental
or consequential, to person, including death, and /or
property, arising in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use
or misuse of any prize, or their participation in
this Contest, or any prize-related, Contest-related
activity. Each entrant agrees that (1) any and all
disputes, claims and causes of action arising in
connection with this Contest and contest, or any prizes
awarded, shall be resolved individually and without any
resort to any form of class action, and any judicial
proceedings shall take place in the state or federal
courts within the state of Georgia, U.S.; (2) any and
all claims, judgments, or awards shall be limited to
actual out-of pocket costs incurred, including costs
associated with entering this Contest and/or contest,
but in no event attorneys fees; and (3) under no
circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain
awards for, and each entrant hereby waives all rights
to, any punitive, incidental and consequential damages,
and any other damages other than the actual out-of-pocket
costs incurred. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability
of these rules of the rights of the entrant in connection
with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with laws of the State of Georgia, U.S.
without giving effect to its principles of conflicts
of laws.
Privacy Policy: Information collected from entrants is
subject to Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC's Privacy Policy
available at http://www.moes.com/privacy.php
and may also be used as provided in these Official Rules.
Winners List: For a copy of the winners list,
go to www.moes.sharkle.com by March 1, 2007.
Rules: For a copy of these Official Rules, please
visit www.moes.sharkle.com.
Sponsor: Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC, 2915
Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30305.
Promoter: Archway Marketing Services, 7600 69th Ave.,
Greenfield, MN 55373. |