- Entrants must send entries as required in the contest announcement in order to be eligible. Entries received after the deadline set forth in the contest announcement are ineligible, null, and void. The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (PISC) will not be responsible for and will not consider incomplete or incorrect entries. PISC is not responsible for entries that are sent but not received by PISC for any reason.
- All winners will be notified via e-mail. Unless specified otherwise, if the winner does not respond to the notification within five (5) business days, another winner will be chosen. Failure to respond within the stated timeframe shall mean that the winner forfeits the prize.
- Only one entry per e-mail address will be considered for contest entry, unless multiple entries are specifically allowed in the contest announcement.
- All photos, drawings, text, and any other content or information (collectively and severally, “Materials”) submitted by you to PISC shall become the sole and exclusive property of PISC, and PISC shall have no obligation to preserve, return, or otherwise make available to you or others any Materials. PISC may use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish, and otherwise make use of Materials in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created, throughout the world and for any purpose, without compensation to you of any kind.
- By submitting Materials to PISC, you represent and warrant that the Materials do not infringe any copyright, trademark, property rights, rights of privacy, or publicity of any person, or any other right of any third party and that you have the full and unrestricted right to transfer the Materials to PISC free and clear of any claims or encumbrances.
- You acknowledge and agree that PISC shall have no obligation to post, display, or otherwise make publicly available any Materials submitted by you.
- You acknowledge and agree that Materials submitted by you may be made available by PISC for viewing, rating, reviewing, and commenting by the public. You acknowledge that comments or ratings that you disagree with or are unhappy about may be published or otherwise become associated with Materials that you submit to PISC. By submitting Materials to PISC, you waive any privacy expectations that you may have with respect to the Materials submitted by you to PISC.
- You agree to hold PISC and its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns harmless from and against—hereby waive any right to pursue—any claims of any nature arising in connection with PISC’s use of the Materials submitted by you to PISC and used in any manner in PISC’s sole and absolute discretion.
- Contests involving evaluations of Materials submitted as part of the contest will be judged entirely in the sole and absolute discretion of PISC. Decisions by PISC are final.
- All entrants and winners must be at least 18 years of age, unless otherwise stated or posted.
- Winners may not request substitutions of prize winnings. All winners are solely responsible for any and all taxes and/or fees as well as all additional costs that may be incurred.
- Neither PISC nor its sponsors, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, successors, or assigns may be held liable for any warranty, costs, damage, injury, or any other claims incurred as a result of the usage of a prize by any winner. PISC is not liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with any contest promoted by PISC.
- If the specified prize becomes unavailable for any reason, PISC in its sole and absolute discretion may substitute a prize of like or equal value.
- A contest is null and void in any jurisdiction where prohibited by law.
- PISC reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to terminate any contest at any time without prior notice.
- PISC reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to alter any contest rules at any time.
- By entering a contest, you conclusively are deemed to have agreed to be bound by these contest rules, terms, and conditions as well as by any rules specific to such contest. This is an irrevocable condition of entry.
- The following criteria apply:
- In contests in which winners are selected at random, the odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received and cannot be determined in advance.
- In contests in which winners are selected based upon skill or accomplishments, winners will be chosen by PISC on the merits of each entry, in PISC’s sole and absolute discretion.
- In contests in which winners are selected on the basis of being the nth person to complete a stated action, the winner shall be that person provided he or she validly completes the action, validity being determined in PISC’s sole and absolute discretion.
- In contests and polls in which PISC solicits votes from the public to help determine the winner, while the results of such polls may be a considered factor in determining the winner, the winner will ultimately be selected by PISC in its sole and absolute discretion.
No purchase or payment of any consideration is necessary to enter the contest.
Except in the case of contests in which winners are selected as outlined in clause 18(c),
each contest will state a deadline for entry and the date when the winner(s) will be announced. Winners of contests run in accordance with clause 18(c) will be announced the day the action is completed. A list of winner(s) may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped (first-class postage) envelope to PISC and requesting the list.
PISC reserves the right to condition the award of prizes upon the execution by the winner(s) of a publicity release. Notwithstanding this reserved right, entry is conclusively deemed to be permission by the entrant to use the entrant’s name (without compensation to the entrant) if the entrant is a winner, to publicise the contest, and otherwise, as determined by PISC, unless prohibited by law.
PISC reserves the right to require the winner to execute an affidavit of eligibility as a sworn document and provide other proof of eligibility as a condition of receipt of the prize or award.