GOODSEARCH "WHO DO YOU GOODSEARCH FOR" VIDEO CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
We're on a mission to have thousands of videos created to raise awareness and support for all of the nonprofits working to make this world a better place!
Create a video that answers the question "Who do you GoodSearch for?" and highlights the cause you care about most.
Each week a winning video will be chosen and the organization featured in the video will receive a $100 donation. For examples of what others have done, please click here. The winning video will also be featured on the GoodSearch homepage, exposing it to thousands of people who care about doing good!
We can't wait to see who you GoodSearch for!
Video Guidelines
- Video should highlight a specific non-profit organization or school.
- Videos must be titled "I GoodSearch for (insert the name of your chosen charity)"
- Videos must end with you saying or displaying "I GoodSearch for (insert the name of your chosen charity)"
How to submit a video
- Create your video and upload it on YouTube.
- Join the GoodSearch contest group and submit your video to the group.
Video Prizes
- Each week the top video will be featured in on the GoodSearch homepage.
- GoodSearch will donate $100 to the organization featured in the winning video.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN IN THE GOODSEARCH CONTEST ("CONTEST").
Entry into this Promotion constitutes your (and, if an eligible minor, your parent's or legal guardian's) acceptance of these Official Rules.
CONTEST DATES Promotion begins March 24 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends April 19 at 11:59 p.m. ET ("Promotion Period"). The Promotion Period will be divided into weekly entry periods, each beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sunday and ending on 11:59 p.m. ET on the following Saturday
WHO MAY ENTER Open to all legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia age 13 and older. Employees (and their immediate families (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of GoodSearch ("Sponsor"), and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, "Promotion Parties") are not eligible to enter or win. An eligible minor must have his/her parent's or legal guardian's permission to enter. Promotion subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
HOW TO ENTER During the Promotion Period, visit www.youtube.com/group/goodsearch and follow the instructions provided to complete the registration process and upload your video ("Video"). Videos should feature the charitable cause about which you are most passionate. Video file must be 100MB or smaller and in .mov (QuickTime), .mpg (MPEG), .mp4 (MPEG-4), .wmv (Windows Media) or .avi (AVI) .3gp or .3g2 file format. Video must be five (5) minutes in length or less. All Videos must be received 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday to be considered for that week. You can submit as many Videos as you wish, but each Video must be substantially different from any other Video submitted by you.
By submitting a Video, entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) hereby grants permission for his/her Video to be posted on GoodSearch.com and other websites for viewing by visitors to the website and as otherwise used as set forth in these Official Rules. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use by third parties of any Video. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any Video.
Video must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the Video contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Video, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Video by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Video. If any identifiable person appearing in the Video is under the age of majority in his/her state of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian is required to provide permission. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any entrant at any time. By submitting a Video, entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Video consent to the submission and use of the Video in the Promotion, to its posting on www.youtube.com/group/goodsearch and its use at otherwise set forth herein.
Videos must comply with the following content guidelines to be eligible:
- Content may not be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;
- Content may not promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
- Content may not be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
- Content may not defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor, or other products, people or companies;
- Content may not contain trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
- Content may not contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including music, photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) without permission;
- Content may not contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission;
- Content may not communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and
- Content may not depict and may not itself be in violation of any law or otherwise.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Video for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion, including if such Video does not comply with the above requirements.
JUDGING All eligible Videos received each week will be judged to determine which Video is most persuasive for the cause featured. Judges' and Sponsor's decisions are final and binding. Nonwinning Videos received for one week will carry forward into subsequent weeks. If, for any week, Sponsor determines that it has not received any eligible and qualified Videos, it reserves the right to not award a prize for that week.
WINNER NOTIFICATION Prize will be awarded to the organization associated with the cause featured in the winning Video and not to the individual who submitted such Video. Potential winner will be notified by Youtube, e-mail, phone and/or mail. In the event it is determined that potential winner has not complied with these Official Rules or cannot be contacted within a reasonable time period, he/she will be disqualified and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternate winner maybe selected.
PRIZE (one (1) per week) Sponsor will donate $100 to the cause featured in the winning Video. Sponsor will determine, in its sole discretion, to which non-profit organization associated with such cause the money will be donated.
GENERAL CONDITIONS By entering the Promotion, entrants (and, if eligible minors, their parents or legal guardians) agree to (i) be bound by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, (ii) be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and judges, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Promotion, and (iii) release and hold harmless Released Parties from all claims, liability or damage caused or claimed to be caused, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in connection with participation in this Promotion, or Released Parties' use of any of the rights granted herein. Released Parties assume no responsibility for the conduct of any entrant, voter or the responses of anyone appearing in any Video.
Winning constitutes permission by entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) (except where prohibited by law) to use winner's name, Video, hometown, likeness and photograph (all at Sponsor's discretion) for future advertising, publicity in any and all media now or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission. Promotion Parties and their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees (collectively, ""Released Parties") are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, stolen, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete or delayed Videos; all of which will be void. Released Parties are also not responsible for problems uploading or downloading any Promotion-related information or materials from the web site or for any other technical malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any Video to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the internet or the web site, or for any other technical problems including telecommunication, miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled or misdirected communications which may limit an entrant's ability to participate in this Promotion. Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether network, printing, typographical, human or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing or judging of Videos, the announcement of the prize or in any Promotion-related materials. Mass Videos or Videos generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Promotion in the event it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired, and to cancel or suspend the Promotion in its entirety should tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Promotion and, if terminated, at Sponsor's discretion, determine the winner using all non-suspect, eligible Videos received up to time of cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. In the event of a dispute regarding Videos received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of Video will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and void his/her Videos) it finds to be tampering with the operation of this Promotion or website, intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant, Sponsor or any of its representatives or to otherwise be acting in violation of these Official Rules. CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operations of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other such remedies from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law and to disqualify such entrant from the Promotion.
ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS Each entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) hereby acknowledges that he/she shall retain ownership of the Video and irrevocably grants to Sponsor and its designees a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display and perform publicly any Video (or any portion thereof) in any media now known or later developed, without additional compensation, notification or permission.
By submitting an Video, entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many submissions under this Promotion and that such Videos may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under this Promotion and/or other contests staged and/or sponsored by Sponsor, and waives any and all claims entrant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any composition, film and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Sponsor (or its designees) may be similar to his/her Video. Entrant (and, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor does not have now, nor shall it have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to entrant's Video.
WHO WON? Winning Video will be posted each week at GoodSearch.com.
SPONSOR GoodSearch, LLC: PO Box 492176 Los Angeles, CA 90049