The “Blink-182 World Tour Ticket TikTok Contest”
(the “Contest”) may only be entered by legal residents in or from the fifty
(50) United States and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (excluding all
other territories and possessions) (collectively,
the “Contest Territory”). Entries originating from any other
jurisdiction are not eligible. You are not authorized to participate in the Contest
if you are not located within the Contest Territory.
1. Eligibility.
Participation in Contest is open only to legal
residents of the Contest Territory who are at least the age of majority in the
state in which they reside as of October 28, 2022. Void outside of the Contest Territory,
and where prohibited, including, but not limited to, where taxed or restricted
by law. Employees, officers and directors of Sony Music Entertainment
(“Sponsor”), its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, dealers,
advertising and promotion agencies, manufacturers or distributors of Contest
materials (“Contest Entities”) and their immediate families (parents, children,
siblings, spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of
such employees, officers and directors are not eligible to enter.
2. Submission
Period.
The Contest will begin on October 28, 2022 at 12:00:01
a.m. ET and will end on December 1, 2022 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (“Contest
Period”).
3. How to Enter.
To submit a valid entry into the Contest, use
your TikTok® account and create a post that adheres and includes the following
(Each an “Entry”):
·
Must
be include a portion of Blink-182’s single “EDGING”;
·
Must
indicate upon entry which of the Tour Dates (as defined below) you are entering
to win ticket to;
And submit it to
the Contest on the official Contest Site. The Entrants must complete all steps
described above to submit an Entry. All individuals appearing or identifiable in the Entries must be at
least the age of majority in their state of residence as of October 28, 2022.
The Submission
Materials (as defined below) may not contain references which are obscene,
crude or vulgar, gang identification, references to commercial products,
license plate numbers, phone numbers, personal addresses (physical or email),
Website URLs, derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or
religious groups, references to illegal or inappropriate activity, behavior or
conduct, or any other references that could be considered inappropriate,
unsuitable or offensive, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.
Entrants must be registered users of at least one of
the above-referenced Social Media Accounts to enter. If an entrant has no Social
Media Account, one can be created by downloading such app and following the
instructions to register. Entrants must ensure that the social media account
used to submit the Entry is set to “public” so that their Entries are viewable.
In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the person who submitted
an Entry and the identity of the official entrant, the Entry will be deemed to
have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the social media
account associated with the Entry. The "Authorized Account Holder" is
the natural person to whom a social media account is assigned.
BY SUBMITTING THEIR ENTRY, EACH ENTRANT AFFIRMS AND
REPRESENTS THAT THEY HAVE THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL (AND SUCH
INDIVIDUAL’S PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN, IF APPLICABLE) APPEARING OR IDENTIFIABLE IN
THE ENTRY.
Enter as often as you wish. No duplicate, identical Entries. If multiple
identical Entries are received, only the first Entry submitted by that entrant
will qualify for entry into the Contest; subsequent identical Entries submitted
by that entrant shall be disqualified. Sponsor and those working for Sponsor or
on behalf of Sponsor, will not be responsible for lost, late, misdirected,
damaged, or postage due mail or e-mail, or for Internet, computer hardware and
software, phone, and/or any other technical errors, malfunctions, and delays.
Entries which are mutilated, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, forged,
irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules
are also void. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the
judges, and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, and
local laws and regulations. No automated entry devices
and/or programs permitted. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late,
illegible, stolen, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically
corrupted or garbled Entries, which will be disqualified. Only fully completed
entry forms are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of
receipt by Sponsor.
4. Submissions Materials.
(a) For purposes
of these Official Rules, all original content of the Entry shall be referred to
herein as the “Submission Materials”.
(b) Immediately upon submission, Submission
Materials will become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or
returned. The Submission Materials may not contain references which are
obscene, crude or vulgar, gang identification, references to commercial
products, license plate numbers, phone numbers, personal addresses (physical or
email), Website URLs, derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial,
sexual or religious groups, references to illegal or inappropriate activity,
behavior or conduct, or any other references that could be considered
inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole
discretion.
(c) Regarding the Submission Materials, (i) you represent and warrant that: (A) all contents of
Submission Materials are wholly original, have been created entirely by
entrant, have not been taken in whole or in part from any source other than
entrant and do not incorporate or include anything that is owned by any third
party or would require the consent of any third party; (B) you own and/or
control 100% of all right, title and interest in and to the Submission
Materials, as well as all elements contained therein; (C) the Submission
Materials do not and shall not violate any law or the copyright, trademark,
publicity right, privacy right, or any other right of any third party; (D) the
Submission Materials, or any part thereof, have not been commercially released;
and (E) you have the written consent, release and/or permission of each and
every participant in the Submission Material to participate in the Submission
Materials as contemplated by these Official Rules; and (ii) you agree that the
Submission Materials shall be a "work made for hire," with all rights
therein, including, without limitation, the exclusive copyright, being the
property of Sponsor. In the event the Submission Materials are considered not
to be a "work made for hire," you irrevocably assign to Sponsor all
right, title, and interest in your Submission Materials (including, without
limitation, the copyright) in any and all media whether now known or hereafter
devised, in perpetuity, anywhere in the world, with the right to make any and all
uses thereof, including, without limitation, for purposes of advertising or
trade.
(d) You hereby agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Contest Entities from and against any third party claim arising
from use of the Submission Materials. You waive any right to privacy. You waive
any right to inspect or approve uses of the Submission Materials or to be
compensated for any such uses. By providing the Submission Materials in
connection with this Contest, you grant to Sponsor and its affiliated companies,
and the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name, likeness,
picture, address (city and state), e-mail address, voice, biographical
information, Submission Materials, entry form information and/or written and
oral statements, for advertising and promotional purposes in promoting or
publicizing the Submission Materials, the Contest, Sponsor and its products and
services, without compensation unless required by law. You shall have no right
of approval, no claim to compensation, and no claim (including, without
limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of
publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration, or use in composite
form of your Submission Materials, name, picture, likeness, address (city and
state), e-mail address, biographical information, or Entry. The rights granted
under this paragraph shall extend to Sponsor and its affiliated companies with
respect to all entrants in this Contest, including the entrants selected as the
Winner and those entrants who are not selected as the Winner. Entrants
acknowledge that Sponsor is under no obligation to use the Submission Materials
for any purpose. By entering and/or participating in the Submission Materials,
each entrant and participant agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges
and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, and local laws
and regulations.
(e) BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST OR PARTICIPATING
IN THE SUBMISSION MATERIALS, EACH ENTRANT AND EACH PARTICIPANT REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS THAT: (I) their EXPRESSLY AGREES TO ALL TERMS SET FORTH IN THESE
OFFICIAL RULES; (II) their PROVIDES HIS/HER EXPRESS PERMISSION TO APPEAR IN THE
SUBMISSION MATERIALS; AND (III) their IS AWARE OF AND
CONSENTS TO THE POTENTIAL USE AND/OR DISPLAY OF THE SUBMISSION MATERIALS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
5. Prizes.
Twenty-three (23) Grand Prize Winners, one for each of
the Blink-182 2023 tour dates (“Tour Dates”) as indicated below, will win two (2)
tickets to the Tour Date indicated in their Entry. Travel to and from the
Tour Date location is not included in the Prize.
The Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of the
Prizes is Seven Thousand Five Hundred US Dollars (USD $7,500.00). That
determination represents Sponsor’s good faith determination. That determination
is final and binding and cannot be appealed. Prize is non-transferable. No
substitutions or cash redemptions provided that the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize
in whole or in part for a Prize of equal or greater value in the event that any
component of the Prize is unavailable for any reason.
Prize may not be sold, bartered or transferred. Prize does not include any
additional expenses, including, but not limited to incidentals, meals,
telephone charges, travel insurance, souvenirs, transportation, federal, state
and local sales or other taxes and surcharges which are the sole responsibility
of the Winner.
The Winner must be
at least the
age of majority in their state of residence as of October 28,
2022, and will be required to sign, have notarized, and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release, as well as any other additional
legal documents as required by the Sponsor, within two (2) calendar days of
Prize notification. If any Winner is younger than the age of majority in
his/her jurisdiction of residence as of October 28, 2022, then such
individual’s parent or legal guardian must provide written permission allowing
such individual to accept the Prize and the Affidavit of Eligibility and
Liability/Publicity Release must be signed and submitted by a parent or legal
guardian. If any Winner rejects
his/her Prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Contest Official
Rules and requirements, such Prize will be forfeited and an alternate Winner
may be selected from all remaining eligible Entries. Upon any Prize forfeiture,
no compensation will be given.
6. Selection of Winner.
At the conclusion
of the Contest Period, all valid Entries will be judged alongside all other
Entries submitted for the same Tour Date. Sponsor employees and/or artist’s
representatives will judge such One (1) Winner per Tour Date will be selected
by a panel of judges from among them by evaluating the Entries on the basis of
the following criteria (collectively, the “Judging Criteria”): make-up, style
and presentation (25%); musical and dancing skills (25%); enthusiasm and comedy
(25%); and overall entertaining artistic content of the Submission Materials
(25%). Winner will be determined on or
about December 4, 2022. In the event of a tie between or among Entries, an
additional judge will re-evaluate the tied Submission Materials by applying the
Judging Criteria to select the Winner or Winner. The decision of the judges
shall be final and binding in all regards.
Sponsor reserves the right to modify or extend the Contest Period or
not to award any portion of the Prize (as defined above in Section 5) in the
event an insufficient number of eligible Entries meeting the minimal Judging
Criteria are received during the Contest Period or for any other reason, as
determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
The Winner
will be notified via the social media accounts used to submit the Entry. If any
Winner cannot be contacted within three (3) calendar days of first notification
attempt, if the Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if any Winner
rejects the Prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules,
the Prize will be forfeited and an alternate Winner may be selected from all
remaining eligible Entries, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Upon any Prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.
7. Conditions.
Participation in
this Contest and acceptance of Prize constitutes each Winner’s permission for Sponsor
to use his/her name, social media handle, address (city and state), likeness,
photograph, picture, portrait, voice, biographical information and/or any
statements made by Winner regarding the Contest or Sponsor for advertising and
promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation, except where
prohibited by law. By participating, entrants and Winner agree to
release and hold harmless Sponsor, Contest Entities and their respective parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, dealers, and their respective
advertising and promotion agencies and their respective parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors,
assigns, employees, officers and directors (“Released Parties”), from any and
all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever
including without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death
which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or
participation in, this Contest, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse
of Prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims
based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise
delivery.
Released Parties are not responsible if the Contest cannot take place or if any
Prize cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, including, but not limited to,
due to travel cancellations, delays or interruptions due to acts of God, acts
of war, natural disasters, global pandemics, weather or acts of terrorism. Entrants
who do not comply with these Official Rules or attempt to interfere with this
Contest in any way shall be disqualified. There is no purchase or sales
presentation required to participate. A purchase does not increase odds of
winning. If, for reasons beyond Sponsor’s control
(including, but not limited to, tampering or computer virus infection), the
Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, Sponsor reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or modify the Contest, without liability.
All taxes (including, but not limited to, income taxes) are the sole
responsibility of the Winner. All entrants agree to comply fully with each
provision in these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any
way tamper with this Contest and any person who does not comply with these
Official Rules, will be ineligible for any Prize and may be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
8. Additional Terms.
Any potential Winner
may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that such Winner is the
Authorized Account Holder of the email account associated with the winning
Entry. Any other attempted form of Entry is prohibited; no automatic,
programmed, robotic or similar means of entry are permitted. Released Parties
are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other
communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or
unavailable network connections, web site, Internet, or ISP availability,
unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate
capture of Entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete,
garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one’s
ability to enter the Contest, including any injury or damage to any entrant’s
or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participating in
this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest. Sponsor reserves the
right to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend this Contest should it
determine (in its sole discretion) that a virus, bug, non-authorized human
intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In such
case, Sponsor will select the Winner from all eligible Entries received prior
to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves
the right to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be
tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or website.
Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a
Prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting
to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking,
deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated
quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any
other entrants or Sponsor’s representatives.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN
ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE
OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND
SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES
FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9. Issues of Law.
By entering, each entrant agrees that (a) any
and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection
with this Contest, or any Prize awarded, shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall
take place in a federal or state court within the State of New York; (b) EACH
ENTRANT EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
THIS CONTEST HEARD BEFORE A JURY; (c) any and all claims, judgments, and awards
shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs
associated with entering this Contest, and in no event will contestant be
entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (d) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and contestant
hereby waives 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. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
contestant and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
York. This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
10. Use of Data.
Sponsor may collect personal data about
entrants in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review the Sony Music
Entertainment privacy policy at www.sonymusic.com/privacypolicy.html. By participating in the
Contest, entrants hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and usage of their
personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Sponsor’s
privacy policy.
11. How to Get More Information.
To obtain a list of
Winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope addressed by February 4, 2023 to
Sony Music Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-8601,
Attention: “Blink-182 World Tour Ticket
TikTok Contest” Winners’ Names. To obtain a copy of these Official Rules, send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope by December 31, 2022 to: Sony Music
Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-8601, Attention: “Blink-182 World Tour Ticket TikTok Contest” Official
Rules.
12. Sponsor.
Sponsor is Sony
Music Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010.