Dust off the video camera and wake up your grandma, because we want YOU to create the next scour commercial! Why you? Scour is built on the contributions of users just like you, so who better to tell the world what Scour is all about than you?
All videos will have the chance to be in our nationwide ad campaign. The Top 3 videos with the most votes will go to the final round for selection by the Scour judges, the winner will win a $500 Visa Gift Card, the opportunity to be the next Scour Commercial and be featured on the Scour homepage seen by over 1 million unique users a month!
Hurry, the contest ends on February 15th!
CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ('PT') on December 3rd, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on February 15, 2009. The Contest Period consists of a video submission phase which begins at 12:01 a.m. PT on December 3, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on February 15, 2009 (the "Video Submission Phase"); a voting period which begins at 12:01 a.m. PT on December 3, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on February 15, 2009 (the "Voting Period").
Log into your account or register with YouTube. You must be a member of the YouTube Web site and comply with its terms and conditions to enter the contest. Membership is free. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter and upload your video submission ("Entry").
CONTEST SUBMISSION:
Video Submission Phase: During the Promotion visit www.youtube.com/scourcommercial and sign in or create a YouTube Account. You must be a member of the You Tube Web site and comply with its terms and conditions to enter the contest. Membership is free. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter and upload your video submission ("Submission").
Scour will post a commercial that is representative of the company on its main site. Video entry should convey the following:
Enter as often as you wish; however, each entry must meet the requirements below and must be submitted separately. Entrants are required to agree to these Official Rules at the time of entry by using the accept feature at the Web site. Entries must be received by contest ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on February 15, 2009. All Web site entrants must have a valid e-mail address. In case of dispute as to identity of the winner who enters, entry will be declared/made by the registered user (meeting eligibility criteria) of the YouTube account, and if a prize is won, it will be awarded to that registered user. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.
Submission Requirements: Entry must meet all of the following requirements or it will be disqualified. You must abide by these requirements and with YouTube's terms and conditions. Scour, Inc. reserves the right to prescreen, monitor and remove postings, all at its discretion.
Voting Period: Sponsor will post Submissions that comply with these Official Rules to www.youtube.com/scourcommercial. During the Voting Period, visitors to the website will be invited to vote for their favorite Submission, Taking into account the following judging criteria to determine the finalists: (50%) creativity and (50%) entertainment value (Finalist Judging Criteria").
Finalists. The three Submissions that receive the most votes by 11:59 p.m.PT, on February 15, 2009 will be determined finalists pending verification. Scour judges will select one (1) grand prize winner from the three finalists which will be judged on 50% originality, 25% humor and 25% creativity. The winner will be notified on or about February 19, 2009 based on the original voting criteria.
PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a $500 cash prize and an opportunity to be in, whether with Submission entirety or portion of, the next Scour Commercial.
WINNER:
ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years or older, except employees and the families of Scour, Inc., YouTube, Inc., their respective affiliates, subsidiaries and agencies. Scour, Inc., YouTube, Inc., their affiliated companies, representatives, agents or employees are not responsible for, and shall be indemnified by, the prize winner and entrants against any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, use, misuse, possession, or loss of the prize and from any and all use of the video entries. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws.
OTHER CONDITIONS: Sponsor assumes no responsibility for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures of any kinds, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend this Contest, in its entirety or in part should virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond Sponsor's control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest by any technical or human errors which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this Contest at any time and award the Prize from among eligible entries received prior to the date of the withdrawal. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the game or Web site or to be acting in violation of the Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for entries, releases or other required filings, whether electronic or paper and however returned to Sponsor or its agents, that are illegible, late, tampered with, forged, incomplete, misdirected, lost, misplaced, stolen, destroyed or otherwise not in compliance with these official rules, and all such entries will be disqualified.
PRIVACY: Contest entry requires registration at www.youtube.com which will be collecting personally identifiable information, such as name, e-mail address, and phone number. By entering the Contest, you agree to the YouTube, Inc. Privacy Policy, located at: http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy. Entrant registration information will be shared with Scour for the purpose of administering this promotion and potential posting of entries on Scour Web site(s) and Web pages at third-party sites.
SPONSOR: Sponsored by Scour, Inc., 15303 Ventura Blvd, Suite 220, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403