TERMS & CONDITIONS

“Student Essay/Video Contest” (the “Contest”) Sponsored by Back To Space, LLC (the Company”)

OFFICIAL RULES

DATES OF CONTEST

The Contest begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, September 14th, 2018 (“Contest Period”).

ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open only to persons who are legal residents of one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia and between the ages of thirteen (13) and sixteen (17) on the last day of the Contest Period, September 14th, 2018. Contest is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Contest is void in Puerto Rico, US territories and possessions located outside of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia and wherever else restricted or prohibited by law. By entering this Contest, you indicate your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decision of the Company, which are final and binding in all respects.

HOW TO ENTER

Visit https://backtospace.com/contest (the “Website”) and fill out the form on the contest entry page. Entrants must complete the submission form in its entirety (the “Submission”). Entrants must follow all directions on the Website for a Submission to be accepted, including, without limitation, obtaining the consent of the Entrant’s parent or legal guardian and attesting to such consent in the Submission.
The Company is not responsible for any Submission that is lost, late, misdirected or undeliverable, whether due to system errors, omissions, interruption, deletions, defects, delay in operations or transmissions or any other reason, theft or destruction or failures, faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions, Submissions not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, technical malfunctions, or otherwise.
By submitting a Submission, Entrant grants the Company and their affiliated companies worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, and fully paid-up rights to publicly perform, display, broadcast, or transmit the Submission, in whole or in part, for promotion and marketing purposes worldwide in any and all forms of media, whether now know or hereafter devised, and to distribute (directly or indirectly through multiple tiers) the Submission to Company affiliates, its marketing agencies, and to third parties for these purposes. Submissions must be truthful in all respects. Entrants further agree and warrant that he/she may not submit any Submission that is known or that should be known at the time by the Entrant that (a) is false, inaccurate, or misleading; (b) infringes on any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (c) violates any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising); (d) that is or may reasonably be considered defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to  any individual, partnership, or corporation; or (e) includes any appearance by any third party that has not given the Entrant valid, written, legal consent to use such individual’s name, identity, and likeness.

NON-QUALIFYING SUBMISSIONS

Submissions (a) containing general obscene, lewd, crude, vulgar, profane, defamatory or inappropriate content, including acts of violence or acts that appear to cause harm; (b) containing other offensive content and/or any content expressing explicit, graphic or excessive indecent content that is or could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable, or offensive; (c) containing and displaying third-party brands prominently and intentionally or any materials that violate or infringe (or may infringe) any copyright (including, without limitation, music or artistic work), trademark, logo, or other mark that identifies a brand, entity or other proprietary right of any person living or deceased, including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light; or (d) otherwise violate these Official Rules, as determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, will be disqualified from the Contest. The Company reserves the right to disqualify a Submission with offensive content or material that it feels inappropriate in any way. Each Submission submitted must be an original work, never previously published, manufactured or produced. Late Submissions or Submissions sent via any other method than those stated above will not be accepted.  The Company may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Contest or acting as a Student Ambassador 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 or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants or the Company.

GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION

A) LIABILITY RELEASE: By participating in this Contest, Entrants release the Company from any and all liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described) with respect to or arising out of participation in the Contest, and/or the receipt or use/misuse of the prizes awarded, including, without limitation, liability for personal injury, death or property damage.  By participating, Entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claims made by prize winners, Entrants, or any other third parties, related in any way to the operation of this Contest. By participating, Entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and any and all of its officers, directors, managers, agents, consultants, and employees from any claim that the content provided by the Entrant infringes upon the intellectual property rights of a third party.
B) FINALITY OF DECISIONS: By participating in this Contest, Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Contest judges, which are final in all respects and not subject to appeal. The Company reserves the right disqualify from this Contest any Entrant it believes has violated these Official Rules.
C) PROMOTIONAL USAGE: Except where prohibited, being selected as a Student Ambassador constitutes permission for the Company and its agencies to use the selected Student Ambassador’s name, addresses (city & state), voices and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity, for this Contest only, without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
D) JURISDICTION: This Contest is governed by the laws of the United States without regard to conflict law provisions or principles.

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