Open and offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 16 years of age or older and are full-time or part-time Best Buy store employees in good standing as of date of entry and prize award. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited. All other employees and officers of Best Buy Stores, L.P. ("Sponsor") and Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc., and their parent entity, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or production agencies, prize providers, Web masters and Web suppliers, and any companies who are performing work in Best Buy stores at the request of Best Buy (and their respective IRS dependents, immediate family members and individuals residing in their same household) are not eligible to participate. Not open to the general public. By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. Contest begins on November 4, 2009, and ends December 6, 2009 ("Contest Period"). Public Voting Period begins November 4, 2009 and ends December 6, 2009 ("Public Voting Period")
Visit www.blueshirtbeats.com ("Web Site") from 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time ("CT") on November 4, 2009, through 11:59:59 p.m. CT on December 6, 2009. Please note: The Contest Period and the Public Voting Period run concurrently as described above in Section 1. Follow the entry instructions for registering on the Web Site, consisting of: (i) logging in to your YouTube or Google account; (ii) authorizing Sponsor to have access to the content of your YouTube or Google account (excluding your password) (Please note: You may revoke Sponsor's access at any time, but such revocation will disqualify your Submission); (iii) completing and submitting the online information (including but not limited to employee ID and password); and (iv) uploading a 30 to 90 second video that answers the question of what your life would look like as a mixed tape WITHOUT the use of music by following the links and instructions for submission on the Web Site ("Submission"). Please note: You must have a valid YouTube or Google account and agree to the YouTube Terms of Service ( http://www.YouTube.com/t/terms ) and the YouTube Privacy Policy ( http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy ), Google Terms of Use in order to be eligible to enter. Registration on YouTube must be completed before a Video can be submitted. YouTube membership is free. To be eligible, your Submission must: (1) be your own original work that has not been submitted to any other third party, including another contest; (2) not exceed 15 MB in size; (3) not exceed ninety (90) seconds in length; (4) be a .wmv, .mov, .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, asf, .3gp or a .3g2 format; (5) must NOT contain music, and (6) if the Submission include other individuals, they must provide permission to the entrant to appear in the Submission (collectively, a "Qualifying Submission"). Limit one (1) Submission per person.
You may NOT participate in the Contest while performing services and responsibilities in the employ of Best Buy Stores, L.P., its parent entity, affiliates and subsidiaries (i.e., you may not participate during working hours). If a participant's employment with Best Buy Stores, L.P., is terminated for any reason at any time up to the time of prize award, the participant will be deemed ineligible and his/her Submission will be disqualified. Administrator's computer will be the official time clock for the Contest. Any attempt at email or other Internet entry is void. Any attempt by any person to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email accounts or any other methods will void all of that person's entries and that person will be disqualified.
To be eligible, your Submission must: (1) be your own original work that has not been submitted to any other third party, including another contest; (2) not exceed 15 MB in size; (3) not exceed ninety (90) seconds in length; (4) be a .wmv, .mov, .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .asf, .3gp or a .3g2 format; (5) must NOT contain music: (6) be owned by you; (7) be non-confidential; (8) have been legally created; (9) not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other legal or moral rights of any person or entity; and (9) if the Submission include other individuals, they must provide permission to the entrant to appear in the Submission (collectively, a "Qualifying Submission"). Submissions that contain images or audio recordings that are deemed to be lewd or profane; contain material that violates or infringes on another's rights, including privacy, publicity or intellectual property; gratuitous violence; dangerous stunts; real weapons of any kind; drug use; material that is hateful or defamatory; material that promotes bigotry, racism, or harm against a group or individual or promotes discrimination; or material that is unlawful or in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state, will be disqualified as determined solely by Sponsor. Submissions that do not meet the Qualifying Submission criteria set forth above may be disqualified, at Sponsor's sole discretion. Submissions must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on December 6, 2009 to be eligible. Each Submission may be available for viewing on the Web Site and YouTube during the Contest Period, at Sponsor's sole discretion. Posting of a Submission is not verification that the Submission is a Qualifying Submission for entry in the Contest. All Submissions will be reviewed for content before being judged. Submissions containing such prohibited content and/or otherwise deemed by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Sponsor makes the final determination as to what Submissions are eligible to take part in the Contest of the Promotion. By entering, entrant agrees that the Submission becomes the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. By submitting a Submission, each entrant warrants and represents that it is an original Submission created by the entrant, and grants Sponsor the perpetual, unlimited and irrevocable right to post, publish, adapt, edit and/or otherwise use the Submission in any manner, including copyright, and in any media now known or hereafter developed.
All Qualifying Submissions will be posted on YouTube.com/blueshirtbeats from November 4, 2009, through December 6, 2009 ("Public Voting Period") where the public can vote on their favorite video Submission. To vote, visit www.blueshirtbeats.com ("Web Site") during the Public Voting Period, log in to your YouTube account, and select your favorite video Submission(s) by using the "Favorite" functionality. You may mark as many Submissions as you like as "Favorite", but may only mark a single Submission as "Favorite" one (1) time during the Public Voting Period. You may "Un-Favorite" and "Re-Favorite" Submissions as many times as you like during the Public Voting Period. Upon completion of the Public Voting Period, the top twenty (20) scoring Submissions will be deemed Finalists. Please note: You must have a valid YouTube account and comply with all YouTube Terms of Use in order to be eligible to vote.
Judging Period: Thereafter, the Finalists will be judged by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records between December 7, 2009, and December 13, 2009, based on the following judging criteria and percentages: creativity and originality (33.4%); how well the Submission answers the question "what would your life look like as a mixed tape?" (33.3%); and how well the Submission shows your passion and music knowledge (33.4%). The top three (3) scoring Finalists will be deemed the Grand Prize winners. The remaining seventeen (17) Finalists will be deemed the First Prize winners. In the event of a tie between any two Finalists, the Finalist with the highest score in the creativity and originality criteria will be deemed the Grand Prize winner. Sponsor will notify the winner on or about December 14, 2009.
A trip for winner and one (1) guest to Los Angeles, CA for a personal training session with a Sponsor-specified professional DJ. Trip includes: round-trip coach airfare for two (2) from major airport nearest winner's residence to Los Angeles, three (3) days/two (2) nights hotel accommodations (standard room, double occupancy), transportation to/from airport/hotel/session, and a personal training session for the winner with a Sponsor-specified professional DJ, and one (1) $500.00 Best Buy gift card. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $2,100.00. Actual retail value of trip depends on the place of departure, and any difference between actual costs and ARV will not be awarded. Gift card is subject to terms contained on gift card. Seventeen (17) First Prizes: A Beat by Dre Headphone. ARV: $249.00 each. Total ARV of all prizes is $10,533.00. Travel and accommodations are subject to change and availability and restrictions may apply. Prizes consist of only the items specifically listed as part of each prize. Winner is solely responsible for all applicable taxes, insurance, licensing, registration, title fees and costs, and other expenses which may be required for the enjoyment and use of prize. All expenses not stated in these Official Rules are solely the responsibility of the winner. Limit one (1) prize per person. Winners must travel and attend the training session on the dates specified by Sponsor, which are subject to change. If winner is unable to travel on dates specified by Sponsor, prize will be forfeited and another winner may be chosen, provided sufficient time remains to verify alternate winner and ticket prize as determined solely by Sponsor; otherwise, prize will not be awarded. All minors must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian at all times. In the event that any prize component of the trip is not available for any reason, then remaining elements of prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor's prize obligation to winner and no substitute or additional compensation will be awarded. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prizes, or redeem prizes for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with a prize of equal or greater value should the advertised prize become unavailable. Prizes will not be fulfilled outside the 50 U.S./D.C. Taxes on prizes are solely the winner's responsibility. The IRS considers any prize given to an employee, regardless of value, to be taxable income which must be reported to the IRS. If you are an eligible employee, your paycheck will reflect the full prize value, and you will be responsible for paying any applicable tax related to the prize. At Sponsor's sole discretion, additional funds may be added to your paycheck to provide assistance with the taxes associated with the prize; such additional funds are also taxable income.
Participants agree (a) that Sponsor and its parent entity, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting in or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Contest or any Contest related activity; or for any printing, production, typographical, human or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize; and (b) except where legally prohibited, winners grant (and agree to confirm they grant in writing) permission for Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising, trade and/or publicity purposes without additional compensation in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and/or World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval. Prize winners must meet the eligibility requirements stated above and must be Best Buy employees as indicated above in good standing as of date of entry and prize award, subject to review by the Best Buy Human Resources Department. If a winner is ineligible or deemed not to be an employee in good standing by the Best Buy Human Resources Department, for any reason, such prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner, time permitting. Prize winners may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of attempted notification. If documents are not returned on a timely basis, or if prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner, time permitting. If a winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of primary residence, prize may be awarded in the name of or to his/her parent or legal guardian, who must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings required of the winner in these Official Rules both on behalf of himself/herself and the winning minor, or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner, time permitting. Guest of winner will be required to sign and return a liability/publicity release prior to ticketing of prize. If winner's guest is a minor, the minor must be accompanied at all times by a parent/legal guardian who must sign and return all required documentation. By participating in this Contest, you acknowledge and agree that Sponsor may collect the personal information submitted by you, and use the information pursuant to Sponsor's privacy policy available on-line at http://www.bestbuy.com or by calling 1-888-BEST BUY.
Neither Sponsor nor their respective agencies are responsible for illegible, lost, late, damaged, incomplete, unintelligible, non-delivered, misdirected, or stolen e-mail, or prize redemption forms; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, satellite, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web site, telephone, or other connections, availability or accessibility; or for miscommunications, failed computer, telephone, satellite, or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure; or for jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or for any other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic or network; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or Web Site, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified, and Sponsor reserves the right to terminate such entrant's eligibility. Entries generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the Web Site. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Contest, and select winners from Qualifying Submissions received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, technical failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized use to the Web Site. In the event of a dispute as to ownership of a winning Qualifying Submission from a Best Buy employee, the employee with the Best Buy employee I.D. number used to enter online, as indicated in Sponsor's records, will be deemed the winner and must comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for outdated or incorrect Best Buy employee number data.
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENT, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.BESTBUY.COM OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
Except where prohibited by law, all issues concerning the construction, validity and enforcement of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor, shall be construed and governed by the laws of the state of Minnesota, without regard to conflicts of law. All suits or claims brought in connection with this Contest must be brought in a state or federal court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For names of winners, or a copy of these Official Rules, visit www.blueshirtbeats.com by January 30, 2010.
Best Buy Stores, L.P., 7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota 55423.
Skybridge Marketing, 7600 69th Avenue, Greenfield, MN 55373.