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Swimtown Pools Pet Video Contest. Win $250 from Swimtown Pools.

Have a pet that loves your pool? Does your pet have any amazing tricks or funny habits in and around your pool?

dog jumping in pool for video contest page

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We're looking for funny, entertaining and amazing videos of your pets that fit that bill.

Swimtown Pools is one of the web's fastest growing pool and spa stores, and as we continue to grow we thought it would be fun to have a video contest where you can show off their pets' best pool maneuvers and win some cash in the process.

To enter:

Grab a phone, webcam or a video camera and shoot a video of your pet doing something unusually funny or entertaining in or around your pool (or if you've got an existing video, that'll work, too!)
Make sure your video is three minutes or less in length.
Load the video onto your computer.
Go to www.youtube.com/group/poolspetcontest
Click the Join This Group link.
Click the Add Videos link.
Make sure your video contains the phrase "Swimtown Pools Pet Video Contest" in the title and the tags.
Videos using copyrighted materials (music, etc.) will not be eligible to win.
Upload as many videos as you want.
Then it's up to you to tell your family, friends, or complete strangers to vote for your video.
Be at least 18 years of age and a legal United States resident

The video voted most popular will be awarded $250 - and the winner will be announced on July 2nd and contacted via their Youtube messaging account (so be sure to check it!) The first ten submissions will receive a $10 coupon code from Fandango courtesy of GiftZip.com which can be used toward movie tickets at participating theaters.

Not only that, but we will post your winning video on the Swimtown website, which is visited by thousands of visitors each month.

Full Contest Rules

1. Contest Period

You may enter the Contest between 12:00:01 a.m. ET on May 13th, 2010 and 11:59:59 p.m. ET on June 30th, 2010.
The winner will be announced on July 2nd, 2010.

2. Eligibility
This competition is offered by Swimtown Pools and is open to anyone who is at least 18 years of age at time of entry. Employees and family members of Swimtown Pools and/or its affiliated companies are not eligible to win.

3. Entry
Send us an email by June 30th to videocontest@swimtownpools.com which contains a direct link to your video on Youtube for our judges to review
YOU MUST EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY OF THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUTUBE OR ENTER THE CONTEST.

4. Contest Submission

Please don't include any music unless you created and own the copyright of the music yourself.
Please get permission from everyone in your video to include them in your submission.
Please follow YouTube's Community Guidelines for respectful and appropriate content.
You are responsible for your submission and anything in it.
Submission must comply with the YouTube Terms of Service.
Submission should comply with the YouTube video requirements.
Submission must not exceed 3 minutes in length; there is no minimum length requirement.
All videos should contain "Swimtown Pools Pet Video Contest" in both the title and tags of the submission.

5. Additional Rules
1.   Submitting video contributions: The term "Video Contribution" means and refers to any and all video content you submit to the contest via the YouTube Channel, including, without limitation, spoken statements, music, audio, video, video recordings, audio- visual works and recordings, slides, portraits, animated and/or motion pictures, caricatures, likenesses, vocal or other sounds, sound recordings and voices.
2.   However submitted, your Video Contribution will be stored by YouTube and made available via YouTube and the site. Editing tools will not be provided and video editing is not allowed in Contest submissions. Once you have completed your Video Contribution, you must upload it to YouTube Channel. Members of the public will have the opportunity to view your video contribution via YouTube and rate the video using the rating system.
3.   Participants may enter the contest multiple times but are only eligible to win one prize per person. Each entry must, however, have at least one email account in order to qualify. Participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Swimtown Pools and these Rules and to comply with all local, national and international laws and regulations. Swimtown Pools and those working for Swimtown Pools or on behalf of Swimtown Pools, will not be responsible for lost, late, misdirected or damaged due to uploading, 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 rules are also void. In the event of a dispute concerning who submitted an email entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized holder of the email account from which the entry is assigned by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
4.   Video Contributions must be original and created entirely by the participant and must not incorporate or include anything that is owned by any third party or would require the consent of any third party and Participant's Video Contribution must not violate any law or the copyright, trademark, publicity right, privacy right or any other right of any third party.
5.   In addition, the Video Contribution may not contain content which is obscene, crude, vulgar or which contains offensive depictions, images or language; gang signs or symbols; nudity; trespass or the violation of personal rights or property; illegal or inappropriate activity, behavior or conduct; or any other content, material and/or images that could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, as determined by Swimtown Pools, in its sole discretion.

6. Our Right to Use Your Work and Information about You
1.   By submitting your video you grant to Swimtown Pools the right to use images of your video contributions on the YouTube website for the purpose of advertising or promoting the contest and/or Swimtown Pools in any media. Participants may be asked to submit their original video files. Failure to submit original files may result in disqualification.
2.   By providing the video contribution in connection with this contest, you may grant to Swimtown Pools, except where prohibited by law, to use your name, likeness, picture, address, email address, voice and biographical information. Contribution, entry from information and written and oral statements for advertising and promotional purposes in promotion or publicizing the contribution, Swimtown Pools, swimming pets promotional campaign, without 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 name, picture, likeness, address, email address, biographical information or entry. The rights granted under this paragraph shall extend to the Swimtown Pools with respect to all participants in the contest, including the participants who are selected as the winners and those participants who are not selected as winners.

7. Verification
Swimtown Pools may, in its sole discretion, contact any or all of the finalists via the email addresses associated with the YouTube accounts in order to confirm the eligibility of those potential Winners and compliance with the Official Rules. In the event Swimtown Pools contacts a potential Winner and that potential Winner does not respond within two days, then such Winner may be disqualified and an alternate Winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received based on the judging criteria described herein. Except where prohibited by law, each finalist may be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility and provide any additional information that may be required by Swimtown Pools. If required, finalists must return all such required documents within two days following attempted notification or such finalist will be deemed to have forfeited the prize and another potential Winner will be selected based on the judging criteria described herein. All notification requirements, as well as other requirements within these Rules, will be strictly enforced.

8. Prizes
1.   Grand Prize: The top video will win $250
2.   Participation Prize: The first 10 participants will receive a $10 coupon code to Fandango courtesy of GiftZip.com

9. Notification
Swimtown Pools will contact the winners through their YouTube accounts with which they submitted their URL within 30 days of the end of the contest. (Also see 5)