Infinitely Nature Contest Rules

1. The Infinitely Nature video contest begins on May 17, 2010 at 16 h 00 Eastern Daylight Saving Time and ends on September 30, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The contest is organized by the ministère du Tourisme.

Eligibility

2. The contest is open to any natural person 18 years of age or older at the time of participation. However, despite the foregoing, the members of the jury, the employees, representatives, mandataries, agents, distributors, advertising and publicity agencies of the ministère du Tourisme, as well as the members of their immediate families and/or the persons with whom they are domiciled may not participate in the contest.

How to participate

3. There are two ways for you to participate in the Infinitely Nature contest.
   The first is by submitting a video. To participate that way, you must create an account on the Destination Québec Website (www.destinationquebec.com) or use your existing account, in order to submit, between May 17, 2010 and August 31, 2010, a video promoting nature in Québec. Note that you may submit more than one video. To be eligible, the videos must comply with the conditions of use of the Destination Québec Website and be 30 seconds to 2 minutes long. They must abide by the contest theme, i.e. they must promote Québec’s natural landscapes. Be sure to check the “Enter this video in the Infinitely Nature contest” box in the video sharing or publishing interface if you want it to be considered in the selection of the finalist videos.
   A jury, composed of three members of the staff of the ministère du Tourisme, will select, between August 31, 2010 and September 5, 2010, 25 videos from among those submitted. Note that the jury will make its selection on the basis of the following criteria: compliance with the contest theme and rules, visual and sound quality, originality of the title and description associated with the video, quality of the language, and the general creativity of the video. The 25 finalist videos will then be voted on by Internet users in order to determine the three winners. The selection of the finalists is final and without appeal.
   The second way to participate is by popular vote. To participate that way, you must vote between September 6, 2010 and September 30, 2010 for your favorite video from among those selected by the jury. For your vote to be valid, you must provide your family name, given name, e-mail address and telephone number. That information is requested solely for the administration of the contest and will subsequently be destroyed. Note that only one vote per day per valid e-mail will be accepted. Your participation that way will make you eligible for the random draw for a participation prize.

Prizes

4. The first three prizes will be awarded to the candidates whose videos among those selected by the jury receive the largest number of votes from September 6, 2010 to September 30, 2010.
   The participation prize will be awarded randomly to those who take part in the popular vote.
   
   1^st prize:

   HD Handycam camcorder with a 120 GB hard disc (HDRXR150) valued at $779.

   2^nd prize:

   Handycam camcorder (DCR-SR88) valued at $547.

   3^rd prize:

   Apple third-generation 32 GB IPod Touch, valued at $366.

   Participation prize :

   A Bloggie camcorder valued at $220
5. The prizes must be accepted by the winners as is and they are not convertible into cash.

Awarding of the participation prizes

6. On october ¹ at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, at the offices of the ministère du Tourisme at 1255, rue Peel, bureau 400, Montréal (Québec) H3B 4V4, three (3) prizes will be awarded to the winners selected by popular vote and one (1) participation prize will be awarded randomly to a person who took part in the popular vote.
7. To be declared winners, participants must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question.
8. The four (4) winners will receive an e-mail from the ministère du Tourisme within fifteen (15) business days following their selection as winners. The e-mail will indicate the prize won and the procedure to follow in order to claim it. Winners must respond to the e-mail within ten (10) business days following its receipt.
9. Prizes will be sent to the winners by courier.
10. The names of the four (4) winners and their place of residence will be disseminated on the Destination Québec Website, at www.destinationquebec.com, during the week of October 18, 2010 and until November 19, 2010.

General rules

11. If a winner has not complied with the contest rules, the ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to disqualify that winner.
12. The four (4) winners authorize the ministère du Tourisme to use, if required and with no form of remuneration, their name and place of residence (city and town, and country) for the purpose of disseminating the results of the contest.
13. If a winner refuses to accept his or her prize, or does not respond to the e-mail within the time stipulated, the ministère du Tourisme will no longer have any responsibility or obligation toward that winner.
14. The ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to modify, postpone or cancel this contest, if required. The ministère du Tourisme assumes no responsibility as a result of losses, delays, address errors or any other error.
15. The ministère du Tourisme assumes no responsibility of any kind whatsoever in the event of its inability to act because of an event or situation that is unforeseen or beyond its control, including, in particular, a strike, lock-out or any other labour dispute in its establishment or the establishments of the organizations or enterprises whose services are used for the contest.
16. Any attempt to disrupt the participation process, to depart from the rules, to deliberately damage an Internet site or to adversely affect the administration, security or proper conduct of the contest constitutes a criminal or civil offence. In the event of such an attempt, the ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to claim redress and damages from any person involved in such acts, within the limits stipulated by law, including the right to disqualify the participant from the contest or prohibit the participant from any future participation in a contest of the ministère du Tourisme.
17. The personal information that participants are asked to provide as part of the contest will be used solely by the ministère du Tourisme or a third party it authorizes in the framework of the contest. The information will not be used for any other purpose without the consent of participants, and in providing the information, participants agree to its use for the purpose indicated. The information will be used in compliance with the department’s policy on personal information and privacy, which is available at www.destinationquebec.com/confidentialite.
18. The decisions of the ministère du Tourisme are final and without appeal as regards this contest.
19. This contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to the applicable law in Québec.
20. A dispute concerning the organization or conduct of a promotional contest can be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for resolution. A dispute concerning the awarding of a prize can be submitted to the Régie solely for the purpose of intervention to attempt to settle the dispute.
21. No communication or correspondence related to the contest will be exchanged with participants, except with the winners.
22. If a paragraph of these rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or void by a court, the paragraph will be considered void, but all the other paragraphs that are unaffected shall be applied within the limits permitted by the applicable law.
23. The ministère du Tourisme in no way guarantees that the Destination Québec Website will be accessible or functional without interruption during the contest or will be free of any errors.
24. In the event of a difference between the French and English versions of these rules, the French version will take precedence.