Peet’s Coffee Chief Playlist Officer
Contest
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES (“U.S.”) AND
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS
DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW) WHO ARE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF
THE DATE OF ENTRY. VOID ELSEWHERE AND
WHEREVER PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN
THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS
OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL
WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Contest
Name: Peet’s Coffee Chief Playlist
Officer Contest (the “Contest”).
Contest Dates: The contest registration period begins
at 12:00:01 am Eastern Time (ET) on 6/3/2026
and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 6/30/2026
(the “Registration Period”). Contest is subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or
restricted by law.
Eligibility
– Who May Enter: Contest is open
only to legal residents located within the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., who are
age eighteen (18) or older as of date of entry, and have a valid U.S. driver’s
license or government-issued photo ID, except the following persons who are not
eligible to enter, participate, or win:
(a) Employees, officers, and directors of Peet’s
Coffee, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million
Dollar Media (the “Contest Administrator”) and each of the
foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, any and all other companies associated with
the design or execution of this Contest, or any employees, officers, directors,
members, shareholders or agents of any retailers, distributors, wholesalers or
manufacturers (collectively, “Released Parties”), and the members of the
immediate families or households, whether or not related, of any of the above.
“Immediate family members” include, for purposes of this Contest, parents
(including in-laws), grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings), children
(including step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and
each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.
How to Enter –
Online Registration: To enter, scan the QR Code on
the applicable point-of-sale material using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.PeetsCSO.com during the “Registration
Period.” Each entrant must fully
complete the online registration page with all required information including
his/her name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), date of
birth, state of residence, their Middle Ground Mix playlist consisting of fifteen
(15) unique songs (artist and title) to get people through the daily 3PM
energy slump, and their essay response to the question “Why do you deserve the
title of Peet’s Chief Playlist Officer?”.
Your essay submission should include why your Middle Ground Mix is
designed to help beat the 3PM energy slump and the one song that always gets
you moving whenever it comes on and why.
Entrants may choose to submit a supplementary video with their essay,
which is not required as a condition of entry. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, and agreeing to receive offers and updates via email from
Sponsor, click the submit button to submit your online entry.
All entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59:59pm ET on 6/30/2026 to be eligible. Entrants must
submit an essay to be eligible, and may submit an optional video with their
entry. Maximum of one entry per person
and per valid email address during the entire Registration Period.
Any incomplete or ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with
an invalid or false email address, phone number or other incorrect information will
be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for
lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or damaged
entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed
under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or
received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human
intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or
the failure to capture any such information for any reason including
programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any
electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network
connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Entrants
may opt out of Email notifications at any time, without affecting their entry,
by following provided opt-out instructions.
By participating and submitting an
entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact entrant via email, mail, phone or any other form of media to make
contestant aware of information pertinent to the Promotion, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
promotional offers, or coupons. Contestants may opt-out of any further email
communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Each
participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address or name, or providing any
false email addresses or information, will be disqualified and ineligible to
claim any prize. Any attempt by any
participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using
same, multiple/different emails, identities, or any other methods void that
participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or automated
entries permitted. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all
such entries will be deemed void.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized
account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he must be eligible according
to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person
assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address. Proof of being the authorized account holder
may be required.
By
registering to enter Contest, you affirm that you have read and accepted these
Official Contest Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and
will not be returned. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Contest.
Essay and optional Video
Submission Requirements: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any submission for any reason that it considers to
not be appropriate for the Contest. Submission
restrictions include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:
·
Must
be the entrant’s own original creation;
·
May
not be, or ever have been, submitted in any other competition or contest of any
kind;
·
May
not be submitted by any individual under 18 years of age;
·
May
not use any name, likeness, or any other identifying element, in whole or in
part, of any person, living or dead, without permission;
·
May
not be subject to any third-party agreement or require payment or incurrence of
any sums to obtain further permissions of any person or entity as a result of
its use or exploitation of the idea or rights therein or portions, or modified
versions or derivative works thereof;
·
Except
as relates to the Sponsor or approved partners, not include trademarks or
copyrighted material not owned by Entrant, or material that is used without
permission (including but not limited to company names, works of art, or information
published on any media) or that otherwise infringes or violates the rights of
any third party (including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents,
trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or
privacy, moral rights (i.e., “droit morale”), or any other intellectual
property rights);
·
Not
include any unauthorized copy, text or plagiarism of any kind;
·
Not
be considered harmful to minors in any way;
·
Not
contain, or include songs in their playlist whose titles or lyrics contain, profanity,
inappropriate, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, or obscene content or
language (which shall be determined by Sponsor, in its sole and absolute
discretion);
·
Not
contain any political or politically themed or motivated messages or
statements;
·
Not
defame, slander, libel, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks or any
other content that could adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of
Sponsor or any other individuals and/or entities affiliated or associated with
Sponsor, the Contest, or any prizes, the determination of which shall remain in
the sole discretion of Sponsor; and,
·
Not
describe, depict or include content that may be considered unlawful, harmful,
threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, religiously,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by
Sponsor.
Representation
and Release of Rights to Essay and optional Video Submission:
By submitting an entry, each contestant represents that s/he has sole
and exclusive ownership and proprietary rights of any content submitted; has
full permission and rights to publish and release the content; and agrees that the
content becomes the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may
publish, display, promote, or utilize content in any manner of its choosing in
relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor. Entry into the Contest and upload of any
content, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that
contestant’s content submission, photo, name, city and state of residence
and/or likeness for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law. Submissions
will not be acknowledged or returned by Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her entry) who tampers or
attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in
any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined
by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion.
Any questions regarding the number of
entries submitted, eligible nominee or the authorized account holder who
submitted the nomination shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY CONTEST WEBSITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Grand Prize Winner
Determination & Notification (1 winner)
Judging
of Entries: Following the close of the Registration
Period, on or about 7/5/2026, a panel of judges as solely determined and
appointed by Sponsor shall review, select and designate a maximum of one (1) potential
grand prize winner (see prize description below) from among all eligible
entries received.
Entries shall be judged by a
Sponsor-appointed panel pursuant to the following guidelines, requirements and
general criteria in the determination of a winning nominee submission:
Winner Notification: The potential winner will be notified
initially by phone and/or email beginning on or about 7/6/2026. If the
Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with the
selected potential grand prize winner by phone within 24-hours of the initial
notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated with that
contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate
potential winner may be selected from among the remaining eligible entries received
and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting). Note: phone messages will not be left
during the winner notification process.
During
winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm her or his
eligibility, and indicate her or his willingness and ability to accept the
prize. As a condition of prize
acceptance, winner must agree to travel on the Sponsor designated dates of the
prize award (7/30/2026 – 8/3/2026), attend the Sponsor designated media
event scheduled for 7/30/2026, and complete a comprehensive publicity release
allowing Sponsor to capture video, photography, and any other media during
events included in the grand prize award for the sole use by Sponsor in
advertisement and/or any other publicity. After agreeing to the conditions of prize
acceptance, the potential winner will then receive official notification via
email delivery. If the selected winner
does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept
the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be disqualified and, at
Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be selected
from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures
outlined above (time permitting). Any disqualified contestant will not receive
any alternate prize substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winner and all
matters relating to this Contest are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to the grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release signed by the winner and a W-9 form; 2) Winner may be required to present a copy
of a valid social security card and a valid driver’s license as a condition of
participating or receiving any prize; and
3) Winner will be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the grand prize
award and is responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not
limited to all local, state and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded. Failure to collect or properly claim any
prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited for any reason, finalist will
not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will
remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided
herein.
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 1 winner): The eligible entrant designated as the grand
prize winner (the “Peet’s Chief Playlist Officer”) shall be awarded the Peet’s
Chief Playlist Officer Grand Prize package with a maximum approximate retail
value (“ARV”) not to exceed $6,800, and shall include:
·
A four
(4)-night trip for the winner and one (1) guest (age 18 or older) to
Chicago, IL scheduled for 7/30/2026 – 8/3/2026 including:
o
Roundtrip
coach class airfare for the winner and guest;
o
Four
(4)-nights in one (1) standard double-occupancy hotel room;
·
Two
(2) General Admission entry passes for the winner and guest to a Sponsor
designated music festival in Chicago, IL during the designated travel dates;
·
Two
(2) VIP entry passes for the winner and guest to a Sponsor designated media
event / social party scheduled for 7/30/2026;
·
One
(1) merchandise pack to include various Sponsor designated wearable items; and,
·
One
(1) $600 gift card toward ground transportation and incidentals.
Travel
dates and accommodations such as airline and hotel, are as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor, subject to availability. If prize winner resides within (250)-miles of
the greater Chicago, IL metro area, Sponsor reserves the right to provide a
$500 gift card toward ground transportation in lieu of airfare. Festival and event tickets and/or entry
passes are subject to the terms and conditions of each event organizer’s
policies, and may not be transferred, sold, or exchanged. Merchandise items’ type, make, model, style,
and size awarded in the grand prize are as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor, subject to availability. Any
gift card awarded as part of the grand prize shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Sponsor designated gift card provider’s policy, including any
expiration.
The
grand prize award has a maximum ARV of $6,800.
Actual ARV based upon final travel accommodations, dependent on dates of
travel and winner’s home location.
All ground transportation, airport/hotel
transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat
assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel or departure taxes, incidental
expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and
federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in
the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner.
Winner and their
guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during travel
including any local government regulations in the departure or destination
location, airline and/or hotel requirements, or any regulation related to
COVID-19 testing requirements, vaccination status or policy. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest.
Travel
dates are based upon availability, and as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor, and must be booked a minimum of two (2)-weeks prior to first date of
travel, or prize award may be forfeit.
Sponsor is not responsible for any travel delays, flight delays or
cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize award, redemption or
use. If travel delays or difficulty
prevent arrival in time for any and all elements of such prize award, Sponsor
is not responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost,
damaged or stolen luggage.
The
winner and their guest must travel together on the same itinerary. Any changes to completed travel arrangements,
once booked, are the sole responsibility of the winner, and are solely at the
winner’s expense. Actual value of the
trip will depend on point of departure, and any airfare fluctuations. If actual value of prize is lower than the
stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the
difference will NOT be awarded to the winner.
The winner and their travel companion are solely responsible for all
costs incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as
designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure
point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
Grand
prize winner and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of
residence (and at least 18) and will be required to execute and return a
liability/publicity release prior to prize award. It is recommended that winner and travel
companion obtain sufficient personal and foreign travel insurance prior to
departure. Winner and travel companion
hereby release Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or verify any and all
necessary ID’s, passports, visas and tourist cards, birth certificates, vaccination
certificates, and any other travel requirements (“Personal Documents”). Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for
the replacement of lost or stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons,
vouchers, receipts or other documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel
Documents”) once the Travel Documents have been provided to winner and travel
companion.
Sponsor
will not be responsible for any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement or
cancellation for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restriction, an act of
terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason. No
substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the
event of any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any
reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline
ticket and hotel policy, and shall solely look to the airline ticket and hotel
provider.
Winner
and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel, and experience
provider (collectively “Travel Providers”) rules, requirements and regulations
in connection with the prize award, redemption and use. Sponsor and travel
provider reserve the right to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her
guest who do not comply with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who
engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or
harass any other person. Winner and guest
shall be solely responsible for their behavior while traveling, must follow the
instructions and direction from any Travel Providers or associated staff or
security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the Travel Providers,
behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by
staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of the Travel
Providers, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall
be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall immediately forfeit the
remaining prize award.
In
the event travel arrangements are unable to be booked due to a Force Majeure
Event, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to award the winner
an alternate prize award of approximate equal value, in lieu of the trip and
such alternate prize shall be the full and final Grand Prize award.
Grand Prize winner and guest shall be subject to
any qualifying conditions for any festival and/or other included event
(collectively “Prize Events”) attendance, including any local, state or federal
government regulations, or Prize Events requirements related to COVID-19
testing requirements or vaccination status.
Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or any related quarantine
requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility of, and at the sole
expense of winner and guest.
Grand Prize winner must accept delivery of Prize Events tickets
and/or entry passes in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor via email or digital/mobile delivery, or via physical tickets delivery
in person or via will call box office. Prize shall be emailed or transferred
via mobile delivery only to the email address or mobile number as submitted
during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner
notification, or delivered or available for will call pick up only to the designated
winner in person, via the method as designated by Sponsor.
Once emailed, transferred, delivered or made available via will
call box office, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and
Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by
winner. Winner is solely responsible for any required software
application for access to mobile ticket delivery. Sponsor shall not
be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen
delivery; or any incorrect delivery address or information provided by winner
during registration or prize claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier
for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for
any delivery issues.
The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a prize will
govern in the event of any cancellation, postponed, rescheduling or attendance
restriction due to any Force Majeure Event including weather, pandemic, an Act
of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other
reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for event date delay,
rescheduling, postponement or cancellation due to any Force Majeure
Event or any other event that may cause the cancellation, rescheduling or
postponement of the event as scheduled. No substitute prize award or
compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any event
cancellation for any reason.
Grand Prize winner and guest shall be solely responsible for their
behavior while in attendance at Prize Events, must follow the instructions of
Sponsor, policy of the venue/event and directions from any associated staff or
security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the
venue/event, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible, or offensive
manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any policy of the
venue or event, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guests
shall be ejected from the venue and event, and shall immediately forfeit any
remaining prize award components.
Winner and guest must abide by all Prize Events
rules. Prize Events tickets are subject
to age restrictions. Resale of Prize
Events tickets is prohibited. Prize
Events entities reserve the right to revoke full or partial prize from any
winner or winner’s guest who it or venue/event personnel deem may, in its sole
discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any venue/event
policy or law, or may bring Prize Events entities into disrepute. By claiming
Prize Events tickets, you agree to the Prize Events entities tickets and entities
terms of use, and to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the
time of the Prize Event, which may include, without limitation, wearing masks,
providing proof of vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative
COVID-19 test administered by an approved facility. Should a Prize Event be
cancelled, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible. Allow 2-4 weeks for Prize Events tickets
prize delivery.
All
merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty, express or
implied. Prize winner must accept
delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped only to
the designated winner residential address as submitted during initial online
registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the carrier as
determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor
designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor. Allow 8
– 12 weeks for merchandise prize delivery.
Once
shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall
not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by winner during registration or prize
claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely
to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered
packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
Playlist Usage: Sponsor may feature all or portions of
the selected grand prize winner’s playlist submitted at the time of Contest
registration across participating Peet’s Coffee locations during designated
promotional periods. Due to technical, licensing, and programming requirements
associated with Sponsor’s music service provider, Sponsor reserves the right to
request modifications to the submitted playlist and/or substitute songs with
comparable selections at its sole discretion.
Total
maximum approximate retail value (“ARV”) of grand prize award: $6,800.
General
Prize Conditions: Prize winner must accept delivery of
prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. All other costs and expenses related to prize
acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being provided
are the sole responsibility of winner. All income,
federal, state and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility. All prize awards are non-transferable and no
cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable
or greater value, at its sole discretion. All
prizes are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by
Sponsor. Failure to collect or properly
claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the
prize. If forfeited for any reason,
participant will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property
of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein. All properly
claimed prizes will be awarded. Any
unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to
abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Contest. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is
later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to
forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if
such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in Contest
constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’
names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law.
False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants
ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Contest,
or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in
prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity
related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Participants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue an entry
due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts
beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability
for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors.
The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or
failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic
transmission, or other delivery method.
Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical,
electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors,
malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or
delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines,
the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which
may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any
injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone
related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information
necessary to participate in the Contest.
Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind,
whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise,
relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitations,
errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest,
administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the game, the
processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize
winners. Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the
entry process or the operation of the Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest for
any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure,
government regulatory action or ruling,
fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or threaten the
integrity of the Contest, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a
computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration,
security, or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator,
in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest,
Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize winners from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
In addition, by submitting any Entry, each Entrant transfers
any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such Entry and content submission, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights" and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist, throughout the world, to Sponsor
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or content. Each
Entrant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such Entry, and/or content, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry,
content submission, and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with
other materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for
any reason whatsoever.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of California; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Promotion, and in no event will entrant be
entitled to recover attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any
other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and entrant hereby
waives any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation
and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of California other jurisdiction), that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as the grand prize winner are dependent upon the total number
of eligible entries received, the skill of the entrant in the creation of their
essay or video submission, and the decisions of judges.
Official Rules &
Winner List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of the prize winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received
by 8/15/2026 to: Peet’s Coffee Chief Playlist Officer Contest, c/o Million
Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting,
official rules or winner list.
Sponsor: This
Contest is sponsored by Peet’s Coffee, Inc., 1400 Park Ave., Emeryville, CA,
94608.
Contest Administrator:
The Contest is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.