MyItThings.com™
VIVRE Blogging Contest
Official Contest Rules
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY.
PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE THE ODDS OF THE ENTRY WINNING
I.
Eligibility. The MyItThings.com Fashion Article Contest (the
“Contest”) is only open to legal residents of the United States (excluding
residents of the State of Rhode Island) and Canada (excluding residents of
Quebec), 16 years of age and older. Individuals who are at least 16 years
of age but who are under 18 years of age must have permission from a parent or
legal guardian in order to enter the Contest. Employees, representatives
and contractors of 2 Brains Media, LLC (“Sponsor”), any affiliated companies,
prize suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, the immediate family
members of such companies (regardless of where they reside) and individuals
living in the same households of each of these individuals are not
eligible. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is
subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations. By participating in the Contest through the submission of an
article as described in Section II herein below, you agree to comply with and
be bound by these Official Contest Rules (the “Rules”) and the decision of the
Panel (as defined herein below), administrators and Sponsor of the Contest,
which shall be final and binding in all respects.
II.
How to Enter. To enter the Contest, you must first register
to become a member of MyItThings.com (the “Website”), and confirm your
registration via email. For detailed information regarding registration,
please refer to the Website. Once you have become a registered member of
MyItThings.com, you must log in to the Website in order to submit and post (via
your MyItThings.com Personal Page) under any category an original article (an
“entry”) in the English language of not less than 100 words on the topic of “personal
style” (as described below). You must enter the word VIVRE in the tags
field on the “Add Post” screen in order to be considered for the contest.
Your article can be about any and all things related to a personal style
including fashion clothing, looks, trends, accessories, shoes, vintage, style
icons and influences. The article must be written by you, the submitter, and
not anyone else. All articles submitted via your Personal Page will be
deemed to have been written and submitted by you. Therefore, please maintain
your MyItThings.com log in information as confidential. All articles must
be submitted through your MyItThings.com Personal Page between 12:00 a.m.
EST on February 5th, 2009 and 11:59 p.m. EST on March 4th, 2009 (the
“Entry Period”). There is no limit on the number of articles that you are
permitted to submit for consideration in the Contest; provided, however, that
each article complies with the Rules and you may only have one (1) article in
the top ten (see Section III(a) below). Sponsor
is not responsible for any late, lost, misdirected, damaged or incomplete
entries. Immediately upon submission, all articles become the property of
the Sponsor as more fully set forth below and will not be returned. All
articles must be original works, never previously published for commercial
gain, and must not be plagiarized, infringe on any third party’s copyrights or
other rights. The article(s) submitted by you cannot be offensive or
inappropriate, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The
Sponsor may disqualify articles, without notice, that it deems, in its sole
discretion, to be inappropriate or offensive.
III.
Winner Selection & Judging. Winner selection and judging
of the articles submitted in the Contest will be carried out in two (2)
stages:
(a) During Stage 1 of the Contest, MyItThings.com users will be asked to rate each submitted article on a
scale of 1 to 5 stars (1 star being the lowest rating). The voting is IP
restricted and requires MyItThings.com registration. Each registered
member can vote only once per article during the Contest. The final
article score will be calculated from the combination of the total number of
votes and the stars rating (i.e. each additional scored star will add 1 point to
the total score) for each article. At the end of the Entry Period, all of
the ratings will be tallied and the ten (10) articles that received the highest
ratings will then proceed to Stage 2 for final judging by the Sponsor.
Each user may only have one (1) article in the top ten. If, based upon
the star ratings, a user has multiple articles that qualify for the top ten,
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will select the article with the highest star
rating to proceed as a finalist to Stage 2.
(b) In Stage 2, the Prize Sponsor will
select one (1) winning article, whose author will be awarded the Grand Prize. The judging will be complete by March
10th, 2009. As set forth above, the decision of the Panel
is final and binding. All potential prize winner
must fulfill the obligations set forth in Section V herein below.
IV.
Odds of Winning. The odds of winning depend on several factors
including, but not limited to the number of eligible entries received during
the Entry Period, the number of votes received from registered members, and the
quality of the entries submitted, as determined by the Sponsor.
V.
Notification of Prize Winners. On or about March 11th,
2008, the potential prize winner will be notified by Sponsor via email to
the email address listed in his/her MyItThings.com
account. The return of any prize notification or prize as undeliverable
or any other non-compliance with these Rules, as determined by the Sponsor, may
result in the forfeiture of the applicable prize. Prior to receiving a
prize, the potential prize winner will be required to execute an Affidavit of
Eligibility and Liability Release, IRS Form W-9, and where legal, a Publicity
Release, all of which must be returned within fourteen (14) days following
attempted prize notification. Failure to comply with the aforementioned
time period may result in forfeiture of the applicable prize. If a
potential prize winner is a minor, his or her parent or legal guardian must
execute and timely return such documents to Sponsor.
VI.
Grand Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in the
Contest. The Grand Prize winner will receive a
$500 gift card redeemable at VIVRE.com (the “Grand Prize”). Account
registration is required, and membership and redemption of the account credit
are subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policy of Vivre.com.
No transfers or substitution of prizes will be permitted except at the sole
discretion of the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or
portion thereof) of comparable or greater value.
VII.
Winner’s List. The name of the Grand Prize Winner will be made
available on MyItThings.com upon termination of the Contest.
VII.
Limitation of Liability & General Conditions. You
acknowledge and agree that the Sponsor of this Contest shall retain worldwide,
in perpetuity, all ownership rights to each of your submitted articles and
reserves the right to publish, edit, add to, delete, distribute, use, license,
duplicate or otherwise exploit in any manner or forum whether now known or
hereafter devised each such article in any manner it sees fit and no
compensation shall be owed to you resulting therefrom.
Where
permitted by law, by entering the Contest, you agree to the Sponsor’s (and
those acting pursuant to Sponsor’s direction of control) right to use to your
name, picture, likeness, biographical information and article(s) submitted
(whether in whole or in part) for advertising, and promotional purposes,
worldwide, in perpetuity, in print, broadcast and in any media now known or
hereafter developed, including the Internet, without additional consideration
and without notification, review or approval, except where prohibited by law.
Participants,
or if minors, their parents or legal guardians, further agree to release,
indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, administrator(s), judges, affiliates,
advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective directors, employees,
representatives and agents (collectively, “Releasees”),
from and against any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any
kind, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in the Contest or
participation in any Contest related activity. Releasees
are not responsible for technical, computer, mechanical, printing,
typographical, human or other errors or omissions relating to or which may
arise in connection with the Contest including, without limitation, errors
which may occur in connection with the submission of articles, the
administration of the Contest, the announcement of the Grand Prize or
Finalists; or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete,
inaccurate, undelivered, delayed or illegible entries.
The
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual it determines, in its sole discretion, has tampered with the entry
process or the operation of the Contest in any manner or is in violation with
these Rules. In the event that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, finds
that the Contest is compromised, becomes corrupted in any way or is not capable
of running as planned due to unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures or any other causes which affect the administration, security,
fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, as determined by the
Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Contest in whole or in part.
As a condition of entering the Contest, participants, or if
a minor, their parents or legal guardians, agree that under no circumstances
will participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and participants hereby
waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other
damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; all causes of action
arising out of or connected with the Contest or any prize awarded shall be
resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and any and
all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred and in no event shall participant be entitled to receive attorneys’
fees or other legal costs.
IX.
Sponsor: 2 Brains Media, LLC, 2207 Concord Pike #612, Wilmington,
DE 19803