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SOUNDPIX, INC.
2004 MOTHER'S DAY CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. SoundPix, Inc. 2004 Mother's Day Contest ("Contest")
and these Official Rules are governed, construed and interpreted under the laws
of the
United States.
Valid only to legal United States residents (excluding Puerto Rico, US Virgin
Islands and Guam) who are eighteen (18) years of age and older at time of entry.
All federal, state, local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited,
taxed, licensed or restricted by law.
CONTEST
PERIOD. This Contest begins at
8:00 am
(PST) on
April 5, 2004,
and ends at
11:59 pm (PST)
on May
5, 2004.
("Contest Period").
CONTEST
SPONSOR. This Contest is sponsored and administered by SoundPix, Inc., 800
Southwood Boulevard, Suite 212,
Incline
Village,
NV 89451. Participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the final
decision of Sponsor.
CONTEST
ENTRIES: Enter the Contest by accessing www.soundpix.com during the Contest
Period and clicking on the designated icon to go to the Contest. Follow the
on-screen instructions. All entries shall be made by email to the Sponsor and
are deemed made by the email account holder whose email address is on the entry.
ALL ENTRIES
MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 11:59AM (EST)
May 5, 2004.
Copyrights / OWNERSHIP.
By entering the Contest, participant
affirms that his/her entry
is of his/her own original creation, neither copied nor duplicated from
previously published art, including paintings, drawings in any medium, or
published photographs.
Participant
agrees that minor changes in his/her SoundPix Sample including addition of a
background color or sound, may be made by the final layout designer of Sponsor.
Participant’s
SoundPix Sample will be posted on Sponsor’s website and will remain on display
with other entries during the Contest Period and for a period of six months
thereafter. Participant grants Sponsor a royalty-free right and license to
print, copy, reproduce, publish, display, distribute and otherwise use
participant’s SoundPix Sample for purposes of the Contest, including promoting
Sponsor and its products.
Participant
shall retain ownership of his/her original artwork.
SELECTION.
Winners will be selected from all completed entries received. The winner will be
selected on or about
May 5, 2004.
Odds of being selected are determined by the number of eligible entries received
during the Contest Period. All entries and their content become property of
Sponsor and will not be returned. All entries submitted will be used for the
purpose of selecting the prizewinner as described in these Official Rules.
If a
prospective prizewinner is found ineligible or fails to comply with these
Official Rules, his/her claim to a prize is forfeited and an alternate entry
will be selected.
PRIZES. One
prize of winners choice of a HP Photosmart 435 Digital Camera or 512MB
Memory Card, no cash value. We reserve the right to substitute prize with
one of equal or lesser value. Submissions will be judged on
creativity, production and the ability to truly capture the heartfelt meaning of
Mother’s Day.
The prizewinner will be notified by e-mail on or about May 5, 2004.
The prizewinner must sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and
liability/publicity release within ten (10) days of notification.
A
disqualification will result and an alternate winner will be selected if a prize
notification is refused. There is no substitution for any prize or portion
thereof. The prize is not transferable, assignable or redeemable for cash. The
prizewinners will be fully responsible for any and all federal, state and local
taxes.
GENERAL
CONDITIONS. Sponsor, Internet, Product and Service Providers and their
respective parent companies, trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates,
licensees, directors, officers, employees, agents, independent contractors and
advertising and promotion agencies make no warranties, express or implied.
Employees and
their immediate families of Sponsor, Internet, Product and Service Providers,
and their respective parent companies, trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees,
affiliates, licensees, directors, officers, employees, agents, independent
contractors and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter
this Contest.
A PRIVACY
STATEMENT. Participant’s personal information, in conjunction with this Contest,
will be utilized by Sponsor for the sole purpose of selecting the prizewinners
and will be kept only as long as required by law. Unless otherwise authorized by
participant, participant’s information will not be sold, rented or given to any
other third party. For additional information, please consult the Legal/Privacy
Information link of SoundPix, Inc. home page at
http://www.soundpix.com/company/privacy.htm
Notwithstanding the privacy statement and policy, if selected as a prizewinner,
prizewinner agrees, except where prohibited, to grant Sponsor and its parent
companies, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees and agents to use
his/her name, entry contents, visual and audio likeness, biographical data and
statements for any purpose, including but not limited to any commercial or
publicity purpose, in perpetuity and throughout the world, in any and all media
now known or hereafter devised, without additional compensation or
consideration.
LIMITATIONS OF
LIABILITY. By entering, participants, their agents, assigns and successors
release Sponsor, Internet, Product and Service Providers, and their respective
parent companies, trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees,
directors, officers, employees, agents, independent contractors and advertising
and promotion agencies from any and all liability for any costs or expenses
resulting from entry in the Contest and from any and all liability whatsoever,
including, without limitation, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind
caused by or in connection with any prize or resulting from acceptance,
possession, quality, use or misuse of any prize, or any portion of the prize, or
parts thereof. All entrants further agree that in the event of any third party
claims, damages, losses, injuries or death arising from or relating to the
Contest, including claims of infringement by participant’s SoundPix Sample of
another’s intellectual property right(s), and winner’s use of the prize, they
will indemnify Sponsor from any and all such claims, including attorney’s fees
related thereto.
Sponsor,
Internet, Product and Service Providers, and their respective parent companies,
trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees, directors, officers,
employees, agents, independent contractors and advertising and promotion
agencies are not responsible for any kind of computer transmission, electronic,
hardware, internet, software, network, technical or telephone failures and any
damaged, delayed, garbled, illegible, incomplete, late, lost, misplaced,
misaddressed, misdirected or stolen e-mail.
Participant
agrees that by entering this Contest, Sponsor may seek damages from participant
if participant deliberately damages the Sponsor’s website or any other website
in conjunction with participant’s partaking in this Contest or if participant
interferes with the legitimate operation of this Contest, it is in violation of
civil or criminal law.
If, in
Sponsor’s exclusive judgment, this Contest becomes compromised in any way,
Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw or suspend the Contest offer, cancel any
method of entry and/or select the prizewinner(s) from all eligible entries
received prior to the withdrawal.
DISPUTES. THIS
CONTEST IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF NEVADA,
WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in
this Contest, participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be
resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected
with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, exclusively before a court located in Washoe County, Nevada,
having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will
participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to
claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e.,
costs associated with entering this Contest), and participant further waives all
rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
WINNERS LIST.
For a printed copy of the Official Rules or a Winners List, send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to SoundPix, Inc. 2004 Mother's Day Contest
(indicate which) at the same address above. Winners List replies will be sent
after completion of the Contest.
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