EditLife Cube Official Contest Rules
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SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Contest is arcalife.com, under Digital Estate Corporation (the "Contest Sponsor").
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CONTEST PERIOD: Contest ends at 9:00 am (PST) on December 1, 2009 (the "Contest Period").
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HOW TO ENTER: To obtain an entry into the Contest, contestants must:
a) Build a Life Cube on arcalife.com or sign up through the Facebook Application. (It's free and easy to sign up.)
b) Share your Life Cube on Facebook OR Twitter.* (Don't forget to make your cube "public" in arcalife so anyone can view it.)
c) Most important step to officially enter: Share your Life Cube with us at arcalife by either including @arcalife in your tweet or post your Cube link to the arcalife Facebook Fan Page - this way, we'll definitely see your entry into the contest. You will receive notice you have officically entered at this time.
d) Get 5 of your friends or followers to either Comment on your Life Cube post on your Facebook Profile Wall OR Re-Tweet your Life Cube tweeted link on Twitter.*
4. ENTRY CONDITIONS:
EditIMPORTANT CONDITIONS – PLEASE READ
By submitting an Entry, the entrant represents and warrants that he or she: (a) owns and controls all right, title and interest, including copyright, in and to all elements of the trademark, photographic, video and audio material added to the life cube*; (b) has the right and authority to, and does hereby, grant to Contest Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce, broadcast, communicate, distribute, adapt, modify and otherwise use all or any part of the material* submitted under this Contest; and (c) waives any and all moral rights that he/she may have in the material with respect to the uses contemplated herein.
By entering the contest, Entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Released Parties (as defined below in Rule 9) from any and all claims that any commercial, advertising, presentation, web content or other material in any media throughout the universe subsequently produced, presented and/or prepared by or on behalf of Contest Sponsor, infringes with regard to any elements, characters or ideas contained in your life Cube*.
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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Although online access and a valid arcalife* Twitter* and Facebook account are required in order to participate in the Contest, no purchase is required. If you do not have Internet access via a personal computer, your local library or Internet café may be able to provide access to the Internet and a number of Internet service providers and other companies offer free e-mail accounts.
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ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada, United States, or United Kingdom who are at least the age of majority in their state/province/territory of residence, except employees, representatives and agents of the Contest Sponsor, its affiliates and related companies, and their respective advertising or promotion agencies, contest judges, contest prize suppliers, any other companies engaged in the development, production, or distribution of materials for this Contest, and members of their respective immediate families (defined as parents, siblings, children and spouse, regardless of where they live) or households (whether related or not). Internet access and a valid Twitter* or Facebook* account are required. Twitter* is accessible via http://www.twitter.com. Facebook* is accessible via http://www.facebook.com. arcalife* is accessible via http://www.arcalife.com
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WINNER SELECTION: A panel of judges will be appointed by Contest Sponsor ("Judge"). On or about December 15th, 2009 at approximately 2:00 pm PST in Vancouver, BC, the Judges will evaluate the Entries based on the following criteria, which will be weighted equally: (a) novelty, (b) creativity, and (c) the extent to which the Life Cube tells a compelling story about a unique life experience (the "Criteria"). The Judges will select one (1) Entry which they believe best matches the Criteria specified in these Official Contest Rules. In the event of a tie between Entries, the tie will be broken by way of a coin toss. The Contest Sponsor will converse directly with the arcalife account holder with the chosen Entry to notify them that their Entry has been chosen within one day of the judging. The arcalife account holder will be required to contact Contest Sponsor at the contact address included on the arcalife.com Blog contest post within two (2) business days of the selected entrant’s name being posted. The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries and how well each Entry matches the Criteria as determined by the Judge.
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PRIZES: There is one (1) prize of available to be won consisting of $500 CAD cash to be paid to the creator of the Life Cube (the "Prize"), and $50 per individual for the first 5 individuals who promoted the winner’s Life Cube. Prize will be delivered to verified winner within approximately 8 weeks from officially being declared a winner. Winners will be responsible for any services and accessories and any other cost or expense not specifically identified as included herein. Approx. value $500 CAD for creator of the winning Life Cube, and $50 per individual, for the first 5 individuals who posted in Facebook or re-Tweeted the winning Life Cube (total value 5 x $50 CAD = $250CAD).
Prize is not transferable and must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions, whether in cash or otherwise, except at Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prize will only be delivered to the verified winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate entrant.
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RELEASES OF LIABILITY: Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant will be required to sign and return to Contest Sponsor a Release Form, confirming compliance with the Official Contest Rules and, if declared a winner, acceptance of the prize as awarded, without substitution; and releasing Contest Sponsor, its affiliates and related companies, its advertising and promotional agencies and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any liability in connection with the Contest and acceptance, receipt or use of the prize. All Entries are subject to verification, including without limitation, eligibility of the Entrant and compliance with these Official Contest Rules. Declaration and Release documents must be returned within the time period indicated in the documents or the prize will be forfeited.
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RIGHT TO TERMINATE OR MODIFY: If this Contest or any part thereof is not capable of running or continuing to run as planned due to the disabling of the Contest hashtag or any other action, omission, or loss of service during the Contest Period in connection with Twitter*, Facebook* or arcalife.com* and its functionality, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause(s) whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of Contest Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security or proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Official Rules, Contest Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion and without prior notice, to terminate this Contest or to modify it as Contest Sponsor deems appropriate.
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LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Without limiting the release provided in Paragraph 8 above, and for greater certainty, Released Parties will not be liable for: a) any incomplete or inaccurate information, whether caused by Twitter*, Facebook*, or arcalife.com* or by any server, equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of Entries; b) the theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries; c) any problems with, or technical malfunctions of, telephone networks or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs; d) any failure of any Entry or e-mail to be received by or from Contest Sponsor for any reason including but not limited to traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof; or e) damage to an entrant’s or other person’s system occasioned by participation in this Contest.
Contest Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify, from this Contest and any future Contest or other promotion conducted by Contest Sponsor, any individual that it finds or believes to be not in compliance with these Official Rules, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Twitter*, Facebook**, or arcalife.com***; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CONTEST SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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PRIVACY: By entering the Contest, entrants consent to the use of their personal information by Contest Sponsor and its authorized agents for the purpose of administering the Contest and fulfillment of the Prize. By accepting a prize, the winner consents to use by Contest Sponsor of winner’s name, address (city/province/state), photograph, voice, video clips, appearance, statements and winning Entry in any publicity carried out by or on behalf of the Contest Sponsor in any media, including the Internet, without further notice or compensation.
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MISCELLANEOUS: All decisions of the Contest Sponsor, or any Judge as designated by it, are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest, and may not be appealed. No correspondence will be entered into except with selected entrants. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state and municipal laws.
