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Official Rules for JAARS WordApp 2012 Contest The "JAARS WordApp 2012" ("Contest"), brought to you (either an individual or a team) by JAARS, Inc. and SIL International ("Sponsor"), is governed by these "Official Rules. In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Official Rules". The Contest begins at 8:30 AM EST on March 19, 2012 and the submission period for initial review closes at 8:00 AM EST on March 23, 2012 (the "Contest Period"). ELIGIBILITYThis Contest is open to individuals, and teams of individuals (each individual, each team, and each individual member of a team, is referred to as an "Entrant" in these Official Rules). Entrant(s) must be age 18 to 25 inclusive as of the date of submitting the entry ("Entry"). Employees and directors of Sponsor, and Sponsors' staff, respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, "Released Parties"), and members of their immediate families (parent, child, sibling, spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and households, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. If an Entrant enters the Contest as a member of a team, the Entrant understands and agrees that, in order for a team to be eligible to participate, all of the members of the team must agree to these Official Rules. By entering, Entrant warrants that he/she has obtained the appropriate agreement and/or approval by his team members. The eligibility of an Entrant is tied to the eligibility of the team. So if one member of a team does not comply with these Official Rules or is disqualified, the team as a whole will be disqualified. By entering, Entrant agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless Released Parties from any and all liability, claims, judgments, losses, injuries, demands, damages, actions, and/or causes of actions, whether direct or indirect, which may be due to or arise out of participation in the Contest or any portion thereof, or the acceptance, use/misuse or possession of any prize or Released Parties use of any of the rights granted herein. The Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and independent judges are final and binding in all respects. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Judges, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. If you do not accept these Official Rules, you are not eligible to participate in the Contest. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to amend, withdraw or revise these Official Rules and the Prizes at any time without notice and in such event the Sponsor shall not have any liability whatsoever. All entries shall remain the property of the Sponsor. By submitting an Entry, Entrant acknowledges that Sponsor may obtain many entries under this Contest and that such entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under this Contest and/or other contests or otherwise involving the Sponsor, and agrees to waive any and all claims he/she may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, and that any composition, and/or works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Sponsor (or its designees) may be similar to his/her Entry. Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor does not have now, nor shall it have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to his/her Entry. With regard to Entry submissions, you understand and agree that you are solely and fully responsible for any and all aspects of the Entry and content submitted, including but not limited to its legality, appropriateness and non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights, and the Sponsor shall not be liable in any way for such Entry. The Sponsor shall have no obligation to monitor any Entry provided by you to the Sponsor, but may do so at its discretion. HOW TO ENTERTo enter the Contest, the participant must go to the Contest web site (the "Site") before the Contest Period and register their contact information and related requested information. JAARS, Inc. and SIL International have the right at its sole discretion to add, change, amend, withdraw or revise which applications are being developed as part of the contest at any time without notice and in such event the Sponsor shall not have any liability whatsoever. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTSFor a qualified Entry, the Entrant must submit all the files developed towards a successful installation of the application. To qualify for a prize, all Entry materials, including the application and any supporting documentation, must be in the English language. The decisions of the judges are final and binding. Sponsor reserves the right to not award all prizes if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified entries. Entries cannot be revised or altered by Entrants. Throughout the Contest Period, Sponsor specifically reserves the right, exercisable at its sole election, to screen any and all entries and to disqualify from prize consideration those entries that Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate, obscene, not in keeping with Sponsors image or that otherwise do not comply with these Official Rules. Entries must also comply with the following guidelines:
By participating, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, edit, use, publicly perform, or display the Entry in any way, worldwide, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the participant. INFORMATION REGARDING ENTRIES:OWNERSHIP As a condition of Entry, Entrant hereby grants Sponsor (JAARS, Inc. and SIL International) perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sub-licensable, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, copy, adapt, publicly perform, communicate to the public, sell, make available and publicly display any Entry that Entrant submits to this Contest, throughout the world in any media, product and/service, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing and promotional materials, and digital reproductions, without compensation, restrictions on use, acknowledgement of source, accountability or liability, and with waiver of all moral rights and rights of attribution, integrity and identity to the extent permitted by mandatory laws, solely to the extent necessary to fulfill Sponsors obligations under the Contest (e.g. allowing Sponsor to evaluate the Entry for purposes of the Contest) and for marketing and promotional purposes only. Entrant understands Sponsor and its designers may reproduce, publicly perform, and publicly display the Entry including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots and video clips available for promotional purposes in any and all forms of media, whether now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without any type/form of notice to Entrant or any third party and without payment or permission or compensation of any kind or amount. Each Entrant hereby represents and warrants that (i) Entry is his/her and/ or teams original work and was created by himself/herself/and or team, (ii) the Entry is original to such Entrant and does not violate or infringe the intellectual property, proprietary or other rights of any third party) (iii) such Entrant possesses and controls all rights necessary to submit the Entry irrevocably and without restriction to Sponsor, and (iv) that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights any third party rights. Any such Entrant will indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor from any claims to the contrary. All Entries may be posted to the Judges designated location during the Contest Period. In no event shall the Released Parties be responsible for any late, lost, illegible, indecipherable, incomplete, stolen, garbled, delayed, inaccurate or misdirected entries or commercials, all of which are invalid and will not be able to be selected for any prize hereunder. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, illegible or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. The Contest Judging process begins at 8:00 AM EST on March 23, 2012. The winners will be announced during the 2:00 PM EST celebration on March 23, 2012. The top three qualifying entries with the highest composite scores in the categories above will receive the following cash prizes (each team member in their winning placement): PRIZE WINNER MUST BE AVAILABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE OF THE SPECIFIED EVENT. NO PRIZE WINNER HEREUNDER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO (A) REPLACE HIS/HER DESIGNATED PRIZE WITH ANOTHER PRIZE OR ITEM, (B) TRANSFER OR ASSIGN HIS/HER DESIGNATED PRIZE TO ANOTHER PERSON, OR (C) REDEEM HIS/HER PRIZE FOR CASH. RELEASED PARTIES RESERVE THE RIGHT, EXERCISABLE AT ANY TIME IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION, TO SUBSTITUTE A PRIZE (OR PORTION THEREOF), PROVIDED THAT THE SUBSTITUTE PRIZE IS AN ITEM OF COMPARABLE OR GREATER VALUE. PRIZES ARE AWARDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THE RELEASED PARTIES. ALL PRIZE DETAILS ARE AT SPONSORS SOLE DISCRETION. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO SUBSTITUTE A PRIZE OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE, IF PRIZE, OR PORTION OF PRIZE, BECOMES UNAVAILABLE. ANY COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PRIZE ACCEPTANCE AND USE NOT SPECIFIED HEREIN AS BEING PROVIDED ARE EACH WINNERS SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES. Prizes will only be awarded upon a potential winners verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, and final approval by Sponsor. If a potential winner of any prize is ineligible; fails to claim prize; or if a potential winner otherwise fails to fully comply with these Official Rules, he/she and/or the team will forfeit that prize and, at Sponsors discretion, the prize will be awarded to a runner-up. Each winner grants Sponsor and its designees the right to use and publish his/her proper name and city and state of residence and to use his/her name and likeness solely for advertising and promotional purposes for this Contest, in and all media now or hereafter devised worldwide without limitation and without notice or further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law. Released Parties are not responsible for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware, software, power supply or web site. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections, miscommunications, failed telephone or computer or telephone transmissions or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, howsoever caused, the incorrect entry or transmission, or other error of any kind whether human, mechanical or electronic, including but not limited to any injury or damage to participants or any other persons computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest; typographical, printing or other errors in these Official Rules, in any Contest-related advertisements or other materials; the administration of the Contest, the judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes; the unavailability of Asset Library Materials; or any problems related to the administration of the Contest. Entrants found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Contest, as solely determined by the judges, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. If disqualified for any of the above abuses, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate entrant's eligibility to participate in the Contest. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right (among other causes of action and remedies) to seek damages (including attorneys fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest (or any portion thereof) if any fraud, bug, virus, non-authorized human intervention or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to determine the winners from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment using the judging procedures outlined above. All federal, state, local, and other taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the applicable winner(s). Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed exclusively by, and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. This Contest is conducted in English (which will be given its everyday ordinary meaning), and any and all disputes will be resolved in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. Where Sponsor has provided a translation of the English language version of the Site, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language version of the Site alongside these Official Rules will govern your relationship with Sponsor. If there is any contradiction between what the English language version and a translation, then the English language version shall prevail. Sponsor: JAARS, Inc., and SIL International, PO Box 248, Waxhaw, NC 28173. JAARS, Inc., is an affiliate of SIL International. |
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