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Contest Rules
ELIGIBILITY: The Sleeping Beauty contest offered only to pet owners
who, at the time of entry, are 18 years of age or older. Entrants under the age
of majority must have their parent's or legal guardian's permission to enter. Open
to amateur photographers only. Persons who have been paid for their photography
are ineligible. Employees of Allure Interactive Company, affiliates, subsidiaries,
agency partners, and their immediate family members and persons living in the same
household of each may register, create a pet profile page, and submit a photo for
possible posting to www.MatchMyPet.com, This contest is subject to all federal,
state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE OR INTERNET SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION IS NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. To enter the contest, follow this guideline:
Visit the MatchMyPet at
The sleeping beauty contest page between 12:00 AM Eastern time on June 1st,
2008 and 11:59 PM Eastern Time on August 31st, 2008 and follow the on-line instructions.
Complete all required fields on the registration pages, attach your photograph(s)
in JPEG or GIF format and then click "Submit".
All entries must comply with the ENTRY REQUIREMENTS specified below.
All entries must be posted or postmarked by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on August 31st,
2008. If there is more than one pet in your household, you may submit one entry
per pet. However, each entry must be submitted separately. Mechanically reproduced,
automated, repetitive and/or programmed submission of entries (including entries
using any script, macro or other services) will not be accepted. If you submit more
than one entry, only the entry that is posted, received and processed first will
be eligible. In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an on-line entry, the
entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address.
The authorized account holder is the natural person or organization assigned to
the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or
other organization, or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
All entries and photographs ("Submissions") become the property of MatchMyPet, which
retains all rights, including, but not limited to the right to copy, modify, adapt,
publish, and/or use any Submissions in any way and in all media without limitation
forever. No correspondence about entries will be entered into, nor will photos be
acknowledged or returned. If required information is not included, entry will be
disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for late or incomplete entries. If a problem
occurs in the submission process you should receive an "Error" message. However,
the responsibility to electronically forward the entry is the entrant's and neither
Sponsor nor the Contest administrators shall be responsible for any photo not actually
received due to incomplete or improper transmission. Similarly, neither Sponsor
nor Contest administrators has any obligation to advise entrant of an incomplete
submission.
Sponsor and RMA may prohibit you from participation in the contest if, at their
sole discretion, you show a disregard for, or attempt to circumvent these Official
Rules, or act: (a) in a manner that affects the administration, security, fairness
or proper play or conduct of the contest in any way; (b) with an intent to annoy,
threaten or harass any other entrant or the Sponsor; or (c) in any other disruptive
manner.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: All entries must include an original unaltered
photograph on which no image-editing software has been used except to resize the
image. Photograph format must follow specified guidelines listed below. Photographs
taken by Professional Photographers are not eligible. Any person whose primary occupation
involves taking photos for profit shall be deemed a Professional Photographer for
purposes of this contest. Photo must include at least one pet and cannot may include
other people or other animals. The pet depicted in the photo must be owned by the
entrant. Because MatchMyPet promotes the compassionate care of all pets, photos
depicting pets in unsafe conditions or those which do not exemplify responsible
pet ownership will not be considered. Do not include any logo/branded products in
your photo. All entries must be the original, unpublished property of the entrant,
may not have won prior awards, and must not infringe on any third-party rights.
Any photo submitted for entry that fails to observe any of these requirements in
the sole judgment of Sponsor and/or RMA will be disqualified.
PHOTO GUIDELINES: Photos submitted on-line must be in JPEG or GIF
format with picture dimensions no smaller than 800 x 600 pixels and a file size
not larger than 1400 kilobytes (uncompressed). Photographs may be in color or black
& white.
WINNER SELECTION AND PRIZE: Two (2) Grand Prizes will be awarded:
1) One grand prize will be awarded by the community picks from among all eligible
entries received throughout the promotion period.
2) Second grand prize will be selected by the judges & sponsors from among all eligible
entries received throughout the promotion period.
WINNER NOTIFICATION AND REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS: The Grand Prize winner
will be notified by e-mail on or before September 31, 2008. As a condition of being
awarded a prize, the Grand Prize winnesr will be required to complete and return
to RMA within 7 days of notification, a signed Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity
and Liability Release. If an individual under the age of majority wins the Grand
Prize, the winner's parent or legal guardian must sign and execute the required
Affidavit and Release. In the event that an Affidavit and Release is not returned
within the specified time period, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner
will be selected at random from among all eligible entries received. Except where
prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission of such winner for
Sponsor to use the winner’s first name, last initial, city and state of residence
and submitted photo, without notice or further compensation and in perpetuity, in
any and all forms of media now known and hereafter devised including, without limitation,
on-line worldwide, for purposes of advertising, trade, promotion, and publicity.
RELEASES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winning a prize is contingent
upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules. By entering
the contest, participants agree: (a) to be bound by these Official Contest Rules
and the decisions of the Sponsor and RMA, which shall be final and binding, and
(b) that the Sponsor, its parent companies, their respective officers, directors,
agents, and employees are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information associated with the Contest, whether caused
by Website users, tampering, hacking, or any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Contest; (2) any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or unauthorized access to the Website or in any materials
associated with the Contest; (3) any injury, damage, or loss to participants' or
any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest
or downloading materials from, or otherwise using, the Website; (4) telephone, electronic,
hardware or software program, network, internet or computer malfunctions, failures
or difficulties; (5) any design, typographical or other errors in any materials
associated with the Contest; (6) garbled, incomplete, damaged, misdirected, late,
lost, undelivered, or unprocessed entries; (7) any condition caused by events beyond
the control of the Sponsor which may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted;
or (8) any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by participation in this Contest,
or by the acceptance and/or use of any prize. Sponsor reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate, or suspend all or any portion of
this Contest should fraud, virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, systems
malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other causes beyond the control of the
Sponsor and its agencies corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness
or proper play or conduct of the Contest.
Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any third party's failure to act in accordance
with Sponsor's instructions pertaining to the implementation of this Contest.
By entering this Contest you give your consent for Sponsor to deliver your entry
material and personal information to RMA and/or other Contest administrators as
required for the purpose of administering the Contest. Only Sponsor, RMA and such
other Contest administrators will have access to the personal information. Information
will be used in accordance with Sponsor's online privacy policy. For information
regarding Sponsor's online privacy policy go to www.MatchMyPet.com and click on
"Privacy Policy".
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