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EBAY
“DEVELOPER WIDGET BUILD OFF CONTEST 2008”
CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. OPEN TO (A) LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50)
UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND
OLDER AND WHO ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED AND RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES
OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; AND (B) LEGAL RESIDENTS OF CANADA (EXCLUDING
THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC) OR THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHO ARE OF THE AGE OF
MAJORITY IN THEIR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE AND WHO ARE PHYSICALLY
LOCATED AND RESIDE IN CANADA (EXCEPT THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC) OR THE
UNITED KINGDOM; AND WHO ARE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF WWW.EBAY.COM,
WWW.EBAY.CA,
AND/OR WWW.EBAY.CO.UK
AND CONFIRMED REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE EBAY DEVELOPERS PROGRAM AT TIME
OF ENTRY. MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY WHO RESIDE AT APO/FPO ADDRESSES
OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. AND WHO ARE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF WWW.EBAY.COM
ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO ENTER.
VOID IN PUERTO RICO, THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY: The eBay Developer
Widget Build Off Contest 2008” (the “Contest”)
is open to legal residents of the fifty United States, the
District of Columbia, Canada (excluding the province of
Quebec) or the UK, who: are 18 years of age and older for
U.S. residents and the age of majority in their province
or territory of residence for residents of Canada or the
UK are physically located and reside in the U.S., DC, Canada
(excluding the Province of Quebec) or the UK; and who are
registered members of www.ebay.com, www.ebay.ca, and/or
www.ebay.co.uk and confirmed registered members of the eBay
Developers Program at time of entry ("Eligible Participant").
Void in Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec and where prohibited.
Employees, directors and officers, and their immediate families
(spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective
spouses), and their respective household members, of eBay
Inc. (“eBay”), its affiliates, subsidiaries,
divisions, including eBay International A.G., (“eBay
Entities”) (eBay and eBay Entities collectively, “Sponsor”),
advertising and promotion agencies, and Strobe Promotions,
Inc., are not eligible to enter. eBay reserves the right
to verify the eligibility of entrants, including requiring
proof of age and/or country of residence. Contest is subject
to all applicable federal, state, local, provincial and
municipal laws. United States law and the laws of the State
of California shall govern this Contest.
2. CONTEST TIMING: The Contest
begins at 12:00:01 am Pacific Time (PT) on January 15, 2008
/ 8:00:01 a.m. Tuesday January 15, 2008 Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) and ends 11:59:59 pm PT on February 22, 2008 / 7:59:59
a.m. Saturday February 23, 2008 GMT (the “Entry Period”).
3. CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The Contest
challenges Eligible Participants to submit during the Entry
Period: (a) a web-based Adobe Flash / Flex Widget, which
shall mean for the purposes of this Contest, an eBay branded
(subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7) distributable
piece of web application that is compatible with the eBay
Affiliate and Developers Programs, max size 400kb, English
language, available for embedding and fully functional during
the Entry Period, and meeting the other requirements listed
in Section 4 (“Widget”) and (b) a 300-word essay
describing each Widget (“Essay”). Each “Entry”,
(consisting of a contest registration form, one unique Widget
and one unique Essay), will be reviewed by a panel of judges
selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”) who will
score each Entry based on the judging criteria in Section
5.
Each Eligible Participant is invited to submit multiple
Entries, as long as each Entry is unique. In addition, several
Eligible Participants are welcome to collaborate to submit
one Entry collectively, as long as each Eligible Participant
accepts these Official Rules individually. Having fully
registered and accepted these Official Rules, each Eligible
Participant shall be considered an “Entrant.”
Only one prize will be awarded per Entrant and per Entry.
Up to five (5) Entries will be declared the Grand Prize
winners. Before any prize is awarded, eBay reserves the
right to verify each winner’s identity and eligibility,
as well as to review each winning Widget’s original
source file in its entirety, compilable as-is. By accepting
these Official Rules, each Entrant understands that original
source code files must be submitted to eBay in order to
receive a prize and that Entrant is granting eBay the non-exclusive
license to the Widget (including source code) described
in Section 9.
Sponsor’s decisions are final on all matters relating to this
Contest. Use of the eBay.com site and Sponsor’s use of information
submitted by Entrant in connection with this Contest will be subject
to the terms and conditions stated in these Official Rules as well as
to the eBay User
Agreement and Privacy
Policy, which may be updated from time to time at eBay’s sole
discretion.
4. WIDGET REQUIREMENTS:
- Widget must be built using Adobe Flash or Flex;
- Widget must include eBay Data (as defined below) acquired
through eBay Shopping API (using eBay Trading API is not
allowed);
- Widget may not use cached eBay Data, (meaning any data
returned by the eBay Shopping API, including, but not
limited to, bid price, gallery image, Buy-It-Now price,
listing end time, eBay Seller ID, and item description);
- Widget may not exceed 400kb in size
- Widget may not exchange with, retrieve from or post
data to a server not owned by eBay
- Developer’s brand must be within an area no larger
than 3,000 square pixels and at the bottom of the widget;
- Widget must accept affiliate tracking ID value as an
embed configuration option for <trackingid> element
in the API calls used;
- Widget must use affiliate tracking in links pointing
to eBay.com;
- Widget may not have the technical capability to modify
user configuration settings without explicit user consent;
- Widget must include the “Right Now On eBay”
logo. Visit http://developer.ebay.com/join/licenses/apilogousage/
for more information. Subject to the restrictions described
in these Official Rules, Entries may be co-branded with
the eBay Mark and “Powered by + [developer’s
name and/or trademark]”;
- Widget must conform to a size/dimension from the Interactive Advertising
Bureau’s Ad Unit Guidelines by default or as an option. For
more information, please visit http://www.iab.net/iab_products_and_industry_services/1421/1443/1452;
- Widget may not incorporate any open source code except for Adobe Flex under the MPL license, or any open source under MIT or new BSD license in addition to source code published by eBay under CDD license;
- Widgets must be posted at a secure location and provided
to eBay via URL that is not accessible by the public via
search engine or other means;
- Widget must include a link to the eBay User
Agreement and Privacy
Policy.
5. JUDGING: Entries will be
judged based on the following criteria:
- User Interface / Presentation: (40%) - Demo-ready look
and feel, stability, ability to inspire click-thru.
- Innovative Integration of eBay Shopping Web Services:
(40%) - The uniqueness of the idea and how it integrates
with eBay Web Services.
- Widget Portability: (20%) – Weight in kb and
configurability.
Judging will be performed by a panel of judges selected
by the Sponsor. Up to five (5) Entries will be declared
Grand Prize winners, subject to validation and verification
of eligibility and compliance with the requirements set
forth in Section 4 and any other terms and conditions set
forth in these Official Rules. In the event of a tie, the
Entries involved in the tie will be reviewed by an additional
judge who will serve as a tiebreaker and who will evaluate
Entries according to criteria listed above (the “Tiebreak
Judge”). The decision of the Judges and the Tiebreak
Judge is final and binding on all matters relating to this
Contest. Winners will be determined on or about March 3,
2008
6. PRIZES: Grand Prize (up to 5 winners):
$10,000 USD deposited into winner’s PayPal account. Approximate
Retail Value (ARV): $10,000 USD each. ARV of all prizes: up to $50,000
USD. Prize winner must have or must create a PayPal Account to receive
prize and to access and use the prize money. If an Entrant does not
currently have a PayPal account, she/he must create a PayPal account
within 7 days from the time of winner’s notification. The Entrant
can go to www.PayPal.com
(the “PayPal Site”) and follow directions to register to
become a member. The PayPal Account must have the same email address
associated with the eBay user ID that was used to enter the Contest.
Registration for PayPal is free. A potential winner with a PayPal account
must have his/her account in good standing in order to receive a prize.
Prize will not be awarded to a potential winner with locked, closed
or restricted accounts. Sponsors are not obligated to provide further
compensation or credit for use of the Entry other than that disclosed
in these Official Rules. Sponsor shall have the right, at its sole discretion,
to market and distribute the winning Entries through the eBay Affiliate
Program without any additional compensation to Entrants for such usage.
If a U.S. resident is the Grand Prize winner, he/she must supply Administrator
with his/her social security number for tax purposes and Grand Prize
winner will receive an IRS Form 1099 from the Administrator for the
ARV of the Grand Prize (stated above) for the calendar year won. All
taxes and any other costs related to this prize not specifically stated
within these Official Rules are the sole responsibility of the winner.
If more than one Eligible Participant contributes to creating and submitting
one Entry, then (unless otherwise agreed in advance by all Eligible
Participants in writing) any prize awarded for such entry shall be split
equally amongst all the Eligible Participant contributors to such Entry.
Only one prize will be awarded per Entrant and per Entry. Prize is not
transferable; no substitutions or equivalents are permitted, except
by the Sponsor at its sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded provided
there are a sufficient number of Entries received. Prizes will be awarded
within 4-6 weeks of notification. In the event of circumstances arising,
which, in the Sponsor's opinion, make it necessary to suspend, change
or cancel the Contest, eBay reserves the right to suspend, change or
cancel the Contest at any time. This includes the ability to substitute
a prize, which is, in the Sponsor’s opinion, of equivalent value,
change the specification of the prize, if circumstances require it,
or change the entry procedures.
7. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, Eligible
Participants will go to (http://ebay.promotionexpert.com/widget_build_off_contest/index.html)
and click on the link to the Contest registration page. Participants
must be a member of the eBay Developer Program to register and enter.
(If you are not already a member of the eBay Developer Program, go to
http://developer.ebay.com/join/join
to join.) Membership in the eBay Developer Program is free. Complete
the Registration Form including your eBay Developer Program User ID,
your name, address, phone number, date of birth, and email address.
Additionally, you will be asked on the Registration Form to include
an Essay of no more than 300 words or less describing your Widget. Once
you have completed your Registration Form, you will then need to upload
a screen shot of your web based Widget, which you hereby authorize eBay
to use and display in the widget competition gallery, and provide a
non-publically accessible, secure URL where the Widget can be viewed.
No actual file should be submitted at the time of registration/entry.
Entrants are required to host their own Widget and only the URL for
Widget demonstration should be submitted. The Contest Registration Form,
the Essay and the web-based Widget shall collectively be referred to
herein as the “Entry” and two or more shall be referred
to as the “Entries”. You must acknowledge that you have
read and you agree to the Official Rules by checking the box that appears
on the Registration form. Entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM PT
on February 22, 2008 / 7:59:59 a.m. Saturday February 23, 2008 GMT in
order to be eligible. Each Entrant can submit more than one Entry, provided
that each Entry includes a unique Widget and unique Essay. If more than
one Eligible Participant contributes to creating and submitting one
Entry, then (unless otherwise agreed in advance by all Eligible Participants
in writing) any prize awarded for such entry shall be split equally
amongst all the Eligible Participant contributors to such Entry. Only
one prize will be awarded per Entrant and per Entry. Entry must be original
to the Entrant(s) and in keeping with the eBay’s trademark/brand
guidelines, User Agreement http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html
and Privacy Policy http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html,
and shall not be offensive, defamatory, an invasion upon the publicity
rights or privacy of any person, nor an infringement upon any person
or entity’s personal or proprietary rights, as determined by the
Sponsor and/or Judges in their sole discretion. Incomplete Entries or
Entries not complying with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification.
Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, illegible, damaged,
or misdirected Entries.
8. LIMITED USE OF EBAY MARK.
Subject to the restrictions set forth in these Official
Rules and any other guidelines that eBay may provide from
time to time at its sole discretion, eBay hereby grants
to Entrant a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
non-sublicenseable license to use the "Right Now on
eBay" trademark/logo (the “eBay Mark”)
solely as necessary to create a Widget co-branded with the
eBay Mark and “Powered by” + [developer’s
name and/or trademark]” for purposes of this Contest.
The license granted herein shall be limited to the time
period from the date of Entrant’s Registration to
the earlier of :(i) March 3, 2008 or (ii) the date that
Entrant receives notification pursuant to Section 11 (“Winner
Notification”) herein. The Entrant shall not use the
eBay Mark for any other purpose without the prior written
consent of eBay (which consent may be withheld or revoked
in eBay's sole discretion). Any use of the eBay Mark by
the Entrant (either under the foregoing license or with
such prior written consent): (i) shall be in conformance
with the eBay Trademark Policy incorporated herein by this
reference; and (ii) shall be exactly in the form provided
(for information on logo requirements, please visit http://developer.ebay.com/join/licenses/apilogousage/).
Title to and ownership of the eBay Mark shall remain with
eBay. The Entrant shall not take any action inconsistent
with eBay's ownership of the eBay Mark, and any benefits
accruing from the use of the eBay Mark shall automatically
vest in eBay. The Entrant shall not form any combination
marks with the eBay Mark. The license granted to the Entrant
in this Section 8 is not sublicenseable, transferable, or
assignable. Entrant is required to remove the eBay Mark
from any Widget used, displayed, published and distributed
outside the scope of this Contest.
9. LICENSES. By submitting an
Entry, each Entrant: (a) grants eBay a non-exclusive, irrevocable
right to use, display and modify the Essay portion of the
Entry, throughout the world, in perpetuity, for any of its
commercial or non-commercial purposes; (b) grants eBay a
non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid,
royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple
tiers) right to exercise the copyright, trade marks, database
rights and all other intellectual property rights the Entrant
has in the Widget and/or any other content they have provided
eBay, in any media known now or in the future. In addition,
the entrant shall waive all moral rights they may have in
Widget and/or the content submitted to the fullest extent
permitted by law; (c) acknowledges that eBay is not required
to acknowledge or return the Entry and (d) grants eBay a
non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid,
royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable right to use Entrant’s
trademark as necessary to exploit Entrant’s co-branded
Widget. Entrant acknowledges in no event shall Sponsor be
precluded from discussing, reviewing, developing for itself,
having developed or developing in collaboration with third
parties materials that are competitive with or similar in
features and/or functionality to any Entries.
10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES:
Each Entrant represents and warrants the following: (i)
that he/she is the original author (and/or he/she represents
and warrants that the owner of such rights has expressly
granted any and all licenses or consents necessary for the
use) of any and all Entries (and each part thereof) posted,
uploaded, or otherwise sent to eBay;(ii) each Entry (and
each part thereof) will not infringe any third party’s
copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary
rights or rights of publicity or privacy. Entrants are prohibited
from posting, uploading, or otherwise sending to eBay any
Entry that infringes on any copyright, trademark or proprietary
rights of another (including publicity and privacy rights);
(iii) that any Entry does not incorporate or utilize in
any manner any open source code except for Adobe Flex under the MPL
license, or any open source under MIT or new BSD license in addition
to source code published by eBay under CDD license; (iv) that the Entry (and
each part thereof) is not the subject of any actual or threatened
litigation or claim; (v) that the Entry (and each part thereof)
is not obscene, offensive, libelous, pornographic, threatening,
abusive, contains illegal content, or is otherwise objectionable;
(vi) that the Entry (and each part thereof) does not constitute
or encourage criminal offense, or that would otherwise give
rise to liability, and that it complies with any applicable
laws in each jurisdiction, including applicable export laws;
(vii) that he/she is acting in and submitting the Entry
in his/her professional capacity; and (viii) that the Widget
complies with eBay’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy.
Any Entrant whose Entry includes names or likenesses of
third parties or contains elements not owned by the Entrant
must be able to provide legal releases specifically authorizing
Sponsor’s use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory
to the Judges. Entrant acknowledges that nothing herein
shall constitute an employment, joint venture, or partnership
relationship between Entrant and Sponsor. In no way is Entrant
to be construed as the agent or to be acting as the agent
of Sponsor in any respect. Entries not in compliance with
these rules are subject to disqualification at Sponsor’s
sole discretion.
11. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winners
will be notified on or about March 3, 2008 by U.S. mail
and/or email and/or telephone. Winners will be required
to sign additional documentation, including but not limited
to, affidavit/declaration of eligibility and liability release,
and where legal, a publicity release, and for U.S. residents,
a federal and state tax release and return same, properly
executed, within seven (7) days of issuance. Failure to
return documents as specified, or if any notification is
returned as undeliverable, will result in disqualification
and a runner-up may be selected. Sponsor reserves all rights
to the Entries, including, without limitation, names, likenesses
and images (with exception to the Widget applications),
including the right to edit, publish, use, adapt, modify,
destroy, and utilize for advertising and promotional purposes,
in all media (including and without limitation, the Internet)
without additional compensation, except where prohibited
by law. If an Entrant changes his/her telephone number,
email address and/or street address after he/she enters
the Contest, it is his/her sole responsibility to notify
the Sponsor by (postal) mailing or email notice to eBay’s
address (listed below) to be received by the end of the
Entry Period.
12. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
By entering, Entrants agree to be bound by these Official
Rules including all eligibility requirements. Entries that
have been generated by a script, macro, bot or any other
automated means will be deemed void. If a dispute results
as to the identity of the Entrant, it will be deemed that
the Entry was submitted by the authorized account holder
of the eBay Developer Program User ID from which the entry
is made. For these purposes, the authorized account holder
is the natural person assigned to the eBay Developer Program
User ID by eBay, Inc. Entrants will not be eligible for
the Contest if his/her account on eBay.com is not in good
standing. In order for an Entrant’s account to be
deemed in good standing as that term is used herein, the
Entrant must not have a hold on his/her account and his/her
account must not be suspended or past due as of January
15, 2008. By accepting a prize, each winner: (1) consents
to the use of his/her name, eBay User ID and/or eBay Developer
Program User ID, image, likeness, photography, voice, and
biographical material for advertising, publicity, demonstration,
and promotional purposes by Sponsor, or a party designated
by the Sponsor, including but not limited to, any online
announcements, without additional compensation, except where
prohibited by eBay’s Privacy Policy or law; (2) grants
the non-exclusive licenses to the Essay and Widget (including
source code) described in Section 9. Entrants agree that
any and all disputes shall be governed by the laws of the
United States and the State of California. Entrants agree
that the conditions of submission set forth in these Official
Rules, and all documents and agreements incorporated in
these Official Rules by reference, solely govern the relationship
between entrants and Sponsor in connection with this Contest.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
SUBJECT TO THE EXCEPTION THAT NOTHING IN THESE OFFICIAL
RULES SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL
INJURY RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE, ENTRANTS HEREBY AGREE
TO RELEASE, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR,
AND EACH OF THEIR AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, ADVERTISING
AND PROMOTION AGENCIES EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND
SHAREHOLDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASEES”)
FROM ANY CLAIMS, ACTIONS, INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY
KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH,
RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST OR FROM THE
ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE AWARDED
OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY. THIS LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THAT APPLIES TO ALL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING (WITHOUT
LIMITATION) COMPENSATORY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES; LOSS OF DATA, INCOME, OR PROFIT; LOSS OF DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY; AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES. PARTICIPANTS AGREE
THAT SPONSOR HAS NOT MADE NOR IS IN ANY MANNER RESPONSIBLE
FOR OR LIABLE FOR ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE,
STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW), IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE CONTEST
OR ANY PRIZES AWARDED HEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, SPONSOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EBAY.COM AND
SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY
INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS RELATED THERETO. THESE TERMS GIVE
ENTRANTS SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. ENTRANTS AGREE THAT ANY
AND ALL DISPUTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ENTRANT WAIVES ALL CLAIMS
OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING EXPRESS CONTRACT, IMPLIED-IN-FACT
CONTRACT, OR QUASI-CONTRACT, ARISING OUT OF ANY DISCLOSURE
OF THE ENTRY SUBMITTED TO SPONSOR. ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE
CONDITIONS OF SUBMISSION SET FORTH IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES
SOLELY GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENTRANT AND SPONSOR
AND THAT THERE IS NO CONFIDENTIAL, FIDUCIARY OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP,
OTHER THAN ONE OF CONTRACT, BETWEEN THE PARTIES. IN NO EVENT
SHALL SPONSER BE PRECLUDED FROM DISCUSSING, REVIEWING, DEVELOPING
FOR ITSELF, HAVING DEVELOPED, OR DEVELOPING FOR THIRD PARTIES,
MATERIALS WHICH ARE COMPETITIVE WITH OR SIMILAR IN FEATURES
AND/OR FUNCTIONALITY TO THOSE SET FORTH IN THE ENTRY. ENTRANT
RECOGNIZES THAT SPONSOR HAS NO DUTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
TO MARKET, DISTRIBUTE OR OTHERWISE EXPLOIT ANY ENTRY AND/OR
TO DETERMINE WHETHER COMPENSATION, IF ANY, WOULD BE PAID
FOR THE DISCLOSURE OR USE OF THE ENTRY PROVIDED BY ENTRANT.
SPONSOR IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE FURTHER COMPENSATION
OR CREDIT FOR USE OF THE ENTRY OTHER THAN AS DISCLOSED IN
THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, illegible,
damaged or stolen entries or submissions, or problems of
any kind, whether mechanical, human or electronic. Releasees
are not responsible for technical, hardware or software
malfunctions, telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable
network connections, inability to access a website or submit
an online entry form or photograph, fraud, incomplete, garbled,
or delayed computer transmissions or inaccurate transcription
of entry information, whether caused by the Sponsor, users
or by any of the equipment or programming associated with
or utilized in this Contest or by any technical or human
error which may occur in the processing of submissions which
may damage a user’s system or limit a participant’s
ability to participate in the Contest. Entry materials that
have been tampered with or altered are void. Sponsor reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend
part or all of this Contest at any time without notice,
if in the Sponsor’s or Judges’ opinion there
is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic
tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if virus,
bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes
corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness
or integrity and proper play of the Contest. In such event,
Sponsor may void any Entries they suspect are at issue and
award prizes from among all eligible Entries received up
to the date of cancellation. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN
ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE
WEBSITE OR ANY ONLINE SERVICE RELATED TO THIS PROMOTION
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONEST MAY
BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH
AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH
PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Sponsor’s failure to enforce
any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a
waiver of that or any other provision. Sponsor reserves
the right to disqualify Entrants who violate these Official
Rules or interfere with this Contest in any manner. If an
Entrant is disqualified, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate
that Entrant’s eligibility to participate in the Contest.
Any attempts by an individual to access any website associated
with this Contest via a bot script or other brute force
attack or any other unauthorized means will result in the
IP address becoming ineligible. Use of automated entry devices
or programs is prohibited.
14. WINNERS’ LIST: The
names of the winners will be available after March 7, 2008.
To receive a copy of the list, please send an email to widgetcontest2008@ebay.com.
15. SPONSOR & ADMINISTRATOR:
The Sponsor and Promoter of this Contest is eBay Inc., 2145
Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. Administrator: Strobe
Promotions, Inc., 535 S. Broadway, Suite 203, Hicksville,
NY 11801.
©Copyright 2008 Strobe Promotions,
Inc. All rights reserved. Entrants may copy these Official
Rules for the sole purpose of personal use and not for any
commercial purpose whatsoever. |