Walt's Inspirations Contest Official Rules
March 10, 2011 - April 10, 2011
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, NOR WILL A PURCHASE IMPROVE ONE'S CHANCES OF WINNING
1. SPONSOR: Disney Online, 500 South Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, is solely responsible for all aspects of this contest ("Contest").
2. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEST: This is a Contest to be conducted during the period commencing at 9:00 a.m., March 10, and ending at 9:00 a.m., April 10, 2011 ("Entry Period"), for you ("Contestant") to compete for one (1) Grand Prize among those Contestants submitting entries via http://www.disney.go.com/disneyfans/walts-inspirations-contest ("Website") consisting of the following elements: [1] your Walt's Inspirations Contest Story ("Story") conveying to the judges how a Disney movie or song inspires you, using creativity and emotion; [2] in English and [3] in seven hundred fifty (750) words or less (collectively, "Submission"). Sponsor's appointed judges ("Judges") will select the Grand Prize winner by applying the following judging criteria: 60% for originality, 30% for creativity and emotion and 10% for grammar (collectively, "Criteria"). For purposes of these official rules ("Rules"), all times and days are Pacific Time. Sponsor's computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest. The awarding of the prize is subject to the eligibility and forfeiture provisions set forth below.
3. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for this Contest, at the time of entering you must be: [1] a natural person; [2] 18 or older; [3] legally residing in, and physically located within, the 50 states or the District of Columbia (collectively, "Territory"); [4] not an employee of Sponsor; its parent, subsidiary, affiliated or successor companies; the advertising, promotional or fulfillment agencies of any of them (individually and collectively, "Entities"); nor a member of his/her household or immediate family and [5] willing to have your Entry featured and published on the Website or otherwise distributed, in connection with, or to promote, the Contest and/or Website. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.
4. ENTRY: During the Entry Period, you may enter the Contest by visiting the Website, agreeing to the Terms of Use ("TOU"); following the entry instructions to submit your Submission including providing your full name, state of residence, age and email address ("Address") and clicking on the "submit" button ("Entry"). The normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service will apply. It is your sole responsibility to notify the Sponsor in writing if you change your Address. To do so, go to the Website, log in, click on the "Manage Account" button and follow the instructions to change your Address.
5. CONTEST MATERIALS: "Materials" include: [1] all information and material submitted by you in connection with the Contest, including the Entry and all other forms, contracts or releases required to be submitted by you as a Contestant, whether required by Sponsor prior to or after Entry; [2] your name, likeness, image and biographical data as contained in or reflected by the Entry and [3] all photographs, artwork, writings, statements, dramatic materials, ideas, quotations and any other intellectual properties created by you in connection with the Contest, whether submitted to the Sponsor or not, including the Entry. All material owned by the Sponsor or the Sponsor's affiliated companies, including but not limited to any picture, logo, title art, etc., shall remain their property and you shall acquire no rights therein by virtue of the Contest. Except as specifically provided herein, by entering the Contest, you agree to grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, fully-paid, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable worldwide license to use, re-use, reproduce, transmit, display, distribute, re-distribute, copy, store, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works based upon and publicly perform the contents of the Materials, in whole or in part, in all media, formats and channels now known or hereafter devised, for the duration of the rights in each country, area and space, and throughout the universe, in perpetuity and in all languages, formats and versions. Upon Sponsor's request, you agree to assist the Sponsor in obtaining the consent for any other applications.
6. LIMITATIONS: By submitting the Materials in the Contest, you represent and warrant to Sponsor that the Materials and everything depicted therein: [1] are original with you and do not originate from a magazine, newspaper or other commercial or proprietary source; [2] do not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any person, firm or entity; [3] do comply with the TOU and the Rules; [4] do not contain any trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, photographs, artwork or sculptures or other material (e.g., on props, costumes, background) that would infringe any third party's copyrights or trademarks; [5] have not previously been submitted in a contest of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means and [6] do not contain material which is objectionable or unlawful as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. You further represent and warrant to Sponsor that: [1] you have all rights, licenses, permissions and consents necessary to submit the Materials in accordance with the Rules; [2] no person or entity other than you has any right, title or interest in and to any part of the Materials and [3] you are not subject to any agreement or arrangement that would interfere with your entering this Contest and granting all the rights granted hereunder or that would conflict with any other documentation required hereunder. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, disqualify and remove any Contestant that Sponsor deems to be in violation of these Limitations at any time. Limit of one (1) Entry per person/Address (regardless of whether one person has more than one Address or more than one person use the same Address). In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the Address is registered. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 4 are void. Neither the Sponsor, nor any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, "Releasees") are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; or Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misrouted, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications; failed phone, computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; insufficient space in your email account to receive email; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified; and any Contestant who attempts to enter with multiple Addresses or under multiple identities will be disqualified. Sponsor is not obligated to communicate with any Contestant during the duration of the Contest. Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations. Please review these Rules and the TOU carefully; however, in the event of a conflict between these Rules and the TOU, these Rules will control.
7. PRIZES:
(1) STORY SUBMISSION PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize: one (1) of each of the following elements: (1) Signed copy of "The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story" by Gregg and Jeff Sherman (approximate retail value ["ARV"]: $30); (2) Signed copy of "Waking Sleeping Beauty" by Don Hahn (ARV: $30) and (3) Signed copy of "Walt & Grupo" by Ted Thomas. (ARV: $30). Total ARV of the prize: $90. Prize is not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor's sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. The prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. Prize elements may not be separated. The prize will be awarded provided it is validly claimed by May 5, 2011, after which no alternate winner will be selected, nor unclaimed prize awarded..
8. PROCEDURE/JUDGING: All Entries must be received by 9:00 a.m. on April 10, 2011. On or about April 20, 2011, the potential winner will be selected by the Judges based on the Criteria. The decisions of the Judges will be final on all matters relating to the judging.
9 WINNER: The potential winner will be notified by email on or about April 25, 2011. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner's failure to respond to email notice within five (5) days after its transmission; [2] the return of an email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts; [3] the return of the prize as undeliverable; [4] potential winner's failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; [5] potential winner's failure to claim the prize within ten (10) days after it is sent; [6] potential winner's failure to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability/Publicity Release within ten (10) days after its mailing; [7] potential winner's failure to validly claim the prize by March 1, 2011 and [8] any other non-compliance with Rules. The prize for a qualified winner will be delivered on or before April 30, 2011. In the event of any prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner. All taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner.
10. PRIVACY POLICY/DATA COLLECTION: Information provided by you for this Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/.
11. CONDITIONS: By entering this Contest and/or accepting any prize, you agree that: [1] you will be bound by the Rules, TOU and Sponsor's decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] the Entry will not be acknowledged or returned; [3] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the Entry, selection or use of the Entry or from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the prize; participation in this Contest or in any Contest-related activity or travel or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Contest information; [4] the Releasees do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Contest or prize; [5] winner's acceptance of the prize constitutes the grant to Sponsor and assigns of an unconditional right to use winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and prize information and/or statements about the promotion for any programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law; [6] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor's reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Rules or to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Contest; and in such event, to select a winner by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [7] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules and selection and announcement of the winner; [8] any portion of the prize not accepted or used by the winner will be forfeited; [9] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of the winner to accept or use the prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason and [10] Sponsor has the right to modify prize award procedures at its sole discretion.
12. RULES & WINNER'S LIST: For name of the winner (after April 30, 2011) and/or Rules (before March 10, 2011), send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to: Walt's Inspirations Contest, 500 South Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-3040, designating either "winner" or "Rules".
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