2009 I AM THE CURE®Chant Creator Sweepstakes Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR CHANT SUBMISSION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR CHANT
SUBMISSION WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1.Eligibility: 2009 I AM THE CURE® Chant
Creator Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") is open to all legal residents of the fifty
(50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older.
Employees of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® ("Sponsor"), PowerPact,
LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion
agencies, and web site providers/web masters, and members of their immediate family
(spouse, parent, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless
of where they reside) and persons living in the same household, whether or not related,
of such employees, are not eligible to enter or win. Void where prohibited by law.
The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
regulations.
2. To Enter: Sweepstakes begins on January 5, 2009, at 12:01
AM Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on December 19, 2009, at 11:59 PM ET ("Promotion
Period"). During the Promotion Period, there are two ways to enter: 1. Online: visit
www.iamthecure.org and follow the directions provided to complete the entry form
(including a question about whether you have attended a Race and if so, which one)
and create a chant using the Chant Creator, and submit. You will not be judged based
on your chant submission. All online entries must be received by December 19, 2009,
at 11:59 PM ET to be eligible; Or, 2. By Mail: to enter without submitting a chant,
hand-print your full name, complete address, phone number (including area code),
date of birth and email address (optional) on a 3" x 5" card and mail in an envelope
with proper postage affixed to: 2009 I AM THE CURE® Chant Creator
Sweepstakes, PO Box 774, Midlothian, VA 23313. All mail-in entries must be postmarked
by December 19, 2008, and received by December 31, 2009, to be eligible. Limit one
(1) entry per person, per email address and per household for the entire Promotion
Period, regardless of method of entry. Entries from any person, household or e-mail
address in excess of the stated limitation will be void. Mechanically reproduced
entries, entries generated by script, macro and other automated means, or means
that subvert the entry process, are void. All entries become the property of Sponsor
and will not be returned. Chant must (i) be entrant's own original work, (ii) be
in English or Spanish, (iii) cannot be previously published or submitted in connection
with any other promotion, (iv) be in keeping with the Sponsor's image and (v) not
contain any vulgarity or otherwise be offensive or inappropriate, as determined
by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights
or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's
personal or property rights or any other third-party rights. Sponsor reserves the
right to disqualify any entry (including chant) that it determines, in its sole
discretion, is offensive or inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor's image or
that is otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules.
OWNERSHIP/USE OF ENTRIES: By submitting an online entry, each entrant
agrees Sponsor shall own the entry (including chant) submitted (including all rights
embodied therein) and that it and its designees may exploit, edit, modify, and distribute
the entry (including chant) and all elements of such entry, including, without limitation,
the names and likenesses of any persons embodied therein, in any and all media now
known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity without compensation, permission
or notification to entrant or any third party. Entrant agrees to take, at Sponsor's
expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits
and other documents) requested by Sponsor to effect, perfect, confirm, evidence
and/or record Sponsor's ownership rights in the entry (including chant).
3. Winner Selection & Notification: One (1) potential winner
will be selected by an independent judging agency on or about January 9, 2010, from
among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible
entries received. Potential winner will be notified by telephone, mail and/or e-mail
and may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release,
and, unless prohibited, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of date of issuance.
Return of notification as undeliverable, failure to sign and return requested documentation
within the specified time period, the inability of Sponsor to contact the potential
winner within a reasonable time period or noncompliance with these Official Rules
by the potential winner will result in disqualification and, at Sponsor's sole discretion,
the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
4. (1) Grand Prize: A prize pack containing merchandise from the
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® National Series Sponsors. Prize
pack may include: from FUZE, a FUZE-branded running watch; from Yoplait, an iPod
Shuffle; from New Balance, a technical running cap, a foldable sackpack, and a pair
of Limited Edition Commemorative 993 Shoes; from Ford, Ford Warriors In Pink merchandise;
and from Georgia-Pacific, 10 Quilted Northern Ultra® coupons. Prize
is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor.
Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $441. Winner is responsible for all federal, state
and local taxes and any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance
and use not specified herein as being provided. No substitution, cash equivalent,
or transfer of prize is permitted except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor,
who reserves the right to substitute the prize with one of comparable or greater
value. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion.
5. General Conditions: By entering Sweepstakes, entrants agree
to (i) be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges,
which are final and binding in all matters, (ii) the use by Sponsor or its designees
of their names, cities and states of residence, entries and likenesses for advertising
and promotional purposes, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of
media, now known or hereafter devised without compensation, notification or permission,
except where prohibited by law, and (iii) release, indemnify, and hold harmless
Sponsor, PowerPact, LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries,
representatives, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies, and web site
providers/web masters (collectively, "Released Parties") from any injuries/losses/damages/claims/actions
and any liability of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly,
from participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance/possession/use/misuse or nonuse
of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Released Parties
are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed,
misdirected, undelivered, illegible, or garbled entries or chants, or for postage-due
mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service
Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or
miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions,
lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions
or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other
errors or difficulties of any kind whether technical, computer, mechanical, printing,
typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes,
including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration
of the Sweepstakes, the creating of chants, the processing of entries, in any Sweepstakes
related materials, or the announcement of the prize. Released Parties are also not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site
users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or
utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or
damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this
Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. If in the Sponsor's
opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic
tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if computer viruses, bugs, worms,
unauthorized intervention or other causes compromise or affect the administration,
integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor in
its sole discretion reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers
with the entry process and/or void any entries and/or chants submitted fraudulently,
to modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, or to terminate the Sweepstakes and conduct
a random drawing to determine the winner from all eligible non-suspect entries received
as of such termination. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately
damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a
violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor
reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys' fees)
from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a dispute
as to who submitted any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address
used to participate will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these
Official Rules. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an
email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization
responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted
address.
6. Winner's Name: For the name of winner, available after
January 9, 2010, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: 2009 I AM THE CURE®
Chant Creator Sweepstakes Winner, PO Box 774, Midlothian, VA 23113, for receipt
no later than January 31, 2010.
7. Sponsor: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 5005 LBJ Freeway,
Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.