World, Meet Whirled/Official Rules

The "World, Meet Whirled" Video Contest

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. As a condition of participating in the "World, Meet Whirled" contest (the "Contests"), the contestant agrees to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Three Rings Design, Inc., whose decisions shall be final and binding in all respects, and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contests or these Official Rules.

How to Enter. To enter the Contest, first read the official announcement. If you do not have an existing YouTube account, create one at www.YouTube.com. Join the Whirled Group on the YouTube Community Group page located at http://www.youtube.com/group/whirled3rings. Next, shoot your video, attach/upload your video to the Whirled Group page located at http://www.youtube.com/group/whirled3rings and click the "submit" button (if applicable). Then, make a post to the contest entry thread in Whirled that contains a link to your entry on YouTube, and your YouTube account name. All entry information and video submissions shall be collectively referred to herein as the "Video Submissions" or each as a "Video Submission." Three Rings reserves the right to cancel or modify this Contest in the event an insufficient number of entries are received that meet the minimum judging criteria.


 * 1) The subject matter of your video must be introducing Whirled to the world. Videos may not exceed thirty (30) seconds in length, and must be in the English language. By entering, each entrant warrants and represents the following with respect to their Video Submission: (a) entrant is the sole and exclusive owner of the Video Submission; (b) the Video Submission is entrant's own creation; (c) the Video Submission will not infringe on any rights of any third parties; and (d) any third parties appearing in the Video Submission have given entrant appropriate consent to be filmed and used as permitted herein. All entrants must have a valid email address. Limit one (1) entry for the same video. No automated entry devices and/or programs permitted. Three Rings is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, stolen, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic.
 * 2) Start/End Dates. Contest begins Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and ends Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
 * 3) Eligibility. Participation open only to those who are 13 years of age or older as of date of entry. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  Three Rings staff, contractors, affiliates, or family members of same are not eligible to enter the contest.
 * 4) Judging/Judging Criteria. Judges reserve the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify and Video Submissions that are inappropriate for any reason, including without limitation, for violating Whirled's Terms of Service. All Video Submissions will be judged based on the following judging criteria: (a) overall creativity, (b) best use of Whirled, and (c) best introduction/explanation of Whirled. By entering the Contest, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. In addition to the Official Rules, entrants must also abide by the YouTube Terms of Use and Guidelines found at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms and http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines, respectively.
 * 5) Prizes. One (1) First Prize Winner will receive a framed print of a Three Rings-created Whirled item (such as an avatar, pet, or toy). One (1) Second Prize Winner will receive a Whirled canvas tote. One (1) Third Prize Winner will receive a Whirled mug. Prizes are non-transferable. Limit one (1) Prize per person.
 * 6) Notification. Winners will be notified by Whirled mail and will be required to respond with a shipping address for their prize within ten (10) days of prize notification. If any winner cannot be contacted within ten (10) calendar days of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if any winner rejects his/her prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Contest rules and requirements, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to the Video Submission with the next highest score. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.
 * 7) Conditions. Three Rings shall not be liable or responsible in the event that any winner's Video Submission is not used for any reason. By participating, entrants and winners agree to release and hold harmless Three Rings, its advertising and promotion agencies and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors, from any and all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, or participation in Contest, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules, or attempt to interfere with this Contest in any way shall be disqualified.
 * 8) Additional Terms. Any attempted form of entry other than as set forth in Section 1 above is prohibited; no automatic, programmed; robotic or similar means of entry are permitted. Three Rings, its affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, web site, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one's ability to enter the Contest, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest. Three Rings reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend this Contest should (in its sole discretion) virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In such case, Three Rings will select the winners from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Three Rings. Three Rings reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or web site. Three Rings may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Three Rings representatives.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THREE RINGS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Privacy and Use of Data: Three Rings will be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy (not YouTube's privacy policy). Please review Three Rings' privacy policy at http://www.threerings.net/about/privacy.html. By participating in the Contest, entrants hereby agree to Three Rings collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Three Rings' privacy policy.