US Army - What Strengthens You Contest Rules

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U.S. Army/106 & Park Connect “What Strengthens You” Contest ---Official Rules .

OFFICIAL RULESNO PURCHASE NECESSARY

OPEN ONLY TO INVITED CLIENTS OF BLACK ENTERTAINMENTTELEVISION LLC WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES(EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND OTHER U.S.COMMONWEALTHS, TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS), 18 YEARS OROLDER.

1. HOW TO ENTER: This contest begins at 6pm ET Monday, November 16,2009 and ends at 6pm ET Tuesday, December 28, 2009. To enter thecontest via BET.com click on the link to the host’s website by, loggingon to www.BET.com/contests and enter the registration information. A

link to the contest host site 106 & Park Connect will be provided whereyou can upload your video. Click on “Upload Video” and submit thevideo in one of the suggested formats. Each entrant, who must be aninvited client of Black Entertainment Television LLC (“BET”) and 18 years or older on the date of the submission, will upload a video to BET.comexplaining what motivates him or her to accelerate to the next level byleveraging the “Army Strong” message. All video submissions must bereceived by BET.com no later than 6pm ET on Friday December 11,2009. By submitting a video in the Contest, the entrant represents andwarrants to the Sponsor that: (a) the entrant is, 18 years of age or older onthe date of submission; (b) is the only person appearing in the video ; and (c)

is the copyright owner of the video content or is otherwise licensed to usesuch content.

The video submission must comply with the following standards:

a) Video must be no more than two minutes (3:00) in length;b) Any lyrics used must be 100% original and not infringe upon

any copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual propertyrights;

d) Video must be “radio-friendly” and contain absolutely NOobscene, profane or other objectionable words; sexually

explicit or derogatory lyrics, images or gestures; or objectionable content of any form; ande) Video must not mock, ridicule or disparage the Contest

Sponsor, or its products or services, or any ethnic, religiousor national group, gender, or sexual orientation.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion,to disqualify any entrant that violates these standards.



Entries submitted in connection with this Contest must not contain anycopyrighted works (other than as owned or licensed by the entrant (collectively,“Authorized Assets”)). Any elements appearing in your Entry, including withoutlimitation music, audio, speech/voiceovers, stills, video or other audiovisualmaterials (collectively, “Elements”) used must be entirely original, created and

performed by you, be fully in the public domain, or be an Authorized Asset. Useof any Element or other material that is not original, not fully in the public domainor not an Authorized Asset may result in disqualification of Entry, in Sponsor’ssole discretion.

In addition, by uploading or creating an Entry in this Contest, each entrant: (i)WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT THE ENTRANT IS THE INDIVIDUALPICTURED AND HEARD IN THE ENTRY ; (ii) WARRANTS AND REPRESENTSTHAT HIS/HER ENTRY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY AUTHORIZEDASSETS CONTAINED THEREIN: (a) IS ORIGINAL TO THE ENTRANT, HASBEEN LEGALLY OBTAINED AND CREATED, AND THAT THE ENTRANT

OWNS ALL RIGHTS TO THE ENTRY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,THE VIDEO OR DIGITAL RECORDING, AND THE PERFORMANCECONTAINED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE; (b) DOES NOT INFRINGE THEINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PRIVACY OR PUBLICITY RIGHTS OR ANYOTHER LEGAL OR MORAL RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, OR VIOLATEAPPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS, OR NETWORK STANDARDS; (c) HASNOT BEEN ENTERED IN OR WON PREVIOUS CONTESTS OR AWARDS;AND (d) HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED PREVIOUSLY, AND WILL NOT BEPUBLISHED OR UPLOADED, TO ANY OTHER MEDIUM, INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY ONLINE VIDEO SERVICE; (iii) irrevocably grantsto Sponsor and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, agents and licensees,the exclusive unconditional and perpetual right and permission to copyright (asappropriate), reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast,display, publicly perform, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (withoutlimitation as to when or to the number of times used) the Entry in whole or in part,including, but not limited to, the audio and/or video recording and performancescontained in any of the above items (in each case, as submitted or asedited/modified in any way by the Sponsor, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion), aswell as the entrant’s name, address, image, voice, likeness, statements,biographical material and any additional photographic images, video images,audio recordings, portraits, interviews or other materials relating to the entrantand arising out of his/her participation in this Contest (with or without using theentrant’s name) (collectively, the “Additional Materials”) in perpetuity in anymedia throughout the world, whether now known or later created, for anypurpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from the entrant or any other party; (iv) acknowledges and agrees that(a) Sponsor and other entrants have access to and/or may create or havecreated literary, film, tape and/or other materials, ideas and concepts which maybe similar or identical to an Entry in theme, idea, plot, format, characters and/or other respects; (b) the entrant will not be entitled to any compensation or other



voting from among all eligible online entries received by the deadline dateDecember 11, 2009. Sponsor shall choose winners in its sole discretion.Sponsor will notify winners by phone and/or email after the drawing. If a potentialwinner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been exerted, if he/she isfound to be ineligible or if he/she cannot or does not comply with these Official

Rules, potential winner will be disqualified and an alternative potential winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Potential winner and Guest will be required to signand return any applicable documents sent by Sponsor related to the Contest,which may include, but are not limited to a Letter of Prize Acceptance, Waiver of Liability, and an Affidavit of Eligibility within five (5) days of notification. Failure toreturn documents as specified or if prize notification is returned as undeliverablewill result in entry being disqualified, and an alternate potential winner beingselected. Where permitted by law and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, winner (exceptin the case of a minor) agrees to grant to Sponsor and Sponsor’s licensees,

affiliates and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide, inany media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to theworld wide web, at any time or times, the winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice,likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertisingand promotional purposes without additional consideration; and further withoutsuch additional compensation, appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may includefilming/audio/video/electronic or other recordings and/or interviews as may bedetermined by Sponsor. Failure to grant such rights may result in disqualificationwith an alternate winner or potential winner selected. Further, by accepting aprize, winner agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent,subsidiaries, licensees, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotionagencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives,and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kindto person, including death, and property arising whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation inany Contest related activity, or participation in this Contest. Odds of winningdepend on the number of eligible entries received. IN NO EVENT WILLSPONSOR, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, LICENSEES, AND ORAFFILIATESAND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING ORPROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,EMPLOYEES, REPERESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE ORLIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDINGDIRECT, INDIRECT INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTAL OR PUNITIVEDAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO USE OF INTERNET SITEwww.BET.COM OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTINGMATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THEFOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUTWARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDINGBUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

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