Java Mobile Application Video Contest Rules

OFFICIAL RULES

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DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST: The "Mobilizing Java Developers" Contest ("Contest") is designed to encourage mobile application developers to describe how they use Java™ Platform, Micro Edition ("Java ME") Technology to create and deploy innovative applications or services. Prizes will be awarded to those who submit the most creative and inspiring videos describing how they innovate using Java ME technology. Each video should appeal to a worldwide audience, and each winner will be determined by the judges in their sole discretion, and in accordance with these Official Rules.
ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open only to individuals who submit original videos that they have personally created to YouTube as described below. At the time of entry each entrant must be the legal age of majority in their country, province or state of legal residence and must be a resident of one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom or the United States. Void in Puerto Rico, Quebec and where prohibited by law. Persons in any of the following categories are not eligible to participate or win the prize(s) offered: (a) Employees or agents of Sun Microsystems, their parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, application development partner companies, and prize suppliers; (b) immediate family members (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in the same household as any person in (a) above; (c) residents of any country currently subject to U.S. embargo (see http://www.sun.com/sales/its/countries/Embargoed.html) and (d) employees of any government entity. You must have access to the Internet and a valid email address in order to enter or win.
HOW TO ENTER: This contest begins at 12:01 A.M. Pacific Time (PT) zone in the United States (e.g. San Francisco time) which is 8:01 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on January 31, 2007 and ends at 11:59 P.M. (PT) which is 7:59 A.M. (GMT) on April 27, 2007 ("Contest Period"). .IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: EACH ENTRANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE CORRESPONDING TIME ZONE IN HIS/HER RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION.
THE SUBMISSION: Create a video that is approximately 1 to 3 minutes in length, and tell us how you use Java ME Technology to create and deploy your application or Service (each submission will be considered one "Entry"). You may submit multiple Entries, so long as each Entry meets all requirements. Each Entry should be original, creative, and appeal to a worldwide audience. For example, you could show us how Java ME technology makes your application or service unique, or you could show us how you built and deployed your application or service using Java ME technology. Be creative! To enter you must register at java.sun.com/javame/contest. To do this you will need to register with YouTube. YouTube registration is free. Once you have completed the registration process and have created your video, upload it to your YouTube account, marking it as PUBLIC. You will then need to go to the Mobilizing Java Developers YouTube group, http://YouTube.com/group/javame, join the group and add your video. Your use of the YouTube.com website is subject to the Terms of Use governing that site.

Once that process is complete, return to the contest registration page at www.sun.com/javame/contest and complete the contest registration form.

All Entries must be in English. Registration or Entries that are in any other language will not be considered. Entries that are lewd, obscene, pornographic, disparaging of the Sponsor or otherwise contain objectionable material may be disqualified in the Sponsor's sole and unfettered discretion. Only original submissions that are personally created will be eligible to win.
JUDGING: Sun will select five winners at the end of the Contest Period: three (3) winners based on Best Video Submission describing an application using Java ME Technology; one (1) Best Video Submission for the OpenSource community; and one (1) Grand Prize. Each winner will be selected by a panel of experts, who will judge each Entry, based on the following equally weighted criteria: originality, creativity, appeal to a worldwide audience, and clear description of how Java ME Technology is used to create and deploy innovative mobile applications or services . In the event of a tie, the person among the tied Entries with the highest score in creativity will be declared the winner. Sun will select one grand prize winner. The grand prize winner will be selected by a panel of experts, who will judge all Entries received throughout the entire promotion based on the following equally weighted criteria: originality, creativity, appeal to a worldwide audience, and clear description of how Java ME Technology is used to create and deploy innovative mobile applications or services. The grand prize winner must have created the application that is featured in the video. In the event of a tie, the person among the tied Entries with the highest ratings given by viewers will be awarded the grand prize. Decisions of judges are final and binding. Winners will be notified by email and or phone and or mail at Sponsor.s sole discretion.
PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES: Sun will award four (4) Sony PlayStation 3 systems: one (1) to each winner of the Best Video Submission; one (1) to the winner of the Best Video Submission for the OpenSource community; and one Grand Prize. The Grand Prize will consist of one (1) Sony Playstation 3 system, one (1) Sony Ericsson K800 series phone, one (1) Panasonic Blu-Ray DVD Player, and a gift certificate for $150 for purchase of game.

The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is U.S. $2300. Cash will not be substituted for any prize. Any other expenses not specified herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. Any REQUIRED TAXES AND ANY APPLICABLE WITHOLDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. All costs associated with currency exchange are the sole responsibility of the winner.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event all or part of a prize becomes unavailable. Prizes are awarded without warranty of any kind from Sponsor, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to federal, state, provincial, or local law or regulation. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Submission of entry into this Contest deems that entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Any potential winner who cannot be contacted within 15 days of first attempted notification will forfeit his/her prize and an alternate may be selected. Potential prize winner(s) may be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility/Liability & Publicity Release within 30 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply within this time period may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. The Grand Prize winner.s travel companion may be required to sign and return a Liability/Publicity Release prior to travel. The intellectual and industrial property rights to the contest submission, if any, will remain with the participants, except that these terms do not supersede any other assignment or grant of rights according to any other separate agreements between participants and other parties. As a condition of entry, participants agree that Sun shall have the right to use, copy, modify and make available the video and any application or code in connection with the operation, conduct, administration, advertising and promotion of the Contest via communication to the public, including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots, animations and video clips available to the public for promotional and publicity purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ownership of and all intellectual and industrial property rights in and to the video, application and code shall remain with the participant. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for, and winners consent to, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun" or "Sponsor") and its agencies to use a winner's name and/or likeness and entry for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. To the extent permitted by law, entrants agree to hold Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless from any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Contest and/or use or acceptance of any prize won, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the prize. A participant may be prohibited from participating in this Contest if, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other participants, the Sponsor or associated agencies. In the event a winner/potential winner's employer has a policy which prohibits the awarding of a prize to an employee, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected.
NO RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL OR OTHER PROCEDURES: To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this contest are hereby excluded, and any participant expressly waives any and all such rights. Participants agree that these Official Rules are governed by the laws of the state of California, USA.
DATA PRIVACY: Participants agree that personal data, especially name and address, may be processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the contest and any other purposes outlined in these Official Rules. The data may also be used by the Sponsor in order to check participants' identity, their postal address and telephone number, or to otherwise verify their eligibility to participate in the Contest and to receive any prize. Participants have a right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by the Sponsor by writing to Sponsor (Attention: Mobilizing Java Contest c/o Corporate Advertising) at the address listed below. If participant's data is not provided or is canceled, participants' Entries will be ineligible. Participants agree that any personal data or other information provided on the YouTube.com website in order to participate in this Contest will be subject to the terms of the privacy policy posted on the YouTube.com website and Sponsor shall have no liability or responsibility in connection therewith.
WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY: Each entrant certifies that their entry is original and that they are the sole and exclusive owner and right holder of the submitted Entry, and that they have the right to submit the Entry in the Contest. Each entrant agrees not to submit any Entry that (1) infringes any 3rd party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property, personal rights or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation; or (2) otherwise violates applicable law in any countries in the world. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each entrant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the participant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each participant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless at all times from and against any liability, actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses for or in respect of which the Sponsor will or may become liable by reason of or related or incidental to any act, default or omission by a participant under these Official Rules including without limitation resulting from or in relation to any breach, non-observance, act or omission whether negligent or otherwise, pursuant to these official rules by a participant.
ELIMINATION: Any false information provided within the context of the Contest by any participant concerning identity, postal address, telephone number, ownership of right or non- compliance with these rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the participant from the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Entry that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party or otherwise does not comply with these official rules.
INTERNET: Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission. Sponsor is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind. Sponsor is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, disruption or termination of the YouTube.com website for any reason or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination date. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Caution: Any attempt by a contestant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such contestant to the fullest extent of the law.
If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
WINNER'S LIST: For winner's names, log onto sun.com/javame/contest on or about May 4, 2007, available for a period of up to 60 days.
SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Contest is Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4220 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054. YouTube.com is not associated or affiliated with this Contest in any manner.
For the complete official rules and any additional information regarding the contest, go to http://java.sun.com/javame/contest
The Dutch Code of Conduct for Promotional Games of Chance applies to this Contest and it is organized according to the Code.

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