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My First Big Gig Official Rules
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1. Eligibility: My First Big Gig (the "Contest") is open only to those legally employed in Massachusetts in their first career job, who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the time of entry and who did not purchase any special equipment for the purposes of entering this Contest. Employees of MITX, and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial and local laws and regulations.
2. Sponsor/Administrator: MITX, 222 3rd Street, Suite 0300, Cambridge, MA 02142, U.S.A.
3. Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
4. Timing: The Contest begins on November 4, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on May 7, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period") and consists of three (3) phases as set forth in the chart below.
   
   Contest/Phase Starts at 12:00 p.m. ET Ends at 11:59 p.m. ET 
   

   Contest
   Submission	11/04/09	3/31/10
   Voting	4/1/10	4/30/10
   Judging	5/1/10	5/7/10

   ^{Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.}
   
5. How to Enter: During the Submission Phase, visit http://www.youtube.com/ and upload a video creatively describing your "First Big Gig." Then, visit http://www.mitx.org/youtube_contest.cfm and follow the links and instructions to complete and submit the registration form, including the URL and title of your video and a valid home mailing address to register for the Contest. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. The registration and the video are collectively referred to as the submission (the "Submission"). By uploading your Submission, you agree that it conforms to the Submission Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the "Guidelines and Restrictions") and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.
   
   

   Submission Guidelines:
   

   • The Submission must comply with YouTube.com standards http://www.youtube.com/t/terms;
   • The Submission must not be shorter than sixty (60) seconds nor exceed ninety (90) seconds in length;
   • The Submission must explain promote your current [first] career position and place of employment; and
   • The Submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means.

   Content Restrictions:

   • The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement;
   • The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Administrator or any other person or party affiliated with the promotion and administration of this Contest;
   • The Submission must not contain brand names or trademarks.
   • The Submission must not contain footage, images or artwork not created by entrant or which entrant has not obtained a license to use in conjunction with the Submission.
   • The Submission must not contain material that is confidential to your employer.
   • The Submission must not contain inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
   • The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and
   • The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where Submission is created.

   For All Submissions: Limit: You may submit one (1) Submission during the Submission Phase of the Contest Period. You may submit any non-winning Submission into a subsequent My First Big Gig contest; if you do so, votes will be reset to zero for the new contest. Submissions received from any person or email address in excess of the stated limit will be void. Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. Entrant must have permission from all individuals (if any) who appear in the Submission to use their names and likenesses in the Submission and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested by Sponsor, entrant must be able to provide such permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor. Uploading a Submission constitutes entrant's consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Submission in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If necessary, entrant will sign any necessary documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected Submissions, all of which will be void.

   In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder, at time of entry, of the email address used to register for the Contest 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. The entrant may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

6. Winner Determination: Winners will be determined according to the process set forth below. (a) Voting Phase: During the applicable Voting Phase, all eligible Submissions will be posted in an online gallery for public voting at http://www.mitx.org/youtube_contest_rules.cfm. Members of the public over age thirteen (13) will be invited to vote for the Submission they believe is best. Limit: Each voter may vote one (1) time per day during the Voting Phase. Multiple votes received from any person or email address after the first vote received from that person or email address in a given calendar day will be void. Entrants are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Subject to the entrant's compliance with these Official Rules, the ten (10) entrants whose Submissions receive the highest number of valid votes during the applicable Voting Phase will move on the Judging Phase. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to include more than ten (10) Submissions in the Judging Phase in the event of a tie between Submissions during the Voting Phase.
   
   

   For the Voting Phase: Multiple voters are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any voter to submit more than the stated number of votes by using multiple/different email addresses, identities or any other method will void that voter's Submission(s) (if any) and votes and he/she will be disqualified from further participation in the Contest. Use of script, macro or any other automated system to vote is prohibited and all such votes will be void. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9 below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, garbled, delayed, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected votes, which will be void. In the event of a dispute as to any vote, the authorized account holder of the email address used to vote will be deemed to be the voter.

   (b) Judging Phase: During the Judging Phase, a panel of qualified judges determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will judge the twelve (12) Submissions that received the highest number of votes and will select the entrant with the best Submission based on the following criteria ("Judging Criteria"):

   • Creativity/Originality (33%);
   • Quality (33%); and
   • Fit with the Contest Theme of My First Big Gig (34%)
     3 winners will be awarded in the following categories: Coolest Place to Work, Funniest Video, and Most Creative.
     
7. Winner Requirements: Potential winners will be notified by email, mail or phone within approximately seven (7) days after the end of the applicable Judging Phase, as set forth in the chart above. Each potential winner will be required to execute and return to Administrator, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release ("Affidavit") in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within a reasonable time period, fails to execute and return the Affidavit within the required time period, is not in compliance with these Official Rules, or prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the prize may be awarded to a runner-up, if any, at Sponsor's sole discretion. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner's name, city, state, province, likeness, photo, Submission and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Without limiting the generality of these Official Rules, each winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the Submission and all renewals and extensions of copyright, and the right to secure copyright registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without limitation, the rights to use the Submission for any and all purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity. Each winner accepts and acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the Submission and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to refrain from using the Submission. Sponsor shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any exploitation of its rights hereunder. Each winner will indemnify Sponsor, Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) and any licensee of Sponsor against all claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these terms.
8. Prizes: Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Limit: One (1) prize per person. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion.
9. Release: By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor/Administrator, MITX, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the Submission process the voting, or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated Submissions. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys' fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
11. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Submission process or the Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Submissions or votes or the tabulating of votes, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Submissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission.
12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Massachusetts or the appropriate Massachusetts State Court located in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A. or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A..
13. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to MITX Privacy Policy, http://www.mitx.org/privacy.cfm.
14. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than January 1, 2010. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: "My First Big Gig, Winner List Request," to info@mitx.org.