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Acrobat
Insider: Success Story Contest Official
Rules
Participation in the Acrobat Insider: Success
Story Contest ("Contest") constitutes Contestant's full and
unconditional agreement to acceptance of these Official Rules.
Cadalyst will conduct one contest each quarter. One
(1) winner will be selected at the end of each quarter. The Contest
is conducted by Cadalyst Magazine on behalf of Questex
Media ("Sponsor").
(1) Timing: The Summer
Contest begins on June 5, 2006 and ends on September 1, 2006.
The Fall Contest begins on September 4 and ends on December 1,
2006. Entries for each contest must be received no later than
11:59 pm Pacific Time on the final day of the
contest.
(2) Eligibility: Contest is open to
all individuals age 18 years or older who are residents of the
United States. Employees and the immediate families of
Questex Media and/or Adobe Systems are not eligible to enter.
All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply.
Void where prohibited.
(3) Categories & Judging:
Each entry must meet the requirements, as specified below
in section 4. Any non-conforming entries will be disqualified.
Altered, defaced, mutilated, illegible or incomplete Entry Forms are
not eligible and will result in disqualification of entry. After
each entry is screened for compliance with the entry requirements,
it will be judged by Adobe Systems. The judges' decisions are final
and binding. The entries shall be judge based on the following
information: (a) What were your Challenges; (b) What was the
Solution; and (c) What benefits did you/your company realize? Please
quantify your answer with examples from any of the following: (d)
number of workgroups involved; (e) number of man hours saved off a
development cycle, decision process, etc.; (f) number of revisions
you reduced; (g) number of people communicated to; and (h) cost
savings.
(4) How To Enter: Application entry
forms are exclusively available from www.cadalyst.com/successstorycontest.
Complete the entry form online in its entirety. E-mail the entry in
PDF format to successstorycontest@cadalyst.com. By submitting an
entry or example PDF files you warrant that you are authorized to
submit the information on the Contest form and that the Contest form
does not contain information considered by your place of business or
any other third party to be confidential. Any entry not complying
with the above entry requirements will not be eligible for any
prize. One entry per person. In all cases, entries and example PDF
files become the property of Questex Media. Entries will not
be acknowledged or returned. Questex Media accepts no responsibility
for entries that are lost or damaged in transit. Questex Media shall
not be liable for direct, indirect or consequential loss that
results from the loss or damage of any entry.
(5)
Prizes: One (1) winner will be selected from each contest.
Each winner will receive one (1) Sony PlayStation Portable and a $100 Gift Card to Buy.com, valued at
$399.00 USD. Because this is a contest of skill, winning is dependent
upon the quality of entries received. No alternative prize, cash or
other substitution is allowed except by Questex Media in the event
of prize unavailability. Prizes are
non-assignable/nontransferable. All federal, state, provincial
and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the
winners.
(6) Winner Notification: The winner
will be notified by e-mail within 20 days after the drawing. The
winner will be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of
eligibility and liability release within 7 days of prize
notification. Taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the
winner. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is
ineligible, fails to claim prize or fails to comply with any term or
condition of these Official Rules, prize may be forfeited and an
alternate winner selected.
(7) General Terms and
Conditions: Questex Media is not responsible for and shall
not be liable for: (i) lost, late, delayed, damaged, incomplete,
illegible, unintelligible or misdirected entries; (ii) telephone,
electronic, hardware or software program network, Internet or
computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties of any kind; (iii)
failed, incomplete, partial, garbled or delayed computer
transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the
control of Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or
corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising
in connection with or as a result of a prize or acceptance,
possession or use of a prize or from participation in the Contest;
or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials
associated with the Contest. Questex Media reserves the right to
suspend, cancel or modify the Contest at any time. Each Contestant
agrees to release and hold Questex Media and Adobe Systems harmless
from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any
kind in connection with the Contest or resulting from acceptance,
possession or use of any prize; including, without limitation,
personal injury, death, property damage and claims based upon
intellectual property infringement, public rights, defamation or
invasion of privacy. Each Contestant agrees that Questex Media's
only obligation is to submit entries from eligible Contestants to
Adobe Systems according to the procedures and criteria set forth in
these Official Rules and award the prize as set forth herein to
winners subject to the terms and conditions herein. Contestant
agrees that Questex Media's obligation is fair and adequate
consideration for any entry submitted and that Contestant is not
entitled to and shall not seek any further compensation. Each
Contestant agrees that if his or her entry is selected as a winning
entry, as a condition of receiving a prize, Contestant shall sign a
license agreement granting Questex Media and Adobe Systems a
royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use,
reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify
for purposes of publicly performing and publicly displaying and
prepare derivative works based upon winner's entry for the purposes
of advertising and promoting Adobe products and for inclusion in and
distribution with Adobe products. Each Contestant further agrees to
execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate such license.
Each Contestant agrees that by submitting an entry, he or she allows
the use of his or her name, likeness and/or voice in publicity or
advertising relating to the Contest without
compensation.
(8) Winners List: A Winners
list will be posted on www.cadalyst.com/successstorycontest
15 days after the prize is awarded.
BY ENTERING THIS
CONTEST ENTRANTS CONSENT AND GIVE CADALYST AND ADOBE
SYSTEMS THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, LICENSE, SELL, MARKET
AND OTHERWISE USE ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON ENTRANTS
OBTAINED THROUGH THE REGISTRATION, FOR MARKETING PURPOSES OR ANY
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