[RULES] Awaken Your Inner Artist: Fan-art Contest

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Skylanders™ Ring of Heroes Fanart Contest
Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
THE CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO THESE RULES, AND BY ENTERING, ALL PARTICIPANTS (OR THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 18) AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE RULES. PLEASE THESE RULES CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING.

1. Sponsor: Skylanders™ Ring of Heroes Fanart Art Contest (“Contest”) is sponsored by Com2uS Corporation (the “Sponsor”), with registered office at 12F, A-dong, BYC Highcity B/D, 131, Gasan digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 08506, Republic of Korea.
2. Eligibility: Contest is only open to those who are 13 years of age or older. Contest is void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. A participant’s entry into the Contest will be deemed to be a representation that the participant is 18 years of age or older or between the ages of 13 and 18 and entering this Contest with the permission of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Rules. If you are a parent or legal guardian agreeing to these Rules for the benefit of a child between the ages of 13 and 18, you are fully responsible for his or her entry in the contest, including without limitation any legal liability that he or she may incur.

Employees of Sponsor, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, prize suppliers and each of their immediate family members and those living in the same household (whether legally related or not) of each are not eligible to enter or win.

1. How to Enter: To enter, participant must create an original illustration piece(“Artwork”) related to the mobile game “Skylanders™ Ring of Heroes” (the “Game”) and submit it on the official forum at https://forum.com2us.com/forum/skyla...ring-of-heroes (“Forum”) within in accordance with the rules specified in the Contest announcement (“Announcement”). Artwork must remain posted to the Post through winner announcement date; Artworks hidden or removed from the Post prior to the winner selection date are void. Entries generated by robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated means or by any means which subvert the entry process will be disqualified.

This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, MH Sub I, LLC (“vBulletin”) or Activision Blizzard International B.V. (“Activision”). All entry data provided online is provided to Sponsor and not to vBulletin.

1. Content Restrictions: Participant must not include any of the following content in any entry: (a) pornography, adult-oriented content or any other sexually-explicit material; (b) materials relating to lotteries or gambling; (c) explicit language or content, images of violence, or promotion of illegal activities; (d) content in violation of intellectual property rights or laws; (e) libelous, defamatory, disparaging, tortious or slanderous materials; (f) content that denigrates, disparages or reflects negatively on the Sponsor or Activision, their owners and employees, or the Game; (g) tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol or drugs; (h) dangerous stunts; (i) real weapons of any kind including, but not limited to, guns, knives or projectiles; (j) material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other basis protected by federal, state, territory, provincial or local law, ordinance, or regulation; (k) individuals under legal age of majority without providing a signed release from parent or legal guardian; (l) audio and/or visual content owned by any third party; and (m) material that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state/territory/province where the entry is created. Any entry that does not comply with the foregoing, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, will be disqualified and eliminated from consideration.
2. Intellectual Property: By submitting the Artwork as part of this Contest, each participant acknowledges and agrees that:
   1. Participant irrevocably grants to the Sponsor, its agents, licensees, and assigns the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to copyright, reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works of, exhibit, and otherwise use the Artwork or any part thereof as-is or edited (with or without using any participant’s name) in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from any participant or any other party.
   2. Participant forever waives any rights of copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights and any other legal or moral rights that may preclude the Sponsor’s use of the Artwork, or require any participant’s permission for the Sponsor to use the Artwork.
   3. Participant agrees not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim or lawsuit against the Sponsor on the grounds that use of the Artwork, or any derivative works thereof, infringes any rights that any participant or third party may have as creator (or co-creator) of the Artwork including, without limitation, copyrights, trademark rights and moral rights.
   4. Participant irrevocably grants to Sponsor, its agents, licensees and assigns an unconditional, worldwide, royalty-free and perpetual right and permission to use the participant’s name, image, voice and other likenesses that are included in the Artwork or which are shared with Sponsor as part of participant’s participation in the Contest, in any media now known or later invented for any commercial purpose, including without limitation advertising or marketing of Sponsor’s products and services, without further compensation or the right to approve such uses.
3. Winner Selection and Notification: After the Entry Period has ended, potential winners will be selected according to the selection process set out in the Announcement. The potential winners may be contacted after the date of selection at his/her Forum account that was used to enter the Contest, and may be asked to submit additional personal information in order to confirm eligibility and award the prize. Potential winners may also be asked to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility or Declaration of Compliance (as may be applicable given the location of the potential prize winner) unless this is prohibited by law. If the potential winners cannot be contacted, fails to respond to the notification within the required time period (if applicable), or fails to sign and return the Affidavit or Declaration within the required time period (if applicable), he/she will be disqualified.

The winners will be announced by Sponsor on the Forum no later than thirty (30) days after all winners have been confirmed.

1. Prizes: Once confirmed, the prize winners will receive the prize in the Announcement.

The prize awarded are in-game items that have no cash value. No cash or other substitution is allowed except by the Sponsor who may substitute a prize (or component thereof) with another prize (or component thereof) of equal or greater value, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. A prize (or part thereof) is not transferable or refundable and must be accepted as awarded. The participants are responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Participants will be responsible for payment and reporting of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt and usage of a prize. Sponsor may report the receipt of any prize to the appropriate federal, state, or local taxing agency(ies). Please allow at least thirty (30) days from completion of the selection process for the in-game prizes to be reflected in the participants’ accounts.

1. 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 beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Inability to comply with any and terms and stipulations in these Rules will result in disqualification of the Contest.

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Any attempt to 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 from any person responsible for the attempt to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event a Contest winner engages in behavior that (as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion) is obnoxious, inappropriate, threatening, illegal, or intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person or Sponsor, or is an abuse of the entry limitation of one (1) entry per person/in-game username, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Contest, select a different potential Contest winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries, or withdraw the applicable prize.

1. Limitations On Liability: Sponsor, Activision, each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related entities, and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing entities (the “Contest Entities”) are not responsible for illegible, lost, late, damaged, inaccurate, delayed, incomplete, unintelligible, non-delivered, misdirected, garbled, or stolen entries; or for incomplete, inaccurate, lost, interrupted or unavailable network, satellite, telephone networks or lines, cellular towers or equipment (including handsets), computer on-line systems, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs, servers or providers, or other connections, availability or accessibility; or for unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; or miscommunications, technical failure; or for jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or for any other errors or problems of any kind, whether typographical, printing, human, technical, mechanical, electronic, network or otherwise, including, without limitation, any errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or Forum, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified (and all associated entries will be void), and Sponsor reserves the right to terminate such participant’s eligibility to participate in this or any other promotional events offered by Sponsor. Contest Entities are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from the Forum. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Contest, and if terminated, randomly select winners from all non-suspect, eligible entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
2. IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTEST ENTITIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE FORUM AND CONTEST POSTING IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
3. Privacy Policy: All information submitted to Sponsor by participants is subject to and will be treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy accessible at https://terms.withhive.com/terms/policy/view/M121/T75. By participating in Contest, participants agree that Sponsor may collect and use their personal information in compliance with its Privacy Policy and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
4. Disputes: Except where prohibited, all participants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved exclusively by the appropriate court located in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. Except where prohibited, each participant 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; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, and in no event will participant be permitted to obtain attorneys' fees or other legal costs; (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"); and (4) participant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. California law, without reference to California choice of law rules, governs the Contest and all aspects related thereto.
5. Interpretation: If any terms herein are inconsistent with the Announcement, the terms in the Announcement shall prevail and control.