So you think you can Potty Dance?

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Video contest rules after the jump.

VIDEO CONTEST RULES
Pull-Ups® Training Pants So You Think You Can Potty Dance Video Contest
Offical Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: Pull-Ups® Training Pants So You Think You Can Potty Dance Video Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and D.C.) and Canada (excl. Quebec) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and who did not purchase any products, services or equipment for the purposes of entering this Contest. Employees of Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, Yahoo! Inc., ePrize, LLC, 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. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, municipal, territorial, provincial, and local laws and regulations. Void in Quebec and where prohibited.
2. Sponsor: Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, U.S.A. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 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 February 13, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (”ET”), ends on April 25, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”) and consists of three (3) phases as set forth in the chart below.
Phase Starts at 12:00 a.m. ET Ends at 11:59 p.m. ET
Submission February 13, 2009 March 20, 2009
Judging March 21, 2009 March 28, 2009
Voting March 29, 2009 April 25, 2009

Administrator’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.

5. How to Enter: During the Submission Phase, visit http://www.dothepottydance.com and follow the links and instructions to register for the Contest. Complete the registration, including a valid home mailing address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. Submit one (1) video of your child doing his/her “potty dance” along with a short description (not to exceed one hundred (100) words) to receive one (1) entry into the Contest (the “Submission”). Entrant must be a parent/legal guardian of the child depicted in the Submission By uploading your Submission, you agree that your Submission 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 be in avi, dv, mov, qt, mpg, mpg2, mpg4, 3gp, 3g2, asf, or wmv format;
• The Submission must not exceed 15 to 120 seconds in length;
• The Submission must not exceed 30MB in size; 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 visible genitalia at any point;
• 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 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 other than Pull-Ups® Training Pants, which entrant has permission to use for the sole purpose of creating and uploading a Submission in this Contest;
• The Submission must not contain footage, images or artwork not created by entrant;
• The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, distasteful, 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 Submission: All Submission will become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt and publish any or all of the Submissions, and may use them in any media without attribution or compensation to the entrant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity. ENTERING A SUBMISSION IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ENTRANT’S IRREVOCABLE ASSIGNMENT, CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFERENCE TO SPONSOR OF ANY AND ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE VIDEO INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL COPYRIGHTS. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible or misdirected Submissions, which are disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Submission it determines to be obsene or distasteful, in its sole discretion. Limit: Each entrant may enter one (1) Submission during the Submission Phase.

In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holderof 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) Judging Phase: During the Judging Phase, a panel of qualified judges determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will select the ten (10) highest scoring Submissions (the “Finalists”) from among all eligible Submissions based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):

• Creativity (33%);
• Entertainment Value (33%); and
• Fit to Contest Theme (34%).

In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score in the Fit to Contest Theme category, as determined by the qualified judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the applicable Finalist. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than ten (10) Finalists, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions.

(b) Voting Phase: During the Voting Phase, the Finalists’ Submissions will be posted in an online gallery at http://www.dothepottydance.com. The public will be invited to vote for the Submission they believe is best. Limit: Each voter may vote one (1) time during the Voting Phase. The Entry that receives the highest number of votes during the Voting Phase will be the potential Grand Prize winner. In its sole discretion, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate Grand Prize winner should the voting appear to have been tampered with or manipulated in any way. In case of a tie, the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will select the potential winner from the tied Entries based on the scores receieved during the Juding 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. 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.

7. Winner Requirements: Potential winners will be notified by mail, email or phone on or around April 27, 2009. The potential Grand Prize winner (parent/legal guardian if a minor in his/her place of residence) 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”) or Declarataion of Compliance (if winner is a Canadian resident) in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Affidavit or Declaration of Compliance within the required time period (if applicable), does not comply with these Official Rules, or prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, 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. Only three (3) alternate winners will be selected through this process, after which the applicable prize will remain un-awarded. Prize will be awarded 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Contest. 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 (or province), likeness, video, 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.

8. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 gift card that can be used toward a big kid room makeover (terms and conditions of gift card apply). Approximate Retail Value: $5,000 USD. Prize is non-transferable and no substitution or cash redemption will be permitted unless Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value, in its sole discretion. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and any other costs, expenses or fees associated with prize acceptance and/or use not specified herein as being provided.

9. Release: By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Yahoo! Inc., Administrator 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 or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or those of 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 Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (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 Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
13. Entrant’s Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html) and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (http://www.pull-ups.com/na/privacy.aspx).

14. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than August 27, 2009. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: “Pull-Ups® Training Pants So You Think You Can Potty Dance Video Contest, Winner List Request,” to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.

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