THE WWE
"ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?"
ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST
2007 OFFICIAL RULES


NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

  1. CONTEST DESCRIPTION/TIMING: THE WWE "ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?" ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST ("Contest") is an online photo contest in which eligible Contestants ("Contestants) upload a photograph of themselves that demonstrates how they "have grown up". (i.e.: Was a gawky teenager, is now a beautiful adult). Between 12:00:01 AM (ET) on March 19, 2007 and 11:59:59 PM (ET) on April 2, 2007 ("Contest Period"), participating contestants must visit http://www.dotphoto.com to enter.
  2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older as of March19, 2007. Employees of dotPhoto, Inc. ("Sponsor"), NMA Entertainment & Marketing, Inc. ("Administrator"), and each of their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, prize providers, participating retail locations and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and members of the immediate family and persons living in the same household of each are ineligible.
  3. TO ENTER: There is one (1) way to enter THE WWE "ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?" ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST. (1) Online: To enter, contestants will visit http://www.dotphoto.com during the Contest Period where they will be directed to click on the contest link, instructed on how to complete the dotPhoto.com online free member registration form and how to upload their photo. Photograph must be submitted in a JPEG (.JPG) OR .GIF image file and cannot exceed 500K in file size or entry will not be accepted. Once you have completed attaching your photograph file, you must click the "Submit" button to enter during the Contest Period. Entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM (ET) on April 2, 2007. Photograph must be in keeping with the Sponsor's images and may not be offensive nor can they defame or invade upon the publicity rights or privacy of any person or otherwise infringe upon any person or entity's personal or proprietary rights, as determined by the judges in their sole discretion. Incomplete entries and entries not complying with all rules are subject to disqualification. No correspondence regarding entries will be acknowledged or entered into with Contestants. By entering, each Contestant forfeits to Sponsor all rights to the content of his/her entry (including photograph) and the concepts embodied therein. Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. In case of a dispute as to the owner of an online entry, online entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address from which the entry is made. The authorized account holder is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any Contestant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the Contestant (such as, but not limited to depictions of buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such entry, in a form satisfactory to judges. Entries must be Contestant's original work and never been copyrighted or, if copyrighted, that contestant is the sole copyright owner. Contestant's information will be used solely for identification purposes. Multiple unique entries may be submitted anytime during the Contest Period. The same picture may not be uploaded more than once. Each Contestant grants to Sponsors, their successors, licensees and assigns the irrevocable, non-exclusive right to use the entry submission in connection with the Contest and any advertising, publicity, and promotion, in any manner at any time or place, in any present or future media, throughout the world in perpetuity. By entering, each Contestant unconditionally assigns and transfers to Sponsor all rights, title, and interest in and to his or her photograph, including, without limitation, the copyright therein. Sponsor shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate or alter the entry submission for any purpose which Sponsor deem necessary or desirable. Neither Contestants nor winners shall be entitled to receive any compensation or credit for use of entries, other than that disclosed in these Official Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected entries or entries not received within the required timeframe. Entries not containing the required information, and entries not submitted in the required format will be disqualified. Proof of delivery or receipt of entry will not be deemed by Sponsor (defined below) as proof of entry. Any attempted form of entry other than described herein is void. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
  4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES: Each person who enters this Contest represents and warrants to Sponsor as follows: (i) the photograph is the Contestant's own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii) the photograph is wholly original with Contestant and as of the date of submission, is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iii) the photograph neither infringes upon nor violates the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity; (iv) the photograph does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory, libelous, pornographic, obscene, harmful, threatening, profane, abusive, harassing, tortious, vulgar, or which may give rise to civil or criminal liability under applicable law; libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; harmful to minors in any way; Any submission deemed inappropriate by the Sponsor in any manner will automatically be disqualified and taken off the site.
  5. JUDGING/WINNER SELECTION: One (1) Grand Prize Winner, One (1) First Prize Winner and One (1) Second Prize Winners. All entries will be judged and winner determined based on the following criteria: 50% - theme, 25% - originality, 25% - image quality and composition. Judging will be performed by the dotPhoto.com Photo Editorial Staff, whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this Contest. The entry with the highest score will be declared the Grand Prize Winner, subject to verification. The next entry with the highest score will be declared the First Prize winner. The next entry with the highest score will be declared the Second Prize Winner. In the event of a tie, the entries involved in the tie are subject to review by an additional judge who will serve as a tiebreaker and who will evaluate entries according to criteria listed above. Becoming a winner is subject to validation and verification of eligibility and compliance with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules. Winning Contestants will be notified via phone or express or regular mail on or about April 9, 2007. As a condition of winning the Grand Prize, the Contestant will be required to sign and return, within fourteen (14) days of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release from Liability ("Release") and a statement affirming the winner's grant of all rights in the submission and the right to (where legal) use winner's name, likenesses and entry in all media for promotional purposes to Sponsor and certifying that the submission is the original submission of the Contestant, the Contestant has full rights to the submission, that it has not been previously published, released or distributed, does not infringe any third party rights and is suitable for publication. Failure to return any documents within the time specified or failure to respond to notification attempts or return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
  6. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive one (1) flat panel HDTV and a future WWE pay-per-view event, presented in the form of a prepaid gift card in the amount of the most expensive WWE pay-per-view event of the 2007 calendar year (Estimated Retail Value ("ERV"): $2050). One (1) First Prize winner will receive one (1) Canon Power Shot 6.0 megapixel digital ELPH camera (ERV: $200). One (1) Second Prize winner will receive one (1) $50 gift card to dotPhoto.com (ERV: $50). All prizes will be awarded, provided there are a sufficient number of eligible entries received. No transfer or substitution for the prize will be permitted, except at Sponsor's sole discretion due to prize unavailability for any reason, and only then for a prize of greater or equal value determined by Sponsor shall be allowed. All taxes and any other costs not specifically stated within these Official Rules are the sole responsibility of the winners. All guarantees and warranties of merchandise prizes are subject to the manufacturers' terms and conditions, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty or guarantee claim. All terms & conditions related to gift certificate will apply. Limit one (1) prize per person.
  7. GENERAL: Contest is governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, with venue and jurisdiction in Stamford, CT and all claims must be resolved in the courts of Stamford, CT. By entering, Contestant agrees: (1) to release Sponsor and Administrator from all liability, loss or damage arising out of their participation in the Contest and with respect to their acceptance and use/misuse of the prizes; (2) to be bound by these official rules; (3) that the decisions of the judges are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest; and (4) where legal, to the use of their names, likenesses and entry submissions for advertising and promotional purposes in all media worldwide (including online) without additional compensation, except in Tennessee and where otherwise prohibited by law. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes. Grand Prize Winner, will be issued an IRS 1099 Income Tax Form in the amount of the Prize. An entry, except where prohibited by law, constitutes a grant of permission to the Sponsor or their agents to include winners' names on the http://www.wwe.com site and in connection with a Winners' List without further notice or without additional compensation.
  8. dotPhoto.com ("Sponsor"), NMA Entertainment & Marketing, Inc. ("Administrator"), and each of their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, prize providers, participating retail locations and each of their respective officers, directors, and employees ("Releasees") are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, or stolen entries or transmissions, or problems of any kind, including but not limited to printing errors, whether mechanical, human or electronic. Releasees are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, inability to access a website or submit an online entry form, or upload and/or submit a photograph, fraud, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions or inaccurate transcription of entry information, whether caused by the Sponsors, users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may damage a user's system or limit a participant's ability to participate in the promotion. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend part or all of this Contest at any time without notice, if in the judges' opinion there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if virus, bugs non-authorized human intervention or other causes corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or integrity and proper play of the Contest. In such event, Sponsor may void any entries they suspect are at issue and award prizes from among all eligible entries received up to the date of cancellation. Caution: Any attempt by an Contestant or any other individual to deliberately damage the website or any online service related to this promotion or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserve the right to seek damages (including attorney's fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify entrants who violate the rules or interfere with this Contest in any manner. If an entrant is disqualified, Sponsors reserve the right to terminate that Contestant's eligibility to participate in the Contest.
  9. WINNERS' LIST: For a list of winners, available after April 23, 2007 send a stamped, self addressed envelope to be postmarked no later than April 23, 2007 and received no later than April 30, 2007, to: THE WWE "ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?" ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST WINNER'S LIST, 460 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016. VT residents may omit return postage.
  10. RULES REQUEST: For a copy of the official rules please visit http://www.dotphoto.com and click on THE WWE "ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?" ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST link or send a stamped, self addressed envelope to be postmarked no later than April2, 2007, and received no later than April 13, 2007, to: THE WWE "ARE YOU ALL GROWN UP?" ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST RULES REQUEST, 460 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016. VT residents may omit return postage.

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