What is Boston? (the "Promotion") - 2008 Official Rules and Regulations.

1. VIDEO CLIP SUBMISSION DATES: Submissions will be accepted beginning Friday, February, 15 2008 at 12:01 p.m. local time, Boston, MA and ending Monday, March 10, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. local time, Boston, MA ("Promotion Period"). Three grand prize winning videos will be selected by a panel of Boston.com employees and the winning videos will be showcased on Boston.com on Friday, March 14, 2008. Selection of winners is at the sole discretion of Boston.com.

2. HOW IT WORKS: Contest entrants must create an original video clip of not shorter than fifteen (15) seconds or longer than two (2) minutes describing what Boston means to them. Topics are unrestricted and can depict a person, place, thing, idea or whatever else the entrant feels truly captures the Boston spirit. Promotion is not confined by city limits - submission themes and subjects may encompass greater Boston or any Massachusetts suburb.

3. WHO MAY SUBMIT A CLIP: Entrants must be legal residents of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and age 18 and over. The following are not eligible: employees, contractors, directors and officers of Boston.com ("Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and Promotion agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Promotion (collectively, "Promotion Parties"), and the immediate family members of each (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and spouse or "step" of each) and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Promotion).

4. HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO CLIP: Entrants may enter online by visiting Boston.com and following the on-screen instructions to enter.

5. VIDEO CLIP REQUIREMENTS: There is no purchase necessary to enter. Clips submitted online must be the original work of the submitter, may not have been previously published, may not have won previous awards, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the video contains any material or elements that are not owned by the submitter and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the submitter is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the clip, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of submission by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these terms, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the clip. If any identifiable person appearing in the video is under the age of majority in his/her state of residence, the parent or legal guardian is required to provide permission. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any submitter at any time. By submitting a video, submitter warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the video consent to its posting on Boston.com and any other use at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entries must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements; may not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; may not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not violate any copyrights. Entries containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will not be eligible for entry. Sponsor makes the final determination as to which Entries are eligible. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents the unconditional right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the Entrant, whether or not such Entry is selected as a winning Entry. Entries not following these requirements will be considered void and will not be considered in this Promotion.

Entries must be between 15 seconds and 2 minutes in length. Videos over 2 minutes may be removed and disregarded at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Submissions must comply with the following content guidelines to be eligible:
Content cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; Content cannot include or promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the aforementioned), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; Content cannot be obscene or offensive or endorse any form of hate or hate group; Content cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or other products, people or companies; Content cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; Content cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) without permission; Content cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission; Content cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and Content cannot depict and cannot itself be in violation of any law or otherwise.

Sponsor reserves the right to remove or disqualify any submission for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion.

By submitting a video, submitter hereby grants permission (without limiting any other rights granted hereunder) for his/her video to be posted on Boston.com for viewing by visitors to the web site and any other use at Sponsor’s discretion. In addition to a submitter's video, Boston.com reserves the right to post sample videos on Boston.com that it has created in connection with the program that will enable a submitter to get an idea as to the nature of submissions Sponsor is seeking. These sample videos will not be included in the video review. Sponsor is not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any video. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any video.


6. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Three entries will be chosen by Boston.com as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grand prize winners. The three grand prize winners’ videos will be showcased on Boston.com on Friday, March 14, 2008.

The three grand prize winning videos will be selected based on the following criteria:
(1) Best portrayal of "local"
(2) Uniqueness to Boston or Greater Boston
(3) Creativity
(4) Conveys Boston Pride
(5) Appropriate for public consumption

The final selection of winners is the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor.

PRIZES:
THREE (3) GRAND PRIZES
The grand prizes are not specified and will be determined by the Sponsor prior to Friday, March 14, 2008. Prizes will be chosen based on a common Boston theme and is at the discretion of Boston.com. Prizes can be added and changed by the Sponsor throughout the promotional period.

OTHER PRIZES:
In order to maximize participation, during the course of the Promotion Period, the Sponsor may award prizes to the first group of Entrants who submit on a designated day ("Subcontest"). Any such Subcontest shall be announced on Boston.com on the day of such Subcontest. Subcontest prizes are awarded at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Such prizes may also be subject to additional terms and conditions.

No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize in whole or in part with another prize of comparable or greater value if the intended prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Prize winners are solely responsible for any taxes on their prize, and Grand Prize Winners will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the MSRP of the prize. The Grand Prize is non-transferable. By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules and Sponsors Privacy Policy (available at Boston.com) which are final and binding in all respects and applied at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. Grand Prize Winners will be notified by email and will be required to complete, sign, notarize and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release within five (5) days of attempted notification or else the Grand Prize may be forfeited. If the potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release within the required time period, or if he/she is otherwise ineligible to receive the prize, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. Except where prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor to use winner's name, hometown, likeness, statements and other personally identifiable information for promotional, advertising and marketing purposes in any media throughout the world without additional prize, incentive, consideration, consent or review; and upon request, the winner will provide written consent to such use. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

If for any reason the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who is responsible or who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, modify or terminate the Promotion or any part of the Promotion. This Promotion is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with venue in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and all claims must be resolved in the federal or state courts located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Promotion or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Promotion. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor or Promotion Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Promotion: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the Web Site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Web Site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Promotion, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Promotion, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Promotion. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of Web Site is at user's own risk. Sponsor and the Promotion Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Promotion, use of the Web Site or the download of any information from the Web Site. By participating in the Promotion, Entrant agrees to release and hold Sponsor and Promotion Parties harmless from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant's participation in the Promotion. By accepting a prize in the Promotion, winners agree that the Sponsor and Promotion Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Promotion, acceptance or use of any prize.

WINNERS' LIST/RULES REQUEST: For winner names or Official Rules, send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2008 specifying "Winner List" or "Rules Request" to: "Boston.com What is Boston? Winners List" or "Rules Request", c/o Boston.com 320 Congress Street, MA, 02210.

SPONSOR: Boston.com