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Grouply 2008 Spring Contest — Official Rules

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NO ENTRY FEE. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The Contest begins on April 15, 2008 and ends on May 31, 2008.

1. Overview: Thanks for being a loyal Grouply user. As you know, your Grouply experience improves as more of your fellow group members use it. Now is your chance to invite your friends and fellow group members to Grouply and earn a chance to win either an iPod Touch music player or a Nintendo Wii game system!

Just click the Invite to Grouply link (upper right of any page in Grouply) and invite your friends and groups. For each person that signs up for Grouply between April 15 and May 31, 2008 based on your referral, you will receive one entry in the contest. So the more people you get to sign up, the better your chances of winning. Plus each friend or group member who signs up gets one entry as well! We will choose the winners on June 1, 2008.

2. Eligibility: The Grouply Spring Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the U.S. (as well as any jurisdiction where not expressly forbidden by law), aged eighteen (18) or older as of April 15, 2008 who have a valid and active Grouply login as the end of the contest. Employees, advisors, and consultants of Grouply and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, fulfillment or other coordinating agencies, individuals providing services to Grouply through an outsourcer or temporary employment agency during the Contest period, and their respective immediate family members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to enter in the Contest. Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules & Regulations (“Official Rules”). VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

3. To Enter: You may enter the Contest as follows:

(i) Referrals: Login to Grouply and click the Invite to Grouply link (upper right of any page in Grouply) to invite your friends and groups. Each invite sent via the Invite to Grouply page includes a personalized registration link that tracks your referral. Each person who registers with Grouply using your personalized registration link will represent a single entry in the contest.

(ii) Registration: Each person who registers with Grouply for the first time during the contest period (i.e., does not have a Grouply login before April 15, 2008) also receives an entry in the contest. If a person registers for the first time during the contest period, he may also receive additional entries through referrals (see Section 3 (i) above).

Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. Entrants with duplicate entries or registrations or false or phony registrations will be disqualified.

Entrants violating any of these Official Rules may be disqualified.

4. Prizes and Odds: There will be four (4) prizes available to be awarded from the Contest as follows:

(a) Two (2) iPod Touch music players, each with retail value of approximately $399.

(b) Two (2) Nintendo Wii game systems, each with retail value of approximately $350-$500.
There will be four (4) winners chosen as follows:

The two individuals with the most contest entries win an iPod Touch and a Nintendo Wii. The individual with the most entries gets to choose first.
One winner will be randomly chosen from among all the entries for one iPod Touch.
One winner will be randomly chosen from among all the entries for one Nintendo Wii.

Winners will be notified by e-mail. The odds of winning a prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received. For any prize, Grouply has the option to substitute cash or a prize of equal or greater value. Grouply will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. Winners are solely responsible for any and all federal, state, provincial and local taxes, if any, that apply to prizes.

Total value of all prizes to be awarded: $1500-$2800 (U.S.).

5. Notification of Winners and Delivery of Prizes: Winners will be notified by e-mail within two (2) business days of the prize drawing, and may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release within seven (7) days of notification. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize and/or where applicable an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release is not timely received, is incomplete or modified, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from remaining valid, eligible entries timely submitted. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account specified in the entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. No automatically generated entries will be accepted.

6. General Rules: By entering the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules. The Contest is offered by Grouply, which is not responsible for (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, postage-due, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether by e-mail or postal mail or otherwise; (ii) theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials; or (iii) phone, electrical, network, computer, hardware, software program or transmission malfunctions, failures or difficulties.

You further agree to release, indemnify, defend and hold Grouply and their parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, sponsors and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies, and assigns, and any other organizations related to the Contest, harmless, from any and all claims, injuries, damages, expenses or losses to person or property and/or liabilities of any nature that in any way arise from participation in this Contest or acceptance or use of a prize or parts thereof, including without limitation (i) any condition caused by events beyond Grouply’s control that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (ii) any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Contest; and (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. Winners agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and the decisions of the judges are final.

IN NO EVENT WILL GROUPLY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT GROUPLY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

7. Additional Conditions: Except where prohibited, by participating in the Contest, you consent to the use of your name, photo and/or likeness, biographical information, entry and statements attributed to entrant (if true) for advertising and promotional purposes, including without limitation, inclusion in Grouply’ newsletters, the Contest website and Grouply’s homepages at www.grouply.com, without additional compensation. All entries, as applicable, become property of Grouply and none will be acknowledged or returned.

Grouply reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest in whole or in part, in the event of fraud, technical or other difficulties or if the integrity of the Contest is compromised, without liability to the entrant. Grouply reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or winner, as determined by Grouply, in their sole discretion. Contest is subject to these Official Rules and all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. As stated above, the Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. By participating in this Contest, you acknowledge that you have read these official Rules and agree to abide by them and by the decisions of Grouply, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest. These Official Rules are governed by the law of the State of California, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action, suit or case arising out of, or in connection with, this Contest or these Official Rules must be brought in either the federal courts located in the Southern district of California or the state courts located in Los Angeles County, California.

Grouply may collect personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy and as may be more specifically set forth in these Official Rules. Please review these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy at http://blog.grouply.com/privacy-policy. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants hereby agree to Grouply’s collection and use of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy.

8. Winner’s List: Winners will be posted on http://blog.grouply.com/. For a list of prize winners, send an email message to feedback@grouply.com with “Winner’s list” as the email subject and contest name specified in the body of the e-mail.

9. Sponsored by: Grouply, Inc., 495 Seaport Ct., Suite 103, Redwood City, CA 94063.