This agreement should be fully read and understood before entering as contestant in show:

Agreement and Terms of Use

Use of this web site is subject to the terms of this Agreement and Terms of Use and any and all other policies published, at anytime, on the Website (collectively, the “Agreement” or the “Official Rules”).  In consideration of the prospect of Their submitted material (“Business Concept”) being considered as the basis for a television program named MY 1^st Million $$$ (hereinafter referred as show) or other audio-visual work and other good and valuable consideration, Any person or you (hereinafter referred as contestants) and producer of ‘My 1^st Million $$$’ (hereinafter referred as producer) agree as follows:

WHO CAN ENTER:  Individuals who are 16 years old or older at the time of entry who reside in Singapore and Asia Pacific region may make a Submission to ‘MY 1st Million $$$’ TV reality show .

However contestants shall note that they may be required to stay in Singapore for 2-3 weeks for the show probably during mid-feb to march. The boarding & lodging for same will be provided by producer. Contestants are required to make travel arrangements on their own and required visa, if needed.

Contestant acknowledge his understanding that many will enter the competition but few will win or become semi-finalists or finalists.

By making a Submission, Contestant hereby agree and notify us that Contestant wish to compete in the show as a Participant, and are submitting their Business Concept as an entry in the Show in accordance with the Official Rules. Contestant consent to the storage, display, downloading, copying, reviewing, and coverage of their Business Concept by Producer. In addition, Contestant will perform all necessary additional steps that may be required for Their further participation in the show should Contestant be selected to participate in later rounds (including, without limitation, completing a “pilot,” or Contestant video or scene from Their Concept.  The entry of Their Concept and Producer consideration thereof is void where prohibited by law. 

2.      LENGTH: Their Business Concept shall be sent in the format (downloadable from website) and shall be in English. Incomplete forms can be rejected. 

3.      COLLABORATIVE WORK:  Collaborative works are works created by more than one individual or entity.  Collaborative works are eligible as a Business Concept, but the name(s) of each individual or entity collaborating on the Business concept must be listed on the Entry Form and each collaborator must agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. All references to “Contestant” and “Their” in this Agreement shall mean and include all such individuals and entities.  The listed entrants for a particular Business Concept are solely responsible for getting all required consents and permissions in writing from all those involved in the creation of the collaborative work as well as the appropriate distribution of the competition prize(s), if any, to all of the collaborators on the Business Concept (and Contestant agree to indemnify Producer for any such claims and/or payments as described elsewhere in this Agreement).

4.      ENTRY FEE:  All entries for the show are FREE. 

5.      QUANTITY OF ENTRY SUBMISSIONS:  Multiple entries are not permitted by same participant.

6.      PRIZES:  If Their Business Concept is specifically selected as a winner of the competition, and then subsequently it will be funded by sponsor of show on mutually agreed terms and supported by Producer and provided that Contestant are not in breach of this Agreement. 

A.   Credit.  Subject to any applicable guild or co-production requirements, Contestant will receive “Created By” credit on all productions produced by Producer based on Their Business Concept.  That credit, if any, may be shared with other individuals.  Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, the size, placement, form and all other matters relating to any credit accorded to Contestant will be set by Producer in its sole reasonable discretion.  No casual or inadvertent failure by Producer or others to comply with this Agreement’s credit provisions will be deemed a breach of this Agreement, nor will failure by any third party to accord any credit to Contestant constitute a breach of this Agreement by Producer. 

B.  Documents.  Upon Producer's reasonable request Contestant will sign and deliver such additional documents consistent with the terms of this Agreement, as Producer may reasonably deem necessary to show and effectuate Producer's rights under this Agreement.  If within 5 business days after receiving Producer's request, Contestant fail to deliver such documents, Contestant hereby grants to Producer the right, as Their attorney-in-fact, which right will be irrevocable and coupled-with-an-interest, to execute, acknowledge, deliver, and record in the Singapore Copyright Office or elsewhere any and all such documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Contestant agree to execute a hard copy of this Agreement as a condition precedent to Producer’s obligation to award Contestant any prize hereunder.

7.      SUBMISSION AVAILABILITY:  Their Business Concept must be available—meaning that the Their concept must not have been produced, sold or optioned prior to or at the time of Entry.  Contestant may not provide Their business concept to any other person, entity or competition (including, without limitation, any television network, producer, or agent), during the concept submission  Period as may be extended under this Agreement.

8.      SUBMISSION PERIOD: begins on 10 Jan 2010 and ends on 31 Jan 2010.

9.      ORIGINAL WORK:  Since program is not about unique idea or concept but it is about how to do things in better way. However Contestant represents and warrants that they will not infringe on the rights and/or ownership of others. If Their business concept is based upon work of another or another person's life story or other rights, Contestant must provide a statement verifying the rights to make such an adaptation.

10.    JUDGING: The consideration of Their Business concept is not a random contest or lottery but is rather a skill-based, aesthetic evaluation and selection much like an audition for a part in a movie, play or talent competition. Business Concepts may be judged by the panel of judges. The results of the judging of all Business concepts shall be final and Contestant agrees to be bound without reservation by any decision rendered by the judges.

11.    JUDGING PERIOD:  The judging of all Business Concepts will occur during the Submission Period and for an additional period of maximum ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Concept Submission Period.

12.    FINALISTS:  Subject to events beyond Producer control, Producer intends to contact and select up to 20 semi-finalists to have their business Concept considered for the final round; however there is no obligation for producer to use their concept or those of others; and no guarantee that producer will actually be able to select such number of finalists.  Furthermore there is likelihood that there will be more than one winner of the competition. 

13.    FULL COMPENSATION:  This Agreement establishes the total compensation and consideration to which Contestant are entitled from Producer regarding its subject matter.  Contestant acknowledge that it includes full and adequate consideration for any so-called “rental and lending rights” or any other similar rights to which Contestant may become entitled.

14.    TAXES:  Contestant are solely responsible for all applicable taxes and local taxes arising from any fees or compensation Contestant receive as a result of Their Entry in this show.  Producer shall also have the right to make any withholdings required by law.

15.  NO OBLIGATION TO PROCEED:  Nothing contained in this Agreement will in any way obligate Producer to produce, release, distribute, exhibit or otherwise exploit the Original Business Concept. Producer shall be deemed to have fully satisfied its obligations under this Agreement by paying Contestant the compensation, if any that may become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  Producer shall have the right to add to, subtract from, rearrange, edit and change the title of the Business Concept and Contestant hereby waive the so-called "moral rights" of authors with respect thereto.

16.    WORK-FOR-HIRE:  At all times during the Submission Period, as between Contestant and Producer, Contestant will retain ownership of whatever interest in the Business Concept copyright Contestant owned prior to submitting Their concept to Producer is subject to Option to acquire all of the Rights to the Submission as provided elsewhere in this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any services that Contestant render under this Agreement in Producer’s development of Their Business Concept, if any, are being performed under a special commission and shall be considered a work-for-hire under copyright law; as such, Producer shall be deemed the owner and author thereof at the time of creation/rendering of services. To the extent that such results and proceeds are not deemed works-for-hire, Contestant hereby assign to Producer all rights now known or hereafter recognized in and to such results and proceeds. 

17.    PUBLICITY, PROMOTION, RIGHT TO USE THEIR NAME, LICENSE TO Producer:  Contestant hereby grant Producer a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-free license to use their Business Concept or method in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any other written agreements Contestant sign in connection with the Contest (collectively, the "Other Agreements"). Contestant also grant Producer a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-free license to use any other material and information submitted by Contestant in the course of registration or otherwise (collectively the "Material") in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Other Agreements.

Without limiting the foregoing, Contestant hereby grant Producer the perpetual right to do any of the following with respect to Their business Concept in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, all without any payment to Contestant or to any other person or entity;

- encode, digitize and store Their Business Concept and/or Their Material;

-reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly perform, and/or display, digitally perform and/or distribute, transmit, and broadcast Their Business Concept, and/or Their Material

- add to, subtract from, change, revise, rearrange or otherwise edit Their Business Concept, and/or Material; review, evaluate, and judge Their Business Concept, and/or Material;

- secure any permission or clearances necessary to publicly display the Business Concept; use the Business Concept, and/or Material, or parts of any of the foregoing, in perpetuity for the purpose of publicizing, advertising or otherwise promoting the Contest, the website, Producer and/or the any television program or series based on the Contest and/or Producer;

- and provided that Contestant are selected as one of the finalists of the Show, create derivative works of the Business Concept, and/or Material (including, without limitation a television series based on the Submission) pursuant to and in accordance with a separate Finalist Winner Agreement.  Contestant also grant Producer the right to use Their name and likeness (as well as the right to grant to others the right use Their name and likeness) biographical material, User Name, and/or any other indicia of Their persona for purposes of publicizing, advertising or otherwise promoting the Show, the website, Producer, and/or any television program or series based on the show and/or Producer in any reasonable manner in connection with the Business Concept, the competition, Producer’s business operations and Their services and the products of them for advertising or promotional purposes without additional without any payment to Contestant or to any other person or entity.  Contestant will not furnish or authorize any advertising matter or publicity of any form relating to the Submission, or the development thereof or Producer, without Producer’s prior written approval in each case;

- provided, however, that Contestant may incidentally mention Their involvement with Producer, as part of broader or general publicity about Contestant.

Any breach of this paragraph by Contestant shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement. 
Contestant also grant Producer the right to contact Contestant via email to provide Contestant with competition updates.

18.     LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, WAIVER:  Producer is not responsible for
(i) lost, late, delayed, misdirected, unintelligible, or incomplete entries;

(ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties;

(iii) errors in transmission;

(iv) Any condition caused by events beyond the control of Producer that may affect the Business Concepts. 

Contestant hereby agrees that Their Business Concept is not subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on Producer’s part and Producer shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Business Concept.  Contestant hereby waives any and all rights that Contestant may have concerning "moral rights" or "droit moral" in connection with Their or Their Business Concept.  Contestant hereby release and waive any and all claims with regard to, and hold Producer harmless from and against any and all claims of any kind that are or could be asserted with respect to any use, license, sublicense, assignment, reproduction, distribution, creation of derivative works based on, public performances, public display, digital performances, sales, offers, and other uses of any kind of such Concepts.

Further, Contestant hereby recognize that Producer (and its constituent members) engage in extensive business activities Contestant recognize and acknowledge that Producer and other contestants, may develop a similar idea to Their Business Concept or may have access to, and/or, may have created, or have commissioned, through some other independent source, or may have otherwise acquired, literary materials and concepts, similar to Their Business Concept, in theme idea, plot, format, or in any other respect. 

Contestant agrees that Contestant will not, under such circumstances, be entitled to any compensation, or consideration of any kind, through the use by Producer of any material so acquired.  Contestant also recognize that other persons, including Producer’s employees, associates and affiliates, may have submitted to Producer, or may hereafter originate, submit or make public material and/or ideas that may be competitive with, similar or identical to Their business concept in theme, idea, plot, format or other respects. Contestant acknowledge and agree that Contestant will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of our use of any such similar or identical material that has or may come to us from other sources.

By sending us Their Business Concept, and in order to participate in the Show and use the website, Contestant hereby agree that

(a) Their Business Concept is entered voluntarily and is not in confidence;

(b) apart from this Agreement and any Other Agreements that may be entered into there is no agreement between us, express or implied, relating to Producer’s use of the Business Concept; and (c) Contestant will not assert against Producer or its assigns or licensees, any claim based on plagiarism, infringement, confidential or fiduciary relationship, implied contract, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, or otherwise arising out of any alleged use of the Business Concept. If, notwithstanding the foregoing release, Contestant attempt to claim that we have used Their Business Concept, or any portion thereof, without consent or authorization, Contestant specifically agree and understand that any such dispute shall be subject to arbitration as set forth in this Agreement.

19.    WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES:  In addition to the warranties and representations Contestant make elsewhere in this Agreement, Contestant represent warrant and agree that Their Business Concept complies with all of the Business Concept requirements as set forth in the Official Rules; Contestant have the right and power to enter into and fully perform this Agreement and to grant all rights granted to Producer in this Agreement;

and that Contestant have not granted, assigned, conveyed or otherwise encumbered, and will not grant, assign, convey or otherwise encumber, any of the rights granted to Producer in this Agreement; that Their Business Concept is original, previously unpublished, and a previously unproduced work; that it is not based on any other work or anything written or conceived by anyone else and that neither the Business Concept, the Rights, nor any documents, materials or information that Contestant furnish to Business Concept under this Agreement will violate any right of privacy of, constitute defamation against, or violate any copyright or literary, artistic, intellectual, dramatic or any other right of any person, firm or entity;

and Their Business Concept does not and will not violate any applicable laws and is not defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene..  Contestant indemnify and hold Producer harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including but not limited to reasonable outside attorney's fees and costs, arising out of or in connection with any material furnished by Contestant or any breach of any of Their representations and/or warranties made in this Agreement.  Producer will similarly defend, indemnify and hold harmless Contestant from any claims arising out of any material added to the Business Concept by any of Producer’s employees or assigns (other than Contestant) or at Producer’s request, arising out of Producer's breach of its obligations under this Agreement or arising out of the development, production, distribution, or other exploitation of any production based on the Business Concept, other than claims for which Contestant are obligated to indemnify Producer 

20.    ARBITRATION: Any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this agreement, the breach thereof, or the coverage of this arbitration provision shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the provisions of Section<< >>, et seq. of the Singapore court (or such substitute provisions therefore then in effect); provided, that any arbitrator(s) selected shall have experience in or knowledge of such industry in which the parties are engaged.  Any such arbitration shall be conducted in Singapore.  The arbitration of such issues, including the determination of the amount of any damages suffered by any party hereof by reason of the acts or omissions of another shall be to the exclusion of any court of law except as set forth below.  The decision of the arbitrators or a majority of them shall be final and binding on all parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.  If the parties or the arbitrators appointed by them are unable to agree upon the selection of a neutral arbitrator then either party may, at its election, require that the arbitration shall be conducted under the auspices and rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)and that the neutral arbitrator shall be selected by the SIAC

21.    REMEDIES:  In the event of breach or alleged breach of this Agreement by Producer, Their rights will be limited to those at law for money damages.  In no event will Contestant have the right to seek or obtain injunctive or other equitable relief.  Before either party can be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement the other party must give it a warning notice and the party receiving that notice has 10 business days to “cure” the breach warned of in that notice. 

22.    ACTS OF GOD:  All deadlines and dates in this Agreement will be automatically extended for any period during which performance of the affected activity is prevented because of the interruption of Their or Producer’s business by reason of fire, earthquake or other act of God, labor disputes, or any contingencies of a similar nature which are beyond Producer's reasonable control.

23.    NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP:  Contestant hereby acknowledge and agree that the relationship between Contestant, as a Participant, on the one hand, and Producer, on the other hand, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that Their decision to provide Their Business Concept to Producer for purposes of the Contest does not place us in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of Their Submission or other Material that are not legally protectable. Contestant understand and acknowledge that Producer has wide access to ideas and other literary materials, and that new ideas are constantly being submitted to it or being developed by those assisting in the creation, maintenance, and publication of the website.

Contestant also acknowledge that many ideas are similar to each other and different ideas often relate to one or more underlying themes. Contestant further agree that Producer and its affiliates do not now and shall not have in the future any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of Their copyright in and to the Submission.

24.    NOTICES AND PAYMENTS:  All notices and payments will be sent to Contestant at the address Contestant provided on the Entry form and should be sent to Producer at the address indicated on the Website.  All notices must be in writing to be effective.  Notices are deemed effective on the date faxed or, if mailed, on the earlier of the date received and the third day after postmarked.  Payments are deemed made on the date “Faxed” or, if mailed, on the date postmarked. 

25.    ASSIGNMENT AND AMENDMENT:  Producer can assign this Agreement or any of its provisions to any third party.  Contestant may not assign this Agreement or any of its provisions without Producer's prior written consent...  This Agreement can only be amended in writing.

26.    GOVERNING LAW:  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Singapore applicable to contracts entered into and fully performed therein.  Any legal proceedings brought to resolve any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be commenced in the Singapore court.  No action or proceeding brought pursuant to this Agreement shall be commenced or maintained outside of Singapore.  Regardless of the parties’ respective domicile or residence, the parties hereby submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over them by the Singapore Court.  This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter herein contained, and this Agreement shall not be changed, rescinded or terminated orally.

27.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT:  This Agreement, together with the Official Rules and the Other Agreements (all of which are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference), represents the entire understanding between Contestant and Producer relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior agreements (except the Other Agreements) between Contestant and Producer on this subject matter. Contestant hereby agree that Contestant have read, understand, and agree to all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement and that Contestant are by bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Other Agreements throughout Their participation in the Show and forever afterward. Contestant hereby agree to sign a written copy of this Agreement upon our request, provided that our election not to require Contestant to sign a written copy of this Agreement will not affect the validity or binding nature of this Agreement.

28.    CERTIFICATION:  Contestant hereby certify that all of the answers and information that Contestant have provided in this registration process are true, accurate, and complete, and that Contestant have read and will comply with this Agreement and the Other Agreements in conjunction with Their registration, participation in the Show, and interactions with Producer. Contestant intend that Their acceptance of this Agreement and participation in the Show shall each constitute Their legally binding signature and acceptance of this Agreement and the Other Agreements.

Producer reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this agreement at any time, without notice. Any modifications must be adhered to.

Contestant acknowledge that Contestant have fully read and understand the terms of using the Website and by using the Website; Contestant fully agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement.