"Celebrity Italian Table" Photo Contest Official Rules and Regulations

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The Gather.com Celebrity Italian Table Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Gather Inc. ("Gather"), 99 Summer Street, 7^th Floor, Boston, MA 02110.

Submissions may only be made in or from and by legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and submissions originating from any other jurisdiction are not eligible for entry.  This Contest is governed exclusively by the laws of Delaware and of the United States. You are not authorized to participate in the Contest if you are not located within the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. Void where prohibited. To be eligible, you must at least 18 years of age as of March 12, 2008.  You are not authorized to participate in the Contest if you are not at least 18 years of age.

1.  Contest Period: The Contest entry period runs from 9:00 AM ET January 28, 2008 to 11:59 PM ET, March 1, 2008. Sponsor's computer clock governs time stamp.

2.  Eligibility: (a) This Contest is run only on the Internet. You may enter the Contest if you are a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and have Internet access as of January 28,2008. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of GatherInc (Sponsor), Barilla, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, promotion, advertising, design, web design, web hosting, publicity, production and print production agencies and anyone connected with the production, hosting and distribution of this Contest (collectively, "Contest Entities"), their immediate family members (parents, children, siblings, spouse and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) and members of any of their households are not eligible to enter or be awarded a prize.  Void outside of the fifty United States and D.C., and where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law.  All federal, state and/or local laws, rules and regulations apply.

(b) Photo submissions (hereafter the "Submissions") must be an original photo depicting the entrant's table setting. All Submissions must be in English.  Submissions must not violate copyright laws; must contain properly cited material, if applicable; and must be original material. Entrants are allowed to submit more than one entry in the Contest. 

3.  How to Enter: Before 11:59 PM (ET) March 1, 2008 you must complete the following:

1) Be a registered member of Gather.com. To register, please visit http://www.gather.com and click on the "Join today – It's FREE" button. You must use a valid email address when registering. You must also create a user profile that contains your name and your hometown. All information collected on Gather.com will be subject to Gather's privacy policy.

2) Join the "Barilla" group on Gatherby going to http://italiantable.gather.com and clicking "Join This Group."  

3) Click "Publish" at the top of any Gather page, then select "Publish an Image." Browse your computer for the photo you'd like to submit, and click on it to begin the upload process. The submission must be a photo depicting the entrants table setting.

In the "Image Caption" field, you must include a brief description of the table setting. In the "Tags" field, you must insert the tag "barilla," separated from any other tags by a comma. Then click "Next."

Under "Who can view my article," you must select "Everyone" and the "Barilla" group. Click "Publish".  Your submission will not qualify unless you publish your article to the "Barilla" group and use the tag "barilla."

Contest entries should not contain pornography, sexual or racial slurs, offensive language, defamatory content, or obscenities. Please do not publish the same entry on Gather.com more than once. Sponsor and Contest Entities reserve the right to disqualify any entry that is determined to be in violation of these guidelines.

If you have any trouble registering for Gather.com and/or the "Barilla" group on Gatherplease email support@gather.com for help. The "Barilla" group moderator will post your entry to italiantable.gather.com within 2 business days. 

4.  Image Publicity Rights: By entering this Contest, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Official Rules and you accept these Official Rules and agree to abide by the governing terms and conditions.  By entering this Contest you also explicitly (i) certify that you meet the eligibility requirements as set forth in these Official Rules; (ii) grant Gather a world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, unlimited, and non-exclusive license(s) to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works, publicly perform and publicly display such content via Gather.com or on any other Gather property, or in any and all media now known or not currently known, without compensation to you or any third party. Gather reserves the right to syndicate the content submitted, posted, and/or displayed by you and to use that content in connection with other services offered by Gather. (iii) represent and warrant that you have not used licensed material or any material owned by someone other than you; and (v) represent and warrant that your entry is original, is true and verifiable, that you own or otherwise control all the rights to your article and photo (if submitted), that your entry does not violate any law, regulation or any right of any third party, and that you have not copied or plagiarized the concept for your entry from other material.

Sponsor reserves the right to request that the Grand Prize Winner engage in additional Contest related activities including but not limited to, author interviews, blog posts, live chats with members, and/or video posts. 

5.  Judging and Winner Selection: The Contest period is defined below:

January 28, 2008: Launch of Contest: 5 week submission period for entrants to submit photos.

March 1, 2008: Submission period ends at 11:59PM ET.

February 6 –March 5, 2008: One (1) weekly winner will be chosen and announced each Wednesday as a finalist.  Weekly winners will be editorially picked by Gather. Weekly winners will be announced on:

·         February 6,2008

·         February 13, 2008

·         February 20,2008

·         February 27,2008

·         March 5, 2008

March 6, 2008:Five (5) finalists are announced based on a Gather editorial picks.

March 12, 2007:One (1) Grand Prize Winner is selected by Bruce Littlefield, Lifestyle Guru. The Grand Prize Winner is announced in an article published to the Barilla group on Gather at italiantable.gather.com.

Notes on comments and ratings: Gather will monitor the Contest for irregular voting patterns and fraud, and will disqualify votes and entrants if, in the Sponsor's sole judgment, they determine that the integrity or fairness of the Contest has been, or could be, compromised. Entrants are eligible to vote in the Contest but are expected to do so fairly and in the spirit of the contest.

Quantity, Prize, Approximate Retail Value (ARV):

Qualifying Prizes (1) winner chosen each week:

Gift Basket 

• one stainless steel colander
• one olive oil mister
• one Barilla apron
• one box pasta
• one bag tortellini
• 10 free sauce coupons
• 10 free pasta coupons

• One (1) Grand Prize:
  $500 William Sonoma Gift Card

All federal, state and local taxes and any other expenses or costs associated with prize acceptance and use not specified as being awarded herein are the sole responsibility of the winners.  No substitution, cash alternative or transfer of any prize permitted, except Sponsor may, at its discretion, substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value.  Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, offered by Contest Entities. All prize details are at the sole discretion of Contest Entities.

GRAND PRIZE ARV: — $500
7.  General: Contest administration and verification will be supervised by Sponsor and Contest Entities, whose decisions are final.  By participating in this Contest, you agree to have your submission judged as described in these Official Rules and to be bound by these Official Rules, Gather's privacy policy and the decisions of the judges and Sponsor, whose decisions are final. The submission of entries will be conducted on the Internet at www.gather.com only. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, incomplete or garbled entries; for those who cannot access the Internet or cannot click-through for any period of time; for messages that are garbled; if entry is not captured correctly, or for any technical, hardware, software, telephone, Internet, virus contamination, network, human error, electronic malfunctions, Force Majeure or any other problems; and for delay, failure or malfunction for any reason. Sponsor assumes no liability for damage caused to entrant's or any other person's/entity's computer hardware, software or communications network, regardless of cause. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate/cancel or modify the online entering process or disqualify any entrant if, in Sponsor's sole judgment, it is determined that the integrity or fairness of the Contest has been, or could be, compromised or that the Contest is not capable of running as planned or fairly, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention (hacking), fraud, technical failures, Force Majeure or any other cause. Should this Contest be terminated/canceled during the Contest Entry Period, judging will take place in the manner detailed above from all Submissions received up to the point of termination/cancellation. In the case of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the name on the registration form. By entering this Contest, an entrant explicitly releases, discharges and holds harmless the Sponsor and Contest Entities (as defined below) and their shareholders, successors and assigns, one and all, from any and all liability, actions, causes of action, damages, actual, incidental or consequential, claims and demands whatsoever in law or equity, including all "costs," which he/she now has or may acquire, by reason of any personal injury, death, loss of or damage to property, or any reason, occurring during or arising out of his/her participation in the Contest.  The Contest Entities and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, related entities, partners, partnerships, principals, representatives, agents, licensees, successors and assigns (i) make no warranty, guarantee or representation of any kind concerning the prizes; and (ii) disclaim any implied warranty. The right to receive any prize is non-assignable and non-transferable and no prize substitution, extension, transfer, exchange or cash equivalent will be allowed. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  Potential winner must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release within two (2) days of attempted notification certifying that entry submission is entrant's own original work, has not been previously distributed or promoted, has not won a previous prize or award and that he/she has followed the Official Rules of this contest. Noncompliance within this time period or return of any prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be determined, time permitting. The Grand Prize Winner must complete an IRS W-9 form, if applicable. By submission of entry, entrants agree to waive any and all rights, title and interest in the submitted material and assign all such rights, title and interest to Contest Entities. All travelers must execute a Release of Liability prior to ticketing and must possess required travel documents (i.e., valid photo I.D.) prior to departure.  Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to Contest Entities to use winner's entry, image, name, voice and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, notification, or approval, unless prohibited by law.  By accepting a prize, winner waives the right to 1) assert as a cost of winning the prize any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to redeem said prize, and 2) claim any liability (including attorney's fees and costs) that might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said prize. There will be no substitution or compensation for the prize or part of the prize forfeited for any reason.

As used herein the term "Contest Entities" shall mean: Gather Inc ("Sponsor") and Barilla.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

8.  Miscellaneous.  If any provision of this Contest shall be deemed to violate any federal, state or municipal law, it shall be amended to conform to such law and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. All taxes are each winner's responsibility; the value of the prizes will be treated as ordinary income to prize recipient for income tax purposes and an IRS Form 1099 for the year 2007 will be sent to winners by the Prize Suppliers for prizes valued over $600.

Sponsor, and all production and hosting agencies shall not be responsible for technical, pictorial, typographical or editorial errors or omissions in any marketing materials or these Official Rules. This Contest is conducted in American English.

9.  Dispute Resolution / Choice of Law. By entering this Contest, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, actions and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or the prize awarded and all issues and questions concerning the validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Massachusetts. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred and never shall include consequential, incidental or punitive damages, and in no event attorneys' fees or "costs." Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you.

10.  Use of Data.  Gather Inc. will be collecting personal data about participants online, in accordance with Gather Inc.'s privacy policy. Please review Gather Inc's privacy policy at http://www.gather.com/privacy.jsp. By participating in the Contest, participants hereby agree to Gather Inc.'s collection and use of their personal information as set out in its Privacy Policy and in these official Rules and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Gather Inc.'s privacy policy.

By submitting a photo, entrants acknowledge that they understand and agree that the Designated Entities' use of material containing features and elements similar to or identical with those contained in their Submission do not entitle entrant to any compensation.  By entering, entrant waives any right of action against the Designated Entities or their successors and assigns in connection with the Designated Entities' use of the Material (or any part thereof) whether or not the Material contains features or elements similar or identical to those contained in entrant's Submission.

11. For the Grand Prize Winner announcement, check http://italiantable.gather.com on or after March 12, 2008.

12. Sponsor: Gather Inc, 99 Summer Street, 7^th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. 

13. Contest Entities: Barilla America, Inc., 1200 Lakeside Drive, Bannockburn, IL 60015

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The use of certain products and services as prizes does not imply participation in, or approval of, this Contest by their respective companies.