IMPORTANT:

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE "TERMS AND CONDITIONS") BEFORE ENTERING THE LET LOVE BE YOUR MUSE CONTEST. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND MICROSOFT OPERATIONS PTE. LTD. ("MICROSOFT") ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LET LOVE BE YOUR MUSE CONTEST. BY ENTERING THIS LET LOVE BE YOUR MUSE CONTEST, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY, THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. This Contest is organised by Microsoft. All residents of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are eligible to participate in the Contest ("Participant"). If you are below the age of majority as described below ("Age of Majority"), you must obtain the appropriate permissions and releases from your parent or legal guardian in order to participate in the Contest.

   Age of majority for
   Singapore: 21 years old
   Malaysia: 18 years old
   Philippines: 18 years old
   Indonesia: 21 years old or if married, any age
   Thailand: 20 years old

2. This Contest is void wherever prohibited by law. Employees of Microsoft, their affiliates, parent companies, participating vendors, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, and anyone working directly on this programme, product and promotion and the immediate family members or those living in the same household of each (Sponsor and Administrators) are not eligible to enter.

   The Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. on 6 February 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on 22 February 2008 (the "Contest Period"). Any submission made outside the Contest Period will not be considered.

   Only digital files submitted via the uploading facility on the website will be accepted. For photos, submissions need to be in either JPG or GIF format with a maximum file size of 1MB. For videos, submissions need to be in WMV, MOV, MPEG 1/2/4, 3GP or 3G2 with a maximum file size of 10 MB.

   Category A: Photo/Video Contest

   To participate in this Contest, Participants from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines must submit EITHER a photo OR video based on the theme "Let Love Be Your Muse" ("Submission"). Participants from Thailand can submit a photo ONLY based on the theme "Let Love Be Your Muse" ("Submission")

   These Submissions will then be opened for public viewing on www.letlovebeyourmuse.com with viewers being allowed to vote for their favourite entries.

   The top 2 Participants whose Submission garners the most votes across all participating countries will be eligible to win the Grand prize or Runner up prize as described below. Participants from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines can only submit one (EITHER a photo OR video) Submission per email address. Participants from Thailand can only submit one (photo ONLY) Submission per email address.

   Category B: Voting

   All Submissions submitted in Category A will be available for voting. Participants will be asked to vote for their favourite entry and provide reasons for their choice. The participant who provides the best reason in terms of logic and creativity (as determined by Microsoft in its absolute discretion) will be selected as the potential winner of voter's prize as described below. You can vote for more than one entry. However, you can only vote once for each entry.

   Eligibility

   Participants must visit the Contest website located at www.letlovebeyourmuse.com and follow the instructions to register and participate as specified.

3. PRIZES

   There will be a total of 3 winners (2 from category A and 1 from category B).

   Grand Prize:

   A trip to Japan for 2 (worth S$4,500)

   Prize will be in the form of a travel voucher worth a total of S$4,500. The voucher can be used for hotel accommodation and airfare only. The winner will be contacted by Microsoft's appointed agency on details of prize collection. The winner should consult with their travel agency and prepare required travel documents before departure. Flight and accommodation are subject to availability. Travel voucher is valid for one year only.

   Runner Up prize:

   3-day stay for 2 at Aleenta Resort, Phuket – Phangnga, Thailand ("the Resort").

   Details of the trip can be found at http://www.aleenta.com/phuket/index.html

   Runner up prize will include Beach Front Suite accommodation for 2 persons and a travel voucher worth a total of S$400 which can only be used to offset the cost of air tickets to the Resort. Flight and accommodation are subject to availability. Prize is valid for travel period of 17 April to 31 October 2008 only. The winner will be contacted by Microsoft's appointed agency on details of prize collection. In case the flight fare is more than the stated value, the winner will need to top-up the balance.

   Voter's Prize:

   1 x SONY Cyber-shot T200

4. Winners will be informed by Microsoft via email address provided by the winner during registration process with details on prize collection.
5. Microsoft accepts no responsibility for any entry forms that are lost, incomplete, not received by Microsoft or miss the contest deadline for any reason whatsoever. Proof of online submission shall not constitute proof of receipt by Microsoft.
6. In the event that any information provided on an entry form is found to be misleading or inaccurate, that entry shall be deemed invalid.
7. Where the prizes under the contest are items/goods, these shall be subject to availability and may not be substituted for cash. Microsoft reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equivalent monetary value, without prior notice. In the event prizes involve manufactured items, these shall be subject to manufacturer's terms and conditions for warranty, service and maintenance, and Microsoft does not accept any responsibility for the same. In particular, prizes are provided by Microsoft "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.
8. Taxes and other levies imposed by any relevant applicable government or tax authority, as well as other costs including, insurance and incidental costs, that may be levied or incurred on the prizes shall be fully borne by the Participants.
9. All Participants in this contest agree to have their names and details used for promotional purposes at Microsoft's sole discretion. All prizewinners in this contest agree to have their [names, answers and slogan] announced should Microsoft choose to do so after the contest period is over.
10. By entering the contest, Participant expressly agrees that the Submission does not contain an image or content that is unlawful, libelous, slanderous, defamatory or invasive of another person's right of privacy or right of publicity, or that Microsoft may reasonably deem harmful, vulgar, obscene, derogatory, pornographic, abusive, harassing, threatening, hateful, objectionable with respect to race, religion, creed, national origin or gender, or otherwise unfit for publication. Microsoft shall not be liable in any way for the Submission. Microsoft shall have no obligation to monitor the Submission provided by the Participant to Microsoft, but may do so at their discretion. Any Submission that, in the sole discretion of Microsoft, is considered inappropriate or unsuitable for publication will be deemed ineligible by Microsoft, and Microsoft may, in their sole discretion, remove a Submission from the contest.
11. You represent and warrant to Microsoft that (i) you are the sole and exclusive owner of your Submission, or you have all right and authority to grant the rights in your Submission to Microsoft, its affiliates and/or its agents and contractors; (ii) if your Submission contains a photograph or a video, you have obtained any and all releases necessary from all persons depicted in the photograph or video, including, without limitation, releases in the context of rights of privacy and rights of publicity. (iii) in the event a person depicted in the photograph or video is under the age of 21, you have obtained all appropriate permissions and releases from the parent or legal guardian of the person in question, to submit the Submission for the contest.
12. Microsoft will not return any Submission submitted for the contest. Except where prohibited, by entering the contest, you consent to the use of your name, photo and/or likeness, biographical information, winning entry and statements attributed to you (if true) for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation or notice to the Participant.
13. By participating in the contest, the Participant hereby grants to Microsoft and/or its affiliates a non-exclusive, fully transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid up right and license to adapt, edit, modify, publish, promote, reproduce, distribute, publicly display your Submission and make derivative works based on the Participant's Submission in any and all media, including any compilation, as Microsoft and/or its affiliates see fit for any reason, to identify the Participant as the author of the Submission and to authorise others to do any of the above without any obligation to notify or further compensate the Participant.
14. Without limitation to the generality of the above provisions, Microsoft and/or any of its affiliates shall have an exclusive right to publish and use any winning Submissions in print and/or electronic form for advertising and promotion of Microsoft's products, for exhibition, and for both commercial and non-commercial products and publications, including without limitation, using, downloading, adapting, reformatting, editing and/or resizing the winning Submissions as may be necessary and to authorise others to do any of the above without any obligation to notify or further compensate the Participant.
15. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Microsoft and its parent companies, affiliates, related corporations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents accept no responsibility whatsoever for any damage, loss, death or personal injury that may occur as a consequence of an individual's participation in this contest. Participants undertake to indemnify and keep Microsoft and its parent companies, affiliates, related corporations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless and indemnified against any loss, damage, claims, costs and expenses which may be incurred or suffered by any or each of them due to breach of any of these terms and conditions by the Participants and, or arising from the participation of the Participant in this contest.
16. In the event of any dispute arising from this contest or relating to the interpretation of these terms and conditions, the decision of Microsoft on all matters pertaining to the contest shall be final and binding on all parties.
17. The information submitted by the Participant during the registration process or when participating in this contest may include the Participant's email address, ID number and other personal information ("Personal Information"). The Participants' Personal Information will only be used by Microsoft in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations and Microsoft's privacy policy referred to below, for the purposes of administering the Participant's participation in the contest. For more details on Microsoft's privacy policy, please see: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.
18. Microsoft and any agents or contractors (if any) that it may use in the execution and management of this contest do not warrant or represent (either directly or indirectly):
    1. that participation in and/or access to the whole or part(s) of the contest, contest materials, contents, information and/or functions contained therein will be provided uninterrupted, timely, secure and error-free.
    2. that no computer viruses shall be transmitted or that no damage shall occur to Participant's computer system as a result of any online activity of the contest, if any.
19. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Internet is done at the Participant's own discretion and risk and that the Participant will be solely responsible for any damage to the Participant's computer system or loss of data resulting from such download.
20. Microsoft does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise in respect of the materials on this site or any sites linked to this site.
21. The Participant declares and warrants to Microsoft that in participating in the contest, the Participant shall not use any unauthorised or unlicensed software. Participants found doing so shall be disqualified from the contest.
22. Nothing in the contest shall affect any intellectual property rights of Microsoft in any product or service, which may be the subject matter of the contest.
23. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that no form of cheating will be tolerated. Any persons found cheating, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Microsoft, will immediately be disqualified from the contest. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, using multiple identification numbers, tampering with, hacking of the contest site (if any), participating in the contest without meeting the eligibility requirements, using any automated software or device to gain an advantage during the contest, use of the contest beyond the defined rules of the contest, attempting to disable or overwhelm any of Microsoft's websites or the contest site (if any), attempting to disrupt any portion of the contest, including but not limited to, allowing somebody else to use the Participant's Personal Information, or tampering with the entry process. ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY OF MICROSOFT'S WEBSITES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS; AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MICROSOFT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
24. Microsoft's failure to enforce any provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any other provision.
25. Microsoft is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any contest-related materials or for registrations that are lost, misdirected, fail to enter into the processing system, or are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason including electronic, computer, telephone, paper transfer, mail system, human or other error; including inability to access any website associated with the contest. The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is subject to all applicable laws.
26. By entering the contest, the Participant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Microsoft has the right to modify the terms and conditions contained herein and, or, withdraw or terminate the contest at any stage without any liability towards anyone.
27. This contest shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Singapore.
28. A person who is not a party to this agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) to enforce any of the terms herein. For the purposes of this paragraph, "person" shall mean a human being or a corporate entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) as the case may be.