Jill Penney, the creator of the Troglodyte Dolls, has entered a contest where she can win $10,000 for her business idea from ideablob.com. It's a competition between small businesses to compete for grants. Jill's idea is to have her line of Trogs produced in Germany. So, go vote for your fave.
This quote taken from the contest web site. She may want to know that this site will own her property as soon as she submits it as an entry and gives them the right to make something similar. "Use" without consideratio of the entrant? Wow.
Read on:
Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents the unconditional right to publish, use, reproduce, 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. By submitting an Entry, you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, and that it is free to disclose the ideas contained therein on a non-confidential basis to anyone without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees or contractors, or obtained from sources other than you
This quote taken from the contest web site. She may want to know that this site will own her property as soon as she submits it as an entry and gives them the right to make something similar. "Use" without consideratio of the entrant? Wow.
Read on:
Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents the unconditional right to publish, use, reproduce, 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. By submitting an Entry, you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, and that it is free to disclose the ideas contained therein on a non-confidential basis to anyone without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees or contractors, or obtained from sources other than you
The "entry" is not the doll. The entry is her writings about the doll – that way, if she wins, ideablob can easily publicize what she does. The sponsor is Advanta – I strongly doubt they would want to change their business from a bank to a Troglodyte doll manufacturer.
The "entry" is not the doll. The entry is her writings about the doll – that way, if she wins, ideablob can easily publicize what she does. The sponsor is Advanta – I strongly doubt they would want to change their business from a bank to a Troglodyte doll manufacturer.