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Terms of the Allvoices Incentive Program

Last revised: 1/31/10

This Supplemental Addendum is an addendum and supplement to the Allvoices Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") and Allvoices Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") that are posted on, and applicable to, www.allvoices.com, owned and operated by Allvoices, Inc. ("Allvoices"). All capitalized terms used in this Supplemental Addendum have the same meaning stated in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, unless otherwise defined herein.

  1. For "Anchor" (as defined below) level User status, Allvoices shall pay you $2 USD for every 1,000 page views that your reports, photos and videos generate (subtracting transaction processing costs); or
  2. For "Reporter" (as defined below) level User status, Allvoices shall pay you $1 USD for every 1,000 page views that your reports, photos and videos generate (subtracting transaction processing costs); or
  3. For "Stringer" (as defined below) level User status, Allvoices shall pay you $0.25 USD for every 1,000 page views that your reports, photos and videos generate (subtracting transaction processing costs); (each of (i) and (ii) a "Promotional Payment").

Note: Users will get paid in minimum $100 increments.

Allvoices shall deduct from such Promotional Payments any processing or transfer fees (including, without limitation, related wire transfer fees) that may be assessed in order to make such payments to You. You acknowledge and agree that by submitting User Contributions, User Reports, and User Submissions to Allvoices, which you are granting to Allvoices the rights set forth in the Terms of Use with respect to such User Contributions, User Reports, and User Submissions. You agree not to knowingly falsify or fabricate any information submitted by You as a User Contribution.

For purposes of this Supplemental Addendum, "Anchor" shall mean a registered Allvoices contributor who posts a minimum of 5 original news reports, has no copyright violations (text or photos), and 100 fans. "Reporter" shall mean a registered Allvoices contributor who posts a minimum of 5 original reports, has no copyright violations (text or photos), and 50 fans. "Stringer" shall mean a registered Allvoices contributor, with no copyright violations (text or photos).

For purposes of this Supplemental Addendum, a "Page View" shall mean a single user-initiated initial load of a page on the Allvoices Website within a twelve (12)-hour period per unique user, that contains Your User Contribution(s) other than any load or refresh resulting from or generated by any bot, automated program or similar device, including, without limitation, through any clicks or impressions originating from Allvoices IP addresses.

Upon meeting the User Level milestones set forth above and in the Incentive Program, Allvoices requires the necessary documentation necessary to process Your Promotional Payments (found on the Incentive Program page). Allvoices requires that all U.S. residents who meet the User level milestones set forth in the Incentive Program to complete and return an IRS Form W-9. Qualified contributors to Allvoices can download the Form W-9 at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf. Allvoices requires that all non-resident aliens and international participants who meet the promotional landmarks set forth in the contest to complete and return an IRS Form W-8BEN. Qualified contributors to Allvoices can download the Form W-8BEN at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf. Failure to complete and return a Form W-9, Form W-8BEN, or any other documentation required by Allvoices will result in a forfeit of Promotional Payments. Allvoices shall make such Promotional Payments to You, within thirty (30) days of receiving such completed documentation.

Allvoices retains the right to terminate the Incentive Program, and the terms of this Supplemental Addendum at any time, in its sole discretion. Your ability to receive payments shall be limited solely to the term of the Incentive Program. The term of the Incentive Program shall be from April 30, 2009 until February 28th, 2010. You acknowledge and agree that Allvoices shall have no obligation to make any payments hereunder; to the extent such payments are prohibited by the applicable laws of any country, state, or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over Allvoices, Allvoices, at its sole discretion, may remove You from the Incentive Program in the event it determines that You have violated the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or this Supplemental Addendum or if it determines that you do not constitute a Participant for purposes of the Incentive Program. You are an independent contractor, and nothing in this Supplemental Addendum is intended to, or should be construed to, create a partnership, agency, joint venture or employment relationship.

Copyright Violations (text or photos) will not be tolerated. Our community wants to read your own reports, opinions and perspectives. No incentive payments will be made to users who violate the terms.

  • Write your own reports, perspectives or opinions about a news story
  • Do not copy and paste entire articles from news sources
  • Do not republish copyright protected images without legal authorization which includes most photos found on the web or in Google images
  • Paraphrase or rewrite a news story
  • Cite no more than 1 small section of a news story while adding your perspective
  • Tell us what is happening where you are. What are the issues and stories that are going on around you?

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