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OFFICIAL
RULES 1. Eligibility: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. . Only legal U.S. residents at least 13 years of age who reside and who are physically located in the U.S. (including Alaska & Hawaii, but excluding its territories and possessions) are eligible to enter the HOWIE DAY LOS ANGELES FLYAWAY("Sweepstakes"). Minors must have their parent or guardian's permission to enter as described below. Employees of Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronics, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., and those involved in the development, production (including prize suppliers), implementation and distribution of this Sweepstakes and their advertising or promotion agencies, parent companies, service providers, agents, officers, subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other persons or entities directly associated with this Sweepstakes (hereinafter "Sweepstakes Entities") and members of the immediate families and/or persons living in the same household as such persons, are ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
2. How to Enter:
3. PRIZES: There will be one (1) Grand Prize consisting of Round Trip Economy Class airfare for winner and guest to Los Angeles, CA (from major airport nearest winner's home town), one Economy Class hotel room in the area for one night, and ground transportation from Los Angeles airport to Los Angeles hotel, from Howie Day performance back to Los Angeles hotel, from Los Angeles hotel back to Los Angeles airport. Grand Prize Winner will receive 2 tickets to see Howie Day perform in concert and receive the Howie Day CD catalog including Stop All The World Now, Australia and The Madrigals EP. Winner will be required to be available for this trip on the dates specified by Sony Music. Ground transportation, phone calls, purchases, taxes and all other expenses not specifically listed are not included. Ten (10) runners up will receive Stop All The World Now CDs.
4. Choosing Winners and Notification: Winner(s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing on or about October 15, 2003 from all eligible entries received by the judge(s), whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. [Winners will be notified by mail, email and/or phone. If a potential winner cannot be reached at the email address or phone number provided on the entry form and/or does not respond to the Sponsor at e-mail: epic_records@sonymusic.com (or such other email address as may be provided by Sponsor) within one (1) day from Sponsor's first attempt to contact him/her, or if he/she is found to be ineligible, or if he/she cannot or does not otherwise comply with these Official Rules, an alternate winner will be selected by random drawing.] All submissions and the rights therein become Sponsor's property and will not be returned.
5. General Conditions: All Federal, state and local laws and regulations are applicable. All taxes (including, but not limited to, income taxes) are the sole responsibility of winners. Grand Prize winner and his or her guest (and their parents or legal guardians if they are prize winners under the age of 21 may be required to execute (and have notarized) an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and a Publicity Release ("Affidavit/Release") which must be returned to and received by Sponsor within one (1) days from winner's receipt of Affidavit/Release. Prize winners will also be required to send a copy of their passport, drivers license or birth certificate as proof of age. Non-compliance may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be chosen. Return of prize, prize notification, Affidavit/Release as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. Entry and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its affiliates to use the winner's name, address (city and state) and/or likeness (i.e. Video or Audio footage of winners comments & reactions) for advertising, promotional and trade purposes without further compensation, worldwide and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, including without limitation on-line, unless prohibited by law. All entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Sweepstakes and any person who does not comply with these Official Rules, will be ineligible for prizes and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. THE NEW YORK COURTS (STATE AND FEDERAL) SHALL HAVE SOLE JURISDICTION OF ANY CONTROVERSIES REGARDING THE Sweepstakes AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE Sweepstakes. EACH ENTRANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. If, for reasons beyond the Sponsor's control, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as originally planned, such as tampering or infection by computer virus, Sponsor at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes, without liability. Void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
6. Disclaimers: Entrants agree that Sweepstakes Entities shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize(s) (including, traveling to and from East Coast City (City to be determined by Sony Music) and attending the performance in the case of the Grand Prize winner), participation in Sweepstakes, or any technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, hardware, software, or any combination thereof, or any entries that are late (including delayed data transmissions), tampered with, garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost, mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules. Entrants also agree that the Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer related to or resulting from Sweepstakes and its prizes. The Sweepstakes Entities are not liable for damage to a user's computer system in any way due to an entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or downloading any information in connection with the Sweepstakes, including without limitation any server failure, lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify or cancel the Sweepstakes in the event that it becomes technically corrupted.
7. Rules/Winners List: For an additional copy of these Official Rules or a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, specifying which you are requesting, to:
HOWIE DAY LOS ANGELES FLYAWAY
or consult the list of winners to be posted at http://www.howieday.com/theonion/winners.html
8. Sponsor: Epic Records, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022. |