Rules and Regulations
SWEEPSTAKES FORM RULES [SWEEPSTAKES FORM RULES: NATIONWIDE ENTRY BY INTERNET
ONLY; OPEN TO AGES 13 AND OLDER; MERCHANDISE ONLY; TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES UNDER
$5,000]
1. Eligibility:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Only legal U.S. residents at least 13 years of age who
reside in and who are physically located in the U.S. (excluding its territories
and possessions) are eligible to enter the Dixie Chicks DVD Pre-Order Sweepstakes
(the "Sweepstakes"). Employees, agents or officers of Sony Corporation
of America, Sony Electronics, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment Inc., or of any
entity involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution
of the Sweepstakes, including any advertising or promotion agency, supplier
of prizes for the Sweepstakes, parent company, service provider, subsidiary
or affiliate of any such entity or any other entity directly associated with
the Sweepstakes (hereinafter the "Sweepstakes Entities") or any member
of the immediate family of and/or person living in the same household as such
persons, are ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
2. How to Enter:
Complete the information requested on the entry form and then transmit the Entry
Form by clicking on the "Submit" button. All entries must be received
by February 10th, 2003, 11:59pm[EST]. ( "Sweepstakes period"). Information
requested on the entry form consists of age, gender, name, address (including
zip code), phone number and valid email address. LIMIT OF ONE ENTRY PER PERSON
AND PER EMAIL ACCOUNT. If there is a dispute about who the email address belongs
to, it will be deemed submitted by the email account holder. If multiple entries
are received by the same entrant, only the first entry submitted by that entrant
will qualify for entry in the Sweepstakes; subsequent entries submitted by that
entrant shall be disqualified.
3. PRIZES: 1 Grand
Prize: One (1) Grand prize winner will receive a SONY DVP-NS715P DVD player.
Estimated Retail Value: $199.99 25 Runners-Up: Twenty-Five (25) Runners-up will
receive a Dixie Chicks HOME Poster. Estimated Retail Value: $7.99/ea.
4. Drawing and Notification: Winner(s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in
a random drawing on or about February 11th, 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 within five (5) days 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 entries become Sponsor's property and
will not be returned. The address provided by each entrant on the Sweepstakes
entry form shall serve as the address of record in respect of all mailings to
each entrant. [Changes to such mailing address may serve as a basis for disqualification.]
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. Prize winners (and parent(s) or guardian(s) of prize winners under
21) may be required to execute (and have notarized) an Affidavit of Eligibility,
a Liability Release, and/or a Publicity Release (the "Affidavit/Release")
which must be returned to and received by Sponsor within ten (10) days from
winner’s receipt of the Affidavit/Release. Winners will also be required
to send a copy of their passport, drivers license or birth certificate as proof
of age and residency. Non-compliance with any of these requirements may result
in disqualification, in which case 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 for advertising
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 fully
with each provision in 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 (including, but not limited to, tampering or computer virus infection),
the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as originally planned, the Sponsor,
at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes,
without liability. Prize has no cash value. No substitution or transfer of prizes
is permitted. The Sweepstakes is void where restricted or prohibited by law.
6. Disclaimers:
Entrants agree that Sweepstakes Entities shall not be liable for losses or injuries
of any kind resulting from: (i) acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize(s),
(ii) participation in the Sweepstakes, (iii) individual, joint or collective
technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer
on-line system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, hardware and/or
software, or (iv) any delay or distortion of an entry resulting from data transmissions
that are 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 the Sweepstakes and/or its prizes. The Sweepstakes
Entities are not liable for damage to a user's computer system (including, without
limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction)
due, either directly or indirectly, to an entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes
or downloading of information in connection with the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor
reserves the right to modify or cancel the Sweepstakes in the event that any
portion of the Website 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:
Dixie Chicks DVD Pre-order Sweepstakes, Columbia Records Online, 550 Madison
Ave, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10022. The winners list will be available
after February 10th, 2003.
8. Sponsor: Columbia Records, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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