VH1 Classic Presents the “AC/DC Rock N Roll Train” Sweepstakes
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. OFFER VOID IN HAWAII, ALASKA AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS PROMTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ONLY ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW.
2. PROMOTION PERIOD: VH1 Classic Presents the “AC/DC Rock N Roll Train” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) commences on 5:00 p.m. (ET) on September 16, 2008 and ends at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on October 20, 2008 (the “Promotion Period”). All entries must be received by 10:00 a.m. (ET) on October 20, 2008.
3. TO ENTER: The Sweepstakes will be posted on www.vh1.com (the “Web Site”), a website owned and controlled by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc., (“MTVN”) starting at 5:00 p.m. (ET) on September 16, 2008 and ending at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on October 20, 2008. Participants must complete all required fields on the online entry form, submit such entry form as directed, and must also electronically acknowledge and agree to the terms of MTVN’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, to be entered into the Sweepstakes. Entries submitted in accordance with these Official Rules shall be referred to herein as the “Eligible Entries”. Limit one (1) entry per person or household per day. If a participant uses multiple e-mail addresses to submit more than one (1) entry for a given day, only the first online entry for that day will qualify as an Eligible Entry. Limit one (1) prize per person or household. There will be one (1) grand prize winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) selected from the Eligible Entries received.
By entering, participants acknowledge compliance with each provision of these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements. Neither MTVN, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (“SBME”), nor any of its or their respective agencies, affiliates, subsidiaries, respective directors, officers, employees and agents are responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of MTVN or SBME which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes or for any reason MTVN deems it necessary, MTVN reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Should the Sweepstakes be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on www.vh1.com. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void. In the event of a dispute over who submitted the winning entry, the holder of the winning email account will be declared the winner. An "authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a telephone number, pager number or email address by a telephone company, wireless service provider, Internet access provider, Internet service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational, government, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning telephone numbers, pager numbers, wireless phone numbers, email addresses, for the telephone exchange associated with the submitted telephone or pager number or the domain associated with the submitted telephone, pager number or email address, as applicable. All entries become the property of MTVN.
4. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States (except as set forth below) who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of entry. Potential Grand Prize Winner’s one (1)guest similarly must be a legal resident of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States and must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of prize fulfillment. Any potential Grand Prize Winner and his/her one (1) guest are subject to proving eligibility, including verification of social security number and is further subject to possessing a valid, government-issued photographic identification at the time of prize fulfillment. If any potential Grand Prize Winner cannot furnish verifiable and valid proof of age within forty-eight (48) hours after being notified of winning, then all rights of such potential Grand Prize Winner to receive and use the Grand Prize thereupon will be terminated, and an alternate winner may be chosen from among all remaining Eligible Entries received, at MTVN’s sole discretion. Sweepstakes is not open to employees (or to their immediate family members) of MTVN, Viacom International Inc. (“Viacom”), SBME or any of their respective parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, as well as any person who has won an MTVN national contest or sweepstakes in the twelve (12)-month period preceding entry into this Sweepstakes. VOID IN ALASKA, AND HAWAII AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. Additional restrictions may apply.
5. PRIZING*: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive the following grand prize (the “Grand Prize”):
- Round-trip coach-class air transportation to New York, NY for the Grand Prize Winner and one (1) eligible guest from a major airport of MTVN’s choice near the Grand Prize Winner’s residence. MTVN reserves the right to substitute air transportation for ground transportation if Grand Prize Winner resides within a 150-mile radius of New York City (Approximate retail value (“ARV”): $2,500.00).
- Standard hotel accommodations for two (2) nights at a hotel and room type selected by MTVN in its sole discretion in New York City (room and tax only, one (1) double occupancy room, ARV: $1,400.00).
- Round-trip ground transportation from New York, NY to Wilkes-Barre, PA for Grand Prize Winner and his/her one(1) guest to attend an AC/DC private performance (performance date/location subject to change at the sole discretion of MTVN, ARV: $500.00)
* All Prizing is subject to availability. MTVN reserves the right to without any prior notice and at any time replace, any or all prizes with a prize or prizes of equal or greater value.*
The total approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $4,400.00
6. The tentative date for all prize fulfillment is October 25, 2008 and is subject to change at MTVN’s sole discretion. The total approximate retail value of this Sweepstakes is $4,400.00.The actual retail value of this Sweepstakes depends on current existing market conditions at time of prize fulfillment. Any costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use which are not expressly set forth in these Official Rules, including but not limited to, meals, gratuities, luggage fees, phone calls, and any and all other travel and incidental expenses not specifically mentioned above as being included within the Grand Prize are the Grand Prize Winner and his/her one (1) guest’s sole responsibility. Grand Prize Winner is responsible for any and all applicable federal, state and local taxes that become due with respect to prize acceptance and use.
7. The odds of winning will be determined by the total number of Eligible Entries received.
8. By participating in this Sweepstakes participants agree to be bound by each provision of these Official Rules and by the decisions of MTVN, which are final, binding and non-appealable in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.
9. SELECTION/NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS: The Grand Prize Winner will be chosen at random, from among all of the Eligible Entries received by MTVN on or around October 20, 2008. MTVN will contact the potential Grand Prize Winner by phone and/or email. MTVN will attempt to reach the potential Grand Prize Winner three (3) times by phone and/or email within two (2) business days. Voice messages and/or email messages will be left and the potential Grand Prize Winner must call back within one (1) business day of the first phone or email message being left. If the potential Grand Prize Winner is unreachable, or does not confirm receipt of winner notification voicemail or email message by MTVN within the one (1) business day period in which the voicemail or email message was left or is found ineligible or does not comply with these Official Rules, then an alternate winner may be chosen, in MTVN’s sole discretion. If an alternate winner is chosen, it will be selected randomly from the remaining Eligible Entries.
10. The specifics of all elements of any prize in the Sweepstakes shall be solely determined by MTVN. Some restrictions may apply. No substitution, transfer of any prize (or any part of a prize package) or cash alternative permitted, except by MTVN due to prize unavailability at time of award in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. Unless specified otherwise by MTVN, no cash will be awarded. Arrangements for the fulfillment of prizes will be made by MTVN. Return of any prize as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of alternate winner.
11. As a prerequisite for receiving and using the Grand Prize, the potential Grand Prize Winner must complete, sign and return to MTVN, within two (2) weeks after the date of MTVN’s request therefore and presentation thereof: (a) an affidavit of eligibility and a liability release of MTVN, Viacom, SBME and each of their respective affiliates and employees from any and all liability, claims, demands, judgments, and causes of action for personal injury and/or damage, theft, or loss suffered in connection with this Sweepstakes or the use or acceptance of the Grand Prize (or any portion thereof); and (b) except where prohibited by law, a promotional release granting the right to use his or her name and/or likeness for advertising and/or publicity purposes in all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity and without additional compensation, notification, or permission, unless prohibited by law; and (c) any other legal document that MTVN may require (in its sole discretion). Guest must also execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to issuance of travel documents. Entry into this Sweepstakes constitutes each potential Grand Prize Winner and his/her one (1) guest’s agreement to sign such releases. Failure of any potential Grand Prize Winner and his/her one (1) guest to complete, sign and return to MTVN such affidavit, release and legal documentation within such two (2) week period shall result in Grand Prize Winner’s disqualification from the Sweepstakes, in which event an alternate winner may be selected from among all remaining Eligible Entries, in MTVN’s sole discretion. The receipt by any winner of any of the prize components of this Sweepstakes is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal, state and local rules and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT MTVN’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF “VH1 CLASSIC PRESENTS THE “AC/DC ROCK N ROLL TRAIN SWEEPSTAKES” AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
12. The value of the prize(s) may be taxable as income. Upon receipt of any prize, Grand Prize Winner is required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local tax that becomes due with respect to the prize(s).
13. All interpretations by MTVN of these Official Rules, and all decisions by MTVN under and in relation to these Official Rules, are final, binding and non-appealable in all respects. MTVN reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or the Web Site; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MTVN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE NEW YORK COURTS (STATE AND FEDERAL) SHALL HAVE SOLE JURISDICTION OF ANY OF THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE SWEEPSTAKES AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE SWEEPSTAKES. EACH PARTICIPANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.
14. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: MTVN’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. By participating in this promotion, participant hereby agrees irrevocably and in perpetuity that neither MTVN, Viacom, SBME, nor any of such entities’ respective subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies or employees shall have any liability in connection with such Grand Prize winner’s acceptance or use of any prize awarded in this Sweepstakes. By accepting the Grand Prize the Grand Prize Winner and his/her one (1) guest agree irrevocably and in perpetuity to release and hold harmless MTVN, Viacom, SBME and each of their respective affiliates and employees from and against any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, judgments and actions of any kind resulting from or relating to the acceptance, possession or use of any such prize, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage.
15. LIST OF WINNERS: For a copy of the winners list, send a SASE to: MTVN Online, Attn: Kristin Davis
VH1.com Marketing and Promotions Department “VH1 Classic Presents the “AC/DC Rock N Roll Train”
Sweepstakes 1515 Broadway, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10036. All requests must be received by no later than
December 28, 2008. Vermont residents may omit return postage.
16. SPONSOR: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by MTV Networks: 1515 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036, USA
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