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"The Lord of the Rings"
Sweepstakes No Purchase Necessary. Open to Legal Residents of the U.S. who are 13 Years of Age or Older. Void in Puerto Rico and Where Prohibited. |
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Sweepstakes is offered only to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, who are at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. Employees, directors, and officers of America Online, Inc. ("Sponsor"), Gateway, Inc. ("Gateway"), New Line Home Entertainment ("New Line") and NewWorldIQ ("NWIQ") and their respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, distributors and suppliers and the immediate family (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse or life partner) of each such person, together with those whom such employees are domiciled are not eligible. By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor that is final and binding in all respects. 2. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD Promotional Period begins on August 6, 2002 at 12:00:00am Eastern Time (ET) and ends on August 27, 2002 at 11:59:59pm ET ("Promotional Period"). For the purposes of calculating time during the Promotional Period, a "Promotional Day" begins at 12:00:00am ET and ends at 11:59:59pm. 3. ENTRY To enter, visit http://jump.iq.com/jump14/lotr/landing.html and click on the "Enter Now" button and follow the Sweepstakes registration steps, which include providing your full name, date of birth and e-mail address. After providing this information, click the "Submit" button. Entries must be made as of 11:59:59pm ET for the day in which entry is sought. You will receive one additional grand prize entry for each person you refer into the Drawing. Please refer only those persons with whom you have either personal or professional relationships, who you feel would be interested in the Bring the Fellowship Home Sweepstakes. Limit 6 referrals per person, per household. All other registration or entry attempts are void. NWIQ's computer will be the official clock of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, incomplete or misdirected entries; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, or service provider/Internet/web site/use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, or the failure to capture any such information. Limit: One (1) entry per person/e-mail address, per day for a total limit of twenty-eight (28) entries in the Grand Prize Drawing.
Winners will be selected by random drawing on or about August 29, 2002 from all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Winners will be notified by e-mail, telephone, or overnight courier within approximately five (5) business days of the drawing. Drawing will be conducted under the supervision of NWIQ, an independent judging organization, whose decisions on all matters related to eligibility and drawing protocol shall be final.
Ten (10) First Prizes of a "Lord of the Rings" Prize Pack. Each prize pack includes a T-shirt; a "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Photoguide" commemorative book; and a "Lord of the Rings" Soundtrack. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of $26/ea. One (1) Grand Prize of a "Lord of the Rings" DVD, "Lord of the Rings" Soundtrack and Gateway® 700SE including a Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.0GHz with 512K L2 Advanced Transfer Cache; 256MB RDRAM® PC800 expandable to 2GB; 40GB UATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive; 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive; 16x/48x DVD-ROM Drive and 40x/12x/48x CDRW; Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition; Microsoft® Works Suite 2002; 15" LCD Flat Panel Display; 128MB NVIDIA™ GeForce4 MX440G Graphics with TV Out; Multi-function Keyboard; Logitech USB Optical Wheel Mouse and Gateway mouse pad; SoundBlaster Audigy Audio w/ IEEE 1394 (FireWire) and Pinnacle Express; and GCS300 Speakers. ARV of $1331. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash refund in the event that winner cannot accept or use the prize. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. No assignment, transfer or substitution of prize is permitted except by Sponsor. All applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. If winner is a minor, prize will be awarded in the name of, or to, winner's parent/legal guardian. Limit one prize per person. Total approximate retail value of all prizes is $1591.
Information collected from entrant is used only for the purpose of the prize drawing and to notify winners, and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by Sponsor or by NWIQ or any third parties. Once the Sweepstakes has ended, all information supplied by entrants will be removed from the NWIQ database. For more information, please visit http://www.aol.com/info/privacy.html.
By entering this Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to be bound by all applicable U.S. laws as well as these Official Rules. Grand Prize Winner may be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Affidavit") within ten (10) days of notification. Noncompliance with this time period (or Sponsor's determination that a winner is not eligible) will result in disqualification, and an alternate winner will be selected. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Alternate winners are selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. Prizes will only be delivered to addresses within the United States. Where permitted by law, winners grant to Sponsor, (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) and those acting pursuant to the Sponsor's permission, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, at any time, the Winner's name, city/state, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration, and without review, notice or approval. By accepting a prize, each Winner, and all participants, release and agree to hold harmless Sponsor and NWIQ and their respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, distributors and suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and damage to property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes, participation in any Sweepstakes related activity, or participation in this Sweepstakes. This Sweepstakes is void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited or restricted. Sponsor and NWIQ reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found, in their sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or web site; to be in violation of the Terms of Service of any of their web sites, to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party, or like entry methods will void all entries, and any participant using any such method will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Sponsor may prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law. 8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY Sponsor and NewWorldIQ are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the web site. Sponsor and NewWorldIQ are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the web site. If, for any reason, this Sweepstakes, or any part thereof, is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor and NewWorldIQ, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and select the Winners in a random drawing from eligible entries received prior to the action taken. Sponsor and NewWorldIQ are not responsible for any warranty or guarantee with regard to the prize or any portion of the prize. This includes, but is not limited to, the fitness of the prize for particular purpose. Gateway is not a sponsor of this Promotion and is in no way responsible for its administration. By entering this Promotion, participants agree to release Gateway, Inc. and its subsidiaries from any liability arising from or related to the Promotion
Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia.
For names of winners send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by August 27, 2002 to: "The Lord of the Rings" Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 3058, Saratoga, CA 95070-1058. For Official Rules mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to the above address marked "OFFICIAL RULES" for receipt by August 27, 2002. Vermont residents may exclude return postage. 11. SPONSOR America Online, Inc., 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, VA 20166 12. PRIZE PROVIDER Gateway, Inc., 14303 Gateway, Inc. Place, San Diego, CA 92064 |