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OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Nancy Grace Extraordinary Parent Contest (“Promotion”) is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and D.C., age 18 years or older, except employees, officers, directors and agents (and their immediate family and household members (whether or not related) of Cable News Network, Inc. (the “Sponsor”), and its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, trustees, franchisees, participating vendors, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies and affiliated entities (collectively, with the Sponsor, the "Promotion Entities"). Void wherever prohibited by law. Promotion is governed by U.S. law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. By entering the Promotion, entrants agree to accept and be bound by all terms of these Official Rules and Regulations (“Official Rules”). 2. HOW TO ENTER: From 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (ET) on January 7, 2008 to 11:59 pm ET on May 1, 2008 (the “Promotional Period”), Sponsor will be conducting a national Promotion encouraging participants to enter for a chance to visit the set, meet Nancy Grace and share their story in person. To enter, during the Promotional Period, participants should visit http://www.CNN.com/nancygrace and click on the iReport link. There, entrants should complete the required information, including their name, address, telephone number (including the area code), and e-mail address (if any), and upload their photos, videos and/or words to share a story about what makes them, their mother, their father, a neighbor, or even a friend an Extraordinary Parent (the “Submission”). To be eligible all entries must be received no later than 11:59 pm ET on May 1, 2008. All entries must be submitted in the name of an individual person. Prize will be awarded to the parent(s) of whom the Submission is about. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means will be void. The Promotion Entities are not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, illegible, undelivered, inaccurate or delayed entries, or for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or other errors or problems which may limit or affect a person’s ability to participate in the Promotion, whether human, mechanical, typographical, printing, electronic, network or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion-related materials. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, terrorism or threats thereof, computer virus or other events or causes beyond the Sponsor’s control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Promotion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such cancellation. False or deceptive entries or acts will render the entrant ineligible. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Limit one (1) entry per person, e-mail address or household. Submission must be the entrant’s original creation and may not have been published previously or won any other award and the right to submit it must not be restricted. Submission cannot defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or proprietary rights including but not limited to copyrights or trademarks. 3. HOW TO WIN: Between one and three stories will be selected and read on-air each week from February 4, 2008 through the week of April 28, 2008 (“First Prize Winners”). One (1) grand prize winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) will be selected on or around May 2, 2008. All First Prize Winners and the Grand Prize Winner (collectively, the “Winners”) will be selected by a panel of judges from among all eligible entries received. Selection of the Winners will be based equally upon the following criteria: (i) creativity of expression, (ii) compelling story, (iii) overcoming struggle, and (iv) contribution to the greater good (the “Judging Criteria”). The decision of the judges will be final and binding in all matters. The odds of winning will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotional Period. The Winners will be confirmed by U.S. mail, e-mail and/or telephone and must meet all eligibility requirements including the timely execution and return of all necessary releases and documents (if any) required by Sponsor. 4. PRIZES: Grand Prize Winner will receive a 3 day/2 night trip to New York, New York for two (2) people, at an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,850.00). The Grand Prize includes the following: (a) round trip airfare from the major U.S. gateway airport nearest the Grand Prize Winner’s residence to a New York, New York area airport; (b) round trip airport transfers between the airport and hotel; (c) double occupancy standard hotel accommodations for two (2) people (one (1) room) at a hotel in the New York, New York area for 2 nights (chosen by Sponsor); (d) visit to the set of the Nancy Grace show for a chance to discuss Submission live on air (based on show schedule); and (e) Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) spending money. Actual value of Grand Prize may vary based on point of departure and airfare fluctuations. The Grand Prize Winner is responsible for all costs and expenses not expressly provided for above, including additional ground transportation, additional meals, incidentals, tips, telephone calls, souvenirs, other personal expenses and hotel charges incurred during the trip. All travel arrangements must be made through Sponsor’s agent on a carrier of Sponsor’s choice. Dates are subject to availability and certain black-out dates and other travel restrictions may apply. Sponsor reserves the right to approve any travel dates. Sponsor is not responsible for any travel related delays or cancellations. Grand Prize Winner and guest are responsible for obtaining proper documentation (e.g., valid photo ID) prior to travel. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. First Prize Winners will each receive an autographed picture of Nancy Grace. TOTAL ARV OF PROMOTION: Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,850.00) No substitution or transfer of prizes or cash redemptions permitted by the winner(s). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute for any reason whatsoever a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at their sole discretion. Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied by the Sponsor. The Winners are responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes (if any) as well as any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of prize not specified herein as being awarded. 5. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS: By entering this Promotion, participants grant Promotion Entities and their designees the right, unless prohibited by law, to use their names, cities and states of residences, voices, pictures and likenesses, without compensation, notification or approval, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing the goods and services of the Promotion Entities and all matters related to the Promotion, in any manner or medium, now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity. Grand Prize Winner’s travel companion must be a legal US resident and of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence (and at least age 18) unless Grand Prize Winner is such guest’s parent or legal guardian. Grand Prize Winner’s travel companion (or, if a minor, Grand Prize Winner on behalf of travel companion) will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to ticketing. Winners may each be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, liability release, tax acknowledgment form and, except where prohibited by law, a publicity release and return within five (5) business days of issuance of notification. Noncompliance within this time period or failure of potential winner to respond after three (3) notification attempts may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner may be selected. If: (i) any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential Winner declines his or her prize, (iii) the potential Grand Prize Winner is unable to travel on dates approved by Sponsor or (iv) a potential Winner fails to comply with any of the Official Rules as outlined herein, such potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Promotion Entities expressly disclaim any responsibility and entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Promotion Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, demands and/or liability for injury, damage or loss whatsoever relating to or arising in connection with participation in this Promotion (regardless of the cause of such injury, damage or loss) and/or the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of any of the prizes awarded (including any travel or activity related thereto). With respect to the participants’ Submission, participants hereby irrevocably grant Sponsor the nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to use the Submission, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, or as a basis for new material, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion and for the purposes of advertising and promoting the Promotion and/or the exhibitors thereof, and to use the Submission in connection with the Promotion and related advertising and promotion or otherwise, but not as a direct endorsement for any product. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, participants agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the perpetual, worldwide right of Sponsor and its designees to use, edit, telecast, cablecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, license, print, distribute and/or otherwise exploit, in any language and in all media now known or hereafter devised, Submission in whole or in part, without any further compensation to participant. Participants may be required to execute any documents necessary to perfect such rights in the Sponsor. 6. OFFICIAL RULES OR WINNERS’ LIST: For a copy of the Official Rules or the Winners List (available on or about May 31, 2008), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (residents of VT need not include return postage on rules requests) to the following address by June 15, 2008 (Please specify “Official Rules” or “Winners”) – “Nancy Grace Extraordinary Parent Contest,” One CNN Center, NT1314F, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. SPONSOR: Cable News Network, Inc., One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. © 2008 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. |
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