OFFICIAL RULES
The Music Never Stops Sweepstakes
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, (excluding residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories and possessions), 18 years of age or older. Void in Puerto Rico and U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor, Microsoft Corporation (“Promotional Partner”) and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and members of the immediate family (parent, spouse, child and sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, of any of the above, are not eligible to participate or win the prize. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this promotion. Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
TO ENTER: Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on July 15, 2008 and 11:59 p.m. ET on August 13, 2008 (the “Entry Period”), visit http://www.latina.com and follow the directions to complete and submit the online entry form. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 13, 2008 to be eligible. Limit one (1) entry per person/email address, per day for the duration of the Entry Period. Multiple daily entries received from any person or e-mail address after the first entry received from that person or email address will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
DRAWING: All potential winners will be selected in a random drawing held on or before August 29, 2008 from all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified by mail, phone, and/or e-mail and may be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and where lawful a publicity release within ten (10) days of date of issuance. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize/prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or potential winner is not in compliance with these rules, or Sponsor is unable to contact potential winner within a reasonable time period, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate winner selected. If winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her state of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for all requirements imposed on winner set forth herein.
PRIZES (30): Each Prize Winner will receive one (1) Zune 4GB MP3 Player; Approximate Retail Value (ARV): one hundred forty nine dollars ($149.00). All federal, state and local taxes as well as all other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winner. All prize details shall be at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, garbled or illegible entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or malfunctions of any kind whether human, typographical, printing, mechanical, electronic or network relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the promotion, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize or in any promotion-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this promotion or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the promotion or website, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Should any portion of the promotion be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the promotion and, if terminated, select the winner from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor, and Promotional Partner and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, shareholders and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this promotion. Winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and world wide web, in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.
WINNERS’ NAMES: For a list of winners (available after September 25, 2008), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: “The Music Never Stops” Sweepstakes Winners, Attn: Marketing Department, Latina Magazine, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Requests must be received by September 30, 2008.
SPONSOR: Latina Media Ventures LLC, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036.