UNIVERSAL TELEVISION NETWORKS’
“KOJAK SWEEPSTAKES -OFFICIAL RULES”
1. DURATION AND TERRITORY. This Sweepstakes will commence at 9:00 am (EST) on Monday, February 21, 2005 and end at 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, April 3, 2005 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). All entries shall become the sole property of Universal Television Networks ("UTN") and will not be returned. At the end of the Sweepstakes Period, one (1) winner will be selected to win the Grand Prize as set forth in Section 5 below. This Sweepstakes will be void where prohibited or restricted by law. UTN shall be the sponsor ("Sponsor") of this Sweepstakes and will fulfill all elements of the Prize set forth in Section 5 below. All Times in this Sweepstakes are in Eastern Standard Time.
2. ENTRY. To enter this National Online Sweepstakes, beginning on February 21, 2005, an individual must visit UTN's website (http://www.usanetwork.com) and follow the instructions included therein.
All entries must contain the following information:
a) Entrant’s name;
b) Entrant’s daytime telephone number;
c) Entrant’s home address;
d) Entrant’s e-mail address; and
e) Entrant’s date of birth.
Only one online entry per day will be accepted during the Sweepstakes Period. Multiple on-line entries from the same person on the same day will be disqualified. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Neither UTN, Universal Studios, NBC Universal, Inc. nor their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns, and respective parents, subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns related companies, or advertising and promotional agencies (collectively, the "Other Entities"), nor Party City shall be responsible for late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries; technical or software malfunctions; lost or unavailable network connections; damage to entrant's computer systems as a result of entry in the Sweepstakes or downloading of any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes; failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, or delayed electronic communications, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes; or by any human (or other) error which may occur in the processing of the entries or the administration of this Sweepstakes and Prizes; or printing or other errors. UTN reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes should any computer virus, malfunction or other cause beyond its control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation, prizes will be awarded from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring cancellation. Notice of cancellation will be posted at www.usanetwork.com. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Sweepstakes or operation of the Sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by UTN which may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. Entries that are garbled or unintelligible for any reason including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at UTN), are not eligible. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to abide by all terms of the Official Rules applicable thereto and the decisions of UTN and agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official rules, or the Sweepstakes itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
3. ELIGIBILITY. An entrant must be 18 years of age or older on date of Sweepstakes entry and a legal resident of the Continental United States and the District of Columbia. Employees of UTN or any of the Other Entities, or of any of their respective parent or related companies, or of any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, or advertising and promotional agencies, and any members of the immediate families of such individuals, and any person living in the same household with such individuals (whether or not related), are not eligible to enter.
4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. The winner will be chosen randomly from all eligible entries in a drawing to be held on or about April 5, 2005 by USA Network. The first entry drawn will win the Grand Prize set forth in Section 5 below. If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account as determined by UTN. All decisions by UTN regarding this Sweepstakes shall be final, binding and cannot be appealed. It is specifically understood that there is no purchase necessary to enter this Sweepstakes. All entries become the property of UTN and will not be acknowledged or returned. The Grand Prize winner will be notified by phone, email and/or mail within five (5) business days after the drawing date. The Grand Prize winner will be required to return a completed, signed and notarized affidavit of eligibility and release of liability and, except where prohibited, a publicity release within five (5) days of such notification. Noncompliance within this time period, or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable for any reason, will result in disqualification and an alternate winner for that prize will be selected. The odds of winning this Sweepstakes are indeterminate and depend upon the number of valid entries received. All prizes will be awarded after total compliance with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules.
5. PRIZE. The Grand Prize shall consist of 4,400 iTune song downloads and one (1) 40GB iPod (Provided by Apple) the total approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $4,855.00. Five (5) First Prize winners will receive a 20GB iPod approximate retail value of $399.00 and five (5) Second Prize winners will receive a 15GB iPod approximate retail value of $299.00. All expenses not specified above are solely the winner's responsibility. The winners shall be responsible for all taxes (except sales taxes, where prohibited by law), and any costs and expenses, not specified herein, related to the acceptance and use of the any prize awarded hereunder.
The total approximate retail value of all prizes to be awarded is $8,345.00. All prizes are not transferable and may not be exchanged for cash; however, the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value in the event the Prize cannot be fulfilled. If the Prize cannot be accepted as stated, it will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
6. CONDITIONS. By entering this Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees (a) to release and hold harmless UTN and the Other Entities, their respective parent and related companies, and any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the respective directors, shareholders and employees of the foregoing entities, from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant's participation in this Sweepstakes and/or his or her acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize, or any portion thereof; (b) if selected as the Grand Prize winner, to the posting of such entrant's name on www.usanetwork.com and the use by UTN and any of the Other Entities of such name and photograph (if any) for publicity, promotional and advertising purposes without additional compensation, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use The use of such entrant's name shall be subject to UTN's privacy policy located at www.usanetwork.com/privacy. UTN reserves the right to select a new winner if it has any reason to suspect any technical corruption or any non-authorized human intervention by, or on behalf of, the initial winner. In the event more winner notifications are issued, or more winning prize claims are received, than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules due to computer, printing, seeding, human or other error or problem, a random drawing will take place from all eligible prize claims for the prize at issue to award the proper number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules. This Sweepstakes is void where prohibited or restricted by Federal, State, or local laws and is subject to all applicable Federal, State, and local laws.
The failure of Sponsor to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsor (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.
7. WINNER’S LIST/OFFICIAL RULES. For the name of the prizewinner or a copy of the Official Rules, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to UTN, Attn: USA Network, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Be sure to specify "Get Kojaked Sweepstakes" on the outside of your envelope. Requests for the name of the prizewinner must be received by UTN after April 5, 2005 and before June 03, 2005. Requests for copies of the Official Rules must be received by UTN by June 03, 2005.
8. CONSTRUCTION. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of any entrant, UTN and Other Entities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. In any action brought to enforce the obligation or right of any party hereunder they consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in any court of appropriate jurisdiction in New York County, New York The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
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