MEAD FIVE STAR “BATTLE OF THE BEATS” CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. YOU MUST BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE FIFTY UNITED STATES (INCLUDING WASHINGTON, D.C.) OR CANADA, EXCLUDING QUEBEC, THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WITH INTERNET ACCESS AND A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS AS OF JULY 1, 2008. CONTEST STARTS ON JULY 1, 2008 AND ENDS ON OCTOBER 31, 2008. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY: The Mead Five Star “Battle of the Beats” Contest (“Competition”) is open to legal residents of the fifty United States (including Washington, D.C.) or Canada, excluding Quebec, who are thirteen (13) years of age or older and have Internet access and a valid email address as of July 1, 2008. Void where prohibited. All employees of MeadWestvaco Corporation (“Sponsor”), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members and those living in the same household of any of the foregoing are ineligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. By entering this skill contest, entrants (and the parents or legal guardians of entrants) accept and agree to be bound by these rules and the decision of the judges, which shall be final, binding and conclusive on all matters related to this contest. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a participant, 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.
2. TIMING: The Mead Five Star “Battle of the Beats” Contest begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”), July 1, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET, on October 31, 2008 (the “Promotion Period”). Each daily contest (“Daily Contest”) begins at 12:00:01 a.m. ET each day during the Promotion Period and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET each day during the Promotion Period. Administrator’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the “Battle of the Beats” Contest.
3. HOW TO PLAY: During the Promotion Period, go to
www.meadfivestar.com and click on the “Battle of the Beats” button to play the Mead Five Star “Battle of the Beats” Contest. Players compete for the highest score by repeating sound and light patterns that increase in difficulty with each round. Upon completion of each game, you may enter your score from that game into the Competition by completing the registration page or logging in and entering that score. You may play as often as you like, but only scores that are entered will be eligible for the Competition. The participants with the top three (3) scores for a single game play during each Daily Contest period will be deemed to be the Daily Contest winners for that day; Limit one (1) Daily Contest prize per person per day. At the end of the Promotion Period, the five (5) contestants with the highest scores for a single game play during the Promotion Period will be the Grand Prize winners. Limit one (1) Grand Prize per person. In the event of a Daily Contest tie, the players who have tied will each receive a prize package of Five Star school supplies with an approximate retail value of $15.00 and will be invited to create an original Five Star slogan of ten (10) words or less which will be judged on creativity and originality to determine the Daily Contest winner. In the event of a Grand Prize tie, the players who have tied will each receive a prize package of Five Star school supplies with an approximate retail value of $50.00 and will be invited to create an original essay of fifty (50) words or less explaining why they would recommend Five Star products. The essay will be judged on creativity and originality. By submitting an original tiebreaker slogan or essay, entrants agree that they irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsor any and all rights, title and interest in their original Five Star slogan or essay, including, without limitation, all copyrights and other intellectual property rights and further agree that Sponsor may use such slogans or essays without additional compensation in all media now or hereafter known. The winner of the tiebreaker will receive a Grand Prize.
4. NOTIFICATION: Potential prizewinners will be notified via e-mail on or about November 14, 2008. In the event of a tie, tiebreaker submissions must be received by November 21, 2008. Potential prizewinning entrants and their entries will be subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules. Each Grand Prize winner (or their Parent/Legal Guardian if Grand Prize winner is a minor child) may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and Originality, Liability, Publicity, and Literary Releases, unless prohibited by law, within ten (10) days of notification, or prize will be forfeited and awarded to the player with the next highest score. Prize will be awarded in the name of the parent/legal guardian of eligible minor prizewinner. In the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules or if a prize notification is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and awarded to the player with the next highest score.
5. PRIZES: GRAND PRIZES (5): Five (5) Grand Prize winners will each receive a Nintendo Wii Game System, a Guitar Hero III Video Game, an Electronic Drum Kit (specific make and model to be chosen by Sponsor) and a prize package of Five Star products. APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE “ARV” OF EACH GRAND PRIZE: $1,000.
DAILY PRIZES (369): Three Hundred and Sixty-Nine (369) Daily Prize winners will each receive a $15 iTunes Gift Card (US dollars; Subject to iTunes Gift Card Terms and Conditions). TOTAL ARV OF DAILY PRIZES: $5,535. Prizes will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions are permitted, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor will report value of prizes as required by law. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Prizes will be awarded if the number of eligible participants is equal to or greater than the number of prizes available.
TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $10,535.
6. RELEASE OF LIABILITY & PUBLICITY: Entrants release MeadWestvaco, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, advertising and promotion agencies, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Competition, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, agency employees of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability with respect to or in any way arising from participation in the Competition or acceptance or use of any prize including liability for personal injury, damages and loss, and Sponsor’s and its designees use of any entry. Entry constitutes permission to use any winner’s name, likeness and entry for advertising, publicity and other purposes, in any and all media now or hereafter known, without further notice or compensation, except where prohibited by law.
7. ADDITIONAL RULES: Sponsor is not responsible for (i) electronic transmissions that are incomplete, garbled, inaccurate or not received by Sponsor for any reason; (ii) any problems or technical malfunctions, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of entries; (iii) destruction of or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; (iv) failed or unavailable hardware, network, software or telephone transmissions, damage to participant’s or any person’s computer or its contents, or any other causes that jeopardize the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion; or (v) misrepresentation, cheating or fraud by any participant. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Competition if fraud, technical failures, unauthorized intervention or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Competition, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to judge entries from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment.
8. Manufacturers/distributors of prizes, except for Five Star products, are not Sponsors of this promotion.
9. SPONSOR: MeadWestvaco, 11013 West Broad Street, Glen Allen, Virginia, 23060.
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