Twitter Rules
/// Twitter Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, NOR WILL A PURCHASE IMPROVE ONE’S CHANCES OF WINNING
1. SPONSOR: Universal Music Distribution, A Division of Universal Music Group Distribution, Corp., 111 Universal Hollywood Drive, Suite 400, Universal City, CA 91608, is solely responsible for all aspects of this sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”).
2. ENTRY: During the period commencing at 12:01 A.M., January 16, and ending at 11:59:59 P.M., December 31, 2012 (“Entry Period”), Sponsor invites you to enter the Sweepstakes by signing into your Twitter account (“Account”) or, if you are not already a member, becoming a member of Twitter.com and signing into your Account and submitting an entry in one (1) of two (2) ways when prompted: [1] joining @UMG on Twitter by going to http://www.twitter.com/UMG (“Website”) then selecting the “Follow” button and retweeting the message from @UMG by going to the Website and hovering over the tweet and choosing retweet or [2] @replying UMG with the designated phrase advertised by creating a new twitter message with @UMG and the phrase in the message (collectively, “Entry”). You may also review these instructions in Sponsor’s Sweepstakes call to action posted by Sponsor on Website, in a Twitter message received by you from @UMG, from Sponsor’s Facebook pages at http://www.facebook.com/UniversalMusicGroup or http://www.facebook.com/UmusicOnCampus. If your Account is set to “protected mode”, your updates/responses will not be visible in Sponsor’s twitter feed; and, therefore, will not be received by Sponsor, resulting in your failure to enter the Sweepstakes. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service will apply. If you opt to receive Sponsor's tweets via your wireless mobile device (which may only be available via participating wireless carriers), standard text messaging rates, airtime and carrier charges will apply for each text message sent or received from your handset according to the terms and conditions of your service agreement with your wireless carrier. You understand that by participation in this Sweepstakes via mobile phone or text message, if you are a potential winner, the Sponsor may contact you via mobile phone or text message, which will be subject to the charges pursuant to your carrier's rate plan. It is your sole responsibility to notify the Sponsor in writing if you change your Account. For purposes of these Official Rules (“Rules”), all times and days are Pacific Time.
3. LIMITATIONS: All Entries must be received during the Entry Period. Only one Entry per person/Account per day (regardless of whether one person has more than one Account or more than one person use the same Account). In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the natural person who is the “authorized account holder” assigned to the Account by Twitter. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 2 are void. Use of any automated system to enter as determined by Sponsor in its sole judgment is prohibited and will result in disqualification at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Open only to persons who, upon entering, are 13 years or older; legal residents of, and physically located within, the 50 states or D. C. (collectively, “Territory”); and not employees of Sponsor; its parent, subsidiary, affiliated or successor companies; the advertising, promotional or fulfillment agencies of any of them (individually and collectively, “Entities”) nor members of their households or immediate families. Neither the Entities, nor any of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory, or Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, illegible, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications; failed phone, computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; insufficient space in your email account to receive email; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified and any attempt by a person to use multiple Accounts to register more than once may result in disqualification at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations.
4. PRIZES: A Maximum of Thirty First Prizes: Two (2) General Admission Tickets to a Concert (approximate retail value [“ARV”]: $100); A Maximum of Thirty (30) Second Prizes: one (1) Vinyl Record (ARV: $25); A Maximum of Fifty (50) Third Prizes: one (1) CD (ARV: $10) and A Maximum of Fifty (50) Fourth Prizes: one (1) T-Shirt (ARV: $10). Total maximum ARV of all prizes: $4,750 Limit one prize per person/Account. If the actual value of the prize is less than the stated ARV, the difference will not be awarded. Prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. The prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer.
5. PROCEDURES: All Entries must be received during the Entry Period. During the Entry Period, from time to time at various times to be determined solely at the sponsor’s discretion, potential winners will be randomly selected from eligible Entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received before the random selection and the timing of the Entry and of the random selection.
6. WINNERS: Each potential winner will be notified on Twitter by Direct Message to the potential winner’s Account on or about two (2) days after the drawing. Sponsor is not responsible for changes to the Twitter Direct Message function that may interfere with winner notification. To claim the prize, you will be required to respond by email and provide your full name, email address, physical mailing address and phone number to the Website. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner’s failure to respond to notification within twenty-four (24) hours after its transmission; [2] the failure of notification due to deactivation of the potential winner’s Account prior to receipt of notification; [3] potential winner’s Account “protected mode” is set so that the potential winner’s updates/responses may not be visible in Sponsor’s tweeter feed; [4] potential winner’s failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; [5] potential winner’s failure to validly claim any prize within five (5) days after it is sent and [6] any other non-compliance with Rules. In the event of a prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner. All prizes for verified winners will be delivered within five (5) days after the date of the drawing. All taxes are solely the responsibility of each winner.
7. CONDITIONS: By entering these Sweepstakes and/or accepting any prize you may win, you agree, represent and warrant that: [1] you will be bound by the Rules and the Sponsor’s decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] the Entry becomes solely the Sponsor’s property and will not be acknowledged or returned; [3] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any prize; participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes-related activity or travel or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Sweepstakes information; [4] the Releasees do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Sweepstakes or prizes; [5] winner’s acceptance of any prize constitutes the grant to Sponsor and assigns of an unconditional right to use winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and prize information, statements about the promotion and/or live and taped performances of interviews for any programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law; [6] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Rules or to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Sweepstakes; and in such event, to select winners by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [7] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules, selection and announcement of the winners and distribution of the prizes; [8] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of any winner to accept or use any prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [9] Sponsor has the right to modify prize award procedures at its sole discretion; [10] the Releasees are not responsible for changes to the Twitter @Reply function that may interfere with Sweepstakes or your ability to timely enter and [11] Releasees are not responsible for any failure of delivery of winner notification.
8. RULES & WINNERS’ LIST: For names of winners (after January 5, 2013) and/or Rules (before December 31, 2012), visit http://www.universalmusic.com/contests or write to Attn: UniversalMusic.com Twitter Sweepstakes, C/O UMGD, 2220 Colorado Blvd, Suite 500, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
