ALICIA KEYES TWITTER PRIZE DRAW –
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.
Entry
1.1
These Terms and
Conditions, together with all other information provided prior to entering the
prize draw form part of the rules of entering the prize draw (the “Rules”). By
entering the prize draw you agree that you have read these Terms and Conditions
and agree that you will be bound by them.
1.2
Entry is only open to
residents of the United
Kingdom aged eighteen (18) and over.
1.3 Employees and their immediate
families of the Promoter (see section 4 below for details),
companies within the Sony Music Entertainment group of companies and any of
their subsidiaries and/or agencies associated with this competition are
ineligible to enter. Any such entries will be invalid.
1.4
To enter the prize draw, go to www.twitter.com and add #aliciacomp to your ‘tweet’ messages. By
submitting or posting your
‘tweet’ messages, you warrant that the content of your message(s)
do not and will not infringe/be in breach of the copyright and/or other rights
of any third party and is not and will not be blasphemous, unlawful, defamatory
or criminally obscene, offensive and that you are the owner and originator of
the content and text therein. You must be a member of www.twitter.com to enter the Promotion.
1.5
You are solely responsible for the content of your
‘tweet’ message(s) submitted or posted and any consequences of the further
publication of such. The Promoter shall have no liability whatsoever and
howsoever arising for messages submitted. You hereby hold Promoter harmless
from and against any third party claim arising from use of their materials.
1.6
The prize draw will begin
on Tuesday [24th]
November 2009 (the “Opening Day”) and will run each day until Monday [30th]
November 2009 (the “Closing Day”). The daily draw to find the winner of that
day’s draw will close at [5:30]pm GMT on the relevant
day (“Prize Draw Period”). Any entries received after the Prize Draw
Period will be discounted for the purposes of the draw that day and will be
discounted altogether if received after the Prize Draw Period on the Closing
Day.
2.
The Prize
2.1 The winners will be selected by prize draw
meaning that the winning entries drawn at random from all eligible entries will
each win the prizes set out below. The
decision of the Promoter shall be final and not subject to challenge.
2.2 Each
winner will be contacted by no later than [6pm on the day of winning]. If any winner cannot be contacted or does not
respond as specified within 2 days of having been contacted, or is unable
for whatever reason to accept the prize, or is not able to comply with the
Terms and Conditions set out herein, then Promoter reserves the right to offer their prize to the next
entrant drawn and thereafter until another winner is found for the relevant
prize, without any further liability to the original entrant drawn for that
prize. Details of all the winners will
be available on request to all participants who send a stamped addressed
envelope to the Promoter at the address below.
2.3 The prize consists of the
following on a day by day basis from the Opening Day to the Closing Day:
(i)
The first entrant drawn (subject to clause 2.2 above) each day will win one
(1) pair of tickets for the launch event on the 9th December 2009 at
a central London venue from 6:30pm during which Alicia Keyes will be performing
live. Travel and accommodation is NOT provided. The winners and their chosen companions
must be aged 18 or over and proof of age will be required for each winner and their
chosen companion.
(ii)
The
next four (4) entrants drawn (subject clause 2.2 above) each day will each win
one (1) copy on CD of Alicia Keyes new album ‘The Element Of Freedom’;
The
odds of winning a prize are dependent on the number of eligible entries
received.
2.5
No cash equivalent or
alternative prize will be given and the prize is non-transferable. However, the
Promoter reserves the right to change the prize at its discretion or to offer
an alternative of similar value.
3.
General Terms
3.1
The Promoter reserves
the right to verify the eligibility of entrants and check their identity.
3.2
Entries that are
incorrect or incomplete will be void. No refund will be made for the cost of
any entry. The Promoter may refuse to award a prize, or seek its recovery, in
the event of an entrant's fraud, dishonesty or non-entitlement under the Rules.
3.3
The winner may be
required, as a condition of being awarded the prize, to participate in
promotional and publicity materials at the reasonable request of the Promoter.
3.4 In the event of any fault,
mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the operation of any part of
the draw, the decision of the Promoter shall be final.
3.5 The Promoter and Sony
Music group of companies are not responsible for network, telephone line or
communication failures of any kind or for entries that are incomplete,
corrupted, incomprehensible or not received before the closing date and time.
Such entries will be void.
3.6 Sony Music assumes no
responsibility for damages, losses or injuries that result from acceptance or
use of any prize, provided that nothing in the Rules shall exclude or limit the
Promoter’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its staff or
supplier’s negligence or for fraud.
3.7 Sony Music is not
responsible for any payment of any taxes or other costs associated with the
receipt of any prizes.
3.8 Sony Music reserves the
right to cancel this prize draw and to amend these Terms and Conditions without
notice in the event of circumstances outside its control.
3.9
The Rules shall be
exclusively governed by the laws of England
and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
4.
Contact Details and
Further Information
4.1
For a hard copy set of
these Terms and Conditions or the name of the winner, please send a SAE to Alicia
Keys Twitter Prize Draw, Sony Music, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY
on or before 31st January 2010.
4.2 The Promoter is Sony
Music Entertainment UK Limited. All correspondence and queries should be
sent by mail to the above address.