Printable Version of Rules

Everyone's Talking Contest


OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MANY WILL ENTER, FEW WILL WIN. PURCHASES WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES.

updated 09/29/2008


Sponsor: Aldo Leopardi Music, 7400 E. Crestline Circle, Suite 235,
Greenwood Village, CO 80111   USA.

Eligibility:  Everyone’s Talking (the "Contest") is open to entrants who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. This Contest is governed exclusively by the laws of the United States. Employees of  Aldo Leopardi Music, judging agencies, and any other promotional partners working with Sponsor and Judging agency and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

Judging Agency: Independent 3rd Party.


3. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Contest, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Judges and/or Administrator, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4. Timing: The Contest begins on July 4th, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time ("MST") and ends on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. MST (the "Contest Period").  Judging will be completed the week of November 11th, 2008

Weekly submission periods run each Friday 12:00 am MST through Thursday, 11:59 pm MST.


5. How to Enter: During the Submission Phase, visit www.aldoleopardimusic.com  (the "Website") and follow instructions to submit entry information. By completing the entry form, you agree that your Entry conforms to the guidelines and restrictions and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may decide to disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion that your entry fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.

For all Entries: All Entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor.  Entries will receive an email confirmation.  A valid email address must be provided or entry is disqualified.

Sponsor will be collecting personal data about participants online with the purpose of compiling a fan based mailing list. By participating in the contest, entrants agree to Sponsor's collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they agree to be a part of Sponsor's fan based email group.   Entrant may opt-out of email group at anytime after receiving promotional emails from Aldo Leopardi Music.

Winner Requirements: Potential winner will be notified by mail, email or phone on or around November 11, 2008. Each potential winner (18 years of age as of contest begin date) will be required to execute and return to Administrator, within four (4) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, a Prize Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release ("Prize Affidavit") in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Prize Affidavit within the required time period, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, an alternate winner will be selected through the random process, after which the applicable prize will remain un-awarded. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor may use, on a perpetual basis, the winner's, name, city, state, likeness, voice, opinions, Entry and/or prize information, for promotional and advertising purposes in any media on a worldwide basis, including on the Internet, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.

Winner Determination: Winners will be determined via qualified judges randomly selecting winning entries.

The Finalist will be sent a Finalist's Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release ("Finalist Affidavit"). If a potential Finalist cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Finalist Affidavit within the required time period, potential Finalist will be disqualified and an alternate awarded the prize subject to the same “Finalist Affidavit” process.

Each participant may submit only ONE ENTRY NAME PER EMAIL ACCOUNT. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt to submit multiple entries with different names will disqualify all entrants sharing email account.  Duplicate entries will be considered one entry.  Each friend email address submitted will grant entrant a BONUS ENTRY (maximum 4/week).   BONUS ENTRIES will increase the entrant’s odds of winning.  Each friend email submitted will be sent an entry invitation even if maximum submission limit has already been reached.  Maximum total entries per email account with Bonus Entries are 4 per week * 13 weeks for 52 total entries.   


Each Participant may enter ONCE per week.  
Multiple entries submitted from the same email account will be rejected.  Again, maximum entries per email account are 52 for the entire contest period if entrant submits weekly with 3 new UNIQUE and VALID friend emails.  Friend emails may NOT be duplicated each week.  Bogus email accounts will cause BONUS entries to be disqualified. 

Weekly submission periods run each Friday 12:00 am MST through Thursday, 11:59 pm MST.  Weekly judging of submitted “sound-offs” are awarded at the Sponsor’s selection discretion and “sound-off” comments will be posted on the website with winner’s First Initial, Last Name and State/Country of residence stated underneath their submission.

Prizes:
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE:  Cameo role in Aldo Leopardi’s next music video (Name and filming date yet to be determined).  Aldo Leopardi’s next video will be shot in Denver and winner must provide transportation to and from video shoot along with all accommodations necessary for days of music shoot.  Optional prize at winner’s discretion will be a Flip Ultra Video Camera (licensed Aldo Leopardi Music CD also awarded) - Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $149.99 Flip Ultra + $14.95 CD.

WEEKLY PRIZE(S): Licensed Autographed Aldo Leopardi Music CD awarded.  ARV: $14.95.
Winner will not receive difference between the actual value and ARV listed. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made unless Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value should it become unavailable for any reason.

Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.


Release: By receipt of any prize, the applicable winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any losses, damages, rights, claim or cause of action of any kind, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.


General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or those of any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.


Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable entries or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for any typographical/other error in entries, selection announcement or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest.


Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy (http://www.aldoleopardimusic.com/privacy.htm).


Winners List:  Grand Prize Winner’s Name will be posted on Aldo Leopardi Music website once winner has been officially determined and prize forms completed and verified. 

Weekly "Sound-off" winner will receive an autographed Aldo Leopardi Music CD valued at $14.95. Winning the weekly prize does not prohibit entrant from winning the grand prize. Video contest entrant does NOT have to enter a sound-off comment to be eligible for the grand prize.

CONTEST PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM OCTOBER 3, 2008 TO NOVEMBER 4TH, 2008.