OFFICIAL RULES
*This promotion is brought to you by TheLaughButton.com. All giveaway offers are fulfilled solely by TheLaughButton.com. Registration is required to be automatically entered for your chance to win, you must be at least 18 years old to enter. Winner will be chosen on October 31, 2008 at 11:59 ET.
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FOR PERSONS WHO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES THROUGH REGISTRATION , THESE RULES GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD.
1. Introduction. The Laugh Button 10 CD Giveaway Sweepstakes Prize Drawing (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by The Laugh Button, (the "Sponsor"). Sweepstakes is offered soley by The Laugh Button that resides on multiple company websites (the "Distribution Partners") through different skinned version of the The Laugh Player (the "Creative Presentations"), announcing many different prizes. The Distribution Partner for this particular Creative Presentation is ComedyCentral.com. One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all entries received across all Creative Presentations. The prize for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which the entrant entered the Sweepstakes.
ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE ACROSS ALL CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AWARDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES.
2. Timing. The Sweepstakes begins on March 1, 2008 at 11:59 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on October 31, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Various Creative Presentations may be added throughout the Promotion Period. TheLaughButton computer is the official time-keeping device for this Promotion.
3. Eligibility. The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia), who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor and Promoter, their respective parents, subsidiaries, and agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as spouse, parents, children, siblings and grandparents) and household members of each such employee, officer and director are not eligible. By participating, entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. All federal, state, and local laws apply.
4. How to Enter. During the Promotion Period, user must register through any Creative Presentation by visiting http://www.thelaughbutton.com/register.php and follow the instructions for entry. After you have completely filled out and verified your registration, you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. All entries must be received during the Promotion Period. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an online entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Limit: Each participant may enter one (1) time during the Promotion Period. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. All entries become the exclusive property of TheLaughButton and will not be acknowledged or returned.
5. Selection of Potential Winner. TheLaughButton will randomly select one potential Winner from among all eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation on or about October 31, 2008. Entrant selected must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules; winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner will be notified by mail and/or email within ten (10) days of the drawing. Except where prohibited, potential winner must execute and return to The Laugh Button, within ten (10) days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, then the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within ten (10) days of the first attempt to contact him/her or if he/she fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release within the required time period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place, at random, from among all eligible entries received for the selected Creative Presentation. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after which the prize will remain un-awarded. Prize will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after winner confirmation.
6. Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. The prize for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which he/she entered. Accordingly, the Grand Prize for a winner who entered through this Creative Presentation will be: $200.00. Approximate Retail Value: $200.00. No substitution, assignment or transfer of prize permitted, except by The Laugh Button, who reserve the right to substitute the prize with another prize of greater or equal value. Winners are solely responsible for any and all applicable fees and taxes associated with prize receipt and use. The odds of this Creative Presentation being selected depend on the total number of Creative Presentations. If this Creative Presentation is selected, the odds of winning depend on the number of entries received through this Creative Presentation.
7. Publicity. Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner's consent to The Laugh Buttons’ use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.
8. General Conditions. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize, at random, from among the eligible entries received up to the time of impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes 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 damage Sponsor's or any Promoter's Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of this Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, The Laugh Button reserve 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.
9. Release.
By receipt of any prize, winner agrees that The Laugh Button, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and the agents, employees, directors and officers of these companies, are not liable whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or from winner's participation in the Sweepstakes.
10. Limitations of Liability. The Laugh Button are not responsible for: (1) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, illegible, incomplete, misdirected or postage-due entries or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer, network, hardware or software; (3) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any Web site or service; (4) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (5) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (6) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (7) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or from downloading any material from Sponsor's or Promoter's Web site(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by The Laugh Button and regardless of whether the material is connected to The Laugh Button Web site by a hypertext link. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, provided that, if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, The Laugh Button, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, The Laugh Button reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant, The Laugh Button in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Michigan, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Data Collection. The Laugh Button collect personal information from you when you enter the Sweepstakes. The information collected is subject to the The Laugh Button Privacy Policy, located at http://www.thelaughbutton.com/privacy.php
13. Winner List/Official Rules. For the winner list or a set of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to "10 CD Prize Drawing Q3 2008 Winner/Rules Request," c/o TheLaughButton, 1158 26th Street, Suite 463, Santa Monica, CA 90403 . Requests must be received by November 31, 2008. Residents of Vermont may exclude return postage for Official Rules.
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