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The “GAMERS’ QUARANTINE” SWEEPSTAKES (“Sweepstakes”), promoting the movie QUARANTINE (the “Picture”), starts at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time (“PT”) on 9/3/08 and ends at 3:00 p.m. PT on 10/17/08 (“Sweepstakes Period”). Sweepstakes consists of six (6) individual weekly random drawings (each with a specific individual entry period) and one (1) Grand Prize random drawing as detailed below. All weekly random drawings and the Grand Prize random drawing will be conducted at the completion of the Sweepstakes as detailed below. The sponsor of the Sweepstakes is Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc., 10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 (the “Sponsor”). The Sweepstakes is subject to these Sweepstakes Official Rules (the “Official Rules”), and by entering, entrant agrees to be bound by them.
ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the United States (except residents of Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations) who as of the date of their entry into the Sweepstakes are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Employees of Sponsor, prize suppliers, West Coast Marketing, a division of The Susquehanna Hat Company (“West Coast Marketing”) and each of the foregoing entities’ affiliates, and other Sponsor-authorized designees associated with the design, administration and/or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes (collectively, the “Sweepstakes Entities”), as well as members of such employees’ immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents) or households (whether or not related), are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Entry Period, individuals interested in participating, may enter the Sweepstakes by logging onto www.sonypictures.com/movies/quarantine/weeklygiveaway (the “Sweepstakes Site”) and providing their first and last name, street address (no P.O. boxes), city, state, zip code, daytime telephone number (including area code), date of birth, gender and e-mail address in accordance with the instructions set forth on the Sweepstakes Site (the “Online Entry”). ALL ONLINE ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED ACCORDING TO THE RANDOM DRAWING SCHEDULE BELOW TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIFIC WEEKLY RANDOM DRAWING. ALL ELIGIBLE ONLINE ENTRIES RECEIVED WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE RANDOM DRAWING.
ONLY one (1) ONLINE ENTRY INTO THE SWEEPSTAKES per PERSON and/or E-MAIL ADDRESS PER DAY WILL BE ACCEPTED. ANY ATTEMPTED ONLINE ENTRIES IN EXCESS OF THAT LIMIT SHALL BE DEEMED VOID.
RANDOM DRAWING SCHEDULE: Each of the Weekly Random Drawing entry periods consists of seven (7) days, with the exception of Week #6 which consists of nine (9) days. The Sweepstakes Site's database clock will be the official timekeeper for this Sweepstakes.
| Entry Period Ends | Entry Period Starts | |
| Weekly Random Drawing #1 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 9/3/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 9/10/08 |
| Weekly Random Drawing #2 | 3:01 p.m. PT on 9/10/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 9/17/08 |
| Weekly Random Drawing #3 | 3:01 p.m. PT on 9/17/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 9/24/08 |
| Weekly Random Drawing #4 | 3:01 p.m. PT on 9/24/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 10/1/08 |
| Weekly Random Drawing #5 | 3:01 p.m. PT on 10/1/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 10/8/08 |
| Weekly Random Drawing #6 | 3:01 p.m. PT on 10/8/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 10/17/08 |
| Grand Prize Random Drawing | 3:00 p.m. PT on 9/3/08 | 3:00 p.m. PT on 10/17/08 |
PRIVACY: All information collected by Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes will be subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy.
PRIZES: WEEKLY RANDOM DRAWING PRIZES (each a “Weekly Prize”) (six (6) total Weekly Prizes (one per Weekly Random Drawing period) will be awarded in the Sweepstakes): Each of the Weekly Prizes shall consist of the following:
Weekly Prize #1
One (1) Razer Piranha™ Gaming Communicator (ARV: $79.99)
Weekly Prize #2
One (1) Razer Lycosa™ gaming keyboard and DeathAdder Mouse combination (ARV: $139.98)
Weekly Prize #3
One (1) Intel® Green PC Accessory Bundle bag which includes one (1) tote bag, one (1) solar powered battery pack, one (1) yo-yo made from post-industrial recycled materials, one (1) memo holder made from recycled denim, one (1) standard size 12" ruler made from recycled denim, one (1) 5 x7 journal, made from recycled Spinner wood binding w/ recycled paper, one (1) stapleless stapler and one (1) portable lamp. The total ARV of Weekly Prize #3 is $150.00.
Weekly Prize #4
One (1) Intel Gaming Pack, which includes one (1) Core 2 extreme shirt, one (1) Core 2 extreme gaming cap, one (1) Intel PC fan cover, one (1) USB flexible fan, one (1) gaming speaker, one (1) 512K USB thumb drive bracelet, and one (1) Intel gaming comfort pillow. The total ARV of Weekly Prize #4 is $200.00.
Weekly Prize #5
One (1) Razer Lycosa™ gaming keyboard and DeathAdder™ mouse (ARV: $139.98)
Weekly Prize #6
One (1) Razer Lachesis™ high precision 3G laser gaming mouse and Destructor™ professional gaming mat (ARV: $120.00)
Grand Prize (one (1) Grand Prize to be awarded)
The Grand Prize consists of one (1) Gamer Infinity SLI 8800 computer gaming system (ARV $3000), one (1) Razer Piranha™ Gaming Communicator (ARV $79.99) and one (1) Razer Lycosa™ gaming keyboard and DeathAdder Mouse set as detailed above. The total ARV of the Grand Prize is $3,219.97.
The total ARV of all prizes to be awarded in the Sweepstakes is $4,049.92.
Prizes are non-transferable, non-assignable and have no cash value. No prize substitution or cash redemption allowed by Prize Winners (as defined below). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value at any time in its sole discretion. No portion of a Prize may be sold, bartered or exchanged by Prize Winner. If awarded, Prize will be awarded without any warranty of any kind except as may be offered by the manufacturer. Limit of one (1) prize per person or email address. Odds of winning a prize depend on the total number of eligible Online Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
WINNER SELECTION: Six (6) potential Weekly Prize Winners and one (1) potential Grand Prize Winner (each a “Prize Winner”) will be selected in a series of random drawings from among eligible entries on/about 10/20/08 by West Coast Marketing, an independent judging entity. Potential Prize Winners will be notified by e-mail, certified mail and or telephone by 10/27/08. If such potential Prize Winner notification is undeliverable or no response is received by West Coast Marketing from the potential Prize Winner within seven (7) days of the date of notification or attempted notification, then such potential Prize Winner will be disqualified, and an alternate winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Potential Grand Prize Winner (or potential Grand Prize Winner’s parent or legal guardian if the potential Grand Prize Winner is a minor in the legal jurisdiction in which he or she resides) will be required to execute and return a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability and (except where prohibited) Publicity Release form and a completed IRS W-9 form within ten (10) business days of the date of issuance of such documents. Potential Grand Prize Winner’s failure to return all required forms in this ten (10) day time period may result in the potential Grand Prize Winner being disqualified and an alternate potential Grand Prize Winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion. A pre-paid overnight delivery service air bill will be provided to potential Grand Prize Winner to facilitate the return of all required documents. If any delivery of an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability and Publicity Release form or a Prize is returned as undeliverable for any reason, the potential Prize Winner shall be disqualified and Sponsor may decide, in its discretion, to award such prize to an alternate eligible entrant.
All federal, state and local tax liabilities, if any, are the responsibility solely of the Prize Winners. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited) granted to Sponsor to use the Prize Winner’s name, likeness, pictures, photographs, voice, biographical information and statements for publicity, advertising, trade and promotional purposes in any and all media and manner and by any and all means now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity worldwide without additional compensation or limitation of any kind, and without the need to get any further consent.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY/GENERAL CONDITIONS: Sweepstakes Entities shall not be responsible or liable for Online Entries that are entered by other than human means (such as by an automated computer program or any non-human mechanism, entity, or device), in excess of the stated limit, or for Online Entries that are late, forged, destroyed, lost, misplaced, stolen, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled, or otherwise not in compliance with the Sweepstakes’ Official Rules, and all such Online Entries will be disqualified. By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and decisions of Sponsor and West Coast Marketing which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of his/her rights to bring any claim, action, or proceeding against any of the Sweepstakes Entities in connection with the Sweepstakes; and (iv) to release, indemnify, and hold harmless each of the Sweepstakes Entities and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasees”), from any liability (including, but not limited to, liability for defamation, libel, slander, invasion of privacy, infringement of publicity or any intellectual property rights, any property loss, damage, personal injury, bodily injury, death, expense, accident, delay, inconvenience or irregularity, and any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages of any kind even if the Releasees have been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages), costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to any Sweepstakes-related activity or element thereof, and the entrant’s entry, participation or inability to participate in the Sweepstakes, (b) the violation of any person’s privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (c) typographical errors in these Official Rules and/or in any Sweepstakes promotional materials, (d) acceptance, attendance at, participation in, possession, defects in, use, misuse or inability to use a prize (or any component thereof), (e) any change in the prizing (or any components thereof) due to unavailability, business or creative considerations, or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including but not limited to by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond any of the Sweepstakes Entities’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules, (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation, or modification of the Sweepstakes, (g) human error, (h) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of the Online Entry (including, without limitation, the Online Entry information or any parts thereof), (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of the Sweepstakes Site or any telephone network, computer online system, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider, or mail service utilized by any of the Sweepstakes Entities or by an entrant, (j) interruption or inability to access the Sweepstakes, the Sweepstakes Site or any other Sweepstakes-related web pages, or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (k) any damage to entrant’s (or any third person’s) computer and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Sweepstakes, (l) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other errors or malfunctions, (m) any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, illegible, delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged Online Entries,(n) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Sweepstakes Entities, or any of their agents or employees, (o) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof). Each Prize Winner hereby acknowledges that the Sweepstakes Entities have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any express or implied warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any of the prizes or any component thereof.
Proof of entering information at the Sweepstakes Site is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. Illegible, incomplete, mechanically reproduced and Online Entries in excess of the number stated above from any one (1) valid e-mail address and/or person will be disqualified. All Online Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. False, fraudulent or deceptive Online Entries or acts shall render entrants ineligible.
If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, or if the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) or the Sweepstakes Site (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper playing of the Sweepstakes and processing of Online Entries in accordance with these Official Rules, or if infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes, in the Sponsor’s sole opinion, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes or the granting of a prize or any component thereof, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes or any portion thereof. In the event the Sweepstakes is cancelled, and to the extent possible as determined by Sponsor, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing to select entrants from among all eligible, non-suspect Online Entries received prior to the time of the action or event warranting such cancellation, and to award the prizes (or any awardable portion(s) thereof). In the event that Sponsor determines that there are no eligible entrants, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to not award the prizes (or any portion thereof). ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE (INCLUDING THE SWEEPSTAKES SITE) OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. If a dispute arises about who submitted an Online Entry on the Sweepstakes Site, the Online Entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account entered. The authorized account holder is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or other online organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. A potential Prize Winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning Online Entry (if applicable) and that all eligibility requirements are met.
ARBITRATION: BY ENTERING INTO THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ITS PRIZING) OR RELATING TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THEIR ENFORCEMENT, ARBITRABILITY OR INTERPRETATION, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION, TO BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, BEFORE A SINGLE ARBITRATOR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE §§ 1280 ET SEQ. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE SELECTED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES OR, IF THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE, THEN BY SELECTING AN ARBITRATOR FROM A LIST OF ARBITRATORS SUPPLIED BY JAMS (JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES). IF THE PARTIES STILL CANNOT AGREE ON AN ARBITRATOR, THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY JAMS. THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE A CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING, CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL ISSUE A WRITTEN OPINION STATING THE ESSENTIAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS UPON WHICH THE ARBITRATOR’S AWARD IS BASED. THE PARTIES WILL SHARE EQUALLY IN PAYMENT OF THE ARBITRATOR’S FEES AND ARBITRATION EXPENSES AND ANY OTHER COSTS UNIQUE TO THE ARBITRATION HEARING (RECOGNIZING THAT EACH SIDE BEARS ITS OWN DEPOSITION, WITNESS, EXPERT AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IF THE MATTER WERE BEING HEARD IN COURT). NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE ARBITRATOR MAY REQUIRE THAT SUCH FEES BE BORNE IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS THE ARBITRATOR DETERMINES IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THIS ARBITRATION CLAUSE TO BE ENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
GOVERNING LAW: Each entrant acknowledges that the internal substantive laws (as distinguished from the choice of law rules) of the State of California and the United States of America applicable to contracts made and performed entirely in California shall govern the validity and interpretation of these Official Rules and all other causes of action (whether sounding in contract or in tort) arising out of or relating to these Official Rules.
NO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: EACH ENTRANT UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT HE/SHE SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXPLOITATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, THE PICTURE, OR ANY OTHER MOVIE, PRODUCTION OR PROJECT OF SPONSOR OR ANY OF ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES.
OFFICIAL WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: For an Official Winners List (available after 11/15/08), or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “GAMERS’ QUARANTINE” SWEEPSTAKES (please specify Official Winners’ List or Official Rules), PO Box 56436, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413 to be post-marked no later than 11/15/08. Residents of Vermont may omit the return postage on their request. The Official Rules are also available during the Entry Period at the Sweepstakes Site.




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