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OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR TEXT MESSAGE NECESSARY.

PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE ONE'S CHANCES OF WINNING. FOR TEXT MESSAGE ENTRIES: STANDARD MESSAGING RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL APPLY. MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FROM ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS OR FOR ALL HANDSETS. CHECK WITH YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR DETAILS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS OFFERED ONLY IN THE 50 STATES OF THE UNITED STATES ("U.S.") AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ("D.C.") AND IS INTENDED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THOSE AREAS ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE NOT A PERMANENT LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

Eligibility: The Seinfeld Text to Win Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") is only open to permanent legal residents of the 50 states of the U.S. and D.C., who are physically located and residing therein, and who are 18 years of age or older as of time of entry. Entrants must possess either a valid social security number or a valid U.S. personal tax identification to participate. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor (defined below), Enteractive Solutions Group, Inc. ("Sweepstakes Administrator"), any agents acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, and each of the foregoing entities respective parents, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliated and/or related companies, licensees and service providers, prize suppliers, and advertising and promotion agencies and Sponsor-authorized designees and those involved in the production, development, implementation or handling of the Sweepstakes and those associated with the design, administration, and/or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes (collectively, "Sweepstakes Entities"), and members of the immediate families of such persons (spouses, children, siblings, parents), and/or persons living in the same household as such persons, whether or not related, are ineligible to enter this Sweepstakes.
Sweepstakes Description: This Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on September 18, 2009, and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. PT on October 12, 2009 ("Sweepstakes Period"). This Sweepstakes has available four Prizes as outlined in paragraph 4. The potential winning of any prize is subject to verification, as set forth below.
How to Enter: There are two (2) methods of entry for this Sweepstakes: online entry and text message entry (collectively "Sweepstakes Entries"). To enter the Sweepstakes online, access the website located at www.seinfeld-tv.com/rules ("Website") and follow the online instructions to complete and thereafter submit the Sweepstakes entry form ("Online Entry"). Information required on the entry form consists of your Email Address, First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Street Address (no P.O. Boxes), City, State, Zip Code, Daytime Phone Number (including area code), and Gender (collectively, "Entry Information"). All required Entry Information must be completed in full. In order to enter this Sweepstakes by text message entry, you must have a text message capable phone. If you have a text message capable phone, you must register by texting either the number 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (to reflect which guest star was the entrants' favorite) to the shortcode 47669 on your phone. Standard text messaging rates, terms, and conditions apply. May not be available from all service providers or for all handsets. Check with your service provider for details. Limit one (1) Text Message Entry or one (1) Online Entry per person per mobile number/email address per day during the entire Sweepstakes Period. Multiple Sweepstakes Entries submitted by the same person in excess of the above limit will be disqualified. Sweepstakes Entries must be received by 11:59:59 a.m. PT on October 12, 2009. The Website's computer is the official clock for all purposes of this Sweepstakes. Proof of submitting a Sweepstakes Entry will not be deemed by Sponsor as proof of receipt or entry into the Sweepstakes. Any attempted form of entry into this Sweepstakes other than as described herein is void. If an entrant is a resident of a jurisdiction that deem him/her to be a minor, he/she must obtain parental/legal guardian consent prior to entering or submitting any personally identifiable information.
Prizes/Odds of Winning: Four (4) Prizes: Each winner will receive one (1) Sony Digital Camera (model #DSC-N2) (Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $399.00). Odds of winning any prize depend on the total number of eligible Sweepstakes Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $1,596.00. Terms and conditions subject to change without notice. No substitution, cash equivalent or transfer for any prize, except that Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may substitute a prize with a prize of equal or greater value, whether due to the unavailability of a prize, or for any other reason. All expenses not specifically mentioned as being included (e.g., any required installation, requested upgrades/options) are excluded and are each winner's sole responsibility. As applicable, prizes only come with standard Sony Electronics manufacturer's warranty. Any depictions of prizes are for illustrative purposes only. All federal, state, or other taxes (if applicable) including, without limitation, income taxes, are the sole responsibility of each winner. Limit one (1) prize per person per household.
Drawing and Notification of Winners: Potential winners will be randomly selected from all eligible Sweepstakes Entries received in a drawing to be held on or about October 26, 2009 ("Drawing Date") by the Sweepstakes Administrator, an independent judging organization, at their offices in Burbank, CA. Potential Prize winners (or, if a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) will be notified by phone at the phone number provided on his/her Sweepstakes Entry within approximately two (2) weeks of the date his/her name was randomly selected. If a potential winner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been exerted, if he/she is found to be ineligible, he/she cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules, and/or his/her prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner will be disqualified, and, an alternate potential winner for that prize may be selected (at Sponsor's sole discretion) from all remaining eligible Sweepstakes Entries received. If a Prize winner is a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a minor, his/her Prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent/legal guardian. All Prizes and Prize notification/documents will be mailed/shipped to street addresses located within the eligible 50 states of the U.S. or D.C. only.
General Conditions: This Sweepstakes is subject to these Official Rules and all federal, state and local laws and regulations (collectively "Rules and Laws"). Once submitted, Sweepstakes Entries will not be returned and Entry information becomes the sole property of Sponsor and will only be used to the extent described herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/privacy.html , except where prohibited by law, a participant who submitted his/her Entry information and/or a winner's acceptance of a prize constitutes permission of such entrant or winner (or his/her parent/legal guardian if he/she is a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a minor) for Sweepstakes Entities to use, without notice or further compensation, worldwide, in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, without limitation, on the Web Site, winner's first name and initial of last name, city and state/province for prize fulfillment and possible winner announcement. Entry information will not be sold. Entry information will not be provided to any other entity other than as described herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it (or its authorized designee hosting the Website) finds to be: (i) tampering with, as applicable, the entry process or otherwise with the operation of the Sweepstakes (including, but not limited to, the use of automated computer programs or any non-human mechanism, entity, or device), the Website, or any Web page or Web banner ad related to the Sweepstakes; (ii) acting in violation of the Official Rules; (iii) acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, harass, harm, mislead, or defraud any other individual or entity; or (iv) otherwise in violation of law. Any person attempting to defraud any of the Sweepstakes Entities or in any way tamper with the Sweepstakes will be ineligible to win a prize and Sponsor will seek all remedies available to it, including, if appropriate, filing appropriate complaints with legal authorities. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes or the Website (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted, or is not capable of running as originally planned, or does not allow the proper playing of the Sweepstakes and processing of Sweepstakes 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 and to conduct the drawing and award prizes from all eligible, salvageable Sweepstakes Entries received (if any), prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor or otherwise in a manner that is fair and equitable as determined by Sponsor. In case of a dispute over the identity of an entrant who submitted a winning Sweepstakes Entry, at Sponsor's sole discretion, the authorized account holder of the email address account associated with that Sweepstakes Entry will be deemed the entrant. The "authorized account holder" is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other on-line organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address or who is assigned to a mobile phone number by a service provider that is responsible for assigning mobile phone numbers. Said owner must comply with these Official Rules and, at Sponsor's sole discretion, may be required to provide proof of ownership of the email account.
Limitation of Liability: Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible or liable for and will deem ineligible, entries that are entered by other than human means (such as by an automated computer program or any non-human mechanism, entity, or device) or by someone other than the entrant whose information is submitted to receive an entry, entries in excess of the stated Sweepstakes Entry limit, or for Entry Information that is illegible, late, forged, destroyed, lost, misplaced, stolen, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled, altered or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of Entry Information in the Sweepstakes, or for failure to receive Entry Information due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind and such Sweepstakes Entry will be disqualified. By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant (or his/her parent/legal guardian if the entrant is a minor in the jurisdiction he/she resides) irrevocably agrees and acknowledges to be bound by the Rules and Laws, and decisions of the Sponsor which are final and binding in all respects; to forever and irrevocably waive all of his/her rights to claim ambiguity with respect to the Rules and Laws and 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 to forever and irrevocably release, indemnify, and hold harmless each of the Sweepstakes Entities and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, 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 from, result from or are in connection with: (a) the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to any Sweepstakes-related activity or element thereof, and the entrant's Sweepstakes Entry, participation or inability to participate in the Sweepstakes, (b) the violation of any privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (c) typographical errors in these Official Rules or 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) misrepresentations of seller, (f) 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, (g) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation, or modification of the Sweepstakes or Show, (h) human error, (i) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of the Sweepstakes Entry (including, without limitation, the Entry Information or any parts thereof), (j) any system, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider utilized by any of the Sweepstakes Entities or by an entrant, (k) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network; satellite failure; mobile phone accounts not in good standing; (l) interruption or inability to access the Sweepstakes, the Website or any other Sweepstakes-related web pages, or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (m) 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, (n) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged Sweepstakes Entries, (o) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Sweepstakes Entities, or any of their agents or employees, (p) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act of omission on the part of the prize supplier or any of its agents, servants, employees or independent contractors, (q) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), (r) or any other cause, condition, or event whatsoever beyond the control of Sweepstakes Entities or their parents, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies. Each entrant (and his/her parent/legal guardian if the entrant is a minor in the jurisdiction he/she resides) 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 the prizes or any component thereof. The Sweepstakes Administrator is not the supplier or guarantor of any prize.
ARBITRATION; WAIVER OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; GOVERNING LAW: ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH, TOUCHING UPON OR RELATING TO (i) THE SWEEPSTAKES, (ii) THE AWARDING OR REDEMPTION OF ANY PRIZES AND/OR (iii) THE DETERMINATION OF THE SCOPE OR APPLICABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THEIR ENFORCEMENT ON INTERPRETATION SHALL BE GOVERENED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE'S LAWS. BY SUBMITTING A SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY, EACH ENTRANT (AND HIS/HER PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN IF THE ENTRANT IS A MINOR IN THE JURISDICTION HE/SHE RESIDES) AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE OFFICAL 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.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ENTRANT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDY TO SEEK AND/OR OBTAIN INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF OR ANY ORDER WITH RESPECT TO, AND/OR TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN OR OTHERWISE IMPAIR IN ANY MANNER THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXPLOITATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR ANY MOVIE, PRODUCTION OR PROJECT OF SPONSOR OR ANY OF ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES.

THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS AND ISSUES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AND INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT THEREOF. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE CURRENTLY UNENFORCEABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW BUT MUTUALLY INTEND FOR THIS SECTION TO APPLY IN THE EVENT SUCH PROVISIONS LATER BECOME ENFORCEABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW.

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 THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

Rules/Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules or the Winners List, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Seinfeld Text to Win Sweepstakes "Rules"/"Winners List" (specify which), P.O. Box 6611, Burbank, CA 91510. All requests must be received by December 11, 2009. These Official Rules will also be available on the Website during the Sweepstakes Period.
Sweepstakes Administrator: Enteractive Solutions Group, Inc., P.O. Box 7398, Burbank, CA 91510-7398.
Sponsor: Sony Pictures Television Inc., 10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.