COUNTRY ROADS PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAY
Country Roads Magazine may conduct periodic sweepstakes giveaways that are announced on its website and are governed by these Official Rules. THIS IS A PROMOTIONAL SWEEPSTAKE GIVEAWAY. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Any promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by applicable law, and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Winners are responsible for any taxes, customs, duties and like amounts that may be connected with the sweepstakes Prize.
1. How to Enter. To participate in a Country Roads Sweepstakes Giveaway ("Promotion") for a chance to win the prize identified on the website, eligible individuals must (a) sign up online in a timely fashion providing name and email address (“Entry Process”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion. The odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. Limit one entry per email individual.
2. Eligibility. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM THE PRIZE. The Promotion is open to all individuals who are legal U.S. residents (except Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and all overseas military installations where this Promotion is void) and who, at the time of entry, are at least twenty-one (21) years of age. Any effort by an entrant to misrepresent himself or herself through the use of aliases or multiple e-mail addresses will disqualify that entrant. Any entrant who disregards these Official Rules is not eligible to participate or win. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with the Promotion will be ineligible for Prize and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Directors, officers, employees, contractors and agents (and their immediate families and household members) of the Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, including the Administrator, or any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Promotion are also not eligible. Winning the Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Entry in the Promotion constitutes your full and unconditional acceptance of these Official Rules. The Sponsor's determination of eligibility, in its sole discretion, shall be final.
3. Prize. Nothing more than the Prize stated in the website will be awarded. Winner will be responsible for all applicable federal, state, and local taxes. No transfer, assignment, substitution of the Prize, or cash equivalent is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute Prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised Prize is unavailable. Expenses not specifically included in Prize description and all applicable state and federal taxes are the sole responsibility of the Official Prize Winner. The Sponsor’s determination of the Official Prize Winner is in its sole discretion in accordance with these Official Rules and is final. The Prize is awarded “as-is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied outside of manufacturer's limited warranty.
4. Conditions of Participation. As a condition of entry, entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and all decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions will be final. If any provision of these Official Rules is declared to violate any federal, state or local law, it will be amended to conform to such law and all other provisions will remain in full force and effect. If, for any reason, the fairness or integrity of the Promotion becomes compromised, or the Sponsor's administration or fulfillment of the Promotion becomes impracticable, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate so as to end the Promotion early or modify the Promotion, and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Entry Process or the administration of the Promotion.
5. Consent to Use and Sharing. Entrant consents to the use of entrant’s name on the Sponsor’s website, Facebook page or other social media to announce that the entrant is the Official Prize Winner. Entrant further grants to Sponsor, its agents and others working on Sponsor’s behalf, the right to use the entrant’s name, for advertising and marketing purposes, including on the website, without additional compensation, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Sponsor reserves the right to any video, audio, photographic or print material involving the winners for promotional use without further permission or compensation. Additionally, Entrant acknowledges that his/her name and email address will be shared with clients of Sponsor.
6. Entry Errors. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misidentified or misdirected entries, or telecommunication or computer hardware or software performance, errors, delays or failures. The Sponsor is not responsible for any printing errors in these Official Rules or any other materials regarding the Promotion available on the Promotion Site or anywhere else.
7. Winner Notification. The Official Prize Winner will be notified by email. Sponsor may require the Official Prize Winner to execute an affidavit of eligibility, publicity release (except where prohibited), liability waiver and/or IRS Form W-9 (if required by IRS regulations) prior to the delivery of any prize (collectively, "Affidavit"). If the Official Prize Winner does not respond to the notification within 10 days, is otherwise found to be ineligible, fails to execute the Affidavit or other documentation required by Sponsor and/or the Prize is returned as undeliverable, the Sponsor may consider such Official Prize Winner to have forfeited the Prize, and another prize winner may be selected as time allows. Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to the Official Prize Winner who is unable or unavailable to accept or utilize the Prize as described herein. The Prize will be awarded within approximately 10 days of the Official Prize Winner's complete response to the notification. Sponsor makes no warranties with regard to the Prize. 3 17200858_1
8. Internet. Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to select the Official Prize Winner from eligible entries received as of the termination date. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in a Promotion if it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to abuse, threaten or harass other entrants. Caution: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such participant to the fullest extent of the law.
9. Announcement of Winners. After the Official Prize Winner has claimed his or her prize, Westmoreland Publishing Company, Inc., reserves the right to publish the Winners name on the company website, www.countryroadsmagazine.com and/or associated social media accounts, unless Winner requests in writing that it refrain from doing so. the name of the Official Prize Winner will be posted on the website.
10. Disclaimers, Dispute Resolution and Limitations of Liability. Each entrant hereby releases, and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, those working on Sponsor’s behalf, and each of their respective officers, directors, representatives, employees, agents, successors and assigns, from any damage, injury, death, loss or other liability, either at law or equity, whether known or unknown, asserted or non-asserted, that may arise from or in any way relate to participation in this Promotion or the awarding, acceptance, use or misuse of the Prize or any other substitute Prize. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. This Promotion shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Louisiana, regardless of conflicts of laws principles. Any action or litigation concerning this Promotion shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and each entrant expressly consents to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waives all defenses of lack of jurisdiction 4 17200858_1
and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. Each entrant agrees to service of process by mail or other method acceptable under the laws of the State of Louisiana. ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS PROMOTION. ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.
11. Sponsor. The Sponsor of the Promotions is Westmoreland Publishing Company, Inc. P.O. Box 490, St. Francisville, LA, 70775
