Official Rules for Rolling Stone and American Gangster Sweepstakes NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and Washington DC who as of 2/8/08 are eighteen (18) years of age or older. How to Enter: 1. To enter the “Rolling Stone and ‘American Gangster’” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), visit the website at www.rssoundingboard.com and follow the registration and entering directions provided therein. Limit one entry per person. Sweepstakes begins at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 2/8/08. All online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 3/22/08. 2. No mechanically reproduced or computer generated entries permitted. Not responsible for lost, late or misdirected entries, or entries containing incorrect or incomplete information. Not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer, on-line, or Internet systems or services, servers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry or confirmation or winners notice on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, problems with the website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Sweepstakes. Entries become the property of Rolling Stone LLC (“Sponsor”) and will not be acknowledged or returned. Winner(s): One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected from a random drawing held on or about 3/24/08 from among all eligible entries received. The winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Prize(s): General: 1. Employees of Sponsor and Universal Studios Home Entertainment LLC (“Universal”), their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies, and their immediate family members and/or those living in same household are not eligible. 2. No substitution or transfer of prize permitted except as provided herein. Prizes are non-redeemable for cash. In the event of unavailability, Sponsor may substitute a prize of greater or equal value, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. 3. All federal/state/local taxes are the sole responsibility of prize winners. 4. Potential prize winners must execute an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form within ten (10) days of notification. Noncompliance/return of prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. 5. By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Universal, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, and each of their directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any damage, injury, expense, cost, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability that may arise in connection with the Sweepstakes, or resulting from their acceptance and/or use of any prize, their travel to or from any prize related activity, their participation in this promotion, or from any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded, including, without limitation, personal injury, death, and/or property damage. 6. Acceptance of any Prize constitutes consent to use winner’s name and likeness for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. 7. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the website, or who is otherwise in violation of the Official Rules. Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes in the event the Sweepstakes is not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, or technical failures of any kind. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. 8. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final and binding with regard to all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Winner’s List: For names of prize winners, after 3/24/08, send a separate, stamped, self-addressed, No.10 envelope to: Rolling Stone and “American Gangster” Sweepstakes c/o Rolling Stone, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. A third party is the suppliers of prizes but is not a co-sponsor of or affiliated with this Sweepstakes in any other way. 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