“20 Years Running” Official Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

1. To enter: Enter by submitting beginning on April 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM PST your name, contact information, and either (i) a digital photo of yourself standing or otherwise posed with any Mackie product(s) and your Mackie story (must be 250 words or less) or (ii) a video story (must be 5 minutes or less) . (Entry Submission).  Entries must be received by 5:00 PM PST on June 20, 2009. Only one entry per person. Submitted photos must be in GIF, JPG, or PNG format.  Videos must be posted toYouTube.com with the www.mackie.com/20yr as a keyword, and a link to the video must be submitted at time of entry. Photographs or videos shall not depict any artwork, designs, trademarks (other than trademarks owned by LOUD Technologies Inc. (LOUD)). Entrants submitting more than one photograph or video or a photograph or video depicting artwork, designs, trademarks (other than trademarks owned by LOUD) shall be disqualified. The sponsor of this contest is LOUD Technologies Inc. ("Sponsor"). By participating in this contest, entrant (i) warrants and represents that  he/she owns all intellectual property and other rights in the Entry Submission and (ii) grants Sponsor, the prize manufacturers and their respective designees a perpetual royalty-free license to use, publish, make available to the public, distribute, copy, reproduce, edit or alter any Entry Submission for any purpose related to this competition or the advertising, marketing or promotion of Sponsor or its products or services. Neither Sponsor nor the prize manufacturers is  responsible for any printing or typographical errors in any contest–related materials, or any late, lost, or misdirected mail or Entry Submission or any transactions that are lost, fail to enter into the processing system or are processed or transmitted late, or for any late, lost, misdirected, or unprocessed online transmissions.

2. Odds of Winning: Odds of winning the prize depend on the number and quality of eligible entries received. Your purchase of a product or service from the Sponsor or its authorized dealers will not increase your chances of winning the prize.

3. Eligibility: The contest is open to legal residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (other than residents of the province of Quebec), France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia, and Ireland who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry.  Employees of Sponsor, the prize providers, contest administrators, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising agencies, and any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Contest, and members of such employees' immediate family (spouses and parents, siblings, children and each of their spouses), are not eligible to enter. 

4. Contest Judging/Winner Selection and Notification: All complete entries will be judged by a panel selected by Sponsor ("Contest Judges") who will judge entries based on creativity (25%), composition (25%), originality (25%) and overall impression (25%). Utilizing the foregoing judging criteria, after the conclusion of the Contest entry period, the Contest Judges will determine the highest-scoring entry, which will be posted online at www.mackie.com/20yr on or about July 1, 2009. The entrant receiving the highest score will be the Prize Winner, subject to verification of eligibility.  In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken based on the tied entrants' "overall impression" scores.  Potential winners will be notified by mail, e-mail and/or telephone, at Sponsor's discretion, and will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release within ten (10) days of receipt of same. If potential winner is unreachable during a period of forty-eight (48) consecutive hours (no messages will be left on answering machines), the potential winner may be disqualified. If potential winner is a minor under the laws of the jurisdiction in which he or she resides, prize will be awarded to the winner's parent or legal guardian, who will be required to complete the Affidavit and Releases within specified time period.  Noncompliance or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. The Prize Winner will be announced online at www.mackie.com/20yr on or about July 1, 2009.  By entering the Contest or by accepting a prize, each entrant agrees that Sponsor, the Contest Judges, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and the officers, directors, agents and employees of any of the above entities (collectively, "Contest Parties") are not liable for any injury, loss,  or damage of any kind or death due to or associated with acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize and/or participation in the Contest or the use by Sponsor or its designees of any Entry Submission. Except where prohibited by law, the entrants further grant to the Sponsor the right to use such Prize winner's name, photographs, voice, likeness, performances, Entry Submission  (including photos or video), prize information and city of residence for purposes of advertising, promoting and publicizing the Sponsor and its products and services without further consideration or approval, except where prohibited. Contest Sponsor reserves the right not to award the Prize, should Contest Judges, in their opinion, deem insufficient entries satisfactory to warrant the award of the Prize.

5. Prize: One (1) Grand Prize: winner will receive two (2) Mackie HD1531 High-Definition Powered Loudspeakers and one (1) Mackie 1604-VLZ3 Compact Mixer. Total approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $4,000 USD.

6. Taxes: Any tax liabilities incurred by the Contest winner are solely the responsibility of the winner and the winner will be required to provide his or her Social Security number or tax payer identification number for tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued.  All federal, state, local, municipal, and provincial laws and regulations apply.

7. General: Sponsor shall be deemed sole interpreter of the rules and conditions. By participating, entrants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these rules and that the decisions of the Sponsor are final. The determination of the judges is final and cannot be appealed or called into question. Contest is void where prohibited by law. The prize and prize components are not exchangeable, transferable or redeemable for cash. Prices shown are estimated retail prices, and actual prices may vary.   Upon submission by entrant, Entry Submissions shall become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned to any entrant. In the event of unavailability of stated prize or component(s) thereof, or for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute item(s) of comparable value. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or suspend the contest should any virus, malfunction, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper play of any part of the contest. In such cases, Sponsor reserves the right to select the winner from uncorrupted entries only.