The Kite Runner Loyalty Program and Competition

The Kite Runner Loyalty Program and Competition (the "Promotion") begins on or about August 30, 2007 and continues through November 2, 2007 (the "Promotion Period") and is timed to coincide with the theatrical release of the motion picture the "Kite Runner" (the "Picture") based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini (the "Novel"). From August 30, 2007 through November 2, 2007 will be the challenge period (“Challenge Period”). From August 30, 2007 through October 8, 2007 will be the competition period (“Competition Period”). The Promotion provides fans with the opportunity to create individual community groups on the Kite Runner Community Website -- www.kiterunnermovie.com/club -- (the "Website"). Eligible persons who follow the instructions to create an individual community group on the Website are referred to as "Kite Club Captains" in these Official Rules, and the individual community groups they create are referred to as "Kite Clubs". Prizes will be awarded to all Kite Club members in Kite Clubs who reach certain specific membership quotas at the conclusion of the Challenge Period (the “Challenge”) and to those Kite Club Captains whose Kite Clubs generate the most activity (“Tracking”) , as more fully set forth below, during the Competition Period (“the “Competition”). By participating in the Promotion, each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Paramount Vantage, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038-3197 ("Sponsor"), which shall be final and binding in all respects.
ELIGIBILITY: Only legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older are eligible to enter. Officers, directors, and employees of Sponsor, and each of its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”) are ineligible to participate in the Promotion or win a prize.
HOW TO ENTER:
A. The Challenge. All Kite Clubs must be approved by representatives of Sponsor prior to being designated as a Kite Club. Sponsor reserves the right to deny or revoke Kite Club status to any individual community group in its sole and absolute discretion and any such denial or revocation shall be final and binding and not subject to challenge or appeal. Kite Club Captains and Kite Club Members are encouraged to solicit membership for their Kite Clubs by taking advantage of the tools provided to Kite Club Captains in the Kite Club Captain Promotion Kit (the “Kit”). Kite Club Captains and Kite Club Members must try to recruit as many members as possible during the Challenge Period. All persons who join an individual Kite Club are referred to as "Kite Club Members". You may be a Kite Club Member of only one Kite Club.
Prizes will be awarded to Kite Club Captains who reach the following quotas (including Kite Club Captain and all Kite Club Members) at the conclusion of the Challenge Period, subject to verification of eligibility:
Kite Club Captains of Kite Clubs consisting of 20 - 49 Kite Club Members will receive a limited edition "Kite Runner" lapel pin. All Kite Club Members will have the opportunity for the Kite Club Captain and all Kite Club Member names to be listed in the DVD release of the "Kite Runner" (there is no retail value associated with this portion of the prize). No casual, inadvertent or other failure to accord such "credit" shall constitute a breach of Sponsor's obligations under these Official Rules or otherwise entitle any winner to any form of legal or equitable relief. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of the prize is $3.
Kite Club Captains of Kite Clubs consisting of 50 - 99 Kite Club Members will receive a leather bookmark. The ARV of the prize is $10.
Kite Club Captains of Kite Clubs consisting of 100 - 199 Kite Club Members will be invited to host one (1) private screening of the theatrical release film the "Kite Runner" for the Kite Club Captain and all of his/her Kite Club Members at a location in or near the Kite Club Captain’s hometown. The screening must be scheduled through Sponsor, and the specific date, time and location of the screening shall be at the sole discretion of Sponsor. In no event shall the screening be scheduled later than October 30, 2007. The winner and guests are responsible for transportation to and from the screening. Recording devices will not be allowed in the screening. In the event that the Kite Club Captain or any of his or her Kite Club Members engage during the screening in behavior that (as determined by Sponsor in Sponsor's sole discretion) is obnoxious or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the screening early, and send the Kite Club Captain and/or his or her Kite Club Members home with no further compensation. All Kite Club Members attending the screening will receive a limited edition "Kite Runner" lapel pin. The ARV of the prize is $1,347.
Kite Club Captains of Kite Clubs consisting of 200 or more Kite Club Members will receive a copy of the Novel signed by Khaled Hosseini. The ARV of the prize is $25. B. The Competition. Kite Club Captains will also have the opportunity to win the Grand, First or Second prize in the Promotion. The winners will be selected based on tracking of the “Kite Club Activities.” Sponsor or its designee will track such Kite Club Activities and its determinations relating to such tracking shall be final and binding and not subject to challenge or appeal. “Kite Club Activities” consist of the Kite Club Captains' creative use of the Kits and the amount of activity the Kite Club Captain and Kite Club Members generate in the Kite Club, including without limitation via postings to the Kite Club message boards and discussions among Kite Club Members. The Kite Club Captains who generate the most Kite Club Activity during the Competition Period will win prizes, as set forth below. Kite Club Activities must be unique and on topic to the discussion or other activity to qualify towards the Kite Club’s overall total of Kite Club Activities. All postings must comply with the Terms of Use policy posted on the Website. Without in any way amending or limiting such Terms of Use policy, any Submission that is considered by Sponsor to be obscene, pornographic, libelous or otherwise objectionable will be disqualified and will not be eligible for entry. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting by a Kite Club Member, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate a Member's access to all or any part of the Website at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or warning, and without liability. Sponsor expressly reserves the right, but not the obligation, to remove a Kite Club Member's profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate a Kite Club Member's access to any part of the Website if Sponsor determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that a Kite Club Member poses a threat to Sponsor, the Website or its Members, that a Kite Club Member's conduct or postings are obnoxious or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, or for any other reason. All Submissions or other materials and personal information submitted as part of the Promotion may be shared by and between the Promotion Entities, and each of the Promotion Entities will use such information in accordance with their respective independent online privacy practices. Except as otherwise stated in these Official Rules, personal information collected in connection with this Promotion will be used in accordance with Sponsor's privacy policy, which can be found at www.paramount.com/paramount.php, and with the consent given by the entrant at the time of entry. Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor and/or the Website by electronic mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. All Submissions become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged. Proof of submitting a Submission is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt of such entry. Furthermore, Sponsor shall have no liability for any Submission that is lost, intercepted, not judged or not received by the Sponsor.
COMPETITION WINNER NOTIFICATION: The potential winners will be notified by telephone and/or mail and/or email using the contact information provided at the time of registration. Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winners for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within twenty-four (24) hours of the first notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate may be selected. Sponsor may successively attempt to contact up to two (2) potential winners (at any given prize level) in accordance with such procedure, and if there is still no confirmed winner of a prize after such attempts have been made, if any, the prize may go unawarded.
DATES & DEADLINES/ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS AND/OR KITE CLUB MEMBERS: Because of the unique nature and scope of the Competition and Challenge, Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s), or reduce the number of Kite Club Members needed to reach the threshold levels set forth in these Official Rules. Sponsor cannot accurately predict the number of entrants who will participate in the Promotion.
PUBLICITY RELEASE: By participating in the Promotion, in addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement entered into between Sponsor and any entrant in or winner of the Promotion, each entrant irrevocably grants the Promotion Entities and their respective successors, assigns and licensees, the right to use such entrant's name, likeness, and biographical information, and any individual(s) participating therein, in any and all media (including, without limitation, as a featured profile on the Website) for any purpose, including without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection with the Website, the Promotion or other promotions related to the Picture, and hereby release the Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto.
COMPETITION PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize is available. The Grand Prize consists of a four (4) day/three (3) night trip for the Grand Prize winner and one (1) travel companion each to San Francisco, CA and the opportunity for winner and one (1) guest each to have dinner with Khaled Hosseini, the author of the “Kite Runner.” The Grand Prize includes round-trip, coach-class airfare for the Grand Prize winner and his/her travel companion between the major airport nearest winners’ home and San Francisco, CA; three (3) nights’ accommodations (single room, double occupancy); and ground transportation between the hotel and the dinner. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $1,800 ea.
In the event that the dinner listed in the Grand Prize description does not or cannot take place as scheduled or at all, for reasons included but not limited to scheduling conflicts, cancellations, postponement, an event of “Force Majeure” (defined below), or for any other reason, then in lieu of attending the dinner, Grand Prize winners will receive One Hundred Dollars ($100), and such amount plus the remaining components, if any, of the Grand Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor’s prize obligation to the Grand Prize winner, and no other or additional compensation will be awarded. Excepting the preceding sentence, no cash alternative or prize substitutions will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize(s) of comparable value if a prize listed is unavailable for any reason. Applicable portions of the Second Prize will be delivered only to an address in the United States.
Five (5) First Prizes are available. The First Prize consists of a four (4) day/three (3) night trip for the First Prize winner and one (1) travel companion to Los Angeles, CA, to attend the “Kite Runner” premiere. The First Prize includes round-trip, coach-class airfare for each First Prize winner and his or her travel companion between the major airport nearest each winner's home and Los Angeles, CA; three (3) nights’ accommodations (single room, double occupancy); two (2) tickets to the “Kite Runner” premiere; and ground transportation between the hotel and the premiere. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of the First Prize is $1800 ea. The “Kite Runner” premiere in Los Angeles, CA is currently anticipated to be held on October 25, 2007. The First Prize trip must be taken to coincide with this date, or the rescheduled date if the premiere is rescheduled, or the First Prize will be forfeited in its entirety. Nothing set forth herein shall be construed to require Sponsor to hold a premiere of the movie at any particular time, or at all. In the event that the movie premiere listed in the First Prize description does not or cannot take place as scheduled or at all, for reasons included but not limited to scheduling conflicts, cancellations, postponement, an event of “Force Majeure” (defined below), or for any other reason, then in lieu of attending the premiere, the First Prize winners will receive One Hundred Dollars ($100), and such amount plus the remaining components, if any, of the First Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor’s prize obligation to the First Prize winners, and no other or additional compensation will be awarded. Excepting the preceding sentence, no cash alternative or prize substitutions will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize(s) of comparable value if a prize listed is unavailable for any reason. Applicable portions of the First Prize will be delivered only to an address in the United States. (5) Second Prizes are available. The Second Prize consists a "Kite Runner" movie poster autographed by Marc Forster. The approximate retail value of the Second Prize is $90 ea.
TRAVEL PRIZE CONDITIONS: The applicable winners and their travel companion must all be eighteen (18) years of age or older in order to redeem the travel prize and participate in the prize activities. The applicable prize winners and their travel companions must travel together on the same itinerary and possess all required travel documents, including visas and valid passports, if and as applicable. All aspects of the travel portions of the prize must be conducted on such dates as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The dates of departure and return are subject to change at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Airfare may not include government taxes, Passenger Facility Charge or September 11th Security Fee. Airline tickets are non-refundable/non-transferable and are not valid for upgrades and/or frequent flyer miles. Other travel restrictions may apply. All airline tickets are subject to the vagaries of flight variation, work stoppages, and schedule or route changes. ARV for travel prizes may vary depending upon points of departure and destination and fare fluctuations. Sponsor reserves the right to structure travel route and select hotels in their sole discretion. If the closest airport to a prize winner’s home is in close enough proximity to prize destination city so that, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion, a flight is unnecessary, such prize winner will receive alternate transportation from the Sponsor with no further obligation to the winner. The ARV for travel prizes is an estimate made before the Promotion begins. The prize winners will not receive cash or any other form of compensation if actual travel costs are less than the estimate made in these Official Rules. The round trip air transportation element for any travel prize begins and ends at the point of departure. In the event a prize winner and/or his or her travel companion engage in behavior that (as determined by Sponsor in Sponsor’s sole discretion) is obnoxious or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the trip or other applicable experience early, in whole or in part, and send such prize winner and/or his or her travel companion home with no further compensation.
GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: All details and other restrictions of prizes not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prizes are non-assignable and non-transferable. No cash alternative or prize substitutions will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize(s) of comparable value if the prizes listed or any component of any prize listed is unavailable for any reason. Any prizes depicted in promotional packaging or otherwise in connection with this Promotion are for illustrative purposes only and may not represent the actual prize(s) that is (are) awarded. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Promotion promotional materials and the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail and govern. The prize winners shall be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize. The potential prize winners may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and (where legal) a Publicity Release (collectively, "Prize Claim Documents"). If a winner is considered a minor in his or her state of residence, at Sponsor’s option, the applicable prize either will be awarded in the name of the parent or legal guardian of the winner, or the parent or legal guardian of the winner will be required to ratify and sign the Prize Claim Documents. Time is of the essence in awarding the Competition Prizes and the Screening Challenge Prize. Accordingly, if a winner (or, in the case of a minor, such minor's winner's parent or legal guardian) fails or refuses to sign and return all Prize Claim Documents within seven (7) days of prize notification (or a shorter time if required by exigencies), the winner may be disqualified and the next runner up may be selected as an alternate winner.
GENERAL LIABILITY RELEASE/FORCE MAJEURE: Entrants (or if minors, their parents or legal guardians) agree that the Promotion Entities (A) shall not be responsible or liable for any losses, damages or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in the Promotion or any Promotion-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of the prize(s), and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to the prize(s), including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any damage to a participant’s computer system which is occasioned by accessing the Website or participating in the Promotion, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections including without limitation, those that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet Service Providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the participation process or the operation of the Promotion or the Website, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event Sponsor is prevented from awarding prize(s) or continuing with the Promotion as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health of other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis (e.g. SARS), order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a "Force Majeure" event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor will (if possible) select the Competition winners from all eligible, non-suspect Kite Club Captains participating as of the date of the event giving rise to the termination. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain a copy of any legally-required winners list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to The Kite Runner Loyalty Program and Contest Winners List, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038-3197. All such requests must be received no later than six (6) weeks after the end of the Entry Period. These Official Rules will be posted on the Website.
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