Terms and Conditions for MasterCard Priceless Living Room Gig Promotion

About the competition

  1. Our draw is open to all participants, 18 and over, who reside in the UK. No employees of MasterCard, their subsidiaries, other group companies, their agents, or any company associated with the prize draw and those involved in the promotion are eligible to enter.
  2. Bulk entries made from trade, consumer groups, personal entries or third parties will not be accepted.
  3. To enter the prize draw, you must register your details at www.mypricelessgig.co.uk and answer 'I would love to have a BRITs winner performing live in my living room because' in 600 characters or less. The Competition closes on 23/01/10.
  4. 50 participants will be selected by random draw by an independent adjudicator on 24/01/10. The list will be reviewed to ensure all entries are unique with no duplication. Should participants appear more than once, additional entries will be selected by random draw until MasterCard has 50 unique names.
  5. From the selected 50 participants, the final 10 will be chosen by a MasterCard panel, including an independent adjudicator, based on their BRITs answer provided during the registration process. The 10 participants with the most creative and unique answers will be contacted by telephone on 24/01/10 or 25/01/10. We will attempt to call each of the 10 participants a maximum of 3 times each. In the event that we are unable to make contact after 3 telephone calls we will select another person from the initially selected 50 participants
  6. The 10 finalists must be available in person at their home between 26/01/10 and 27/01/10 inclusive for MasterCard's production team to conduct an interview and ask 3 skill based questions and 4 pre-selected questions. The winner will be the person with the highest number of correct answers in the skill based questions. In the event that there is more than one such person, the MasterCard panel shall select one of such persons whom they consider to have provided the most creative and unique answers to the pre-selected questions
  7. In the event that the Promoter is unable to obtain any necessary licences, permits, or access rights to hold the gig at the home of the winner, or if it is otherwise impossible or impractical to do so, due to events beyond the promoter's control, then the MasterCard production team will select another winner from the remaining 9 participants 
  8. The winner will be contacted and notified by 9pm on [27/01/10] by telephone from a MasterCard representative.
  9. The winner will have to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to the gig ensuring they will not discuss the performance or the BRIT Awards Winner until 6pm on 16/02/10
  10. The 9 runners-up will be contacted by telephone, and will each win a pair of BRITs balcony tickets and £100.
  11. The winner must be available from 28/01/10 until 30/01/10 inclusive for the Priceless Living Room Gig at their own home. Live footage will be recorded and broadcasted during The BRITs show on 16/02/10. All rights are reserved for MasterCard for 6 months once the gig is performed, and the Promoter reserves the right to require all persons present at the gig to sign an appropriate release form for such purpose]. Footage will be shown on www.MasterCard.co.uk, www.mypricelessgig.co.uk and other selected websites.
  12. On the day of the Priceless Living Room Gig, only official photos and footage will be permitted, and MasterCard will hold the rights to all photos and footage taken during the day. MasterCard reserves the right to limit the number of people present at the gig, such number to be agreed prior to the gig. All performance rights are retained by MasterCard.

     

    Online Quiz

  13. Participants can play the online quiz to increase their entries in the random draw.
  14. Participants' display names created during the registration process will be shown on the leader board should they be successful.
  15. Participants have unlimited entries in the online quiz.
  16. The participants can share their score with their Facebook friends via the unique ID shown on the Thank You page once the online quiz has finished. If their Facebook friends play the quiz from the unique user ID, both players will receive an additional entry into the random draw. The friend has to complete the registration form to gain access to the online quiz. Additional entries are limited to one unique click per day
  17. The online quiz works by 10 random questions selected from a database and participants have 10 seconds to answer each question. 1 correct answer = 1000 points.
  18. The seconds remaining for each question will be multiplied by 100 and be added to the score. For example, if the question is answered correctly in 1.52 seconds, the player has saved 8.48 seconds therefore receiving 848 bonus points.
  19. One play = 1 additional entry but the top 10 scorers will receive more entries at the end of each week i.e. the top scorer will receive 10 additional entries, second place nine and so forth. The weekly leader board will run from 00.01 on Mondays until 23.59 on Sundays.
  20. The leader board will be shown each week with the previous week's answers.

     

    My Priceless Photo

  21. Participants can further increase their entries by taking part in MasterCard's My Priceless Photo promotion. Participants can download The BRITs poster from www.mypricelessgig.co.uk and upload a photo of them posing with the poster.
  22. Photos will be moderated by a MasterCard representative and those considered the most creative will be published on Flickr and www.mypricelessgig.co.uk gaining an additional entry to the Priceless Gig promotion.
  23. At the end of the promotion, MasterCard will choose the top 10 photos considered the most creative and unique. The winners will receive each of the CDs nominated in the shortlist for 2010's Best British Album Award, sponsored by MasterCard.
  24. MasterCard does not hold responsibility where posters are displayed and all accountability is held by the individual.
  25. MasterCard reserves the right to modify, add or delete any comments that may appear on photos without any prior consent.
  26. By submitting a photo, each Participant warrants that it is the owner of the copyright and any other intellectual property rights in such photo, and that it has obtained all rights and clearances necessary to allow the photo to be used for the purposes referred to in these Terms and Conditions, including from the person(s) appearing in such photo.  MasterCard reserve the right to request to see evidence of the necessary clearances.  Failure to provide clearance may result in disqualification.
  27. MasterCard does not assume any responsibility or liability for any misuse of intellectual property by any participant.
  28. Our Right to Use Materials You Submit or Post.

    When you submit or post any material as part of this promotion, you grant us, and anyone authorized by us, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium (whether now known or hereafter developed), for any purpose that we choose. The foregoing grant includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, trademark or patent laws that exist in any relevant jurisdiction. Also, in connection with the exercise of these rights, you grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, e-mail address or screen name, as we deem appropriate. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Site, including content submitted by you, may involve transmissions over various networks, and may involve changes to the content to conform and adapt it to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You will not receive any compensation of any kind for the use of any materials submitted by you.

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    General MasterCard

  29. No cash or other alternative prizes are available unless otherwise agreed in writing by the promoter, they will only be available to the winners in person.
  30. The Promoter's decisions will be final with regard to all promotional matters, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  31. The winner and any other person present at the Priceless Living Room Gig agree to participate in publicity accompanying or resulting from the promotion. No additional compensation will be awarded for such promotional activities.
  32. Incomplete, illegal, misdirected or late entries will not be accepted. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of delivery. MasterCard and its agencies for this promotion (collectively referred to as the "Promoter") take no responsibility for entries delayed, incomplete or lost due to technical reasons or otherwise.
  33. To the fullest extent allowed by law, neither MasterCard nor agencies involved in this promotion will accept any responsibility for loss, damage or injury caused by promotional participation. The production company RTA will be looking after the insurance at the event
  34. Any prize elements declined by winners, or not accepted by any relevant deadline, may be awarded to any alternative winners at the Promoter's discretion.
  35. Details of the winners will be available by sending a S.A.E. to MasterCard Priceless Living Room Gig Promotion, PO Box 31586, London, W11 4YB within three months of the closing date.
  36. The Promoter reserves the rights to vary these terms and conditions or cancel the prize draw at any stage in the event of circumstances arising beyond its control.
  37. Entrants must read and accept the terms and conditions and privacy statement to be eligible.
  38. English Law applies and the English courts will have jurisdiction over any proceedings in connection with this promotion.
  39. Entrants' personal data are processed by MasterCard the Promoter, the controller of your personal data, and also by the Promoter's agency involved in administering the Promotion. Entrants' personal data shall be processed for the purpose of your participation in the Promotion only and will only be retained as long as necessary for such purpose (i.e. until 3 months after the end of the Promotion). Entrants can request access to and/or rectification of their personal data if incorrect. For these purposes entrants can contact the Promoter at the below address or by e-mailing privacy_europe@mastercard.com. By participating to the Promotion, entrants consent that their personal data may, for the same purpose as stated above, also be transferred to other entities of the MasterCard group of companies based in countries that, according to EU principles, do not provide an adequate level of protection of personal data and to Promoter third party contractors necessary to process entrants' participation in the promotion.
  40. Promoter: MasterCard Europe sprl, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5NP.
  41. If you have any queries relating to MasterCard's Priceless Living Room Gig competition, please email info@mypricelessgig.co.uk