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Enter for a Chance to Win Entry to a Whitney Houston Listening Event!

In advance of her new album, I Look To You, there will be two listening events in mid-July for VIP Guests. As a special gift to the fans, we're giving you a chance to attend one of these events in either New York City on July 21 or in Los Angeles on July 23. Here's how you can enter: Entrants must send an email to WhitneyHoustonContest@sonymusic.com and answer the question "Why should Whitney 'Look To You' for a special listening session?" in 50 words or less. Entrants must also include their name, email address, phone number and preferred listening location (New York City or Los Angeles) in the body of the email. The contest ends July 13, 2009. Winners will be selected and notified on or around July 14, 2009. The prize does not include any additional expenses including, but not limited to incidentals, meals, telephone charges, travel insurance, souvenirs, transportation, federal, state and local sales or other taxes and surcharges which are the responsibility of the Winners. Click Here for full terms & conditions.

here's the acrobat file on contest details... for those who care to read the fine print. lol.

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"WHITNEY HOUSTON "I LOOK TO YOU" EXCLUSIVE LISTENING EVENT"
CONTEST - OFFICIAL RULES

1. Eligibility.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Only legal U.S. residents at least eighteen (18) years of
age who reside in and who are physically located in the 50 United States and the District
of Columbia (excluding its territories and possessions) are eligible to enter the "Whitney
Houston "I Look to You" Exclusive Listening Event" Contest (the "Contest").
Employees, agents or officers of Sony Music Entertainment ("Sponsor") or of any entity
involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution of the Contest
including any advertising or promotion agency, supplier of prizes for the Contest, parent
company, service provider, subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity or any other entity
directly associated with the Contest or any member of the immediate family of and/or
person living in the same household as such persons, are ineligible to enter the Contest.
2. Entries.
(a) To enter the Contest, visit www.whitneyhouston.com and follow the directions to
enter between 12:00 p.m. EDT on July 1, 2009 and 11:59:59 p.m. EST on July 13, 2009
("Contest Period"). Entrants will be instructed to answer the question "Why should
Whitney "Look to You" for a special listening session, in either New York, NY or Los
Angeles, CA, of Whitney's new album I Look to You in 50 words or less and email their
answer, along with the venue they would like to see Whitney perform, to
WhitneyHoustonContest@sonymusic.com.
(b) For purposes of these Official Rules, any Whitney Houston song or portions thereof
shall be defined as "Sponsor Content" and the entrant's original elements collectively
shall be referred to herein as the "Submission Materials".
(c) Only one entry per person. If multiple entries are received by the same entrant, only
the first entry submitted by that entrant will qualify for entry into the Contest; subsequent
entries submitted by that entrant shall be disqualified. No automated entry devices and/or
programs permitted. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by
Sponsor. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges, Sponsor
and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and
regulations. Sponsor and those working for Sponsor or on behalf of Sponsor, will not be
responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, or postage due mail or e-mail, or for
Internet, computer hardware and software, phone, and/or any other technical errors,
malfunctions, and delays. Entries which are mutilated, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate,
forged, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are
also void. In the event of a dispute concerning who submitted an e-mail entry, the entry
will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized holder of the e-mail account
from which the entry is made. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person to
whom an email address is assigned by an Internet access provider, online service provider
or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for
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assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
Such person will be considered the official Entrant for a particular entry.
(d) In addition, the Submission Materials may not contain references which are obscene,
crude or vulgar, gang identification, references to commercial products, license plate
numbers, phone numbers, personal addresses (physical or email), Web site URLs,
derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, references
to illegal or inappropriate activity, behavior or conduct, or any other references that could
be considered inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole
discretion.
3. Our Right to Use Your Work and Information about You
(a) Submission Materials become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged
or returned.
(b) With the exception of any Sponsor Content:
(i) you represent and warrant that: (A) all contents of Submission Materials are
wholly original, have been created entirely by entrant, have not been taken in whole or in
part from any source other than entrant and do not incorporate or include anything that is
owned by any third party or would require the consent of any third party; (B) you own
and/or control 100% of all right, title and interest in and to the Submission Materials, as
well as all elements contained therein; (C) the Submission Materials do not and shall not
violate any law or the copyright, trademark, publicity right, privacy right, or any other
right of any third party; (D) the Submission Materials, or any part thereof, have not been
commercially released; and (E) you have the written consent, release and/or permission
of each and every participant in the Submission Material to participate in the Submission
Materials as contemplated by these Official Rules; and
(ii) you agree that the Submission Materials shall be a "work made for hire," with
all rights therein, including, without limitation, the exclusive copyright, being the
property of Sponsor. In the event the Submission Materials are considered not to be a
"work made for hire," you irrevocably assign to Sponsor all right, title, and interest in
your entry (including, without limitation, the copyright) in any and all media whether
now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, anywhere in the world, with the right to
make any and all uses thereof, including, without limitation, for purposes of advertising
or trade.
(c) You hereby hold Sponsor harmless from and against any third party claim arising
from use of the Submission Materials. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any
right to inspect or approve uses of the Submission Materials or to be compensated for any
such uses.
(d) By providing Submission Materials in connection with this Contest, you grant to
Sponsor and its affiliated companies the right, except where prohibited by law, to use
your name, likeness, picture, address (city and state), e-mail address, voice, biographical
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information, Submission Materials, entry form information and written and oral
statements, for advertising and promotional purposes in promoting or publicizing the
Submission Materials, Sponsor, and its products and services, without compensation
unless required by law. You shall have no right of approval, no claim to compensation,
and no claim (including, without limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy,
defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration, or use in
composite form of your name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), e-mail address,
biographical information, or entry. The rights granted under this paragraph shall extend to
Sponsor and its affiliated companies with respect to all entrants in the Contest, including
the entrant who is selected as the Winner and those entrants who are not selected as the
Winner. Sponsor is under no obligation to use the Submission Materials for any purpose.
4. Selection of Winner / Prizes.
(a) Valid entries received during the Contest Period will be judged by a panel of judges
at the Sponsor's office in two groups, according to concert locale noted on entries, on the
basis of the following criteria: creativity, (25%), originality (25%) clarity of expression
(25%) and writing ability (25%). Winners shall be the five (5) entries for each New York,
NY and Los Angeles, CA which receives the highest overall score. In the event of a tie,
the entry which receives the higher score on originality will be deemed as having the
higher over-all score.
Winner will be selected on our about July 14, 2009. The decision of the judges shall be
final and binding in all regards.
(b) Winners will be notified by telephone or email, and all Winners and their guests will
be required to sign, have notarized and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and
Publicity/Liability Release (and any other documents required by Sponsor), within two
(2) calendar days of notification. All Winners and their guests must be at least 18 years
old as of July 1, 2009. Each Winner will also be required to send a copy of his/her
passport, driver's license or birth certificate as proof of age and residency. If a Winner
cannot be contacted within two (2) calendar days of first notification attempt, if the prize
notification is returned as undeliverable, if a Winner rejects the prize, in the event of
noncompliance with these Rules, or if the Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability
Release is not executed by all members of the performing group, the prize will be
forfeited and an alternative winner may be selected from all remaining eligible entries.
Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given. The Affidavit of Eligibility and
Publicity/Liability Release must be complete and must include the Winner's social
security or resident alien identification number. The information in Winner's Affidavit of
Eligibility must be correct and must be identical to the information provided in Winner's
entry or the Winner will be disqualified.
(c) Five (5) Winners will each receive:
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• Admission for two (2) to a special listening session with Whitney Houston
and Clive Davis to preview Whitney's upcoming album, I Look to You,
scheduled to take place in New York, NY on July 21, 2009.
Five (5) Winners will each receive:
• Admission for two (2) to a special listening session with Whitney Houston
and Clive Davis to preview Whitney's upcoming album, I Look to You,
scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, CA on July 23, 2009.
Other conditions and restrictions apply. Prizes are non-transferable. Prize does not
include any additional expenses, including, but not limited to incidentals, meals,
telephone charges, travel insurance, souvenirs, transportation, federal, state and
local sales or other taxes and surcharges which are the responsibility of the
Winners. No substitutions or cash redemptions.
The approximate retail value of all of the prizes is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
That determination is final and binding and cannot be appealed. If the actual value of the
prizes turns out to be less than the stated approximate retail value, the difference will not
be awarded in cash.
(c) By accepting the prizes, Winner releases and discharges Sponsor, its affiliated
companies and the respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion
agencies of each, and all their respective employees, officers, directors, representatives
and agents from any liability or damage due in whole or in part to the award, acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize or from participation in this Contest. Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute a comparable prize of like or greater value for any prize, or
to pay Winner a cash equivalent (the value of which shall be determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion), for any reason.
(d) If, for reasons beyond the control of Sponsor (including, but not limited to, tampering
or computer virus infection), the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned,
Sponsor, at their sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest,
without liability. If a sufficient number of eligible entries (as determined by Sponsor in
its sole discretion) are not received by the end of the Contest period, Sponsor reserves the
right not to award any or all prizes. All taxes (including, but not limited to, income taxes)
are the sole responsibility of Winner. All entrants agree to comply fully with each
provision in these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper
with this Contest and any person who does not comply with these Official Rules, will be
ineligible for any prize and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
5. Issues of Law.
All federal, state and local laws and regulations are applicable. THE NEW YORK
COURTS (STATE AND FEDERAL) SHALL HAVE SOLE JURISDICTION OF ANY
CONTROVERSIES REGARDING THE CONTEST AND THE LAWS OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL EXCLUSIVELY GOVERN THE CONTEST. EACH
ENTRANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND
VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF
THOSE COURTS. The Contest is void where restricted or prohibited by law.
6. Your Release of Sponsor from Any and All Liability.
Entrants agree that Sponsor shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting
from: (i) acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize(s), (ii) participation in the
Contest, (iii) individual, joint or collective technical malfunctions of the telephone
network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer dating mechanism,
computer equipment, hardware and/or software, or (iv) any delay or distortion of an entry
resulting from data transmissions that are garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost,
mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in
compliance with these Official Rules. Entrants also agree that Sponsor is not responsible
or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer related to or
resulting from the Contest and/or its prizes. Sponsor is not liable for damage to a user's
computer system (including, without limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or
corrupted data or other malfunction) due, either directly or indirectly, to an entrant's
participation in the Contest or downloading of information in connection with the
Contest. Sponsor reserve the right to modify or cancel the Contest in the event that any
portion of any website used to administer any aspect of the Contest becomes technically
corrupted.
7. How to Get More Information
To obtain a list of Winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: " Whitney
Houston "I Look to You" Exclusive Listening Event" Contest, Arista Records, 550
Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022 by August 1, 2009.
Sponsor of this Contest is Sony Music Entertainment, 550 Madison Ave, New York, NY
10022. Questions regarding the Contest can be directed by mail to "Whitney Houston "I
Look to You" Exclusive Listening Event" Contest, Arista Records, 550 Madison Avenue,
New York, NY 10022.
Copies of these Official Rules may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to "Whitney Houston "I Look to You" Exclusive Listening Event" Contest,
Official Rules, Arista Records, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022. (WA and
VT residents may omit return postage.) Requests for Official Rules must be received by
July 15, 2009. All times and dates in these Official Rules are Eastern Daylight Time.

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