Submit a photo of yourself (you can hide your identity if the stigma is too great) and the PA system you’d like to upgrade. The Coalition will then award three lucky winners one of the complete, powerful Mackie sound systems detailed at right.

Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
1. To enter: Enter by submitting your name, contact information, and a digital photo of your pathetic sound system online at www.endbadsound.org beginning approximately January 12, 2006. Entries must be received by July 1, 2006. Only one entry per person. Photographs must be taken by entrant and shall not include the image of any person or any artwork, designs or additional images. Entrants submitting more than one photograph or a photograph including images or designs not permitted by these Rules shall be disqualified. The sponsor of this game is CMP Entertainment Media, Inc. (“Sponsor”). By participating in this competition, entrants (i) warranty and represent that they own all intellectual property and other rights in the photographs being submitted and (ii) grant 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 submitted photograph for any purpose related to this competition. Neither Sponsor nor the prize manufacturers are responsible for printing or typographical errors in any competition–related materials, late, lost, or misdirected mail or 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. Determination of Winners: The winners will be selected on or about August 1, 2006. Odds of winning each prize depend on the number and quality of eligible entries received. Your purchase of a product or service from the Sponsor or the prize manufacturers will not increase your chances of winning a prize.

3. Eligibility: Game is open to all legal residents of the United States and Canada (other than the residents of Puerto Rico and the province of Quebec), except for the employees and immediate family (spouses and parents, siblings, children and each of their spouses) of Sponsor, the prize manufacturers, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, and any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of this competition. In order to win a prize, residents of Canada will be required to answer correctly a time limited mathematical skill testing question to be administered via telephone.

4. Release: Winner releases the Sponsor, the prize manufacturers, and each of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees from any responsibility or liability in connection with any loss, accident, or death incurred in connection with the use of the prizes won in the giveaway. The winner hereby consents to the use of his or her name and/or likeness by the Sponsor for advertising purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. The verified prize winner and/or prize winner’s parent or legal guardian will be required to sign and return to Sponsor, within ten days of receipt, an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Publicity/Liability Release unless prohibited by law. Failure to comply may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. All prizes for the game are donated by third parties. The game is not meant to convey any endorsement of any product or service, nor does a third party’s donation of any prize have any influence on Sponsor’s editorial coverage.

5. Taxes: Any tax liabilities 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. All federal, state, local, municipal, and provincial laws and regulations apply.

6. 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. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Prize components are not exchangeable, transferable or redeemable for cash. Prices shown are estimated retail prices, and actual prices may vary. SPONSOR DOES NOT MAKE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTIES (INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) OR ANY GUARANTEE WITH REGARDS TO ANY PRIZE OR PORTION THEREOF. All photographs submitted in connection with this competition shall become the property of the Sponsor. In the event of unavailability of stated prize(s) or component(s) thereof, 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 giveaway 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.

7. Winner’s List: To obtain the name of the prize winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Winner”, The Mackie End Bad Sound Giveaway, Music Player Network, 2800 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA, by December 31, 2006.