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Syngress Competition - Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter or win; purchase does not increase chances of winning.

Eligibility: The Syngress Contest (“Contest”) is a skill-based contest open to legal residents of the United States, Canada and United Kingdom who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. Employees of Elsevier Inc. (“Sponsor”), its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and their advertising and promotional agencies and participating vendors, the Contest judges, and the immediate families and those living in the same household of the foregoing, are not eligible to enter. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Entry Period: The contest begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on March 4, 2010 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on May 31 (“Entry Period”).

How To Enter: (i) Visit the Contest webpage at www.syngress.com/contest.asp; (ii) register or log in as a member of syngress.com; (iii) Email info@syngress.com with 1 .eps and 1 jpeg file that are print-quality resolution and submitting an optional description of the design. EACH CONTESTANT MAY ENTER UP TO TWO DESIGNS. EACH DESIGN MUST BE ENTERED SEPARATELY. LIMIT ONE WINNING ENTRY PER ENTRANT. Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of the entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Only entries submitted electronically in accordance with these Official Rules will be eligible for consideration. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

Selection of Winner: There will be three (3) winners selected based on visual impact from all eligible entries. The winners will be determined by an internal team of judges.

First Place Winners will receive a $300 gift card to the iTunes store, plus 5 Syngress books, to be chosen from a selection of 2009-2010 titles valued at $69.95 USD or less. Second and Third Place Winners will receive their choice of one (1) Syngress title from a selection of 2009-2010 titles valued at $69.95 USD or less.

All decisions made by judges are final.

Prize: The First place Prize is a gift card to the iTunes store with a retail value of $300, plus 5 Syngress books with an approximate retail value of US $70 per book; the Second and Third place Prizes are a Syngress book with an approximate retail value of US $70. If necessary due to unavailability, a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded at the discretion of the Sponsor. All taxes (including without limitation federal, state, and local sales, use and/or income taxes) associated with the prizes are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the respective winners.

Notice to Winner: The potential winners will be notified by e-mail within fourteen (14) days after the close of the Contest Entry Period and may be asked to execute and return to Sponsor an affidavit of eligibility and release within fourteen (14) days of attempted notification. Non-compliance within that time may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected based upon the judging criteria.

Limitations of Liability/Reserved Rights. Neither Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies, nor its advertising or promotional agencies shall have any obligation, liability or responsibility with regard to (i) entries that contain incorrect or inaccurate information or do not comply with these Official Rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, technical or other error of any kind, (iii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or delayed, or (v) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from participation in the Contest, accessing, uploading or downloading data in connection with the Contest, or acceptance, possession or use of any prize. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any entrant tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest website or otherwise violating these Official Rules. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, suspend or modify the Contest if the Contest cannot be completed as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.

Release: BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, THE ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR AND ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND EACH OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, VENDORS, AND AGENCIES, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, RELATED TO ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY, DEFAMATION OR PORTRAYAL IN A FALSE LIGHT, WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST OR THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF ANY PRIZE, WHETHER UNDER A THEORY OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE, OR IMPUTED), STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT LIABILITY, CONTRIBUTION, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Consent to Marketing: Submission of entry constitutes consent for Sponsor to use entrant’s e-mail address and other submitted contact information for purposes of marketing and promotion of Sponsor’s products and services to entrant.

Right to Use Entries. By entering the Contest, entrants grant Sponsor a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide right and license to reproduce, publish, display and otherwise use their submitted image(s), credited with entrant’s full name and city and state/province/country of residence, online and in print or any other media for purposes of editorials, exhibition, advertising, publicity and promotion of the Contest and Sponsor’s publications and products, without additional compensation or permission, unless prohibited by law.

Original Work of Art: Entrant represents and warrants that entrant owns the full rights to the submitted image(s) and has obtained any and all necessary consents, permissions, approvals and licenses to create and submit the image(s) and comply with all of these Official Rules, and that the submitted image(s) is the entrant’s sole original work, has not been previously published, released or distributed, was created using licensed software, and does not infringe any third-party rights or violate any laws or regulations. Entries that contain any profane or obscene text or images will be disqualified at the sole discretion of Sponsor.

Rules. By entering the Contest, entrant agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, which are final on all matters pertaining to the Contest, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges, and warrants that he/she is eligible to participate in the Contest. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Winners List: For the name of the winners and the winning entries, visit www.Syngress.com/contest by August 1, 2010.

Sponsor: Elsevier Inc., 30 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803