Raw Talent Pittsburgh Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

OVERVIEW: The WPXI Raw Talent Pittsburgh Contest (“Contest”) consists of two separate winning opportunities. Each week between September 22, 2008 and November 13, 2008 (the “Contest Period”) bands can enter for a chance to be selected as the “Spotlight Band of the Week.” During the Contest Period, bands can also enter for a chance to win the Grand Prize competition. Each band selected as a “Spotlight Band of the Week” will automatically be entered into the Grand Prize competition. Both winning opportunities are described in greater detail below.

ELIGIBILITY: The WPXI Raw Talent Pittsburgh Contest (“Contest”) is sponsored by WPXI-TV and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (“Sponsors”). The Contest is open to all legal residents of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia who are 21 years of age or older at time of entry. Persons belonging to or affiliated with a professional acting, theater, or musical organization, such as SAG or AFTRA, or a record label, are not allowed to compete in the Contest. Persons who entertain for a living, whether it be their whole or part-time income, are allowed to compete so long as they do not belong to any professional organization connected with the entertainment industry that would cause Sponsors to pay the entrant a fee or any other benefit for taking part in any Contest event. Employees of WPXI-TV, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., or other businesses associated with the promotion of the Contest (including performance venues), and each of their respective agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies, and members of their immediate families or persons residing in the same household are not eligible to participate or win.

HOW TO ENTER AND WIN THE “SPOTLIGHT BAND OF THE WEEK” CONTEST:

a. Entry Process. Each week during the Contest Period, complete and submit the “Spotlight Band of the Week” entry form at www.wpxi.com/rawtalentpittsburgh (the “Contest Site”), including your name, age, band name, telephone number, e-mail address, and the names and ages of all band members. The entrant whose name appears on the form must be one of the band members. You must complete all required information to be eligible to enter. Each band may submit one entry each week. Entries that include invalid, non-working, or inaccurate contact information may be disqualified, in Sponsors’ discretion.

b. Entry Deadlines and Selection Process. As outlined below, a different local music performance venue (“Venue” or collectively, “Venues”) will choose one band from among that week’s eligible entries to play at that Venue. Bands will be chosen by the applicable Venue in that Venue’s sole discretion. In making their selections, the Venues may consider any factors relevant to their Venue and their customer base, including factors such as audience appeal and genre of music. The entry deadlines and performance schedules for each Venue are as follows:

i. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on September 22, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on September 29, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at the Rhythm House, 3029 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017, on the evening of October 2, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about September 30, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

ii. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on September 29, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on October 6, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at Backdraft Bar & Grille, 3049 Churchview Ave., Baldwin, PA 15227, on the evening of October 9, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about October 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

iii. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on October 6, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on October 13, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at the Thunderbird Cafe, 4023 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, PA 15201, on the evening of October 16, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about October 14, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

iv. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on October 13, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on October 20, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at Kendrew’s Lounge, 2590 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001, on the evening of October 23, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about October 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

v. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on October 20, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on October 27, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at Lighthouse Bar & Grill, 390 Route 30, Imperial, PA 15126, on the evening of October 30, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about October 28, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

vi. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on October 27, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on November 3, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at Peter B’s, 111 Rock N Roll Lane, Sarver, PA 16055, on the evening of November 6, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about November 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

vii. Between 10:00 am (E.T.) on November 3, 2008 and 9:59 am (E.T.) on November 10, 2008, entries will be accepted for an opportunity to perform at the North Park Lounge Deckhouse, 20810 Route 19, Cranberry Twp., PA 16066, on the evening of November 13, 2008. The selected band will be notified on or about November 11, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.).

If a selected band is unable or unwilling to perform, for any reason, in a given week, that band will be disqualified for the week and an alternate “Spotlight Band of the Week” will be chosen by that week’s Venue based on the criteria stated above. Sponsors are not responsible if any performance opportunity identified in the Contest materials does not take place or is canceled for any reason. Bands are responsible for paying all costs and expenses related to participation in the Contest, including but not limited to transportation to the Venue, taxes, parking expenses, meals, and other miscellaneous travel expenses.

Each band member of each “Spotlight Band of the Week” will be required to sign a release form and verify eligibility (including age verification) in order for the band to perform.

A WPXI production crew will tape the performance of each “Spotlight Band of the Week.” The morning after each performance, Sponsors will upload to WPXI.com a selection of Sponsors’ choice from the tape of the performance. The video will then be subject to the weekly voting process described in Section 3, below.

HOW TO ENTER AND WIN THE GRAND PRIZE COMPETITION:

a. Entry Process. Each week during the Contest Period, complete and submit the entry form at www.wpxi.com/rawtalentpittsburgh, including your name, age, band name, home address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the names, ages, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all band members. The entrant whose name appears on the entry form must be one of the band members performing in the song or video. You must complete all required information to be eligible to enter. Entries that include invalid, non-working, or inaccurate contact information may be disqualified, in Sponsors’ discretion. As part of the entry process, you will be required to upload your band’s song or video. If you submit a video, it must be in AVI, WMV, MOV or MP4 format. All songs and videos must be no longer than four (4) minutes. Each band may enter multiple times (meaning that a band may upload multiple songs and/or videos each week).

b. Entry Restrictions: Songs and videos: (1) cannot contain music, speech, or sounds other than the entrant’s band’s original compositions and performances; (2) must be suitable for a general audience; (3) cannot contain any nudity, sexually explicit, disparaging, libelous, derogatory, obscene, indecent, distasteful, illegal or other inappropriate content (all as determined by Sponsors in its sole discretion); (4) cannot contain any commercial content that promotes any product or service other than Sponsors; and (5) cannot contain any trademarks, logos, copyrighted works or other intellectual property (other than works and intellectual property that you own, or for which you have obtained royalty-free rights for Sponsors to use in connection with this Contest (collectively, “Authorized Assets”). You cannot wear trademarked apparel in a video. Any elements appearing in a video, including without limitation stills, clip art, supers, or other materials used (collectively, “Elements”) must be entirely original, created and performed by you, be in the public domain, or be an Authorized Asset. Use of any Elements or other materials that are not original to you, not in the public domain, or that are not an Authorized Asset may result in disqualification. All songs and videos become the property of the Sponsors, and none will be returned. Sponsors will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, or misdirected entries, for corrupted song or video files, or for files that are otherwise unplayable or inaudible, or for entries that do not meet the requirements specified above. All such entries may, at Sponsors’ or the Venues’ discretion, be disqualified. Sponsors will not be responsible for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsors. BY ENTERING, YOU WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT (I) YOUR SONG(S) AND/OR VIDEO(S) IS/ARE ORIGINAL, HAS/HAVE BEEN LEGALLY OBTAINED AND CREATED, AND DOES/DO NOT INFRINGE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHER LEGAL, EQUITABLE OR MORAL RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY; (II) YOU HAVE OBTAINED PERMISSION TO SUBMIT YOUR BAND’S SONG(S) AND/OR VIDEO(S) FROM ALL BAND MEMBERS AND FROM THE OWNERS OF ALL LOCATIONS PICTURED IN THE VIDEO(S), AND YOU CAN MAKE THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS AVAILABLE TO THE SPONSORS UPON REQUEST; (III) THE SONG(S) AND/OR VIDEO(S) YOU ARE SUBMITTING HAS/HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION AND IS/ARE NOT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLICATION; AND (IV) YOU AND YOUR BAND WILL NOT DISSEMINATE OR OTHERWISE SUBMIT THE SONG(S) AND/OR VIDEO(S) TO ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR PUBLICATION.

c. Selection of Winning Band. As described in greater detail below, there will be eight regular rounds of competition, and one wildcard round, during the Contest Period, and in each regular round and in the wildcard round, one band will be selected to advance to the final round of competition.

i. First Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on October 3, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on October 10, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between September 26, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and October 3, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at the Rhythm House). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about October 13, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

ii. Second Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on October 10, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on October 17, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between October 3, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and October 10, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at Backdraft Bar & Grille). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about October 20, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

iii. Third Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on October 17, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on October 24, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between October 10, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and October 17, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at the Thunderbird Cafe). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about October 27, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

iv. Fourth Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on October 24, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on October 31, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between October 17, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and October 24, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at Kendrew’s Lounge). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about November 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

v. Fifth Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on October 31, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on November 7, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between October 24, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and October 31, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at Lighthouse Bar & Grill). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about November 10, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

vi. Sixth Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on November 7, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on November 14, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between October 31, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and November 7, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at Peter B’s). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about November 17, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

vii. Seventh Round. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on November 14, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on November 21, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. Visitors will be able to review all songs/videos uploaded between November 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm (E.T.) and November 14, 2008 at 4:59 pm (E.T.) (including the performance video of the “Spotlight Band of the Week” at the North Park Lounge Deckhouse). The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about November 24, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

viii. Wildcard Round. At 5:00 pm (E.T.) on November 21, 2008, all songs/videos from non-winning bands from the previous eight rounds will be posted for viewing. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on November 21, 2008, and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on November 28, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. The band receiving the highest number of votes will be notified on or about December 1, 2008 at 12:00 pm (E.T.) and will advance to the Final Round upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

x. Final Round. On December 1, 2008, the names, songs, and videos of the nine (9) bands advancing to the Final Round will be posted online for viewing. Between 5:00 pm (E.T.) on December 1, 2008 and 4:59 pm (E.T.) on December 7, 2008, visitors to the Contest Site will be prompted to vote for their favorite band. The band receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the Grand Prize Winner upon verification of eligibility by Sponsors.

d. Public Voting Terms and Conditions. Visitors may vote as often as they like provided that the use of software or other automated processes to submit multiple votes is prohibited and votes submitted by such means will be disqualified and disregarded. In the event of a tie, the Sponsors will determine which band advances to the Final Round based on a random drawing from among the tied entries. Please note that even if your band entry is shown as the leader at the close of any Round, you have not yet won. All results are unofficial until verified by Sponsors.

e. Grand Prize Winner Notification. The Grand Prize Winner will be notified by Sponsors on or about December 8, 2008 using the contact information provided on the band’s entry form. Each band member will be required to sign a release form and verify eligibility (including age verification) in order for the band to accept and receive the Grand Prize performance opportunity. If a Grand Prize Winner cannot be reached within twenty-four (24) hours, or if a Grand Prize Winner does not return to Sponsors a completed release form from each band member within the time period specified by the Sponsors, the Grand Prize Winner may be disqualified and, at Sponsors’ discretion, the band with the next highest vote during the Final Round may be selected as the substitute Grand Prize Winner.

PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS:

a. Spotlight Band of the Week Prize. Each Spotlight Band of the Week will be invited to play at the Venue that selected the band as the Spotlight Band of the Week. The date of the performance will be specified by the Venue (the date currently planned for each performance is set forth in Section 3, above. The Spotlight Band of the Week prizes have no retail or cash value. Winners are responsible for paying all costs and expenses related to acceptance of their prize, including but not limited to transportation to the applicable Venue, taxes, parking expenses, meals, and other miscellaneous travel expenses. Sponsors are not responsible if any prize performance opportunity identified in the Contest materials does not take place or is canceled for any reason

b. Grand Prize. One (1) band will be named as the Grand Prize Winner and will be invited to play the evening of December 11, 2008 at a Venue to be chosen by Sponsors and announced at a later date. A WPXI production crew will tape the Grand Prize Winner’s performance. A selection of Sponsors’ choice from the tape of the Grand Prize Winner’s performance will be aired on WPXI-TV during a commercial break in “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” during the week of December 15, 2008. The performance will be aired at a date and time to be determined by WPXI-TV in its sole discretion. The Grand Prize has no retail or cash value. Winner is responsible for paying all costs and expenses related to acceptance of the prize, including but not limited to transportation to the applicable Venue, taxes, parking expenses, meals, and other miscellaneous travel expenses. Sponsors are not responsible if any prize performance opportunity identified in the Contest materials does not take place or is canceled for any reason.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: By entering the Contest, you agree to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsors and the Venues, whose decisions regarding all aspects of the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as solely determined by Sponsors. In the event the Contest is compromised by tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsors which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. In the event of cancellation, Sponsors reserves the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to date of cancellation. The use of automated entry systems or any other conduct that impedes the integrity of the Contest is prohibited. In the event of a dispute regarding online entry, entry will be deemed made by the holder of an established e-mail account associated with the entry.

AUTHORIZATION/PUBLICITY RELEASE: By entering the Contest, you agree that Sponsors, their respective corporate parents, subsidiaries, successors, licensees, and assigns, and all those for whom they are acting, have the absolute right and permission to publish your band’s song(s) and/or video(s) on WPXI.com and to broadcast, publish or otherwise use your band’s song(s) and/or video(s) and your band members’ names and likenesses and your band’s name in connection with the Contest or for any commercial purpose without compensation to you. By entering, entrants agree that Sponsors will have the right (but not the obligation) to telecast, broadcast, copy, edit, create derivative works of, distribute, display, use, or otherwise publicly perform any or all of the entries, or any portion thereof, in any manner or medium for promotional purposes, without limitation or compensation to entrants.

RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: By entering, you agree to assume all risks related to your participation in the Contest or in any Contest event or activity, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, acquit, and forever discharge WPXI-TV, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., Venues, all other businesses associated with the promotion of the Contest, and each of their respective owners, stockholders, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and parents, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, from any and all charges, complaints, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, damages, causes of action, rights, demands, lawsuits, debts, expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) and costs, including but not limited to claims of personal injury, death, or damage to or loss or destruction of property, actually incurred of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, arising from any activity related to your participation in the Contest or any Contest-related event or activity.

INDEMNIFICATION: If Sponsors’ use of your band’s song(s)/video(s) causes Sponsors to be subject to a claim by any third party, you and your band members agree to indemnify Sponsors and each of their respective owners, stockholders, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and parents, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, against any and all damages, costs, judgments and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) which Sponsors incur as a result of their use of your song(s)/video(s).

CONSTRUCTION: The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.

SPONSORS: The WPXI Raw Talent Pittsburgh Contest is sponsored by WPXI-TV and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Sponsors will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other materials or announcements relating to the Contest.