Music Tech Fest Producer Challenge Terms

MUSIC TECH FEST PRODUCER CHALLENGE TERMS

DISTRIBUTED CREATION INC. D/B/A SPLICE AND Music Tech Fest Producer Challenge REMIX CONTEST

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW OR WHERE REGISTRATION OR BONDING REQUIRED.

These Official Rules (the “Rules”) govern your participation in the Music Tech Fest Producer Challege Contest (the “Contest”). Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules as well as the Distributed Creation Inc. d/b/a Splice (“Splice”) Terms of Service posted at http://splice.com/terms (the “Terms”), so, it is important that you read and understand them. To the extent there is a conflict between these Rules and the Terms, these Rules will govern.

1. Summary of Material Terms. As provided in greater detail in these Rules (and without limiting the express language of these Rules), you acknowledge that you may not use any third party’s content in your Entry unless you have the express permission of that third party or the content is in the public domain. Sponsors. The Contest is sponsored and run by Splice, headquartered at 35 East 21st Street,  4th Floor,  New York, New York 10003, and Music Tech Fest (“Label”) (together, the “Sponsors”).

1. Entry Period. The Contest’s audio elements will go online at or about 3pm EST, September 7th, 2018. You may enter the Contest by creating remixes on https://splice.com/musictechfest/producer-challenge (the “Contest Page”) from 3pm EST, September 7th, 2018 until 11:59pm, October 5th, 2018.

1. The Contest is offered only to natural persons at least 18 years of age and at least the age of majority in the person’s jurisdiction of residence as of the date of entry.  If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of 13 and 18, you may enter the Contest on behalf of your child, in which case (i) both you and your child will be considered “you” for purposes of these Rules, and (ii) you are solely responsible and liable for ensuring your child’s full compliance with these Rules. Employees, independent contractors, officers, and directors of Sponsors’, their respective shareholders, agents, representatives, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors (“Sponsors Parties”), and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of such persons, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The Splice Staff reserves the right to deem any Entry no longer eligible due to suspicious activity by the user or on the Entry. Any user who is suspected of creating additional accounts to artificially increase their votes, plays, or comments, or who harrasses or attacks any other user will have their Entry deemed no longer eligible for any prize.

1. How to Enter; License Grant to You. Sponsors offer you a chance to engage in a creative dialogue with Label’s recording artist, Femme.  

1. How to Enter. To enter, create and publish an original piece of music that incorporates one or more sample from the the Music Tech Fest: Stockholm Repack on Splice Sounds, available here: https://on.splice.com/MTF2018. Entries must be submitted through the Contest Page.

1. Permitted Materials. You may include in your Entry music you create yourself, material in the public domain, and/or other material for which you have express permission to use and license in accordance with these Rules. Elements added by you must not include any viruses, worms, spyware, Trojan horses, malware, or other computer programming routines that may damage or detrimentally interfere with any computer or other device. By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that the content in your Entry is remixed by you. IF YOU USE CONTENT THAT YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ENTER THIS CONTEST AND YOUR ENTRY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED BY THE SPONSORS AND NOT CONSIDERED BY THE JUDGES OR THE COMMUNITY.

1. Qualification. You may enter multiple times, but each individual or group entrant is only eligible for one prize. To be eligible for a prize (described in Section 9), an entrant or group of named entrants must comply with all provisions of these Rules. Sponsors reserve the right to ask you for evidence of such compliance, especially with respect to Section 5.c. Sponsors reserve the right to evaluate each Entry’s eligibility under the Rules as well as for compliance with the U.S. Copyright Act and any and all other applicable laws. Entries may be removed from the Contest Page and disqualified from the Contest at Sponsors’ discretion.
   
   
2. On Site Behavior.  By entering this contest you agree to follow the guidelines for behavior set out by Splice in the Rules for on site Behavior https://support.splice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001436408-Code-of-Conduct. Any breach of these rules will disqualify your entry from the contest and forfeit your eligibility of winning any prize or recognition on Splice.

1. Format of Entries; License Grant and Ownership. You retain all rights in your Entry, subject to Sponsor’s ownership of the Stem.  By entering this Contest, you grant Splice and Sponsor a perpetual, irrevocable royalty-free, worldwide license to use and exploit your Entry on the Platform However, neither Sponsor nor Splice will commercially exploit any non-winning Entry without your prior consent.

Further, by entering this Contest, you agree: (a) that Sponsors have the right to use your Entry and your name and likeness in any and all media in and in connection with promotion, publicity, marketing and advertising for and by Sponsors, and in connection with this Contest or other promotions by Sponsors as Sponsors see fit without any further notification or compensation to or of you; (b) that Sponsors have no obligation (express or implied) to use any Entries in any manner and you will not be entitled to any damages or other relief by reason of Sponsors’ use or non-use of an Entry; and (c) to be bound by these Rules. By entering this Contest, you agree to sign and deliver to Sponsors such documents as Sponsors may reasonably require in connection with this Rules. You may not exploit any part of your Entry that includes the Stem without Sponsor’s prior, written consent.

1. What Others May Do With Your Entries. All eligible entries will be made available to the Platform’s registered users (the “Community”) for voting.  

1. Prizes. One (1) Judge’s Grand Prize winner and one (1) Community Grand Prize winner will be determined by the criteria outlined in Section 11.

1. Judge’s Grand Prize (One (1) will be awarded): 1 year of Splice Sounds and inclusion on a Music Tech Fest charity album distributed by amuse.io . The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Judge’s Grand Prize is $100.00 (USD).
   
   
2. Judge’s Runner Up Prize (Two (2) will be awarded): 6 months of Splice sounds year of Splice Sounds and inclusion on a Music Tech Fest charity album distributed by amuse.io . The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Judge’s Runner Up Prize is $50.00 (USD).

1. Community Grand Prize (One (1) will be awarded): 1 year of Splice Sounds.  The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Community Grand Prize is $96.00 (USD).
   
   

All prize expenses and/or services not specified herein are not included and are the sole responsibility of the winner(s). No alternative prize, cash equivalent, or other substitution is permitted except by Sponsors, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, in the event of prize unavailability. Prizes are nontransferable. All federal, provincial, state and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

1. Judging. The Judge’s Grand Prize winner will be chosen by Femme. Femme will judge entrants by the originality and quality of their Entries. The Community Grand Prize winner will be determined by the number of votes an Entry obtains from the Community, subject to Contest eligibility. The Community will judge Entries by originality and quality; the Entry with the most “likes” on the Platform will win the Community Grand Prize. If the Entry with the most "likes" already has a free Splice Sounds account, wins another prize, or is deemed ineligible by Splice, the Community Pick prize will be given to theEntry with the next most amount of "likes".  

1. Final Decision. All grading decisions are final. Sponsors may disqualify any Entry that is, in Sponsors’ discretion, inappropriate, offensive or demeaning to Sponsors’ reputation or goodwill, or contrary to Sponsors’ mission or these Rules. Once the grading of the Entries is complete, Sponsors will notify the winners via email using the information submitted by the entrants in their Splice user profile. If a winner fails to respond within 14 days of the date of the notification, that winner will be disqualified and the next highest scoring remix will be selected as an alternate winner for the applicable prize and notified according to this procedure.

1. Indemnification. By submitting an Entry, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Sponsors’ Parties harmless from: (a) any and all claims, demands, causes of action and judgments (including attorney’s fees, court costs and expert’s fees) arising out of or relating to any breach by you of the terms and conditions of these Rules, including any representations and warranties; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; (c) any condition caused by events beyond Sponsors’ control that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (d) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; and (e) any other losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with or resulting from participation in the Contest or acceptance of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.  

1. General Terms and Conditions. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to suspend or cancel Contest at any time if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsors may revise these Rules at any time in their sole discretion by posting an updated version.  Any Rules changes will be effective upon posting, and your continued participation in the Contest after a change to these Rules constitutes your binding acceptance of these Rules. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any action arising out of or related to this Agreement will be either the state or federal courts in New York, New York, and you agree and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of these courts. The Sponsors Parties are express third party beneficiaries of Section 12 of these Rules.

1. Winners List/ Rules. A copy of these Rules and a winners list may be obtained by sending an email request to support@splice.com. Requests for winners list must be received by February 1st, 2018.

1. Privacy. By entering into this Contest you consent to the use of your Personal Information as set out in the Splice Privacy Policy available at: https://splice.com/privacy_policy.  Sponsors may use the name of any and all winners to promote Sponsors and the Contest.

1. DMCA Compliance. Splice complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). In compliance with the DMCA, a Designated Agent has been established with proper documentation sent to the U.S. Copyright Office. If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on the Platform, please refer to our Terms of Use http://spliceproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/legal/Splice-BasicPrivacyPolicy.html for information on how to submit a notice of claimed infringement to Splice’s designated agent.