Competition Terms & Conditions
The Squatters ‘Minesweeper’ Remix Competition Rules
For entries to be considered eligible, they must conform to the rules set out below.
* All entries must be submitted to us via our Soundcloud Dropbox. Please do not email MP3 files as attachments as these will not be accepted.
* Only one remix submission is permitted per person
* Any entries received after 11pm GMT on 14th February 2011 will not be eligible
* Your remix must contain only the remix parts provided and your own original compositions
* You must not use any samples that violate any third party rights
* No purchase is necessary to enter this competition
* All remix parts are provided free of charge and remain the copyright of Champion Records Ltd
* The winner will be announced 21st February 2011 via the Champion Records website www.championrecords.co.uk
* The winning entry will be released digitally as part of the official single release
* The entries will be judged by the Champion Records A&R Team and The Squatters
Terms and Conditions of Entry
By entering this remix competition you provide your consent and agree to the following:
* The Re-Mix you submit as your competition entry shall be deemed not to include any performance(s) by you
* Any and all such performance(s) by you shall be deemed for all purposes to be non-featured session performances
* The afore mentioned prize(s) will be the sole remuneration in respect of your services referred to in this agreement
* The exploitation of the Recording and the Re-Mix and will constitute fair and equitable remuneration for these services to be rendered under this agreement (and the product thereof) and the rights granted under this agreement including, without limitation, all rental and lending rights granted
* Champion Records shall not be liable for any costs incurred in connection with the re-mixing by you of the Recording
* You shall not have, and shall not purport to have, any authority to assume any liability on our behalf
* You irrevocably and unconditionally to the fullest extent permitted by law assign to us (by way of assignment of present and future copyright) all the copyright and other rights in and to the products of your services under this agreement to hold to us absolutely without reservation for the use and benefit of us and our successors, assigns and licensees throughout the world for the full period of copyright including all renewals, reversions and extensions; give all such consents as may be necessary to enable us to exploit, and authorise others to exploit, worldwide in any and all media by any and all means now known or developed in the future the products of your services under this agreement; waive all so-called “moral rights” or similar rights now existing or created in the future in any part of the world in respect of the Recording and the Re-Mix; grant to us the exclusive rental and lending rights in and to the products of your services under this agreement which you may have at the date hereof, or which may after the date hereof be conferred on you, whether pursuant to the implementation of the EEC Directive 92/100 EC or 19 November 1992 or otherwise; and grant to us the right to use, and to authorise others to use, your name, professional name, approved biographical details, approved photographs and other approved likenesses in all media in connection with the exploitation of the products of your services under this agreement
* We will accord you the Credit on the labels and, where practicable, the sleeves of all records wholly embodying the Re-Mix but if we inadvertently fail to do so we shall only be obliged to use reasonable endeavours to rectify the error on all labels and, if applicable, sleeves manufactured after we receive written notice of the error from you
* You warrant that the Re-Mix will not embody any samples without our prior written approval and that the Re-Mix will not violate or infringe any common law or statutory right of any person, firm or corporation including, but without limitation, contractual rights and copyright. You shall indemnify us against any and all claims, costs, proceedings, demands, losses, damages and expenses resulting from or by reason of any claim arising from a breach of any of your representations, warranties, agreements and undertakings in this agreement, which claim is either adjudicated or settled with your approval
* This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall be the courts of exclusive jurisdiction
* Champion Records Ltd and The Squatters are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, illegible, incomplete entries, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions or technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic or for exposure to computer viruses or for damage to participant’s computer by accessing the website www.championrecords.co.uk Without limiting anything to the contrary contained herein, Champion Records Ltd and The Squatters makes no warranty that any particular remix/sequencing software program will function as required for this Contest. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your recording/remix system(s) functions correctly.
* Entries remain the property of Champion Records Ltd. You hereby agree not to duplicate, sell or exploit any portion of the entry or the original master recordings at any time without Champion Records Ltd prior specific written consent. Champion Records Ltd reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Champion Records Ltd reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest as determined by Champion Records Ltd in its sole discretion. You further acknowledge, certify and agree that Champion Records Ltd shall be deemed the author and/or exclusive owner throughout the world of any and all rights in and to the entry (including, but not limited to, the right, title and interest in and to the worldwide copyrights in the “sound recording(s)” (as defined in the Copyright Act of the United States of America) and underlying composition embodied therein and any renewal or extension of rights in connection therewith), and of any and all other rights thereto. In the event that the services rendered in connection with the entry are not deemed to be “works made for hire”, then the rights therein shall be deemed irrevocably transferred to Champion Records Ltd by virtue of this agreement. You will, upon request, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Champion Records Ltd such additional documents as Champion Records Ltd may deem necessary to evidence and effectuate Champion Records Ltd rights hereunder. If you are under the age of 18, you and your parent or legal guardian warrant and represent that you and your parent or legal guardian have both reviewed and expressly agreed with these official Contest rules. Champion Records Ltd reserves its rights to verify eligibility qualifications of any entrant and to disqualify any entrant found, in its sole discretion, to be tampering or otherwise interfering with this Contest. Any entrant found to be misrepresenting themselves through the use of aliases and/or addresses or an entrant’s submission of mass entries and/or reproductions will be disqualified. Except where prohibited by law, by participating in this Contest, you are granting Champion Records Ltd , and those acting under its authority, permission to use your name, photograph, voice and/or likeness for advertising, publicity and/or other business purposes in connection with the Contest without compensation.
