Contest conditions

[RDuke]

So what do some of you think of an amateur songwriting contest that states:

Submission of Song in the Contest constitutes a grant to Sponsor and its agents of a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, right and license to reproduce, publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Song in any way for promotional purposes and/or advertising, in phonorecords or electronic media or any other media or device or by any other means, whether now known or later invented, without limitation, without further approval, and without payment.


Rick

 

[Roel]

Lol. Go for it!

 

[joro]

MP3.com has the same kind of agreement......

If you load a song up there.....and one day it becomes a hit.....they can use it as much as they want to promote MP3.com....even if you delete your page....

I don't use MP3.com anymore......not because of that.....but this is a pretty standard kind of thing that I have seen on a few
"file-server" sites...I don't think it is a big deal.....ya know?

Later,
Joe

 

[TexRoadkill]

If they can only use it for promotional purposes than it's no biggie. If they are taking away your rights to sell or use it then that is a pretty shitty deal.

 

[cjmusicman]

It sounds like they get aLL the rights to your song.

Send them something shitty. Save any really good stufff.

Maybe, I'm too skeptical.

cj

 

[Sigma9]

this line right here says it all......

right and license to reproduce, publish

Basically they can use your song, and even publish it, thats scarey especially if it becomes a hit and they dont have to give you shit for it.