Sarah McLachlan The First Noel/Mary Mary Remix Contest  

Official Rules  

   

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  

   

2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: All Contest entries must comply with the requirements of these official rules to be eligible to participate.  

   

3. ENTRY DATES AND DEADLINES: Contest opens at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight  

Time on October 12, 2006 and closes at 11:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on  

November 16, 2005. Entries must be recieved on or before November 16, 2006.  

   

4. TO ENTER: Create a remix of Sarah McLachlan's song "The First Noel/Mary Mary" and upload an MP3 file of your remix via the Internet, along with your name, email and the title of your remix, to the contest website at http://stems.sarahmclachlan.com.  Official contest hosted by https://www.beatport.com.  

By participating, entrants agree to abide by these official Contest rules and warrant that they meet the eligibility requirements set forth herein.  

   

5. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Entrant may submit multiple entries.  Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group and Beatport 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 websites http://stems.sarahmclachlan.com or https://www.beatport.com. Without limiting anything to the contrary contained herein, Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group and Beatport 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.  

   

Entrants hereby represent and warrant that all of the music, vocals or additional lyrics included in their remixes (other than the "The First Noel/Mary Mary" multitracks provided on the https://www.beatport.com) are wholly original and that no music, vocals or lyrics have been copied from any other source or otherwise violate any third party rights. Sponsors will not be responsible or held liable for any music, vocals or lyrics which are included in any submitted materials which have been copied from any other source.  

   

Entries are the property of Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music. You hereby agree not to duplicate, sell or exploit any portion of the entry or the original master recordings at any time without Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group's prior specific written consent. Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group's reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest as determined by Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group in its sole discretion. Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group reserves the sole right to extend the deadline of the determinations of the winning entries for one extension period of thirty (30) days. By entering this contest, you expressly agree that all of the results and proceeds of the Contest entry are and shall be, from the inception of creation, a "work made for hire" for  

Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group. You further acknowledge, certify and agree that Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group 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 Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group by virtue of this agreement. You will, upon request, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group such additional documents as Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group may deem necessary to evidence and effectuate  

Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group 's 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. Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group 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 Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group, 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.  

   

6. JUDGING: Eligible entries will be judged by Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group. All eligible entries will be listened to and rated by originality and creativity, technique, sonic quality and viability in the dance market. Winners will be determined on or shortly after November 30, 2006.  

   

7. NOTIFICATION: Winners will be notified by e-mail by the close of business November 30, 2006. Winners will have forty-eight (48) hours from the date of attempted notification to respond to the notification via telephone or e-mail. In the event that any Winner does not respond to the notification within this forty eight (48) hour period, that Winner will be deemed to have forfeited his/her win. The next highest rated entry will be chosen from the remaining eligible entries. Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group is not responsible for late, lost or misdirected notification. Winners will be required to sign and return to Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group an agreement of participation. Affidavits and Releases sent via facsimile will be accepted in order to comply with the referenced time constraint but the original must be mailed to Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group contemporaneously. In the event that a Winner cannot be contacted, does not meet the eligibility requirements, or fails to return a complete, notarized Affidavit and Release within the specified time period, such Winners will be deemed in Sarah McLachlan/Nettwerk Music Group�s sole discretion, to have forfeited his/her win and chances to participate.  

   

8. PRIZES: The Grand Prize Winner will have his/her remix released on Nettwerk Records and also be awarded one (1) 30GB Video iPod, one (1) signed copy of the �Wintersong� CD and a signed limited edition lithograph poster.  Grand Prize Pack valued at four hundred dollars CAD ($400.00 CAD).  

Four runners up will be selected and, at the discretion of the judges, will be considered to have their remix released on Nettwerk Records.  Each runner up will receive signed vinyl copies of three (3) of Sarah McLachlan�s albums and one (1) signed copy of the �Wintersong� CD.  Each runner up prize pack is valued at seventy-five dollars CAD ($75.00 CAD).  

   

9. Winner agrees that Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group and Beatport, and their affiliated companies, parents, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by Winner for any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, and property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize, or participation in this Contest.  

   

10. RULES: Entrants are encouraged to print out a copy of these official  

Contest rules for future reference. To receive a copy of these official  

Contest rules by mail, send the request with a self-addressed stamped envelope to Nettwerk Music Group, 1650 West 2nd Ave., Vancouver, BC, V6J 4R3, Canada.  Attn: Sarah McLachlan Remix Contest, Official Rules.  

   

11. WINNER: Winner will be announced on website on or shortly after November 30, 2006.  

   

12. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.