SUNDRIFT RECORDS REALLY REALLY WEIRD REMIX CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

All submitted entries must be licensed to the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license. To be eligible for prizes, all winners must also enter into a separate agreement with Sundrift Records regarding the inclusion of their winning tracks in a possible "Really Really Remix" album (or similarly-titled project), to be sold online on CD (or CD-R) and through digital music stores.

These Official Rules ("Rules") govern your participation in the Sundrift Records Really Really Weird Remix Contest ("Contest"). Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules; so, it is important that you read and understand them.

  1. Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored and run by Sundrift Records, at PO Box 92, Delmont, PA 15626-0092 USA.
  2. Entry Period: The Contest's audio elements will go online at 12:00 AM EST on August 15, 2008. You may enter the Contest by uploading your remixes to http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest.php from 12:00 AM EST on August 15, 2008 until 12:00 AM on November 30, 2008.
  3. Who is Eligible? The Contest is offered only to persons older than 15 years of age as of the date of entry. Contest judges, as well as artists who have been interviewed for the Songs and Sonics blog (http://www.songsandsonics.com), are not eligible to participate in the Contest. Void where prohibited by law.
  4. How to Enter: To enter, you must submit a remix of The Simple Carnival's "Really Really Weird." Remixes may include the audio elements which have been made available at the Contest page at http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest, as well as music you create yourself, and/or material in the public domain, and/or other material you have express permission to use and license in accordance with Rule 5.

    For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge and agree that the musical tracks available at http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest are licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license (and that all rights that are not expressly granted under this license are reserved by Sundrift Records. You further acknowledge and agree that you must attribute The Simple Carnival, as well as Sundrift Records whenever you use The Simple Carnival's musical tracks (ie. "Remix using elements from The Simple Carnival/Sundrift Records"), but not in such a way as to imply any endorsement, approval or affiliation with or by The Simple Carnival or Sundrift Records.

    IF YOU USE CONTENT THAT YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION AND YOUR ENTRY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED BY THE SPONSOR AND NOT CONSIDERED BY THE JUDGES.

    Submit your track(s) online after 12:00 AM EST on August 15, 2008 and before 12:00 AM on November 30, 2008 with a completed online Contest Entry Form correctly and completely filled out.

    Any number of persons may be entered with regard to an individual recording. However, each individual entrant must be listed on the online Contest Entry Form in order to be eligible for a prize.

    A person or group may enter as only one time. Each individual or group entrant is only eligible for one prize.

    To be eligible for the prizes (described below in (7)), an entrant or group of named entrants, must be the sole author and copyright owner of the remix(es), or must have express permission (via license or otherwise) to use or incorporate those portions of the remix(es) authored or owned by third parties and license the remix(es) in accordance with these Rules. Any materials that infringe the rights of any third party (ie. materials used without express permission of the copyright owner) may not be used.

  5. Format of Entries: Entries must be in the form of an audio recording and in MP3 format. Duration of an entry may not exceed 5 minutes. All eligible entries must be received before 12:00 AM EST on November 30, 2008. Entries that finish uploading after 12:00 AM EST on November 30, 2008, are not eligible.

    Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries. Incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries are not eligible.

  6. What others may do with your remix(es): By submitting a track as part of the Contest to http://www.simplecarnival.com, you agree to license that track to the rest of the world under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/.

    Eligible entries will be rotated and will be made available to the general public for streaming at http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license. Sponsor reserves the right to evaluate each entry's eligibility under the Rules as well as for compliance with the US Copyright Act and any and all other applicable laws. Entries may be removed from http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix and disqualified from the Contest at the discretion of the Sponsor.

    By submitting an entry, you are representing and warranting that the content in your entry is authorized to be remixed by you, uploaded to the http://www.simplecarnival.com site and licensed to the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license.

    By submitting your track, you also agree and acknowledge that you will receive no royalties from Sponsor, other contestants, or members of the general public who use your track consistent with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license.

  7. Prizes: The best overall winning entry will receive a circuit-bent Casio SK-1 sampler, a Simple Carnival t-shirt, and a copy of The Simple Carnival's "Girls Aliens Food" CD. There will be three runner-up winners, who will receive a Simple Carnival t-shirt and a copy of The Simple Carnival's "Girls Aliens Food" CD.

    These selected remixes (as well as additional, non-prize-winning remixes) will then be eligible to be compiled and made available after entering into a separate agreement with Sundrift Records for sale online on CD (or CD-R) and through digital music stores as a special Sundrift Records remix album project.

    Sponsor may modify or edit winning remixes to ensure the audio quality or for any purpose that Sponsor deems necessary or desirable. Sponsor reserves the right to undertake, or to instruct its representatives to undertake, such reasonable editing or modifications.

    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 Sponsor, at Sponsor's 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.

  8. Judging: The four winning remixes will be determined by the highest scores from all eligible entries received according to the following criteria:
    • "Enjoyableness" (how fun the remix is to listen to) - 40% of overall grade
    • Creative Re-use and Transformation of Samples from the "Really Really Weird" original multitracks - 30% of overall grade
    • Originality - 30% of overall grade

    All grading decisions are confidential and final. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is, in Sponsor's discretion, inappropriate, offensive or demeaning to Sponsor's reputation or goodwill, or contrary to Sponsor's mission or these Rules.

    Once the grading of the entries has been completed, the Sponsor will notify the winner and runners-up via email and/or telephone using the contact information submitted by the entrants in the online Contest Entry Form. 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 track will be selected as an alternate winner and notified according to this procedure. Within 21 days of the date of the notification, the winner and runners-up must sign and return to the Sponsor the separate agreement to enable their track(s) to be included as part of the possible Sundrift remix album project to be for sale online on CD (or CD-R) and through digital music stores, which the Sponsor will provide to the winner, runners-up, and additional remix engineers shortly after notification. If a winner fails to sign and return the agreement within 21 days, the next highest scoring track will be selected as an alternate winner and notified according to this procedure.

  9. General Terms and Conditions: By participating, entrants agree that the Sponsor's parties are not responsible or liable for, and are released and held harmless from: (i) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; (ii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; (iv) any and all 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. Sponsor reserves 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. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Pennsylvania.
  10. Winners List/Official Rules: A copy of these Official Rules and a winners list may be obtained by sending an email request to remix@simplecarnival.com. Requests for winners list must be received by December 31, 2008.
  11. Privacy: By entering into this Contest you consent to the use of your name as set out in the The Simple Carnival Privacy Policy available at: http://www.simplecarnival.com/privacy.php regarding use of all material entered and/or submitted for this Contest or otherwise collected by The Simple Carnival's site.

OK, enough already! I want to download the "Really Really Weird" multitrack files!
(Here's an alternate link, where you can download everything as one huge .rar file.)