Tony Stevens' SLOW RiDE Collaboration Contest

Official Contest Rules

KOMPOZ AND SLOW RiDE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

These Official Rules ("Rules") govern your participation in the Kompoz and SLOW RiDE contest ("Contest"). Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules as well as the Kompoz Terms of Service posted at http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/terms.music; so, it is important that you read and understand them.

1. Sponsors: The Contest is sponsored and run by Kompoz, LLC, headquartered in Miami FL, USA, ph. 1-305-439-2938 and SLOW RiDE.

2. Entry Period: The Contest's audio elements will go online at 8:00 a.m. EST on December 17, 2007. You may enter the Contest by submitting tracks or mixes on http://www.kompoz.com from 8:00 a.m. EST on December 17, 2007 until 11:59 p.m. PT on February 29, 2008.

3. Who is Eligible? The Contest is offered only to natural persons older than 13 years of age as of the date of entry. 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. Void where prohibited by law.

4. How to Enter: To enter, submit an original music track or mix using SLOW RiDE's "Redemption" tracks which have been made available at the Contest page at http://www.kompoz.com. Remixes should include 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 made available by SLOW RiDE are licensed and copyrighted material, not to be used for commercial purposes by you (and that all rights that are not expressly granted under this license are reserved by SLOW RiDE). You further acknowledge and agree that you must attribute SLOW RiDE as well as Kompoz whenever you use any musical tracks (ie. "Remix using elements from SLOW RiDE/Kompoz.com") created for this contest, but not in such a way as to imply any endorsement, approval or affiliation with or SLOW RiDE or Kompoz.

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 SPONSORS AND NOT CONSIDERED BY THE JUDGES.

Any person or group may enter as many times as desired, but 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 a mix or individual instrument track created by you for this contest, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license. Entries that are created or licensed after the contest end date are not eligible.

6. What others may do with your remix(es): By submitting an entry as part of the Contest on http://www.kompoz.com, you agree to license that material to the rest of the world under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. All eligible entries will be made available to the general public for download on the http://www.kompoz.com website under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license. Sponsors reserve 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 the http://www.kompoz.com site and disqualified from the Contest at the discretion of the Sponsors. By submitting an entry, you are representing and warranting that the content in your entry is authorized to be remixed by you and is licensed to the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license. By submitting your entry, you also agree and acknowledge that you will receive no royalties from Sponsors, other contestants, or members of the general public who use your track consistent with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license.

7. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize winner and (4) First Prize winners will be determined by the criteria outlined in (8).

Grand Prize (One (1) will be awarded): The Grand Prize consists of (1) SmapleMoog software from IK Multimedia and (1) autographed SLOW RiDE "Join Together" album, and (1) kompoz.com t-shirt. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $325.00 (USD).

First Prize (Four (4) will be awarded): Each First Prize consists of (1) autographed SLOW RiDE "Join Together" album, and (1) kompoz.com t-shirt. The ARV ofthe First Prize is $26.00 (USD).

Sponsors may modify or edit winning submissions to ensure the audio quality or for any purpose that Sponsors deem necessary or desirable. Sponsors reserve 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 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.

8. Judging: The Grand Prize winning track will be chosen by the members of SLOW RiDE, and by the Kompoz staff. The four (4) first place remixes will be determined by the members of SLOW RiDE, and by the Kompoz staff.

All grading decisions are final. Sponsors reserve the right to 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 has been completed, the Sponsors will notify the winners via email and Kompoz.com private message using the information submitted by the entrants in their Kompoz member 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 submission will be selected as an alternate winner and notified according to this procedure.

9. General Terms and Conditions: By participating, entrants agree that the Sponsors' 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 Sponsors 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. 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. 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, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington.

10. Winners List/Official Rules: A copy of these Official Rules and a winners list may be obtained by sending an email request to collaborate@kompoz.com. Requests for winners list must be received by March 30, 2008.

11. Privacy: By entering into this Contest you consent to the use of your name regarding use of all material entered and/or submitted for this Contest or otherwise collected by the Kompoz site.

12. DMCA Compliance: Sponsors comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In compliance with the DMCA, a Designated Agent has been established with proper documentation sent to the US Copyright Office. If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on the Kompoz site, please contact the agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement. The designated agent for Kompoz to receive notification of claimed infringement under Title II of the DMCA is:

David Hatton, Esq.
dhatton@olsrhh.com
150 Alhambra Circle
Suite 1150
Coral Gables FL 33134
Tel: 305-858-0220