SongDoor International Songwriting Contest

This agreement describes the legal relationship between you (an individual artist, or, in the case where you are involved with co-writers) and SongDoor, owner and publisher of the site located at http://www.songdoor.com. Please read this agreement carefully. By checking the "I AGREE" box below, you indicate that you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement. Further, by submitting any music or other content to us, you indicate that you agree to be bound by this agreement.

1. Age of Contestant. You stipulate that you are 18 years of age or older.

2. License Grant. You hereby grant to us, and by the act of delivering to us sound recordings, musical works and/or other material (such as photos, song lyrics, etc.) ("Material") grant to us, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (a) reproduce, distribute, publicly display, modify as necessary for the purposes of this agreement, and digitally perform the Material in whole or in part (including the right to create compilations on the website which include your songs); (b) create and use samples of the Material solely for the purpose of demonstrating or promoting our or your products or services; (c) use any trademarks, service marks or trade names incorporated in the Material in connection with your material; and (d) use the name and likeness of any individuals represented in the Material in connection with your Material without monetary compensation, aside from Awards you may win.

3. Ownership. You retain complete ownership of the copyrights and all other rights in your songs, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us under this Agreement. You are free to grant similar rights to others during and after the term of this agreement.

4. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) the Material is your and/or you and your co-writers’ work, and contains no sampled material; (b) you have full right and power to enter into and perform this agreement, and have secured all third-party consents necessary to enter into this agreement; (c) the Material does not and will not infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, proprietary rights of publicity or privacy, or other legal rights (this means no cover songs); (d) the Material does not and will not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (e) the Material is not and will not be defamatory or libelous; (f) the Material does not and will not contain any viruses or other programming routines that detrimentally interfere with computer systems or data; and (g) all factual assertions that you have made and will make to us are true and complete. You agree to indemnify and hold us, our affiliates, employees, and agents, and our users harmless from any and all damages and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or related to your breach of the representations and warranties described in this section. You agree to execute and deliver documents to us, upon reasonable request, that evidence or effectuate our rights under this agreement. SongDoor reserves the right to remove any material at any time, in its sole discretion.

5. Disclaimer. We provide our products and services related to this agreement "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. SongDoor has no responsibility for any use of any material by any user of songdoor.com.

6. Waiver of Certain Damages. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF SECTION 4, NEITHER YOU NOR US WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

7. Termination. You may terminate this agreement at any time by giving us notice. The agreement will terminate upon our actual receipt of such notice sent to: submissions@songdoor.com. We may terminate this agreement at any time by so notifying you; the agreement will terminate upon your actual receipt of such notice or three days after we have sent a notice of termination to the e-mail address which you supply to us below. Upon termination, all of our license rights terminate. Sections 4 and 6 above survive termination.

8. Miscellaneous. This agreement will be governed by Tennessee law without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding arising out of or related to this agreement must be brought in a state or federal court located in Tennessee, and we both irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. All notices, requests and other communications under this agreement must be in writing (e-mail messages shall be deemed writings). This agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to this agreement's subject matter and supersedes all prior proposals, discussions or agreements with respect to such subject matter. It may be changed only by a writing signed by both parties (e-mail headers and/or plain text signatures on e-mail messages shall be deemed signatures).


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SUBMISSION UPLOAD AGREEMENT Before submitting your songs to the SongDoor competition, you must accept the following legal terms. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This agreement describes the legal relationship between you (an individual artist, or, in the case where you are involved with co-writers) and SongDoor, owner and publisher of the site located at http://www.songdoor.com. Please read this agreement carefully. By checking the "I AGREE" box below, you indicate that you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement. Further, by submitting any music or other content to us, you indicate that you agree to be bound by this agreement. 1. Age of Contestant. You stipulate that you are 18 years of age or older. 2. License Grant. You hereby grant to us, and by the act of delivering to us sound recordings, musical works and/or other material (such as photos, song lyrics, etc.) ("Material") grant to us, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (a) reproduce, distribute, publicly display, modify as necessary for the purposes of this agreement, and digitally perform the Material in whole or in part (including the right to create compilations on the website which include your songs); (b) create and use samples of the Material solely for the purpose of demonstrating or promoting our or your products or services; (c) use any trademarks, service marks or trade names incorporated in the Material in connection with your material; and (d) use the name and likeness of any individuals represented in the Material in connection with your Material without monetary compensation, aside from Awards you may win. 3. Ownership. You retain complete ownership of the copyrights and all other rights in your songs, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us under this Agreement. You are free to grant similar rights to others during and after the term of this agreement. 4. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) the Material is your and/or you and your co-writers’ work, and contains no sampled material; (b) you have full right and power to enter into and perform this agreement, and have secured all third-party consents necessary to enter into this agreement; (c) the Material does not and will not infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, proprietary rights of publicity or privacy, or other legal rights (this means no cover songs); (d) the Material does not and will not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (e) the Material is not and will not be defamatory or libelous; (f) the Material does not and will not contain any viruses or other programming routines that detrimentally interfere with computer systems or data; and (g) all factual assertions that you have made and will make to us are true and complete. You agree to indemnify and hold us, our affiliates, employees, and agents, and our users harmless from any and all damages and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or related to your breach of the representations and warranties described in this section. You agree to execute and deliver documents to us, upon reasonable request, that evidence or effectuate our rights under this agreement. SongDoor reserves the right to remove any material at any time, in its sole discretion. 5. Disclaimer. We provide our products and services related to this agreement "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. SongDoor has no responsibility for any use of any material by any user of songdoor.com. 6. Waiver of Certain Damages. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF SECTION 4, NEITHER YOU NOR US WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. 7. Termination. You may terminate this agreement at any time by giving us notice. The agreement will terminate upon our actual receipt of such notice sent to: submissions@songdoor.com. We may terminate this agreement at any time by so notifying you; the agreement will terminate upon your actual receipt of such notice or three days after we have sent a notice of termination to the e-mail address which you supply to us below. Upon termination, all of our license rights terminate. Sections 4 and 6 above survive termination. 8. Miscellaneous. This agreement will be governed by Tennessee law without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding arising out of or related to this agreement must be brought in a state or federal court located in Tennessee, and we both irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. All notices, requests and other communications under this agreement must be in writing (e-mail messages shall be deemed writings). This agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to this agreement's subject matter and supersedes all prior proposals, discussions or agreements with respect to such subject matter. It may be changed only by a writing signed by both parties (e-mail headers and/or plain text signatures on e-mail messages shall be deemed signatures).





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