Contest rules

• There are no restrictions on who can enter (participants under 18 years old must have parents’ or legal guardians’ permissions).

• Submission of commercial works by corporate entities is not allowed.

• Submissions can be collaborative works made by a team of people, but a single representative must be chosen as a contact point and recipient of any prizes.

• Any works already available to the public cannot be submitted. Additionally, please refrain from submitting any works which already have distribution/releases scheduled separately from the contest. Any submissions found to have been available for public consumption before the contest will be disqualified.

• Any works submitted to other song contests held during the same time period, whether by Crypton Future Media or any other third party, are not eligible.

• If for whatever reason any songs are submitted past the contest deadline, they will not be considered for the prizes.

• If a copyright infringement claim is filed on any contest submission, Crypton Future Media will not be held liable and all responsibilities to resolve the issue will rest on the contestant.

• Any submitted entries may be used by the contest hosts without prior notice or compensation for promotional purposes relating to the contest by the contest hosts. (Including cover art for the song)

• The Grand Prize winner will be asked to submit: 1) a .wav or other lossless file format of their finished song; 2) the instrumental version of the song; and 3) various data files required for live performance of the song, including the .vsq vocal data file. Runner-ups will need to provide 1) and 2).

• The Grand Prize winner submission may be modified by Crypton for the purpose of live performances.

• Winners will be contacted via email within three (3) days from the contest end date, and will have three (3) days to respond to initial contact to claim their prize. Contest hosts cannot be held liable for submissions with incorrect email addresses. If no response to the initial email is received the Prize is understood to be forfeit and will be given to a different entry.

• Submissions which have not been selected as prize winners will not receive an email to notify as such.

• The rights to the Grand Prize submission will, upon selection, be transferred to Crypton Future Media. For each commercial usage of the work, a complimentary royalty payment may be made by Crypton to the artist at Crypton's discretion, such payment not to be construed as usage rights.

• Crypton will not assert rights over any submissions which were not selected as prize winners.

• This contest and its rules/conditions may undergo changes or be canceled without prior notice to its participants.

• By submitting an entry into the contest you are deemed to have agreed to any and all terms and conditions required for the use of any third party file sharing services utilized for submission. Crypton cannot be held liable for any disputes or damages incurred through the violation of any third party terms and conditions by the contest entrant.

• By submitting an entry into the contest you are agreeing to all of the above rules.