1. Each Submission (hereinafter “Submission” or “Entry”) must be uploaded to Arkbo Music Publishing's Dropbox account and the submission contact form completed at www.arkbomusicpublishing.com and comply with the terms and conditions of using the website. Entrants will also check an agreeance to the terms and conditions box to complete the form at www.arkbomusicpublishing.com which indicates acceptance of these terms and conditions. No Submission will be considered that does not upload successfully with the contact form completed at www.arkbomusicpublishing.com.
  2. Each Entry may not be profane, offensive, pornographic, defamatory or inappropriate as determined by Arkbo Music Publishing at Arkbo Music Publishing’s sole discretion. Arkbo Music Publishing reserves the right to ignore and delete any Submission it deems to be not in keeping with Arkbo Music Publishing’s image. Profane, offensive, pornographic, defamatory, and/or inappropriate in Arkbo Music Publishing’s sole discretion.
  3. The person uploading or submitting the Entry will be deemed the entrant (“Entrant”). The Entrant is the one person who owns the email address associated with the Submission, except that an email address in the name of the parent or legal guardian of the otherwise eligible minor entering the submission will be permitted and the minor will be deemed the Entrant. If any group elects to collaborate on a Submission, they are required to designate one person as the Entrant who will be the agent of the group to make the submission and agree to the terms and conditions. Arkbo Music Publishing, its affiliates, the Sponsor, its program partners, and any others involved in the development and/or execution of this Submission are not responsible for any disputes among collaborators related to the Submission.
  4. Each Entrant agrees not to submit any Entry that infringes upon any third party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligations, or otherwise violates applicable U.S. law. Entries violating this section of the rules may be ignored and deleted.
  5. Each Entrant and a parent or guardian will be required to sign a release and affidavit for the Contest entry and must agree to abide by these rules.
  6. Each Submission must be the original performance of the Entrant of an Arkbo copyrighted song.
  7. Each Submission must not show drinking of alcohol. Each Submission must not feature tobacco products, fireworks, firearms, prescription drugs, illegal drugs, drugs paraphernalia, or gambling.
  8. Each Submission must not utilize live animals unless the Entrant has obtained the consent of the animal’s owner and an affidavit from the owner or wrangler that the animal was not harmed in the making of the video. Entrants who wish to use animals are encouraged to contact the local Humane Society for guidance prior to filming in order to create appropriate safeguards.
  9. Each Submission must not contain any copyrighted works (including music) other than songs owned by Arkbo Music Publishing. Use of unauthorized music or other copyrighted works will result in disqualification of the Submission or alteration of the Submission, in Arkbo Music Publishing’s sole discretion.
  10. Arkbo Music Publishing reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to remove or blur any non-material elements rather than disqualify an otherwise compliant Submission. Arkbo Music Publishing may elect to make these changes or ask the Entrant to do so. If Arkbo Music Publishing requests the Entrant make these adjustments and Entrant chooses not to make these adjustments, the Submission may be subject to disqualification.
  11. By entering, each Entrant hereby releases and holds harmless Arkbo Music Publishing, Sponsor, its program partners, and each of their subsidiaries and affiliates, and any others involved in the development and/or execution of this Contest, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and employees of the same from any and all claims, demands, losses, promises, causes of action, and liabilities arising out of this Contest including travel.
  12. Submissions that do not comply in all material respects with the Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited or inappropriate content in Arkbo Music Publishing’s sole discretion will be disqualified, not published, and/or not considered for prizes.
  13. All Publishing copyrights remain the property of Arkbo Music Publishing
  14. The master licence remains the property of the entrant.
  15. By submitting an Entry, each Entrant agrees to licence Arkbo Music Publishing unconditionally and irrevocably a licence to use for its own use (particularly but not limited to the Arkbo Music Publishing YouTube channel and website) the Entry submitted including all rights embodied there in all entries and that Arkbo Music Publishing and its designees may use, publish, adapt, modify, combine, or dispose of any Entry or Submission or elements there of any Entry or Submission online, in print, film, television, or any other media now or hereafter without additional compensation or notification to, or permission from, the Entrant, except as prohibited by law.
  16. Arkbo Music Publishing may decide to licence any entry to third parties. This would be negotiated with the entrant. Arkbo Music Publishing (copyright owner) and the entrant (master recording owner) would both receive compensation in this instance.
  17. Arkbo Music Publishing is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected mail; printing errors; server unavailability; or computer or any other electronic or telecommunications malfunction.
  18. All Submissions received that are mutilated, tampered with, illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void.
  19. All valid submissions will be uploaded to the ArkboMusicPublishing YouTube Channel (and monetized without compensation to the entrant) and may be featured on the Arkbo Music Publishing website.
Arkbo Music Publishing will give the entrant an option to allow Arkbo Music Publishing to add songwriter reactions to their performances either at the end of the video or as a separate Youtube video. This video may contain reactions to multiple videos.
 
Elimination
Any false information provided within the context of the submission by any participant concerning identity, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of right or non-compliance with these Official Rules, or the like, may result in the immediate deletion of the submission. The Contest Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party, otherwise does not comply with these Official Rules, or violates U.S. or applicable state or local law. 
Additional Rules
  1. The conduct of the Submission is governed by the applicable laws of Australia and any applicable state laws, which take precedence over any rule to the contrary herein. All claims rating in any manner to this Submission or to any Submission must be resolved in the federal or state courts in NSW, Australia.
  2. Arkbo Music Publishing is not liable for any lost or stolen entries or submission information.
  3. By participating in the submission, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Arkbo Music Publishing personnel. Arkbo Music Publishing reserves the right to delete any submission using fraudulent means. Arkbo Music Publishing will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the terms and conditions of the submission and their decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If the conduct or outcome of the Submission is affected by human error, any mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, intentional interference or any event beyond the control of Arkbo Music Publishing, Arkbo Music Publishing reserves the right to delete the submission, or make such other decisions regarding the outcome as Arkbo Music Publishing deems appropriate. All decisions will be made by Arkbo Music Publishing and are final. Arkbo Music Publishing may waive any of these rules in its sole discretion.
  4. Arkbo Music Publishing takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any omissions, acts or damages that may result from the preparing of materials to submitting the song. Arkbo Music Publishing stresses that producers safely conduct their projects and avoid potentially dangerous production situations that put crew, actors, the public or any other persons at risk. To assure the safety of participants, adult supervision is strongly encouraged.
Intellectual Property Rights
  1. By submitting any entry, entrants thereby grant to Arkbo Music Publishing and their affiliates, subsidiaries, licensees and assigns, an irrevocable, perpetual and royalty-free right to use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish and otherwise make use of the submitted work (including the video and all aspects and elements thereof) or other information in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created, throughout the world and for any purpose. In addition to other things, the rights granted to Arkbo Music Publishing include, but are not limited to, the right to resize, crop, censor, compress, edit, feature, caption, affix logos to, and to otherwise alter or make use of the submitted work.
  2. By submitting an entry, entrants thereby represent and warrant that the submitted work or information does not and shall not infringe on any copyright, any rights of privacy or publicity of any person, or any other right of any third party, and the entrants affirm they have the right to grant any and all rights and licenses granted to Arkbo Music Publishing herein, including but not limited to, all necessary rights under copyright, free and clear of any claims or encumbrances.
  3. Entrants acknowledge and agree that Arkbo Music Publishing shall have no obligation to post, display or otherwise make publicly available any work submitted by the entrant, and may, in their sole and unfettered discretion, remove, edit, modify or delete any work that the entrant submits.
Waiver of Liability and Agreement to Indemnify
By submitting any entry, each entrant, its, his, her or their heirs, successors and assigns (“entrant”) thereby releases, forever Arkbo Music Publishing
discharges and covenants not to make a claim against or sue Arkbo Music Publishing and their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, licensees, employees, officers, directors, representatives, successors and assigns of and from all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, at law or in equity, suits, claims, demands, liability, loss, cost or expense, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, which entrant may have or hereafter have against Arkbo Music Publishing by reason of any injuries or damages entrant may sustain, whether to entrant’s person, property, reputation, or otherwise, as a result of, incident to, or related in any way to the submission or the use, incorporation or exploitation of the submission for any purpose described herein. Entrant waives and foregoes the right to seek injunctive relief against anyone relating in any way to the entry, the contest, or the use, incorporation, or exploitation of the materials for any purpose described herein. Entrant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Arkbo Music Publishing from and against any liabilities, losses, claims, demands, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses arising in connection with any breach or alleged breach by me of any representation made in the entry or by virtue of submitting the entry.