SONATA ARCTICA – Let fans design cover artwork
Finnish melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA have launched a fan contest where people can design the cover artwork of the upcoming promotional single to the song “Flag In The Ground”.
Commented mainman Tony Kakko:
“People, attention! Now here’s your big chance to make an impact to the whole music industry! Or at least all Sonata fans! Create a cover for our promotional single and have your artwork printed on a cardboard for promotional use like radios, clubs etc.
The Song is called “Flag In The Ground”, which also going to be our video song. It’s an uplifting story about a young couple fighting their way to freedom and their own land in North-America back in early 1800’s. Join the race, have fun, create us a cover art work and win! Do it today!
Good luck!
Best regards,
~ Tony – Sonata Arctica”
The artwork chosen as the best from all participants will be the new cover of the promotional single of “Flag In The Ground”. The winner will also get tickets to a Sonata Arctica show at one of the upcoming tourdates as well as to meet the band! 2nd and 3rd winners will get exclusively signed Sonata Arctica stuff!
The artwork can be sent to: SonataArctica@nuclearblast.de
Specs:
Format: JPG
Res: 300 dpi
Colours: RGB
Size: 20 x 20 cm
Be part of the SONATA ARCTICA family!
Deadline for this contest is August 10th, 2009!
The new album “The Days Of Grays” will be out on September 18th via Nuclear Blast Records!
www.nuclearblast.de
www.sonataarctica.info
www.myspace.com/sonataarctica
www.myspace.com/nuclearblasteurope
LEGAL NOTE:
For the content that you transfer as possible Sonata Arctica “Flag in the ground” cover on this website including intellectual property rights and all parts included photos, graphics etc. (“Delivery Materials”), you specifically give us the following permission: you grant us a exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide and timely unlimited license to use any content that you post here in connection with Sonata Arctica “Flag in the ground” (“SP License”).
This SP License ends for all contents when we publish the winner, except for the cover we chose to use, for which shall be agreed the following:
Any and all of the services of the winner to be rendered hereunder, including without limitation, the Delivery Materials are agreed hereto to be “Works Made for Hire”, as this term is defined under German Law. In this regard, we and you further acknowledge, understand and agree that any and all rights, titles, and interest in and to the Delivery Materials are assigned to us. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that your work is specially ordered and commissioned by us for use, without limitation, as contributions to collective works and/or as part of certain audio / audio visual works and all kind of merchandise products.
As a consequence, we shall have the sole and exclusive irrevocable right, in perpetuity, to use, exploit, advertise, exhibit, distribute and/or otherwise turn to account, or refrain there from, any or all of the foregoing results and proceeds of your services in any and all formats, now or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe, as Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine, including without limitation, in all formats of records / audio and/or audio visual media, interactive media, multimedia media, Internet, on-line services, print media, motion pictures, video clips and/or broadcast media and all kind of band merchandise.
In the event any of such results and proceeds are determined not be a “Work Made for Hire” than you hereby exclusively, immediately and irrevocably assign to us, in perpetuity, all rights, titles, interests and copyrights, including without limitation, all renewals and extensions thereof, in and to such results and proceeds. We shall further have the sole, exclusive and irrevocable right of all visual elements used in the creation of the cover including the right to change, but not limited to, the colours, brightness etc. We shall have no obligation whatsoever to utilize the results and proceeds of your services hereunder; our sole obligation shall be to provide the following compensation: The winner will get as compensation besides meeting the band and tickets to one of their shows, one free sample of all products that will be manufactured with his cover.