Saajh Contests Terms & Conditions

Saajh Contests (“Contest”) is open to all aged 18 or over (“Contestants”).


By entering the Contest the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”). Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.

We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions.

These Terms and Conditions were last updated on June 20, 2023.

Our decisions in all matters relating to the Contest are in our absolute sole discretion, and no correspondence or explanation relating hereto is required of us.

Entry

The following may not enter the Contest.

  1. Employees of Saajh/and or members of their immediate families (including any live-in partner or household member)

  2. Any party and/or members of their immediate families (including any live-in partner or household member) involved in any capacity in the Contest, including without limitation, the creation, production, and/or sponsorship of a programme to which the Contest relates.

The Contest opens at June 1st, 2023. The closing time and date for receipt of entries is July 14th, 2023.

Contestants are free to submit as many individual entries as they choose and each entry will be judged separately. However, Contestants can only be shortlisted and selected as a Finalist once.

To enter the Contest, Contestants must do the following:

  1. Register a subscription account at www.saajh.com (Contestants cannot submit entries through a demo account)

  2. Ensure entries contain the lead vocal and 3 of the loops contained in the Contest materials

  3. Upload and submit entries in the following format: 320kbps MP3

  4. Read and accept the terms and conditions and provide additional contact information. Such additional contact information will be used solely for the purpose of administrating the Contest.

  5. Entries must be completed in accordance with the entry process set out above. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries which do not meet these criteria will be rejected.

Contestants' entries must not include any materials that may violate or infringe upon the rights of any third parties.

We reserve the right to disqualify any entries submitted and/or finalized after the Contest has closed.

Contestants must retain digital or hard copies of their entries. If requested, Contestants must deliver such copies to Saajh in connection with the Contest, including (but not limited to) for potential broadcast, public performance, electronic transmission, and the like.

All entries will be subject to our absolute sole discretion in relation to accepting or rejecting the same and we may disqualify any entry without providing reasons therefor. Without limiting the foregoing, we may refuse to upload any entry if it may:

  1. include defamatory or malicious content;

  2. Include material that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any party/parties;

  3. breach of these Terms and Conditions

By entering the Contest Contestants warrant that:

  1. all information submitted by the Contestant is true, current, and complete and;

  2. Such Contestants’ entries are original works and do not violate or infringe any rights, of any other party

By entering the Contest, Contestants understand and agree that:

  1. the Contestants grant us a worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and transferable licence which shall be exclusive for worldwide broadcast online and non-exclusive for all other forms of media to use their entries for whatever purpose including, without limitation, in connection with

    1. any Programme produced in relation to the Contest or containing any information in relation to the Contest, including, without limitation, promotion and redistributing part or all of any such Programme (and derivative works thereof), and

    2. our internet websites, wireless applications, interactive television, video on demand and any other media or technology (including, without limitation, internet protocol, wireless or interactive platforms or interfaces) through which we distribute content to end users, whether now existing or hereafter developed in any and all media formats and through any and all media distribution and advertising and promotional purposes, without accounting, notification, credit, payment, or other obligation to Contestants. For the avoidance of doubt, these rights include, without limitation, the absolute right to edit and/or alter any entry, distribute and synchronize all or any portion of any entry in timed relation to any other visual elements; to webcast, podcast, re-publish, re-broadcast, re-platform, port, syndicate, route, and link to and from all or any portion of any entry; to encrypt, encode and decode, and compress and decompress all or any portion of any entry; to edit, mix, combine, merge, distort, superimpose, create or add special effects, illusions and/or other material to or of all or any portion of any entry; to create a composite, stunt, comic or unusual photographs, videos, animations, motion pictures and/or voice reproductions from all or a portion of any entry; and to excerpt and/or extract portions of any entry in order to host, store, index, categorize and display entries on or through the applicable platforms. We reserve the right to use (or not use) Contestants’ entries (and/or any portion thereof) in our absolute sole discretion

  2. the Contestants indemnify the Contest Parties (defined below) from any claim in respect of their entries;

  3. to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Contestants hereby unconditionally grant us their consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe on any moral rights they may have in and in relation to Contesants’ entries, and Contestants undertake that they will not institute, maintain or support any claim or proceeding for infringement of any moral rights they may have in and/or in relation to Contestants’ entries.

None of Saajh, (including without limitation, principals, employees, officers, servants, agents, representatives, assigns, designees, and the like) or any other party or organization (including without limitation, principals, employees, officers, servants, agents, representatives, assigns, designees, and the like) involved in the creation, management, promotion, or administration of the Contest, or its entry, or awarding of any prize (or their agents or subsidiaries involved in any way in the Contest or any prize) (together the “Contest Parties”) will accept responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions (including but not limited to security functions by the software used by us or any third party), virus, bugs, or other causes outside its control. Proof of submission online is not proof of receipt by us.

Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, inaudible, or incomprehensible, may be rejected.

In the event of any fault, mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the correctness or acceptability of the entries, or the operation of any part of the Contest, or the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision we make in our absolute sole discretion shall be final and no correspondence will or explanation relating thereto is required of us.

We will not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in entering the Contest.

We reserve the right to disqualify any Contestants and/or entries that it believes have not been made in compliance with these Terms and Conditions or to disqualify any Contestant found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.

Finalists

Saajh appointed Judges will shortlist their favourite Contestants (“the Finalists”) from all eligible entries received.

Only the Finalists will be notified.

The Finalist's first names and surnames may be published.

We reserve the right to select alternative Finalists in the event that any Finalists do not respond to our correspondence.

Prize

The prize comprises of:

  1. 1st prize: $1,000 USD

  2. 2nd prize: $500 USD

  3. 3rd prize: $250 USD

Contestants’ acknowledges that the Prize is non-transferable and is not redeemable for any other value or consideration.

We will not be responsible for any of the Finalist’s expenses, including without limitation, food and drink, entertainment, or travel expenses.

We may in our sole discretion refuse to provide the Prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of non-entitlement under these Terms and Conditions or a Contestant's breach of these Terms and Conditions, fraud, dishonesty, or other inappropriate or improper conduct.

Data Protection and Publicity

The first names and surnames of the Finalists may be visible to the general public from the date the Finalists are selected.

We may exercise in our sole discretion to use all Finalists’ names, addresses, images, and their comments relating to the Prize and Contest experience for the promotion of the Prize, this Contest, or the Contest Parties, and for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid.

The information Contestants supply in connection with the Contest (including their personal details):

  1. may be included in a database compiled for the Contest and will be used for the purposes of selecting Finalists;

  2. may also be used for inclusion and/or read out in any programme produced in connection with the Contest, and

  3. will not be supplied to third parties (other than the Contest Parties) other than as is reasonably necessary to select Finalists and administer the Contest.

Any personal information provided by the Contestants will only be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Statement which is accessible on our website for the purposes of the Contest or as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions.

Liability

The Contest parties are not responsible or liable for:

  1. Any damage, loss, injury, or harm suffered by any Contestant

  2. Any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website, or any combination, therefore, including without limitation, any injury or damage to Contestants’ or any other person’s computer, tablet, or mobile device, in connection with or resulting from participation in the Contest (including without limitation, from the device, in connection with or resulting from participation in the Contest (including without limitation, from downloading any materials in the Contest)

None of the Contest Parties make any promise or warranty that the services relating to the Contest will be free from errors or omissions, nor that the same will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of any Contest Party. We will not be liable in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the Contest is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.

Standard terms

In the event that any Contestant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information, we shall be entitled, in our sole discretion, to disqualify such Contestant, without any further liability to such Contestant. In these circumstances, any prize won by the Contestant may be forfeited. All Contestants must comply with any directions given by any Contest Parties including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and as applicable.

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

These Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada and the United States of America.