http://blog.fawny.org/2008/06/23/hric/
$100,000 buys all conceivable rights
You can’t rely on a music collective like SOCAN
Many musicians are members of recording collectives like SOCAN. (Canada has dozens of copyright collectives, many of which deal with music.) You absolutely may not enter the contest if your entry would fall under the rubric of one of those collectives: “Entrants must warrant that… the theme submitted, including the performance of it, is free and clear of any obligations under any agreement, including an agreement with a music publisher or record label [or] an agreement with a collective.”
You still have to do promotion
Even if you lose or don’t make the finals or semifinals, CBC may still “require” you to “participate in any activity relating to the Program including, without limitation, recordings, interviews, appearances, promotional, and publicity activities.” Did you book enough time off work for that? Because they implicitly do not have to pay you.
They can change the rules at will
If you enter the contest, you authorize CBC to change the rules in any way they want for any reason at all: “CBC reserves the right to change the structure, process, timing, duration or any other aspect of the competition at its discretion. CBC reserves the right to amend the competition rules or terminate the competition at any time.” You sign over rights under a deal the other side can change but you can’t.
http://www.theglobeandmail
This contest is aimed at amateurs: “ ‘The ideal endgame would be a fabulous piece of music composed by an 11-year-old from Red Deer,’ Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, said.”
CBC entry rules
Fair Copryright for Canada facebook group
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