56th ZECCHINO D ORO MUSIC CONTEST International exhibition of songs for children 2012: The By-laws

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1 56th ZECCHINO D ORO MUSIC CONTEST International exhibition of songs for children 2012: The By-laws 1. The By-laws of the 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest - International exhibition of songs for children 2013 is advertised by the Antoniano music section of the Minors Province of Christ the King of the Minor Friars of Emilia (hereafter referred to as Antoniano), based in Bologna, via Guinizelli n The Zecchino d Oro Music Contest aims at promoting the production and diffusion of songs for children, which are artistically hearty, contemporary and pedagogically inspired by ethical, civic and social values. 3. The final stages of the Zecchino d Oro Music Contest will take place in the second half of November 2013 and will be traditionally broadcast live by RAI Italian radio television. 4. The 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest - International exhibition of songs for children 2012 will exhibit an overall of 12 songs: Italian and foreigner songs. 5. Antoniano will select the 4 foreigner songs among the present production for infancy, in collaboration with the partaker foreigner Countries. Antoniano will edit the Italian translation of the songs, conditional to agreement with the Writers. 6. The songs will be selected via this advert according to the following criteria: a) The competition is open to any Writer, both Italian and foreign. The lyric must be in Italian or in the language on the foreign nationality represented by piece with an attached translation into Italian. b) The songs submitted must be original and unpublished: meaning that both for the lyric and for the music, they must not be published or recorded or in any other way broadcasted before the public performance at the Zecchino d Oro Contest. c) For every song, Writers must submit: - the sheet music for piano and voice in three copies; - ten copies of the lyric; - a CD with the singing of the entire lyric performed by a child with the music arrangement of piano only (no keyboard sounds) or guitar only; - the present By-law signed for acceptance and approval; - receipt/proof of payment; - both the lyric and the sheet music must not marked with the Writer s name. d) The material listed in c) must be posted to the Secretariat of the Zecchino d Oro Contest, Antoniano,, by the 31 st March 2013 (the postmark will be considered evidence of it).

2 e) For every song submitted, Writers must pay a fee of 30 Euro at: ANTONIANO DEI FRATI MINORI IBAN IT 23 J BIC/SWIFT BPPIITRRXXX reference: Selezione Canzoni 56 Zecchino d Oro f) The Secretariat of the Zecchino d Oro Contest is specifically exempted from the obligation to return any material submitted to compete in this contest. g) Antoniano reserves the possibility to extend the deadline for the submission of songs (see d)) whenever required on organizational grounds. h) Antoniano will contact only the Writers selected for the 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest. Incomplete applications (as referred in c)) or the breaking of one of the arrangements listed above will cause the exclusion from the contest An internal panel will shortlist a maximum of hundred (100) songs among the ones considered valid. The 12 songs that will compete in the 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest 2013 will be selected among these. The composition of the panel will be advertised via press release. The titles of the songs selected for the 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest will be announced via online press release at e 8. Antoniano reserves the right to require from the Writers the partial amendments of the sheet music or lyric. 9. By taking part to the contest the songs Writers, the music Composers and the Performers of the songs selected for and performed at the 56 th Zecchino d Oro Music Contest - International exhibition of songs for children 2013 transfer to Antoniano any faculty and right detailed in the following list and consequently they contract on their behalf and on behalf on their partners to surrender, as they actually irrevocably and expressly do, to Antoniano any right, fee, charge or claim as well as to any third part which Antoniano partially or totally transferred the rights listed below to, under any circumstance, both free of charge and paid for: a) Right of first representation via public performance at Antoniano. b) The authors surrender to Antoniano Ed. Musicali a share of 12/24 for the rights of public performance and of 50% for the rights of mechanic reproduction. Antoniano Ed. Musicali reserves the right to partially or totally transfer these shares to other editions. c) The exclusive right of Antoniano to record on discs and magnetized tape, CD, videotapes and music DVD or on any other technological/digital device the selected songs and to commercially profit from them as well as to distribute them in any form and way in the entire World and in the quantity that Antoniano will judge appropriate, at its sole discretion. It is a faculty of Antoniano di transfer to third parts such rights of reproduction and commercial profiting and without the authors objecting or claiming anything from either Antoniano, or the Record Label or other chosen third parts (except of course, the authors rights, which will be paid according to the By-laws of S.I.A.E.). The authors of the lyrics and the composers of the music contract not to agree any other reproduction authorization

3 before the end of the fourth month from the date of first authorized reproduction as it is according to S.I.A.E. with the clause reserve of repertoire and authorized now for then Antoniano to legally pursue anyone that arbitrarily produced or market reproduction of the lyric or of the music of the selected songs or slavish imitation of the original disc. d) Faculty to provide musical arrangement and orchestration of the selected songs. e) Faculty to grant to both Italian and foreigner Radios and TVs on behalf of the writers, of the composers, of the performers and of any of their partners the authorization to record and transmit via radio or TV in any form or way and via any existing or future transmission device (as well as, when needed, via recording for eventual deferred radio or TV transmission) the shows for the public presentation of the selected and competing songs. f) The right to reproduce or to make reproduce by third parts, who have been authorized by Antoniano, the songs (lyrics and music; lyrics or music) via paper print (album or any other form) and to distribute them. g) Faculty to reproduce or to make reproduce by third parts, who have been authorized by Antoniano, the lyric and the music on discs convers, magazines, discs, magnetized tapes, CD, videotapes, DVD and any other paper or technological/digital device in the interest of the diffusion of the competing songs. h) Related rights of elaboration (remake, prequel, sequel, etc.), publishing, ancillary, (merchandising, sponsorship, etc.) and translation in any language, also with the faculty of transferring them to third parts During the shows the ranking of the competing songs will be entrusted to panels of children and adults. 11. The songs will be performed by children that on the 30 th of November 2013 are younger than 11 years old. 12. Antoniano reserves the right to amend these By-laws whether necessary for the execution of the contest or due to causes of force majeure. 13. The participation to the contest implies from the competitors the formal acceptance and approval of this By-laws in its every article

4 Each song Writer and each music Composer must complete and sign the application form below. 1) Address Mobile Phone + Num. _ 4 2) Address Mobile Phone + Num. _

5 3) Address Mobile Phone + Num. _ 5 4) Address Mobile Phone + Num. _