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RELEASE, WAIVER, AND SWORN STATEMENT

RELEASE

The PARTICIPANT or the LEGAL GUARDIAN of the participant, age 17 or younger (hereinafter collectively referred to as “PARTICIPANT”), hereby waives, releases, and grants to and for the benefit of the Seattle International Piano Festival (hereinafter referred to as “SIPF”) and/or its assignees, any and all rights the participant may have to any recordings, videography, and/or photographs made by or for the SIPF of any performance or event organized or sponsored by it. The participant understands and agrees that by virtue of this waiver, release, and grant of rights, the SIPF will have the right to make full and unrestricted use of such recordings, videography, and/or photographs, including without limitation, in advertisements, commercial ventures, and promotions and for the sale or lease of same, without any fee or other compensation owed to the participant.

WAIVER

The PARTICIPANT, fully and in good faith intending to be bound thereby, does hereby promise not to initiate any claim, lawsuit, or other legal action, pertaining to any action or omission by the SIPF relating directly or indirectly to the piano competition as to which application is herewith being made. This promise is made as a condition of the application, and in consideration for the SIPF’s processing and evaluation of the application. This promise constitutes an acceptance and agreement by the participant that, for example, decisions by competition judges are final and unappealable, and the physical spaces of the competition/festival venues are reasonably safe and appropriate for their intended purposes. (However, this promise is not in any respect limited to the above two examples.) The participant intends that this promise be fully binding upon the participant, as well as upon heirs, successors, and assignees of the participant. This promise applies to the application process, the competition, and all events under the purview of the 2019 Seattle International Piano Festival and its associated activities and/or events.

SWORN STATEMENT

The PARTICIPANT hereby certifies that all recordings of the repertoire herein which have been submitted to the 2019 Seattle International Piano Competition for consideration have been performed and/or recorded by the participant completely from memory, without the use of musical scores, notes, or auxiliary musical notation of any kind, unless an exemption as outlined in the 2019 competition rules grants such waiver. Furthermore, the participant hereby affirms to the fact that the recordings submitted with in conjunction with the participant’s application is a true and accurate representation of the participant’s performance.

The PARTICIPANT further agrees to comply faithfully with all rules, regulations, and procedures in connection with the 2019 Seattle International Piano Competition and hereby promises to accept any verdict by SIPF adjudicators as final.

By clicking “I agree to the terms and conditions below” on the electronic application, the participant fully affirms that the above statements in the Release, Waiver, and Sworn Statement are true, and legally binding upon the participant.

Furthermore, you are agreeing to the following:

1) This Agreement supersedes any prior written or oral Agreement, contains the entire Agreement, and there are no other promises or conditions in any other Agreement whether oral or written;
2) This Agreement may be modified or amended by the SIPF;
3) In the event that the SIPF requires the services of an attorney in connection with enforcement of this Agreement, or in the event that litigation is commenced, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees;
4) If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited;
5) Failure of the SIPF to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of the SIPF’s rights to subsequently enforce this Agreement;
6) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Washington and venue shall lie in King County; and
7) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be an original and constitute a single Agreement. An electronic transmission bearing any person’s acceptance of the terms and conditions shall have the same force and effect as the original of this Agreement bearing such person’s signature.

Once submitted, the participant will receive a confirmation email including the information submitted on this form. Please check your bulk mail folder in the email account you specified in the form if you do not Immediatey see the confirmation.