SGF Notice No. 2020-7

SAEMAUL SONG CONTEST

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Saemaul Undong, the Saemaul Globalization Foundation (SGF) is hosting an international song contest to further promote the Saemaul Globalization Projects across Asia and Africa. Send us videos of your best Saemaul Song performance in English and/or French. Show us your Saemaul spirit!

July 3, 2020

President

Saemaul Globalization Foundation

1. Contest Title : Saemaul Song Contest (Sing the Saemaul Song in English or French)

2. Entry Period : Monday, July 6 to Friday, September 4, 2020 (Korea Standard Time)

3. Eligibility : Anyone

※ Both individuals or teams can enter the contest. Entrants can submit both English and French entries.

4. Submission Guidelines : Send a video of you singing all four verses of the Saemaul Song in English and/or French

※ English and French lyrics will be provided. Feel free to make up your own lyrics in English and/or French for extra points.

5. Video File Formats

- Formats : AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV or MPEG

- Resolution : Higher than 1920×1080 pixels

- Length : More than 3 minutes

6. How to Enter : Send in your videos to songsj@saemaulgf.or.kr. with following documents

① Application for Saemaul Song Contest (Attachment 1)

② Consent for Use of Copyrighted Materials (Attachment 2)

③ Consent for Collection and Use of Personal Information (Attachment 3)

④ Consent for Use of Likeness and Personal Information (Attachment 4)

7. Evaluation and Announcement

- Judge evaluation : September 9, 2020 ※ The date is subject to change

- YouTube vote : The number of likes for each video posted on the SGF YouTube channel from Monday, September 7 to 6pm  Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (Korea Standard Time) will be counted for evaluation

- Announcement :  Friday, September 25, 2020 on the SGF website

8. Selection Criteria

- Lyrics (10%) : suitability and creativity of English and/or French lyrics

- Performance (25%) : vocal, choreography, expressions, etc.

- Visual appeal & completedness (25%) : structural and technical features of the video

- Usage (20%) : appropriate and eye-catching content to be used as a tool to promote the Saemaul Globalization Projects

- YouTube vote (20%) : the number of likes for each video posted on the SGF YouTube channel

9. Prizes

Prize	Number of Recipients	Prize Money
		English	French
Grand Prize	1 team per language	5 mil. Korean won	5 mil. Korean won
Second Prize	1 team per language	2 mil. Korean won	2 mil. Korean won
Third Prize	6 teams per language	0.5 mil. Korean won	0.5 mil. Korean won

※ Tax according to the Korean taxation law will be deducted from the prize money. Prizes will not be awarded if none of the entries meets the SGF criteria requirements.

10. Additional Rules and Restrictions

- All entries and documents submitted will not be returned. The copyright and ownership rights to all entries belong to the SGF which is entitled to use the entries for promotional purposes.

- Entries will be disqualified if they contain any content that may create issues of defamation, illegal distribution of information, violation of copyrights or the right of likeness, or any other potential infringements. Entrants must take full responsibility for any issues arising from civil or criminal disputes concerning such infringements.

- If a violation of copyrights or the right of likeness occurs with respect to any entries submitted including winning entries, the entrant must take full legal responsibility for such infringement. The winning will be nullified and the entrant must return his/her prize money.

- The SGF will remove any entries that have plagiarized other works, are similar to those submitted to different contests, or may lead to potential legal disputes from the evaluation process. If the issue of plagiarization or copying of other people’s work, or any other legal issues arise after the announcement of the winners, the winning will be nullified and the entrant shall accept such a decision without any objection and return his/her prize money.

- Entrants are required to take full responsibility for any disadvantages that may be caused by the omission or lack of the required documents.

11. Inquiries

Send email to songsj@saemaulgf.or.kr or contact the SGF External & Public Relations Department at +82-54-716-2562.

Attachment 1

Application for Saemaul Song Contest - Sing the Saemaul Song in English or French -
Entrant		□ Individual		□ Team	Name of team		Fill in this field if you are a team. No. of Members :				Entry No.		Do not write
Name
Date of birth						School/ Company
Address
Contact information		Mobile phone (or telephone)
		Email
Summary of your entry	① Title
	② Did you make up your own lyrics? (∨)									Yes		No
	③ Description		e.g. 1) Purpose 2) Brief introduction emphasizing key points 3) Lyrics and their meanings ※ If you are a team, only a team leader needs to fill in this application. If you need more space, you can add more pages up to five.
	④ YouTube link		YouTube link where you or your team members have uploaded the video
Confirmation (Copyrights, etc.)	I confirm that I am submitting my own creative works to the Saemaul Song Contest hosted by the Saemaul Globalization Foundation (SGF) without plagiarizing other people’s works or using materials that have been submitted to different contests. I grant permission to the SGF to use my entries for promotional or any other purposes that will benefit the public.
I hereby submit my entries to the Saemaul Song Contest. (mm) (dd) , 2020 Name of entrant: (Signature)

Team members	Name	School / Company	Role	Contact information

※ Please fill in information of your team members in the table above.

Attachment 2

Consent for Use of Copyrighted Materials

To the President of the Saemaul Globalization Foundation,

I,              your name                  , hereby grant permission to the Saemaul Globalization Foundation for the use, publication and any other exploitation of my entry(ies)                     title of your entry(ies)                   that I submit to the Saemaul Song Contest for promotional purposes as follows;

1. The author’s economic rights to all materials belong to the Saemaul Globalization Foundation. The ‘materials’ mean any form of creative works produced in connection with the aforementioned contest.

2. All materials produced in accordance with Paragraph 1 will be managed by the Saemaul Globalization Foundation.

※ The author’s economic rights refer to the property rights which enable the author to use the copyrighted materials by himself/herself or grant permission to others to use them to produce economic benefits. The economic rights include the right of reproduction, the right of public performance, the right of public transmission, the right of exhibition, the right of distribution, the right of rental, the right of the production of derivative works, and other relevant rights, depending on the method or type of use of the copyrighted materials.

(mm)  .    (dd)   , 2020

Name of Entrant :                                 (Signature)

Attachment 3

Consent for Collection and Use of Personal Information

The Saemaul Globalization Foundation (SGF) intends to use entrants’ personal information in accordance with Article 15 of Collection and Use of Personal Information of the Personal Information Protection Act (Oct. 19, 2017) of Korea as follows ;

1. Personal information to be collected

The SGF intends to collect the following personal information of entrants except sensitive personal data such as racial origin, thoughts, beliefs, political opinions, criminal records and medical information that may violate basic human rights. The personal information to be collected include entrant’s name, address, phone number, email address and date of birth.

2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

The SGF will not use the personal information collected for purposes other than those specified below. The foundation will seek consent from entrants in advance should there be any changes to the intended purposes.

※ Intended use : Handling and identify verification concerning ① Applications for Saemaul Song Contest, ② Consents for Use of Copyrighted Materials, ③ Consents for Use of Likeness and Personal Information

3. Period of storage and use of personal information

All personal information collected will be deleted without delay after the intended purposes have been completed.

4. Right to refuse and limitations

Entrants have the right to refuse to grant permission for the collection and use of personal information under the aforementioned terms and conditions. Please note that entrants may not be allowed to enter the Saemaul Song Contest if they do not provide permission.

I,                your name             , hereby acknowledge that I have read and understood all terms and conditions stated above and grant permission to the SGF to collect and use my personal information.

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Name of entrant :                       (Signature)

Attachment 4

Consent for Use of Likeness and Personal Information

To the President of the Saemaul Globalization Foundation,

Name :

Address :

I,               your name                , hereby acknowledge that I have read and understood the terms and conditions stated below and grant permission to the Saemaul Globalization Foundation (SGF) to use my likeness and personal information obtained from videos and documents submitted to the Saemaul Song Contest.

1. I grant permission to the SGF to use all my entries, submitted videos and photographs, to the Saemaul Song Contest as it sees fit to carry out the Saemaul Globalization Projects.

2. I grant permission to the SGF to use my basic personal information including name, gender, age, academic background, major careers, company or school I belong to and the current status as it sees fit to carry out the Saemaul Globalization Projects.

(mm) .     (dd)    , 2020

Name of entrant :                          (Signature)