"Another cheapshot at Graphic Design...

I'm all for contests and stuff for charity, but BNL will be selling this shirt on tour stops and making fistfuls of cash off of it and the designer get's $1000 is cash and prizes...

Getting people to do design work first, then picking your favorite is an unethical practice and cheapens the entire design profession. And as musicians who struggled a little when they first entered the scene, I'm surprised that they would run anything like this to art and the art community.

As a member of R.G.D. Canada I cannot morally participate in this contest, and if anyone else is serious about the profession of Graphic Design, please review this site (www.no-spec.com) before entering.

I do wish anyone who does enter the best of luck, but know that your design talents are worth more than prizes, and know that larger bands, for the most part, make their millions of merch sales."

"All entrants to the Contest acknowledge that the Barenaked Ladies will own all results and proceeds including copyright in and to the entrant's designs submitted hereunder. To the extent entrant owns same, entrant hereby assigns such rights to the Barenaked Ladies in perpetuity. Entrants waive any and all moral rights in and to the designs and the artwork created hereunder. Entrants acknowledge that Nettwerk Productions may commercially release or otherwise exploit the artwork design in any manner it deems fit, now or hereinafter invented, without territories limitations, and that entrant shall not be entitled to any payment of any kind as a result of such use or other exploitation. Entrants hereby agree to indemnify Nettwerk and Artist from any and all breaches of this section and any liability, costs or expenses associated therewithin."

Way to lose your rights...