Remixing nude

This just in:

Radiohead, iTunes and Garageband are giving fans the opportunity to remix the band's new single "Nude” at http://www.radioheadremix.com

To make remixing easy, the separate ‘stems’* from the song will be available to purchase from iTunes. The ‘stems’ available are bass, voice, guitar, strings/fx and drums. Fans can mix them in any way they like, either by adding their own beats and instrumentation, or just remixing the original parts.

While I hoped for and expected this from Radiohead (see this post from october 2006 ) I am slightly disappointed by the terms:

1. all rights in and to any remixed versions (“Remixes”) of the song “Nude” (“the Song”) created by the Entrant shall be owned by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd (“WCM”) and to the extent necessary the Entrant hereby assigns all rights in the Remixes of the Song to WCM throughout the World for the full life of copyright and any and all extensions and renewals thereof.

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3. Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway will be registered and credited as the sole writers and WCM the publishers of the Remixes of the Song created by the Entrant;

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5. the Entrant will not use any other elements or parts of the Song (“Stems”) otherwise than to create Remixes of the Song for entry into radioheadremix.com;

Just like the In Rainbows release I think this is good, but it could be so much better. Why not release it with fairer terms? While I fully understand why Radiohead would want to control commercial usage (after all, they´re not exactly in the process of making themselves known) I don't see why they should decide what gets remixed, where and how as long as it is non-commercial. Or am I wrong in assuming that copyright matters in this case?

(Updated: this from Wired News )

What's sort of unclear is what actually happens to remixers who get the most votes. According to iTunes' New Music Tuesday e-mail, "Select mixes will be made available on iTunes later this year." Uh, OK. Then what? Do the creators get a portion of the sales revenue? A "thank you" e-mail from Thom Yorke and Co.? The glory of saying, "You love me! You really love me!"? Or perhaps some American Apparel back-warmer emblazoned with "I Won a Radiohead Remix Contest and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" (front) "The Free Economy Sucks" (back)?¨


UPDATED (again!): Whether you don't want to be tied to Garageband and iTunes, or think it´s stupid to pay Radiohead for doing their advertising - or maybe you´re just a cheap bastard - a generous person with the nick "loveyorke" has uploaded the stems to Pirate Bay. I only know, of course, because someone *told me* (and send me a screenshot). He or she also told me you´d find them by googling "radiohead nude multitracks torrent"