I warrant, represent and affirm I am at least eighteen (18) years of age.
1. GRANT OF RIGHTS.The rights granted hereunder shall include sale of permanent digital downloads, temporary digital downloads, interactive streaming (both tethered and non-tethered), non-interactive streaming (both promotional and fee based) and sale through so-called "disc-on-demand" services. Specific rights are more fully described on the attached fee schedule. YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT COMPANIES LICENSED TO PROVIDE YOUR MATERIALS HEREUNDER MUST BE APPROVED BY YOU.
By clicking the "I Agree" button, you ("you") irrevocably grant to Company, throughout the world and during the Term (as defined below), the non-exclusive right:
The "Recordings" subject to this Agreement are the sound recordings and audio/visual recordings that you submit to Company upon your acceptance of this Agreement as well as any other sound and/or audio/visual recordings that you choose to submit thereafter by giving Company notice and appropriate copies thereof. Company reserves the right to reject any materials (recordings, videos or artwork) that you submit, in its sole discretion. You agree to submit all Recordings and artwork, at your sole expense, in the format(s) required by the various consumer licensee's of Company. Technical descriptions of such format(s) will be provided to you upon request. You agree that Company and/or its suppliers will have the right to supplement existing artwork necessary to complete the packaging for Discs-On-Demand. Best efforts will be made to provide you with approval over such artwork, but in the event that you object to any such artwork your only remedy shall be to either (a) provide appropriate replacement artwork, or (b) request prospective discontinuation of delivery of your Materials in such manner. In no circumstances shall Company have any liability to you with respect to the quality, sufficiency or other aspect of the creation and delivery of such Discs-On-Demand.
3. PAYMENTS.You shall be solely responsible for securing and paying for digital phonorecord delivery (DPD), mechanical and any other licenses required from musical composition copyright owners (or their agents) in connection with Company's exploitation of rights hereunder, royalties due to artists, producers and other persons who performed in the making of the Recordings and all payments that may be required under collective bargaining agreements. Outside of the United States, Company customarily requires the digital music service providers (DMSP's) to secure and pay for music publishing licenses (and such license fees may or may not be deducted by the DMSP concerned from the proceeds payable to Company). If with respect to any DMSP outside of the United States Company is not able to do so, Company shall have the right, at its option, to either (i) decline to license such DMSP, or (ii) assume the responsibility to clear and pay for the music publishing licenses required in connection with such DMSP's sales, which license fees Company shall have the right to deduct from royalties payable to you hereunder. To the extent Company is required, or elects (in its sole discretion), to pay any of the foregoing amounts, such payments will be deducted from any royalties otherwise due to you in connection with paragraph 3 above.
To the extent that Company permits you to select certain tracks from your TuneCore catalog to distribute free to fans or distribute directly through your own website, you agree that you will be solely responsible for any of the above referenced third party payment obligations resulting from such deliveries.
5. WARRANTIES; REPRESENTATIONS; INDEMNITIES.You warrant and represent that you have the right and authority to enter into this agreement and to grant to Company all rights specified; all of the Recordings, including any sampled third party material embodied therein, artwork, metadata, videos and any other materials furnished by you to Company or relating to the Recordings are owned or controlled by you and shall not infringe on the copyrights or other rights of any person or entity; and that Company shall have the right to exploit same in all manner hereunder free from adverse claim and without any obligation to make any payment of any nature to any person or entity, other than the royalties due to you described in paragraph 3 above. You shall defend and indemnify Company and any of its affiliates (including any directors, members, officers, employees and other representatives) against any third party claims or expenses and losses resulting from breach, or a claim which if true would constitute a breach of the foregoing warranties, including reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. Company shall give you prompt notice of any claim and you shall defend Company at your expense with counsel approved by Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). If a claim is made Company shall have the right to withhold payment of any monies due hereunder in an amount reasonably related to the claim and potential expenses. Any settlement of any claim shall be subject to Company's prior written approval.
6. COMPANY FEES.
In consideration of the services rendered hereunder, you shall pay to Company the fees described on the attached Fee Schedule, which may be amended from time to time by Company without notice to you. All music and videos delivered by TuneCore.com require that you purchase an annual fee-based subscription. You are expressly agreeing that we are authorized to deduct your annual subscription fees, any applicable tax and other charges you may incur in connection with your use of the TuneCore service directly from your TuneCore account (your share of Net Profits) or charge such fees to any alternate Payment Method (such as a valid PayPal account, credit card or debit card) you provided. You are solely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of any use of Your TuneCore account by you or anyone else using your account. If you notify TuneCore in writing that you are canceling your annual subscription for one or more of your albums or videos, no further annual fees will be charged to your TuneCore account or alternate Payment Method for those albums or videos. All cancelled albums and videos will be removed from the applicable digital Internet consumer stores (e.g., "iTunes" and "Rhapsody"). You will not be entitled to reimbursement of any applicable pre-paid fees with respect to any cancelled albums or videos. It is your responsibility to notify TuneCore if your Payment Method has changed by making the appropriate changes to your TuneCore account settings. If you do not provide a valid Payment Method your service may be disconnected or interrupted.
7. TERM.
The Term of this
agreement shall be for a period of six (6) months commencing on the date hereof. Unless you notify Company via written notice of your desire to terminate the Term
thereafter, the Term shall automatically be renewed on a month-to-month basis thereafter. In the event of any such notice of termination, Company shall have ten (10)
business days to notify all digital internet consumer stores to pull your Recordings off of their sites and applicable services.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY.
The parties acknowledge and agree that in the course of negotiating and transacting business under this agreement each party may become aware of certain otherwise confidential information related to the other's business and business practices. Except to the extent that such information is otherwise generally available to third parties or is required to be divulged by operation of law, the parties agree to keep such information confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you agree that Company will have the right to provide information relative to the sales of your Recordings hereunder to third parties, to aggregate such information in charts and other comparative informational materials, and to disseminate same in any manner. You further agree that Company may, in its sole discretion, supply information about you and your TuneCore account to any third party that Company believes has a legitimate claim or concern related to possible copyright or trademark infringement in connection with any materials uploaded by you hereunder.
9. OTHER AGREEMENTS.
You acknowledge that in providing the services and payments hereunder, Company will be required to enter into certain sublicensing agreements with various consumer outlets. You agree that the terms of this agreement shall be subject to any applicable terms and conditions of the agreements Company enters into with respect to such sublicensees. You expressly acknowledge that certain of such sublicenses may, with respect to motion pictures, require that your materials be made available on their stores at certain times and in certains formats relative to the availability of such materials elsewhere in the marketplace. To the extent that such requirements are not met, the individual sublicensees may have the right to discontinue the availability of said materials in their store(s). Company will, upon your written request, provide you with the current specifics of such requirements.
10. BAR CODES AND UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODES.
Company provides free bar codes and UPCs to all of its
customers. These are for the use of the customer only and may not be transferred or resold. If transferred or resold, Company charges $25.00 per bar code or UPC plus
any revenue made from the transfer or resale. Company may deduct such charges from any fees owed to customer.
12. FEE SCHEDULE.
Retail Pricing as of July 21, 2010:
| MUSIC VIDEO FEES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 5:59 min | 6 to 11:59 min | 12 to 20 min | |
| Standard Definition | $110.00 | $166.00 | $255.00 |
| High Definition | $211.00 | $352.00 | $550.00 |
| FILM DISTRIBUTION FEES | |
|---|---|
| Standard Definition | $750.00 |
| High Definition | $1057.00 |
| FILM RESUBMISSION RATES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Duration | Standard Definition | High Definition |
| 45 to 60 minutes | $185.00 | $458.00 |
| 61 to 75 minutes | $205.00 | $511.00 |
| 76 to 90 minutes | $225.00 | $565.00 |
| 91 to 105 minutes | $240.00 | $600.00 |
| 106 to 120 minutes | $255.00 | $635.00 |
| 121 to 140 minutes | $268.00 | $670.00 |