Welcome to the Source Artist Agreement
(together with any and all applicable Addenda the "Agreement"), between you and The Source
(a division of MeTooMusic, along with our licensees and assignees collectively referred to in this Agreement as "us,"
"we," and "The Source"). This Agreement contains the general
terms and conditions under which The Source offers the "Services" (as defined below). If
you choose to utilize the Digital
Download and Distribution Service (as defined below)
or the Consignment Service (as defined below) or the "Sync Distribution Service" (as defined below) or any combination of such services, the Digital Download Addendum and/or the Consignment
Service Addendum and/or the Sync Distribution Addendum (each an “Addendum” and collectively the
“Addenda”) will apply as applicable. Use of the Services, including through the submission of
sound recordings (and the musical works embodied therein) for distribution by The Source (whether by upload to the Source
website (www.metoomusic.com/thesource ) (the "Website") or through the submission of physical embodiments of your sound recordings (and the musical works
embodied therein) (e.g., as CDs, DVDs, or Books) to The Source, constitutes your agreement to and acceptance of this Agreement
and any applicable Addendum.
THIS
AGREEMENT, WHEN ACCEPTED BY YOU AFTER CLICK “SUBMIT,” WILL CREATE A BINDING AND LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT BETWEEN
YOU AND US, WHETHER YOU ARE ACTING IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY OR AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN ARTIST, BAND, GROUP
OR CORPORATION, IN WHICH CASE “YOU” SHALL REFER TO THE ARTIST, BAND, GROUP OR CORPORATION ON WHOSE BEHALF YOU
ARE ACTING AND AUTHORIZED TO ACT. THEREFORE, PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND LEGAL
ADVISORS BEFORE CLICKING “I AGREE.” THE “EFFECTIVE DATE” OF THIS AGREEMENT IS THE DATE ON WHICH
YOU CLICK THE “I AGREE” BUTTON BELOW.
We reserve the right to add, delete and/or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement
pursuant to the provisions of Section9 below. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no modifications to this Agreement will
apply to any dispute between you and The Source that arose prior to the date of such modification. In the event of substantive
changes to the terms of this Agreement, you will be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only
recourse is to discontinue use of the Services. Your continued use of the Services following posting of a change notice or
new agreement on the Site or notice to you via e-mail, will constitute your binding acceptance of the changes.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS ON FILE
WITH THE SOURCE FOR SO LONG AS YOU AVAIL YOURSELF OF ANY SERVICES..
1.
Terms of Service:
This Agreement
is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Service (http://www.The Source.com/terms) ("TOS").
All initially-capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement are defined in the TOS.
2. Authorization:
You hereby appoint us as your authorized representative for the sale
and other distribution of “Your Content” (as defined below). Accordingly, you hereby grant
to us and our “Licensees” (as defined below) the non-exclusive right, during the "Term"
(as defined below) and throughout the “Authorized Territory” (as defined below), to:
(a) Reproduce and create derivative works of Your Content (including
any Physical Product) by converting Your Content into Digital Masters, including less than full-length versions of sound recordings
(“Clips”) that can be used for promotional purposes as authorized herein and, if necessary,
reproducing Your Content in new Physical Product;
(b) Publicly perform, publicly display, communicate to the public, and otherwise make available Your Content,
and portions thereof as embodied in Clips, by means of digital audio transmissions (on an interactive or no interactive basis)
through the Website, a Licensee website, or via a The Source Widget you or any person authorized by you may place on any website,
to identify the availability of Your Content for license, sale or distribution and to promote Your Content, on a through-to-the-listener
basis, without the payment of any fees or
royalties to (i) the songwriters, composers, or music publishers owning any rights in and to Your Content;
(ii) any performing artist(s) (including non-featured vocalists and musicians) on Your Content; (iii) any other person involved
in the creation of or owning any portion of Your Content, including, but not limited to a record label, and (iv) any agents
for any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, performing rights organizations (“PROs”)
and unions or guilds, whether U.S.-based (such as ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SoundExchange, AFTRA and AFM) or foreign (e.g., PRS for
Music, PPL, CMRRA, CSI, GEMA, etc.);
(c)
Distribute Your Content in accordance with any applicable Addendum;
(d) Place or embed Your Content in magazines, web sites, The Source advertisements, and any and all other
media, whether now known or hereafter developed, but specifically excluding television and movies, to promote the Source Service;
(e) Use and distribute Copyright Management Information as embodied
in a Digital Master of Your Content;
(f)
Use Your Content and metadata as may be reasonably necessary or desirable for us to exercise our rights under this Agreement;
(g) Reproduce, distribute, and publicly perform and communicate to
the public Your Content (including Clips) as part of a downloaded program that may include multiple sound recordings and other
content, commonly known as a “podcast;” and
(h) Authorize our Licensees to perform any one or more of the activities specified above or in an applicable
Addendum.
3.
Term:
The term of this Agreement
will commence on the Effective Date and will continue, unless and until terminated by either you or us, upon twenty-four (24)
hours written notice (the “Term”), which notice, if sent by (a)The Source, may be sent
to you at the last e-mail address you provided to The Source and (b)you to The Source, must be sent only to the following
e‑mail address: metoomusic@yahoo.com with the following information: (a)your username; (b)the e‑mail address associated
with your Account; (c)all album titles for which you are requesting termination; and (d)which Services you are terminating
(e.g., Physical Distribution, Digital Distribution, and/or Sync Distribution). Any termination notice provided by you pursuant
to this section shall be permanent and irreversible. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, The Source may at any
time in its sole discretion, with or without notice to you: (i)suspend or limit your access to or your use of the Services
and/or (ii)suspend or limit your access to your Account (as defined in Section11(a)).
4. Payments to You:
(a) Pricing the Sale of Your Content. Except
as otherwise set forth in an Addendum, you will have the discretion to set the pricing for the sale of Your Content on the
Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Source and its distributors and partners may set pricing differently for third-party
websites than for the Website, including, by way of example and not limitation, to cover additional costs or to provide discounts
for promotions. The Source reserves the sole and exclusive right to set the pricing for any digital audio transmissions of
Your Content, whether on an interactive or non-interactive basis, provided that Your Content will be priced the same as all
other content on the Service licensed by The Source for interactive or non-interactive digital audio transmissions. You will
also be subject to additional set up fees and charges as more fully explained on the Website, including, but not limited to,
fees for The Source’s administering mechanical royalties for the reproduction and distribution of musical works (as
applicable), as such fees and charges may be updated by The Source from time to time, and you are responsible for reviewing
those fees and charges. Your acceptance of this Agreement is an acceptance of the Source fees and charges, which are available
here:http://www.metoomusic.com/thesource).
(b) Licensee
Records. The Source, may, but need not, audit the books and records of Licensees and may accept any representations
made in a Licensee accounting statement delivered to The Source as true and complete. The Source shall have no liability to
you for failure to audit or investigate any accountings rendered to it by any Licensees.
(c) Offsets. You hereby authorize The Source to offset against
any amounts owed to you pursuant to this Agreement any amounts that you may owe to the Source, whether under an indemnification
provision or for costs, expenses, and deductions authorized in this Agreement.
(d) Recordkeeping; Audits. We will maintain books and records which
report the sale or other licensed uses of Your Content. You may, but not more than once a year, at your own expense, engage
a Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) to examine those books and records directly related
to the sale or other licensed uses of Your Content, as provided in this Section4(d), only. You may have your CPA make those
examinations only for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the statements sent to you. All such examinations will be in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) procedures and regulations.
Your CPA may make such an examination for a particular statement only once, and only within one (1) year after the date we
send you that statement. Your CPA may make such an examination only during our usual business hours, and only at the place
where such books and records are maintained in the ordinary course of business. You must provide us with thirty (30)-days
written notice prior to commencing an audit and must identify the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the
CPA conducting the audit on your behalf. You may not engage the CPA on a contingent fee basis (i.e., your CPA must be paid
on a flat fee or time-based basis). We may postpone the commencement of your CPA’s examination by notice given to you
not later than five (5) days before the commencement date specified in your notice. In the event of any postponement initiated
by us, the running of the time within which the examination may be made will be suspended during the postponement. If your
CPA’s examination has not been completed within three (3) months from the time commenced, then we may require you to
terminate the audit upon seven (7) days’ notice, which notice may be given at any time. We will not be required to permit
the CPA to continue any examination after the end of that seven (7)‑day period. Your CPA will not be entitled to examine
any other records that do not specifically report sales or other licensed uses of Your Content for which The Source has actually
received payment. Your CPA may act only under an acceptable confidentiality agreement, which provides that any information
derived from such audit or examination on your behalf will not be knowingly released, divulged, published or shared with any
other person, firm or corporation, other than to you or to a judicial or administrative body in connection with any proceeding
relating to this Agreement. Your CPA may not share the results of the examination conducted on your behalf with any third
party without our express written permission.
(e) Objections
to Accountings. If you have any objections to a The Source accounting statement made available to you, you agree
that you shall give us specific notice of that objection, including a copy of your CPA’s analysis of the accounting
statement, and your reasons for it within eighteen (18) months after the date we send or make that statement available to
you. Each statement shall become conclusively binding on you at the end of that eighteen (18)‑month period, and you
will no longer have any right to make any other objections to it notwithstanding any audit rights you may otherwise have under
any applicable law or regulation. Any payments determined to be owed you following an audit shall be paid within forty-five
(45) days of the delivery of your CPA’s audit report, unless objected to in writing by The Source, in which case any
payments due shall be postponed pending the resolution of the audit dispute. A late fee of one-half percent (0.5%) shall be
due for underpaid royalties. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, you will not have the right to sue us in connection with
any statement, or to sue us for unpaid royalties for the period a statement covers, unless you commence the suit within that
eighteen (18)-month period. If you commence suit on any controversy or claim concerning statements rendered to you under this
Agreement in a court of competent jurisdiction, the scope of the proceeding will be limited to a determination of the amount
of royalties due for the accounting periods concerned, and the court shall have no authority to consider any other issues
or award any relief except recovery of any royalties found owing, plus interest at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) per
month. Your recovery of any such royalties plus interest shall be the sole remedy available to you by reason of any claim
related to our statements.
(f) Affiliation
with Other Performing Rights Organizations for Royalties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit you
from affiliating with any PRO for the receipt of royalty payments for the public performance or communication to the public
of your sound recordings or musical works made by a third party, excluding only public performances or communications to the
public of sound recordings or musical works made by The Source pursuant to the Authorizations set forth in Section2 of this
Agreement.
(g) Tax Information.
The Source will use its reasonable efforts to collect sales and other taxes owed on the sale of Your Content (“Sales
Tax”), and to remit such Sales Tax on your behalf to relevant government authorities. Notwithstanding the
above, in all events, you acknowledge and agree that you are ultimately responsible for the payment of any Sales Tax owed
in connection with the sale or distribution of Your Content pursuant to this Agreement, and you hereby indemnify The Source
for any Sales Tax that may be owed in addition to those amounts collected and remitted on your behalf by The Source.
5. Your Obligations:
(a) You, or a licensee acting on your behalf (e.g., a company such
as Easy Song Licensing), will be responsible for obtaining and paying for any and all clearances or licenses required in the
Authorized Territory (or any portion thereof) for the use of any musical works embodied in Your Content. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, you (either directly or through a third party acting on your behalf) shall be responsible
for and shall pay (i)any royalties and other sums due to artists (featured and non-featured), authors, co‑authors, copyright
owners and co-owners, producers, engineers, and any other record royalty participants from sales or other uses of Your Content,
(ii)all mechanical royalties or other sums payable to music publishers and/or authors or co-authors of musical compositions
embodied in Your Content from sales or other uses of Your Content, (iii)all payments that may be required under any collective bargaining agreements applicable to you or any third party
(e.g., to unions or guilds such as AFM or AFTRA), and (iv)any other royalties, fees and/or sums payable with respect to Your
Content or other materials provided by you to us. You agree that the amount payable to you is inclusive of any so‑called
“artist royalties” that might otherwise be required to be paid for sales or exploitations pursuant to the applicable
laws of any jurisdiction and for any public performances, public displays or communications to the public of the sound recordings
and musical works constituting Your Content.
(b) Parental
Advisory Labeling. You will be responsible for complying with the Recording Industry Association of America’s
(“RIAA”) Parental Advisory Logo (“PAL”) Standards,
as applicable, for so long as you use the Services. Information about the RIAA PAL Program is available here:http://www.riaa.com/toolsforparents.php?content_selector=parental_advisory
6. Right
to Withdraw Material; Termination of Authorizations to Licensees
You have the right, at any time during the Term, to withdraw the authorizations set forth
in Section2 above and the applicable Addenda, for the sale or other uses of all or any portion of Your Content, upon written
notice to us (a “Withdrawal Notice”) or to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section3
of this Agreement (a “Termination Notice”). Upon receipt of a Withdrawal Notice with respect
to any of Your Content or a Termination Notice with respect to all of Your Content, we will promptly remove those elements
of Your Content covered by such Withdrawal Notice or Termination Notice, as the case may be, from the Website (and in no event
more than five (5) business days following receipt of a Withdrawal Notice or Termination Notice), and shall, within five (5)
business days following our receipt of a Withdrawal Notice or Termination Notice, advise our Licensees via a “Takedown
Notice” that they are no longer authorized to sell or offer for any other use those elements of Your Content
covered by such Takedown Notice. Your submission of a Withdrawal Notice or Termination Notice shall not in any way limit the
authorizations granted to us or any Licensees prior to the implementation of your Withdrawal Notice or Termination Notice,
and will not limit in any way the rights of end users who have acquired Your Content.
The Source is not responsible for, and has no liability for, any delays of our Licensees
in removing Your Content from any websites or services owned or operated by such Licensees. You shall remain solely responsible
for enforcing the removal of Your Content from our Licensees’ websites and services in the event such Licensees fail
to remove Your Content following receipt of a Takedown Notice or following the termination of any rights granted to such Licensees
by The Source; provided, however, that The Source may, in its sole and absolute discretion, continue to assist you to effectuate
the removal of Your Content from Licensees’ websites and services. The Source may, but need not, provide you with notice
in the event The Source terminates or allows to expire any authorizations previously granted to a Licensee for the distribution
of Your Content. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit any remedies you may have at law or in equity against any Licensee
that is using Your Content in violation of the terms of any license granted to such Licensee by you or The Source.
7. Names and Likenesses; Promotional Use and Opportunities:
(a) Name and Likeness of Artists and Songwriters.
You hereby grant to The Source during the Term the right to use and to authorize our Licensees to use the names and approved
likenesses of, and biographical material concerning, any artists, bands, producers and/or songwriters, as well as track and/or
album name, and all artwork related to your sound recordings or audiovisual works, in any marketing materials for the sale,
promotion, and advertising of Your Content, which is offered for sale or other use under the terms of this Agreement (e.g.,
an artist or band name and likeness may be used in an informational fashion, such as by textual displays or other informational
passages, to identify and represent authorship, production credits, and performances of the applicable artist or band in connection
with the exploitation of Your Content).
(b) Promotion.You
hereby grant to us and our Licensees the right to market, promote, and advertise Your Content as available for purchase or
license, in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter developed, as we and they determine in our and their discretion.
(c) Customer Information. The Source may,
from time to time, provide you with information relating to customers that purchase Your Content, subject to our privacy policy
and the preferences of our customers. You may only use, and disclose this information to a third party, for your internal
record keeping purposes. You may not disclose any of this information to a third party or use it for any other purpose. In
all events, you will comply with the terms of The Source’s privacy policy http://www.The Source.com/privacy in connection with the customer data provided under this
Agreement.
8.
Ownership:
(a) Subject
to our rights hereunder or under any prior agreement between you and us, as between you and us, all right, title, and interest
in and to (a)Your Content, (b)the Digital Masters, (c)the Clips, (d)the Physical Product (if applicable), (e)all copyrights
and equivalent rights embodied therein, and (f)all materials furnished by you, will be yours.
9. Modification, Termination and Effect of Termination:
(a) Modification of Agreement. We reserve the
right to change, modify, add to, or remove all or part of this Agreement, in our sole discretion, at any time and from time
to time. Notice of any material change will be sent to you by electronic mail at least fifteen (15) days prior to its effective
date. If the e-mail you have provided to us is no longer functioning, then, in addition to any other remedies we may have
with respect to your Account and use of the Services, we shall be authorized to communicate with you via any other reasonable
manner we may choose in our sole discretion, including through notice on the web page through which you access your Account
information or via any accounting statement. The most recent date of this Agreement shall be identified on the first page
hereof. In the event that you do not consent to any such proposed changes in the Agreement, your sole recourse shall be to
terminate this Agreement by notice to us, and your failure to submit a Termination Notice within fifteen (15) days of the
date of our notice to you shall constitute your acceptance of such changes to the extent Your Content is still available through
the Services. To terminate your Agreement, you must send a Termination Notice to metoomusic@yahoo.com and include in the subject
line of your e-mail “Termination of Artist Agreement.”
(b) Consequences of Termination. The expiration or termination of the Agreement will
not relieve either you or us from our respective obligations incurred prior to the effective date of your termination of the
Agreement. In addition, provisions of this Agreement intended to survive the termination of this Agreement shall survive termination,
including, but not limited to, the Indemnification, Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability; Basis of the Bargain, and General
Provisions.
10.
Monitoring of Your Content; Removal of Content from Website:
(a) Monitoring. The Source does not control Your Content and does
not have any obligation to monitor Your Content for any purpose. The Source may choose, in its sole discretion, to monitor,
review or otherwise access some or all of Your Content, but by doing so The Source assumes no responsibility for Your Content,
no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate elements of Your Content, or to monitor, review or otherwise access any
other artist’s content or artwork.
(b) Right
of Removal. The Source reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to remove any of Your Content from
the Website if such content: (i)is patently offensive, pornographic or defamatory; (ii)is the subject of a dispute between
you or us and a third party; (iii)is content to which you cannot document your rights therein upon The Source’s request;
(iv)violates the intellectual property rights or other protected interests of a third party; (v)is the subject of a takedown
notice by a party claiming to own the rights therein, or (vi)is the subject of any fraudulent activity, or for any other reason
in The Source’s sole and absolute judgment is necessary to protect the business interests of The Source and any of its
business partners or Licensees. The Source may also remove Your Content from the Website if you are abusive or rude or provide
false or intentionally misleading information to any The Source employees or agents. The Source shall have no liability to
you for the removal of any of Your Content from the Website or any Licensee website or service other than to provide you a
credit (but not a refund) for any fees previously paid by you for making Your Content available via the Website or through
Licensees. The removal of any of Your Content shall not relieve The Source of the obligation to pay you any royalties that
may have accrued prior to the removal of Your Content.
(c) No Termination Due to Removal. This Agreement shall not be terminated automatically
by The Source’s removal of Your Content from the Website or Licensee’s websites or services. In order for you
to terminate this Agreement following the removal of any of Your Content, you must send The Source a Termination Notice.
11. Account Information; Disclosures:
(a) Your Account Information. In order to access
some features of the Website, including your account information and periodic statements, you will have to create an online
account (“Account”). You hereby represent and warrant that the information you provide
to The Source upon registration will be true, accurate, current, and complete. You also hereby represent and warrant that
you will ensure that your Account information, including your e-mail address, is kept accurate and up‑to-date at all
times during the Term of this Agreement.
(b) Password.
As a registered user of the Services you will have login information, including a username and password. Your Account is personal
to you, and you may not share your Account information with, or allow access to your Account by, any third party, other than
an agent authorized to act on your behalf. As you will be responsible for all activity that occurs under your Account, you
should take care to preserve the confidentiality of your username and password, and any device that you use to access the
Website. You agree to notify us immediately of any breach in secrecy of your login information. If you have any reason to
believe that your Account information has been compromised or that your Account has been accessed by a third party not authorized
by you, then you agree to immediately notify The Source by e-mail to metoomusic@yahoo.com. You will be solely responsible
for the losses incurred by The Source and others (including other users) due to any unauthorized use of your Account that
takes place prior to notifying The Source that your Account has been compromised.
(c) Disclosure of Information. You acknowledge, consent, and agree
that The Source may access, preserve, and disclose your Account information and Your Content if required to do so by law or
in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i)comply with legal process;
(ii)enforce this Agreement; (iii)respond to a claim that any of Your Content violates the rights of third parties; (iv)to
respond to your requests for customer service; or (v)to protect the rights, business interests, property or personal safety
of The Source and its employees and users, and the public.
12. Prohibited Use of the Website and Licensee Websites and Services:
(a) You agree not to use the Website, the Services, and any services
provided by Licensees, for any unlawful purpose or in any way that might harm, damage, or disparage The Source, its Licensees
or any other party. Without limiting the preceding sentence and by way of example and not limitation, you agree that you will
not, whether through the Website, our Licensees or Your Content, do or attempt any of the following:
(b) Undertake, cause, permit or authorize the modification, creation
of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking of any aspect of the Website
or any other part thereof, except and solely to the extent permitted by this Agreement, the features of the Website or by
law, or otherwise attempt to use or access any portion of the Website other than as intended;
(c) Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell, distribute or
exploit, any portion of the Website, use of the Website, access to the Website or content obtained through the Website, as
a result of your being granted permission to upload Your Content to the Website;
(d) Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with any security-related
features of the Website, features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any part of the Website or features that
enforce limitations on the use of the Website;
(e)
Threaten, harass, abuse, slander, defame or otherwise violate the legal rights (including, without limitation, rights of privacy
and publicity) of third parties;
(f)
Publish, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, vulgar, defamatory, infringing, obscene, tortious, indecent,
unlawful, offensive, immoral or otherwise objectionable material or information;
(g) Create a false identity or impersonate another for the purpose of misleading others
as to your identify, including, but not limited to, providing misleading information to any feedback system employed by The
Source;
(h) Transmit or upload any
material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful, damaging or deleterious
software programs;
(i) Interfere with or disrupt
the Website, networks or servers connected to the Website or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks
or servers;
(j) Upload or otherwise
transmit any information or content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights
of any party, including by incorporating any such material in Your Content; or
(k) Use the Website in any manner whatsoever that could lead to a violation of any federal,
state or local laws, rules or regulations.
13. Availability of Services:
The Source may make changes to or discontinue any aspects of the Services and any of the features, media,
content, products, software or services available via the Website, at any time and without notice and without liability to
you. The features, media, content, products, software or services available on and through the Website may be out of date,
and The Source makes no commitment to update any aspect of the Website. The Source makes no representations and warranties
with respect to availability of the Website and may discontinue the Service at any time with or without notice. You are solely
responsible for maintaining back-up copies of any elements of Your Content uploaded to the Website or otherwise delivered
to The Source as Physical Product.
14. Additional Representations and Warranties:
(a) Mutual Representations and Warranties.
Each party represents and warrants to the other that it:
(i) is authorized to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(ii) will not act in any manner that conflicts or interferes with
any existing commitment or obligation of the other party, and that no agreement previously entered into by the party will
interfere with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) shall perform its obligations hereunder in full compliance with any applicable
laws, rules, and regulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction over such performance.
(b) Representations and Warranties by You.
You represent and warrant to The Source that:
(i)
you have the full right, power, and authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and
to Your Content, including, but not limited to, all musical works embodied in Your Content, and that you are authorized to
provide Your Content to us for the uses specified in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, if you are acting on behalf
of an artist, band, group or corporation, you hereby represent and warrant to The Source that you are fully authorized to
enter into this Agreement on behalf of such artist, band, group or corporation and to grant all of the rights and assume and
fulfill all of the obligations, covenants, and representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement.
(ii) you own or control all of the necessary rights in Your Content
in order to make the grant of rights, licenses, and permissions herein, and that you have permission to use the name and likeness
of each identifiable individual person whose name or likeness is contained or used within Your Content, and to use such individual's
identifying or personal information (to the extent such information is used or contained in Your Content) as contemplated
by this Agreement.
(iii) the use or other exploitation
of Your Content, including, but not limited to, any musical works embodied in your sound recordings, by us and our Licensees
as contemplated by this Agreement will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation,
any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
(iv) to the extent you are the songwriter of any or all of the musical
works embodied in Your Content, whether in whole or in part (e.g., as a co‑writer), you have the full right, power,
and authority to grant the rights set forth in this Agreement notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement you may have
entered into with any PRO, whether based in the United States or elsewhere, or any music publisher, and that you are solely
responsible for taking all steps necessary to inform such PRO or music publisher of your grant of a royalty free license to
us and our Licensees for the public performance and communication to the public of Your Content, including as Clips, and that
no fees or payments of any kind whatsoever shall be due to any PRO or music publisher for the use of the musical works in
Your Content when publicly performed, communicated or otherwise transmitted by The Source or its Licensees.
(v) you have not assigned any of the rights in and to the sound recordings
embodied in Your Content to any third party (e.g., a record label) that obtained exclusive rights in and to such sound recordings.
15. No Representations and Warranties With Respect
to Sales and Distributions:
The
Source makes no guarantees regarding the minimum number of unit sales or uses of Your Content. In addition, we cannot guarantee
that Licensees will perform under any agreement they enter into with The Source for the sale, distribution or licensed use
of Your Content, including by paying the royalties they owe us for the distribution of Your Content. If a Licensee refuses
to pay us for the use of Your Content, you agree that you will assume responsibility for collecting any payments that may
be due from such non-compliant Licensees for any sale, distribution or licensed use of Your Content if such third party fails
or refuses to pay such amounts to The Source upon The Source's request.
16. Indemnification:
(a) Indemnification. You hereby agree to indemnify,
defend, and hold The Source harmless from and against any and all damages, claims, liabilities, costs, losses, and expenses
(including, but not limited to, legal costs and attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Claims”)
arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations, covenants or agreements made by you
in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any Claims made by a PRO or music publisher with respect to any public performances
or communications to the public of any musical works embodied in Your Content, any contributor to any sound recording included
within Your Content, including claims from any unions, guilds, background musicians or vocalists, engineers, etc., or any
other party for any use or misuse of any other forms of intellectual property or proprietary rights in Your Content, including,
but not limited to, trademark rights and invasions of the right of privacy or publicity. You agree to reimburse us, on demand,
for any payment made by us at any time with respect to any Claims to which the foregoing indemnity applies. Pending the resolution
of any claim, demand, or action, we may, at our election, withhold payment of any monies otherwise payable to you hereunder
in an amount which does not exceed your potential liability to us pursuant to this Section.
(b) Indemnification Request. If we make an
indemnification request to you under this Section, we may permit you to control the defense, disposition or settlement of
the matter at your own expenses, provided that you shall not, without our prior written consent, enter into any settlement
or agree to any disposition that requires any admission of liability by The Source or imposes any conditions or obligations
on The Source other than the payment of monies that are readily measurable for purposes of determining your monetary indemnification
or reimbursement obligations to us. If we, in our reasonable and good faith judgment conclude that you are not capable of
defending your or our interests against any Claims, then we shall have the option to control the defense in any matter or
litigation through counsel of our own choosing to defend against any such Claim for which you owe The Source an indemnification,
and the costs of such counsel, as well as any court costs, shall be at your expense.
17. Disclaimers:
(a) THE WEBSITE AND ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, SOFTWARE, SERVICES OR
APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS
AVAILABLE,” “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
(b) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW,
THE SOURCE AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SOURCE OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE
WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. THE SOURCE AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, AND SUPPLIERS DO
NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, OR FREE OF
ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS AND DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT YOU USE, ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN INFORMATION, MATERIALS, OR DATA THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY ASSOCIATED
SITES OR APPLICATIONS, AND OFFER YOUR CONTENT VIA THE SERVICES, AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, HANDSET, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE OR PERIPHERAL USED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA.
18. Limitation of Liability; Basis of the Bargain:
(a) THE SOURCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
OR STRICT LIABILITY) OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE SOURCE SHALL ALSO NOT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY ROYALTIES, FEES, PAYMENTS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE FAILURE OF ANY LICENSEE TO PAY THE SOURCE OR YOU
ANY ROYALTIES THAT ARE DUE FOR ANY USE OR MISUSE OF YOUR CONTENT, WHETHER PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING, EXPIRED OR TERMINATED AGREEMENT
WITH THE SOURCE OR OTHERWISE. THE SOURCE’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL INSTANCES
BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONIES ACTUALLY PAID TO YOU BY THE SOURCE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OR LICENSING OF YOUR CONTENT DURING
THE SIX (6)-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF YOUR CLAIM AGAINST THE SOURCE.
(b) APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, YOU AGREE THAT BECAUSE
SUCH DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND THE SOURCE,
AND ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND THE SOURCE, THE SOURCE'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SOURCE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER ITS SERVICES TO
YOU ON AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE BASIS WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS AND WOULD NOT OFFER SUCH SERVICES ABSENT A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
19. Dispute Resolution:
(a) Mandatory Arbitration. Please read this carefully. It affects
your rights. YOU AND THE SOURCE AND EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PREDECESSORS IN INTEREST, SUCCESSORS,
AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS AGREE TO ARBITRATION (EXCEPT FOR MATTERS THAT MAY BE TAKEN TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT), AS THE EXCLUSIVE
FORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR BELOW, FOR ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead
of a judge or jury, allows for more limited discovery than in court, and is subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators
can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. Please visit www.adr.org for more information about arbitration.
(b) Commencing Arbitration. A party who intends to seek arbitration
must first send to the other, by certified mail, a written notice of intent to arbitrate (a “Notice”), or, in
the absence of a mailing address provided by you to The Source, to you via any other method available to The Source, including
via e-mail. The Notice to The Source should be addressed to: [The Source / ATTN: Donald Rice / 6105 Heritage Station Road
Belleville, IL / 62223] (the “Arbitration Notice Address”). The Notice must (i) describe the nature and basis
of the claim or dispute; and (ii) set forth the specific relief sought (the “Demand”). If you and The Source do
not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within 30 days after the Notice is received, you or The Source may commence an
arbitration proceeding as set forth below or file a claim in small claims court. THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (“AAA”) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY
PROCEDURES FOR CONSUMER RELATED DISPUTES (THE “Rules”), AS MODIFIED BY THIS AGREEMENT. The Rules and AAA forms
are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879, or by writing to the Notice Address. If you are
required to pay a filing fee to commence an arbitration against The Source, then The Source will promptly reimburse you for
your confirmed payment of the filing fee upon The Source receipt of Notice at the Arbitration Notice Address that you have
commenced arbitration along with a receipt evidencing payment of the filing fee, unless your Demand is equal to or greater
than $1,000, in which case you are solely responsible for the payment of the filing fee.
(c) Arbitration Proceeding. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language.
A single independent and impartial arbitrator shall be appointed pursuant to the Rules, as modified herein. You and The Source
agree to comply with the following rules, which are intended to streamline the dispute resolution process and reduce the costs
and burdens on the parties: (i) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written
submissions, the specific manner to be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration; (ii) the arbitration shall not require
any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the parties; and (iii)
any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) No Class Actions. YOU AND THE SOURCE AGREE THAT YOU AND THE SOURCE
MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED
CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. FURTHER, YOU AGREE THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE PROCEEDINGS OF MORE THAN ONE
PERSON’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING, AND THAT IF THIS
SPECIFIC PROVISO IS FOUND TO BE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THE ENTIRETY OF THIS MANDATORY ARBITRATION SECTION SHALL BE NULL AND VOID.
(e) Decision of the Arbitrator. Barring extraordinary circumstances,
the arbitrator shall issue his or her decision within 120 days from the date the arbitrator is appointed. The arbitrator may
extend this time limit for an additional 30 days in the interests of justice. All arbitration proceedings shall be closed
to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto shall be permanently sealed, except as necessary to obtain
court confirmation of the arbitration award. The award of the arbitrator shall be in writing and shall include a statement
setting forth the reasons for the disposition of any claim. The arbitrator shall apply the laws of the State of Illinois in
conducting the arbitration. You acknowledge that this Agreement and your use of the Services and the Website evidences a transaction
involving interstate commerce. The United States Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and
proceedings pursuant to the Mandatory Arbitration clause in this Agreement.
(f) Applicable Law. This Agreement and your use of the Services and the Website shall
be governed by the substantive laws of the State of Illinois without reference to its choice or conflicts of law principles.
Only if the Mandatory Arbitration clause is deemed to be null and void, then all disputes arising between you and The Source
under this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Multnomah County,
Oregon, and you and The Source hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.
(g) Equitable Relief. The foregoing provisions of this Dispute Resolution
section do not apply to any claim in which The Source seeks equitable relief of any kind. You acknowledge that, in the event
of a breach of this Agreement by The Source or any third party, the damage or harm, if any, caused to you will not entitle
you to seek injunctive or other equitable relief against The Source, and your only remedy shall be for monetary damages, subject
to the limitations of liability set forth in this Agreement.
(h) Claims. You and The Source agree that, notwithstanding any other rights the party may have under law
or equity, any cause of action arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Services or the use of the Website, excluding
a claim for indemnification, must commence within one year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action
is permanently barred.
(i) Improperly
Filed Claims. All claims you bring against The Source must be resolved in accordance with this Dispute Resolution section.
All claims filed or brought contrary to this Dispute Resolution section shall be considered improperly filed. Should you file
a claim contrary to this Dispute Resolution section, The Source may recover attorneys’ fees and costs up to $5,000,
provided that The Source has notified you in writing of the improperly filed claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw
the claim.
20.
General Provisions:
(a) Relationship
of the Parties. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that the relationship between them is that of independent
contractors. This Agreement shall not be deemed to create an agency, partnership or joint venture between you and The Source,
and The Source shall not have a fiduciary obligation to you as a result of your entering into this Agreement.
(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement together
with the TOS contains the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement (including
all Addenda) supersedes all previous agreements or arrangements between you and The Source pertaining to the Services, provided
that if you previously entered into a digital distribution or consignment agreement with us in the past, and elected any options
specifying or limiting the scope of the distribution of Your Content, the limitations and authorizations with respect to the
distribution of Your Content shall remain in place under this Agreement and the applicable Addendum. This Agreement cannot
be changed or modified except as provided herein.
(c) Waiver; Severability. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this
Agreement will not be deemed or construed as a waiver of such term or condition, or of any subsequent breach thereof. If any
provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such determination shall
not affect any other provision hereof, and the unenforceable provision shall be replaced by an enforceable provision that
most closely meets the commercial intent of the parties.
(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement will be binding on the assigns, heirs, executors,
affiliates, agents, personal representatives, administrators, and successors (whether through merger, operation of law, or
otherwise) of each of the parties.
(e) Notice.
Any notice, approval, request, authorization, direction or other communication under this Agreement shall be given in writing
and shall be deemed to have been delivered and given for all purposes on the delivery date if sent by electronic mail to the
addresses provided to and by you upon registration with The Source, or as properly updated, or, in the absence of a valid
electronic mail address, via any other method The Source may elect in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to,
via posting on the Website.
(f) Governing
Law; Dispute Resolution. This Agreement will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State
of Illinois applicable to agreements entered into and to be wholly performed in California, without regard to conflict of
laws principles. Any and all disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be resolved in the manner set forth in the TOS.
(g) Rights Cumulative. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the rights and remedies of the parties provided under this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition
to any other rights and remedies of the parties at law or equity.
(h) Headings. The titles and headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only
and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
(i) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole
benefit of the parties hereto and their authorized successors and permitted assigns. Nothing herein, express or implied, is
intended to or shall confer upon any person or entity, other than the parties hereto and their authorized successors and permitted
assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
(j) Assignment. The Source may assign its rights
and obligations under this Agreement at any time to any party. You may not assign your rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement without obtaining The Source’s prior written consent.
21. Certain Definitions:
The following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings
for purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Authorized
Territory” means the universe, or more limited territories, to the extent so limited by you, during the
Source registration process.
(b) “The
Source Widget” means a (i) software application available on the Website that you or someone authorized
to act on your behalf may embed on third-party websites, (ii) link, code, script or any other software or instruction that
you or someone authorized to act on your behalf may embed or place on a third-party website, including, but not limited to,
social media websites such as Facebook, that permits a user of such third-party website to access content hosted and/or streamed
from servers owned or controlled by or on behalf of The Source, including Your Content, or (iii) standalone software available
for use on mobile devices, smartphones (e.g., iPhones, Android phones), tablet computers (e.g., iPads), set-top boxes, and
other hardware now known or hereafter developed (collectively, "Hardware"), that facilitates or enables the public
performance, communication to the public or other transmission of Your Content via the Internet or any other transmission
medium through such third-party websites or on or through any Hardware. The The Source Widget may provide access to all of
Your Content or give you the ability to control which of Your Content is available through third-party websites, as The Source
may choose in its sole discretion.
(c)
“Consignment Service” means the service that enables you to market and have sold Physical
Products via the Website and/or through The Source’s partners (e.g. distributors, retailers) http://members.cdbaby.com/cd-distribution.aspx on a consignment basis following your delivery of Your
Content to The Source as Physical Product.
(d)
“Copyright Management Information” means the digital information conveying information
regarding a Digital Master, including, by way of example and not limitation, the title of the applicable album, the name of
the song, the ISRC code, the marketing label, and the record company name.
(e) “Digital Download and Distribution Service” means
the online services operated by The Source for the sale, distribution or licensing of Your Content and other content through
the Website or through websites and services operated by or on behalf of Licensees.
(f) “Digital Master” or “Digital
Masters” means a copy or copies of Your Content in digital form, whether created by you or The Source.
(g) “Digital Performance Rights”
means the rights to perform a copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
(h) “Digital Performance Rights Administration Service”
means the service that enables The Source to administer and manage your Digital Performance Rights and to collect on your
behalf monies derived from the exploitation of the Digital Performance Rights in the sound recordings you have submitted to
The Source.
(i) “Licensee”
means any third party licensee that we may authorize to carry out the marketing, distribution, licensing, and sale or other
use of Your Content pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, by way of example and not limitation, Apple iTunes,
MediaNet, Rhapsody, online streaming services (e.g., webcasters), and others that The Source may chose in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(j) “Physical
Product” means Your Content as fixed in physical product such as CDs, DVDs, LPs, Books, etc.
(k) “Service” means either, any
combination, or all of the Digital Download and Distribution Service, the Consignment Service, and the Sync Distribution Service.
(l) “Sync Distribution Service” means
the service that enables you to have Your Content made available for synchronization and other licensing.
(m) “Threshold Amount” means
the dollar amount set by you initially upon your registration with The Source, or as subsequently modified by you, which amount
shall in no event be less than $10.
(n)
“Your Content” means sound recordings, video content (i.e., audiovisual works), and the
musical works embodied in such sound recordings and video content, and any album related artwork, photos, liner notes, metadata
and other material related to your sound recordings and video content that you have provided to The Source, either by digital
upload to the Website or by delivery of Physical Product, either directly or via a third party acting on your behalf. Any
such sound recordings and video content (and the musical works embodied therein), artwork, photos, liner notes, metadata,
or other material provided by you to The Source, must be owned or controlled by you and/or have been cleared by you for all
purposes and rights granted and authorized under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Your Content encompasses each
sound recording and the musical work (i.e., the notes and lyrics) embodied in each sound recording.
CONSIGNMENT SERVICES ADDENDUM
Welcome to the Source Consignment Services Addendum between you and The Source. This Consignment Services
Addendum is part of and incorporates the terms of the Source Artist Agreement, and contains additional terms and conditions
under which The Source offers the Consignment Service. By electing to use the Consignment Services, you are subject to the
terms and conditions of this Consignment Services Addendum and the Source Artist Agreement.
1. Additional Grant:
In addition to the rights granted in the Source Artist Agreement,
you hereby grant to us and our Licensees, the non-exclusive right, during the Term and throughout the Authorized Territory,
to:
(a) Promote, sell, distribute, and
deliver Your Content as Physical Product to purchasers and resellers who may use such Physical Products;
(b) Reproduce Your Content in Physical Product and as Clips;
(c) Publicly perform, communicate to the public, and distribute Your
Content, including as Clips, to promote the sale and distribution of your Physical Product, including as embodied in a podcast;
and
(d) Reproduce and publicly display
any visual elements of Your Content (e.g., album cover artwork, images, etc.) received in Physical Product in digital form
in connection with the promotion, advertisement, sale, and distribution of Your Content as embodied in Physical Product.
2. Consignment Services:
(a) Delivery of Your Content and/or Physical Product. You will ship or deliver to The
Source all of Your Content that you want to use with the Consignment Service in accordance with the applicable instructions
on the Website. You must also ship or deliver all materials required to package and market any of your Products (e.g., CD
inserts, album artwork, etc.). The Source may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determine whether all or any portion
of Your Content complies with such instructions and is satisfactory for use with the Consignment Service.
(b) Costs of Creation and Delivery. You will be solely responsible for the creation of
Your Content that you ship or deliver to The Source and for all Physical Product that is held on consignment by The Source
on your behalf, and will pay all costs associated with its creation and any copies made there from by you or on your behalf.
Without limitation to the preceding sentence, you will be responsible for all shipping and handling charges and insurance
on the Physical Product during shipment and delivery to The Source.
(c) Maintaining and Returning
Stock. The Source reserves the right to charge a fee to store any Physical Product you send to us in
excess of any amounts we request. We reserve the right to return Physical Product to you from time to time, at your sole expense,
as deemed appropriate by The Source in our sole discretion. Additionally, for Physical Product that has not sold for a period
of 12 months, we reserve the right to charge you a storage fee for the continued storage of such Physical Product. The Source
will notify you of its intent to return any Physical Product to you or to charge you a storage fee as authorized herein, as
applicable. Any charges or fees that The Source is authorized to pass on to you pursuant to this paragraph may be debited
against any amounts that The Source otherwise owes to you. If you do not respond to any return notice from The Source within
21 days of the date of the request, or if The Source’s attempt to return Physical Product to you is unsuccessful because
of an inaccurate email or physical address on file with us, then The Source shall have the right to recycle, destroy or discard
the Physical Product without any compensation or liability to you. The Source will contact you at the current e‑mail
address on file to notify you of the exhaustion of Product stock on hand and request additional shipments. You agree to comply
with minimum stock levels for the Product as established by The Source from time to time.
(d) Customer
Returns. Customer returns sent to The Source in new condition will be restocked, debited from your sales,
and added back to active inventory. Any returned Physical Product that is defective or damaged will not be restocked, will
be debited from your sales, and will be returned to you or recycled or destroyed, at The Source’s discretion.
(e) Insurance. You acknowledge and agree that The Source does not carry insurance relating
to Physical Product stored by The Source under this Agreement, and The Source shall have no responsibility or liability for
any damage, destruction, loss or other impairment of any of Your Content absent The Source’s gross negligence or intentional
misconduct. If you desire for the Your Content when embodied in Physical Product to be insured, then you must obtain such
insurance at your expense.
3. Pricing:
You may set the price of and discounts for Your Content as embodied in Physical Product, provided that your
price, including any discount, must exceed Four Dollars ($4.00) per unit of Physical Product (the “The Source Minimum”).
4. Payment for Physical Product Sales:
For each sale of your Physical
Product through the Website (or sold by The Source through its distributors), The Source will subtract Sales Tax, the The
Source Minimum, and such other fees as may be listed on the Website for shipping, handling, and processing from the aggregate
amounts collected from customers and distributors, and remit to you any remaining amounts. The Source will use commercially
reasonable efforts to make a payment to you (by check or electronic transfer) for Physical Product sales no later than 15
days after amounts were actually received by The Source and your Threshold Amount has been met. The default Threshold Amount
is $50 and can be changed at any time as long as it equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold of $10. You may withdraw funds
by physical check for a charge of $1.50 USD per check withdrawal to cover processing fees. If a check is not redeemed after
180 days from the date it was issued, the funds (minus the fee) will be returned to your Account. If you have provided an
undeliverable mailing address and two or more consecutive payments have been returned to The Source as undeliverable, we may
stop sending future payments to you until you provide a deliverable mailing address. Funds may also be requested in the form
of a direct deposit (ACH), which will incur a fee of $2.50 for bank accounts located outside of the United States; direct
deposits to US based bank accounts are free of charge. Refer to our FAQ for a complete list of eligible countries. Additional
fees for returned direct deposit (ACH) transactions will be your responsibility. Funds may also be requested in the form of
a PayPal payment, which will incur a processing fee of $1.50 USD per transaction. The current schedule of fees can be found
in our FAQ.
DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION
ADDENDUM
Welcome to
the Source Digital Distribution Addendum between you and The Source. This Digital Distribution Addendum is part of and incorporates
the terms of the Source Artist Agreement, and contains additional terms and conditions under which The Source offers the Digital
Download and Distribution Service and the Digital Performance Rights Administration Service.
1. Additional Authorization:
While selling Your Content on the Website is non-exclusive (meaning you have the right to sell your music
and videos directly), the rights granted by you to us under this Digital Distribution Addendum are exclusive with respect
to serving as your authorized representative for distributing Your Content to third party distributors for online redistribution,
because online retailers (e.g., iTunes, Amazon, etc.) will refuse content that may be delivered by multiple parties. The rights
granted are also exclusive as to acting as your collection agent with respect to royalties owed to you as the sound recording
copyright owner by third party licensing organizations (such as Sound Exchange) for the exploitation of your Digital Performance
Rights under the compulsory license ("Digital Performance Royalties"). However, you may opt out of our collection
of such Digital Performance Royalties as described in Section 3 below.
2. Additional
Grant:
In addition
to the rights granted in the Source Artist Agreement, You hereby grant to us the exclusive right (as explained below), and
to our Licensees the non-exclusive right, during the Term and throughout the Authorized Territory, to:
(a) Reproduce, promote, sell, distribute, and deliver Your Content
as Digital Masters to purchasers and resellers who may use such Digital Masters in accordance with usage rules approved by
us and pursuant to any limitations imposed by your distribution preferences (e.g., only Digital Master Sales);
(b) Use and authorize others to license the use and sale of Your
Content in connection with all manner of phone services, such as, but not limited to, sales or licenses of Your Content as
downloads (including, without limitation, downloads to cell phones) and for use as ringtones (including mastertones) and ringback
tones;
(c) Use so‑called
“kiosks” to reproduce, distribute, market, and promote Your Content, including, without limitation, by allowing
the burning of compact disc and DVD copies of any of Your Content (to the extent not expressly prohibited by you) or by allowing
a copy of Your Content to be transferred to digital storage devices, including smartphones and other handheld devices (e.g.,
iPods, USB drives, etc.);
(d) Use
and authorize others to allow copies of Your Content to be distributed as so-called “conditional” downloads, whether
tethered to a device, time limited, play limited or otherwise;
(e) “Stream” and authorize others to “stream” Your Content on-demand as part of an
Internet radio service, on a multi-channel video programming distribution service, or via any other interactive distribution
platform or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, or as part of a non-interactive service; and
(f) Reproduce, distribute, and publicly display visual elements of
Your Content (e.g., album cover artwork, images, etc.) in connection with the promotion, advertisement, sale, and distribution
of Your Content.
(g) Create and authorize
others to create fingerprints of Your Content for purposes of audio recognition, which shall remain the property of The Source
and/or its third party partners; and
(h)
Use and authorize others to license the use of any album related artwork, photos, liner notes, metadata and other material
related to, but not including, your sound recordings and video content that you have provided to The Source in perpetuity.
3. Digital Performance Rights Administration Services:
In addition, you hereby grant to us the sole and exclusive rights
throughout the Authorized Territory to administer, promote and manage your Digital Performance Rights in the sound recordings
you submit to The Source (the "Sound Recordings"), including without limitation the sub-licensable right to:
(a) Register, on your behalf, with SoundExchange and other similar
organizations and licensing agencies which collect Digital Performance Royalties and for which The Source may offer such registration
services (the "Third-Party Registrations") unless you opt out of as described below;
(b) Collect, on your behalf, all Digital Performance Royalties unless
you opt out of as describe below, and other amounts owed to you for the exercise and exploitation of your Digital Performance
Rights in the Sound Recordings
(c)
Otherwise exercise and exploit, and allow others to exercise and exploit, your Digital Performance Rights in any manner or
media, whether interactive or non-interactive, including digitally performing and licensing others to digitally perform the
Sound Recordings publicly or privately, for profit or otherwise, by any means or media whatsoever, whether now known or hereafter
conceived or developed.
If you do not
want The Source to collect Digital Performance Royalties from, or register with, Sound Exchange (or any other similar licensing
agencies) on your behalf, you may opt out of such collection and registration by: 1) emailing us at metoomusic@yahoo.com;
or 2) opting out from your The Source Members Dashboard (as of December 10, 2014).
4. Payments
to You:
(a) Wholesale rates. For digital content resold
through our Licensees (including, by way of example and not limitation, iTunes, Amazon.com, eMusic, Rhapsody, and other partners),
we will pay you an amount equal to ninety-one percent (91%) of the net wholesale price actually received by us from our Licensees
for the sale or other licensed uses of your Digital Masters (the “License Fee”) net of Sales Tax. Distribution fees owed to The Source
by any entity with whom The Source has entered into a contractual relationship that are not received or collected by The Source
(e.g., as a result of the other party’s failure to perform under a contract) are not included within the calculation
set forth in this Section3(a).
(b) Retail Sales Rates. For digital content sold
directly through our Website, we will pay you an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the retail price actually received
from a customer for the sale or other licensed use of Your Content net of Sales Tax. Retail sales fees owed to The Source
by any entity with whom The Source has entered into a contractual relationship that are not received or collected (e.g., as
a result of charge backs, breach of contract, failure to pay, etc.) are not included within the calculation set forth in this
Section3(b).
(c) Payment Terms. We will attempt to provide you with accounting
details on a monthly basis but we shall not be deemed in breach of this Addendum for failure to provide you with such information
on a monthly basis. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with payments for distribution (by check or
electronic transfer) within seven (7) business days from the date that your Account balance exceeds the Threshold Amount.
All accountings rendered and payments made by The Source to you shall be binding upon you and not subject to any objection
for any reason unless specific objection in writing, stating the basis thereof is given to The Source within one (1) year
from the date rendered. Statements and payments shall be sent in accordance with the relevant instructions in the Registration.
No generalized objection (such as, but not limited to, a generalized claim of over-reporting of deductions or underreporting
of income or any similar generalization) shall be deemed a valid objection.
SYNC DISTRIBUTION ADDENDUM
Welcome to the Source Sync Distribution Addendum between you and
The Source. This Sync Distribution Addendum ("Sync Distribution Addendum") is part of and
incorporates the terms of the Source Artist Agreement, and contains additional terms under which The Source offers the Sync
Distribution Service. To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of this Sync Distribution Addendum and any
term(s) (a) in the Source Artist Agreement (including any other Addenda), and/or (b) in the Terms of Service (http://metoomusic.com/thesource/id23.html ), the terms of this
Sync Distribution Addendum will control.
1. Additional Authorization.
As further described below, this Addendum allows us to provide Your
Authorized Content (defined below) to our Licensees that specialize in licensing sound recordings (and the musical works embodied
therein) for a variety of contexts, including film, television, video games, websites, multimedia, user-generated content,
and various application programming interface ("API") services.
Please keep in mind that, although you may have defined the Authorized
Territory for the use of Your Authorized Content for other purposes (e.g., for purposes of the Digital Download and Distribution
Service), all licenses and authorizations granted, and all representations, warranties, undertakings and covenants made by
you under this Sync Distribution Addendum are for uses and exploitations throughout the universe.
2. Additional Definitions.
For
the purposes of this Sync Distribution Addendum, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "All Media" means contracts,
of any duration, permitting third parties to synchronize, perform (including public performance), display, communicate to
the public, reproduce, deliver, transmit, and/or otherwise use Your Authorized Content in and/or in connection with any and
all media, and by any means, now known or hereafter devised, including films, videos, television programs (including cable
and digital cable), advertisements (including commercials), games (including app-games, console games, and computer games),
background music (e.g., in-store music, on-hold music, etc.), corporate projects/works (e.g., videos, slideshows, presentations,
social media channels, teleconferences, podcasts, social media sites), video blogs, and merchandise (e.g., toys), and which
contracts may include the privilege to make a musical arrangement to the extent necessary without changing the basic melody,
fundamental character or the lyrics of the composition, which arrangement will not be considered a "derivative work"
by law. For the avoidance of doubt, "All Media" includes all uses of the type set forth in Section 2(d) below (but
is not limited by, and does not include any limitations set forth in, Section 2(d)).
(b) "Authorized Term" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5 of this Sync Distribution Addendum.
(c)
"Gross Revenues" means all license fees, revenues, or other consideration (including barter
transactions) paid or payable to a Licensee for any licensed use of Your License Content pursuant to the provisions of this
Addendum.
(d) "MicroSyncSM" means contracts of any duration,
permitting third parties to synchronize, perform (including public performance), display, communicate to the public, reproduce,
deliver, transmit and/or otherwise use Your Authorized Content in and/or in connection with New Media Projects, and to exploit
Your Authorized Content in any and all online or mobile media (whether now known or hereafter devised), and which contracts
may include the privilege to make a musical arrangement to the extent necessary without changing the basic melody, fundamental
character or the lyrics of the composition, which arrangement will not be considered a "derivative work" by law.
Such contracts may also include the right to make a limited number of physical reproductions (e.g., DVD, CD) of the Licensed
Content in each New Media Project in which Your Authorized Content is used, not to exceed 100.
(e) "New Media Project" means a
production or project which makes use of new media or multimedia platforms, including website-music, Flash animations and
presentations, videos, slideshows, Powerpoint presentations, online or mobile video sharing (e.g., YouTube, Animoto, etc.),
so-called "apps" (including app-games), and web-based online video games, but not any productions or projects that
might be deemed to be for traditional distribution channels or platforms, such as traditional broadcast television, theatrical
release, or DVDs/CDs (except for the limited number of copies described in Section 2(d) herein).
(f) "Represent" means the right
to: (i) reproduce Your Authorized Content on computer servers owned or controlled by a Licensee; (ii) publicly perform, communicate
to the public, publicly display, reproduce and distribute, without payment to you (or any third party, including any collection
society(ies)) Your Authorized Content (including by way of offering permanent digital copies, full-length streaming transmissions,
or both), through any online or mobile stores or other services operated by a Licensee (e.g., Rumblefish’s Music Licensing
Store, Rumblefish’s Friendly Music Store, or the Rumblefish API), for purposes of permitting a Licensee’s customers
to preview Your Authorized Content for potential licensed use(s); (iii) publicly perform, communicate to the public, publicly
display, reproduce and distribute, without payment to you (or any third party, including any collection society(ies)) Your
Authorized Content for promotional purposes by way of full-length streaming transmissions, except that, in the case where
such promotional streaming transmissions are not being accessed on a website or application of an online or mobile store or
service offered by a Licensee (e.g., in the case of promotional streaming transmissions through widgets that users post on
third party sites, such as promotional streaming transmissions through so-called “Facebook status updates”), the
streaming transmissions will be limited to (90) seconds in duration; (iv) issue All Media and MicroSyncSM licenses (depending
on which option you enabled when opting in to the Sync Distribution Service); (v) authorize third parties to derive or generate
revenues from the sale or barter of advertising to be displayed or performed in conjunction with audiovisual works embodying
Your Authorized Content, provided such authorization is for a fee and not for free (except in the case of promotional uses
expressly authorized by you); (vi) reproduce, distribute, publicly display, communicate to the public, and/or otherwise use,
and authorize others to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, communicate to the public and/or otherwise use, the names
and approved likenesses of, and biographical material concerning any artists, bands, producers and/or songwriters, as well
as track and/or album name, and all artwork related to your sound recordings, or musical works, in connection with the use
of Your Authorized Content; (vii) exercise or grant those rights which are not expressly granted under this Sync Distribution
Addendum, but which may be reasonably necessary for Licensees, or customers of a Licensee, to have in furtherance of the intended
purposes of this Sync Distribution Addendum; and (viii) fully sublicense (through single or multiple tiers) any of the foregoing
rights or any of the other rights that The Source or Licensees are authorized to exercise pursuant to this Sync Distribution
Addendum. Represent includes the right to create, and on YouTube and such other services that permit user-generated content
to be uploaded to the service, derive or generate revenues from the sale or barter of advertising to be displayed or performed
in conjunction with, Album Artwork Videos incorporating your Authorized Content. “Album Artwork Videos” means
videos where album artwork constitutes all or part of the visual element.
(g) "UGC Networks" means YouTube and such other services
that permit user-generated content to be uploaded to the service; but only to the extent that The Source has entered into
a written agreement with a Licensee specifically authorizing such other online video services.
(h) "Your Authorized Content" means
the sound recordings, and the musical works embodied in such sound recordings, and any album related artwork, photos, liner
notes, metadata and other material related to your sound recordings that you have provided to The Source and that you elect
in your The Source Member's account to make available pursuant to this Sync Distribution Addendum. Any such sound recordings
(and the musical works embodied therein), artwork, photos, liner notes, metadata, or other materials must be owned or controlled
by you and/or have been cleared by you for all purposes and rights granted and authorized under this Sync Distribution Addendum.
For the avoidance of doubt, Your Authorized Content embodies each sound recording and the musical work(s) (i.e., the music
and lyrics) embodied in each sound recording.
3. Additional Grant.
In addition to the rights granted in the Source Artist Agreement,
you hereby grant to The Source the non-exclusive right to sublicense Licensees, and to our designated Licensees the nonexclusive
right, to Represent Your Authorized Content for use on a nonexclusive basis during the Term and throughout the universe in
strict compliance with this Sync Distribution Addendum and any agreement separately entered into between The Source and a
Licensee. The Source shall have sole discretion over the Licensees to be granted sublicenses pursuant to this Addendum.
4. Exclusive Content ID Administration
Rights.
(a) During the Authorized
Term and throughout the universe, The Source or one or more of its Licensees will, with respect to Your Authorized Content,
be the exclusive administrator of all so-called "Content ID" controls (and any similar controls, including any controls
that allow for the monetization of content that is identified via content-matching and/or audio fingerprinting technologies)
on UGC Networks, it being acknowledged that this will allow The Source or our Licensees to (i) ensure that a Licensee's customers
who have been granted a license pursuant to Section 3 of this Sync Distribution Addendum are able to exercise such license;
and (ii) collect additional revenues that may be generated from the use of Your Authorized Content on UGC Networks consistent
with the grant of rights in Section 3 of this Sync Distribution Addendum.
(b) In the event that the administration of Content ID controls (and/or similar controls)
for any of Your Authorized Content is returned to you (e.g., after the Authorized Term), you will neither administer,
nor authorize any third party(ies) to administer such Content ID controls (or similar controls) in a manner that would disable
any licensed uses of Your Authorized Content that, during the Authorized Term, were authorized by Licensee or a customer of
a Licensee.
5. Term.
The term of this Sync Distribution Addendum ("Authorized Term") commences
on the date on which you clicked the "I Agree" button related to this Sync Distribution Addendum, and will continue
unless and until terminated. If you wish to terminate the Authorized Term, you must provide us with written notice at metoomusic@yahoo.com. Within seven (7) business days of our receipt of your Termination
Notice we shall advise Licensees that they are no longer authorized to Represent Your Authorized Content. If a Licensee fails
to discontinue further licensing of Your Authorized Content following receipt of a notification of termination of a license,
you retain all rights to pursue any causes of action against such third party, and hereby agree that you shall have no claims
or causes of action, including, but not limited to, for monetary damages or injunctive relief, against The Source for any
third party's unauthorized use of your licensed content. However, any licenses that, during the Authorized Term, shall have
been issued by a Licensee, or by a customer of a Licensee, for the use of any of Your Authorized Content as permitted in this
Sync Distribution Addendum, shall continue and remain in full force and effect, it being agreed that the term of any such
licenses shall be separate and apart from the Authorized Term and will, accordingly, survive termination of the Authorized
Term. Provisions of this Sync Distribution Addendum, which, by their nature or sense, are intended to survive the termination
of the Authorized Term, such as, but not limited to, the provisions in Sections 4(b), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, will survive
the termination of the Authorized Term.
6. Payment.
For digital content exploited via YouTube's so-called content ID music recognition system,
we will pay you an amount equal to seventy percent (70%) of the net amount attributable to the use of Your Authorized Content
and actually received by us from our Licensees for the licensed uses of your Digital Masters (the “Content ID Fees”).
For all other exploitation of Your Authorized Content pursuant to the rights granted in this Sync Distribution Addendum, we
will pay you an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the net amount attributable to the use of Your Authorized Content and
actually received by us from our Licensees for the licensed uses of your Digital Masters (the “Sync Fees”). Distribution
fees owed to The Source by any entity with whom The Source has entered into a contractual relationship that are not received
or collected by The Source (e.g., as a result of the other party’s failure to perform under a contract) are not included
within the calculation set forth in this Section 6. The Source will use commercially reasonable efforts to make a payment
to you (by check or electronic transfer) for amounts generated pursuant to the rights granted in this Addendum no later than
15 days after amounts were actually received by The Source from a Licensee and your Threshold Amount has been met. The default
Threshold Amount is $50 and can be changed at any time as long as it equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold of $10. You may
withdraw funds by physical check for a charge of $1.50 USD per check withdrawal to cover processing fees. If a check is not
redeemed after 180 days from the date it was issued, the funds (minus the fee) will be returned to your Account. If you have
provided an undeliverable mailing address and two or more consecutive payments have been returned to The Source as undeliverable,
we may stop sending future payments to you until you provide a deliverable mailing address. Funds may also be requested in
the form of a direct deposit (ACH), which will incur a fee of $2.50 for bank accounts located outside of the United States;
direct deposits to US based bank accounts are free of charge. International clients using International ACH (direct deposit)
to receive payments are responsible for any currency losses due to market fluctuations if the International ACH payment is
returned or rejected. These amounts will be deducted directly from your The Source account. Refer to our FAQ for a complete list of eligible countries. Additional
fees for returned direct deposit (ACH) transactions will be your responsibility.
Funds may also be requested in the form of a PayPal payment, which will incur a processing fee of $1.50 USD
per transaction.
The current schedule of fees can be found in our FAQ. Payments pursuant to this Addendum constitute full and complete
consideration for the licenses and authorizations granted, and representations, warranties, undertakings, and covenants made
by you under this Sync Distribution Addendum. Although The Source reserves the right to take any actions available to it in
any dispute with a Licensee, nothing in this Sync Distribution Addendum obligates The Source to collect any amounts due it
by a Licensee or initiate any cause of action against a Licensee for non-payment of any The Source Artist Royalties.
7. Third Party Clearances.
a. Third
Party Clearances. You will be responsible for obtaining and paying for any and all clearances or licenses required
throughout the universe for the use of Your Authorized Content. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall
be responsible for and shall pay (i) any royalties and other sums due to artists (featured and non-featured), authors, co-authors,
copyright owners and co-owners, producers, engineers, and any other record royalty participants from sales or other uses of
Your Content, (ii) all mechanical royalties or other sums payable to music publishers and/or authors or co-authors of musical
compositions embodied in Your Authorized Content from sales or other uses of Your Authorized Content, (iii) all payments that
may be required under any collective bargaining agreements applicable to you or any third party (e.g., to unions or guilds
such as AFM or AFTRA), and (iv) any other royalties, fees and/or sums payable with respect to Your Authorized Content or other
materials provided by you to us. You agree that the amount payable to you is inclusive of any so-called "artist royalties"
that might otherwise be required to be paid for sales or exploitations pursuant to the applicable laws of any jurisdiction
and for any public performances, public displays or communications to the public of the sound recordings and musical works
constituting Your Authorized Content. To the extent permitted by law, you hereby waive any so-called "moral rights"
in Your Authorized Content applicable under the laws of any jurisdiction.
b. Notification of Collection Societies. If any portion of Your
Authorized Content is now or in the future administered in any territory(ies) by any performance rights society, or any other
collection society, you will be responsible for ensuring that such collection societies are notified of this Agreement, and
of any other agreements or activities related to this Sync Distribution Addendum, in accordance with any obligations that
may be applicable (e.g. obligations under agreements that relate to such collection societies' administration of public performance
rights in Your Authorized Content).
c.
Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, and, except as expressly provided in this Sync Distribution Addendum, any
Licensees shall have no right under this Sync Distribution Addendum to grant a free license for the public performance of
any of your musical works embodied in Your Authorized Content to any party that is a licensee of a performing rights organization
authorized to license your musical works as of the date such party obtains a license from a Licensee. The restrictions
set forth in the foregoing sentence do not apply in the case of licenses for the public performance of any of the musical
works embodied in Your Authorized Content where the applicable license shall have been issued for any use described in Section
2(d) or 2(e).
8. Representations and Warranties by You.
You represent and warrant to us that: (i) you have the full right,
power, and authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and to Your Authorized Content,
including all musical compositions embodied in Your Authorized Content, and that you are authorized to provide Your Authorized
Content to us for the uses specified in this Sync Distribution Addendum; (ii) If you are acting on behalf of an artist, band,
group or corporation, you represent and warrant that you are fully authorized to enter into this Sync Distribution Addendum
on behalf of such artist, band, group, or corporation and to grant all rights and assume and fulfill all of the obligations,
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this Sync Distribution Addendum; (iii) you own or control all of the
necessary rights in Your Authorized Content in order to make the grant of rights, licenses, and permissions herein, and that
you have permission to use the name and likeness of each identifiable individual person whose name or likeness is contained
or used within Your Authorized Content, and to use such individual's identifying or personal information (to the extent such
information is used or contained in Your Authorized Content) as contemplated by this Sync Distribution Addendum; (iv) the
use or other exploitation of Your Authorized Content by us, or by Licensees, or by any customers of Licensees, all as contemplated
and authorized by this Sync Distribution Addendum, will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including any
privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights; (v)
no rights in or to any of Your Authorized Content have been assigned or otherwise provided to any third party that obtained
exclusive rights; and (vi) no fees or payments of any kind shall be payable to any third party for the use of Your Authorized
Content as contemplated by this Sync Distribution Addendum.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: BASIS OF BARGAIN.
THE LIABILITY LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOURCE UNDER THE SOURCE MEMBER AGREEMENT WILL ALSO BE AFFORDED TO LICENSEES AND
LICENSEE CUSTOMERS (WITH LIABILITY BEING LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PAID BY THE APPLICABLE LICENSEE TO THE SOURCE FOR
THE LICENSED USE OF YOUR AUTHORIZED CONTENT IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE DISPUTE). APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU. IN SUCH CASES YOU AGREE THAT BECAUSE SUCH DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION
OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND OUR LICENSEES, AND ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND THE SOURCE,
OUR LICENCEES' AND LICENSEE CUSTOMERS' LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT OUR LICENSEES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES ON AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE BASIS WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS
AND WOULD NOT OFFER SUCH SERVICES ABSENT A LIMITATION OF LIABILIY.
10. Indemnification.
a. Indemnification. You hereby agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless The Source and Licensees and customers of Licensees exercising rights consistent with the grant of
rights set forth in this Addendum, from and against any and all damages, claims, liabilities, costs, losses, and expenses
(including, but not limited to, legal costs and attorneys' fees) (collectively, "Claims")
arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations, covenants or agreements made by you
in this Addendum. You agree to reimburse us, on demand, for any payment made by us at any time with respect to any Claims
to which the foregoing indemnity applies. Pending the resolution of any claim, demand, or action, we may, at our election,
withhold payment of any monies otherwise payable to you hereunder in an amount which does not exceed your potential liability
to us pursuant to this Section 10(a).
b. Indemnification
Request. If we make an indemnification request to you under this Section, we may permit you to control the defense,
disposition or settlement of the matter at your own expenses, provided that you shall not, without our prior written consent,
enter into any settlement or agree to any disposition that requires any admission of liability by The Source or any Licensee
or customer of a Licensee or imposes any conditions or obligations on The Source or a Licensee or customer of a Licensee (for
the purposes of this Section 10, the "Indemnified Parties") other than the payment of monies
that are readily measurable for purposes of determining your monetary indemnification or reimbursement obligations to the
Indemnified Parties. If the Indemnified Parties, in their reasonable and good faith judgment conclude that you are not capable
of defending the interests of one or more of the Indemnified Parties against any Claims, then the Indemnified Parties, either
individually or collectively, shall have the option to control the defense in any matter or litigation through counsel of
their own choosing to defend against any such Claim for which you owe the Indemnified Parties an indemnification, and the
costs of such counsel, as well as any court costs, shall be at your expense.
11. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. YOU AGREE THAT IN THE EVENT YOU
INITIATE A CLAIM OR DISPUTE AGAINST A LICENSEE, SUCH CLAIM OR DISPUTE MUST BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MANNER THAT CLAIMS
AGAINST THE SOURCE ARE RESOLVED UNDER THE SOURCE MEMBER AGREEMENT, AND THAT FOR CLAIMS OR DISPUTES AGAINST A LICENSEE, SUCH
LICENSEE WILL BE ENTITLED TO ALL BENEFITS OF THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS OF THE THE SOURCE MEMBER AGREEMENT.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Construction.
Wherever the words "include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Sync Distribution Addendum,
they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. In relation to the rights, remedies, and benefits granted hereunder, and the representations
and warranties herein, the term "Licensees" is deemed to include Licensees' sub-licensees as well as Licensees'
successors and assigns.
(b) No
Minimum Use Guarantees. You agree that The Source makes no guarantees regarding any minimum amount of uses or minimum
payments that may be generated from the use of Your Authorized Content pursuant to this Addendum.
(c) Third Party Beneficiaries. Licensees and
any Licensee customers are intended third party beneficiaries of this Sync Distribution Addendum. This Sync Distribution Addendum
confers rights, remedies, benefits, representations, and warranties to Licensee and Licensee customers. The rights granted
in this Sync Distribution Addendum are assignable by The Source. The rights granted to a Licensee or a customer of a Licensee
pursuant this Addendum shall be assignable by a Licensee or a customer of a Licensee except as otherwise limited in any agreement
entered into between The Source and a Licensee.
PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATION
ADDENDUM
Last Updated:
November 4th, 2014
This The Source
Publishing Administration Addendum (the “Publishing Addendum”) governs the terms upon which The Source, a division
of Audio & Video Labs, Inc., (”The Source”) will provide you (“you” or “Writer”) with
music publishing administrative services (the “Publishing Services”) as described in this Addendum in accordance
with the options you select in connection with your The Source account registration (“Account Registration”) or
as you may later update in connection with your account settings. Please read these terms carefully prior to using or registering
for the Publishing Services. BY REGISTERING FOR A THE SOURCE PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES PUBLISHING SERVICES OR SIGNING UP TO ADD
PUBLISHING SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PUBLISHING ADDENDUM AS WELL AS TO THE TERMS OF THE SOURCE ARTIST AGREEMENT (THE “ARTIST AGREEMENT”) AND THE SOURCE TERMS OF SERVICE (THE “TOS”). If you do not agree to all these
terms, then you may not use the Publishing Services. To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of this Publishing
Addendum and any term(s)in the Artist Agreement of the TOS, the terms of this Publishing Addendum will control.
If you are registering for The Source or otherwise signing up for
the Publishing Services on behalf of one or more other writers, a group, or a company or other entity, then you represent
and warrant to us that you are duly authorized to do so on their behalf and to bind them to this Addendum. The term “you”
and “your” and “Writer” includes all such people and entities.
1. GRANT OF RIGHTS
During the Term and Exploitation Period (as defined in Section 6(b) below), you hereby
grant to The Source, its successors, licensees and assigns, the sole and exclusive rights of administration, promotion and
collection throughout the world (the “Territory”) with respect to one hundred percent (100%) of all of your right,
title and interest (“Writer’s Interest”) in and to the musical compositions you submit to The Source via
the Source Web site (the “Site”) (the “Compositions”), except that this grant does not include the
right to grant or administer any synchronization rights for the Compositions and with respect to the manufacture and distribution
of physical copies of the Composition, the rights granted hereunder shall be nonexclusive. The rights you grant to The Source
include, without limitation, the sole and exclusive (except as set forth above) right, license, privilege and authority throughout
the Territory with respect to Writer’s Interest in and to all Compositions, whether now in existence or whether created
during the Term, to do the following:
a)
To register the Compositions, if you have not already done so, at your request and on your behalf, with the relevant performance
rights organizations (e.g., ASCAP or BMI) (“PROs”) and other licensing agencies (e.g., The Harry Fox Agency) for
which The Source may offer such registration services (the “Third-Party Registrations”). Such Third-Party Registrations
will be made in accordance with the then current rules, terms and conditions of the applicable PRO or licensing organization
and will require the payment of the applicable fees as specified by The Source. As The Source makes additional PROs and licensing
agency registrations available, you may request registration with such additional PROs and agencies at any time. If you are
already registered with such PROs or other third parties, you will need to execute such letters of direction as we provide
to enable us to administer your account with such PROs or other third parties on your behalf during the Term and Exploitation
Period. For the avoidance of doubt, you understand that we will not be able to start collecting publishing income on your
behalf unless and until the necessary Third-Party Registrations and/or letters of direction are accurately completed.
b) To perform and license others to perform the Compositions publicly
or privately, for profit or otherwise, by any means or media whatsoever, whether now known or hereafter conceived or developed,
including, without limitation public or private live performances, radio broadcast, television, Internet, mobile telecom.
c) At your request or with your permission, to do or allow others
to do the following: (i) substitute new titles for any of the Compositions; (ii) make any arrangement, adaptation, translation,
dramatization or transposition of any of the Compositions or of the titles, lyrics or music thereof, in whole or in part,
and in connection with any other musical, literary or dramatic material;(iii) add new lyrics to the music of any Composition
or new music to the lyrics of any Composition, and (iv) prepare derivative works based on the Compositions, regardless of
any so-called "moral rights".
d)
To make or cause to be made, and to license others to make phonograph records, master recordings, digital downloads, streams,
podcasts, ringtones, transcriptions, soundtracks, pressings and any other mechanical, electrical or other reproductions of
the Compositions, in whole or in part, including without limitation, the right to grant licenses to third parties authorizing
so-called "sampling" and/or interpolation of the Compositions, and to use, manufacture, advertise, license, sell,
or otherwise exploit such reproductions for any and all purposes, including, without limitation, private and public performances,
radio broadcast, television, sound motion pictures, wired radio, phonograph records, and any and all other means and devices,
whether now known or hereafter conceived or developed, but excluding any synchronization rights. Synchronization rights, if
applicable, are covered by the SOURCE Sync Addendum.
e) To print, publish, sell and distribute, and to authorize others to print, publish, sell and distribute,
copies of the Compositions, in all forms, including, without limitation, sheet music, orchestrations, arrangements and other
editions of the Compositions, separately or together with other musical Compositions, including, without limitation, in song
folios, compilations, song books, mixed folios, personality folios and lyric magazines, with or without music.
f) To sublicense any or all of the rights granted herein to any persons
or entities.
g) To exercise and exploit
during the Term and Exploitation Period, exclusively, any and all other rights now or hereafter existing with regard to Writer’s
Interest in any and all Compositions under and by virtue of any common law or statutory laws or provisions, including without
limitation, copyright laws, including so-called grand rights and small performance rights, but excluding any synchronization
rights.
h) To administer and collect
all monies derived from the exploitation of the Compositions during the Term and Exploitation Period throughout the Territory.
After the Term and Exploitation Period, we shall continue to have the right to collect all income payable in respect of exploitations
of the Compositions that was earned during or before the Term and/or Exploitation Period for a period of 1 year after the
Exploitation Period for such Composition. In addition, you understand that it is your responsibility to notify the relevant
PROs or other third party licensing agencies or licensors at the end of the Exploitation Period, and if you fail to do so,
we may continue to receive income on your behalf. If we receive monies that were earned after the applicable Exploitation
Period for a particular Composition(s) from a PRO or other third party licensing agency, licensor or other entity due to their
acts or omissions or your failure to notify the relevant third party of the expiration of the Exploitation Term, you acknowledge
that our receipt thereof will not be a violation of this agreement and that we have the right to accept such monies on your
behalf. In such event, our Administration Fees will apply to such monies, and we will remit all Net Income to you as and when
we would otherwise have accounted to you if this Addendum and Exploitation Term were still in effect.
i) To use the names (real and professional), biographical information
and likenesses of the writers of the Compositions (including but not limited to Writer) in connection with the marketing and/or
promotion of the Compositions and of our Site and the Publishing Services.
2. PUBLISHING SERVICES
The specific Publishing Services to be provided will be as specified on the Site in accordance
with the options you select in your Account Registration and is contingent upon the payment of all applicable fees. You or
your designee will be the contracting party in any licenses entered into in connection with the Publishing Services.
You acknowledge that the term of individual licenses may extend beyond
the Term and/or Exploitation Period hereof and you authorize The Source to enter into such licenses on your behalf.
3. YOUR ACCOUNT
a) In order to use the Publishing Services, you must create a The Source account (the
“Account”). Writer will be asked as part of the Account Registration to select a unique user name and password
and to provide The Source with accurate, complete registration information to obtain access to the Site and the Publishing
Services. Writer will be solely responsible for any and all activity transacted and charges incurred under Writer’s
Account, so please ensure that you keep you user name and password confidential and safe. If at any time Writer’s registration
information changes or if you learn or suspect that your Account has been used or obtained by a person not authorized to use
it, please notify The Source immediately at metoomusic@yahoo.com. Any materials submitted to The Source will not be returned.
b) Writer may not assign or transfer Writer’s Account, rights,
obligations, or interest under this agreement to anyone else unless otherwise agreed in writing by The Source. Any assignment,
encumbrance or other transfer of Writer’s Interest in any Composition(s) will remain subject to this agreement during
the Term and Exploitation Period. A purported assignment, encumbrance or other transfer not in accordance with this paragraph
will be void and without effect ab initio.
4. FEES
a) In consideration
of the Publishing Services rendered hereunder, you shall be obligated to pay to The Source the registration fees described
in the relevant Account Registration (the “Registration Fees”) and the administration fee as set forth below (the
“Administration Fee”). You also agree to pay any applicable Third-Party Registration fees and any other fees as
specified in your Account Registration or otherwise authorized under your Account. Registration Fees are non-refundable once
paid, and will not be prorated upon termination.
b) When you sign up for the Publishing Services, you will be providing The Source with credit card information
and authorization to charge your Registration Fee, any applicable taxes, and other charges you may incur in connection with
your use of the Site and the Publishing Services directly to your credit card account. If, at any time, we are unable to charge
or otherwise recover the relevant fees from the credit card provided at Account Registration, you hereby authorize us to deduct
said amounts from any monies then existing or accruing in the future to you in your The Source account (i.e., your share of
Net Income); otherwise, we may suspend our Publishing Services and/or terminate the Term.
c) The Source shall retain an Administration Fee of fifteen percent (15%) of the “Gross
Receipts.” As used herein, Gross Receipts shall mean the total amounts actually collected on your behalf by The Source
which are attributable to the exploitation of Writer’s Interest in the Compositions.
5. PAYMENT OF NET INCOME; ACCOUNTING
a) The Source shall remit to you, in accordance with Section 5(c)
below, all Net Income (as defined below) collected on your behalf in connection with the to the exploitation of Writer’s
Interest in the Compositions. “Net Income” shall mean the Gross Receipts actually received by The Source on your
behalf in connection with the exploitation of your Writer’s Interest in the Compositions, less the Administration Fee
applicable to such Gross Receipts, and less all actual and reasonable non-overhead costs or expenses paid or incurred by or
on behalf of The Source in connection with the administration and exploitation of the Compositions, the performance of this
Agreement and the collection of income, including, without limitation audit fees, collection expenses, and any taxes required
to be deducted. With respect to licensees outside the United States, if applicable, monies received by or credited to The
Source directly attributable to exploitation of the Compositions in the United States shall be calculated “at source”.
b) In the event that The Source has, in its reasonable business judgment,
reason to suspect that Writer’s account has been subjected to and/or involved in fraudulent activities, The Source reserves
the right to suspend the payment of the Net Income to Writer’s Account and to block your ability to otherwise withdraw
funds there from, until satisfactory resolution and/or explanation of the suspect activities is obtained. To the extent that
any fraudulent activities are determined to be caused by your or your affiliates’ actions or omissions, any costs incurred
by The Source (including legal fees and costs) in connection therewith may, in addition to its other remedies, be deducted
by The Source from any monies otherwise payable to you hereunder. Certain of The Source’s licensees may also have policies
related to fraud and suspected fraudulent activities and you agree that such policies shall be binding upon you hereunder.
c) The Net Income payable by The Source to you hereunder shall be
posted to your Account on or before the 10th day of April for the period ending the preceding December 31st, and on or before
the 10th day of July for the period ending March 31st, and on or before the 10th day of October for the period ending the
preceding June 30th and on or before the 10th day of January for the period ending the preceding September 30th, together
with an account of the amounts earned by you during such quarterly period. The Source will issue payments from your Account
when the amount in your Account reaches the level you designate in your Account Registration. The Source may also issue payments
from your Account at additional times in its sole discretion.
d) All accountings rendered and payments made by The Source to you shall be binding upon you and not subject
to any objection for any reason unless specific objection in writing, stating the basis thereof is given to The Source within
one (1) year from the date rendered. Statements and payments shall be sent in accordance with the relevant instructions in
the Registration. No generalized objection (such as, but not limited to, a generalized claim of over-reporting of deductions
or underreporting of income or any similar generalization) shall be deemed a valid objection.
6. TERM; TERMINATION
a) The initial term of this Publishing Addendum will commence when you register for the
Publishing Services (either by specifically signing up for the Publishing Services or for a package that includes the Publishing
Services) and will continue for a period of one year (the “Initial Term”) unless earlier terminated by The Source
as set forth below. Thereafter, the term will automatically renew quarterly (i.e. for additional three month periods) (each
a “Renewal Term”) unless you terminate prior to the end of the previous term by sending an email with subject
line CDB PRO CANCELLATION to metoomusic@yahoo.com with a request to cancel along with your email address and CDB user ID (a
“Cancellation Notice”). Together, the Initial Term and any Renewal Terms will constitute the “Term”.
Regardless of when you send your Cancellation Notice, termination will not be effective until the end of the Term in which
the notice is sent. No additional Registration Fees will be payable for any Renewal Term.
b) Notwithstanding any termination of this Publishing Addendum, the rights granted and
the Publishing Services provided under this Addendum will continue with respect to any particular Composition until the end
of the Exploitation Period (as defined below) for such Composition. The “Exploitation Period” for a Composition
shall commence upon the date on which you submit such Composition and will continue until the later of (a) the end of the
Term or (b) twelve (12) months after you submit the Composition to us, unless earlier terminated by The Source as set forth
below. For example, if you submit a Composition on January 1st and the Term ends on February 1st of that year, then the Exploitation
Period for that Composition shall continue until December 31st of that year.
c) The Source shall continue to have the right to collect all income payable with respect
to a Composition that was earned during the Exploitation Period for a period of one year after the Exploitation Period for
such Composition. The Source will continue to account to you for all such income.
d) The Source may terminate this Publishing Addendum and/or may also terminate the Exploitation
Period for any of all of the Compositions at any time upon written notice, for any reason or for no reason. Termination of
your Account or of the Source service as a whole will also constitute termination of this Publishing Addendum.
e) The following Sections will survive any termination of this Addendum:
Sections 1 and 2 (for the duration of any applicable Exploitation Periods) and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. After
the Term and Exploitation Period, we shall continue to have the right, but not the obligation, to collect all income payable
in respect of exploitations of the Compositions that was earned during or before the Term and/or Exploitation Period. We will
continue to account to you for all such income.
7.
CHANGES
The Source reserves the
right at any time to modify this agreement and to impose new or additional terms or conditions on your use of the Publishing
Services. We will inform you of any proposed modifications (e.g., by e-mail or through your account page on the Site) and
you may terminate this Addendum upon written notice if you do not wish to accept them. Otherwise, such modifications and additional
terms and conditions will be deemed accepted and incorporated into this agreement.
8. WARRANTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION
Writer hereby warrants and represents as follows:
a) Writer is at least eighteen (18) years of age and not currently signed to an exclusive songwriter, co-publishing,
administration or other agreement regarding Writer’s Interest in any Compositions or Writer’s songwriting services.
b) All registration information and other information you submit
to The Source is and will remain truthful and accurate. You will notify us promptly if any information changes or needs to
be updated. In the event we are put on notice with respect to a discrepancy or any inaccuracy with respect to information
provided in the Registration, we shall have the right to suspend payments generated in connection with the Compositions in
question until the discrepancy or inaccuracy is resolved to our reasonable satisfaction, without limitation of our indemnity
rights as set forth below.
c) Writer
has and shall continue to have the full right, power and authority to enter into and fully perform this agreement and grant
the rights granted herein. Without limiting the foregoing, no consent or other permission of any third party is required,
nor shall it be required, in order to effectuate the grant of rights made to The Source under this agreement, or The Source’s
enjoyment of such rights and the proceeds thereof as contemplated hereunder.
d) All Compositions are wholly original to Writer, and neither the Composition nor any
portion thereof (including any music, title, lyrics or other material) infringes or shall infringe upon any copyright, trademark,
publicity rights or other statutory, common law or other rights of any third party; violates or shall violate any applicable
law, rule or regulation or will otherwise cause any harm to or liability for The Source. Without limiting the foregoing, no
Composition embodies a “sample” or other portion of a musical composition owned or controlled by a third party.
e) The Compositions are and shall be free from any adverse claims,
liens or encumbrances of any kind by any person or entity.
f) The Source shall not be required to make any payments of any nature for, or in connection with, the exploitation
of the Compositions except as specifically set forth herein.
g) You will not interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or the Publishing Services
or any transaction conducted on Site and will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large
load on the Site’s infrastructure.
h)
You shall at all times defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Source and its affiliates and their respective members, employees,
affiliates, representatives, agents, licensees and distributors (collectively, the "Other Indemnities") from and
against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs and expenses, including actual out-of-pocket legal
expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of (i) any exercise of the rights granted under this agreement,
(ii) any breach or alleged breach by Writer of any warranty, representation or agreement made herein, (iii) any act, error
or omission committed by Writer or any person or entity acting on Writer's behalf or under Writer's direction or control,
and (iv) the Compositions and any use or exploitation thereof as contemplated under this Addendum. You will reimburse The
Source and the Other Indemnities, on demand, for any payment made at any time after the date hereof in respect of any liability
or claim for which The Source or the Other Indemnities are entitled to be indemnified, or The Source may elect to deduct any
such payments from all sums otherwise due you hereunder.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
IN NO EVENT WILL THE SOURCE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR
USE OF THE SITE OR THE PUBLISHING SERVICES, EVEN IF THE SOURCE IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE SOURCE'S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS
OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO THE SOURCE FOR THE PUBLISHING
SERVICES.
THE SITE AND THE PUBLISHING
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS," “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND THE SOURCE DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SITE AND THE PUBLISHING SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE SOURCE CANNOT GUARANTEE AND
DOES NOT PROMISE ANY REVENUE OR OTHER SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE PUBLISHING SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT
THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS ARE LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THEY SHALL OTHERWISE APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF SUCH
LAW.
10. MISCELLANEOUS
This agreement, together with the Source privacy policy, terms of
use applicable to the Site generally, and the Registration, sets forth the entire understanding between The Source and you
regarding the Site and Publishing Services. We may assign or delegate this agreement or any or all of our rights and obligations
hereunder to one or more third parties without notice to you. No waiver of any provision or default under this agreement shall
affect either party’s rights thereafter and no waiver by either party shall be deemed a continuing waiver. Except as
expressly set forth herein, neither party has made or makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect
to any matter contained in this agreement or with respect to the making of this agreement, all of which are expressly disclaimed.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this agreement or the application thereof to any person, shall for any reason
be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall be limited and confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy and shall not affect the remainder
of the agreement.
You acknowledge that any
exploitation of the Compositions is speculative and that The Source cannot guarantee that the Compositions will be exploited
at all or that any Net Income will be generated or earned hereunder. You waive all claims and warrant, represent and agree
that you will not make any claim, nor will any liability be imposed upon The Source based upon a claim, that more Net Income
could have been generated or better business achieved than that which was actually generated or achieved by The Source and/or
its licensees.
The Source does not guarantee,
represent, or warrant that your use of the Site or Publishing Services will be uninterrupted or error-free, and you agree
that from time to time The Source may suspend the Site and Publishing Services for indefinite periods of time for technical
maintenance or upgrade or otherwise, or may cancel the Publishing Services at any time, without notice to you. The functions
and features of the Site and Publishing Services are subject to change without notice.
Your use of the Site and the Publishing Services includes the ability to enter into agreements
and/or to make transactions electronically. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR REGISTRATION AND ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS CONSTITUTE YOUR
AGREEMENT AND INTENT TO BE BOUND BY AND TO PAY FOR THE PUBLISHING SERVICES. YOUR AGREEMENT AND INTENT TO BE BOUND BY ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSIONS APPLIES TO ALL RECORDS RELATING TO ALL TRANSACTIONS YOU ENTER INTO ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING NOTICES OF CANCELLATION,
POLICIES, CONTRACTS, AND APPLICATIONS.
THE
SOURCE®, the Source logo, and other The Source trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used on the Site or in connection
with the Publishing Service are trademarks or registered trademarks of Audio & Video Labs, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other
countries. You are granted no right or license with respect to any of the foregoing.
This agreement is entered into in the State of Illinois and shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of said state applicable to contracts to be wholly performed therein, without reference to any conflict of laws
principles. The Courts located in Saint Clair County, Illinois (State and federal), shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction
over any controversies arising out of, or in connection with this agreement; any action or other proceeding which involves
such a controversy will be brought in those courts, in Saint Clair County.