July,
2005
HipHopHertz
Music Submission Agreement
This
agreement describes the legal relationship between you (an individual
artist, or, in the case where you are involved with a band,
an individual acting as the legal representative of your band)
and HipHopHertz.com owned by Creating Foundations, LLC(refered
to us "we" or "us"). By submitting any material or information
to HipHopHertz.com, its successors, assigns, agents, distributors
and licensees, you explicitly confirm that you have read, understood,
and agreed to the following agreement:
You
have the right to terminate this agreement and all licenses
granted to us at any time.
If
you provide us with sound recordings, musical works and/or other
material (such as pictures, videos, song lyrics, etc.; collectively
"Standard Program Material") the following terms apply:
1.
License Grant. You hereby grant to us, and by the act of delivering
Standard Program Material to us grant to us, a nonexclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free license to: (a) reproduce, distribute,
publicly perform, publicly display and digitally perform the
Standard Program Material in whole or in part (including the
right to create compilations which include your songs); (b)
create and use samples of the Standard Program Material solely
for the purpose of demonstrating or promoting our or your products
or services; (c) use any trademarks, service marks or trade
names incorporated in the Standard Program Material in connection
with your material; and (d) use the name and likeness of any
individuals represented in the Standard Program Material only
in connection with your material.
General
Terms
1.
Ownership. You retain ownership of the copyrights and all other
rights in your songs, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted
to us under this agreement. You are free to grant similar rights
to others during and after the term of this agreement.
2.
Termination. You may terminate this agreement at any time by
so notifying us; the agreement will terminate upon our actual
receipt of such notice. We may terminate this agreement at any
time without notification. Upon termination, all of our license
rights terminate, except that we retain those rights necessary
for us to sell any CDs or other tangible goods which we have
produced prior to the date of termination which incorporate
any of your Material (as defined in section 3 below). Our obligation
to pay you amounts due to you under this agreement survives
termination. Also, sections 3 and 6 below survive termination.
3.
Representations and Warranties. The term "Material" means all
material that you submit to us, including Standard Program Material,
Sample Songs, and Collateral Material, as applicable. You represent
and warrant that (a) the Material is your or your band?s own
original work, and contains no sampled material, (b) you have
full right and power to enter into and perform this agreement,
and have secured all third party consents necessary to enter
into this agreement, (c) the Material does not and will not
infringe on any third party?s copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary rights, rights of publicity
or privacy, or moral rights (d) the Material does not and will
not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (e) the
Material is not and will not be defamatory, trade libelous,
pornographic or obscene, (f) the Material does not and will
not contain any viruses or other programming routines that detrimentally
interfere with computer systems or data, (g) all factual assertions
that you have made and will make to us are true and complete.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our customers harmless
from any and all damages and costs, including reasonable attorney?s
fees, arising out of or related to your breach of the representations
and warranties described in this section. You agree to execute
and deliver documents to us, upon our reasonable request, that
evidence or effectuate our rights under this agreement. We,
our customers, and our licensees shall not be required to make
any payments with respect to material that you submit to our
sites under these Terms, including but not limited to payments
to third parties, music publishers, mechanical rights agents,
performance rights societies, persons who contributed to or
appear in your materials, your licensors, unions, or guilds.
4.
Determining Type of Content. We will implement and maintain
business practices which enable us to accurately categorize
content that you deliver to us. If we make an error in good
faith however and consequently exceed our license rights, your
sole and exclusive remedy will be for us to take all reasonable
steps to promptly correct the error as soon as we become aware
of the error.
5.
Warranty Disclaimer. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE
AND RELATED SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS
AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
BASIS. CREATING FOUDATIONS, LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THE WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIALS THEREIN,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE
OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. IN ADDITION, CREATING FOUDATIONS,
LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. CREATING FOUDATIONS, LLC
WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS
OR ERRORS ON THE WEBSITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE
THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE,
INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT OR MATERIALS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION
WITH OR OTHERWISE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE. PLEASE SEEK
THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION
OF ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT. UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL CREATING FOUDATIONS, LLC BE LIABLE FOR
ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED
THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE
CONSUMER-PROTECTION LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES
OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU AND NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS EXCLUDING
OR LIMITING ANY LIABILITY BEYOND WHAT IS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW.
6.
Waiver of Certain Damages. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF SECTION 3,
NEITHER YOU OR US WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT.
7.
Terms And Conditions. The 'Terms And Conditions of Web Site
Use' as found online at **********************************
8.
Miscellaneous. This agreement will be governed by California
law, excluding conflict of law principles. Any action or proceeding
arising out of or related to this agreement must be brought
in a state or Federal court located in jurisdiction of Sunnyvale,
California, and we both irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts. All notices, requests and other
communications under this agreement must be in writing (e-mail
messages shall be deemed writings). This agreement sets forth
the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to
this agreement?s subject matter and supersedes all prior proposals,
discussions or agreements with respect to such subject matter.
From time to time, we may change this agreement. When such modification
is made, we will post a revised version of this agreement on
the Website. Modifications will be effective when they are posted.
We are not required to provide you with notification that any
such modification has been made. |