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This AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") is made between you, the Rights Holder, acting on your own behalf (hereinafter referred to as the "Rights Holder") and World Jams Music Distribution (hereinafter referred to as the "Distributor"). Distributor is a Music Distribution Company that facilitates the offering of sound recordings to other Third Party Distributors and Digital Music Retailers (hereinafter referred to as the “Third Party Assignees”) for the purpose of selling musical downloads to consumers over the Internet. The Rights Holder hereby certifies that it owns or has the right to distribute, publish, sell, copy, transfer, convert, encode, integrate, digitally modify and deliver over the Internet the master sound recordings designated and attached as “Licensed Recordings.” The Rights Holder hereby certifies that it owns or has the right to distribute, sell, publish, copy, transfer, convert, encode, integrate, digitally modify and deliver over the Internet any artwork, writings, or pictorials supplied by Rights Holder to the Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees for the purpose of promoting the sale of the sound recording. In consideration of the respective covenants contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 1. Grant of License. o 1.1 - Licensed Recordings. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees a nonexclusive right and license to convert, digitize, encode, make, cause or otherwise produce Digital Audio Transmissions of the Rights Holder’s designated Licensed Recordings. The term "Digital Audio Transmission" shall mean any digital embodiment of a sound recording. o 1.2 - Distribution of Music. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees a nonexclusive right to sell via download over the Internet the master sound recordings supplied by Rights Holder. o 1.3 - Release. Rights Holder hereby authorizes Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees to immediately release, sell via download over the Internet the Digital Audio Transmissions of the Licensed Recordings and any artwork, writings, or pictorials supplied by Rights Holder to the Distributor for the purpose of promoting the sale of Rights Holder’s sound recordings. o 1.4 - Music Streams. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees a nonexclusive right and license to perform the Digital Audio Transmissions of the Rights Holder’s Licensed Recordings by means of streaming digital transmissions for the purpose of promoting the sale and distribution of the recording. o 1.5 - Distribution of Artwork. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees a nonexclusive right to distribute, display, publish, copy, transfer, convert, encode, integrate, digitally modify and deliver over the Internet any artwork, writings, or pictorials supplied by Rights Holder to Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees for the purpose of promoting the sale of the sound recordings. o 1.6 - Text. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees the right to distribute, display, publish, copy, transfer, convert, encode, integrate, digitally modify and deliver over the Internet all writings, text and statements provided by the Rights Holder to the Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees for the purpose of promoting the sale and distribution of the sound recordings. o 1.7 - Reserved Rights. The Rights Holder reserves all rights and license not expressly granted to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees hereunder. Ownership of the Licensed Recordings and Licensed Artwork shall remain with Rights Holder or its licensors. o 2. Delivery. Rights Holder shall deliver to Distributor by means of Digital Audio Transmission (Uploading) the master versions of each Licensed Recording hereunder; a reasonable number of items of the related artwork for use by Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees in connection with the marketing and promotion of the Licensed Recordings; and, a written schedule of the names and contact information of the author(s), composer(s), and music publisher(s) of the songs embodied in the Licensed Recordings, together with any additional copyright information known relating to the Licensed Recordings, and a list of credits that Rights Holder is contractually required or desire to provide in connection with the distribution, exploitation of the Licensed Recordings. Distributor shall have no right to modify the Licensed Recordings, except that it may digitize and/or encode the Licensed Recordings in any format now known or hereafter devised for the purpose of facilitating and promoting the sale and distribution of the sound recordings. 3. Rights Holder Obligations. The Rights Holder shall obtain and pay for any necessary clearances and licenses in the Territory for all the Rights Holder’s sound recordings and artwork. The Rights Holder shall be responsible for and pay any royalties and other income due to artists, authors, co-authors, copyright owners, co-copyright owners, producers, and other record royalty participants from sales or other uses of the Licensed Recordings. The Rights Holder shall also be responsible for all mechanical royalties payable to publishers and/or authors or co-authors of copyrighted musical compositions embodied in the Licensed Recording from sales or other uses of the Licensed Recording. The Rights Holder shall also be responsible for all payments that may be required under collective bargaining agreements applicable to the Rights Holder and any other royalties, fees, and or monies payable by the Rights Holder with respect to the Rights Holder’s Licensed Recordings, artwork, and other materials supplied by Rights Holder to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees. 4. Likenesses and Names. Rights Holder hereby grants to Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees the right to use and to allow others to use the Rights Holder’s name and likeness for the purpose of advertising and promoting the sale of the Licensed Recordings throughout the Territory. 5. Territory. The world. 6. Term of Grant. The Term of Grant shall commence upon Delivery and shall continue for no longer than 5 years or until the Rights Holder cancels with World Jams Music Distribution. Distributor shall have sixty (60) days after notice of cancellation to remove all of the Rights Holder’s musical content from the websites of the Distributor and the Distributor’s Third Party Assignees. 7. Royalties. Distributor shall pay to the Right’s Holder eighty percent (80%) of any and all Net Revenues derived from the sale of the digital audio transmissions embodying the Licensed Recordings. 8. Record Keeping and Report. 10.1. Distributor agrees to maintain and preserve accurate books and records concerning all transactions relating to the reproduction and distribution of the Licensed Recordings. 10.2. Distributor will compute the royalties to Rights Holder and will deliver to Rights Holder a quarterly royalty statement for each such period together with the net amount of royalties. Any computed in accordance with this Agreement will be payable. 9. Indemnification and Limitation of Liability. The Rights Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor and Distributor’s Third Party Assignees from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party by reason of a breach of any warranty, representation, covenant or obligation of the Rights Holder under this Agreement, or any claim that any Digital Audio Transmission, sound recording, printed material, or artwork provided to the Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees by the Rights Holder use thereof violates or infringes the rights of another party. The Rights Holder will reimburse the Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees for any actual payments made in resolution of any liability or claim that is subject to indemnification under this section. 10. Editorial Right. Distributor reserves an unabridged right to refuse to distribute any and all of Rights Holder’s sound recordings for good reason, bad reason, or no reason. 11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the Distributor and the Rights Holder with respect to the subject matters hereof. No Modification, amendment, waiver, termination or discharge of this contract or any other provision hereof shall be binding upon the Distributor and/or Distributor’s Third Party Assignees unless confirmed by written statement signed by an officer of the Distributor. The Distributor reserves the right to modify, amend, add, or delete provisions to this contract upon giving written notice to the Rights Holder. The Rights Holder will then have thirty (30) days to refuse the modification after which the provision will become a part of the agreement between Distributor and Rights Holder without any further action required by either party. I HEREBY CERTIFY AS THE RIGHTS HOLDER THAT I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT ALL OF THE LICENSES CONTAINED HEREIN.

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