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Music License Agreement
Music License Agreement
This Music License Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on the date of purchase of license
(“Effective Date”) by *** (hereinafter referred to as the “Author” or “Licensor” or “Website”)
and Licensee (hereinafter referred to as “You” or “Licensee”).
The Licensor and the Licensee are hereinafter individually referred to as a Party and collectively
as the Parties.
WHEREAS, the Licensor owns or controls all rights with respect to the Musical Track (defined
below)
AND WHEREAS, the Licensee seeks to obtain license for the use of such Musical Track, which
the Licensor has agreed to grant in lieu of License Fee, subject to the strict adherence of the terms
and conditions hereinafter mentioned.
NOW THEREFORE, and in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein
contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:
a) Definitions
i. Allowed Use: Allowed Use shall mean the activities that You are allowed to do with
ii. End Product: The End Product shall mean the audio-visual or audio-only work in
which the Musical Track is used. Some examples of the End Product are theatrically
iii. License: The License shall mean the license granted in the copyrighted Musical Track.
iv. Licensee: The Licensee shall mean You, yourself or your business entity. For an
v. Musical Track: The Musical Track shall mean the track that you have selected on the
vi. Single application: A single application means that the Musical Track shall be used
vii. Terms of Use: The Terms of Use shall mean the Terms of Use of the Website, as can
b) Interpretations
i. The Licensor and the Licensee are hereinafter individually referred to as a Party and
ii. The section headings contained herein are for convenience in reference and are not
2. LICENSE GRANTED
During the "Term" hereof as hereinafter defined, You shall have the worldwide, non-
exclusive, non-transferable license to use the copyrighted Musical Track (“License”) for
3. LICENSE FEE
In the full consideration of the license granted herein, You shall pay such sum of money
for the Musical Track to the Licensor as stated for that particular track on the Website. It
is only after You make the full payment of one-time upfront license fee, that the License
will be granted to You for that Musical Track for which the payment has been made by
You.
4. TERM
This Agreement shall become effective upon the date You make the payment of the License
Fee, and shall be valid for an indefinite term, unless revoked, or terminated as per the terms
of this Agreement.
5. RIGHTS OF LICENSEE
a) The Author grants You, an ongoing, non-exclusive, worldwide license to make use of
the Musical Track that you have selected and paid for.
b) The License includes the right to utilise the Musical Track through communication of
the End Product to the public (i.e. performance), display, distribution and unlimited
reproduction. However, please note that you don’t have any such right of
c) You can make unlimited copies of digitally downloaded version of the Musical Track.
Moreover, there is no limit to the broadcast audience size of the End Product, and use
d) However, You must read these rights in line with the Restrictions on Use (Clause 8)
You cannot re-distribute the Musical Track as a Musical Track, as stock, in a tool or
template, or with source files. You can’t do this with the Musical Track either on its own
or bundled with other items (such as an audio compilation), even if you modify the Musical
Track. You can’t re-distribute the Musical Track “as-is” or with superficial modifications.
These things are not allowed even if the re-distribution is for free (i.e. for non-commercial
purposes).
7. MANNER OF USE
a) Single application: This is a Single Application license for one Allowed Use. This
means that You will need a separate license for each different Allowed Use.
b) Allowed Use: The following is the activity for which You are licensed to use the
that incorporates the Musical Track as well as other things, so that it is larger in scope
c) Credits: In any End Product in which the Musical Track is used by You, the credit of
the song composition must be given to the Author in substantial form as “Music by
d) Reproduction: You can make unlimited copies of digitally downloaded version of the
Musical Track. However, you cannot re-distribute it to anyone else. You may though
send it to another member/employee of your team/organisation, who is working on the
same End Product. Please note, in such case the End Product must be the same.
e) Lawful Purpose: You can only use the Musical Track for lawful purposes. Also, You
can’t use the Musical Track in connection with defamatory, obscene or demeaning
material, or in connection with sensitive subjects or the subjects that may provoke
f) Multiple mediums: You can distribute your End Product via different mediums
g) Modification: You shall not make modification or customization of the Musical Track.
In simple words, the song must stay recognizable as-is. However, You may trim it in
length. But You cannot mangle, distort or change the Musical Track. Moreover, the
trimmed version of the Musical Track must not be shorter than 20 seconds in length.
8. RESTRICTIONS ON USE
b) Registration: You are not being granted the ownership of the Musical Track and hence
you cannot register the Musical Track anywhere in the world. Moreover, You are
expressly prohibited from registering the your End Product with any content
aggregator (for example TuneCore or CDBaby, and any other provider of user-
an end user to customise a digital or physical product to their specific needs, such as
“on demand”, “made to order” and “build it yourself” applications. You may use the
Musical Track in these ways only if You purchase a separate license for each final
also non-assignable.
g) Extraction: You must not permit an end user to extract the Musical Track and use it
h) Export laws: You must not use the Musical Track in violation of any export laws that
apply to You.
9. OWNERSHIP
a) The Author of the Musical Track retains the complete and exclusive ownership of the
Musical Track, including the rights associated with the song composition and sound
recording, but only grants You the license to use the Musical Track on the terms
appearing in this Agreement. You cannot claim any sort of ownership over the Musical
Track (including song composition and sound recording), even if You modify or alter
it.
Author or Website to You of any of the rights mentioned in the above clause.
c) You can’t claim trademark or service mark rights over the Musical Track within your
End Product.
10. NON-ASSIGNMENT
The license granted hereunder is personal to You and may not be assigned by any act of
a) The Author of the Musical Track is a member of a P.R.O. and/or the Musical Track
is registered with a P.R.O. For P.R.O. Music, public performance rights are not
included with this license. If You intend to use the P.R.O. Music in an End Product
that is publicly performed or broadcasted, then You may need to obtain additional
performing rights from a P.R.O. and be subject to additional fees which are
collected by a P.R.O.
b) The P.R.O that the Musical Track is registered with, is the American Society of
a) By the Licensor
iii. The Author owns or controls the Musical Track and all rights in it throughout
the world.
iv. The Author has the full and exclusive right and authority to enter into this
b) By the Licensee/You
i. You have the full and exclusive right and authority to enter into this Agreement.
ii. You are at least 18 (eighteen) years old, or are of the age of majority according
iii. You hereby agree that the Author/Licensor/Website has not made any
guarantees or promises that the Musical Track fits any particular creative use or
musical purpose intended or desired by the Licensee. The Musical Track and
the underlying musical composition embodied therein are licensed to the You
“as is”, without warranties of any kind or fitness for a particular purpose.
iv. You have fully understood the rights and obligations (including the manner of
use and restrictions) associated with the license being granted to You.
13. INDEMNIFICATION
a) You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the Licensor, Author, Website, its officers,
directors, agents and employees, harmless against all costs, expenses and losses
(including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) incurred through claims of third parties
against such Licensor, Author, Website, its officers, directors, agents and employees,
gives rise to irreparable injury to the Author, Licensor and Website, which may not be
or threatened breach of the provisions of this Agreement by You, the Author, Licensor
and Website may seek and shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and a
preliminary injunction restraining You from violating the provisions of this Agreement.
Nothing herein shall prohibit Author, Licensor and Website from pursuing any other
available legal or equitable remedy from such breach or threatened breach, including
but not limited to the recovery of damages from You. You shall be responsible for all
costs, expenses or damages that Producer incurs as a result of any violation by the of
any provision of this Agreement by You. Your obligation shall include court costs,
14. BREACH
a) If You engage in the commercial exploitation and/or sale of the Musical Track or the
End Product outside of the scope and manner expressly provided for in this Agreement,
You shall be liable to the Author, Licensor and Website for monetary damages in an
amount equal to any and all monies paid, collected by, or received by You, or any third
material, or in connection with sensitive subjects or the subjects that may provoke
c) If You unauthorisedly make the distribute the Musical Track to any third party or make
it available to the public for free or paid use or distribute it in any other manner.
d) If you fail to give credits of the music composition to the Author according to the terms
of this Agreement.
e) If You breach or violate or fail to observe any of the terms mentioned in this
Agreement.
15. TERMINATION
a) Cure Period and Termination Rights: If your acts constitute Breach of this
Agreement, You will be given a written notice of the same by the Author, Licensee,
Website, or their employee, agent, authorized representative, and You shall have 5
(five) business days (“Cure Period”) from the receipt of a written notice by the Author,
Licensor, Website, or their authorized representative to cure any alleged breach of this
Agreement by You. Your failure to cure the alleged Breach within 5 (five) business
days shall give the right to the Author, Licensor or Website to terminate your rights
hereunder.
b) If You breach the terms of this license, you will be required to stop using the Musical
Track and the End Product and the license granted herein. Moreover, the Author,
Licensor or Website will be entitled to seek any other remedies available against you
discretion, to terminate this License at any time upon written notice to You. Upon
Licensor’s exercise of the option, You must immediately stop using the Musical Track
and shall also remove the End Product from any and all digital and physical distribution
channels and must immediately cease access to any streams and/or downloads of the
End Product by the general public. However, you must note that this is a saving
clause and the Licensor will only exercise this discretion in extraordinary and
compelling circumstances. You can be assured that it will in no way will affect
a) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws applicable to the territory of Texas,
b) If in case, any controversy, conflict or dispute of any nature arises between You and
Author or Licensor or Website, arising out of, or in connection with the provisions of
this Agreement, the Parties shall spend at least 15 days to try and use all means to
c) If however, the attempt to settle such a dispute amicably fail, then such controversy,
conflict or dispute between You and Author or Licensor or Website, shall be settled
exclusively and finally by arbitration. The place of arbitration shall be Flower Mound
(Texas, United States of America) and the arbitration shall be conducted in the English
language. The arbitral tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator, which is to be appointed
by the Author or Licensor or Website. You agree that the award of the arbitrator shall
d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if for any reason above
is any dispute in relation to the arbitration clause, then such dispute shall be brought to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Flower Mound (Texas, United
States of America).
e) That the Parties are free to choose to not be bound by this Arbitration clause, by their
mutual consent.
17. NOTICES
a) Any notices required or permitted to be given hereunder by either Party to the other
c) The E-mail to the Licensee shall be sent at the e-mail address of the Licensee as
d) If no e-mail address of the Licensee is available with the Licensor, or if the e-mail
address submitted by the Licensee turns out to be false, then in that case the Licensor
reserves the right to send notice to the Licensee in any other way as he deems
reasonable.
there is an inconsistency between this License and Terms of Use of the Website, this
License will apply to the extent necessary in order to resolve such inconsistency.
19. SEVERABILITY
jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or operation of any other provision
and such invalid provision shall be deemed to be severed from the Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the Parties, and revokes and
supersedes all prior agreements between the parties and is intended as a final expression of
their Agreement. It shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed by the Parties
hereto and specifically referring to this Agreement. This Agreement shall take precedence
21. WAIVER
No waiver by any Party of any default shall be deemed as a waiver of any prior or
22. That You have read over and understood all the contents of this Agreement and are entering into
the same without any force or pressure from anybody.