Professional Documents
Culture Documents
PARTIES
BACKGROUND
A. The Licensor represents that it is the legal and equitable owner and
has all copyrights, master rights and all other digital rights of a like
nature and authority in the musical compositions more particularly
described in Schedule A of this Agreement (the “Musical Works”).
C. The Licensee wishes to acquire from the Licensor the rights to sell,
license, sublicense, and distribute the Licensor’s Musical Works to
third parties authorized under applicable laws to operate mobile
telecommunications networks and or websites, customers, digital
content aggregators and other digital platforms (“Digital Resellers”)
in the countries specified in the table under Clause 3.1 (“Territory)
in accordance with this Agreement.
2. DURATION
3. LICENSE
3.1 The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee and the Licensee
accepts the free license (“License”) in the manner reflected in
the table below, to sell, sublicense, reproduce and distribute the
Musical Works in the Territory for the duration of the Term
granted under this Agreement.
2 Ghana, Benin,Kenya,
Uganda,Tanzania, Sierra Non- Exclusive
Leone, Liberia,Rwanda,
Malawi, Madagascar,South
Africa , Europe & America
3.4 The Licensor shall supply the Licensee with its existing
catalogue for marketing, sub-licensing, resale and distribution
of the Musical Works under this Agreement.
4.1 The Licensor may keep the Licensee informed of any additional
Musical Works and shall from time to time update Schedule A by
furnishing the Licensee with such additional Musical Works
under its authority for use in accordance with this Agreement.
5.4 The Licensee shall provide the Licensor with unhindered access
(login facility) to the transaction reporting mechanism relating
to the Musical Works on its platform and on the platforms of any
and all Digital Resellers.
5.5 The Licensee shall utilize its best endeavors to ensure that the
Digital Resellers use efficient marketing strategies including but
not limited to SMS broadcasts, end-of-call notifications and
6. PAYMENT
6.2 Further to Clause 6.1, the Licensee shall make due payments to
the Licensor within five (15) working days of the end of every
quarter, provided however that the Licensee has received the
necessary payment from the Digital Resellers.
7. USE OF TRADEMARKS
7.1 The Licensor hereby grants the Licensee the license to use such
trademarks, trade names, service marks, logotypes, or brand
identifiers of the Musical Works, the Licensor and its affiliates
as the Licensor may from time to time require enabling the
Licensee exercise its rights and performing its obligations under
this Agreement.
8. LIABILITY
8.1 The Licensor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the
Licensee, from and against any and all liabilities, losses,
expenses, and claims arising as a result of any breach by the
Licensor of any of the terms, representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement.
8.2 Neither party shall be liable to the other party for special,
indirect, consequential, exemplary, punitive or incidental
damages, or for any lost profits or goodwill, business
interruption and the like, whether such losses are direct,
indirect or otherwise classified, relating to this Agreement. In
no event will either party’s total aggregate liability for a dispute
arising out of or relating to exceed the total fees paid/payable if
9. FORCE MAJEURE
10.WARRANTIES
10.1 The Licensor warrants that it has not granted and shall not
grant any third party within the Nigerian Territory,
assignments, licenses, permits and or authorizations in respect
of the Musical Works for the production and delivery of the
Products.
11.TERMINATION
11.2 Either Party may terminate this Agreement in the event of the
other Party’s material breach under this Agreement provided
however that the defaulting Party has first received notice of
the complaint from the non-defaulting Party, and failed to take
reasonable steps to remedy such material breach within thirty
(30) days of the date of such first notice.
11.3 Either Party may also terminate this Agreement in the event
that the other Party shall become insolvent, be adjudicated
bankrupt pursuant to a court order, or file by way of petition or
answer a debtor’s petition or other pleading seeking adjustment
of its debts, under any bankruptcy or debtor’s relief laws now or
subsequently prevailing.
12.INFRINGEMENTS
12.1 The Licensor shall take all reasonable steps available to restrain
infringements by third parties of any rights in the Musical
Works, which might hinder the ability of the Licensee to exploit
its License under this Agreement and the Licensee undertakes
to immediately inform the Licensor of the existence of any
infringement that may come within its knowledge during the
Term.
13. CONFIDENTIALITY
14.NOTICES
Licensor:
Licensee:
16.ENTIRETY
17.VARIATION
18.SEVERABILITY
[Schedule A follows]
These include the musical compositions listed below and such additional musical
compositions under the authority of the Licensor:
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