HOSTING SERVICE
AGREEMENT
1.
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("Web Site Host") shall provide Customer with hosting services for
the Multimedia Content (as defined in Section 4 below) on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Multimedia Content will be hosted[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]Site
Host's servers, equipment and physical and telecommunications facilities in
accordance with the terms attached hereto. Web Site Host shall provide for
connectivity of the Multimedia Content to the internet, and shall enable public
Web browser access to the host server with a reasonably consistent level of
[portion deleted - included
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to scheduled maintenance downtime. Web Site Host has the right to control
and direct the means by which the hosting services are performed and may at
its discretion subcontract these services to third party internet service
providers. Web Site Host shall provide [portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]al
support for the hosting services and such additional support as may be agreed
upon between Customer and Web Site Host.
2.
Web
Site Host shall provide Customer with remote access to computer hardware,
server software bandwidth and electronic commerce we[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]tionality
as necessary to publish the Multimedia Content onto the internet. Customer
will be responsible for all host [portion deleted - included
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to the Multimedia Content, including file uploads pursuant to Section 4 below.
This Agreement does not transfer any title, rights or licenses [portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version],
documentation or any intellectual property embodied or used in connection
with the services provided.
3.
Web
Site Host shall also provide electronic[portion deleted - included
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services for digital downloads of the Multimedia Content. Web Site Host shall
process credit card orders relating to digitally[portion deleted - included
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of Customer using Web Site Host's merchant bank account. Web Site Host shall
provide Customer with statements detailing the number of songs downloaded
and any proceeds collected. Web Site Host shall provide such[portion deleted - included
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net proceeds collected to Customer within 30 days following the end of each
calendar month. Web Site Host shall deduct from such proceeds amounts related
to bank processing fees, charge backs, credits a[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]es.
Web Site Host has the right to retain any net sales proceeds of Customer as
partial offset for any past due amounts owed to Web Site Host.
4.
Customer
shall be responsible for encoding music tracks, samples and other content
(the "Multimedia Content") in Web Site Host Format pursuant to a
separate license agreement to use Web Site Host's s[portion deleted - included
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Host's trademarks (WEB SITE HOST and/or related icons available from Web Site
Host's Web site), and Web Site Host grants to Customer a nonexclusive, non-transferable
revocable license for such use. If Web Site Host encodes Multimedia Content
as a service for and on behalf of Customer, Customer shall be solely responsible
for Multimedia Content under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Web Site Hos[portion deleted - included
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Content as prescribed by Customer in a professional manner. Customer agrees
to test Multimedia Content encoded by Web Site Host for quality and accuracy
and shall communicate any exceptions or c[portion deleted - included
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within five days of the date Multimedia Content is published on host server.
5.
Customer
shall solely be responsible for the Multimedia Content it publishes via the
hosting services provided by Web Site Host including but not limited to data,
graphics, artwork, and copyright/trademark notices. Cus[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]cluding
reasonable attorney fees arising from any and all claims by any person arising
out of Customer's use of the services, including without limitation any content.
Customer represents and warrants that it has accrued all necessary rights
to publish and/or sell Multimedia Content via services provided[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]mply
with any obligations it may have under third party mechanical and/or performance
rights agreements. Web Site Host may report mechanical and performance rights
information to agencies that the Cus[portion deleted - included
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reporting or financial obligations the Customer may directly have with such
rights agencies. Web Site Host reserves the right to suspend or terminate
services immediately upon notice to Customer if Web Site Host has reasonable
gro[portion deleted - included
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Customer is utilizing services illegally or is in violation of any agreement
with Web Site Host.
6.
Customer
shall be responsible for reporting and payment of any sales taxes resulting
from commerce transaction[portion deleted - included
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or penalty assessed or imposed by any taxation authority having jurisdiction
over sales hereunder.
7.
Web
Site Host owns and operates the Online Music Network (the "ONLINE MUSIC
NETWORK"), pursuant which Web Site Host dist[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]xclusive
database of music programming and other content in Web Site Host Format (the
"ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK Programming") for public performance and digital
delivery to Web sites that are licensed as ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK syndication
af[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]ibute,
perform, display, deliver and make available the Multimedia Content, in whole
or in part, as part of the ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK Programming, to end users
via the ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK licensed Web s[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]d
to use the Multimedia Content for the purpose of marketing, advertising and
promoting the ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK and the availability of the Mult[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]
MUSIC NETWORK, in all media whether known or hereafter derived on a worldwide
basis for as long as Customer ma[portion deleted - included
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hereunder. Web Site Host and/or its affiliate websites shall be responsible
for the design of the ON[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]
the selection, ordering and arrangement of the Multimedia Content as part
of the ONLINE MUSIC NETWORK Programming, which remain subject to change by
Web Site Host from time to time in its sole discretion. Web[portion deleted - included
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websites have the right to exclude any Multimedia Content from the ONLINE
MUSIC NETWORK that is deemed inappropriate. Net sales proceeds from digital
downloads of the Multimedia Content shall be payable to Customer pursuant
to Section 3 above.
8.
Web
Site Host's Operations Center ("OPERATIONS CENTER") is intended
to facilitate the monitoring, distribution sale and payment of royalties on
the Multimedia Content. Customers are restricted to those areas o[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]es
provided to Customer hereunder. Customer may not, nor attempt to, gain unauthorized
access to the OPERATIONS CEN[portion deleted - included
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data bases, or to any transaction or performance rights logs, nor attempt
to circumvent or disable any features of the OPERATIONS CENTER. All data provided
by the OPERAT[portion deleted - included
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sole and exclusive property of the OPERATIONS CENTER and Web Site Host and
the use of such data shall be limited to thos[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]ssly
authorized in writing by the OPERATIONS CENTER. CUSTOMER MUST REGISTER COMPLETE
AND CORRECT RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR EACH SEPARATELY AVAILABLE PIECE[portion deleted - included
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(E.G., EACH TRACK OF AN ALBUM) WITH THE OPERATIONS CENTER AND INCORPORATE
THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION IN THE ENCODING PROCESS BEFORE ENCODING AND DISTRIBUTING
SUCH MUSIC/CONTENT USING WE[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]AILURE
TO REGISTER AND INCORPORATE THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION IN THE ENCODING PROCESS
MAY REQUIRE RE-ENCODING BEFORE THESE FEATURES CAN BE [portion deleted - included
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WEB SITE HOST AND THE OPERATIONS CENTER FOR CUSTOMER'S VIOLATION OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS.
9.
Customer agrees
to pay the fees set forth in the Hosting Service Agreement and accompanying
quote, proposal or sales order form ("Sales Qu[portion deleted - included
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Site Host to charge Customer's credit card for fees associated with this service
agreement.
10.
This
Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for the duration
as described in the Sales Quote. This Agreement may be extended upon mutual
agreement between Web Site Host and Customer. Either party may terminate this
Agreement in the event a) the other party material[portion deleted - included
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unremedied for a period of thirty days following written notice of default,
except in the case of default due to non-payment by Customer in which Web
Sit[portion deleted - included
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services.
11.
WEB
SITE HOST'S LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER TO WEB SITE HOST. IN NO EVENT
SHALL WEB SITE HOST BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF [portion deleted - included
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COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES
ARISING FROM OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES,
HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY, WEB SITE HOST SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIM[portion deleted - included
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OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT
OF THE SYSTEM OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY WEB SITE HOST HEREUNDER.
CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE:
CUSTOMER HAS READ AND HEREBY ACCEPTS AND AGREES
TO[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]DITIONS OF THE HOSTING SERVICE AGREEMENT AND
SALES QUOTE.