PLATINUM LEASE – BEAT LICENSE AGREEMENT
This license agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of {CONTRACT_DATE} (the “Effective Date”) by and between Lbeats LLC, a California limited liability company (“Company”), located at, 8605 Santa Monica Blvd #525135, West Hollywood, California 90069, and {CUSTOMER_FULLNAME}, an individual, currently p/k/a, {CUSTOMER_ALIAS} (“YOU” and “YOUR”), located at {CUSTOMER_ADDRESS}.
THIS AGREEMENT, WHEN AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY YOU AFTER YOU CLICK “I AGREE”, WILL CREATE A BINDING AND LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND COMPANY, WHETHER YOU ARE ACTING IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY OR AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN ARTIST, BAND, GROUP, LLC, CORPORATION, OR ANY SIMILAR BUSINESS ENTITY, IN WHICH CASE “YOU” AND “YOUR” SHALL REFER TO THE ARTIST, BAND, GROUP, LLC, CORPORATION, OR ANY SIMILAR BUSINESS ENTITY, ON WHOSE BEHALF YOU ARE ACTING AND AUTHORIZED TO ACT. THEREFORE, PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND LEGAL ADVISORS BEFORE CLICKING “I AGREE”.
YOU and Company (individually, a “Party”, and collectively, the “Parties”) agree as follows:
(A) Company owns and/or controls a musical composition currently titled, {TRACK_TITLE} (the “Composition”) and sound recording which embodies such Composition (the “Master”). The Composition and Master are hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as, the “Beat”. The Beat was created by a music producer currently professionally known as, “Lbeats” (“Producer”), whose services were furnished by Company.
(B) The Beat is made available for licensing via websites located at the following URLs: “www.lbeats.com”; and “www.beatstars.com/lbeats1”. In addition to such URLs, Company may provide its services on other websites and/or apps, including but not limited to, other URLs, smart phone and tablet apps, smart TVs, living room media boxes, connected cars, and other digital and electronic formats, whether now known or hereinafter devised (individually, and collectively, the “Sites”).
(C) YOU desire to use the Beat as provided in this Agreement. Company desires to grant YOU non-exclusive licenses to use the Beat in exchange for payment as provided in this Agreement.
(A) License. Subject to YOUR compliance with all terms contained in this Agreement, Company hereby grants to YOU, during the Term throughout the Territory, the limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, terminable right to use the Beat, solely to: (i) Prepare a derivative work of the Composition, and a derivative work of the Master (individually, and collectively, the “Derivative Work”); (ii) Copy, distribute, adapt/modify, and otherwise exploit the Derivative Work by means of digital audio transmission via digital service providers (e.g., iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon); (iii) Prepare, distribute, and display one (1) music video audiovisual work that YOU create in which the so-called “music audio” is solely the Derivative Work; and (iv) Perform the Derivative Work at live performances (for-profit and not-for-profit live performances). Nothing contained herein shall be construed to allow YOU to create any so-called “mash-ups” combining the Beat and any other musical compositions and/or sound recordings, including but not limited to, any other musical compositions and/or sound recordings made available for licensing by Company and/or any third-party authored, owned and/or controlled musical compositions and/or sound recordings. Accordingly, for clarity, YOU are strictly prohibited from using the Beat to create any so-called “mash-ups”.
(B) Benchmark. With respect to the Derivative Work, the “Benchmark” shall occur upon the earliest date of the following:
(i) The Derivative Work earns gross receipts of ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or
(ii) The Derivative Work (including, but not limited to, audio-only and within music video audiovisual works) accumulates one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) or more cumulative streams across Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and/or any similar service.
(C) Termination.
(i) For clarity, YOU acknowledge that the Term of this Agreement shall terminate upon expiration of the two (2) year period described above in paragraph 2, or in the event the Benchmark occurs, whichever is earlier. Accordingly, when the Term of this Agreement terminates, YOU will no longer have the rights granted herein. Furthermore, for clarity, if YOU wish to use the Beat thereafter within the Derivative Work, YOU will need to first enter into a written agreement with Company. The Parties agree to negotiate such agreement in good faith, on terms standard and customary in the music industry. For clarity, in the event the Parties fail to enter into any such agreement, YOU shall have no rights to use the Beat within the Derivative Work because all rights granted herein to use the Beat within the Derivative Work shall be terminated as described above.
(ii) In addition to the above, the Term of this Agreement shall terminate if YOU breach any term of this Agreement in any way whatsoever. If Company sends YOU written notice that it believes YOU have breached any term of this Agreement, in addition to the Term being terminated, YOU must immediately destroy and cease all use of the Beat.
(D) Sound Recording Royalties. During the Term, provided that YOU are in compliance with all terms contained herein, YOU shall be entitled to collect and retain one hundred percent (100%) of public performance and digital distribution monies derived from the sound recording contained in the Derivative Work (e.g., monies payable from SoundExchange, other neighboring rights organizations, and the digital distributor YOU use to distribute the sound recording contained in Derivative Work). For clarity, YOU shall not be entitled to collect any other monies in connection with the sound recording contained in the Derivative Work (e.g., YouTube and/or any master use licenses).
(E) Disclaimer. Without limiting anything contained herein, YOU agree and acknowledge that Company makes no guarantees or promises in connection with the success or revenue of the Derivative Work. Accordingly, YOU agree and acknowledge that the Derivative Work may not be profitable for YOU, and that YOU will not hold Company responsible in any way whatsoever for any such circumstance.
(A) YOU and Producer shall become joint authors and owners of the musical composition contained in the Derivative Work (the “Derivative Composition”), including the copyright and all other rights to the Derivative Composition (except for the copyrights contained in the Beat) in equal shares. Accordingly, Producer shall be an author and owner of fifty percent (50%) of all such right, title, and interest in and to the Derivative Composition, and YOU (and any other applicable third-party writers) shall collectively own the remaining fifty percent (50%). For clarity, YOU agree and acknowledge that Company and/or Producer (as applicable) shall own and/or control one hundred percent (100%) of all right, title, and interest in and to the Beat, and YOU shall have no interest in connection thereof. Except as otherwise described herein (e.g., in paragraph 7(E) with regard to audiovisual works), YOU and Producer shall each administer your own respective share in the Derivative Composition and each receive your own respective share of income from exploitation of the Derivative Composition based on the respective ownership percentages set forth in this paragraph, directly from third parties. Promptly upon completion of the Derivative Work, and without further consideration, YOU agree to deliver to Company any and all information required for Company to properly register the Derivative Composition with music royalty collection organizations (e.g., ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and/or the MLC) and the U.S. Copyright Office.
(B) With respect to the Derivative Composition, Producer’s writer information is as follows:
Name: Lbeats
Contribution: Music
PRO: ASCAP
Writer IPI #: 845333632
Publisher’s Name (IPI #): Lbeats (845334433)
(A) In the event of a breach or a threatened breach by YOU of this Agreement in any way whatsoever, Company shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief, in addition to whatever legal remedies are available to Company, to prevent or cure any such breach or threatened breach. The rights and remedies of Company as specified herein are not to the exclusion of each other or of any other rights or remedies of Company. Company may exercise or decline to exercise any of its rights and remedies as Company may deem fit, without jeopardizing any other rights and remedies of Company.
(B) In the event of a breach by Company, YOUR sole remedy shall be an action at law for only monetary damages not to exceed the monetary compensation payable hereunder, and in no event whatsoever shall YOU (i) be entitled to equitable or injunctive relief, or (ii) have the right to terminate this Agreement.
(A) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Sites’ terms of use and privacy policy, contains the entire understanding of the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements, representations, and understandings between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof. In the event that any terms contained in this Agreement conflict with the terms contained in such terms of use and/or privacy policy, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
(B) Modification. No change to this Agreement will be binding unless made by an instrument signed by each Party.
(C) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held in whole or in part to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of that provision and of the entire Agreement will be severable and remain in effect.
(D) Waiver. Any failure by either Party to enforce the other Party’s strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of its right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.
(E) Assignment. Without limiting anything contained herein, this Agreement is personal in nature, and thus YOU may not directly or indirectly assign or transfer it by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of Company. However, Company shall have the right to assign, transfer, or delegate any of Company’s rights or obligations of this Agreement, in whole or in part, in Company’s sole discretion. All obligations contained in this Agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the Parties’ respective successors, assigns, and designees.
(F) Choice of Law. The validity, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any conflict of laws provisions.
(G) Dispute Resolution. If a dispute arises out of or relating to any aspect of this Agreement, the Parties agree to try and settle the dispute quickly and fairly through discussion. If the dispute cannot be settled through discussion, the Parties agree to first try in good faith to settle the dispute by private mediation before resorting to arbitration. If a dispute cannot be resolved with either discussion or mediation, then the dispute shall be submitted to binding arbitration to ADR Services, Inc. in Los Angeles County under ADR Services’ rules. In the event that ADR Services no longer exists, Company shall select another arbitration service in Los Angeles County to conduct the binding arbitration under such services’ rules. In any arbitration or litigation under this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover from the other Party all costs the prevailing Party reasonably incurs in such arbitration or litigation, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees.
(H) Clause Headings. Headings within this Agreement are for convenient reference only and have no effect in limiting or extending the language of the provisions to which they refer.
(I) Independent Counsel. The Parties agree and acknowledge that they have each been represented by independent legal counsel or have had the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel of their own choice for purposes of advising them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, and execution of this Agreement.