Proguest 0680250001633127254 7764273367709
Proguest 0680250001633127254 7764273367709
Proguest 0680250001633127254 7764273367709
This Non-Exclusive Basic License License Agreement (the “Agreement”), having been made on
and effective as of Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:27:35 -0400 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Bao
Tran p/k/a Yondo (the “Producer” or “Licensor”); and Shevon Cahns residing at 28 Torr Lane,
Ajax ON CAL1S 7M9 (“You” or “Licensee”), sets forth the terms and conditions of the Licensee's
use, and the rights granted in, the Producer's instrumental music file entitled Jazz (the “Beat”) in
consideration for Licensee's payment of $45 (the “License Fee”), on a so-called “Basic License”
basis.
This Agreement is issued solely in connection with and for Licensee's use of the Beat pursuant and
subject to all terms and conditions set forth herein.
1. License Fee: The Licensee to shall make payment of the License Fee to Licensor on the date of this
Agreement. All rights granted to Licensee by Producer in the Beat are conditional upon Licensee's
timely payment of the License Fee. The License Fee is a one-time payment for the rights granted to
Licensee and this Agreement is not valid until the License Fee has been paid.
3. Term: The Term of this Agreement shall be ten (10) years and this license shall expire on the ten (10)
year anniversary of the Effective Date.
1/5
Yondo: Basic License
License Agreement for Invoice# PROGUEST_0680250001633127254_7764273367709
and sell 2000 downloads/physical music products and are allowed 50000 monetized
audio streams, 1 monetized video streams, 50000 non-monetized video streams and
are allowed Unlimited free downloads. The New Song may be available for sale as a
single and/or included in a compilation of other songs bundled together by Licensee as
an EP or a full-length Album. The New Song may be sold via digital retailers for
permanent digital download in mp3 format and/or physical format, including compact
disc and vinyl records. For clarity and avoidance of doubt, the Licensee does NOT have
the right to sell the Beat in the form that it was delivered to Licensee. The Licensee
must create a New Song (or instrumental as detailed above) for its rights under this
provision to a vest. Any sale of the Beat in its original form by Licensee shall be a
material breach of this Agreement and the Licensee shall be liable to the Licensor for
damages as provided hereunder.
c. Subject to the Licensee's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensee
shall not be required to account or pay to Producer any royalties, fees, or monies paid to or
collected by the Licensee (expressly excluding mechanical royalties), or which would otherwise
be payable to Producer in connection with the use/exploitation of the New Song as set forth in
this Agreement.
5. Restrictions on the Use of the Beat: Licensee hereby agrees and acknowledges that it is expressly
prohibited from taking any action(s) and from engaging in any use of the Beat or New Song in the
manners, or for the purposes, set forth below:
a. The rights granted to Licensee are NON-TRANSFERABLE and that Licensee may not transfer
or assign any of its rights hereunder to any third-party;
b. The Licensee shall not synchronize, or permit third parties to synchronize, the Beat or New
Song with any audiovisual works EXCEPT as expressly provided for and pursuant to Paragraph
4(b)(iii) of this Agreement for use in one (1) Video. This restriction includes, but is not limited to,
use of the Beat and/or New Song in television, commercials, film/movies, theatrical works, video
games, and in any other form on the Internet which is not expressly permitted herein.
c. The Licensee shall not have the right to license or sublicense any use of the Beat or of the New
Song, in whole or in part, for any so-called “samples”.
d. Licensee shall not engage in any unlawful copying, streaming, duplicating, selling, lending,
renting, hiring, broadcasting, uploading, or downloading to any database, servers, computers,
peer to peer sharing, or other file-sharing services, posting on websites, or distribution of the
Beat in the form, or a substantially similar form, as delivered to Licensee. Licensee may send
the Beat file to any individual musician, engineer, studio manager or other people who are
working on the New Song.
e. THE LICENSEE IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM REGISTERING THE BEAT AND/OR NEW SONG
WITH ANY CONTENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDER, MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR,
RECORD LABEL OR DIGITAL AGGREGATOR (for example TuneCore or CDBaby, and any other
provider of user-generated content identification services). The purpose of this restriction is to
prevent you from receiving a copyright infringement takedown notice from a third party who
also received a non-exclusive license to use the Beat in a New Song. The Beat has already been
tagged for Content Identification (as that term is used in the music industry) by Producer as a
pre-emptive measure to protect all interested parties in the New Song. If you do not adhere to
this policy, you are in violation of the terms of this License and your license to use the Beat
and/or New Song may be revoked without notice or compensation to you.
f. As applicable to both the underlying composition in the Beat and to the master recording of the
Beat: (i) The parties acknowledge and agree that the New Song is a “derivative work”, as that
term is used in the United States Copyright Act; (ii) As applicable to the Beat and/or the New
Song, there is no intention by the parties to create a joint work; and (iii) There is no intention by
the Licensor to grant any rights in and/or to any other derivative works that may have been
created by other third-party licensees.
6. Ownership:
a. The Producer is and shall remain the sole owner and holder of all rights, title, and interest in the
Beat, including all copyrights to and in the sound recording and the underlying musical
compositions written and composed by Producer. Nothing contained herein shall constitute an
assignment by Producer to Licensee of any of the foregoing rights. Licensee may not, under any
circumstances, register or attempt to register the New Song and/or the Beat with the U.S.
Copyright Office. The aforementioned right to register the New Song and/or the Beat shall be
2/5
Yondo: Basic License
License Agreement for Invoice# PROGUEST_0680250001633127254_7764273367709
strictly limited to Producer. Licensee will, upon request, execute, acknowledge and deliver to
Producer such additional documents as Producer may deem necessary to evidence and
effectuate Producer's rights hereunder, and Licensee hereby grants to Producer the right as
attorney-in-fact to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record in the U.S. Copyright Office or
elsewhere any and all such documents if Licensee shall fail to execute same within five (5) days
after so requested by Producer.
b. For the avoidance of doubt, you do not own the master or the sound recording rights in the New
Song. You have been licensed the right to use the Beat in the New Song and to commercially
exploit the New Song based on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, you do own the lyrics or other original musical components
of the New Song that were written or composed solely by you.
c. With respect to the publishing rights and ownership of the underlying composition
embodied in the New Song, the Licensee, and the Producer hereby acknowledge and
agree that the underlying composition shall be owned/split between them as follows:
- Shevon Cahns, owns 50% of the writers share.
- Bao Tran, owns 50% of the writers share.
Producer shall own, control, and administer Fifty Percent (50%) of the so-called
“Publisher's Share” of the underlying composition.
In the event that Licensee wishes to register his/her interests and rights to the
underlying composition of the New Song with their Performing Rights
Organization (“PRO”), Licensee must simultaneously identify and register the
Producer's share and ownership interest in the composition to indicate that
Producer wrote and owns 50% of the composition in the New Song and as the
owner of 50% of the Publisher's share of the New Song.
d. The licensee shall be deemed to have signed, affirmed and ratified its acceptance of the terms
of this Agreement by virtue of its payment of the License Fee to Licensor and its electronic
acceptance of its terms and conditions at the time Licensee made payment of the License Fee.
7. Mechanical License: If any selection or musical composition, or any portion thereof, recorded in the
New Song hereunder is written or composed by Producer, in whole or in part, alone or in collaboration
with others, or is owned or controlled, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by Producer or any
person, firm, or corporation in which Producer has a direct or indirect interest, then such selection
and/or musical composition shall be hereinafter referred to as a “Controlled Composition”. Producer
hereby agrees to issue or cause to be issued, as applicable, to Licensee, mechanical licenses in respect
of each Controlled Composition, which are embodied on the New Song. For that license, on the United
States and Canada sales, Licensee will pay mechanical royalties at one hundred percent (100%) of the
minimum statutory rate, subject to no cap of that rate for albums and/or EPs. For license outside the
United States and Canada, the mechanical royalty rate will be the rate prevailing on an industry-wide
basis in the country concerned on the date that this agreement has been entered into.
8. Credit: Licensee shall have the right to use and permit others to use Producer's approved name,
approved likeness, and other approved identification and approved biographical material concerning
the Producer solely for purposes of trade and otherwise without restriction solely in connection with the
New Song recorded hereunder. Licensee shall use best efforts to have Producer credited as a
“producer” and shall give Producer appropriate production and songwriting credit on all compact discs,
record, music video, and digital labels or any other record configuration manufactured which is now
known or created in the future that embodies the New Song created hereunder and on all cover liner
notes, any records containing the New Song and on the front and/or back cover of any album listing the
New Song and other musician credits. The licensee shall use its best efforts to ensure that Producer is
properly credited and Licensee shall check all proofs for the accuracy of credits, and shall use its best
efforts to cure any mistakes regarding Producer's credit. In the event of any failure by Licensee to issue
the credit to Producer, Licensee must use reasonable efforts to correct any such failure immediately
and on a prospective basis. Such credit shall be in the substantial form: “Produced by Yondo”.
9. Licensor's Option: Licensor shall have the option, at Licensor's sole discretion, to terminate this
License at any time within three (3) years of the date of this Agreement upon written notice to
Licensee. In the event that Licensor exercises this option, Licensor shall pay to Licensee a sum equal to
Two Hundred Percent (200%) of the License Fee paid by Licensee. Upon Licensor's exercise of the
3/5
Yondo: Basic License
License Agreement for Invoice# PROGUEST_0680250001633127254_7764273367709
option, Licensee must immediately remove the New Song from any and all digital and physical
distribution channels and must immediately cease access to any streams and/or downloads of the New
Song by the general public.
4/5
Yondo: Basic License
License Agreement for Invoice# PROGUEST_0680250001633127254_7764273367709
employees, which have been reduced to final judgment; provided that prior to final judgment,
arising out of any breach of any representations or warranties of the defaulting party contained
in this agreement or any failure by defaulting party to perform any obligations on its part to be
performed hereunder the non-defaulting party has given the defaulting party prompt written
notice of all claims and the right to participate in the defense with counsel of its choice at its
sole expense. In no event shall Artist be entitled to seek injunctive or any other equitable relief
for any breach or non-compliance with any provision of this agreement.
12. Miscellaneous: This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and is intended as
a final expression of their agreement and cannot be altered, modified, amended or waived, in whole or
in part, except by written instrument (email being sufficient) signed by both parties hereto. This
agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the parties, whether oral or written. Should any
provision of this agreement be held to be void, invalid or inoperative, such decision shall not affect any
other provision hereof, and the remainder of this agreement shall be effective as though such void,
invalid or inoperative provision had not been contained herein. No failure by Licensor hereto to perform
any of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed a material breach of this agreement until the Licensee
gives Licensor written notice of its failure to perform, and such failure has not been corrected within
thirty (30) days from and after the service of such notice, or, if such breach is not reasonably capable
of being cured within such thirty (30) day period, Licensor does not commence to cure such breach
within said time period, and proceed with reasonable diligence to complete the curing of such breach
thereafter. This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
Austin, TX United States of America applicable to agreements entered into and wholly performed
in said State, without regard to any conflict of laws principles. You hereby agree that the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue for any action, suit or proceeding based upon any matter, claim or controversy
arising hereunder or relating hereto shall be in the state or federal courts located in the Austin, TX
United States of America. You shall not be entitled to any monies in connection with the Master(s)
other than as specifically set forth herein. All notices pursuant to this agreement shall be in writing and
shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested (prepaid) at the respective
addresses hereinabove set forth or such other address or addresses as may be designated by either
party. Such notices shall be deemed given when received. Any notice mailed will be deemed to have
been received five (5) business days after it is mailed; any notice dispatched by expedited delivery
service will be deemed to be received two (2) business days after it is dispatched. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY US OF THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY OF YOUR CHOICE TO REVIEW
THIS AGREEMENT ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE HAD THE
UNRESTRICTED OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY. IN THE EVENT OF
YOUR FAILURE TO OBTAIN AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY OR WAIVER THEREOF, YOU HEREBY WARRANT
AND REPRESENT THAT YOU WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO USE SUCH FAILURE AND/OR WAIVER as a basis to
avoid any obligations under this agreement, or to invalidate this agreement or To render this
agreement or any part thereof unenforceable. This agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, and said counterparts shall constitute one and the same
instrument. In addition, a signed copy of this agreement transmitted by facsimile or scanned into an
image file and transmitted via email shall, for all purposes, be treated as if it was delivered containing
an original manual signature of the party whose signature appears thereon and shall be binding upon
such party as though an originally signed document had been delivered. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that you do not sign this Agreement, your acknowledgment that you have
reviewed the terms and conditions of this Agreement and your payment of the License Fee shall serve
as your signature and acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
5/5