STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
STANDARD TERMS: These Standard Terms and Conditions shall constitute a
part of the Principal Agreement attached hereto in connection with the
Campaign(s) described in the Principal Agreement. These Standard Terms
and Conditions and Principal Agreement may also be collectively referred
to as the “Agreement”.
SERVICES: Icon is responsible for providing, and shall act as a
representative for Customer in connection with, the Services described
in connection with Customer’s Campaign(s) as set out in the Principal
Agreement, as such Services relate to Customer’s Song(s), Account(s),
and/or Video(s) described in the Principal Agreement (collectively and
as applicable, the “Content”).
TERM: Icon’s Services shall commence upon execution of this Agreement
and payment of the Fee, and shall continue for thirty (30) days
therefrom (the “Term”), at which point the obligations of the parties
hereunder shall terminate unless provided otherwise herein.
REPRESENTATION: During the Term, the Services will be provided by a duly
designated Icon representative who shall be entitled to all rights
granted herein in order to provide the Services in connection with the
Campaign(s).
EXCLUSIVITY: The Services provided to Customer shall be provided
exclusively by Icon for the duration of the Term. For clarity, the
foregoing entails that the Customer shall not engage a third party other
than Icon to provide identical or similar services to Customer or an
agent of Customer in connection with the Content for the duration of the
Term.
DELIVERY OF CONTENT: Upon execution hereof, Customer shall deliver to
Icon, at its own expense, the Content and all applicable media and
information (including but not limited to links, downloadable files,
and/or physical copies of any Song or Video, and login information
including passwords for the Account) as necessary for Icon’s performance
of the Services related to the Campaign(s).
COMPENSATION AND PAYMENTS:
In full consideration for Icon’s
performance of all terms and conditions of this Agreement as well as all
the rights granted herein, Icon shall receive the Fee in accordance
with the Principal Agreement. Such Fee shall be paid by electronic
transfer to Icon’s bank account according to details to be set out in
Icon’s invoice to Customer.
CANCELLATION: The Fee is non-refundable. Upon payment of the Fee,
Customer shall not be entitled to: (a) receive a full or partial refund
for any reason, (b) cancel the Services; or (c) make any changes or
alterations to the type or specifications of the Campaign(s) and
Services chosen by Customer in the Principal Agreement.
GRANT OF RIGHTS: Throughout the Term, and in order to provide the
Services, Icon is hereby granted the full right and license to use
Customer’s name (including without limitation any pseudonym), likeness,
image(s), voice, biography, brand(s), trademark(s), tradename(s),
logo(s), artwork/album cover(s), press photo(s), quotes, Song(s)
(including any title, lyrics, music, and master recording, or any part
thereof), Video(s) (including any title, still images, video clips, or
any part thereof) and Account(s).
OWNERSHIP: It is expressly agreed and understood by and between the
parties that all ideas, designs, works, writings, and other materials
conceived, produced, or developed by Icon pursuant to or in furtherance
of the Services (collectively the “Material”) shall be deemed the sole
property of Icon. To the extent that any such Materials are not
automatically deemed the property of Icon, Customer hereby assigns to
Icon all right, title and interest to such Material. For clarity,
Customer retains all ownership, including copyright, in and to the
Content.
DISCLAIMERS: Icon makes the following disclaimers in connection with its provision of the Services hereunder:
While Icon will use reasonable commercial efforts to provide the
Services, Icon does not guarantee or control third party action or
compliance (e.g., if Icon submits a Song to a playlist, there is no
guarantee that the Song will remain on such playlist; likewise, if Icon
submits a press release, there is no guarantee that such press release
will be picked up by any given media outlet). Icon’s Services are
limited to the Campaign and Icon shall take no responsibility for
matters beyond its control;
Icon does not own or work for the playlists, media outlets, or other
third party content providers that Icon may engage with in connection
with a Campaign;
In connection with a Campaign, Icon will put a Song on a playlist for a
maximum of thirty (30) days. Icon has no obligation to put a Song on a
playlist for longer than thirty (30) days;
Icon does not differentiate between fake and real streams or views in
terms of performance statistics for any Song or Video associated with a
Campaign; and
Customer hereby authorizes Icon to release any and all information about
him/her/it, and he/she/it agrees that Icon does not need approval from
her/him/it to release any information or stories regarding her/him/it in
the form of press releases, public statements, or other such writings.
Stories and other released writings may contain incorrect information
about Customer or the Content. Such information may result from Icon
being misinformed or due to an unintentional error and/or omission, or
for other reasons. Icon hereby informs Customer that he/she/it may
suffer embarrassment and annoyance because of correct or incorrect
publicity. Customer declares that he/she/it understands that he/she/it
may suffer mental anguish and/or monetary loss due to publicity.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidential Information: Both parties acknowledge that during the Term
of this Agreement, they may learn and become privy to Confidential
Information. “Confidential Information” means all nonpublic and
confidential information set forth in tangible materials or in an
unwritten form, which is disclosed during the Term of this Agreement,
including: (i) this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein,
(ii) all information marked confidential, restricted, or proprietary to
the party, and (iii) any other information that is treated as
confidential by the party and would be reasonably understood to be
confidential, whether or not so marked. Confidential Information shall
also include attorney-client privileged materials or attorney work
product, third party contracts, rates and pricing, information with
respect to competitors, strategic plans, account information, research
information, trade secrets, financial/accounting information (including
assets, expenditures, mergers, acquisitions, divestures, billing
collections, revenues and finances), human resources and personnel
information, marketing/sales information, information regarding
businesses, plans, licenses, internal or external audits, law suits,
regulatory compliance or other information or data obtained, received,
transmitted, processed stored, archived, or maintained by the party
under this Agreement. Confidential Information does not include any
information that (i) has become publicly available without breach of
this Agreement, (ii) is received from a third party who did not acquire
or disclose such information by a wrongful or tortious act, or (iii) can
be shown by documentation to have been independently developed by the
receiving party without reference to any Confidential Information.
Specific aspects or details of Confidential Information shall not be
deemed to be within the public domain or in the possession of a party
merely because the Confidential Information is embraced by more general
information in the public domain or in the possession of such party.
Further, any combination of Confidential Information shall not be
considered in the public domain or in the possession of a party merely
because individual elements of such Confidential Information are in the
public domain or in the possession of such party unless the combination
and its principles are in the public domain or in the possession of such
party.
Icon’s Use of Confidentiality: Confidential Information shall not be
utilized by Icon for any purpose other than for performance under this
Agreement and shall not be sold, assigned, leased, commercially
exploited or otherwise provided to third parties by or on behalf of Icon
or by Icon’s personnel. Icon may disclose Confidential Information to
their affiliates, auditors, attorneys, accountants, consultants,
contractors, and subcontractors, where (i) use by such person or entity
is authorized under this Agreement, (ii) such disclosure is necessary
for the performances of such person’s or entity’s obligations under or
with respect to this Agreement or otherwise naturally occurs in such
person’s or entity’s scope of responsibility, (iii) the person or entity
(and its applicable officers and employees) agrees in writing to assume
the obligations consisted with this provision and, (iv) Icon assumes
full responsibility for the acts or omissions of such person or entity
regarding their use and disclosure of such Confidential Information and
Icon takes all reasonable measures to ensure the Confidential
information is not disclosed or used in contravention of this Agreement.
Breach of Confidentiality: Icon shall (i) expeditiously notify Customer
of any breach or potential breach of security relating to the
Confidential Information, (ii) investigate such breach or potential
breach and determine the cause of such, (iii) remediate the effects of
such breach or potential breach of security, and (iv) provide Customer
with such assurances as Customer request that such breach or potential
breach will not recur.
Disclosure of Confidential Information: If Icon is required by
applicable law, rule or regulation of a governmental authority or self
governing regulatory organization to provide public disclosure of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, Icon will use all
reasonable efforts to coordinate the disclosure with Customer before
making such disclosure and an application for confidential treatment of
certain terms (which terms will be agreed upon by the parties) of this
Agreement. Icon will provide Customer for review a copy of any proposed
disclosure of this Agreement or its terms and any application for
confidential treatment prior to the time any such disclosure or
application is made and the parties will work together in good faith to
cause the disclosure or application to be acceptable to both parties.
Termination: Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, each
receiving party shall (i) return to the disclosing party all
Confidential Information provided in writing by the disclosing party to
the receiving party, and (ii) destroy copies of memoranda and notes
prepared by the receiving party or any of its employees or agents that
contain Confidential Information of the disclosing party. The return of
any Confidential Information will not relieve the receiving party of any
of its obligations hereunder. These provisions shall survive expiration
or earlier termination of this Agreement.
RELEASE OF CLAIMS: Customer hereby expressly releases Icon from and
against any and all claims, demands, damages, liabilities, injuries,
causes of action, suits, grievances, arbitrations, promises,
obligations, costs, expenses, attorney's fees, at law or in equity, of
every nature, character or description whatsoever, whether known or
unknown or suspected or unsuspected or anticipated or unanticipated,
which the Customer ever had, now has or may have in the future, which
arise out of, may arise out of, pertain to, concern, or are connected
with any contract, tort, statutory violation, violation of fiduciary
duty, representation, non-disclosure, act, omission to act, fact, error,
matter or thing whatsoever occurring which are based on or arise in
connection with the Services or otherwise with this Agreement.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: It is expressly agreed and understood by and
between the parties that Icon’s status under this Agreement is that of
an independent contractor for all purposes.
ICON’S WARRANTIES: Icon represents and warrants that it is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction, with full corporate power, authority and capacity
to enter into this Agreement.
CUSTOMER WARRANTIES: Customer represents and warrants that:
Customer has the full right and authority to enter into this Agreement and grant the rights and permissions granted hereunder;
The Content is wholly original with Customer and is exclusively owned and/or controlled by Customer;
The Content does not, and any permitted use by Icon hereunder will not,
violate, conflict with, or infringe upon any rights whatsoever,
including without limitation, any copyrights, trademarks, privacy
rights, publicity rights, nor, to the best of Customer’s knowledge,
information and belief, statutory or common law rights (including
without limitation, rights relating to defamation) of any third party,
whether such third party is an individual, body corporate or other legal
entity such as a trust or estate;
The rights granted hereunder to Icon are exclusively controlled by
Customer and Customer has not granted or licensed, nor will Customer
(for as long as this Agreement remains in effect) grant or license, all
or any portion of the granted rights to any third party; and
To the best of Customer’s knowledge, information and belief, there is no
claim, litigation, or other proceeding outstanding, pending, or
threatened against the Content or any of the rights granted herein, nor
any cause for any such claim, litigation or other proceeding, and
Customer agrees to advise Icon immediately upon acquiring actual or
constructive knowledge of any such claim or litigation.
INDEMNITY: Customer shall indemnify Icon against all claims, liability,
costs, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) (“Claims”) arising from
any third party claim or proceeding against Icon occasioned by any
breach by Customer of any provision of this Agreement. Icon shall
promptly give notice to Customer of any such claim or potential claim
for indemnification under this Agreement.
FORCE MAJEURE: The date for performance of Icon’s obligations hereunder
shall be postponed to the extent an event of force majeure delays the
performance of such obligations hereunder. For purposes hereof, the term
“force majeure” shall mean delays caused by war, acts of God, public
enemy, strikes or other industry-wide labour disputes, riots, fire,
explosion or similar casualties, delays of common carriers, embargo or
restraint by public authorities, delays arising out of inability to
secure necessary materials, national emergency, disability, illness or
death, or any other cause beyond Icon’s reasonable control.
TAX LIABILITY: Any tax payable on the Services provided to Customer
shall be the responsibility of Customer who shall pay, defend and hold
harmless Icon from payment of any such taxes.
ASSIGNMENT: Neither party may assign this Agreement, or any of their
rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the other party.
NOTICES: All notices and other communications between the parties must
be in writing. Notices must be given by (i) personal delivery, (ii) a
nationally-recognized, next-day courier service, (iii) first-class
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or (iv) electronic mail
to the party’s address specified in this Agreement, or to the address
that a party has notified to be that party’s address for the purposes of
this Section. A notice given in accordance with this Agreement will be
effective upon receipt by the party to which it is given or if mailed
upon the earlier of receipt and the fifth day following mailing.
SEVERABILITY: If any part of this Agreement is declared unenforceable or
invalid, the remainder shall continue to be valid and enforceable.
WAIVER: No waiver of a condition or nonperformance of an obligation is
effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party granting the
waiver. No waiver by a party affects the exercise of any of its other
rights or remedies. Any failure or delay in exercising any right or
remedy will not constitute, or be deemed to constitute, a waiver of that
right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy
will preclude any other or further exercise of any right or remedy.
APPLICABLE LAW: This Agreement shall be interpreted and governed by the
laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable
therein and hereto.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND MODIFICATION: This Agreement, including the
Principal Agreement and these Standard Terms and Conditions, shall
constitute the entire agreement between Icon and Customer and replaces
and supersedes all other agreements between the parties. Any amendment
hereto must be in writing and signed by each party.
COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of
which, taken together, shall constitute one single document. The parties
acknowledge that copies which are executed, reproduced or transmitted
via facsimile or electronic transmission will be equivalent to original
documents