Who is Licensee?

• The Licensee, a person who wishes to use a copyright, is:

  • A person
  • An individual or organization

• Indicate the full name of Licensee:

• Indicate the full name of a company (Licensee):

• Indicate the full residential or business address of Licensee:

About the Contract

• Select the date on which the parties sign this Agreement:

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  The date of signing is the date on which a copyright license agreement becomes effective.

• Which state laws shall apply towards provision of this Agreement?

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• The license to use a copyright shall become effective:

  • On the date of signing, indicated above
  • Other date

• Select the date on which the license shall become effective:

• Select the date on which the license shall END:

Copyright Details

• Indicate the name or title of a copyrighted work that is being licensed:

• Select the type of a copyrighted work:

  Choose option Book Song Movie TV Show Photography Sculpture Computer Software Video Game Script for theater play Computer Design Architectural Design Choreographic Works Sound recording Website Database Podcast Logo

• Select the date when the copyrighted work was first published:

• Provide a short description of what the copyrighted work contains or depicts:

License Details

• Describe in detail how the Licensee is permitted to use the copyrighted work:

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  A copyrighted work could be used in various ways:

  – Reproductions;
  – Distribution;
  – Public performance;
  – Public display;
  – Broadcasting;
  – Streaming;
  – Adaptation;
  – Translation;
  – Publishing;
  – Exhibition etc.

  The text of a license agreement should clearly define how exactly the licensor allows the licensee to use the copyrighted work.

• The Licensee obtains the following license to use the copyrighted work:

  • Exclusive license
  • Non-exclusive license

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  The licensor under the copyright license agreement can issue two different types of licenses:

  – Exclusive license: Only the licensee has the rights to use the copyrighted work. The licensor cannot use the copyright work and cannot license the same work to others.
  – Non-exclusive license: The licensee can use the copyright work. The Licensor can also use it and license it to third parties.

• Specify the geographic area (e.g., city, state, country) where the Licensee is authorized to use the copyrighted work:

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  Territory limitation in a copyright license agreement defines the specific geographic area (such as a country or region) where the licensee is allowed to use the copyrighted work.

  Usage of the copyrighted work by the licensee outside the agreed territory is a material breach of a contract and is strictly prohibited.

• Does the Licensee have a right to sublicense the copyrighted work to third parties?

  • No
  • Yes

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  Sublicensing is the licensee’s right to grant some or all of their rights to use a copyrighted work to a third party.

  For example, the licensee receives the right to make a translation of a licensor’s book into the Spanish language and its further publication within the United States. The licensee decides to transfer the right to publish a licensor’s book in Spanish to a third party. Such a transfer is considered a sub-license, and the text of a copyright license agreement shall clearly outline if the sublicensing is allowed or not.

Payment Details

• How will the Licensor be compensated for granting the license under this Agreement?

  • One-time fixed fee
  • Fixed fee per one sold unit of copyrighted work
  • Another arrangement

• Indicate the amount of one-time flat fee (in USD) the Licensee shall pay:

• The one-time flat fee shall be paid in full:

  • on the date of signing, indicated above
  • at the end of the contract
  • according to the schedule

• Describe the schedule according to which the payment should be made:

• Indicate the amount of fee (in USD) per each sold unit of the copyrighted work or the work using the copyright:

• Describe how the Licensor’s compensation for granting the license should be calculated:

• Indicate all acceptable payment methods the Licensee can use to make the payments:

Miscellaneous

• The Licensee may freely make modifications to the copyrighted work:

  • only with the Licensor's prior approval
  • without the Licensor's prior approval

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  Depending on the type of a copyrighted work, the modifications may include editing, adaptation, reformatting, shortening, adding new elements, creating derivative works etc.

  The text of a copyright license agreement shall clearly outline if such modifications should be performed with or without the licensor’s prior approval.

• Either party to this Agreement can end it any time by providing a prior written:

  Choose option seven (7) days' notice fourteen (14) days' notice thirty (30) days' notice sixty (60) days' notice

• If the Licensee fails to make a payment for the granted license on time:

  • One-time fixed late penalty fee applies
  • Daily late penalty fee applies

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  Late fees are additional financial charges imposed on a licensee when a licensee fails to make a payment on time.

• Specify the amount of the one-time fixed late fee (in USD):

• Indicate the amount of a daily late fee (in USD):

• Do you want to add a Licensee's signature?

  • Yes
  • No

• Add a Licensee's signature:

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