VIDEO CONTENT marketing AGREEMENT
VIDEO
CONTENT
marketing AGREEMENT
This
Video Content Marketing Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into on March
13
,
2007 as
of the 1st day of July, 2006 by and between Traffix, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and its various operating divisions including an internet marketing
division operated under the name Encyclomedia (“ENCLYCLOMEDIA”), with a
principal place of business at Xxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(“Licensee") and Madacy Entertainment LP, with an address at 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx (“Licensor”).
1.
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DEFINITIONS:
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(a)
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“Encyclomedia
Business”
means the online encyclopedia information business of Encyclomedia.
For
greater certainty, the foregoing information business comprises the
information website(s) containing informative narrative descriptions
on
various topics of information with corresponding short clips of related
video content.
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2.
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LICENSOR
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
Licensor shall:
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(a)
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provide
to Licensee the video content (“Content”) as set forth on Schedule A
annexed hereto in DVD, CD or other mutually acceptable format, along
with
all packaging and documentation included with the retail version,
if any,
of the Content. If such exists, Licensor shall provide to Licensee
a
written transcription of the narrative portion of the Content or
alternatively, Licensee may transcribe the spoken words or use such
textual material it elects for use on the Website.
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(b)
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during
the Term hereof, continue to make available to Licensee such additional
new Content as it has available for licensing from time to time.
The
parties hereto acknowledge that Licensor is in the business of
distributing licensed video content to brick-and-mortar retail channels
and, as a consequence, may not be entitled to include any or all
additional content to the Content under the present Agreement.
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The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Licensor shall be required, from
time
to time, to withdraw Content licensed hereunder from the present license due
to
the expiry of Licensee’s rights to the Content, the withdrawal or retraction of
Licensor’s rights to sublicense the Content to Licensee and such other reasons
as may occur from time to time (which may not include any deliberate prejudicial
actions by Licensor but may include the commencement of any financial
obligations of Licensor to a third party for the rights to sublicense to
Licensee). The parties hereto agree that Licensor shall not be responsible
for
any costs, expenses or other damages which Licensee may incur as a result of
any
such loss of use of any Content. For greater certainty, Licensee’s sole recourse
against Licensor hereunder shall be limited to a suspension of Licensee’s
obligations as set forth under Section 3 below.
3.
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LICENSEE RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS.
Licensee agrees:
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(a)
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at
its sole expense, to use reasonable efforts to display, market and
advertise the Content on Licensee’s internet-based Website(s). Presently,
the website is operated under the brand “Encyclomedia,” with a website
located at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
Such marketing services shall be provided by Licensee without fee
or
charge to Licensor (ie. all revenue from retail sales, licensing,
etc.
resulting from marketing on the Website shall belong exclusively
to
Licensor).
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(b)
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to
provide
financial compensation to Licensor for the use of the Content reasonably
comparable to the compensation which Licensee provides to other providers
of similar video content. The parties hereto acknowledge that Encyclomedia
is a new venture and Licensor has not yet determined the final basis
of
compensation to providers of video content (ie. revenue share of
advertising revenue, revenue share of all revenue, etc.). The parties
hereby agree that in the event that Licensee is not providing equal
or
equivalent compensation to all licensors of video content, that such
compensation to Licensor hereunder shall equal the average of the
compensation provided by Licensee to all of its licensors of video
content.
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(c)
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to
reimburse Licensor for all direct out-of-pockets costs which Licensor
incurs in the duplication and delivery of Content to Licensee. The
parties
hereto agree that should Licensor have developed a retail product
incorporating the Content, Licensor shall satisfy its obligations
hereunder by providing Licensee a retail copy of such product, the
whole
without cost to Licensee.
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4.
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LICENSE
OF CONTENT. During
the Term, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, fully
paid,
right and license to use, display and host the Content for use in
the
Encyclomedia Business, and all intellectual property rights related
thereto, to carry out Licensee’s responsibilities herein. Licensee shall
be entitled to display on the Website(s) any trailers or other video-clips
owned or controlled by the Licensor with respect to the Content or
to
create any montage, collection or short video from the Content which
Licensee considers appropriate or useful in promoting or otherwise
illustrating the Content. The foregoing license shall be, where available
and subject to Licensor’s own rights to the Content, for the entire world.
Licensee acknowledges that Licensor’s brick-and-mortar business is in
North America and, consequently, its rights to the Content are normally
restricted to North America. Licensee further acknowledges that Licensor
is normally itself a licensee of the Content and, as such, will endeavor
to obtain the necessary rights from the owner of the Content to permit
the
license to the Licensee contemplated
herein.
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5.
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NON-COMPETING
BUSINESS:
Licensor agrees that the Content, including the written transcription
of
the audio portions, shall not be licensed by Licensor to another
internet-based website which may provide the same online encyclopedia
informational services as are being provided by Licensee
hereunder.
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6.
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TERM
AND TERMINATION. This
Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for a
period
equal to, and concurrent with, the license term between Licensor
and
Licensee with respect to the license of recorded music for online
digital
dissemination.
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7.
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REPRESENTATIONS.
Licensor
hereby represents and warrants to Licensee that it has full power
and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations
herein
and that it is the owner and/or the licensee of all rights and interests
in and to the Content. Licensor agrees to exercise reasonable commercial
efforts to obtain the necessary intellectual property rights to permit
the
license of Content contemplated herein. Licensee hereby represents
and
warrants to Licensor that it has full power and authority to enter
into
this Agreement and perform its obligations
herein.
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8.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
This
Agreement is entered into and shall be in-terpreted under and governed
by
the laws of the State of New York with respect to state law claims
and by
the laws of the United States of America with respect to federal
law and
all other juris-dictional claims. The parties expressly agree that
the
courts located in New York, New York shall be the exclusive venue
for any
action between the parties, whether brought in law, equity or otherwise.
This Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit
of the
parties hereto, and their heirs, administrators, successors, and
assigns.
This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned
by
either party to any successor in interest to that party or to the
purchaser of all or substantially all of the assets of that party,
provided that such successor or purchaser expressly agrees to be
bound by
this Agreement and all terms hereof. The parties acknowledge that
they
have required that this Agreement and all related documents be prepared
in
English. Les parties reconnaissent avoir exigé que la présente convention
et tous les documents connexes soient rédigés en
anglais.
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TRAFFIX, INC. (“ENCYCLOMEDIA”) | MADACY ENTERTAINMENT, LP | |||
Per: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | Per: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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CEO | President |