Literary Material definition

Literary Material means written matter, whether published or unpublished, in any form, including a novel, book, article, treatment, outline, poem, screenplay, teleplay, story, manuscript, letter, play or otherwise, which may be included in or upon which a Motion Picture may be based.

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Literary Material. Written matter, whether published or unpublished ------------------- in any form, including a novel, treatment, outline, screenplay, teleplay, story, manuscript, play or otherwise, which may be included in a "Program" (as defined in Paragraph 2. below) or upon which a Program may be based.

Literary Material shall have the meaning set forth in the Master Agreement, except that for the purposes of this Agreement, Literary Material shall only pertain to the Main Characters or Subsidiary Characters as defined herein.

Examples of Literary Material in a sentence

• Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiators or negotiating representatives of the other party and each party may select its representatives from within or outside the school district.

• AGREEMEN1 This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement set forth the complete understanding between the parties with respect to the Literary Material and the Rights and may not be modified except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.

• At any time during the Option Period, Purchaser may enter into conditional agreements relative to the financing or distribution of any production based on the Literary Material or any of the Rights.

• Subject to Licensor's prior written approval in each case, Licensor grants and licenses to Fox, for the License Period and Distribution Territory, the sole and exclusive right and license under copyright to exercise Commercial Tie-In Rights with respect to the Picture, and any Literary Material or musical material upon which the Picture is based.

• Owner represents and warrants to Purchaser that Owner is the sole and exclusive proprietor, throughout the world of the screenplay " Forever Man," that certain original literary material written by Owner (the "Literary Material").

• The number of subscribers to Max for purposes of the Sideletter on Literary Material Written for Programs Made for New Media shall include those who subscribe to Max directly, as well as those who access Max by authenticating their Pay Television Service and logging in to the Max platform.1 “Subscribers to the Pay Television Service who are not offered access to Max through their third-party video distributor, and who do not subscribe directly to Max, will not be included as a Max subscriber.

• A Motion Picture based upon some portion of the plot or story line from Literary Material, which portion was not used in a prior Motion Picture and which is not a Studio Sequel Motion Picture or a Remake.

• Purchaser de▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇uire the exclusive option to acquire all rights in and to the Literary Material with consideration and in reliance upon the Owner's representations and warranties as set forth herein.

• Owner represents and warrants to Purchaser that Owner is the sole and exclusive proprietor, throughout the world of the screenplay " ________________," that certain original literary material written by Owner (the "Literary Material").

• Owner represents and warrants to Purchaser that Owner is the sole and exclusive proprietor, throughout the world of the screenplay " XXXXXXXXXX," that certain original literary material written by Owner (the "Literary Material").

More Definitions of Literary Material

Literary Material means written material other than Source Material, whether published or unpublished, in any form, including a theatrical motion picture treatment, outline, screenplay, teleplay, story, manuscript, play or otherwise, upon which a Motion Picture may be based (including any and all drafts thereof), which has been acquired by MVL either (i) with the proceeds of the Initial Funding (and on the same financial terms as the Literary Material Option) with respect to such Motion Picture or (ii) through the exercise of the Literary Material Option, and which, in each case, may be used solely in connection with the production of a Motion Picture.

Literary Material. Written matter, whether published or unpublished, ------------------- in any form, including a novel, treatment, outline, screenplay, teleplay, story, manuscript, play or otherwise, which may be included in or upon which a Motion Picture may be based, but excluding characters, designs, visual representations, names, likenesses and/or characteristics of artists, physical properties or other materials appearing or used in or in connection with such Motion Picture.

Literary Material shall have the meaning set forth in the Master Agreement.