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Urban Massive Music Terms and Conditions

The following, when accepted by you (as the authorized legal representative for an artist, band, group, company or corporation) will constitute your agreement with Urban Massive, 3355 Sweetwater Rd, Suite 1205, Lawrenceville GA, 30044 ("Urban Massive"), and the owner and operator of the web page located at UM404.com (the "Urban Massive Site") regarding the digital distribution of your sound recordings ("Distribution Service").

READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
By entering your name and clicking on the "I AGREE" button below, you are entering into a legal and binding agreement. The "Effective Date" of this Agreement is the date on which you click the "I AGREE" button below.

Urban Massive reserves the right to change, modify, add to or remove any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on the Urban Massive Site. In the event of substantive changes to the terms of this Agreement, you will be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to discontinue use of the Distribution Service. Your continued use of the Distribution Service, following posting of a change notice or new agreement on the Urban Massive Site (as more fully described below in Section 8), will constitute your binding acceptance of the changes.

1. Grant of Rights & Authorization of Distribution:
You hereby appoint Urban Massive as your authorized distributor of digital downloads ("Digital Masters") of your sound recordings and underlying musical compositions delivered to Urban Massive for digital distribution (your sound recordings and the musical compositions recorded embodied in your sound recordings are collectively defined as your "Masters"). You grant to Urban Massive the exclusive rights, during the Term and throughout the Universe (the "Territory"), to:

  1. Reproduce and convert your Masters into Digital Masters;
  2. Stream the Digital Masters and thrity second (:30) clips of such Digital Masters on-demand free of charge, as part of an internet radio service and to promote the license, sale and distribution of Digital Masters;
  3. Promote, sell, distribute, and deliver Digital Masters, as individual tracks or entire albums, including compilation albums combining your Masters with the masters of other participating artists in accordance with Urban Massive rules for acquiring Digital Masters;
  4. Use and authorize others to license the use of and sale of your Masters in connection with all manner of phone services, such as, but not limited to, sales or licenses of Digital Masters as downloads (including, without limitation, downloads to cell phones) and for use as ringtones, mastertones, and ringback tones;
  5. Allow copies of a Digital Master to be distributed as so-called "conditional" downloads, whether tethered to a device, time limited, play limited or otherwise;
  6. Use and distribute the metadata in connection with a Digital Master, such as your name, the title of the applicable album, the name of the song and the record company name ("Copyright Management Information") as embodied in a Digital Master;
  7. Display and electronically fulfill and deliver your Artwork used in connection with your Masters for personal use solely in conjunction with the applicable Digital Master as provided herein;
  8. Use your Masters, your album cover artwork and any other artwork relating to your Masters that you provide to Urban Massive (your "Artwork") and metadata as may be reasonably necessary or desirable for  Urban Massive to exercise its rights under and in furtherance of this Agreement; and
  9. Have a no fee public performance license in your Masters and musical compositions.

URBAN MASSIVE  MAKES NO GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY MINIMUM SALES OR USES OF ANY DIGITAL MASTER.

2. Term:
This Agreement will begin on the Effective Date and will continue for a period of 14 months from the “Effective Date”

3. Payments to You:

  1. If you are an Artist, Urban Massive will pay you Twenty Five percent (25%) of the Net Income (the "Income Share") it receives for the sale or license of your Digital Masters, albums, ringtones, ringback tones or mastertones ("Digital Material"). "Net Income" means Urban Massives gross proceeds from the sale of Digital Materials less any applicable credit card fees and/or taxes, marketing and promotion costs. 
  2. Payment of the Income Share is subject to any applicable discounting, promotions and payment procedures used by Urban Massive during the term of this Agreement. Urban Massive may discount the price of downloads, ringtones, mastertones, albums and other configurations in any amount and provide other discounting methods consistent with this section (e.g., five downloads for the price of four), and the Income Share will reflect such discount (e.g., if a track is downloaded at a 20% discount, the Income Share will also be discounted by 20%). Notwithstanding the above, in the event one or more of your Digital Masters is downloaded by a Member through the use of a Urban Massive gift card ("UM Gift Card"), you will receive the Income Share based on the designated download price of your Digital Master as of the date it is purchased with the UM Gift Card.
  3. You must have a PayPal account to receive payment. Urban Massive will remit payment to you through the PayPal Mass Pay system pursuant to the schedule provided in Section 3(f) below. You will be responsible for payment of the PayPal Mass Pay fees (currently $1, but remains subject to change). If PayPal is not offered in your country or place of residence, please notify Urban Massive and Urban Massive will remit payment to you in accordance with Section 3(i) below.
  4. Credit card fees include, but are not limited to, transaction, processing and chargeback fees. These fees may vary each month and are calculated by credit card reports provided to Urban Massive.
  5. Accounting details will be provided to the artist when payment is made.
  6. If you have a PayPal account, Urban Massive will account to and pay you on or before the last day of the calendar month following the month in which the sale or license occurred, provided that Urban Massive has been paid for such sale or license by the third party user or purchaser, and provided, further, you have earned at least Ten Dollars ($10) in the previous month. Amounts less than $10 will be carried over and paid to you in the next month in which your cumulative payment is at least $10 or such other threshold amount set by you initially upon your registration with Urban Massive or as subsequently modified by you. Such payment obligation will constitute full consideration for all rights granted and all obligations undertaken by you hereunder. Under no circumstance will Urban Massive be obligated to pay you for any download, mastertone or other configuration for which Urban Massive has not been paid by any third party user or purchaser. No interest shall accrue on any amounts that have been carried over to reach a cumulative payment of $10 under this section.
  7. You have the right to affiliate with a performance rights society and Sound Exchange or other entity to collect monies that may be payable to you for the public performance of your Digital Masters.
  8. Urban Massive reserves the right to set and change the price of downloads, ringtones, mastertones, albums and other distributions or configurations of your Digital Masters and to set and change the division of income from the sale or license of your Digital Masters.
  9. If PayPal is not offered in your country or territory, Urban Massive will remit payment to you via a check upon the earlier to occur of (i) you have earned an amount equal to or greater than One Hundred Dollars ($100), or (ii) upon your written request and at such date that is six (6) months following the first date in which a sale or license of one of your Digital Masters, albums, ringtones or mastertones occurs for which you have not yet been compensated. All checks will be made payable to the name under which the Artist has registered. Such payment obligation will constitute full consideration for all rights granted and all obligations undertaken by you hereunder. Under no circumstance will Urban  Massive be obligated to pay you for any download, mastertone or other configuration for which Urban Massive has not been paid by any third party user or purchaser. No interest shall accrue on any amounts due to the Artist under this section.
  10. If you choose to terminate your Urban Massive account and advise Urban Massive of any amount owed that has not been paid upon successful termination Urban Massive  will then pay you any final balance owed Urban Massive will pay you on or before the last day of the calendar month following the month in which the termination occurred, provided that Urban Massive has been paid for such sale or license by the third party user or purchaser. Payment will be made to the PayPal account you specify or, at the sole discretion of Urban Massive, using another method, such as, but not limited to, a check.
  11. In the event that Urban Massive has, in its reasonable business judgment, reason to suspect that your account has been subjected to and/or involved in fraudulent activities, Urban Massive reserves the right to discontinue posting of your revenue share to your account and to block your ability to otherwise withdraw funds there from, until satisfactory resolution and/or explanation of the suspect activities is obtained. To the extent that any fraudulent activities are determined to be caused by your or your affiliates actions or omissions, any costs incurred by Urban Massive (including legal fees and costs) in connection therewith may, in addition to its other remedies, be deducted by Urban Massive from any monies otherwise payable to you hereunder.

4. Your Obligations:
You will obtain and pay for any and all clearances and licenses as may be required in the Territory for uses of your Masters, and your Artwork and metadata in accordance with the terms herein. Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you will be responsible for and will pay: (i) any royalties and other sums due to artists, authors, co-authors, songwriters, copyright owners and co-owners, producers and any other record royalty participants from sales or other uses of Digital Masters; (ii) all mechanical royalties or other sums payable to publishers and/or authors or co-authors of musical compositions embodied in Digital Masters from sales or other uses of Digital Masters; (iii) all payments that may be required under any collective bargaining agreements applicable to you or any third party; and (iv) any other royalties, fees and/or sums payable with respect to your Masters, and your Artwork, metadata and other materials provided by you to Urban Massive . You agree that the amount payable to you is inclusive of any so-called "artist royalties" that might otherwise be required to be paid for sales or exploitations pursuant to the applicable laws of any jurisdiction.

5. Rights to Withdraw Material:
You will not have the right during the Term to withdraw authorization for the sale or other uses of your Masters and your Artwork unless agreed to in writing by principals of Urban Massive g. Upon receipt of your written notice requesting the termination of your authorization, Urban Massive will review the request to withdraw your Masters from the Distribution Service. Urban Massive reserves the rite to review all funds spent on marketing and promoting the artist and will seek to recover such costs before granting a submission withdraw request. Other options can be discussed but will be mutually agreed upon before final decision to grant a withdraw request.

6. Names and Likenesses; Promotional Use and Opportunities:
Urban Massive may use your names, likenesses, and biographical material, track and/or album name, and your Artwork, in any marketing materials for the sale, promotion and advertising of the applicable Digital Master (e.g., an artist or band name and likeness may be used in an informational fashion, such as by textual displays or other informational passages, to identify and represent authorship, production credits, and performances of the applicable artist or band in connection with the exploitation of applicable Digital Masters). You hereby grant to Urban Massive the right to market, promote and advertise the Digital Masters as available for purchase, in any manner as Urban Massive determines in its sole discretion.

7. Ownership:
Your Masters, your Artwork, the Digital Masters and all copyrights and equivalent rights embodied therein, and all materials furnished by you, WILL BE AND REMAIN YOUR PROPERTY.

8. Modification, Termination and Effect of Termination:

  1. Urban  Massive reserves the right to change, modify, add to or remove any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement in its sole discretion. Notice of any such changes will be sent to you by email at least seven (7) days prior to their effective date. In the event that you do not consent to any such proposed changes your sole recourse will be to terminate this Agreement by written notice to Urban Massive as provided above, and your failure to do so within ten (10) days of the date of any such email from Urban Massive to you will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
  2. The expiration of the Term of this Agreement will not relieve either party from their respective obligations incurred prior to or during the Term. Accordingly, provisions of this Agreement will continue to apply even after the expiration of the Term.

9. Indemnification:
You hereby indemnify, save, and hold Urban Massive harmless from any and all damages, liabilities, costs, losses and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal costs and attorneys' fees) arising out of or connected with any claim, demand, or action which is inconsistent with any of the warranties, representations, covenants or agreements made by you in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, your representations and warranties regarding copyrights or any other rights in and to any other forms of intellectual property. You will reimburse Urban Massive, on demand, for any payment made by Urban Massive at any time with respect to any damage, liability, cost, loss or expense to which the foregoing indemnity applies. Pending the determination of any claim, demand, or action, Urban Massive may, at Urban Massive’s election, withhold payment of any monies otherwise payable to you hereunder in an amount which does not exceed your potential liability to Urban Massive pursuant to this Section 9.

10. Your Representations and Warranties:
You represent and warrant that: (a) you are 18 years old or older; (b) you have the full authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and to your Masters or your Artwork; (c) you own or control the necessary rights in order to make the grant of rights, licenses and permissions herein, and that the exercise of such rights, licenses and permissions by Urban Massive shall not violate or infringe the rights of any third party; (d) Urban Massive shall have the right to exploit same in all manner hereunder free from adverse claim and without any obligation to make any payment of any nature to any person or entity, other than the Income Share; and (e) YOU ARE NOT SIGNED TO A MAJOR LABEL (BMG/SONG, CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, WARNER MUSIC GROUP OR ANY LABEL OWNED BY, AFFILIATED WITH OR DISTRIBUTED BY SUCH MAJORS) RECORDING AGREEMENT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Each party represents and warrants that such party will not act in any manner which conflicts or interferes with any existing commitment or obligation of the other party, and that no agreement previously entered into by either party will interfere with each party's performance of such party's obligations under this Agreement.
Urban Massive make no guarantees whatsoever about any minimum sales or uses of any Digital Master.

11. Preventing Unauthorized Download:
Urban Massive will take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized downloading or other use of your Digital Masters. You acknowledge and agree that posting your Digital Masters online comes with a risk of unauthorized and illegal downloading by hacking or other circumvention of the security measures used by Urban Massive which are designed to protect your Masters.

12. General Provisions:

  1. The parties agree and acknowledge that the relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors. This Agreement will not be deemed to create a partnership or joint venture, and neither party is the other's agent, partner, or employee.
  2. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous agreements or arrangements between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement cannot be changed or modified except as provided herein. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement in any instance will not be deemed or construed as a waiver of such term or condition for the future, or of any subsequent breach thereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such determination will not affect any other provision hereof, and the unenforceable provision will be replaced by an enforceable provision that most closely meets the commercial intent of the parties.
  3. This Agreement will be binding on the assigns, heirs, executors, personal representatives, administrators, and successors (whether through merger, operation of law, or otherwise) of each of the parties.
  4. Urban Massive may assign its rights under this Agreement in whole or in part.
  5. Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, approval, request, authorization, direction or other communication under this Agreement will be given in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered and given for all purposes on the delivery date if sent by electronic mail to the address provided by you upon registration with the Urban Massive Site, or as properly updated.
  6. This Agreement will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of GA applicable to agreements entered into and to be wholly performed therein, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
  7. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the rights and remedies of the parties provided under this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any other rights and remedies of the parties at law or equity.
  8. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their authorized successors and permitted assigns. Nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any person or entity, other than the parties hereto and their authorized successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.