Ditto Standard Licence 2022 Draft (2) 2
Ditto Standard Licence 2022 Draft (2) 2
BETWEEN:
parties
This Agreement consists of these terms together with the terms and the inducement letter (if any)
contained in the Schedules. The Schedules and their contents are incorporated into and form part of this
Agreement. In the event of conflict between these terms and the contents of the Schedules these terms
shall prevail.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 “Additional Recordings” means those audio and audio-visual recording which are not Recordings at
the Effective Date but which are subsequently expressly delivered to us by you during the Term for
distribution by us pursuant to this Agreement. Once delivered to us by you such recordings automatically
become Recordings for the purposes of this Agreement.
1.3 "Artist" means the artist or artists set out in Schedule Two.
1.8 “Term” means a period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until either party gives at
least thirty (30) days written notice to terminate always provided that such notice shall in the case of any
particular Recording not be effective before a date that is two years after our first commercial release of
that Recording (the “Initial Term”) also PROVIDED THAT if upon the date of expiry or intended
termination of the Initial Term your account hereunder is Unrecouped then the Term shall automatically
extend until the earlier of:
1.8.2 the date upon which you reimburse to us all unrecovered Recharges and Fees; or
1.8.3 the date we decide in our sole discretion to terminate the Term.
Notwithstanding the foregoing contained in this clause 1.8 but subject always to Term extension
pursuant to clauses 1.8.1 through 1.8.3, in respect of those Additional Recordings (and associated
Promotional Material) commercially distributed under this Agreement (or delivered to us for the
purposes of such distribution) after the Effective Date the Term in respect of each Additional Recording
shall be for a minimum of two years after that Additional Recording is first commercially distributed
hereunder.
Where we commercially release a Recording more than once (for instance as a single and an album or EP
track) each release shall have its own Initial Term which shall be calculated on the bases set out as above
with the Effective Date for each such release being the date we make that release.
The meanings of any capitalised terms not set out in this clause 1 are set out in the General Terms in
the Schedule.
2.1 You hereby irrevocably grant to us and our Associates the following rights in respect of the
Recordings during the Term:
2.1.1 the right and licence to act as your exclusive distributor of Records in the Territory;
2.1.2 the non-exclusive royalty free right to use all Promotional Material and artwork throughout
the Territory;
2.1.3 the non-exclusive right to create and/or use, free of charge, excerpts from Recordings in
all media (now known or not) for the purpose of advertising or promotion of Recordings
throughout the Territory;
2.1.4 the non-exclusive right to copy, store, prepare, make available, deliver, digitise, modify,
edit, adapt, manage and otherwise use the Recordings and/or Materials in connection
with the rights granted to us hereunder;
2.1.5 the non-exclusive right in connection with the promotion of Recordings to use the name,
trade name, logo, trade mark, approved biography and approved likeness of all persons
(including without limitation artists) in all media (now known or not) throughout the
Territory;
2.1.6 The right to grant Procured Synch Licenses and Secondary Licenses (the level of
exclusivity of each of these rights being set out in clause 4.3 below);
2.1.7 the exclusive right to collect any and all monies arising from and in respect of the
exploitation of the rights granted under this Agreement;
2.1.8 to authorise others to provide any or all services and/or exercise any or all of the rights
granted to us under this Agreement; and
2.1.9 the exclusive right to license the Recordings for third party compilation, performance,
broadcast and communication rights in the Territory.
2.2 You warrant that licences in respect of any underlying musical compositions embodied in the
Recordings shall be made available at the agreed, standard or industry rate where such rates are
generally in effect and on a gratis basis in respect of promotional use.
3. FEES
3.1 We shall be entitled to retain the following percentages of Digital Income, Procured Synch Income and
Secondary Licensing Income (the “Distribution Fees”):
3.1.1 For Records distributed throughout the Territory, sums equal to twenty per cent (20%) of the
Digital Income;
3.1.2 For Procured Synch Licences thirty per cent (30%) of any gross monies (after deduction of any
third party agency fees and sales taxes) payable, during the Term, to us (or any Associate) in respect of
such Procured Synch Licences (the “Procured Synch Income”); and
3.1.3 For Secondary Licences fifty per cent (50%) of any gross monies (after deduction of any third
party agency fees and sales taxes) payable, during the Term, to us (or any Associate) in respect of such
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Secondary Licences (the “Secondary Licensing Income”).
4. DITTO SERVICES
4.1 We shall provide to you sales and distribution services as detailed in Schedule One hereunder in
respect of Records throughout the Territory during the Term including via our agreement(s) with our
Physical Distribution Agent(s), along with such other Additional Services, Synch Services, Secondary
Licensing Services, and/or Manufacturing Services (as applicable).
4.2 We shall provide the following services to you in respect of the Recordings (the “Additional
Services”) during the Term if mutually agreed:
4.2.3 giving you reasonable notice of any opportunities for which an artist’s personal
opportunities).
4.3 During the Term we shall act as your non-exclusive agent throughout the Territory for the granting
of synchronisation licenses including licenses with a license period exceeding the Term and/or
territory exceeding the Territory in respect of the Recordings (collectively, the “Procured Sync
Licenses”) and enter all such Procured Sync Licenses as appropriate as approved by you
(collectively, the “Synch Services”).
4.4 During the Term we shall act as your exclusive agent throughout the Territory for the granting of third
party licensing opportunities including without limitation multi-artist compilation album licences, sample
licences and premium licences (including licences with a licencse period exceeding the Term and/or
territory exceeding the Territory) together with the right to collect the “label share” of all public
performance and/or applicable neighbouring rights income in respect of the Recordings (collectively, the
“Secondary Licences”) and shall negotiate (where such rights are not subject to a so-called “blanket
licence”) all such Secondary Licences as appropriate and present to you for signature where relevant
(collectively, the “Secondary Licensing Services”).
4.5 You shall have a right of approval in respect of all Procured Synch Licences and Secondary
Licences (save where the same are subject to a collective bargaining agreement or blanket licence).
4.6 You confirm that we have made no warranties as to the number of Procured Synch Licences and/or
Secondary Licences to be concluded or the monies to be earned as a result of the Synch Services or
Secondary Licensing Services.
5. ACCOUNTING
5.1 Within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar month of the Term we shall send you statements in
respect of the Recordings setting out all information reasonably relevant to the calculation of the Net
Amount EXCEPT where your account is in a Recouped position we shall account within thirty (30) days of
the end of each March, June, September and December in lieu of each calendar month. If the Net Amount
for a given period is a positive amount (taking into account all Fees and Recharges applied to your
account) then we shall pay to you the amount invoiced by you up to the full sum of any positive Net Amount
at the same time as your statement is rendered. We shall be entitled to carry forward any payment of less
than one hundred and fifty pounds (£150) until the later of the next accounting date or the date the
monies due to you exceed one hundred and fifty pounds (£150).
5.2 Each month we may retain from any sum otherwise payable to you a reasonable reserve against future
Recharges and/or any other reasonably anticipated future costs in respect of the Products acting always in
5.3 We shall keep books of account relating to the distribution of Records hereunder. You may at your
cost appoint a chartered accountant who may inspect such books no less than twenty eight (28) days
after giving us written notice. You may not inspect our books more than once in any twelve (12) month
period during the Term or within one (1) year thereafter. If such audit reveals any agreed deficiency, we
shall promptly credit the same to your account. If we have under-accounted to you in excess of the
greater of i) ten per cent (10%); or ii) five thousand pounds (£5,000) during the period covered by the
audit we shall also pay the reasonable costs of such audit, such costs not to exceed five thousand
pounds (£5,000).
5.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, each statement rendered to you hereunder shall be deemed an
account stated and binding on you unless challenged by notice in writing within two (2) years of the date
thereof and you may only audit any given statement once. Each Recharge shall be deemed agreed by
you unless challenged in writing within three (3) months of the date thereof.
6. HOLDBACK
6.1 You hereby agree not to release any audio recordings embodying the Artist’s performances with
any third party following the commercial release of the Recordings hereunder for the following periods
of time:
two (2) months where the Recordings are released hereunder as a single;
four (4) months where the Recordings are released hereunder as an EP;
nine (9) months where the Recordings are released hereunder as an album.
SCHEDULE ONE
1. OUR OBLIGATIONS
1.1.1 provide a sales and distribution service for Records throughout the Territory for the
Digital Distribution to all major Digital Service Providers; and
1.1.2 throughout the Territory, provide the Additional Services (if any).
1.2 We shall not be obliged to distribute any Records to customers with whom we do not have an
account or who are in breach of our terms and conditions of sale or where our credit insurance
has been withdrawn or where such distribution would exceed the account’s credit limit.
2. YOUR OBLIGATIONS
2.1 You shall be responsible for undertaking all marketing, advertising and promotion of Records
unless otherwise agreed and you shall use your best endeavours to promote Records
throughout the Territory at your cost. You shall, at your cost, deliver to us sufficient Promotional
Material and information as we advise you within a timeframe that meets our deadlines as
reasonably requested by us and we may charge for the distribution of Promotional Material at
such rates as notified to you. Any actual costs, including without limitation mail-out costs, costs
of posters, courier costs, etc, for promotion and marketing shall be at your cost and shall, at our
election, be debited to your account as a Recharge or borne by you as a direct debt.
2.2 You shall be responsible for the accounting of all mechanical royalties relating to any Digital
Distribution of Records hereunder where such liability is not discharged by the Digital Service
2.3 You shall supply to us (or our nominee) Records and Materials requested by us (including
without limitation metadata for Records) in accordance with our asset delivery guidelines no
later than the deadlines as advised by us from time to time. We may treat as a Digital Recharge
any additional costs we incur as a result of your failure to fulfil your obligation in this paragraph.
You acknowledge that we may be unable to meet agreed release dates if materials and/or
information requested by us are not delivered in the manner specified by us by the deadlines
specified by us.
Artist(s) Recording(s)
1.1 Unless the context requires otherwise the “Fees” means, collectively, the Distribution Fees and
following words or phrases shall have the following the Manufacturing Fees as relevant;
meaning in this Agreement:
"Intellectual Property" means the same as in the
“Associate” means any parent, affiliate, subsidiary Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
corporation or any entity which directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by or is under direct or indirect “Materials” means all Recordings, Records,
common control by a party to this Agreement from artwork, Promotional Material, names, trade marks,
time to time (where “control” and/or “controlled” logos, likenesses, biographical materials and other
means a person possesses directly or indirectly the material delivered to us (or required to be delivered to
power to direct or cause the direction of the us) including but not limited to any relevant product
management and policies of another person whether information and/or metadata;
through the ownership of voting shares, by contract or
otherwise); “Mobile Products” means Recordings distributed to
a consumer’s personal portable device other than a
“Digital Distribution” means communication to the personal computer, including but not limited to
public by electronic transmission via any technology master-tones, master ring-back tones, video
and to any platform now known or hereafter devised ring-tones, video ring-back tones and similar
including without limitation by way of Digital products;
Download and Digital Transmission via the internet
and/or mobile devices (streaming either on-demand “Net Amount” means the Digital Income less all
or as part of an internet radio or video service) but Fees and all Recharges;
expressly excluding broadcasting and webcasting
(i.e. the simultaneous and concurrent transmission of
“Promotional Material” means all publicity,
a live performance);
advertising and promotional material relating to
Records and/or Recordings and/or the Artist and/or
“Digital Download” means identifiable electronic the artist(s) or other person(s) whose performances
delivery of a Recording from a server to a recipient are embodied in Records and/or Recordings or have
which results in a reproduction of that Recording provided services in relation to them together with
being made on the recipient’s device; any other relevant marketing or promotion
information as reasonably requested;
“Digital Income” means throughout the Territory and
during the Term the amount actually received by us “Recharges” means any monies loaned or advanced
in the UK or accrued to us in respect of the Digital to you by us and/or any other costs or expenses
Distribution of Records less VAT and other sales incurred on your behalf by us including without
taxes; limitation an Advance, a Marketing Fund, Digital
Recharges, advertising costs, promotion costs and
“Digital Recharges” means any costs or expenses expenses including television and radio advertising
incurred by us (including direct third party costs) or costs, poster, press advertising, dealer mailing, point
on our behalf in connection with Records and/or of sale materials and marketing tools and the costs of
Digital Distribution including without limitation the engaging independent consultants including without
costs of digitising, ripping, formatting, encoding limitation in connection with press and promotion,
and/or producing your Recordings, courier costs and printing costs, retail marketing costs, special call off,
agreed digital marketing costs. bad debts, and courier charges and any additional
third party costs incurred by us on your behalf and/or
“Digital Service Providers” means any online any monies owed to any associated and/or affiliated
distributor of media (including without limitation any company of us by you or your Associates and any
online music stores, content aggregators, mobile other sums which we are entitled to charge to you or
service providers and other digital music services); debit to your account;
“Digital Transmission” means an electronic “Records” means any digital media embodying
transmission of a Recording from a server to a Recordings in any format or configuration now known
recipient (including without limitation on the internet or hereafter devised including without limitation any
and/or by way of mobile devices) which does not audio or visual or audio visual digital and/or Mobile
result in a reproduction of that Recording being made Products (including without limitation real tones or
on the recipient’s device; ring back tones or otherwise) derived from
Recordings;
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Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing terms and the contents of the Schedule(s)
attached hereto by signing below and returning to us.