MEMORANDUM
OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement made
between _______________________ and its successors and assigns, hereinafter
referred to as the PUBLISHER, and _________________________, of ___________________________,
hereinafter referred to as the AUTHOR.
The parties agree as
follows:
1. The
Work. This Agreement pertains solely to the AUTHOR's textual Work
titled "_____________________________________________________."
2. (a) Limitations
On Scope Of Grant.
(i) This Agreement is
not a transfer of the copyright to the Work.
(ii) This Agreement
does not permit the PUBLISHER to publish the Work in any revisions of the Anthology
in any medium unless explicitly granted by This Agreement.
2. (b) All rights not
expressly granted by the AUTHOR reside exclusively with the AUTHOR. Any rights
that may be developed in the future shall reside with the AUTHOR.
3. (a) Print Rights.
The AUTHOR grants first serial print rights in the Work to the PUBLISHER for
inclusion in __________________ (the “Anthology”), for publication in the
English language on or before ______________________. The rights granted
under the terms of this paragraph shall be exclusive for a period of three (6)
months following the first date of publication under this paragraph and
nonexclusive thereafter.
3. (b) Electronic
Rights. The AUTHOR grants first world electronic print rights to the PUBLISHER
to include the Work in the Anthology, for publication in the English language
on or before ___________________. The rights granted under the terms of this
paragraph shall be exclusive for a period of SIX (6) months following the first
date of publication under this paragraph and non-exclusive thereafter.
For the avoidance of
doubt, the rights granted to the PUBLISHER under this paragraph are rights only
to the publication or dissemination of an electronic replica of the Work as it
is incorporated in the Anthology. The Anthology is to be published as an
e-book.
4. Exclusivity.
The AUTHOR agrees not to publish or permit others to publish the Work in the
English language prior to its initial publication in the Anthology and
throughout the exclusivity period granted to the PUBLISHER thereafter without
the prior written permission of the PUBLISHER. If the Work is selected for a
“best of the year” or an awards anthology, the PUBLISHER agrees to waive this
clause, provided the AUTHOR gives the PUBLISHER prior written notice of the
selection by such an anthology.
5. Payment. For
the rights granted to the PUBLISHER in this Agreement, the AUTHOR will receive
a payment in the sum of __________________________, sent to
______________________________________________________________________ which
will be paid within 60 days of the receipt by the PUBLISHER of this agreement
executed by the AUTHOR. If payment is not received as required by this
paragraph, all rights granted hereunder shall immediately revert to the AUTHOR.
6. Reversion of
rights. If the PUBLISHER fails to publish the Work by ___________________,
all rights granted hereunder shall immediately revert to the AUTHOR. In such
event, the AUTHOR shall retain any payments made under this Agreement prior to
such reversion.
7. Promotion. Arising under and
terminating with the grant of rights to the Work in this Agreement, the AUTHOR
grants PUBLISHER the right to use the AUTHOR’s name, image, likeness, and
biographical material for all advertising, promotion and other exploitation of
the Work. Upon request, the AUTHOR shall provide the PUBLISHER with a
photograph of the AUTHOR and appropriate biographical material for such use.
The PUBLISHER shall use only the AUTHOR’s name, image, likeness and
biographical material provided and approved by the AUTHOR.
8. Warrant of Ownership. The AUTHOR
warrants that, as of the date of executing this agreement, they are the
sole AUTHOR of the Work; that they are the owner of all the rights granted to
the PUBLISHER hereunder and have full power to enter into this agreement
and to make the grants herein contained; that the Work is original and any
prior publication of the Work in whole or in part has been fully
disclosed to the PUBLISHER and that to the best of the AUTHOR’s knowledge
the Work does not infringe upon any copyright or upon any other
proprietary or personal right of any person, firm or corporation.
9. Indemnity. The AUTHOR will indemnify
the PUBLISHER against any loss, injury, or damage finally sustained (including
any legal costs or expenses and any compensation costs and disbursements paid
by the PUBLISHER) occasioned to the PUBLISHER in connection with or in
consequence of an intentional breach of one or more the foregoing warranties,
for which the PUBLISHER has no coverage under its insurance policies. The PUBLISHER
will add the AUTHOR to any insurance policy it may have which would insure
against such loss, injury, or damage unless doing so is impractical.
Legal representation and the decision to settle will be made in
consultation between the AUTHOR and PUBLISHER, and neither may proceed without
the approval of the other, not to be unreasonably withheld.
10. Alterations to the Work. The PUBLISHER
will make no alterations to the Work’s text or title without the AUTHOR’s
written approval in e-mail or hardcopy. AUTHOR will be provided with the PUBLISHER’s
proposed version of the work prior to publication and given sufficient time to
review text. The PUBLISHER reserves the right to make minor copyediting changes
to conform the style of the text to its customary form and usage.
11. Copyright Notice. The PUBLISHER agrees
to list a proper copyright notice for the Work in the name of the AUTHOR at the
end of the Work in both print and electronic editions.
12. Credit. The AUTHOR will be credited on
the table of contents page and at the beginning of the story as ____________________________________.
13. Third Party Alteration of the Work. The
PUBLISHER shall not make the Work available to any distributor, catalogue,
service, or computer program which alters the text of the work or the display
of the work, beyond typographic or formatting changes that do not affect the
meaning of the work, or facilitate such changes -- including but not limited to
removing or changing profanity -- without written permission of the AUTHOR.
Should the Work be so listed without the permission of the AUTHOR, the PUBLISHER
shall ensure its removal.
14. Legal Jurisdiction. Regardless of its
place of execution, this agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of
__________________.
15. Disputes. The parties agree that any
suit, action or proceeding, whether claim or counterclaim, brought or
instituted by either party relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement, shall be tried only by a court and not by a jury. The parties
to this agreement expressly waive any right to a trial by jury in any such
action or proceeding.
16. Legal Venue. The parties agree
that any action to enforce this Agreement shall be brought in the appropriate
court of _________________________, and that such court shall have personal
jurisdiction over each of the parties.
17. Successors and Assigns. PUBLISHER may
not assign or in any way transfer this contract or the rights granted by it to
another person or entity without the written permission of AUTHOR.
18. Amendment. This Agreement
constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties, and supersedes all prior
writings or oral agreements. This Agreement may be amended, only by a
written agreement clearly setting forth the amendments and signed by both
parties.
19. Void Provision. If any term or
condition of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, unlawful or otherwise unenforceable, the parties agree that such term
or condition shall be reformed as nearly as may be possible to carry forth the
intentions of the parties and that such illegality, unlawfulness or
unenforceability shall not act to void any other term or condition of this
Agreement nor to void the Agreement as a whole.
20. The parties
acknowledge that each party has read and understood this contract before
execution.
21. Affirmation
of Agreement. By typing their names below, the AUTHOR and the PUBLISHER
agree to electronic signature of this Agreement, and further consent to
be bound by its terms and conditions as if the Agreement had been
manually signed. The AUTHOR further warrants that no certification
authority or other third party verification is necessary to validate their
electronic signature. The undersigned agree to the terms specified above.
PUBLISHER:
__________________________________ DATE: _________
AUTHOR:
_____________________________________ DATE: _________
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