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Work Made for Hire Agreement Regarding a Web Site Design Agreement made on the ___ day of __________, 20___, between _________________ of ________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Designer, and ______________________ , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of _____________, with its principal office located at _____________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Owner. Whereas, Owner has specially commissioned Designer to create the materials described in Exhibit A attached to this Agreement (the Work); Now, therefore, for and in consideration of $10.00, cash in hand paid, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Owner and Designer agree as follows: I. Designer agrees and acknowledges that the Work is a work made for hire, as that term is defined in section 101 of Title 17 of the United States Code (the Copyright Act ). As a work made for hire, the Work is the sole property of Owner. Owner has the unlimited and unrestricted right to reproduce the Work, to distribute the Work, to create derivative materials based on the Work, to publicly display the Work, to publicly perform the Work, and to transmit the Work digitally or by any other means. II. If all or part of the Work is, for any reason, deemed not to be a work made for hire, Designer agrees to execute all documents necessary to transfer to Owner the ownership of any and all rights Designer may have in the Work, including but not limited to copyrights. III. To the extent that Designer has any moral rights or similar rights in the Work, under the law of any jurisdiction, Designer expressly waives those rights. In particular, Designer waives any right to have the Work attributed to Designer or to prevent the Work from being modified, edited, transformed, or otherwise adapted as Owner may deem necessary. IV. Designer acknowledges that Designer acted as an independent contractor in creating the Work and that Designer is not an employee or agent of Owner.V. Designer agrees to deliver the completed Work to Owner no later than (date). The Work will be delivered in the following format: (specify format). VI. As consideration for the Work, Owner will pay Designer the sum of $__________ payable as follows: (describe schedule of payments). VII. Except for material in the public domain or obtained with permission from its owner, Designer represents and warrants that each element of the Work is original material created by Designer. Designer further represents and warrants that the Work does not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, moral rights, right of privacy, or right of publicity of any third party or contain any defamatory material. VIII.Any dispute under this Agreement shall be required to be resolved by binding arbitration of the parties hereto. If the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, each party shall select one arbitrator and both arbitrators shall then select a third. The third arbitrator so selected shall arbitrate said dispute. The arbitration shall be governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in force and effect. WITNESS our signatures as of the day and date first above stated. (NAME OF CORPORATION) ________________________ By___________________________ (Name of Designer) (Name & Office in Corporation) Attach Exhibit