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Form preview Songwriter contract agreement... The Songwriters Guild of America Note to songwriters A Do not sign this contract if it has any changes unless you have first discussed such changes with the Guild B For your protection please send a fully executed copy of this contract to the Guild. POPULAR SONGWRITERS CONTRACT Copyright 1978 AGAC AGREEMENT made thisday of 20 between hereinafter called Publisher and and/or hereinafter collectively called Writer WITNESSETH 1. The Writer hereby assigns transfers and delivers to the Publisher a certain heretofore unpublished original musical composition written and/or composed by the above-named Writer now entitled hereinafter referred to as the composition including the title words and music thereof and the right to secure copyright therein throughout the entire world and to have and to hold the said copyright and all rights of whatsoever nature thereunder existing foryears from the date of this contract or 35 years from the date of the first release of a commercial sound recording of the composition whichever term ends earlier unless this contract is sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions hereof* 2. In all respects this contract shall be subject to any existing agreements between the parties hereto and the following small performing rights licensing organization with which Writer and Publisher are affiliated ASCAP BMI SESAC. Nothing contained herein shall or shall be deemed to alter vary or modify the rights of Writer and Publisher to share in receive and retain the proceeds distributed to them by such small performing rights licensing organization pursuant to their respective agreement with it. to make this contract and that there exists no adverse claim to or in the composition except as aforesaid in Paragraph 2 hereof and except such rights as are specifically set forth in paragraph 23 hereof* 4. In consideration of this contract the Publisher agrees to pay the Writer as follows a as an advance against royalties receipt of which is hereby acknowledged which sum shall remain the property of the Writer and shall be deductible only from payments hereafter becoming due the Writer under this contract. b In respect of regular piano copies sold and paid for in the United States and Canada the following royalties per copy in no case however less than 10 of the wholesale selling price of the first 200 000 copies or less plus exceeding 500 000 plus copies orchestrations band arrangements octavos quartets arrangements for combinations of voices and/or instruments and/or other copies of the composition sold in any country other than the United States and Canada provided however that if the Publisher should sell such copies through or cause them to be sold by a subsidiary or affiliate which is actually doing business in a foreign country then in respect of such sales the Publisher shall pay to the Writer not less than 5 of the marketed retail selling price in respect of each such copy sold and paid for. d In respect of each copy sold and paid for in the United States and Canada or for export from the United States of orchestrations band arrangements octavos quartets arrangements for combinations of voices and/or instruments and/or other copies of the composition other than regular piano copies the following royalties on the wholesale selling price after trade discounts if any e i If the composition or any part thereof is included in any song book folio or similar publication issued by the Publisher containing at least four but not more than twenty-five musical compositions the royalty to be paid by the Publisher to the Writer shall be an amount determined by dividing 10 of the wholesale selling price after trade discounts if any of the copies sold among the total number of the Publisher s copyrighted musical compositions included in such publication* If such publication contains more than twenty-five musical compositions the said 10 shall be increased by an additional.
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