The Indie Rock Show - Artist Permission for Airplay Agreement
 

This letter serves as an “umbrella license” to grant permission to The Indie Rock Show to use copyrighted material royalty free for airplay:

By submitting material to The Indie Rock Show, you represent and warrant that:

·         We, our customers and licensees shall not be required to make any payments with respect to material that you submit to our sites, including, but not limited to, payments to you, third parties, music publishers, mechanical rights agents, performance rights societies, persons who contributed to or appear in your materials, your licensors, unions or guilds;

·         You have full right and power to enter into and perform under these Terms, and have secured all third-party consents, licenses and permissions necessary to enter into and perform under these Terms;

·         The material that you submit to The Indie Rock Show does not contain "samples" of any third party's sound recording or musical composition and will not infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights, rights of publicity or privacy or moral rights;

·         The material that you submit is not and will not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; The material that you submit is not and will not be defamatory, trade libelous, pornographic or obscene;

·         You are at least eighteen years of age.

By executing this document, the undersigned Artist grants to The Indie Rock Show, its designated affiliates and business partners, a non-exclusive license to do all of the following:

• Publicly perform and display, for broadcasting purposes only, the sound recordings, musical compositions, and/or other audio or audio/visual materials submitted (hereinafter referred to as “submitted materials”) by the Artist to The Indie Rock Show.
• The Indie Rock Show shall further be permitted to encode, edit, alter, modify, reproduce, transmit, manufacture, distribute and synchronize with visual images the aforementioned “submitted materials” for the sole purpose of broadcasting the material, in whole or in part, as part of any broadcast produced or sponsored by The Indie Rock Show, syndicated or otherwise.
• Make the audio portion of “submitted materials” accessible as audio streams
• Use Artists’ trademarks, service marks or trade names, including the likeness of Artist whose performance(s) or image(s) is (are) contained in the “submitted materials” for the limited and sole purpose of promotion of the “submitted materials” and The Indie Rock Show’ shows or broadcasts. Artists do not relinquish any of their trademark, service mark or trade name rights and The Indie Rock Show’ (or related entities) use of Artists’ trademarks, service marks and/or trade names for sale, profit, in-kind transfer to a third party or other benefit to The Indie Rock Show, its affiliates, associates, business partners or other parties is strictly prohibited.

Notwithstanding any provision of this document to the contrary, The Indie Rock Show shall be strictly prohibited from:

• Creating, sampling, copying, or distributing any audio or audio/visual recording or other formatted product that contains the “submitted materials” for the purpose of sale or in-kind transfer to a third party for profit or other benefit to The Indie Rock Show, its affiliates, associates, business partners or any other party.
•  Creating or endorsing any unlicensed and/or pirated compilations (including but not limited to phonograph records, compact discs, MP3s, sound recordings, or audio/visual materials on any medium now known or developed in the future), which contain or are derived from the “submitted materials”.
• Soliciting, obtaining, or maintaining television, motion picture, DVD or other promotional material synchronization rights for or related to the “submitted materials.”

Each provision of this document shall be considered separable, and if for any reason, any provision(s) contained herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or contrary to any existing or future law, the invalidity shall not impair the operation of those remaining portions of this document which remain valid.”

If The Indie Rock Show ceases operations they must NO LONGER use any of the selections and/or material stated herein for broadcast, promotional or other purposes.

Artist or The Indie Rock Show reserves the right to void this agreement at anytime.

 A copy of this letter, signed by a representative of an artist or the artist listed above must be submitted with all material to The Indie Rock Show before airplay is considered to protect The Indie Rock Show & the Independent Artist. If any changes are made to this contract from the original the contact is void.