1.
DEFINITIONS.
In these
terms and conditions ("Terms"): "Customer" means the
individual, corporation or other business entity, and each of its respective
employees, agents and subcontractors, or any party represented by Customer,
that submit Elements to, or receives services from, Facility;
"Deliverables" means the final deliverable(s) provided by Facility to
Customer created in the performance of any of Facility’s services;
"Element" means all film negatives, master positives, master
videotapes, submaster videotapes, submaster positives, sound tracks, reversal
originals, reversal intermediates, cuts and trims, positive prints or video
dubs, separations, audiotapes, sprocketed magnetic film, sound track optical
negatives, striped film prints and film prints, digital files (including but
not limited to still image files, image file sequences and digital media
files), and all IP Rights in all of the foregoing, and in each case, that are
delivered to or deposited with Facility by Customer or on Customer’s behalf;
"Facility" means Deluxe Media Group and its subsidiaries, affiliates,
successors and assigns; "IP Rights" means any and all intellectual
property rights now known or hereafter existing throughout the world (including
but not limited to patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets); and
"Methods" means the methods, systems, know-how, concepts, ideas,
technology, information, materials, processes, and the like used by Facility in
rendering the services.
2.
ORDERS.
Facility
is entitled to rely on instructions given to Facility by any third party
purportedly on the Customer’s behalf. All orders shall be placed using the
Customer’s authorized purchase order and such order shall be binding on
Facility only if Facility accepts such order. Facility may accept verbal orders
at its discretion. Each order will create a separate contract governed by these
Terms, irrespective of any other terms that the Customer may include in its
purchase order. Unless otherwise specified by Customer, Facility may, in its
sole discretion, select the brand, type and quality of raw stock to be used for
services.
3.
CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS.
Customer represents and warrants that (i) it is the sole owner
of, or has the right to possess, use and direct Facility to use, all Elements
and its use does not and will not infringe on or misappropriate any copyrights,
trademarks, privacy rights, publicity rights, or any other proprietary or
personal rights of any person or entity, (ii) it has made a security (or
second) copy of the Elements and any master copy, (iii) as long as Customer is
indebted to the Facility, Customer shall not to pledge, hypothecate, assign or
otherwise encumber Elements without the prior written consent of Facility, and
(iv) Elements shall be suitable for use by the usual methods employed by Facility
in its operations. Customer shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Facility
from any and all liability, claims, losses, damages and expenses, including
without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of or in connection
with (i) the publication, processing, use, distribution, contents or exhibition
of Elements and Deliverables, including and without limitation, any liability
for libel, slander, defamation, invasion of right to privacy, misappropriation,
or infringement of patent, copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right,
(ii) any act or omission of Customer, including the breach of Customer’s
representation or warranty contained herein, or (iii) any property damage or
injury caused by Customer’s agents or employees at Facility. Facility will have
the right to retain separate counsel at Customer’s expense. Customer shall pay
for repairs to all equipment that was damaged at Facility as a result of
Customer’s negligence. Payment for said repairs is due upon presentation of
repair bill and both parties agree that the Elements and Deliverables will not
be released until the subject repair bill is paid in full. In the event
Customer requests access to its content via Facility's one-click Filemanager
system (the "One-Click System"), Customer agrees to the following
conditions: any information contained in the email notifying Customer of such
access to the One-Click System is proprietary and confidential information
intended solely for the addressee(s) and is not to be disseminated, disclosed,
forwarded or distributed to any other parties, publicly or privately. Acting
on, accessing and/or receiving the content/material referenced therein
constitutes Customer’s acceptance of these conditions and any liability arising
from the unintentional or intentional misuse of the proprietary and
confidential information or content via the One-Click System. If Customer has
received such email in error, or it is not the intended recipient, Customer
shall contact the sender immediately and delete the email.
4.
PAYMENT.
A.
Rates;Quotations.
Work will be done at Facility’s rate card current at the date an
order is received from Customer, unless Facility has submitted alternative
rates to Customer in a written quotation, which shall be valid for thirty (30)
days from the date of submission. Oral quotations are provided as an estimate
only and shall not constitute a binding contract. All prices are subject to any
applicable taxes. Rate cards are subject to change without notice.
B.
Foreign Customers.
All work for non-U.S. customers will be accepted on a U.S.
currency cash basis only, which includes travelers’ checks, bank drafts and
funds deposited by wire. Customer shall pay any costs associated with payment
by non-U.S. customers.
C.
Cancellation Fees.
All Cancellations must be made directly to the customer service
department. If Customer cancels services or products, Customer shall pay for
services rendered, or products ordered or produced, prior to cancellation.
Customer shall pay any cancellation charges (up to 100% of the estimated costs
for the period booked) that may apply, based on Facility’s cancellation policy
at the time of cancellation.
D.
Terms of Payment.
All work shall be accepted on a C.O.D. basis unless credit has
been established in advance. Payment of all invoices is due net thirty (30)
days from the date of the invoice. If a payment is not made when due, a service
charge of the less of one and half percent (1-1/2%) per month or the maximum
allowable by law will be charged on all outstanding balances. In the event that
the invoices are not paid in accordance with the terms set forth, any discount
provided by Facility shall be revoked and the fee due for the work performed
will be based upon the normal rate card in effect at the time the work was
performed. Customer may not deduct from any payment due to Facility in respect
of any set-off or counterclaim. Any communications written or oral regarding
any dispute and/or payments relative to any invoice or account which is the
subject of any dispute must be sent within ten (10) days from the date of such
invoice to Deluxe Media Group, Attn: Credit Manager, 2820 W. Olive, Burbank, CA
91505 and not to the payment remittance address. Customer will also pay
Facility’s costs of collection including but not limited to, reasonable
attorney’s fees.
E.
Possession.
Facility
may retain possession of any Deliverables until Facility has received payment
in cleared funds for the services. Until such payment has been made, legal
title to all Deliverables shall remain with Facility (notwithstanding delivery
or the passing of risk to Customer), the license granted to Customer in Section
12 below shall not take effect; and Facility may repossess any Deliverables in
order to effect such payment, and Customer grants Facility an irrevocable
license to entire Customer’s premises to effect such repossession.
5.
RIGHT TO REFUSE PERFORMANCE.
Facility may, without liability, refuse or cease to perform
services if Facility, in its sole discretion: (a) deems an Element to be
unlawful, infringing, pornographic or degrading or otherwise objectionable,
defamatory, libelous, or offensive with respect to applicable standards,
customs, or practices; (b) Facility might subject itself to criminal or civil
proceedings or to liability of any kind; (c) finds that Elements are not of the
necessary technical standard to enable Facility to perform its work; (d) deems
that Customer is in material breach of any of these Terms; or (e) deems that
Customer is unable to pay its debts.
6.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
A.
Generally.
EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, (A) FACILITY GIVES NO WARRANTY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED AS TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DESCRIPTION,
TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUALITY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT,
PRINTING, DUBBING, TRANSFERRING, AND PROCESSING OF THE ELEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LABORATORY SERVICES PROVIDED BY FACILITY; AND (B) FACILITY MAKES NO WARRANTY
AND ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHARACTER OR QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL,
FILM PROCESSING, DUBBING, LOSS OF QUALITY ATTRIBUTABLE ANY PROCESS CARRIED OUT
DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES, OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY IT HEREUNDER.
B.
Limitations of Responsibilities of Facility.
It is understood and agreed that
Facility is not an insurer and that payments made for service provided by
Facility are based solely on the value of such services. The Elements and
Deliverables are received, processed and stored solely at the risk of the
Customer. Facility reserves the right to assign or subcontract all or any part
of the work ordered. Facility may hold Elements at any place(s) that Facility
deems appropriate, there being no promise or representation, expressed or
implied, that the Elements and Deliverables will be retained or stored at any
particular location or by under particular conditions.
C.
Limitations for Damage to or Loss of Elements.
In the event that the Elements
are lost, destroyed or damaged for any reason, including through negligence of
the Facility, its employees, subcontractors or agents, Facility liability shall
be limited to the replacement of unexposed/unrecorded raw stock. If such
Elements contain time coding, Customer specifically agrees to test such time
coding for accuracy before relying on such time coding, Customer agrees to
notify Facility of any inaccuracies in such time coding, and Facility agrees to
correct such inaccuracies at Customer’s expense. Facility’s obligation shall be
limited to correcting any such inaccuracies in time coding, and Facility shall
not be liable for any loss, injury, or damage, direct, indirect or
consequential, that may be incurred as a result of any inaccuracies in any time
coding.
D.
Limitations for Defects in Delivery, Services or Materials.
If any
Deliverable is defective or is erroneously labeled or shipped or if
non-conforming services or materials are furnished by Facility, Facility’s
liability therefore shall be limited to replacement or repair of such defective
Deliverable (at the option of Facility), and the correction of such errors in
shipment or labeling or the providing of conforming Facility services or
material at Facility’s expense; provided that the defective Deliverable is
returned and written notice of such imperfection or error in labeling or
shipment is received by Facility within ninety (90) days after shipment.
E.
Limitations for Delay in Delivery.
Facility shall use reasonable efforts to deliver in accordance
with delivery dates, but Facility is not liable for any loss or damages caused
by Facility’s failure to meet any delivery date or times, or failure to give
notice of delay.
F.
Force Majeure.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Facility shall
not be liable for any delay or loss due to delays or failures in performance
caused directly or indirectly by the Element; acts of God; Customer, civil or
military authorities; terrorism; civil unrest; fires; floods; epidemics;
quarantine restrictions; wars; riots; strikes; lock outs; labor difficulties;
failures of equipment or transportation; inability to obtain, or the failure of
others to deliver, Element, machinery, equipment or
qualified personnel; or any other cause beyond Facility’s reasonable control.
In the event of a delay, the delivery or shipping date, as appropriate, shall
be deemed extended for a period equal to the delay.
G.
Damages.
Facility’s total liability for any and all loss or damage arising out of or in
connection with any contract for services shall be limited to the total sums
paid by Customer to Facility under such contract. IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL FACILITY BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES RESULTING FROM: (a) ANY DEFECTIVE ELEMENT,
DELIVERABLES, SERVICES, PRODUCTS OR EQUIPMENT; OR (b) DAMAGES TO, OR DESTRUCTION
OF ELEMENTS OR DELIVERABLE BY FACILITY, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DAMAGES ARE CAUSED
BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF FACILITY, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS; OR (c)
ANY NEGLIGENCE OR BREACH OF DUTY (CONTRACTUAL OR OTHERWISE) BY FACILITY,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPROPER STORAGE OR RETENTION, PROCESSING,
PACKING, DELAY IN DELIVERY OR SHIPMENT, OR ERRORS IN SHIPMENT, OR LABELING.
7.
FACILITY LIENS; SECURITY INTEREST.
In addition to any other liens, rights or
remedies given to Facility under applicable law herein, Customer hereby grants,
assigns and transfers to Facility a security interest in and lien on any and
all Elements and Deliverables in the possession of Facility as security for
payment of any and all services and materials furnished to Customer by Facility.
The parties agree that if the Elements or Deliverables are voluntarily restored
or delivered to Customer or some third person prior to payment to Facility for
such materials and services, the lien and security interest therein shall not
be extinguished but shall survive, and upon request by Facility, Customer shall
execute such documents including a Financing Statement, as may be required to
protect such security interest.
A.
Additional Payments.
In the event Facility exercises its rights hereunder by selling
the Elements or Deliverables at public or private sale, then Customer agrees to
pay Facility on written demand whatever deficiency may be due after the
proceeds are applied to payment of the indebtedness, including, without
limitation, all legal and other costs, expenses and charges incurred in the
collection, sale, delivery or preservation of the Elements or Deliverables.
B.
Title After Sale.
Customer agrees that if Facility shall enforce its rights under
any law, it or any other person acquiring title or interest in or to any
Elements or Deliverables at public or private sale, shall have and is hereby
granted, all right, title and interest of Customer in the Elements or
Deliverables.
8.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF INACTIVE ELEMENTS.
Provided that all obligations
that may arise hereunder have been paid to Facility, Customer shall remove from
Facility’s premises all Elements and Deliverables within three (3) months after
the last work thereon. If Customer fails to remove said Elements or
Deliverables as herein provided, Facility may at any time, without further
notice or liability to Customer or any other person, begin charging Customer a
storage/retention fee per Element, destroy, erase, reuse or make any
disposition of said Elements or Deliverables as Facility sees fit. Customer
agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Facility harmless from all
liability arising out of or connected with Facility’s destruction or
disposition of said Elements or Deliverables as provided herein. Facility will
have the right to retain separate counsel at Customer’s expense.
9.
INSURANCE.
Customer
agrees to insure fully, at its own expense, Elements and Deliverables against
all insurable risk, including damage or destruction of such Elements and
Deliverables through the negligence of Facility. Such insurance against any and
all losses (including incidental and consequential losses) for which insurance
is available and the policy and the policy of insurance shall provide that the
insurer waives all claims of subrogation against Facility. Facility shall not
insure any Elements or Deliverables.
10.
TECHNICAL CALIBRATION AND EXHIBITION.
Customer hereby grants Facility the right to
use the Elements for technical calibration to adjust the system used to process
the Element. Customer also hereby grants Facility the limited right to exhibit
the Deliverables, or excerpts thereof, on the Facility websites, in press
releases, or in "demo reels" for the limited purpose of
demonstrations of Facility’s work in accordance with standard industry practice.
11.
DELIVERY.
Delivery
shall be at Facility’s premises. Risk shall pass to Customer on delivery. On
instruction from Customer, Facility will cause Elements and Deliverables to be
transported to any destination (whether by courier, satellite, fiber, posted to
an Internet site or server, or email) requested at the expense and risk of the
Customer. Customer hereby consents to Facility posting Elements and
Deliverables on a FTP site and providing access (via a user identification and
password) to Customer’s vendors that are working on the same project as
Facility and that have a need for the content on such site. Unless otherwise
requested, Facility will ship all physical materials collect, via a carrier of
its selection, and a handling charge will be added to all prepaid shipments.
12.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
A.
Customer Ownership.
As between Customer and Facility and subject to these Terms,
Customer owns and shall retain all right, title and interest, including,
without limitation, all IP Rights, in and to (i) the Elements, and (ii) upon
full payment of the services, the Deliverables, except for the Methods used
therein for which Customer has a license as set forth below ("Customer
IP").
B.
License to Methods.
Facility hereby grants Customer a non-exclusive, irrevocable,
royalty-free, fully paid-up license, throughout the universe and in perpetuity,
to use the Methods only as contained in the Deliverables solely as necessary in
the distribution of the Customer products into which such Deliverables are
incorporated.
C.
Facility Ownership.
As between Customer and Facility, Facility owns and shall retain
all right, title, and interest, including, without limitation, IP Rights in and
to the Methods ("Facility IP"). Customer acknowledges and agrees
that: (i) Facility shall have the right to use the Facility IP in performing
services for third parties and (ii) the work product and deliverables rendered
as the result of such services may be substantially similar to the
Deliverables, provided that Facility does not use any Customer IP; and (iii)
the Methods are Facility’s trade secrets.
D.
Additional
rights.
Each party hereby expressly reserves all rights in and to its IP
Rights, and the other party shall not acquire any such rights, whether by
virtue of these Terms, operation of law, estoppel, or otherwise. Each party
shall not contest, directly or indirectly, the validity or ownership of the
other party’s IP Rights. Each party shall not, and shall not permit any other
third parties to: (a) create derivative works from the other party’s IP Rights,
(b) disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discern
any aspects of the other party’s IP Rights, (c) sublicense, lease, rent, loan
or distribute or otherwise transfer or grant access to the other party’s IP
Rights, or (d) otherwise use or attempt to exploit the other party’s IP Rights
in a manner not expressly authorized by these Terms.
13.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A.
Governing law; Venue.
These Terms shall be governed by Delaware law. The exclusive
venue for all legal proceedings shall be the County of Los Angeles, California.
B.
Modification.
These
Terms constitute the entire agreement between Facility and Customer with
respect to the subject matter contained herein. These Terms apply to every
contract for the provision of services by Facility to the Customer and the
supply of services by Facility shall not constitute acceptance of any other
terms and conditions. Facility reserves the right to make changes to these
Terms from time to time. An up-to-date copy will be available at
http://www.bydeluxe.com/TandS/ or on
request.Sales personnel are not authorized to amend, alter, waive or
modify the terms of these Terms.
C.
Notices.
All
notices and communications hereunder to Facility shall be sent to Deluxe Media
Group LLC, 1377 North Serrano Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90027, Attn: Legal
Department, unless notified otherwise in writing. Any notice or communication
hereunder to Facility shall be deemed to have been duly given when in writing
and actually received by Facility. All notices or communications hereunder to
Customer shall be deemed to have been duly given when in writing and personally
deposited in the United States Mail with postage prepaid to Customer at the
last known address of Customer.
D.
Waiver.
No
failure or delay by Facility in exercising any of its rights under these Terms
shall be deemed to be a waiver of any term, Customer’s breach or any subsequent
breach of the same.
E.
Severability.
The
invalidity of any one of these Terms shall not affect the validity of the
remaining Terms.
F.
Assignment; Subcontracting.
These Terms shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
heirs, principal representatives, successors, and assigns of the parties;
provided that any credit extended to Customer shall not be extended to its
successors and assigns without successful completion of a new credit
application. Facility may assign these Terms or subcontract its services at its
discretion and without notice to Customer.
G.
Parties.
These
Terms shall not constitute a partnership or employment relationship between the
parties.
H.
Rights and Remedies.
Facility’s rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not
exclusive, and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not affect its right
to enforce one or more other remedies.