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CONTENT LICENSE AGREEMENT |
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THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 2nd day of June, 2008 by and among Digicorp, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America with offices at 4143 Glencoe Avenue, Unit B, Marina Del Rey, California 90291, U.S.A. ("COMPANY") and New China Media LLC, a Florida limited liability company (a/k/a New China Media Limited) with offices at 400 Alton Road, Penthouse 7, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 ("NCM"); YGP, LLC, a Florida limited liability company with offices at 4000 Hollywood Blvd, Suite 485 South, Hollywood, Florida, 33021 ("YGP") and TWK Holdings, LLC with offices at Room 4301, 43/F, Jardine House , One Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong ("TWK") (NCM, YGP and TWK shall be individually and collectively referred to as "CONTENT PROVIDER") (COMPANY and CONTENT PROVIDER are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Parties"). |
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W I T N E S S E T H: |
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WHEREAS, COMPANY intends to build and maintain web sites based in the People’s Republic of China which will include content provided to COMPANY by third parties for the purpose of providing information to users of the web site, and providing access to the products and/or services of such third parties; |
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WHEREAS, CONTENT PROVIDER has acquired from one or more third parties (individually a "Licensor" and collectively the "Licensors") the right to distribute by means of the internet certain content described more fully in the attached Exhibit A (the "Current Content") and intends to acquire from Licensors in the future the right to distribute by means of the internet additional content (the "Future Content") (the Current Content and the Future Content are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Content"); and, |
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WHEREAS, COMPANY and CONTENT PROVIDER wish to distribute the Content through the web sites referred to above. |
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows: |
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| 1. | LICENSE | |||||
| A. | Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CONTENT PROVIDER hereby grants and assigns by means of present assignment to COMPANY and COMPANY hereby assumes for the Term of this Agreement (as set forth in paragraph 8, below), CONTENT PROVIDER’S rights and obligations regarding the Content from Licensors as set forth in Exhibit A with respect to the right and license for the territory of the People Republic of China to use, reproduce, distribute, transmit and publicly display the Current Content and the Future Content by means of the internet in accordance with Exhibit A and this Agreement. In this regard, it is specifically understood and agreed that CONTENT PROVIDER will not during the Term of this Agreement take any action to exploit or otherwise use, reproduce, distribute, transmit and publicly display any of the Content via the internet to Universities and College students in the People’s Republic of China except for the benefit of the COMPANY. |
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| B. | CONTENT PROVIDER further grants to COMPANY (i) the right to sublicense the Content to COMPANY’S wholly-owned subsidiaries or to joint ventures in which COMPANY participates for the sole purpose of using, reproducing, distributing, transmitting and publicly displaying the Content in accordance with this Agreement; and, (ii) the right, in COMPANY’S discretion, to use and exploit the Content at one or more other web sites in addition to or in lieu of the web sites referred to in the recital above (the web sites referred to above and any other web sites in addition to or in lieu thereof where COMPANY, its subsidiaries or joint ventures in which it might participate might use or exploit the Content are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Web site"). |
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| 2. | CONSIDERATION | |||||
| A. | In consideration for the license of rights granted hereunder in the Current Content, COMPANY hereby agrees to issue to YGP 16,200 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for which YGP will pay COMPANY the sum of $1.00 per share or $16,200 in the aggregate; NCM 3,000 of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for which NCM will pay COMPANY the sum of $1.00 per share or $3,000 in the aggregate and TWK 12,000 of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for which TWK will pay COMPANY the sum of $1.00 per share or $12,000 in the aggregate. Prior to the execution hereof, CONTENT PROVIDER has been furnished with a copy of the Certificate of Designation for the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and is fully familiar with the terms and conditions thereof. |
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| B. | In addition to the foregoing, and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable content agreement with such Licensor, COMPANY agrees to pay directly to each Licensor from whom CONTENT PROVIDER might obtain Content which CONTENT PROVIDER licenses to COMPANY pursuant hereto a royalty equal to that royalty which CONTENT PROVIDER might be obligated to pay to that Licensor with respect to the use and exploitation of that Content in the manner licensed to and actually used by COMPANY pursuant hereto provided, however, unless the Parties might agree in writing to the contrary, in no event will COMPANY be obligated to pay such Licensor for the use of such Content more than fifty percent (50.0%) of all revenues generated during the Term of this Agreement from banner advertising that appears on Web site pages that display that Content or any portion thereof and with respect to which at least a majority of the content (excluding advertisements) on such pages is composed of the Content (the "Net Advertising Revenue"). |
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| C. | Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable content agreement with such Licensor, the Net Advertising Revenue shall be calculated on a quarterly calendar basis (the "Net Advertising Revenue Period") and shall be payable no later than sixty (60) days after the termination of the preceding full quarter-annual period, i.e., commencing on the first (1st) day of January, April, July and October except that the first and last calendar periods may be "short," depending on the effective date of this Agreement. |
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| D. | For each Net Advertising Revenue Period, COMPANY shall provide the Licensor of such Content with a written statement of account setting out the actual number of visits to the Web Site during the applicable Net Advertising Revenue Period. Such statement shall be furnished to the Licensor of such Content regardless of whether any visits to the Web site were made during the applicable period. |
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| E. | COMPANY’S obligation for the payment of the Net Advertising Revenue shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement and will continue for as long as COMPANY continues to use the Content. |
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| F. | For the avoidance of doubt or confusion, the sole consideration paid or payable to CONTENT PROVIDER pursuant to this Agreement is that provided for in paragraph 2A hereof and in no event will CONTENT PROVIDER be entitled to receive any participation in any of the revenues which COMPANY might derive from the Content. |
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| 3. | CONTENT PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES | |||||
| A. | CONTENT PROVIDER will provide to COMPANY the Content, which will comply with the description attached hereto as Exhibit A. |
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| B. | CONTENT PROVIDER will have sole responsibility for providing, at its expense, the Content to COMPANY. CONTENT PROVIDER and COMPANY will determine mutually agreeable methods for the transmission and incorporation of updates to the Content. |
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| 4. | RIGHTS OF COMPANY | |||||
| A. | Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable content agreement with such Licensor, COMPANY may incorporate the Content into certain pages in the Web Site (the "Content Pages") and reasonable excerpts or portions of the Content may be incorporated into the Web site at COMPANY’S discretion. |
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| B. | COMPANY shall have sole control over the content, composition, and "look and feel" of the Web site, and will have sole responsibility for providing, hosting and maintaining, at its own expense, the Web site. |
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| 5. | RIGHTS OF CONTENT PROVIDER | |||||
| A. | Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable content agreement with such Licensor, CONTENT PROVIDER will have sole control and responsibility over the data and information contained in the Content. |
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| B. | CONTENT PROVIDER will not alter the Content without COMPANY’S prior written consent; provided, however, that, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable content agreement with such Licensor,CONTENT PROVIDER may promptly and without prior consent of COMPANY make any changes in the Content to correct errors and the like, or to remove any defamatory materials or any other materials that CONTENT PROVIDER can demonstrate are offensive to a reasonable number of users of the Web site. |
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| 6. | RECORD INSPECTION, AUDIT AND INCONTESTABILITY PERIOD | |||||
| A. | COMPANY will maintain accurate books and records with respect to the calculation of all payments due under this Agreement. The Licensors shall have the right, upon reasonable notice, to inspect COMPANY’S books and records and all other documents and material in COMPANY’S possession or control with respect to the Content each has or might license to CONTENT PROVIDER which becomes the subject matter of this Agreement (and only with respect to Content each has or might license to CONTENT PROVIDER which become the subject matter hereof). |
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| B. | All books and records relative to COMPANY’S obligations to a particular Licensor hereunder shall be maintained and made accessible to that Licensor for inspection at a location in Los Angeles, California for at least twelve (12) months after termination of this Agreement. |
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| C. | Each report rendered by COMPANY to a Licensor hereunder shall become final and incontestable twelve (12) months following the date COMPANY might render same to that Licensor unless prior to the expiration of that twelve (12) month period that Licensor provides COMPANY with a detailed written objection thereto. |
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| 7. | OWNERSHIP | |||||
| A. | CONTENT PROVIDER, LICENSORS or either of them, as appropriate, shall retain all worldwide rights, title and interest in and to the Content (including, but not limited to, ownership of all copyrights and other intellectual property rights therein), as well as all right, title and interest in and to their and each of their trademarks, service marks and trade names, worldwide, including any goodwill associated therewith, subject to the limited license granted to COMPANY hereunder. |
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| B. | COMPANY will retain all worldwide rights, title, and interest in and to the Web Site (including, but not limited to, ownership of all copyrights, trademarks, look and feel and other intellectual property rights therein), as well as all right, title and interest in and to its trademarks, service marks and trade names worldwide, including any goodwill associated therewith, subject to the limited license granted to CONTENT PROVIDER hereunder. Any use of any such trademarks by CONTENT PROVIDER shall inure to the benefit of COMPANY and CONTENT PROVIDER shall take no action that is inconsistent with COMPANY’S ownership thereof. |
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| C. | Each party hereby grants to the other a non-exclusive, limited royalty-free license to use its trademarks, service marks or trade names only as specifically described in this Agreement. All such use shall be in accordance with each party’s reasonable policies regarding advertising and trademark usage as established from time to time. |
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| 8. | TERM | |||||
| A. | This Agreement and the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided, shall be in full force and effect commencing on the date of execution by both Parties and shall extend for an initial term of two (2) years. This Agreement shall be automatically renewed for additional extended terms each of two (2) years duration unless either party notifies the other in writing of its intention not to renew the Agreement, such notification to be provided at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then in-effect term. The initial two (2) year term as it might be extended herein is referred to herein as the "Term." |
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| B. | Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing paragraph to the contrary, with respect to each item of Current Content or Future Content the Term during which COMPANY may use and exploit same shall commence on the date hereof and continue for that period of time which is the longer of: (i) two (2) years following the date on which CONTENT PROVIDER might make full delivery of such Content to COMPANY; and (ii) the duration of the term of the license concerning that Content between CONTENT PROVIDER and its Licensor thereof. |
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| 9. | TERMINATION | |||||
| A. | This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other in the event of a breach of a material provision hereof unless, during that thirty (30) day period, the party receiving the notice cures the b
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