TIERED PRICING AMENDMENT
TO
DIGITAL MUSIC AND/OR VIDEO
DOWNLOAD SALES AGREEMENTS
Apple Inc. f/k/a Apple Computer, Inc. and/or its
worldwide affiliates responsible for the operation of the Online
Store (including iTunes S.a.r.l., Apple Pty Limited and iTunes
K.K.) (collectively, “ITUNES”) and
The Orchard
Enterprises, Inc. f/k/a Digital Music Group, Inc. (DMGI) f/k/a
Psychobaby
("COMPANY," and collectively with ITUNES, the
“Parties”) have entered into certain Digital Music
Download Sales Agreements and/or Digital Video Download Sales
Agreements pursuant to which ITUNES is authorized, among other
things, to sell COMPANY’s sound recordings and/or music
videos as permanent downloads, which have the following iTunes
Contract Numbers:
(collectively,
the “Agreements”). The Parties hereby agree
to amend each of the Agreements as follows and as set forth on the
Schedule applicable to each Agreement:
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Section
1 . Section 1
of each Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety by the
following, except that the definition of “Territory”
shall remain as before and shall be re-numbered as Section
1(i):
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“The
following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of
this Agreement:
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Artwork ” means album cover artwork, screen shots
and/or any other artwork relating to COMPANY Content that COMPANY
has cleared for use by ITUNES pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. COMPANY shall not provide to ITUNES any
artwork that has not been so cleared.
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“
COMPANY Content ” means sound recordings owned or
controlled by COMPANY that COMPANY has cleared for use by ITUNES
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. COMPANY shall
not provide to ITUNES any sound recordings that have not been so
cleared.
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“
Content File ” means each digital file containing
COMPANY Content, applicable Artwork, parental advisory notices,
copyright notices, and associated metadata (e.g., artist name,
track or video title, track or video title version, territories
cleared for sale, copyright notice, ISRC, UPC and corresponding
album title and editorial content data).
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[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
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“
eMaster ” means a copy of COMPANY Content in DRM-free
digital format suitable for exploitation on the Online Store
(provided that the audio quality and integrity attributable to such
format shall at all times be commensurate with the sound quality
and integrity generally attributable to the format of third party
sound recordings available on the Online Store), which ITUNES may
sell on the Online Store pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
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“
Fulfillment Activities ” means sales activities
relating to the sale and delivery of COMPANY’s eMasters
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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“
iTunes Connect ” means the proprietary iTunes Connect
site, free access to which is provided by ITUNES to COMPANY during
the Term subject to acceptance of applicable terms and
conditions.
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“
Online Store ” means an electronic store and its
storefronts branded, and owned and/or controlled by ITUNES or an
affiliate of ITUNES, from which end users can receive eMasters by
any means for use as permitted hereunder.
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“
Term ” means the period beginning on the Effective
Date and continuing until terminated (i) under Section 14(a), or
(ii) at any time, for any or no reason, by either Party by written
notice effective thirty (30) days from notice.”
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Section
2 . Section 2
of each Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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The words
“for end users’ personal and non-commercial use”
shall be added at the end of the first sentence of Section
2(a).
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The reference
to “Exhibit C-1” in Section 2(a)(ii) shall be replaced
by a reference to “this Agreement”.
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The following
sentence shall be added at the end of Section
2(b): “For avoidance of doubt, ITUNES shall have
no obligation to exercise any of the rights granted to it
hereunder.”
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Section 2(c)
shall be re-numbered as Section 2(d), and a new Section 2(c) shall
be added as follows: “Clips may be no longer than
[xxxxxx]. Clips may be created by ITUNES from the
applicable COMPANY Content.”
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Section
3 . Section 3
of each Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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The last
sentence of Section 3(a) shall be deleted.
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[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
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Section 3(c)
shall be replaced by the following: “COMPANY shall
deliver Content Files to ITUNES, at COMPANY's expense, in the
delivery format and via the delivery method reasonably specified by
ITUNES on iTunes Connect at the time of COMPANY’s delivery of
the Content Files. COMPANY acknowledges that the
specified delivery methods may require certain hardware and/or
software.”
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Section
6 . Section 6
of each Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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Section 6(a)
shall be replaced by the following: “ITUNES shall
condition sale and delivery of eMasters upon an end user’s
acknowledgement of terms of use for such eMasters (“Terms of
Use”), which Terms of Use shall, at a minimum, provide that
end users obtaining eMasters from ITUNES pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement may use such eMasters solely for the end
user’s personal and non-commercial use and that the sale of
eMasters does not transfer to the end user any commercial or
promotional use rights in the eMasters.”
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Section 6(c)
shall be replaced by the following: “If there is a
change of circumstance during the Term as a result of which COMPANY
reasonably believes that it does not have, or no longer has, the
rights necessary to authorize ITUNES to use any COMPANY Content or
Artwork as provided for herein, or COMPANY reasonably believes that
ITUNES’ continued sale of any COMPANY Content or Artwork will
substantially harm COMPANY’s relations, or violates the terms
of any of COMPANY’S agreements, with any applicable copyright
owner, artist, producer, director (in the case of audio-visual
content) or distributor (each a “Clearance Issue”),
then COMPANY shall have the right to withdraw authorization for the
distribution of such COMPANY Content or Artwork to the extent of
such Clearance Issue using iTunes Connect or via other technical
means provided by ITUNES. ITUNES shall cease to offer
such COMPANY Content or Artwork for sale within [xxxxxx] of such
withdrawal. COMPANY shall promptly re-authorize
ITUNES’ distribution of such COMPANY Content or Artwork if it
has been re-cleared for distribution by ITUNES
hereunder. COMPANY shall not withdraw any authorization
with respect to COMPANY Content or Artwork if COMPANY continues to
provide such authorization to any other on-line digital distributor
of COMPANY Content in the Territory.”
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The words
“For avoidance of doubt, and without limiting ITUNES’
other rights hereunder,” shall be added to the beginning of
Section 6(d).
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Section
7 . Section 7
of each Agreement shall be replaced by the
following: “COMPANY shall be responsible for
determining parental advisory warning status for all eMasters, and
if such parental advisory is required or otherwise deemed
appropriate for a particular eMaster, COMPANY shall provide an
appropriate parental advisory warning for such eMaster in the
Content File, and ITUNES shall conspicuously display such parental
advisory when other information about such eMaster is
displayed.”
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[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
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Section
8 . The final
sub-section of Section 8 of each Agreement (whether Section 8(d) or
8(g), as applicable) shall be amended by adding the words
“(via iTunes Connect)” after the words “COMPANY
shall provide ITUNES” in the last sentence, and deleting the
remainder of the sub-section following the words “to effect
payment”.
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Section
10 . Section
10 of each Agreement shall be amended by adding the words “;
provided, for avoidance of doubt, that COMPANY shall not include
any digital watermark or similar technologies in the audio (or
video) file itself“ at the end of Section 10(a), and deleting
the words “excluding the Security Solution” from
Section 10(b).
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Section
12 . Section
12(a) of each Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety.
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Section
13 . Section
13 of each Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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Section 13(a)
shall be replaced by the following: “ITUNES shall maintain
and keep complete and accurate books and records concerning the
amounts payable to COMPANY arising from transactions relating to
ITUNES’ sale of [xxxxxx].”
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The first
sentence of Section 13(b) shall be replaced by the
following: “Upon reasonable advance written notice
[xxxxxx], for up to [xxxxxx] (the “Audit Period”),
COMPANY, at COMPANY’s sole expense, may appoint an
independent certified public accountant not then engaged in any
audit of ITUNES or COMPANY to audit applicable books and records of
ITUNES at ITUNES’ principal place of business in the
Territory for the sole purpose of verifying the amounts due from
ITUNES to COMPANY hereunder.”
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The first
sentence of Section 13(c) shall be replaced by the
following: “COMPANY shall be deemed to have
consented to all Sales Reports rendered by ITUNES hereunder, and
said Sales Reports shall be binding upon COMPANY and shall not be
subject to any objection by COMPANY for any reason unless specific
objections are provided to ITUNES in writing within [xxxxxx] of the
rendering of the Sales Report.”
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Section
15 . Section
15(d) of each Agreement shall be amended by deleting the words
“THE SECURITY SOLUTION”, and replacing the words
“OF THE FOREGOING” by the word
“THEREOF.”
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Exhibits . Exhibits A, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, D
and E of each Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety, and
replaced by Exhibits A, B, C, D and E attached to the Schedules
hereto, as applicable to the Territory of such
Agreement. All references in each Agreement to Exhibits
B-1 and B-2 shall be changed to Exhibits A and B,
respectively.
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[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
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Effective
Date . The
“Effective Date” of each Agreement shall remain the
same as before.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have
caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
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APPLE
INC.
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COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ Eddy
Cue
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By:
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/s/ Greg
Scholl
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Name: Eddy
Cue
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Name:
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Greg
Scholl
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Title: VP,
iTunes
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Title:
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President &
CEO
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ITUNES
S.à.r.l.
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By:
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/s/ Carsten
Dierksen
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Name: Carsten
Dierksen
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Title: Business
Manager
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Place of
signature: Luxembourg
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APPLE PTY
LIMITED, ABN 46 002 510 054
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By:
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/s/ Eddy
Cue
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Name: Eddy
Cue
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Title: VP,
iTunes
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ITUNES
K.K.
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By:
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/s/ Eddy
Cue
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Name: Eddy
Cue
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Title:
Representative Director
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Schedule 1 – United
States and Canada
The following
additional amendments shall be made with respect to the Agreement
whose territory is the United States and Canada (the
“US-Canada Agreement”):
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Section
3 . The
following sentences shall be added at the end of Section
3(c): “All COMPANY Content will be delivered to a
server in California by means of telecommunications or via
“load & leave” per California regulation
1502. No tangible personal property will transfer to
ITUNES.”
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Section
4 . Section 4
of the US-Canada Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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The words
“, sound recording performance” shall be added after
the word “distribution” in Sections 4(a)(i) and
4(b)(i)(A).
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Section
4(a)(iv) shall be replaced by the following: “(iv)
any other royalties, fees and/or sums payable with respect to the
sound recordings (including the musical compositions embodied
therein), Artwork, metadata and other materials provided by COMPANY
and/or ITUNES’ authorized use thereof hereunder, except that
ITUNES shall be responsible solely for any payments for the public
performance rights in any musical compositions embodied in COMPANY
Content (to the extent such rights may be implicated, if at all, by
ITUNES’ exploitation or other use of COMPANY Content
hereunder).”
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The words
“(currently estimated at eight percent (8%) of retail
price)” shall be deleted from Section 4(b)(ii).
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Section
5 . Section 5
of the US-Canada Agreement shall be amended by deleting the second
sentence thereof.
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Section
8 . Section 8
of the US-Canada Agreement shall be amended by adding the words
“and shall be paid in United States dollars (US$) for sales
in the United States and in Canadian dollars (CDN$) for sales in
Canada“ at the end of Section 8(b).
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Exhibits . Exhibits A, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, D
and E of the US-Canada Agreement shall be deleted in their
entirety, and replaced by Exhibits A, B, C, D and E attached to
this Schedule 1.
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EXHIBIT A
Schedule of Wholesale Prices -
Audio
Single-Track
Wholesale Prices
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Single Tier
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US Wholesale Price
[xxxxxx]
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Canada Wholesale Price
[xxxxxx]
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1
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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2
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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3
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Multi-Track
Album Wholesale Prices (excluding taxes)
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Album Tier
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US Wholesale Price
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Canada Wholesale Price
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Digital
45
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Mini
EP
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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EP
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Mini
Album
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Budget
One
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Budget
Two
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Back
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Mid
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Mid/Front
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Front
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Front
Plus
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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Multi-CD
Set
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[xxxxxx]
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein (including any album tier
designation pursuant hereto), the wholesale price for any
multi-track album shall not exceed [xxxxxx].
Subject to any
limitations set forth herein regarding the use of a particular
tier, COMPANY shall have the right to designate the single or album
tier, as applicable, for each eMaster provided by COMPANY to
ITUNES. In the event COMPANY does not designate a tier
for
[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
a particular
eMaster, COMPANY shall be deemed to have designated Tier 2 for any
such single eMaster and the Mid/Front Tier for any such multi-track
album eMaster, until such time as COMPANY designates a different
tier for such eMaster. [xxxxxx] ITUNES shall
implement any changed tier designation in accordance with ITUNES'
standard business practices. ITUNES may in its
discretion make available additional tiers during the
Term.
[xxxxxx]
Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted provisions under 17 C.F.R.
§§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2.
EXHIBIT B
Schedule of Wholesale Prices
– Videos
Single Video
Wholesale Prices
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US Wholesale Price
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Canada Wholesale Price
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2
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3
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US$[xxxxxx]
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CDN$[xxxxxx]
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COMPANY shall
have the right to designate the tier for each eMaster provided by
COMPANY to ITUNES. In the event COMPANY does not
designate a tier for a particular eMaster, COMPANY shall be deemed
to have designated Tier 2 for any such eMaster, until such time as
COMPANY designates a different tier for such
eMaster. [xxxxxx]. ITUNES shall implement any
changed tier designation in accordance with ITUNES' standard
business practices. ITUNES may in its discretion make
available additional tiers during the Term.
Other
Products
If ITUNES at
any time during the Term exercises its discretion under Section
3(b) to accept additional product configurations, then ITUNES will
make available one or more wholesale price tiers for such
additional products. If multiple tiers are made
available, COMPANY shall have the right to designate any applicable
tier for each product of COMPANY Content delivered by COMPANY to
ITUNES [xxxxxx]. ITUNES shall implement any changed tier
designation in accordance with ITUNES' standard business
practices. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein (including any wholesale price tier made available by ITUNES
or tier designation by COMPANY), the wholesale price for any
product shall not exceed [xxxxxx].
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