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Curiation Synchronization & Master Use License Agreement

Version 1.0 · Effective July 17, 2026

These are the standard terms. Each purchase generates a License Certificate with that order’s specific scope (licensor, licensee, production, tracks, territory, term, and fee).

Version 1.0 · Effective July 17, 2026

Issued through the Curiation platform, operated by Haven Contemporary LLC, a Texas limited liability company doing business as Curiation ("Curiation"). Questions: cupchurch@curiation.fm.

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License No. {{LICENSE_ID}}
Order No. {{ORDER_ID}}
Date of Issue {{ISSUE_DATE}}
Licensor ("Library") {{LIBRARY_LEGAL_NAME}}
Licensee {{BUYER_LEGAL_NAME}} ({{BUYER_EMAIL}})
Production {{PROJECT_NAME}}
Track(s) {{TRACK_TITLE}} — {{ARTIST_NAME}} (ISRC {{ISRC}})
Use Application {{USE_APPLICATION_LABEL}}
Territory {{TERRITORY_LABEL}}
License Term {{TERM_LABEL}}
Paid Media Tier {{PAID_MEDIA_LABEL}}
Stems Included {{STEMS_YN}}
License Fee {{FEE_AMOUNT}} {{CURRENCY}}

This certificate summarizes the license granted under, and is subject in all respects to, the terms below. If this certificate and the terms below conflict, the terms below control.

1.1 This Synchronization & Master Use License Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into between {{LIBRARY_LEGAL_NAME}} (the "Licensor"), the owner or exclusive controller of the Licensed Material, and {{BUYER_LEGAL_NAME}} (the "Licensee").

1.2 Curiation operates the platform through which this Agreement is concluded and is authorized by Licensor to present the Licensed Material, collect the License Fee, and issue this Agreement on Licensor's behalf as Licensor's limited, disclosed agent. Curiation is not a party to the license granted herein, does not own or control the Licensed Material, and grants no rights in it.

2.1 "Licensed Material" means the sound recording(s) and the musical composition(s) embodied therein identified in the License Certificate, including any stems, cutdowns, loops or alternate versions of the same work(s) delivered through the platform under this license.

2.2 "Production" means the single audiovisual or audio-only work identified in the License Certificate as the Production, including its trailers, cutdowns, and versioned edits that are excerpts of substantially the same work produced for the same campaign or release.

2.3 "Scope" means, collectively, the Use Application, Territory, License Term, and Paid Media Tier stated in the License Certificate.

2.4 "Use Application" means the single category of use selected at checkout from the platform's then-current list (TV Commercial; Trailer; Feature Film; TV Series; Branded Content; Content Creator / Editorial; Podcast; Video Game; Radio; Corporate / Internal; Other), as defined in the platform's published Use Application descriptions, which are incorporated by reference.

2.5 "Paid Media Tier" means the level of paid advertising distribution licensed: Organic (no paid placement; owned and earned channels only), Regional (paid placement limited to a single-country or sub-national campaign), or National (paid placement without regional restriction within the Territory). Boosting, sponsored placement, and any spend to promote content containing the Licensed Material is "paid placement."

2.6 "License Term" means the period stated in the License Certificate (One Year; Three Years; or Perpetuity), commencing on the Date of Issue.

3.1 Subject to payment in full of the License Fee and to the terms of this Agreement, Licensor grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license, limited to the Scope, to:

  • (a) record and synchronize the Licensed Material in timed relation with the visual images of the Production (and, for audio-only Use Applications, to incorporate the Licensed Material within the Production);
  • (b) reproduce, distribute, publicly exhibit, transmit and publicly perform the Licensed Material solely as embodied in the Production, in the media and channels customary to the licensed Use Application, within the Territory, during the License Term, and within the Paid Media Tier; and
  • (c) make editorial edits to the Licensed Material for timing and length (cuts, fades, loops, layering of delivered stems). No other alteration is permitted (see 5.2).

3.2 One production per license. This Agreement covers the single Production identified in the License Certificate. Use in any other production, season, campaign, or project requires a separate license.

3.3 Archival tail. Where the License Term is One Year or Three Years, that term limits the period during which the Production may be newly distributed, aired, or promoted with the Licensed Material. Copies of the Production lawfully published during the License Term may remain available in archival, non-promoted form (for example, an existing social post or program archive) after expiry.

3.4 All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Licensor. This license conveys no ownership interest of any kind.

4.1 This is not a buyout. The License Fee covers synchronization and master use only. Non-dramatic public performance rights in the composition are not conveyed and remain subject to licenses maintained by broadcasters, streaming services, venues and other transmitting entities with the applicable performing rights organizations ("PROs"). Writer and publisher performance royalties are and remain payable through the PROs, and nothing in this Agreement waives, reduces, or redirects them.

4.2 Cue sheets. For any Use Application customarily subject to cue-sheet reporting (including Feature Film, TV Series, Trailer, Radio, and TV Commercial where applicable), Licensee shall complete and file, or cause the responsible production entity or broadcaster to file, an accurate music cue sheet with the applicable PRO(s) within 60 days of first broadcast, transmission or release, using the composition and writer metadata (including IPI, ISWC and ISRC identifiers) supplied with the delivery materials. The platform generates a pre-populated cue sheet with each order for this purpose.

4.3 Licensee shall not register, and shall ensure its agents do not register, any claim of ownership over the Licensed Material with any PRO, collecting society, or content-identification system (see 5.4).

5.1 No standalone use. The Licensed Material may not be distributed, sold, streamed, or made available on a standalone basis, as a music release, ringtone, sample, beat, or in any manner in which the recorded music itself is the primary content.

5.2 No derivative musical works. Except for the editorial edits permitted in 3.1(c), Licensee shall not remix, mash up, add lyrics to, re-record, interpolate, or create any derivative musical work from the Licensed Material.

5.3 No AI training or ingestion. Licensee shall not, and shall not permit any third party to, use the Licensed Material (including stems and previews) to train, fine-tune, ground, or otherwise develop any machine-learning or artificial-intelligence model, or as an input, prompt, or reference for any generative audio system. This restriction survives expiry or termination of this Agreement.

5.4 No content-ID claiming. Licensee shall not upload the Licensed Material to YouTube Content ID, Meta Rights Manager, or any equivalent fingerprint-claiming system as a reference file, and shall not assert monetization claims against third parties based on the Licensed Material.

5.5 Sensitive contexts. Use of the Licensed Material in productions consisting primarily of, or endorsing, the following requires Licensor's prior written approval routed through the platform's quote process: political campaigning or advocacy; adult or sexually explicit content; gambling; tobacco, vaping or controlled substances; weapons promotion; or content that is defamatory of, or implies endorsement by, any identifiable person, including the recording artists and composers.

5.6 No resale of access. Licensee shall not transfer delivery files to any party other than bona fide contractors working on the Production (editors, mixers, post houses), each of whom must be bound to restrictions no less protective than this Section 5 and may retain no copies after delivery of the Production.

6.1 If a content-identification claim (for example, a YouTube Content ID or Meta Rights Manager claim) is raised against the Production on account of the Licensed Material, Licensee may notify Curiation, identifying the channel, handle or URL and the claim reference. Curiation will route the notice to Licensor, and Licensor shall release or dispute the claim within any system it controls, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to do so within five (5) business days of notice. Where a claim originates from a system Licensor does not control, Licensor will cooperate in good faith with Licensee's dispute, including by confirming this license in writing to the claimant or platform.

6.2 This Agreement, together with the License Certificate, constitutes Licensee's written evidence of license.

7.1 Delivery is by secure download from the platform. The license attaches to the Production, not to the file: loss of files does not terminate the license, and re-download is available per the platform's Terms of Service while the Licensee account remains in good standing.

8.1 Licensor warrants that: (a) it owns or exclusively controls 100% of the master recording and 100% of the musical composition embodied in the Licensed Material, or otherwise has the full right to grant the rights herein on a one-stop basis; (b) no third-party consent (including from any PRO, union, guild, or sample rights-holder) is required for the grant in Section 3 that has not been obtained; (c) the Licensed Material as delivered does not infringe the copyright, moral rights, or rights of publicity of any third party; and (d) the composition and writer metadata delivered with the Licensed Material is accurate to the best of its knowledge.

8.2 Licensee warrants that: (a) the information it supplied at checkout (including the Production description and Use Application) is accurate and complete; (b) it will use the Licensed Material only within the Scope; and (c) the individual completing checkout has authority to bind the entity named as Licensee.

8.3 EXCEPT AS STATED IN THIS SECTION 8, THE LICENSED MATERIAL IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9.1 By Licensor. Licensor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Licensee from and against third-party claims, and resulting damages, settlements and reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from a breach of the warranties in 8.1, provided Licensee (a) gives prompt written notice, (b) grants Licensor (or its designee) sole control of the defense, and (c) has not materially contributed to the claim through use outside the Scope. Licensor's total aggregate liability under this Agreement shall not exceed three (3) times the License Fee paid.

9.2 By Licensee. Licensee shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Licensor and Curiation from and against third-party claims arising from (a) use of the Licensed Material outside the Scope or in breach of Section 5, or (b) the content of the Production other than the Licensed Material.

9.3 NEITHER PARTY IS LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS, ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR BREACH OF SECTION 5 OR AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 9.

10.1 This Agreement is effective on the Date of Issue and continues for the License Term unless terminated earlier under 10.2.

10.2 Licensor may terminate this license upon written notice if Licensee materially breaches Sections 3, 4 or 5 and fails to cure within 10 business days of notice (or immediately for breach of 5.3 or 5.4, which are not curable). Upon termination for breach, Licensee shall cease new distribution of the Production containing the Licensed Material and destroy delivery files.

10.3 Sections 4.3, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12 survive expiry or termination.

11.1 Curiation provides the transaction, discovery, delivery, and record-keeping infrastructure for this license. Curiation makes no warranty regarding the Licensed Material itself, and Licensee's remedies for breach of Section 8.1 lie against Licensor. Curiation is an intended third-party beneficiary of Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 9.2.

12.1 Assignment. Licensee may assign this Agreement only together with ownership of the Production, upon notice through the platform; any other assignment is void.

12.2 Entire agreement. This Agreement, the License Certificate, and the incorporated platform definitions are the entire agreement regarding the licensed use and supersede prior discussions.

12.3 Governing law; venue. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules. Exclusive venue for any dispute lies in the state and federal courts located in the county of Curiation's principal place of business in Texas, and the parties consent to personal jurisdiction there.

12.4 Severability; waiver. Invalid provisions are severed without affecting the remainder; no waiver is effective unless in writing.

12.5 Notices. Notices to Licensee go to the account email provided at checkout; notices to Licensor and Curiation go to cupchurch@curiation.fm.

This Agreement is concluded electronically. By completing checkout and clicking "I agree — complete purchase," the individual acting for Licensee affirms they have authority to bind Licensee and accepts this Agreement as of the Date of Issue. Records of acceptance (timestamp, order ID, account) are retained by Curiation and constitute the record of execution.

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