Bandübernahmevertrag – Englisch (Band Acquisition Agreement)

Note on the translation: This document is a translation of the German-language model contract from mustervertrag-anwalt.de (horak.Rechtsanwälte). The model contract is based on German law; references to legislation relate to German laws. In the event of any questions regarding interpretation, the German legal terms shall prevail. If the matter involves cross-border issues, please have the template reviewed by a solicitor.

Band Acquisition Agreement

between _________________________, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Producer’

and ___________________________, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Artist’.

Preamble

...That being said, the parties hereby enter into the following agreements.

§1 Subject-matter of the Contract The subject-matter of this contract is the artist’s sound recordings

under the name of _____________________________

and the release of a master tape entitled: _____________________________

The artist confirms that he holds all rights which are transferred under this agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to manage the artist’s recordings covered by this agreement in collaboration with the producers and to set out the contractual terms agreed for this purpose.

§2 Transfer of Rights The artist grants the producer the exclusive right to reproduce and/or distribute the recordings covered by this contract and to exploit them in the manner described in more detail below: a) The exclusive, transferable right, unlimited in terms of territory and duration (statutory term of protection), to produce and distribute the recordings covered by this contract or parts of the recordings covered by this contract, in any format of sound or audiovisual recordings currently known or developed in the future, in any configuration, and to distribute them, or to have them produced and distributed by third parties. b) The right to perform and broadcast the recordings covered by this contract in any form (including transmission by public service, commercial and private radio and television broadcasters). c) The exclusive right to synchronise the recordings covered by this contract with moving images (film, TV, video, etc.) and to perform and broadcast them in conjunction with such images.