Music Usage License


1. This music usage license, herein “the Agreement”, is agreed between the music owner, herein “the Licensor”, and DopeOffthePress (Pty)Ltd, herein “the Licensee”, known collectively as “the Parties”.

2. Whereas the Licensor has, or represents someone who has, the exclusive right to intellectual property, the Composition, and the Recording, herein collectively called “the Music”, and has the right to grant the License under this Agreement limited to the conditions set herein.

3. The Agreement shall come into effect as of the date of music submission and it will terminate as of the earliest of; the Licensor requesting that the music is removed from the Licensee’s online radio station playlist/s, or the Licensee getting licenses from ICASA, SAMPRA and SAMRO for the Mobile & Internet Transmission of music as required by the South African Copyright Act (Act 98 of 1978, as amended) and Performers Protection Act (11 of 1967, as amended).

4. Whereas the Licensor intends to grant the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to transmit the Music on its online radio station without monetary compensation to the Licensor.

i. The Licensee has no right to use, or permit the use of, the music licensed to it for: commercials, social media content, brand endorsement, distribution, or any other uses other than the right to transmit the Music as stated above.
ii. The Licensee has no right of ownership of the music submitted to it and has no right to alienate the Recording from the Licensor.

5. This Agreement is governed by the Laws of the Republic of South Africa and the jurisdiction of any dispute herein shall be the South African legal system.