Writer Agreement – Startup Cuba TV

VERV EXP, LLC Work For Hire Agreement (version 05-01-2020)

This Work for Hire Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made effective upon first submission of work, by and between VERV EXP, LLC (the “Recipient”), and yourself (the “Contractor”). In this Agreement, the party who is contracting to receive the services shall be referred to as “Recipient”, and the party who will be providing the services shall be referred to as “Contractor.” We encourage you to read this Agreement carefully. By submitting your first work, you acknowledge and agree that you have read, fully accept, and will abide by this Agreement.

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. Contractor will provide the following services (collectively, the “Services”): Content creation services including but not limited to, writing, photography, video creation, audio creation and/or aggregating content to create articles and stories.

2.PAYMENT FOR SERVICES. If payment is mutually agreed upon prior to work commencement on a submission , Recipient will pay compensation to Contractor for the Services. Payments will be made within 30 days upon each completion of work, delivered on time and with final acceptance by Editor at terms agreed to prior to commencement of work. If no payment agrement is made prior to work commencement then no payment is due, consideration for this project will be in the form of offering a platform for Contractor to post work.

No other fees and/or expenses will be paid to Contractor, unless such fees and/or expenses have been approved in advance by the appropriate Company executive in writing. Contractor shall be solely responsible for any and all taxes, Social Security contributions or payments, disability insurance, unemployment taxes, and other payroll type taxes applicable to such compensation.

3. TERM/TERMINATION. This Agreement begins when the Contractor submits their first piece and may be terminated by Recipient at any time upon written notice however upon termination, Recipient maintains ownership rights to created content, including author’s byline, likeness and image in perpetuity.
 

4. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. It is understood by the parties that Contractor is not an employee of the Recipient. Recipient will not provide fringe benefits, including health insurance benefits, paid vacation, or any other employee benefit, for the benefit of the Contractor.
 

5. TITLE AND COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT.

a. Contractor and the Recipient intend this to be a contract for services and each considers the products and results of the Services to be rendered by Contractor hereunder (the “Work”) to be a work made for hire. Contractor acknowledges and agrees that the Work (and all rights therein including, without limitation, copyright) belongs to and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Recipient. b. If for any reason the Work or any part thereof would not be considered a work made for hire under applicable law, Contractor does hereby sell, assign, and transfer to the Recipient, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title and interest in and to the copyright in the Work and any registrations and copyright applications relating thereto and any renewals and extensions thereof, and in and to all works based upon, derived from, or incorporating the Work, and in and to all income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, and in and to all clauses of action, either in law or in equity for past, present, or future infringement based on the copyrights, and in and to all rights corresponding to the foregoing throughout the world. c. If the Work is one to which the provisions of U.S.C. 106A apply, Contractor hereby waives and appoints the Recipient to assert on Contractor’s behalf Contractor’s moral rights or any equivalent rights regarding the form or extent of any alteration of the Work (including, without limitation, removal or destruction) or making of any derivative works based on the Work, including, without limitation, photographs, drawings or other visual reproductions of the Work, in any medium, for the Recipient’s purposes. d. Contractor agrees to execute all papers and to perform such other proper acts as the Recipient may deem necessary to secure for the Recipient or its designee the rights herein assigned.