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ated to both the name of the production and the name of the Producer thereof.

The Distributor agrees that it will, at no time advertise in a manner to create the impression that the Distributor is the Producer of or "presents" any of the productions of the Producer.

18. All payments to be made hereunder by the Distributor to the Producers shall be made in respect to the productions of each at the office of each in the City of..

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19. It is agreed that the Distributor is not the representative of the Producer in any manner whatever, and the Distributor agrees that it will not so hold out, either by advertising or otherwise, to the public or to any person whomsoever, and that the Producer shall not be liable for or bound by any representation, act or omission whatever of the Distributor.

It is further agreed that this agreement in no wise constitutes a partnership between the parties hereto; this agreement is declared to be personal in respect to each of the parties and it is agreed that neither shall assign the same, without the written consent of the others.

Purchase from Author of Motion Picture Rights of an Original Unpublished Work

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,

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in the State of... .for and in consideration of $....

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receipt of which sum is hereby acknowledged, have granted, sold, assigned and transferred, and by these presents, do grant, sell, assign, and transfer unto said...

all right to take, make, manufacture, produce, sell, lease, release, license, generally deal with and traffic in, exhibit, exploit, and cause to be exhibited and exploited, motion pictures and photoplays based upon or taken from or adapted from a certain manuscript entitled... which said manuscript has heretofore been delivered to said... . .

I hereby agree that I will not at any time in the future, sell, grant, transfer and convey unto any other person, firm or

corporation, any rights or licenses which will in any wise conflict with the full, free and untrammeled enjoyment of the rights hereby granted, sold, and transferred to...

and I further agree that if the said manuscript or any work based thereon should ever be published, I will cause such work to be copyrighted and will grant or cause to be granted to a license under such copyright coincident

with the terms of this agreement.

And I further grant, sell, assign and transfer to said... its successors and assigns, the right to obtain copyright in all countries upon any photoplays and motion pictures based upon or adapted from the said manuscript, and the absolute and unqualified right to use the said manuscript in whole or in part, and adaptations from the whole or parts thereof, in the production of motion pictures and photoplays. In order to induce said.. to make the pay

ment above referred to, I hereby warrant and represent to said

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1. That I am the sole and exclusive owner of the aforesaid manuscript and of all rights of any and every kind and nature therein and thereto throughout the world, and that the said rights and each and all of them, are free and clear of any lien, charge, debt or encumbrance of any kind or character.

2. That the said manuscript is an original composition and that I am the sole author thereof, and that neither the whole thereof, nor any part thereof, nor any incident thereof, is taken from any other manuscript or composition, or from any other published or unpublished work.

3. That neither the said manuscript nor the subject matter thereof, nor any part thereof, nor any incident thereof, has ever been published or dedicated to the public in any manner whatsoever.

4. That the title of the aforesaid manuscript is such as may be freely used by the said.... its

successors and assigns, in connection with the said composition and in connection with any adaptations thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this...

day of..

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the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do

hereby grant, sell, assign and transfer unto said..

all right to take, make, manufacture, produce, reproduce, sell, lease, release, license, generally deal with and traffic in, exhibit, exploit and cause to be exhibited and exploited, motion pictures and photoplays based upon or taken from or adapted from a certain story entitled.... and published in...

Magazine, in the issue of copyright whereof was registered by. on or about the.... ..day of...

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I hereby agree that I will not at any time in the future, sell, grant, transfer and convey unto any other person, firm or corporation, any rights or licenses which will in any wise conflict with the full, free and untrammeled enjoyment of the rights hereby granted, sold and transferred to. . . . .

In order to induce.. ..to make the payment to me above mentioned, I hereby warrant and represent:

1. That I am the sole author of the said story, that the same is not an adaptation of or plagiarism from any work published or unpublished, or any part of any such work, and that I am the sole and exclusive owner of the rights hereby granted, sold, transferred, and assigned, and to the whole thereof, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, debt or charge of any kind or character whatsoever.

2. That the copyright of said story, except for the first American serial rights, has been transferred to me by said...

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(or in the alternative delivered together with the delivery of this instrument to...

record in the Copyright Office.)

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3. That the title of the aforesaid composition is such as

may be used by..

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motion pictures and/or photoplays based upon or adapted from said story.

In amplification of, and not in limitation of any rights hereinbefore specified as sold, assigned, transferred and granted unto said.... I hereby specifically

assign, grant, sell and transfer unto... the right to adapt, arrange, rearrange, change, transpose, add to and subtract from the said story as and to the extent that the said.... may deem expedient in the production of motion pictures and photoplays, and to the publication by said.. its successors and assigns, of a synopsis of said motion pictures and/or photoplays when completed, for descriptive purposes and advertising and giving publicity to and exploiting the said motion pictures and/or photoplays. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this... day of....

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Purchase from the Author of All Rights to an Original Unpublished Work

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,

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for and in consideration of $.... receipt of which sum is hereby acknowledged, have granted, sold, assigned and transferred, and by these presents do grant, sell, assign and transfer unto said.... manuscript entitled..

has heretofore been delivered to said.

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a certain which said manuscript

AND I hereby grant, sell, assign and transfer unto said all rights of any kind and character appertaining to said manuscript, and the complete and unconditional and unencumbered title therein and thereto.

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AND I further sell, grant, assign and transfer to said............. its successors and assigns, the right to obtain copyright in all countries upon the said manuscript and upon any literary, photographic or dramatic transcriptions or

adaptations thereof, and the absolute and unqualified right to use the said manuscript in whole or in part, and to use adaptations thereof in whatever manner the said...

.shall desire.

In order to induce said..

.to make the pay

ment above referred to, I hereby warrant and represent to said

1. That I am the sole and exclusive owner of the aforesaid manuscript and of all rights of any and every kind and nature therein and thereto throughout the world, and that the said rights and each and all of them are free and clear of any lien, charge, debt or encumbrance of any kind or character.

2. That the said manuscript is an original composition and that I am the sole author thereof, and that neither the whole thereof, nor any part thereof, nor any incident thereof, is taken from any other manuscript or composition, or from any other published or unpublished work.

3. That neither the said manuscript nor the subject matter thereof, nor any part thereof, nor any incident thereof, has ever been published or dedicated to the public in any manner whatsoever.

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4. That the title of the aforesaid manuscript is such as may be freely used by the said... its successors and assigns, in connection with the said composition and in connection with any adaptations thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this.. .day of..

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