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“MACON MUSIC” TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Welcome to Macon Music, an online competition run by Newtown Macon, Inc.

(“Company”), a non-profit Georgia corporation, via its website,

newtownmacon.com (the “Website”), which enables aspiring music artists to

market themselves and while competing for the opportunity to promote Macon

and its music (the “Contest”).

These Terms are an agreement between You, the person using the Website or

who enters the Contest (“You” or the “User”), and Company (together referred

to as "we" or "us"). By using the Website and/or entering the Contest, You

agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (the “Terms” or

“Agreement”). It is important that You understand both the benefits and

limitations of the Contest. If You object to anything in this Agreement or the

Newtown Macon, Inc. Privacy Policy, do not use the Website or participate in

the Contest.

1. Acceptance of Terms. When You click "ACCEPT," You agree to these Terms. If

You do not agree to all of these Terms, click "DECLINE," and You will not be entitled

to use the Website or enter the Contest. These Terms may be updated from time to

time. If You do not agree to the changes, You agree to discontinue Your use of the

Website and/or participation in the Contest. You can review the most current version

at any time at www.music@newtownmacon.com.

2. Contest Details.

The Contest. The Contest will begin with the submission period (the “Submission

Period”) stated below (users who enter Submissions are “Contestants”).

Submissions Guidelines

Submissions will be accepted between March 1, 2015 at 12am and March 31 at

11:59pm. You may submit a digital Mp3 file at no less than 128KB and no higher

than 192KB of your track for consideration for the album by visiting the following link

and uploading the track: *Digital Submissions only. CDs will not be accepted.

Please include track name, your name or group’s name, contact information and a

brief bio. If you have any issues, please email music@newtownmacon.com.

NewTown Macon and Shadow Sound Studio will not accept phone calls and will not

provide feedback or comment on selection process.

Rules

1. You must be a local musician or act to participate in the Macon Music project,

meaning, if You are a group, at least one member of Your performing group

must live at least half of the year in “Middle Georgia” (Bibb, Crawford,

Houston, Jones, Monroe or Peach Counties) and You must have performed

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publicly in Middle Georgia during the past twelve months. You must be 18

years or older and an artist not signed to a contract for Your services as an

exclusive recording artist.

2. To submit the track, You must own 100% of master recording submitted.

Submitted tracks cannot include samples, or have producers,

co-composers, or co-publishers other than You. Submitted tracks may have a

co-writer only if the co-writer is a current band member or the co-writer was a

former band member and has provided written permission to submit the

Track. You must agree that by submitting Your track(s), You are warranting

that You have the right to have the composition embodied in the track

produced and recorded and distributed, as further set forth herein.

3. If selected for the album, You agree to record the selected track during the

month of May at Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, GA, attend the release

party in June, and provide legal rights for Company to distribute the record at

no cost to promote Macon music, as set forth herein.

4. Tracks must be less than 7:30 minutes in length to be considered for the

competition.

5. Performers or groups may submit no more than three tracks for

consideration.

Judging

1. NewTown Macon, Inc. and Stuckey Management DBA Shadow Sound Studio

will select a panel of celebrity judges for the competition who will listen to and rate all

submissions.

2. Using these ratings, NewTown Macon, Inc. and Shadow Sound Studio will

collaborate to select ten master recordings (or “tracks”) that represent a broad and

diverse group of styles, artists and genres for inclusion on an album tentatively

entitled “Macon Music Record, Volume 1” (the “Album”). NewTown Macon, Inc. and

Shadow Sound Studio will also determine the order of tracks.

3. Tracks do not need to be professional recorded for consideration.

4. All genres of music will be considered.

Prize

Submitters of tracks selected for the record (the "Winning Artists") will have their

winning track professionally re-recorded or, at producer's discretion, will have a

previously unrecorded original composition produced and engineered exclusively by

Joey Stuckey at Shadow Sound Studio in Downtown Macon, at not cost to the

artist(s). If needed, Shadow Sound Studio will provide production services and play

instruments

at producer's discretion required to create the music recording, to be

produced. With respect to all creative issues (i.e., producers, studio, Artwork,

image/likeness, etc.), Newtown Macon, Inc.’s decision will control. The ten-track

record will be created into a CD with a locally designed sleeve case. NewTown

Macon, Inc. will own the master recording produced by Shadow Sound Studio. The

record will be uploaded to streaming music services, and made available to all

locally owned restaurants, bars and entertainment venues in Middle Georgia for

unlimited playback. Lastly, each Winning Artist will receive 25 free copies of the CD

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to give out for promotions and the group or performer may order an unlimited

number of extra discs

for promotional purposes only from Newtown Macon, Inc. at

the group’s or performer’s cost

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Contest Winners.

1. By accepting these Terms, You hereby agree that if You are a Winning Artist, You grant to Company the right in perpetuity to feature Your name, image and likeness, along with a preview of a Winning Track and/or the Master, on the Website and in any and all promotional materials created by Company or utilized by Company in any way without any further approval rights by You. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company will have no obligation to feature this content on the Website for any amount of time, and may remove such content and/or place it back onto the Website freely and at its sole discretion.

B. Service Limitations. We will try very hard to make Your experience with us a productive one. However, we cannot always foresee or anticipate technical or other difficulties, such as loss of data, personalization settings or other service interruptions. We do not assume responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user data, communications or personalization settings.

C. Privacy Policy. We respect Your privacy, and expect You to respect the privacy of other Users and Contestants. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into and made part of this Agreement. You can view our Privacy Policy at www.music@newtownmacon.com.

D. Cancellation. You may cancel Your participation in the Contest at any time sending an

email to

music@newtownmacon.com

o, and your account will be cancelled. Also, we may cancel Your participation in the Contest for any reason, at any time. We will attempt to notify You in advance of such cancellation, but we are not obligated to do so.

3. Terms and Conditions

For the benefit and security of our users, and to comply with applicable laws, we have a few mandatory guidelines. ANY CONDUCT THAT VIOLATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IS GROUNDS FOR

TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT.

A. Eligibility. By accepting this Agreement, You represent and warrant that You are a United States citizen, that You are at least 18 years of age and You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement. Participation in the Contest is void where prohibited. By participating in the Contest, You represent and warrant that You have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

B. Music Submission.

1. All Submissions must be the original music wholly owned and created by the Contestant entering the Submission. Contestants must own 100% of the rights to the sound recording and composition to each Submission that they enter into the Contest, and must certify that they own these rights upon submission. By entering a Submission, You represent and warrant that such Submission is Your original creative work and that You are the sole exclusive owner of any and all rights to the Submission, copyright or otherwise. Any false claim of ownership will result in the disqualification of the Submission and all other Submissions by that Contestant from the Contest, indefinite removal of those Submissions from the Website, and may be punishable to the full extent of the law. Company will not be liable for the falsification of any copyright ownership.

2. All Submissions must: (1) be free and clear of any royalties; (2) not be entered into any other competition other than the Contest, specifically including but not limited to any music competitions; and (3) not be licensed or up for consideration for licensing by any third parties. By entering a Submission into the Contest, Contestant warrants

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underlying composition and sound recording are not being offered to the public or to private parties in any way, either for free or for a fee.

3. All Submissions must be free of any vulgar or sexually explicit content. Any such content contained in a Submission will permit Company, in its sole discretion, to remove the Submission, to disqualify the Submission and any or all of that Contestant’s other Submissions, and to indefinitely remove that Contestant from the Contest and the Website.

4. Submissions cannot be altered, modified or changed in any way once submitted. Submissions may be deleted by the submitting Contestant, but in such an instance, no refund will be offered and the Contestant will not be able to upload a new Submission in the place of the deleted Submission.

C. Winning Tracks.

1. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, You agree to be bound to such terms concerning a Winning Track, should your Submission be chosen as a Winning Track. By agreeing to these Terms, You hereby warrant and represent the words and music of the composition embodying such Winning Track (the “Composition”) are wholly owned by You. You hereby agree that if You are a Winning Artist, You allow Company to reproduce the Composition on records (including all physical and digital forms thereof) and to distribute and otherwise exploit them in the Territory by any and all means now or hereafter known. You further agree that if You are a Winning Artist, for such licenses, You will not be paid mechanical royalties;

You hereby waive your right to receive

mechanical royalties in connection with the exploitation of Masters

hereunder, and you hereby grant to Company a license for the use of the

musical compositions written by Artist, embodied on the Masters and

released on the Album free of charge with respect to all exploitations of

the Masters pursuant to this Agreement.

You hereby grant (and shall cause Your respective publishing designee(s) to grant) to Company and its designees, at no fee, royalty or other cost to Company or its designees, the irrevocable, exclusive, worldwide right to reproduce the Composition on so-called “promotional use-only audiovisual records” and so-called “promo music videos,” to reproduce and distribute such

audiovisual records and promo music videos, to perform them in any manner (including, without limitation, publicly and for profit), to manufacture and distribute such

audiovisual records and promo music videos, and to otherwise exploit them, in any manner and through any medium now or hereafter known, and to authorize others to do so, for the life of the copyright of the Composition.

2. By agreeing to these Terms, You hereby agree that if You are a Winning Artist, You shall execute a Work for Hire Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Pursuant to the Work for Hire Agreement, the Master recorded and delivered hereunder, from the inception of recording (including so-called “out-takes”), and all matrices and records manufactured from them, together with the performances embodied on them, and all videos, artwork, websites and other materials created for use in connection with the Master hereunder (collectively, "Master Materials") shall be deemed a “work for hire” for Company and shall be the sole property of the Company, free from any claims by Company, a Winning Artist or any other person. You shall grant to Company the exclusive right to copyright such Master Materials in its name as the author and owner of them or to assign such rights to any third party, and to secure any and all renewals and extensions of such copyright throughout the Territory. To the extent, if any, that Company is not deemed the sole "author" of any of the Master Materials, then all right, title and interest in and to such Master Materials (including, without limitation, all such copyrights therein and renewals and extensions thereof) shall be deemed irrevocably transferred and assigned to Company by this Agreement.

3. By agreeing to these terms, you agree that if you are a Winning Artist, you will provide to Company an autobiographical summary of yourself and your career, along with a minimum of two (2) images (the “Biographical Content”) by no later than ten (10) days

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after the Announcement. You agree that Company shall have the right to display any and all of the Biographical Content on the Website in perpetuity. You hereby grant Company and its designee(s) the rights throughout the world to use and authorize the use of the Biographical Content, along with your name(s) (professional, legal and otherwise), approved likenesses, approved biographical information and other identifying features (collectively, "ID Materials") in connection with the Master, the Composition, recordings, their marketing and promotion, the Website, Company’s social media sites (Facebook and Twitter), the Contest, other Materials and Company’s business; such rights shall be non-exclusive and assignable both during the Term and thereafter.

4. Contestants hereby agree that Company and its asignees and licensees shall have the right to include the Winning Track in the recording Album. You hereby agree that if You are a Winning Artist, You shall execute any and all documentation necessary to affirm the terms set forth herein.

D. Your Information. Upon your submission, we may create an account containing your information (an “Account”), You will be asked to submit certain information, including but not limited to Your name, telephone number, email address, physical address and profile image(s) (“Account Information”; Account Information, along with Submissions, shall be jointly defined as “Materials”). You hereby represent and warrant that all Materials provided by You to Company are true, accurate, current and complete, and relate and belong solely to You. You hereby represent and warrant that such Materials: (a) shall not be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) shall not be fraudulent (c) shall not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising); (e) shall not be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) shall not be obscene, contain child pornography or contain any nudity or vulgar images; (g) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h) shall not create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) shall not link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under this Agreement; or (bb) You do not have a right to link to or include. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a minor under 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Any Materials found to violate this section may, in the sole discretion of Company, result in the disqualification of the Submission and all other Submissions by that Contestant from the Contest, indefinite removal of those Submissions from the Website, indefinite termination of that Contestant’s Account, and may be punishable to the full extent of the law.

E. Identity and Information. You represent to us that You are the identity You claim to manage. You understand that signing up another person without their permission is a direct infringement of their rights, and they may have the right to prosecute. Company also reserves the right to prosecute for any misrepresentation on the Website.

F. Information Control. We do not control the information provided by other users, which is made available through our system. You may find other user's Materials to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution and common sense when using the Website. Please note that there are also risks of dealing with foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretense.

G. Release of Company. Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, Company cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. In the event that You have a dispute with one or more users, You release Company (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, members and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If You are a California resident, You waive California Civil Code В§1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of

executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

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H. Obey the Law. You agree not to use the Website or the Contest for illegal purposes or for the transmission of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous (untrue and damaging to others), invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, or obscene, or that infringes the rights of others, or in any way that interferes with our ability to provide the Service or any other service to our customers, or in any way which damages our livelihood, or the livelihood of others. You are solely responsible for all content You transmit through the Website and the Contest.

I. Restrictions on Commercial Use or Resale. Your right to use the Website and participate in the Contest is personal to You; therefore, You agree not to resell or make any commercial use of the Website or the Contest.

J. Proprietary Rights. You acknowledge and agree that Company and its licensee(s) and affiliates own all rights to the Website and the content displayed on the Website, and that the Materials submitted by each individual user are owned by that user. You are only permitted to use this content as expressly authorized by the Website and Contest. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the content of the Website or the content of any other user’s Materials. Further, You agree not to reverse engineer or reverse compile any of our technology.

K. Use of Marks, Materials and Suggestions. The Newtown Macon, Inc. names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the property of, respectively, Company or our affiliates. You are not being granted a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right in the material or the products, services, processes or technology described therein. We, our affiliates, other Contestants and/or any third party owner of such rights retain all such rights. Any feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like, which You send to us will be treated as being non-confidential and nonproprietary. We will also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services incorporating such information.

L. Endorsements. All product and service marks contained on or associated with the Service that are not our marks are the trademarks of their respective owners. References to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third party sites or information do not necessarily constitute or imply our endorsement, sponsorship, recommendation or warranty of the third party, information, product or service.

4. Rights You Grant to Us

A. Content You Provide. Subject to our Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website, You are licensing to us any and all Materials that You provide. We may use, modify, display, distribute and create new material using such Materials, but only to administer the Contest and provide access to the Website. By using the Website and participating in the Contest, You are agreeing and warranting that the owner of such Materials has expressly agreed that, without any particular time limit, and without the payment of any fees, we may use the Materials for the purposes set out above.

B. Account Access. In order to ensure that we are able to provide high quality services that are responsive to Contestants’ needs, You agree that our employees, auditors, attorneys and other agents may have access to Your Account, Materials and records as reasonably needed to investigate complaints, comply with applicable laws and to service Your Account.

C. Name, Image and Likeness. You hereby grant to us the worldwide right, in perpetuity, to use and permit others to use Your logos, tradenames, trademarks, names, biographical material concerning You and any Materials You submit in connection with the Website and the Contest, and any promotions and advertisements thereof, at our sole discretion. Any logos, tradenames, trademarks, photographs, biographies and/or Materials submitted by You to us shall be deemed approved by You for use by us in accordance with the terms herein. You warrant and represent that You will not and have not violated or infringed upon any common law or statutory rights of any person or other legal entity including without limitation, contractual rights, copyrights, trademarks and rights of privacy, and the material referenced herein can be used by Company without remuneration to any third party.

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5. Other Important Legal Matters

A. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST WILL MEET YOUR

REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS,

SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, OR (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CORRECTED.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,

OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY PART OF THIS SECTION IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH ANY OTHER PART OF THESE TERMS, THIS SECTION WILL CONTROL.

B. APPROPRIATENESS OF CONTENT. From the Website, users may view on the Website or be directed to other sites containing information or material that may be offensive or inappropriate. We make no effort to review the content of these sites, nor are we responsible for the validity, legality, copyright compliance, or decency of the content. In addition, we do not endorse or control the content of any other user and are not responsible or liable for any content, even though it could be unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable, nor are we responsible or liable for content that infringes or may infringe upon the intellectual property or other rights of another. You acknowledge that we do not pre-screen content, but that we and our designees will have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any content that is available via the Website.

C. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY HARMS, WHICH LAWYERS AND COURTS OFTEN CALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST; (ii) THE COST OF GETTING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY PRODUCTS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE OR CONTEST; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR

ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANYONE ON THE WEBSITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE WEBSITE.

D. Indemnification. Except when caused by, arising from, or related to our intentional misconduct or gross negligence, You agree to protect and fully compensate us and our affiliates and service providers from any and all third party claims, liability, damages, expenses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees) caused by or arising from Your use of the Website and participation in the Contest, Your violation of the Terms or Your infringement, or

infringement by any other user of Your account, of any intellectual property or other right of anyone.

E. Service Changes and Discontinuation. We reserve the right to change or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website and/or the Contest at any time without notice. In order to maintain the security and integrity of the Website and the Contest we may also suspend Your access to the Website at any time without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to You or

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any third party for any modification or discontinuance of the Website or Contest.

F. Other. This Agreement cannot be changed nor any of our rights waived unless we agree in writing. This Agreement is personal to You and You may not assign it to anyone. All notices to us must be made in writing. Company shall not be considered an agent or other legal representative of You for any purpose by reason of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any association, partnership, joint venture, or relationship of principal, agent, employer or employee between us. If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. The laws of the State of Georgia apply to this Agreement without giving effect to its conflicts of laws provisions or Your actual state or country of residence. These Terms constitute the entire understanding between You and us about the Service.

6. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF USE

Company’s goal is to maintain a respectable Website that is safe, friendly, fun and useful. As a User who is able to supply Materials, You agree not to submit material that is inaccurate, indecent, obscene, defamatory, racially offensive, pornographic, promotes harm or violence, infringes on the rights of others, contains files or materials which are corrupt or contains viruses or are in any way intended to cause damage, promotes or endorses illegal acts, or provides access through hyperlinks to any websites that offer any such content.

7. COPYRIGHT

A. You acknowledge that You shall be solely responsible for obtaining any and all necessary copyright permissions for any and all materials, including Submissions, submitted, including without limitation, sound recordings, compositions, graphics, text and images. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company from all costs, damages and expenses (including

reasonable attorney's fees) resulting from any claims, damages, and losses arising in connection with the contents of Your Materials used in connection with Your Account or in any litigation or claim arising from a dispute of proprietary rights with respect to such contents and Materials. You agree not to submit any Material that violates any law, trademark, service mark, copyright, licensing agreement, property rights, intellectual rights or material that otherwise violates the rights of any third party. You warrant that You will maintain any and all necessary rights to any and all Materials that You submit through the Contest. You agree to only submit Material that is lawful.

B. Without limiting the foregoing, if You believe that Your Material has been copied and posted on the Website or submitted in the Contest in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;; a description of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed; Your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by You, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in Your notice is accurate and that You are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Company’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:

music@newtownmacon.com

8. PRIVACY

Company seeks to maintain the privacy of its Users. You agree not to use any information You may acquire regarding other Website users or Contestants for the purposes of "spam" email, invasion of privacy, solicitation, advertising, harassment or other unacceptable behavior as detailed in the Restrictions of Use section in this Agreement. You further agree not to impersonate any other Website User or

Contestant, customer or employee for any reason whatsoever. You may refer to the Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement, and which may change from time to time as Company deems necessary. You acknowledge that You may not be notified of changes or modifications to it, but that You shall be solely responsible for reviewing the most current Privacy Policy.

9. NONPROFIT. Company is a charitable organization and has 501(c)3 or pending 501(c)(3) status for

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10. PURCHASERS OF MUSIC. All Users who make a Digital Download (“Purchasers”) are required to

comply with the Terms of this Agreement. Company will not refund any Digital Download for any reason, and hereby expressly disclaims any and all warranties, as set forth above in section 5. Company does not endorse any Contestant or Submission and is not affiliated with any Contestant or Submission other than as set forth in this Agreement. Company accepts only U.S. currency. All payments made through the Website are accepted via a secure method of SSL.

11. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

A. Company reserves the right to refuse any material that violates the guidelines, violates this Agreement, violates the law or for any reason whatsoever is deemed inappropriate by Company. Company has the right to disqualify any Submission or any Contestant for violation of the guidelines included elsewhere in this Agreement, violation of law, or for any reason whatsoever as deemed necessary by Company. Company is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from the removal of Material from the Website, nor from the disabling of a User’s Account or disqualification of a Submission or Contestant. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company from all costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) resulting from any claims, damages, and losses arising in connection with the disabling,

disqualification or suspension of Your User Account or Submissions.

B. You acknowledge that Company is in no way responsible or liable for any Submissions, Material, or any other content made or provided by any person, Contestant, User or entity to the Contest, the Website or other content associated with User Accounts. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company from any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages that You may cause or incur through Your or others' use of the Website or participation in the Contest. You further acknowledge and agree that You are solely responsible and liable for any and all materials used in association with Your User Account. You assume all liability for any damages or infringements that You knowingly or unknowingly cause through Your use of the Website and/or participation in the Contest.

12. PROMOTIONAL USE OF MATERIALS

You agree to allow Company to use any and all Material, including content, images, music, news and other materials, associated with Your User Account for advertising, promotional and marketing purposes during the Term of the Contest, and in perpetuity if You are a Winning Artist. You will retain all rights to these Materials and all other content, other than as set forth herein, and Company in no way claims ownership of or copyright to any of Your original materials, other than as set forth in this Agreement. You further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company for any loss or damage resulting from any unlawful third party stealing, copying or otherwise using the work product created by Company with Your Materials.

13. NO WARRANTY

You agree to accept the state of the Website and the Contest "AS IS" and accept it with no guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, and further agree that You use the Website and participate in the Contest at Your own risk. Company does not warrant that the Website or Contest will be free of errors, typos, malfunctions, security breaches, down time, slow response time, or other problems that may occur. Company disclaims all warranties to the full extent permissible under the applicable law.

14. NO WAIVER

Failure by Company to enforce or take advantage of any provision hereof shall not constitute a waiver of the right to subsequently enforce or take advantage of such provision or any other provision contained herein.

15. JURISDICTION

This Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia. In the event of a dispute regarding this Agreement, jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the state of Georgia in the courts of Bibb County.

16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement supersedes and cancels all prior discussions, correspondence and memoranda with respect to the subject matter hereof between You and Company, whether written, oral, sent by e-mail or implied, and it evidences the exclusive and entire Agreement between You and Company.

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17. SEVERABILITY

If any provision herein is prohibited by or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which this Agreement may be used or to which it may be applicable, said provision shall be, as to said jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent of such prohibition, without invalidating thereby any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

19. By using the Website and/or participating in the Contest, You, the customer and a User of music@newtownmacon.com, agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your continued use of the Website and the Contest and the tools and services offered therein confirms Your continued acceptance of this Agreement as it exists presently or as it may be modified from time to time. You further acknowledge that You may not be notified of such changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions, but that You shall be solely

responsible for reviewing the latest Terms and Conditions. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR WITH CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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EXHIBIT “A”

WORK FOR HIRE AGREEMENT

"Company": Newtown Macon, Inc., 479 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201

"Winning Artist": _______________________, located at _______________________

This agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth above by and between Company and Winning Artist. Company and Winning Artist hereby agree as follows:

1. SERVICES. Winning Artist rendered services to Company as an independent music writer and recording artist in connection with the Master Recording of the Composition entitled

___________________________________ (hereinafter “Master” or “Master Recording”). Winning Artist has paid all payments required to be made to any individual(s) rendering services in connection with the producing and recording of the Master, as well as all other payments which were required to be made pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

2. PAYMENT. Winning Artist shall receive no compensation in connection with all services of any nature rendered by Winning Artist in connection with the Master Recording, including (but not limited to) any services as a producer, engineer, arranger, instrumentalist, musician or vocalist, other than as a composer or writer.

3. RIGHTS IN COMPOSITION AND RECORDINGS.

(a) Winning Artist and all other persons rendering services in connection with such Master shall be deemed employees for hire of Company, and the Master Recording that is subject to Agreement, from inception, is considered, for purposes of this Agreement, a work made for hire for Company pursuant to the United States Copyright Act. If the Master is determined not to be a work made for hire, all rights in it which are attributable to a Winning Artist's participation in its authorship will be deemed transferred to Company by this Agreement. The Master that was made under this Agreement, from inception, and all recordings distributed and manufactured from it, together with the performances embodied on them, are the sole property of Company or Company’s assignee, free from any claims whatsoever by Winning Artist or any other person, and Company or Company’s designee have the exclusive right to copyright this Master Recording in the name of Company or Company’s designee as the owner and author of the Master, and to secure any and all renewals and extensions of such copyright throughout the world.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company and any Person authorized by Company have the unlimited, exclusive rights, throughout the world: (i) to manufacture and distribute Records in any form and by any method now or hereafter known, derived from the Master made under this agreement; (ii) to sell, transfer or otherwise deal with the Records under any trademarks, trade names and labels, or to refrain from such manufacture, sale and dealing; and (iii) to reproduce, adapt, and otherwise use, perform and perform digitally the Master in any medium and in any manner, including but not limited to use in audiovisual works, without payment of any compensation to Winning Artist other than as set forth herein. The Master may not be used by Winning Artist without license from Company. For purposes of clarity, the Master subject to this Agreement is not the master recording submitted by Winning Artist to Company in connection with the Contest, as defined in the Newtown Macon, Inc. Terms and Conditions, which this Agreement is incorporated into by reference,.

4. CREDIT, NAMES & LIKENESSES. Company has the worldwide right in perpetuity to use and to permit others to use the name (both legal and professional, and whether presently or hereafter used by a Winning Artist), approved likeness, other identification, and approved biographical material of Winning Artist for purposes of trade and otherwise, without restriction, in connection with the Master Recording hereunder, the Phonograph Records derived therefrom, and Company’s music business and products. Company shall give Winning Artist appropriate production credit on Phonograph Records released by it in any format on Album liner notes and Album cover. Such credit shall be in substantially the following form: “_______________” [Winning Artist’s name].

5. WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS. Winning Artist hereby warrants, represents and agrees that: (1) Winning Artist is under no disability, restriction or prohibition, whether contractual or otherwise, with respect to Winning Artist’s right to execute this contract to grant the rights granted by Winning Artist to Company hereunder, to perform each and every term and provision hereof and to produce each and every selection created hereunder. In this regard Winning Artist specifically warrants and represents that no selection created by a Winning Artist hereunder is or shall be subject to any restrictions pursuant to any other agreement to which Winning Artist is or has been a party or by which Winning Artist is otherwise bound; (2) Neither the Composition nor any other selections, materials, ideas, or other properties

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furnished by Winning Artist, if any, or the performances by persons engaged by Winning Artist and embodied or contained in or used in connection with the Master will violate or infringe upon any common law or statutory right of any person, firm or corporation including, without limitation, contractual rights, copyrights, trademarks, obscenity laws and/ or rights of privacy and publicity. Winning Artist expressly agrees that in the event Winning Artist breaches any provision of this contract, including but not limited to the warranties and representations set forth herein, Company would be entitled to injunctive relief and/ or damages, as Company may deem appropriate, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to Company. Winning Artist hereby agrees to and does hereby indemnify, save, and hold Company harmless from any and all damages, liabilities, costs, losses and expenses (including legal costs and attorneys' fees) arising out of or connected with any claim, demand, or action by a third party which arises from a breach of any of the warranties, representations, or covenants made by Winning Artist in this contract.

This contract has been entered into in the State of Georgia, and its validity, construction, interpretation and legal effect shall be governed by the law of the State of Georgia applicable to contracts entered into and performed entirely within the State of Georgia. Venue and jurisdiction lie in the courts of the state of Georgia.

The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of ________________________, 2015. _________________________________

_________________________________ [Print name of Winning Artist] (“WINNING ARTIST”) _________________________________

Newtown Macon, Inc. (“COMPANY “)

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