The Sound Archivist End-User License Agreement (EULA)

License agreement for users of Sound Libraries purchased from The Sound Archivist (www.soundarchivist.com) (as “Licensor”).

This end user license agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between you, a single user natural person (the “Licensee”), who has purchased one or more sound effect libraries from the Licensor, and the creator or creators of these sound effect libraries (the “Licensor”).  

This Agreement covers one or more sound libraries purchased by the Licensee which appears from the invoice that the Licensee receives following the purchase (the “Sound Libraries”).  The Licensor is the creator or creators of the Sound Libraries listed on the invoice which the Licensee receives following the purchase. 

By accepting this EULA the Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in this EULA. 

  1. Grant of License 

In consideration for the purchase of the Sound Libraries, the Licensor grants the Licensee a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free license to use the sounds in the Sound Libraries (“Sounds”) on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. 

  1. Rights Granted 

The license granted in this agreement allows the Licensee to: 

  1. Install and use the Sound Libraries on one workstation at a time, although the Licensee is permitted to make and keep backup copies of the Sound Libraries on other storage devices, and 
  2. Distribute and publicly perform reproductions of the Sounds, where these are incorporated in and synchronized with other media productions, which shall mean products that contains at least one additional media element to the Sounds (music, voice, image, etc.), including but not limited to radio and television broadcasts, film, music compositions, web sites, podcasts, mobile apps, advertising, multimedia presentations, video games and similar.

3.Restrictions 

The Licensee is not permitted to distribute or perform reproductions of the Sounds where these are not incorporated in and synchronized with other media productions, including but not limited to in toys, product design, greeting cards, ringtones, applications such as soundboards, hardware devices, media authoring tools etc. 

To the furthest extension permitted by law, the Licensee is prohibited from adapting, modifying or repackaging any Sounds, except as permitted in Clause 2. 

  1. Intellectual Property Rights 

All rights to the Sound Libraries and the Sounds herein are owned by the Licensor and other than the license rights granted in this Agreement all rights in the Sounds and Sound Effect Libraries remain the property of the Licensor. The Licensee must not claim ownership or authorship of the Sounds or the Sound Libraries. 

  1. Termination 

The Licensee’s right to use the Sound Libraries will automatically terminate in the event of any breach by the Licensee of the terms of this Agreement. In the event of termination, the Licensee shall delete or destroy all copies of the Sound Libraries which the Licensee has produced. 

  1. Indemnity 

The Licensee shall indemnify Licensor from, and against any and all claims, demands, suits, awards, damages, suits, injuries, liabilities and all reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees incurred by the Licensor with respect to any matter that arises as a result of the Licensee’s breach of this Agreement. 

  1. Liability

Licensor shall not be liable for any damages or for any loss of business or business profits, business interruption, or any other direct or indirect loss resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any of Licensor’s Sounds. 

  1. Assignment 

To the furthest extension permitted by law, the Licensee must not assign, license, sublicense, sell or otherwise assign the Sounds to any third party, except as set out in Clause 2.B. 

  1. Applicable Law

This Agreement is governed by the law of the state of Michigan, USA.