These terms ("Agreement") govern any Full Story License purchase. By submitting payment of 25,000 USDC to the wallet address batcatattacks.eth, the purchaser ("Purchaser") accepts these terms. No separate signature is required.
The "Effective Date" is the date on which the USDC transaction is confirmed on-chain. The "Work" is the specific story or script identified in the purchaser's project submission sent to hello@transmitterstudios.com in connection with that payment. "Owner" means A.L. Paulson and Transmitter Studios Inc. jointly.
This Agreement grants limited, non-exclusive, temporary production rights only. It does not transfer ownership of the underlying intellectual property. All rights not expressly granted herein remain the sole property of Owner.
BatCat Attacks! is owned by A.L. Paulson. Publishing and tools are a joint venture between A.L. Paulson and Transmitter Studios Inc.
Purchase price: 25,000 USDC, paid in a single payment to batcatattacks.eth. There is no payment schedule; the full amount is due at the time of purchase. All payments are non-refundable.
Owner grants to Purchaser the following non-exclusive rights, and no others:
Term: two (2) years from the Effective Date. Territory: worldwide. Any grant of "all media throughout the universe in perpetuity" is expressly excluded unless separately agreed in writing with commensurate compensation.
The underlying Work may be published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Those license terms are unaffected. Anyone may still share and adapt the Work with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
This Full Story License grants the Purchaser the following in addition to any rights under CC BY 4.0:
Rights granted hereunder are non-exclusive. Owner may license the same or other rights to third parties.
Owner retains all rights not expressly granted, including without limitation:
Rights granted are non-exclusive for the stated media and territory. Owner may license the same rights to third parties.
Purchaser shall accord Owner writing credit in the form: "Written by A.L. Paulson" whenever the Work is used as the basis for a produced project. Credit may not be omitted or altered without Owner's prior written consent.
Owner's credit shall appear:
Position and size shall be consistent with industry custom for the project's budget tier.
Any dispute regarding credit shall be resolved by binding arbitration under the rules of the ADR Institute of Ontario. Pending resolution, Purchaser shall not release the project without the credit specified in Section 6 unless otherwise agreed in writing.
No separate bonuses apply. The purchase price in Section 1 is all-inclusive for the rights and participation described in this Agreement.
Owner shall receive 5% of net profits from the exploitation of the Work. "Net profits" means gross revenue from the project minus production costs, distribution fees, and marketing expenses. Payments shall be accounted and paid annually. Royalties or residual-type payments (e.g., streaming, broadcast, licensing) are included in this participation and are not calculated separately.
Owner shall have consultation (not approval) rights with respect to:
Purchaser shall provide materials and reasonable time for Owner to respond. Failure to respond within 10 business days may be deemed a waiver of consultation only if so stated in a separate notice from Owner. At minimum, Owner shall have the right to be consulted on all material creative decisions relating to the Work. Owner's consent is not required unless expressly stated elsewhere in this Agreement.
Owner shall have a first opportunity to perform rewrites and polishes, subject to mutual availability. Rewrites shall be separately compensated at rates to be agreed in a separate writing agreement. If Owner is unwilling or unavailable, Purchaser may engage another writer.
If principal photography (or equivalent production start for the granted media) has not commenced within two (2) years of the Effective Date, all rights granted hereunder shall automatically revert to Owner, and Purchaser shall have no further rights in the Work. Any sums paid to Owner prior to reversion shall be non-refundable. This reversion is a material term; no waiver shall be effective unless in writing signed by Owner.
Rights to sequels, prequels, and other direct narrative extensions of the Work are retained by Owner. Separate agreements and compensation are required for any such project.
If the Work is remade (new production based on the same underlying material), Owner shall receive compensation and credit as the author of the original work pursuant to a separate agreement for the remake.
Rights to spin-offs (e.g., TV series, games, or other media derived from the Work) are retained by Owner unless separately granted. Any such grant shall include separate compensation and credit as agreed in writing.
Owner represents and warrants that the Work is original and that Owner has the right to enter this Agreement. Purchaser represents and warrants that it has the authority to enter this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
Each party shall indemnify the other for claims arising from its breach of this Agreement or its representations and warranties. Owner's aggregate liability under this Agreement (excluding gross negligence or willful misconduct) shall not exceed the amount paid under this Agreement (25,000 USDC or the equivalent at the time of payment). Purchaser shall maintain appropriate E&O and general liability insurance and name Owner as an additional insured where customary.
Purchaser shall furnish Owner with annual statements of account for any participation. Owner shall have the right to audit Purchaser's books and records relating to the Work upon reasonable notice, not more than once per calendar year. If an audit reveals an underpayment in excess of 10%, Purchaser shall bear the reasonable cost of the audit and pay any shortfall with interest at 3% above the Bank of Canada overnight rate.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. Amendments must be in writing. Notices may be sent to the email or wallet addresses used in connection with the purchase, or as updated in writing. Governing law: Province of Ontario, Canada. Disputes shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Toronto, Ontario, under the rules of the ADR Institute of Ontario.