Working with Tanya Rich - Terms & Conditions

Usage/License/Licensing

1. The hirer agrees that the contractor’s recording(s) is/are licensed for use only for the purpose(s) and period(s) agreed in the contract with the contractor prior to the commencement of the recording(s), and only for the same purpose(s) and period(s) re-stated on the contractor’s invoice(s).
2. The hirer agrees that the hirer must contact the contractor to secure a new contract, if the hirer wishes to extend the use of the contractor’s recording(s) beyond the terms already agreed, at which point relevant fees will apply to the hirer.
3. The hirer agrees that any use(s) of the contractor’s recording(s) beyond the use(s) agreed under the contract represents a breach of contract and a breach of the contractor’s statutory performer’s rights.
4. The hirer agrees that the hirer must not repurpose, reversion or in any way alter the recording(s) for any purpose(s) other than that/those set out in the contract, unless the contractor gives written consent, at which point relevant fees will apply to the hirer.
5. If the hirer does not wish to relicense a recording or recordings under a new contract, or if the hirer allows the contract to expire, the hirer agrees to remove such unlicensed recording(s) from public access and to delete them.
6. The hirer agrees that failure to notify the contractor about the extended use of a recording or recordings outside of the contract, whether willful or accidental, represents a breach of contract and a breach of the contractor’s statutory performer’s rights and will result in the contractor contacting the hirer and additional fees to the hirer, or may result in a court claim.
7. The hirer agrees that the contractor reserves the right to contact the user of any unlicensed recording(s), including but not limited to the hirer, to stop them being used illegally and to enforce payment.
8. The hirer agrees that the contractor reserves the right to charge relevant fees for any unlicensed use of the contractor’s recording(s).

Recording(s) & Re-recording(s)/Pick-ups

1. The hirer agrees to email any and all briefs and/or scripts to the contractor before recording and within a reasonable timeframe to allow the contractor to prepare.
2. The hirer agrees that any and all briefs and/or scripts are considered finished and “signed off” when the hirer consents to the contract.
3. The hirer agrees that changes to a “signed off” script or scripts made after recording are chargeable at the contractor’s hourly rate (BSF).
4. The contractor agrees to re-record at no further cost to the hirer any recording or editing mistakes made by them, unless the mistakes are the fault of the hirer, in which case corrections will be chargeable at the contractor’s hourly rate (BSF).

Payment

1. The hirer agrees to pay the contractor in full within 30 calendar days from the date of the contractor’s invoice.

Legal Rights

1. The hirer agrees that the contractor retains, under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, performer’s rights and equitable remuneration rights in relation to the contractor’s recording(s) and that these legal rights may not be superseded by any contract.

Promotion

1. Upon request, the hirer agrees to provide the contractor with an electronic copy of the finished, published or unpublished recording(s), or excerpts thereof, to allow the contractor to promote the work via her website (unless of a confidential nature i.e. Government related) and her related social media sites.
2. Barring any contractual reasons, the hirer agrees upon request from the contractor to provide the contractor with such a copy within 30 calendar days of the request being sent.

Jurisdiction

1. This agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. The contractor and hirer agree that any dispute(s) arising out of it will be heard in a court of England and Wales.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1. The permission and/or right to use, reproduce and exploit the contractor’s performances, voices and likeness or recordings thereof, for the purposes of digitisation, synthetisation or digital cloning with digital technologies, machine learning systems or equivalent means whether known or to date unknown, is excluded from the scope of this agreement.
2. The contractor does not consent to the processing of their intellectual property and associated rights or personal data for data mining, data synthetisation, digital cloning, training of machine learning systems or equivalent present and future technology for any purpose or in any context.