MUSIC LICENSING & COMMISSIONING TERMS

JAICOXKI — Jaime Cox Music

Effective date: 10 August 2026

1. Purpose

These Music Licensing & Commissioning Terms ("Licensing Terms") set out the general framework under which JAICOXKI / Jaime Cox Music ("Jaime Cox", "we", "us" or "our") may provide music composition, production, licensing, adaptation, performance or related services.

They are intended to apply to professional enquiries and engagements involving:

existing music;

new commissions;

film scoring;

television scoring;

game music;

interactive music;

animation;

trailers;

production music;

sync licensing;

adaptation;

arrangement;

music production; and

related creative services.

A specific written quotation, licence, commissioning agreement or other contract may contain terms that replace or supplement these Licensing Terms.

Where a specific written agreement conflicts with these Licensing Terms, the specific written agreement takes precedence for that engagement.

PART A — EXISTING MUSIC

2. Existing Works

Existing works may comprise one or more separately protected elements, including:

musical composition;

lyrics;

sound recording;

performance;

arrangement;

production;

artwork or associated material.

The rights in these elements may be owned or controlled by different persons or organisations.

Before granting a licence, we will identify the rights that are available for licensing.

3. No Automatic Licence

Listening to, streaming, previewing or downloading an authorised copy of a work does not itself grant permission to use that work in another production.

No person may synchronise, reproduce, distribute, adapt, sample, remix, publicly perform, communicate, commercialise or otherwise exploit an existing work except under an applicable licence or other legal permission.

4. Sync Licensing

A synchronisation licence may permit a musical composition and/or sound recording to be synchronised with:

film;

television;

games;

animation;

trailers;

advertisements;

online video;

podcasts;

social-media content;

corporate productions; or

other agreed visual or audiovisual media.

A sync licence will specify the permitted use.

A sync licence does not automatically transfer ownership of the underlying copyright.

5. Master Rights and Composition Rights

Where applicable, licensing may involve separate:

Composition / Publishing Rights

Rights in the underlying musical composition, including music and lyrics where applicable.

Master / Sound Recording Rights

Rights in the particular sound recording being licensed.

These rights may be owned by different parties.

A licence covering one does not automatically grant the other.

This distinction is recognised within UK copyright practice: publishing rights relate to the composition and master rights relate to the actual sound recording.

6. Licence Scope

Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, a licence will be limited to the specific:

work;

recording;

production;

media;

territory;

term;

use;

version;

campaign;

platform; and

other parameters

identified in the agreement.

Use outside the agreed scope requires additional permission.

7. Territory

A licence may be granted for:

United Kingdom;

Europe;

specified countries;

worldwide; or

another expressly defined territory.

"Worldwide" should not be assumed unless expressly stated.

8. Duration

A licence may be:

perpetual;

fixed-term;

campaign-specific;

platform-specific; or

otherwise time-limited.

Unless expressly agreed otherwise, no licence should be interpreted as perpetual.

9. Exclusivity

Licences may be:

non-exclusive;

exclusive for a defined use;

exclusive for a defined territory;

exclusive for a defined term; or

otherwise restricted.

Exclusivity must be expressly agreed.

A licence is non-exclusive unless the written agreement expressly states otherwise.

10. Editing and Adaptation

A licensee must not:

substantially edit;

remix;

re-record;

sample;

alter;

rearrange;

combine with other music; or

create a derivative work

unless the applicable agreement expressly permits it.

Minor technical editing necessary to synchronise a licensed recording may be permitted where expressly agreed.

PART B — COMMISSIONS

11. Commissioned Composition

A commissioned work is a work created in response to a client's specific brief.

Unless the commissioning agreement expressly provides otherwise, creation of a commissioned work does not automatically transfer copyright ownership to the client.

UK guidance confirms that copyright in a commissioned work normally remains with the creator unless the parties agree otherwise, including by written assignment.

12. Commission Agreement

Before work begins, the parties should agree, where applicable:

project description;

brief;

musical requirements;

number of deliverables;

delivery format;

deadline;

revision allowance;

fee;

payment schedule;

ownership;

licence;

territory;

term;

exclusivity;

credit;

royalties;

stems;

session files;

source files;

cancellation;

confidentiality; and

other relevant conditions.

13. Payment

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, work may be subject to:

an agreed deposit or advance;

milestone payments; and/or

payment on delivery.

Work may be paused or withheld where agreed payments are overdue.

A client does not acquire ownership or a licence beyond any expressly agreed rights merely because a deposit or partial payment has been made.

14. Revisions

The number of included revisions should be agreed before work begins.

A revision means a reasonable alteration to the agreed brief.

A substantial change to the brief, genre, duration, instrumentation, structure or creative direction may constitute additional work and may incur additional fees.

15. Delivery

Deliverables may include, depending on the project:

mastered audio;

WAV files;

MP3 files;

stems;

alternate versions;

loops;

edits;

instrumental versions;

cut-downs;

MIDI;

notation; or

other agreed materials.

Source sessions and project files are not automatically included unless expressly agreed.

16. Ownership and Assignment

Copyright ownership may remain with Jaime Cox, may be jointly owned where legally appropriate, or may be assigned to a client if the parties expressly agree.

Any assignment of copyright should be documented in writing.

A licence and an assignment are different arrangements.

A licence grants specified permission to use rights; an assignment transfers ownership of the relevant rights. UK Government guidance confirms that a copyright transfer should be documented in writing.

17. Licence Instead of Assignment

Where appropriate, Jaime Cox may retain copyright ownership while granting the client a licence sufficiently broad for the intended project.

A licence may include rights such as:

synchronisation;

reproduction;

distribution;

public performance;

communication to the public;

making available;

advertising;

promotional use; and

other agreed uses.

The precise rights granted will be defined in the relevant agreement.

PART C — ROYALTIES AND CREDIT

18. Royalties

Where applicable, royalties may arise separately from an agreed commissioning fee or sync fee.

These may include royalties administered through:

PRS for Music;

PPL;

publishers;

licensing companies;

distributors; or

other relevant rights organisations.

The treatment of royalties will depend on ownership, registration, collection arrangements and the particular project.

19. Credits

Where a contractual credit is agreed, the preferred credit will normally be:

Jai Cox

or

Jaime Cox

or another credit expressly agreed for the project.

Where appropriate, a credit may identify the role, for example:

Original Music by Jai Cox

or

Composed and Produced by Jai Cox

Failure by a third party to provide a contractual credit may constitute a breach of the relevant project agreement, but does not by itself transfer copyright ownership.

PART D — THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL AND AI

20. Third-Party Material

Music supplied by Jaime Cox will not knowingly incorporate third-party copyrighted material without appropriate permission or a lawful basis for its use.

Clients must disclose any third-party material supplied by them for inclusion in a commissioned work.

The client is responsible for ensuring that material supplied by the client does not infringe third-party rights.

21. Artificial Intelligence and Generative Tools

Where artificial-intelligence or generative tools are used during the creation, development, editing or production of a work, the nature and extent of such use may be disclosed where relevant to the project.

AI-generated or AI-assisted material will not automatically be treated as being exclusively owned by the client merely because it appears within a commissioned project.

Where a client requires:

entirely human-authored material;

restrictions on generative AI;

disclosure of AI use;

specific provenance requirements; or

warranties concerning training data or source material,

those requirements must be agreed before work begins.

Where third-party AI tools are used, their own terms may apply to the resulting material.

PART E — CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROJECT MATERIAL

22. Confidential Information

Where a client identifies project information as confidential, reasonable steps will be taken to keep that information confidential.

Where a project requires formal confidentiality obligations, a separate confidentiality agreement or NDA should be entered into.

23. Portfolio Use

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Jaime Cox may wish to identify completed professional work in a portfolio, website, showreel, biography or professional presentation.

Where a project is confidential, unreleased or subject to an NDA, no public use will be made before the agreed release or permission date.

PART F — CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION

24. Cancellation

If a commission is cancelled after work has begun, the client may remain responsible for:

work already completed;

agreed non-refundable costs;

committed third-party costs; and

any cancellation fee expressly agreed in the commission contract.

The specific cancellation terms will be stated in the relevant agreement.

25. Termination of a Licence

A licence may terminate:

at the end of its agreed term;

when its agreed conditions are breached;

by mutual agreement; or

in accordance with the termination provisions of the specific licence.

Upon termination, the licensee must cease uses that are no longer authorised, subject to any agreed wind-down or continuing rights.

PART G — GENERAL

26. No Implied Rights

No rights are granted by implication.

Any rights not expressly granted remain with the relevant rights holder.

27. Third-Party Rights

Where a work contains contributions from co-writers, performers, publishers, labels, sample owners, licensors or other third parties, licensing may be subject to their rights and approvals.

No licence will be represented as granting rights that Jaime Cox does not own or have authority to grant.

28. Warranties and Indemnities

Any warranties, representations or indemnities concerning ownership, originality, third-party rights, infringement or permitted use will be set out in the specific agreement for the relevant project.

Nothing in these Licensing Terms creates a broader warranty than is expressly agreed.

29. Changes to These Terms

These Licensing Terms may be updated from time to time.

The version applicable to a particular engagement will normally be the version incorporated into or referred to by the agreement entered into for that engagement.

30. Governing Law

These Licensing Terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.

Any dispute arising from them will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory rights that apply.

31. Contact

Licensing and commissioning enquiries should be submitted through the JAICOXKI Contact page.

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