General Terms and Conditions (When working directly with me)

All prices quoted are pro-rata. All copyrights, intellectual property rights, broadcasts rights and any other rights associated with the author (for clarity, the artist/worker hired by the hiring company) and the author's works and/or performances shall remain with the author. Upon full payment of this invoice, the following license is granted by the author for usage rights of the works listed in this invoice as follows:

License details: The author's works may be used by the hiring company for a period of one-year, unless otherwise stated, upon which time the works shall cease to be used, or an additional usage payment (equal to the usage payment in this invoice) shall be made to the author. The author's works may only be used for the agreed product or service (and any of the platforms or mediums) detailed in the invoice line-items, and not in any additional products or services in the future, unless otherwise stated. The author's works may only be used in the geographical region as specified in the invoice line-items, unless otherwise stated; if no geographical region is stated then the license specifies that this is the hiring companies country location only. The hiring company may not transfer the works, nor this license to any third parties without the written consent of the author.

Re-recordings: The author will correct any mistakes made (that are the fault of the author) made on the works free of charge and will work on a goodwill and best-endeavors basis for subjective changes requested to the works by the hiring company, however any additional works requested by the hiring company will be invoiced separately as agreed between the author and the hiring company.

Retakes, Revisions and Re-records

Retakes (my mistakes) are included at no cost. Where I am recording from my own booth, self-directing and sending you the files, I am happy to do one Performance Re-record for free. To do this effectively and quickly, clear communication and direction must be given. After the first retakes are delivered any further re-records will be charged as per contract.

Revisions (changes made to the script after recording) are charged as per contract.

Re-Reads => 30% of the original script: As per contract.

Performance Retakes (undirected sessions):

Where I am recording the files in my studio at my own direction and sending them to you, if you need me to re-do lines for performance reasons, I’m happy to do one round of Performance Retakes at no cost. Please try to communicate any and all direction and/or change of direction at this time. After the first round of retakes, subsequent rounds are charged as Revisions, above.

If retakes are required for pronunciations not specified in advance either by a pronunciation guide or otherwise in writing, these will be treated as Revisions.

When sending a change request, please highlight the original lines, with the preceding and following sentence to be re-recorded, to ensure a vocal match. Include a time reference especially for video, face replace and reverse ADR.

Please submit all change requests within 30 days of receiving the original recording. After 30 days, any and all change requests will be charged as per contract as new requests.

NEW & INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS (OUTSIDE CANADA)

New domestic (US) and all international clients are billed 50% upfront unless otherwise agreed upon working under the escrow provisions of the relevant Union jurisdiction.

AI/SYNTHETIC VOICES POLICIES

Client expressly agrees not to utilize any portion of the recording or performance of Talent for purposes other than those specified in the initial Agreement between the parties including but not limited to creation of synthetic voices or for machine learning.

Specifically, Client shall not utilize any recording or performance of Talent to simulate Talent’s voice or likeness, or to create any synthesized or “digital double” voice or likeness of Talent.

Client specifically agrees not to sell or transfer ownership of all or part of any of the recordings or performance of Talent to any third party without Talent’s knowledge and consent.

Client agrees not to enter into any agreements or contracts on behalf of Talent which utilizes all or any part of any of the recordings or performance of Talent without Talent’s knowledge and consent.

Client agrees that any recordings or performances stored in digital format will be reasonably stored so that unauthorized third parties may not gain access to the files containing Talent’s voice or likeness, and if such files are stored in “the cloud.” Client agrees to safeguard same through encryption or other “up-to date” technological means.