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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
(Company)
This Independent Contractor Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of _______________
__, _______, by and between _________________________, with a principal place of business at
_________________________________ (“Company”), and ____________, a ____________
corporation, with a principal place of business at ________________________________________
(“Contractor”).
1. Services.
1.1 Nature of Services. Contractor will perform the services, as more particularly
described on Exhibit A, for Company as an independent contractor (the “Services”). The Services have
been specially ordered and commissioned by Company. To the extent the Services include materials subject
to copyright, Contractor agrees that the Services are done as “work made for hire” as that term is defined
under U.S. copyright law, and that as a result, Company will own all copyrights in the Services. Contractor
will perform such services in a diligent and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the schedule, if
any, set forth in Exhibit A. The content, style, form and format of any work product of the Services shall
be completely satisfactory to Company and shall be consistent with Company’s standards. Except as
specified on Exhibit A, Company agrees that Contractor's services need not be rendered at any specific
location and may be rendered at any location selected by Contractor. Contractor hereby grants Company
the right, but not the obligation, to use and to license others the right to use Contractor's, and Contractor’s
employees’, name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness and biographical information in connection with
and related to the Services.
1.2 Relationship of the Parties. Contractor enters into this Agreement as, and shall
continue to be, an independent contractor. All Services shall be performed only by Contractor and
Contractor's employees. Under no circumstances shall Contractor, or any of Contractor's employees, look
to Company as his/her employer, or as a partner, agent or principal. Neither Contractor, nor any of
Contractor's employees, shall be entitled to any benefits accorded to Company's employees, including
without limitation worker's compensation, disability insurance, vacation or sick pay. Contractor shall be
responsible for providing, at Contractor's expense, and in Contractor's name, unemployment, disability,
worker's compensation and other insurance, as well as licenses and permits usual or necessary for
conducting the Services.
1.3 Compensation and Reimbursement. Contractor shall be compensated and
reimbursed for the Services as set forth on Exhibit B. Completeness of work product shall be determined
by Company in its sole discretion, and Contractor agrees to make all revisions, additions, deletions or
alterations as requested by Company. No other fees and/or expenses will be paid to Contractor, unless
such fees and/or expenses have been approved in advance by the appropriate Company executive in
writing. Contractor shall be solely responsible for any and all taxes, Social Security contributions or
payments, disability insurance, unemployment taxes, and other payroll type taxes applicable to such
compensation. Contractor hereby indemnifies and holds Company harmless from, any claims, losses,
costs, fees, liabilities, damages or injuries suffered by Company arising out of Contractor's failure with
respect to its obligations in this Section 1.3.
1.4 Personnel. Contractor represents and warrants to Company that its employees
performing Services hereunder will have (a) sufficient expertise, training and experience to accomplish the
Services; and (b) executed agreements which state that (i) all work done by the employee will be a work
made for hire, as that term is defined under U.S. copyright law, and will owned by Contractor; and (ii) the
employee assigns all rights in and to all work done by the employee to Contractor. Contractor agrees that
all its personnel shall be compensated, taxes withheld, and other benefits made available as required by
applicable law and regulations. Contractor shall require all employees who perform Services and/or have
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