This distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) gives Sonic Sound FX (The “Distributor”) a right to promote, distribute and sell licenses to sound libraries ( “Sound Libraries”) created, owned and submitted to the Distributor by (the “Licensor”).

The Sound Libraries include all audio files, meta data, documentation, drawings, images, names and any other materials, files and information included in the file packages which the Distributor receives from the Licensor.

The term “Licensee(s)” refers to individuals, businesses or companies who purchase a license to one or more Sound Libraries from the Distributor.

1. Licensee Usage rights:

   The Licensor agrees that the Distributor is permitted to distribute, market and sell licenses to the Sound Libraries to Licensees via its website “www.sonicsoundfx.com”, “www.sonicsoundeffects.com“ or “www.sonicsoundeffect.com"

2. and hereby binding the Licensor to grant Licensees licenses to use the Sound Libraries on the terms set out in the End-user License Agreement in Appendix 1 (the "EULA"). In the event that the EULA needs to be amended for economic or legal reasons, the Distributor shall inform the Licensor by email of the changes only in the event that such changes require an extension of the rights already granted.

When accepted by a Licensee the EULA shall be a legally binding agreement between the Licensee and the Licensor. Distributor is not responsible for, and shall not have any liability under, any EULA or for any breach by Licensor or any Licensee of any EULA. The most current version of the EULA can be found under: https://www.sonicsoundfx.com/license- agreement/

2. Warranties

The Licensor warrants that (1) the Licensor has full ownership of the Sound Libraries, (2) that all sounds and materials included in the Sound Libraries and any marketing materials received from the Licensor are free of any third party rights and do not infringe the rights of any third parties, (3) the information provided in the description and marketing materials for the Sound Libraries to be correct and accurate, and (4) it has the full rights to grant the Distributor and Licensees the rights granted in this Agreement.

3. Trademarks

The Distributor acknowledges the Licensor’s exclusive ownership of the Licensor’s trademarks and the Distributor acquires no right, title or interest in or to the Licensor’s trademarks. The Licensor hereby grants to the Distributor a non-exclusive, royalty free, revocable right to use the trademarks in connection with the Distributor’s distribution, marketing and sale of licenses to the Sound Libraries.

4. Revenue sharing

The Licensor and the Distributor will share the revenue from the sale of licenses to the Licensor's Sound Libraries under this Agreement. Sale of licenses via the Distributor’s website www.sonicsoundfx.com:

The Licensor agrees to sell their Sound Libraries via the Distributors site, and therefore the Licensor will receives 70% of the sales price excluding any sales tax (VAT/moms/GST) in the Licensor's nominated PayPal account, minus PayPal fees, billing charges and currency conversion fees.

If any discounts are given on Sound Libraries, the revenue share, as outlined above, will be calculated from the discounted sales price. Current discount rates for the purchase of multiple licenses and referral or affiliation deals can always be seen on the Distributor’s website.

Payment of the Licensor’s share will be made to the Licensor’s PayPal account on a monthly basis. The Licensor is solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes, levies and VAT or similar on any payments it receives from Distributor, regardless of which taxing jurisdiction that has the authority to collect such taxes, levies and VAT or similar.
 The Licensor is required to keep its billing details and Paypal account info updated on its account by emailing hello@sonicsoundfx.com for as long as this agreement is in effect.

5. Sales tax

Licensor will enter the prices on licenses to the Sound Libraries in US dollars inclusive of a sales tax rate of 10%. The Distributor will collect and pay this sales tax to the proper authorities. The Licensor is responsible to pay any income tax to their local governing authority where necessary.

6. Liability

In case of any claims made against the Distributor and/or its Licensees due to their use of the Sound Libraries in accordance with this Agreement and the EULA, the Licensor will collaborate in full with the Distributor and/or its Licensees to resolve any disputes, and will indemnify the Distributor and/or its Licensees from any claims made due to the Distributor’s and/or its Licensees’ use of the Sound Libraries in accordance with this Agreement and the EULA.

The Distributor will in general not asses the legality of the Sound Libraries. However, in case the Distributor does become aware of a Sound Library or Sound that the Distributor in its sole discretion assesses; (a) to be in conflict with applicable law; (b) infringes third party rights; (c) is pornographic or obscene; (d) contains a virus, malware, spyware or similar; (e) is in conflict with the terms of this Agreement, or (f) can otherwise create liability for Distributor or harm the Distributor’s system or website, Distributor shall be entitled to remove the Sound Library or Sound from its website.

7. Confidentiality

Information shared between the parties relating to subjects such as release dates, upcoming product releases, projects, ventures, partnerships and/or pricing shall be treated as confidential unless otherwise agreed, or unless this information is already available in the public domain and this is not due to the fault of the receiving party. Information which a party has designated as confidential shall in all events be treated as such by the other party.

8. Marketing and content submission

The Licensor will submit Sound Libraries, information, and marketing materials such as text, images and sound demos to the Distributor in a manner agreed to between the parties, and The Distributor will, at the Distributor’s discretion, market, distribute and sell licenses to the Sound Libraries, on the license terms set out in the EULA.

The Distributor’s marketing of the Sound Libraries may also happen through other channels than its website, such as social media and similar platforms.


8.1 The Licensor acknowledges that their Sound Libraries may be included in general sale / discount campaigns that are intended to increase the sale of their Sound Libraries. The Distributor may not discount any Sound Library more than 40% of it’s original value, unless expressed with written consent by the Licensor.

8.2 The Licensor agrees to no more than three (3) of their sounds from their Sound Library be included in a free give-away as a demo / sample to potential Licensee’s.

9. Refunds

A full or partial refund to a Licensee of the purchase price in relation to a license to a Sound Library may be offered in certain isolated cases, if a Licensee has a legitimate reason for dissatisfaction, or if required by consumer law. If no amicable resolution can be found between the parties involved, the Distributor may refund the purchase price in full. The Licensor shall in such cases return to the Distributor an amount equal to the share of the revenue that the Licensor has received for the license that the refund relates to. The Distributor is permitted to set off such amount in future payments to the Licensor.

10. Security

The Distributor is obligated to take appropriate measures to protect the website 
 “www.sonicsoundfx.com" from any hacking, theft, fraud and other unauthorized access or use. However, the parties acknowledge that it is not possible to protect a website against all types of security breaches. On this basis, the parties agree that the Distributor cannot be held liable for any loss which the Licensor may suffer due to a security breach, provided that such security breach is not due to intend or gross negligence of the Distributor.

11. Termination

This Agreement can be terminated by either party at any time by giving the other party 30 business days’ notice of termination via email. Terms in clause 6 and 7 survive the termination of this Agreement. Termination of this Agreement for any reason does not affect any EULAs between the Licensor and the Licensees. Any EULAs in respect of Sound Libraries entered into at the time of termination will remain in effect regardless.

12. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Distributor will not use the Licensors sounds to develop or train artificial intelligence models. The Distributor also does not grant third parties or Licensees to use the sounds from the Licensors sound libraries for artificial intelligence. This is also outlined in the EULA agreement for Licensees.

13. Personal Data

Use of the Licensor’s personal data will happen in accordance with the Distributor’s privacy policy. By accepting this Agreement you agree to have read and accept the Distributor’s privacy policy.

The Licensor may receive Licensee information such as email addresses and other contact details in order to provide Licensee technical support, or when a Licensee leaves a review of a Sound Library. The Licensor can only use the Licensee information for these purposes.

Distributor is entitled to forward the Licensor’s name, address and other contact details to a third party that contacts the Distributor with a reasonable claim that any of the Licensor’s Sound Libraries or Sounds infringes such third party’s intellectual property rights.

14. Transfer of Agreement

In order to facilitate further growth and new business opportunities, the Licensor allows the transfer of the Agreement, its Amendments and any Appendix to the Agreement by Distributor to a 3rd party, provided that such 3rd party takes over the responsibility and / or ownership of the website “www.sonicsoundfx.com” and all responsibilities as stated in this Agreement towards the Licensor.

15. Applicable Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Australia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provisions.

The Australian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in accordance with this Agreement, including any disputes regarding the existence, validity or termination thereof.

The Licensor's continued distribution of Sound Libraries via the Distributor also implies acceptance of the terms in this agreement. The Licensor may not distribute Sound Libraries via the Distributor if the Licensor does not accept this Agreement.

Appendix 1: END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA)

License agreement for users of Sound Libraries purchased through Sonic Sound FX (www.sonicsoundfx.com).

This end user license agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between you (the “Licensee”), who has purchased a license to use one or more sound effect libraries through the Distributor, and the creator, or creators, of these sound effect libraries (the “Licensor”).


This Agreement covers license(s) to the sound libraries purchased by the Licensee via the Distributor which appears from the invoice that the Licensee receives following the purchase (the “Sound Libraries”).

The Licensor is the creator or creators of the Sound Libraries stated as such on the Distributor’s website and listed on the invoice which the Licensee receives following the purchase.

By accepting this Agreement the Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set out herein.

1. Grant of License

In consideration for the purchase of the license(s) to the Sound Libraries via the Distributor, the Licensor grants the Licensee worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty- free license(s) to use the sounds in the Sound Libraries (“Sounds”) on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. On the invoice that the Licensee receives following the purchase it is stated how many licenses to the Sound Libraries that the Licensee has been granted.

2. Rights Granted

The license(s) granted in this Agreement allows the Licensee to:

a. install and use the Sound Libraries on as many of the Licensee’s workstations at a time as the number of licenses to the Sound Libraries that the Licensee has purchased, although the Licensee is permitted to make and keep backup copies of the Sound Libraries on other storage devices; and

b. distribute and publicly perform reproductions of the Sounds, where these are incorporated in and synchronized with other media productions, which shall mean products that contains at least one additional media element to the Sounds (music, voice, image, etc.), including but not limited to radio and television broadcasts, film, music compositions, websites, podcasts, mobile apps, advertising, multi-media presentations, video games and similar.

3. Restrictions

The Licensee is not permitted to distribute or perform reproductions of the Sounds where these are not incorporated in and synchronized with other media productions, including but not limited to in toys, product design, greeting cards, ringtones, applications such as soundboards, hardware devices, media authoring tools etc.

To the furthest extension permitted by law, the Licensee is prohibited from adapting, modifying or repackaging any Sounds, except as permitted in Clause 2.b.

The Licensee must not use the Sounds to train artificial intelligence models, programs, or software in any way shape or form.

4. Intellectual property rights

All rights to the Sound Libraries and the Sounds herein are owned by the Licensor and other than the license rights granted in this Agreement all rights in the Sounds and Sound Effect Libraries remain the property of the Licensor. The Licensee must not claim ownership or authorship of the Sounds or the Sound Libraries.

5. Termination

The Licensee’s right to use the Sound Libraries will automatically terminate in the event of any breach by the Licensee of the terms of this Agreement. In the event of termination, the Licensee shall delete or destroy all copies of the Sound Libraries which the Licensee has produced.

6. Indemnity

The Licensee shall indemnify Licensor and Distributor from, and against any and all claims, demands, suits, awards, damages, suits, injuries, liabilities and all reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees incurred by the Licensor and the Distributor with respect to any matter that arises as a result of the Licensee’s breach of this Agreement.

7. Liability

Licensor and/or Distributor shall not be liable for any damages or for any loss of business or business profits, business interruption, or any other direct or indirect loss resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any of Licensor’s Sounds.

8. Assignment

To the furthest extension permitted by law, the Licensee must not assign, license, sublicense, sell or otherwise assign the Sounds to any third party, except as set out in Clause 2.b.

9. Applicable Law

This Agreement is governed by the law of Australia without giving effect to the Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.