“The Corpus of Oral Presentations in English (COPE)”
License Agreement[Academic use]
Michiko Watanabe and TimeHill Inc. ("Party A" hereinafter) and ___________________ ("PartyB" hereinafter) hereby conclude the following Agreement concerning “The Corpus of Oral
Presentations in English (COPE)” ("COPE" hereinafter) owned by Party A.
Article 1

License for use

Party A shall provide to Party B a nonexclusive license to use the COPE in accordance withthis Agreement.
Article 2

Ownership of copyright

Rights to the COPE shall belong to Party A.
Article 31.

Submittal of overview of use
Party B shall conclude this Agreement by submitting to Party A the designatedapplication form ("Application Form" hereinafter) with its purpose and scope of use of theCOPE, and other necessary matters indicated on it.

2.

Party B shall promptly report to Party A any changes to the content shown on theApplication Form submitted as described in the preceding paragraph. In the event thatsuch change requires conclusion of a new Agreement, Party A and Party B shallnegotiate on and conclude a new Agreement.

Article 4
1.

Scope of license
The scope of the license to use the COPE provided by Party A to Party B under thisAgreement shall be as described below.

(1) Purpose of use: Limited to the purposes indicated on the Application Form. However,
the COPE may not be used for purposes other than academic research and education.
In addition, neither Party B nor any third party may use outputs from use of theCOPE for commercial purposes.
(2) Scope of users: The person indicated as the user on the Application Form and persons
affiliated with the same laboratory etc. as that person. However, when multiple
persons will use the COPE, such fact must be indicated on the Application Form inadvance and such use shall be limited to the scope that can be managed, as the person
responsible, by the person indicated as the user on the Application Form.
2.

Party B must not engage in any of the acts described below.
(1) Use (including copying, transfer, lending, selling, distribution, screening, broadcasting,and publication) of the COPE, in whole or in part, beyond the extent stipulated in thepreceding paragraph and violating the copyright of Party A or any third party(2) Transferring, lending, or selling to any third party, disposing of through any othermethod, its status or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, without theprior written consent of Party A(3) Use of the COPE in ways detrimental to the good name etc. or in violation of any otherrights of any third party(4) Disclosing information concerning speakers other than the speaker information
recorded in the COPE or, disclosing information that could be used by other users toobtain speaker information other than that recorded in the COPE. Such disclosure isnot permitted even when associated with publication of research results as describedin Article 6.
(5) Publication of arguments, criticisms, impressions, etc. regarding the content ofutterances included in the COPE, such as pointing out the accuracy or inaccuracy offacts referred to(6) Use of the COPE beyond the purposes and scope authorized explicitly under thisAgreement as well as all the previous subparagraphs
3.

As judged particularly necessary by Party A, Party B may be demanded to disclose its
state of use of the COPE.

Article 5

Information control obligationsParty B shall be obligated to control the COPE and personal information on speakers learned
through use of the COPE strictly to prevent theft, loss, and leakage to third parties of theCOPE (including duplicates arising through uses licensed under this Agreement) and shall
pay attention to the following matters.
(1) To prevent unauthorized access to the COPE, Party B shall adopt adequate security
systems for devices used to use the COPE and computer networks connected to them.
(2) When using it by multiple persons in a laboratory or other facility pursuant toParagraph 1, Subparagraph 2 of the preceding article, Party B may duplicate theCOPE on computer networks managed by Party B. However, it shall take security
measures and strictly manage such networks to ensure that persons not authorized touse it may not access the COPE.
(3) When using it by multiple persons in a laboratory or other facility pursuant toParagraph 1, Subparagraph 2 of the preceding article, Party B shall ensure that allusers conform to the obligations under this Agreement.
Article 61.

Publication and provision of research results
Party B may, for purposes of academic research only, publish and provide research
results and knowledge obtained through use of the COPE, solely to an extent that would
not violate the provisions of Article 4. Such publication and provision include publicationand provision of analytical data and processing programs. However, such published andprovided outputs must not include the COPE, in whole or in part, or any data that could
be used to reproduce it.

2.

In publishing outputs as described in the preceding paragraph, Party B shall clearly
indicate the fact that they are results of use of the COPE and shall, at the same time,
submit a written report to Party A summarizing the outputs. When publishing papers orother works, it shall be stated clearly in the works that the COPE has been used, and one
offprint or copy of the work shall be sent to Party A with a document attached indicating
the name of the academic association, publisher, etc. to which the work is submitted andthe date of publication.

Article 7

Price and payment

There is no License Fee for use of the COPE under this Agreement.
Article 8

Modification of specifications

Party A may modify the specifications of the COPE without notifying Party B in advance. Inaddition, Party A may collect previous versions from Party B when distributing updated
versions after such modification. However, Party A may employ its own discretion regardingwhether or not to distribute updated versions.
Article 91.

Disclaimer, lack of guarantee
Party A shall not be liable for compensation for any disadvantages or damages sufferedby Party B or any third party due to Party B's use of the COPE.

2.

Party A makes no guarantee to Party B that the COPE is accurate, complete, free fromviolations of third parties' rights, or suitable to Party B's purposes of use, or regarding
any other matters not provided for explicitly in this Agreement.

Article 10Release of this Agreement

If it has been discovered that Party B has violated this Agreement, then Party A may release
this Agreement by notifying Party B thereof in writing. The provisions of this Article shallnot impede Party A from demanding compensation for damages from Party B.
Article 111.

Contractual period
The period of validity of this Agreement shall be the period of four years from the date ofits conclusion, renewable automatically for each one-year period thereafter unless either
Party A or Party B has objected to such renewal in writing at least one month prior to theending date of this period. However, this shall not apply in a case in which theAgreement has been released as described in the preceding article.

2.

This Agreement shall terminate as of the time that Party B ceases to belong to a
research institution (i.e., university, junior college, inter-university research institutecorporation, independent administrative organization, public-service corporation, or aninstitution recognized by Party A as having an academic research purpose) or a person
affiliated with such as research institution.

Article 12
1.

Measures taken upon termination of the Agreement
In the event of the release or termination of this Agreement, Party B must immediately
return to Party A, or dispose of, the COPE and any duplicates thereof.

2.

The subjects of disposal or deletion as described in the preceding paragraph shall notinclude outputs (e.g., analytical data) achieved by Party B independently through means
such as analysis of the COPE during the period of validity of this Agreement. However,Party B may not recover and reuse the original materials from analytical data.

3.

In the event that this Agreement has been released for reasons attributable to Party B
under Article 10, in addition to the processing described in Paragraph 1 Party B also
shall return to Party A any and all associated materials including analytical data andduplicates thereof.
Article 13

Court with jurisdiction

The Kyoto District Court shall be the exclusive court of first instance for any and all litigation
concerning this Agreement. In addition, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordancewith the laws of Japan.
Article 14

Negotiation

Party A and Party B shall strive to resolve amicably, through negotiation in good faith, anymatters not provided for in this Agreement or any doubts arising with regard to thisAgreement.
In witness hereto, two official copies shall be prepared of this Agreement, Party A and Party B
shall sign and affix their official seals to both copies, and each Party shall retain one copy. For
purposes of simplification of administration, TimeHill Inc. shall sign and affix its official seal as
representative of Party A.

Date (Y/M/D)://(Party A)
2-403 Kawaramachi Nijo Sagaru Nakagyo-ward Kyoto CityTOKIOKA Yoichi(Party B)
Address:

Name:(Seal, signature)