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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.6.2
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                            ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

                                      among

                        WFS FINANCIAL 2000-A OWNER TRUST,
                                   as Issuer,

                               WFS FINANCIAL INC,
                                as Administrator,

                         WFS FINANCIAL AUTO LOANS, INC.

                                       and

                          WFS RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
                                   as Sellers,

                                       and

                             BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
                              as Indenture Trustee

                          Dated as of _________ 1, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Duties of the Administrator....................................................   1

Section 2. Records........................................................................   7

Section 3. Compensation...................................................................   8

Section 4. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer...........................   8

Section 5. Independence of the Administrator..............................................   8

Section 6. No Joint Venture...............................................................   8

Section 7. Other Activities of Administrator..............................................   8

Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator....................   8

Section 9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal................................   9

Section 10. Notices.......................................................................  10

Section 11. Amendments....................................................................  10

Section 12. Successors and Assigns........................................................  11

Section 13. Governing Law.................................................................  11

Section 14. Headings......................................................................  11

Section 15. Counterparts..................................................................  11

Section 16. Severability..................................................................  11

Section 17. Not Applicable to WFS in Other Capacities.....................................  11

Section 18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee................  12

Section 19. Third-Party Beneficiary.......................................................  12

Section 20. Capitalized Terms.............................................................  12

Exhibit A    [FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY].................................................. A-1
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        This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of _________ 1, 2000, is among
WFS FINANCIAL 2000-A OWNER TRUST (the "Issuer"), WFS FINANCIAL INC ("WFS" or in
its capacity as administrator, the "Administrator"), WFS INVESTMENTS, INC. (the
"Company"), WFS FINANCIAL AUTO LOANS, INC. and WFS RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as
sellers (the "Sellers"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

        WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing ____% Auto Receivable Backed Notes, Class
A-1, ____% Auto Receivable Backed Notes, Class A-2, ____% Auto Receivable Backed
Notes, Class A-3 and ____% Auto Receivable Backed Notes, Class A-4
(collectively, the "Notes"), pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date
hereof (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
(capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture);

        WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection
with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial ownership interests of
the Issuer, including (i) the Indenture, (ii) a Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among the
Issuer, the Sellers and WFS, as servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), and (iii) a Letter of Representations, dated __________, 2000 (the
"Depository Agreement" and, together with the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the "Related Agreements), among the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") relating to the Notes;

        WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with (i) the Notes
and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture and (ii) the
beneficial ownership interests in the Issuer;

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee
referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional services
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements as the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request; and

        WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services
required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

        Section 1. Duties of the Administrator.

        (a) Duties with Respect to the Depository Agreement and the Indenture.

               (i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as
        Administrator and the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under
        the Depository Agreement. In addition,

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        the Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the
        duties of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Indenture and the
        Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of
        the Issuer and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary
        to comply with the respective duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee
        under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. The Administrator
        shall prepare for execution by the Issuer, or shall cause the
        preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such documents,
        reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it shall
        be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or
        deliver pursuant to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. In
        furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take (or, in the
        case of the immediately preceding sentence, cause to be taken) all
        appropriate action that the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is required to
        take pursuant to the Indenture including, without limitation, such of
        the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters
        under the Indenture (references are to Sections of the Indenture):

                      (A) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to
               give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new
               Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the
               Note Register (Section 2.04);

                      (B) the notification of Noteholders and the Rating
               Agencies of the final principal payment on the Notes (Section
               2.07(b));

                      (C) the fixing or causing to be fixed of any special
               record date and the notification of the Indenture Trustee and
               Noteholders with respect to special payment dates, if any
               (Section 2.07(c));

                      (D) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
               instruments required for execution and authentication of the
               Notes and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section
               2.02);

                      (E) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the
               instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents
               required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.12);

                      (F) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of
               Manhattan, The City of New York, for registration of transfer or
               exchange of Notes (Section 3.02);

                      (G) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if
               any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified
               in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.03);

                      (H) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit
               monies with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture
               Trustee (Section 3.03);

                      (I) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's
               qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
               qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity
               and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral

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               and each other instrument and agreement included in the Trust
               Estate (Section 3.04);

                      (J) the preparation of all supplements and amendments to
               the Indenture and all financing statements, continuation
               statements, instruments of further assurance and other
               instruments and the taking of such other action as is necessary
               or advisable to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.05);

                      (K) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing
               Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel as to the
               Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officer's
               Certificate and certain other statements as to compliance with
               the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);

                      (L) the identification to the Indenture Trustee and the
               Insurer in an Officer's Certificate of a Person with whom the
               Issuer has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture
               (Section 3.07(b));

                      (M) the notification of the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer
               and each Rating Agency of a Servicer Default under the Sale and
               Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the
               failure of the Master Servicer to perform any of its duties or
               obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect
               to the Contracts, the taking of all reasonable steps available to
               remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));

                      (N) the duty to cause the Master Servicer to comply with
               Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.07 and Article Nine of the Sale
               and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.14);

                      (O) the preparation and obtaining of documents and
               instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its
               obligations under the Indenture (Section 3.10(b));

                      (P) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture
               Trustee, the Insurer and each Rating Agency of each Event of
               Default under the Indenture and each default by the Master
               Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
               (Section 3.18);

                      (Q) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the
               satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation
               of an Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of
               Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section
               4.01);

                      (R) the compliance with any written directive of the
               Controlling Party with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate in
               a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall
               have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.04);

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                      (S) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders
               of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a
               successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);

                      (T) the preparation of any written instruments required to
               confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate
               trustee and any written instruments necessary in connection with
               the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any
               co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);

                      (U) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names
               and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture
               Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.01);

                      (V) the preparation and, after execution by the Issuer,
               the filing with the Commission, any applicable state agencies and
               the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a
               periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by
               rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any
               applicable state agencies and the transmission of such summaries,
               as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.03);

                      (W) the opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer's
               name, the preparation and delivery of Issuer Orders, Officer's
               Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions
               necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in
               the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.02 and 8.03);

                      (X) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer's
               Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and
               Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the
               Trust Estate (Sections 8.04 and 8.05);

                      (Y) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of
               Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental
               indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with
               respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and
               9.03);

                      (Z) the execution, authentication and delivery of new
               Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.06);

                      (AA) the duty to notify Noteholders and the Rating
               Agencies of redemption of the Notes or to cause the Indenture
               Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);

                      (BB) the preparation and delivery of all Officer's
               Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates
               with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture
               Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section
               11.01(a));

                      (CC) the preparation and delivery of Officer's
               Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if
               necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the
               Indenture (Section 11.01(b));

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                      (DD) the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the
               failure of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
               to give such notification, of the information required pursuant
               to Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section 11.04);

                      (EE) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the
               Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate
               payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06);

                      (FF) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable
               (Section 11.15);

                      (GG) the preparation of Definitive Notes in accordance
               with the instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.11); and

                      (HH) maintaining the effectiveness of the licenses
               required under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act
               (Section 6.14).

               (ii) The Administrator will:

                      (A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable
               compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture Trustee
               under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by
               any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
               of an express trust);

                      (B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the
               Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for
               all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
               made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of
               the Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses
               and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
               expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
               negligence or bad faith;

                      (C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for,
               and hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
               incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising
               out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
               the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, including the
               reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
               claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
               of any of their powers or duties under the Indenture; and

                      (D) indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents for, and
               hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
               incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising
               out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
               the transactions contemplated by the Trust Agreement, including
               the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against
               any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
               performance of any of their powers or duties under the Trust
               Agreement.

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        (b) Additional Duties.

               (i) In addition to the duties set forth in Section 1(a)(i), the
        Administrator shall perform such calculations and shall prepare or shall
        cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, and shall execute
        on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all such documents,
        reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Issuer
        or the Owner Trustee are required to prepare, file or deliver pursuant
        to the Related Agreements or Section 5.05 of the Trust Agreement, and at
        the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that
        the Issuer or the Owner Trustee are required to take pursuant to the
        Related Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on
        behalf of itself and of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the
        Administrator and to each successor Administrator appointed pursuant to
        the terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the
        form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Administrator the
        attorney-in-fact of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer for the purpose of
        executing on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer all such
        documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.
        Subject to Section 5, and in accordance with the directions of the Owner
        Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the
        performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral
        (including the Related Agreements) as are not covered by any of the
        foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Owner Trustee
        and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.

               (ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
        Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for
        promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding
        tax is imposed on the Trust's payments (or allocations of income) to an
        Owner as contemplated in Section 5.02(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any
        such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to
        be withheld by the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.

               (iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
        Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for
        performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Section
        5.05(a), (b), (c) and (d), the penultimate sentence of Section 5.05 and
        Section 5.06(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other
        things, accounting and reports to Owners; provided, however, that the
        Owner Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution of the
        Schedule K-1s necessary to enable each Owner to prepare its federal and
        state income tax returns.

               (iv) The Administrator shall satisfy its obligations with respect
        to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the expense of the
        Trust payable by the Administrator, a firm of independent public
        accountants (the "Accountants") acceptable to the Owner Trustee, which
        shall perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder. In
        connection with paragraph (ii) above, the Accountants will provide prior
        to December 31, 2000, a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the
        Owner Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is then required and, if
        required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply
        with the requirements of the Code. The Accountants shall be required to
        update the letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding
        is subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding
        shall no longer be required.

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               (v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
        Administrator specified in Section 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required
        to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the
        Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed
        by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.

               (vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
        obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into
        transactions or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided,
        however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in
        accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in
        the Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would
        be available from unaffiliated parties.

        (c) Non-Ministerial Matters.

               (i) With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of
        the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take
        any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such
        action, the Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee of the
        proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have withheld consent or
        provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding
        sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include, without limitation:

                      (A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;

                      (B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer
               and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
               against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection
               of the Contracts);

                      (C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
               Agreements;

                      (D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars,
               successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant
               to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators
               or a successor Master Servicer, or the consent to the assignment
               by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its
               obligations under the Indenture; and

                      (E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.

               (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
        the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (A) make any
        payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements, (B) sell the
        Trust Estate pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 5.04 of the Indenture,
        (C) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not
        to take on its behalf or (D) take any other action which may be
        construed as having the effect of varying the investment of the Holders.

        Section 2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books
of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of
account and records shall be

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accessible for inspection by the Issuer and the Company at any time during
normal business hours.

        Section 3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its
expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to an annual
payment of compensation which shall be solely an obligation of the Company.

        Section 4. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.

        Section 5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be
subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with respect to
the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall
have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in any
way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee.

        Section 6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i)
shall constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to
impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer
on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any
obligation or liability on behalf of the others.

        Section 7. Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall
prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses
or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
administrator for any other Person or entity even though such person or entity
may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.

        Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the Issuer, upon
which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.

        (a) Subject to Section 8(e), the Administrator may resign its duties
hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least 60 days' prior written notice.

        (b) Subject to Section 8(e), the Issuer may remove the Administrator
without cause by providing the Administrator with at least 60 days' prior
written notice.

        (c) Subject to Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuer, the
Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from
the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:

               (i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of
        its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall
        not cure such default within

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        ten days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not
        give within ten days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably
        satisfactory to the Issuer);

               (ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
        decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been
        vacated within 60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any
        involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
        similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver,
        liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
        official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property
        or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or

               (iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any
        applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
        in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
        involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment
        of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or
        similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its
        property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official
        of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general
        assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay
        its debts as they become due.

        The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses
(ii) or (iii) above shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the occurrence of such
event.

        (d) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this
Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been
appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed
in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the
Administrator is bound hereunder.

        (e) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective
only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the
proposed appointment.

        (f) Subject to Section 8(d) and 8(e), the Administrator acknowledges
that upon the appointment of a Successor Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately resign and such
Successor Master Servicer shall automatically become the Administrator under
this Agreement; provided, however, that this subsection (f) shall not apply at
such times as the Indenture Trustee shall be the Successor Master Servicer.

        Section 9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly
upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to the first
sentence of Section 8 or the resignation or removal of the Administrator
pursuant to Section 8(a), (b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall be
entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the
date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall
forthwith upon such termination pursuant to the first sentence of Section 8
deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the
Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the
resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(a), (b) or
(c), respectively, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take
all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly
transfer of the duties of the Administrator.

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        Section 10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:

        (a)    if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:

               WFS Financial 2000-A Owner Trust
               Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware
               1201 Market Street
               Wilmington, Delaware  19801
               Attention:  Corporate Trust - Administration Department

        (b)    if to the Administrator, to:

               WFS Financial Inc
               23 Pasteur
               Irvine, California  92618
               Attention:  Guy Du Bose, Esq.

        (c)    if to the Indenture Trustee, to:

               Bankers Trust Company
               Four Albany Street - 10th Floor
               New York, New York  10006
               Attention:  Corporate Trust Department - Asset Backed Group

        (d)    if to the Insurer, to:

               Financial Security Assurance Inc.
               350 Park Avenue
               New York, New York  10022
               Attention:  Surveillance Department

or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties
in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given
if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered
to the address of such party as provided above.

        Section 11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto, with
the written consent of the Insurer and the Owner Trustee but without the consent
of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders; provided that such amendment will not, in the Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect
the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be
amended by the parties hereto with the written consent of the Owner Trustee and
the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes and the holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the
Certificate Balance for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying

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in any manner the rights of Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the
amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the
Contracts or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the
holders of Notes and Certificates which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the Insurer and the holders of all outstanding
Notes and Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not
amend this Agreement without the permission of the Seller, which permission
shall not be unreasonably withheld.

        Section 12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned
by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of
the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such consent
and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder
in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the
consent of the Issuer, the Insurer or the Owner Trustee to a corporation or
other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of
assets) to the Administrator; provided that such successor organization executes
and delivers to the Issuer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, in which such corporation or
other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment
in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties
hereto.

        Section 13. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, EXCEPT THAT
THE DUTIES OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.

        Section 14. Headings. The section and subsection headings hereof have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to
affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

        Section 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.

        Section 16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

        Section 17. Not Applicable to WFS in Other Capacities. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any obligation WFS may have in any other capacity.

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        Section 18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.

        (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer
and in no event shall Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware in its individual capacity
or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the
Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets
of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of any
duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.

        (b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by Bankers Trust Company not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and in no event shall Bankers Trust
Company have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of
which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.

        Section 19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits
hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

        Section 20. Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise specified herein or
as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

                                            WFS FINANCIAL 2000-A OWNER TRUST

                                            By:  CHASE MANHATTAN BANK DELAWARE,
                                                 not in its individual capacity
                                                 but solely as Owner Trustee

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

                                            WFS FINANCIAL INC., as Administrator

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

                                            WFS FINANCIAL AUTO LOANS, INC.,
                                              as Seller

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

                                            WFS RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
                                             as Seller

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

                                            BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, not in its
                                            individual capacity but solely as
                                            Indenture Trustee

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                           [FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY]

                                      A-1<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.39

                          STRATEGIC MARKETING AGREEMENT

         THIS STRATEGIC MARKETING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of the
first Closing Date under the Stock Purchase Agreement, 1999 by and between
Universal Music Group, Inc., a California corporation ("UMG") and ARTISTdirect,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

         Whereas, as of the date hereof, UMG (together with its Affiliates) is a
significant company in the music industry, and

         Whereas, there are synergies between UMG's business and that of the
Company, and

         Whereas, UMG (or one of its Affiliates) has become a significant equity
owner in the Company, and

         Whereas, in connection with the foregoing, UMG and the Company deem it
to be in their respective best interests to set forth certain understandings
between them with respect to strategic marketing and other commitments which
each believes will advantage its business.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
and obligations hereinafter set forth, the Company and UMG hereby agree as
follows.

         1. DEFINITIONS.

                  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings.

                  "Affiliate" of an entity shall mean another entity controlled
by, under common control with or controlling such entity.

                  "Availability Date" shall mean the date on which the UMG
Entity makes the relevant Content available to Company Entities, provided that
the Availability Date for any particular Content shall be no later than the
first date on which such Content is made available on a nonexclusive basis to
third parties. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Availability Date as
to any particular Content shall not occur if such Content is provided (i) only
to then-current Affiliates of UMG (including, without limitation, GetMusic LLC),
and/or (ii) exclusively as to any particular Content only to one or more third
parties prior to being made available generally to third parties (e.g., certain
Content may be provided to a third party providing special support to a
promotion or in connection with a third party specific promotion).

                  "Commencement Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2 hereof.

                  "Company Contact Person" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.E. hereof.

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                  "Company Entities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.A. hereof.

                  "Company Term Minimum Commitment" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.D. hereof.

                  "Company Yearly Minimum Commitment" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.D. hereof.

                  "Complying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.B. hereof.

                  "Content" shall mean music and music related content (i) made
available on a non-exclusive basis for marketing and promotional purposes by
labels to third parties (e.g., materials related to new artists and new
releases, music videos, music audio samples, cybercasts, photographs, album
covers, concert film clips, biographical information, promotional merchandise
and similar materials), or (ii) designated by a UMG Entity, in its sole
discretion, as Content for the purposes of this Agreement.

                  "Derived Analyses" shall mean analyses based upon or related
to data generated from web sites, if any, which analyses are created by or for a
UMG Entity or a Company Entity during the Term, (i) in the case of a UMG Entity,
primarily through the analysis of Other Data, and (ii) in the case of a Company
Entity, (A) primarily through the analysis of Other Data, or (B) provided by a
Company Entity to any unaffiliated third party, or (C) related solely to UMG
Data. Derived Analyses shall not include any individual level data (i.e. data
which would permit an entity to identify a single consumer by his or her name or
e-mail address).

                  "Generally Available Content" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.A.i. hereof.

                  "Marketing Support" shall mean (i) advertising space, (ii)
marketing services, (iii) promotional products or services, (iv) Other Data or
Derived Analyses, and (v) other marketing or promotional products or services.

                  "Noncomplying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.B. hereof.

                  "Other Data" shall mean any and all data owned or controlled
by a Company Entity and made available by a Company Entity to any unaffiliated
third party (other than (i) UMG Data, (ii) data owned by an unaffiliated third
party, and (iii) data as to a particular web site made available solely to the
person or entity controlling the rights to substantially all the content on such
web site (e.g., an artist, such artist's label or a branding entity (e.g., "Dick
Clark Presents"))). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Other Data shall not include
any data which cannot be provided to UMG without such artists' or branding
entity's consent (unless such consent has been obtained) or consumer consent.

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                  "Set-Off Right" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.A. hereof.

                  "Special Content" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.A.ii. hereof.

                  "Term" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereof.

                  "Term Minimum Commitment" shall mean the UMG Term Minimum
Commitment or the Company Term Minimum Commitment, as applicable.

                  "Term Year" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.B.
hereof.

                  "Third Party Payments" shall mean any payments required by
contract or law to a person or entity other than UMG or one of its Affiliates.
For purposes of clarity, a payment made to UMG or one of its Affiliates in its
capacity as an agent of a third party shall be a Third Party Payment (e.g., a
payment made to a UMG Affiliate which is a music publishing company for the
benefit of an artist shall be a Third Party Payment hereunder).

                  "True Up Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.B. hereof.

                  "UMG Affiliates" shall mean UMG and its Affiliates including,
without limitation, the UMG Entities.

                  "UMG Artist Site" shall mean any web site (whether or not
located on the World Wide Web) owned or operated by a Company Entity that (i)
uses the name of, or predominantly features one or more artists under contract
to a UMG Entity, and (ii) Company Entity institutes, operates or continues to
operate during the Term at least in material part as the result of the efforts
of one or more UMG Entities, including through an introduction or recommendation
by a UMG Affiliate to such artist (or such artist's management), or other
arrangement entered into between a UMG Affiliate and such artist. For purposes
of clarity, web sites existing or in development pursuant to an agreement
existing as of the Commencement Date shall not be UMG Artist Sites unless and
until the agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which the relevant Company
Entity acquired the rights to institute or operate such web site would have
expired or terminated but for the material contributing efforts of a UMG
Affiliate in causing the relevant artist to continue such site (whether on the
same or different terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any UMG Artist Site
shall cease to be a UMG Artist Site on the expiration or termination of the
applicable artist's agreement with the relevant UMG Entity, subject to clause
(iii) of the definition of UMG Data.

                  "UMG Contact Person" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.D. hereof.

                  "UMG Data" shall mean any and all data collected by a Company
Entity (i) with respect to a consumer that registers with a Company Entity
through a UMG Artist Site, (ii) with respect to any transaction by a consumer
related to a UMG Artist Site, and (iii) with respect to any transaction by a
consumer (A) related to a former UMG Artist Site, and (B) a product released by
the artist during the period(s) such artist was subject to an agreement with a
UMG Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, UMG Data shall not include any data
which cannot be provided to UMG without artists' consent (unless such consent
has been obtained) or consumer consent.

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                  "UMG Entities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.A. hereof.

                  "UMG Term Minimum Commitment" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.B. hereof.

                  "UMG Yearly Minimum Commitment" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.B. hereof.

                  "Yearly Compliance Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.B. hereof.

                  "Yearly Minimum Commitment" shall mean the UMG Yearly Minimum
Commitment or the Company Yearly Minimum Commitment, as applicable.

         2. TERM.

                  The "Term" of this Agreement shall commence on the date first
set forth above (the "Commencement Date") and end on the earlier of: (i) the
third anniversary of the Commencement Date and (ii) the termination of the
Agreement pursuant to Section 6.A. hereof.

         3. UMG OBLIGATIONS.

                  A. Availability of Content. During the Term, UMG shall, and
shall cause those entities over which it exercises actual control regularly to
(UMG and such entities, for the period that such actual control exists,
collectively and individually the "UMG Entities"), make Content available to the
Company at the times and on the terms as set forth herein.

                           i. Generally Available Content. "Generally Available
Content" is Content which the UMG Entities make available to unaffiliated third
parties for use on web sites. The UMG Entities shall regularly provide to the
Company the right to use Generally Available Content, and may provide additional
Content on a non-exclusive basis, all of which may be used by Company solely on
one or more web sites owned by Company Entities and web sites operated by the
Company as part of a joint venture in which the Company owns fifty percent (50%)
or more of the economic interest, and solely for the promotion and marketing of
UMG Entity artists (it being understood and agreed that the Company Entities
acquire no right, title or interest in such Content other than the same rights
to use such Content generally provided by the relevant UMG Entity to other
unaffiliated web sites) and shall be provided by the relevant UMG Entity on the
Availability Date for such Content. If such Generally Available Content is
provided by the relevant UMG Entity to other unaffiliated third parties on
other terms and conditions ("Standard Terms") (e.g., limitations in use, period
of time for use, financial terms), it shall be provided to the Company Entities
on the same Standard Terms (which shall be no less favorable to the Company as
the terms the relevant UMG Entity offers to unaffiliated third parties) as a
condition of receiving such Generally Available Content.

                           ii. Special Content. "Special Content" is content
which the UMG Entities make available only to one or more Company Entities, or
only to one or more Company Entities and a limited number of other unaffiliated
third parties. The UMG Entities shall

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regularly provide to the Company Entities the right to license Special Content
(i) for an exclusive period prior to the Availability Date, or (ii) exclusively,
or (iii) on a limited non-exclusive basis (i.e., such Special Content shall be
available for some period of time only to the Company Entities and a limited
number of other third parties). The parties acknowledge and agree that Special
Content may be made available only on the payment by the Company Entities of a
(x) license or similar fee, or (y) in return for the cost of developing and
creating such Special Content, or (z) on payment of the UMG Entities costs for
such Special Content. All financial terms and other terms and conditions
applicable to any particular Special Content shall be negotiated in good faith
by the parties, provided if such Special Content is also to be made available at
the same time to another unaffiliated third party, the financial terms and
conditions shall be the most favorable financial terms offered to any comparable
third party. Examples of Special Content might be instances where a UMG Entity
has the right to license or provide: (A) a cybercast, made available first and
exclusively to the Company for a limited period of time or a limited number of
broadcasts, and for which Company would pay a fee and any required Third Party
Payments; (B) an exclusive chat with a UMG artist on terms which may or may not
include a fee; and (C) prizes or promotional items provided at the UMG Entities'
cost. The UMG Entities, collectively, shall in each Term Year offer sufficient
Special Content to the Company Entities so that the Company Entities could, if
they choose to license such Special Content, meet the Company Yearly Minimum
Commitment and assuming the Agreement is not terminated pursuant to Section
6.A.(ii), the Company Term Minimum Commitment.

                           iii. For purposes of clarity, the UMG Entities'
obligation hereunder is to make Content available to the Company; subject to
Section 4.D. hereof, the Company shall have no obligation to license, acquire or
use such Content. On each license or purchase by a Company Entity of Content
(i.e., where a Company Entity will be required to pay for such Content), the
parties shall promptly memorialize the financial and all other terms applicable
to such purchase and promptly provide a copy of such memorialization to each of
the Company Contact Person and the UMG Contact Person (it being acknowledged and
agreed that failure so to provide such a copy shall not invalidate or otherwise
affect such license or purchase or the terms applicable thereto).

                  B. Minimum Purchase Commitment. Subject to the further terms
and provisions of this Agreement, (i) in each twelve month period commencing on
the Commencement Date or the first or second anniversary thereof and ending on
the day immediately preceding the next such anniversary of the Commencement Date
(each such period, a "Term Year"), UMG and its Affiliates shall purchase, in the
aggregate, not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Marketing Support
from the Company Entities (the "UMG Yearly Minimum Commitment"), and (ii) during
the Term, the UMG Affiliates shall purchase not less than Four Million Dollars
($4,000,000) of Marketing Support from the Company Entities (the "UMG Term
Minimum Commitment"). If, as a result of a termination of the Agreement by UMG
pursuant to Section 6.A. hereof the Term of this Agreement terminates prior to
the third anniversary of the Commencement Date, the obligations under this
Section 3.B. shall be pro rated to take into account such early termination.

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                  C. Derived Analyses. Each UMG Entity shall promptly after its
completion make each Derived Analysis available to the Company, at no charge,
provided the Company shall not transfer, assign, sell or disclose such Derived
Analyses to any unaffiliated third party without UMG's consent, provided a
Derived Analysis related to a particular artist or entity controlling the rights
to substantially all the content underlying such Derived Analysis may be made
available (without rights to further assign, sell or disclose) to the applicable
artist or entity. The parties shall hereafter agree on the form and media in
which such Derived Analyses shall be provided to the Company.

                  D. Contact Person. The UMG Entities, collectively, shall
promptly hereafter appoint (and shall maintain throughout the Term) at least one
person to be the primary contact person (the "UMG Contact Person") who shall
coordinate with the Company Contact Person with respect to all operational and
similar purposes under this Agreement, which person may change from time to time
as designated by UMG in its sole discretion.

         4. COMPANY OBLIGATIONS.

                  A. Availability of Marketing Support. During the Term and
subject to the further provisions of this Section 4, the Company shall, and
shall cause entities over which it exercises actual control to (the Company and
such entities, collectively and individually, the "Company Entities"), make any
Marketing Support the Company Entities make available to third parties available
to the UMG Affiliates, it being understood that all material financial and other
terms shall be the most favorable financial terms then offered by the relevant
Company Entity to any unaffiliated third party for comparable Marketing Support.
For purposes of clarity, the Company Entities' obligation hereunder is to make
Marketing Support available to UMG Affiliates; subject to Section 3.B. hereof,
the UMG Affiliates shall have no obligation to acquire or use any particular
Marketing Support product or service. The parties shall promptly memorialize the
financial and all other terms applicable to the provision of such marketing
support and promptly provide a copy of such memorialization to each of the UMG
Contact Person and the Company Contact Person (it being acknowledged and agreed
that the failure so to provide such a copy shall not invalidate or otherwise
affect such transaction or the terms applicable thereto).

                  B. Provision of UMG Data. The Company shall, and shall cause
each Company Entity to provide to UMG copies of all UMG Data from time to time
as requested by UMG, but not less frequently than monthly. The parties shall
hereafter agree on the form and media in which such data shall be provided to
UMG, it being understood and agreed that UMG shall be entitled to the UMG Data
in digital format, and that the Company shall reasonably cooperate with UMG in
creating data collection fields for UMG Artist Sites. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that the provision of UMG Data to
UMG may be subject to artist consent.

                  C. Provision of Other Data, Derived Analyses. During the Term,
the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Entity to, notify UMG promptly
after the date on which such Company Entity makes any Other Data or Derived
Analyses available to any unaffiliated third party, identifying in reasonable
detail: (i) the nature of such Other Data or

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Derived Analyses, and (ii) the financial and other terms applicable to such
Other Data or Derived Analyses provided that the Company Entities shall provide
to UMG the most favorable (a) financial terms and (b) access and use rights to
such Other Data and/or Derived Analyses as in each case are offered to any
unaffiliated third party with respect to such Other Data and/or Derived
Analyses. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Company Entity to,
create or impose any term which would preclude a UMG Entity from having the same
or more extensive rights to the relevant Other Data or Derived Analyses as does
the third party to which such Other Data or Derived Analyses is initially
disclosed. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, no Company Entity shall be obligated under this Agreement to provide
any UMG Entity with any data (x) if the artist has the right to approve the
dissemination of such data to a UMG Entity and has not give such approval, (y)
subject to Section 4.F. hereof, the dissemination of such data would violate the
privacy policy of the applicable Company Entity, or (z) the dissemination of
such data would violate any law, statute or regulation then in effect including
if applicable The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and any regulation
promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission or any other governmental entity
(whether United States or foreign) and, in the case of (y) and (z), such data is
not being provided to other unaffiliated third parties. Without the relevant
Company Entity's prior written consent, or as permitted by the terms applicable
to such Other Data or Derived Analyses consistent with clause (ii)(b) of the
first sentence of this Section 4.C., UMG shall not be entitled to transfer,
assign, sell or disclose such Other Data or Derived Analyses other than to UMG
Entities, and shall (and shall permit the UMG Entities to) use such Other Data
or Derived Analyses solely for internal marketing research and analysis.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, Other Data or a Derived
Analysis related to a particular artist may be made available (without rights to
further assign, sell or disclose) to the applicable artist.

                  D. Minimum Purchase Commitment. Subject to the further terms
and provisions of this Agreement, (i) in each Term Year the Company Entities
shall purchase, in the aggregate, not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
of Content from the UMG Entities (the "Company Yearly Minimum Commitment"), and
(ii) during the Term, the Company Entities shall purchase not less than Four
Million Dollars ($4,000,000) of Content from the UMG Entities (the "Company Term
Minimum Commitment"). If as a result of a termination of this Agreement by the
Company pursuant to Section 6.A. hereof the Term of this Agreement terminates
prior to the third anniversary of the Commencement Date, the obligations under
this Section 4.D. shall be pro rated to take into account such early
termination.

                  E. Contact Person. The Company Entities, collectively, shall
promptly hereafter appoint (and shall maintain throughout the Term) at least one
person to be the primary contact person (the "Company Contact Person") to
coordinate with the UMG Contact Person with respect to operational and similar
purposes under this Agreement, which person may change from time to time as
designated by the Company in its sole discretion.

                  F. Efforts to Obtain Consents; Anti-Discrimination. The
Company Entities shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to seek and
obtain each and every consent, waiver, agreement or other action necessary to
afford UMG the rights to data set forth in this Section 4, including, without
limitation, artists' and consumer consents. The Company and UMG shall consult
with one another as to the actions to be taken to obtain necessary consents, and
the Company shall promptly notify UMG if it has been unable to obtain an artist
consent necessary to afford UMG the rights set forth in this Section 4.
The Company shall not, and shall ensure that the other Company Entities do not
implement or use a consumer privacy policy (including "opt-out" provisions) or
other policies or procedures which would be more restrictive with respect to
disclosure to (or opt-out with respect to) UMG Affiliates than are the
restrictions and opt-out provisions applicable to any entity other than Company
Entities.

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         5. SET-OFF AND TERM YEAR PAYMENTS.

                  A. Set-Off Right. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Company Entities shall be entitled to set-off all
amounts owed by them to any UMG Entity under this Agreement against all amounts
owed to any of them by any UMG Affiliate under this Agreement, and the UMG
Affiliates shall be entitled to set-off all amounts owed by them to any Company
Entity under this Agreement against all amounts owed to any of them by any
Company Entity under this Agreement (the "Set-Off Right"). Not later than 30
days after the end of each Term Year, each of UMG and the Company shall provide
to the other a schedule listing in sufficient detail to identify the
transaction, all purchases made by an entity from the other and for which UMG or
the Company, as the case may be, can and will set-off under this Agreement.

                  B. True Up Payments. Due to the availability of the Set-Off
Right, the parties acknowledge and agree that no payments shall be due from one
to the other hereunder with respect to any Term Year unless (i) at the end of
such Term Year, only one of UMG or the Company has met its Yearly Minimum
Commitment, and (ii) the entity meeting its Yearly Minimum Commitment (the
"Complying Party") notifies the other, within forty-five days of the end of such
Term Year that the Complying Party has met its Yearly Minimum Commitment, and
that the other party (the "Noncomplying Party") has not, demands that the
Noncomplying Party meet its Yearly Minimum Commitment for such Term Year, and
specifies the amount of the Yearly Minimum Commitment outstanding at the end of
the relevant Term Year (such notice, the "Yearly Compliance Notice"). If the
Noncomplying Party has not, within 60 days of such Yearly Compliance Notice (the
"Extension Period") purchased such amount of Marketing Support or Content, as
applicable, within such Extension Period as would (when aggregated whether with
the purchases made during the applicable Term Year) meet its Yearly Minimum
Commitment, it shall, not later than the 60th day after such Yearly Compliance
Notice pay such amount of the Yearly Minimum Commitment (the "True Up Payment")
which remains unmet as of the end of such 60 day period, in cash, to the
Complying Party. Purchases of Marketing Support or Content, as applicable, made
in the Extension Period after a Yearly Compliance notice and included in
calculating a True Up Payment may not be included for purposes of ascertaining
whether the Noncomplying Party has met its Yearly Minimum Commitment in any
other Term Year but (for purposes of clarity) shall be included in calculating
whether a party has made its Term Minimum Commitment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the UMG Entities have not made Special Content available to the
Company in the first or second Term Year in an amount sufficient for the Company
Entities to actually expend amounts sufficient to meet the Company Yearly
Minimum Commitment during the applicable Term Year (including the Extension
Period), the amount of such shortfall (the "Yearly Shortfall Amount") shall not
be required to be paid in cash by Company at the end of such Term Year, the
Yearly Shortfall Amount shall be deemed paid by the Company for purposes of
calculating whether the Company has met its Term Minimum Commitment, and UMG
shall pay the Company in cash the amount

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by which (A) the lesser of (i) the aggregate amounts spent by the UMG Entities
in the aggregate for Marketing Support in such Term Year and (ii) $1 million,
exceed (B) the aggregate amounts spent by the Company Entities in such Term
Year, for Content. At the end of the Term, the parties' (and their Affiliates')
respective aggregate purchases of Marketing Support and Content, respectively,
during the entire Term shall be calculated. If, as of the end of the Term,
either party has failed to meet its Term Minimum Commitment, and has not, within
60 days of the end of the Term, purchased such amount of Marketing Support or
Content, as applicable, within such 60 day period as would (when aggregated with
all other purchases made during the Term) meet its Term Minimum Commitment, such
non-complying party shall, not later than the 60th day after the end of the Term
pay to the other party the difference between the non-complying party's Term
Minimum Commitment and the amount actually spent by it during the Term and such
60 day post-Term period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the end of the
Term the UMG Entities have not made Special Content available to the Company
during the Term in an amount sufficient for the Company Entities to actually
expend amounts sufficient to meet the Company Term Minimum Commitment, the
amount of such shortfall (the "Term Shortfall Amount") shall not be required to
be paid in cash by Company at the end of the Term, and UMG shall pay the Company
in cash the amount by which (A) the lesser of (i) the aggregate amounts spent by
the UMG Entities in the aggregate for Marketing Support during the Term and (ii)
$4 million, exceed (B) the aggregate amounts spent by the Company Entities
during the Term for Content (taking into account the "deemed paid" amounts set
forth above). Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
the remedy provided for in this Section 5.B. shall be the sole and exclusive
remedy for any breach or alleged breach of the parties' respective obligations
under Sections 3.B. and 4.D.

                  C. Limitations on Set Off. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, a party which purchases Content or Marketing Support,
as the case may be, (i) in excess of $1.5 million in any Term Year, or (ii) in
excess of $4 million during the Term shall, for each and every purchase over
either such limit, pay cash for such purchase in accordance with the payment
terms otherwise applicable to such transaction. Unless and until the aggregate
of all cash payments made by a party (and its affiliates) hereunder exceeds
(together with all amounts set-off or eligible for set-off hereunder) $4
million, such cash payments shall be included in any calculation of whether such
party has met its Term Minimum Commitment.

                  D. Other Purchases. By mutual agreement of the parties, any
purchase made by one party (or its Affiliates) from the other (or its
Affiliates) which does not otherwise fall under the categories described in this
Agreement (e.g., a purchase by the Company of marketing or promotional services
or advertising from a UMG Entity or the provision of music digital downloads by
a UMG Entity to the Company) may be deemed to be "Content" or "Marketing
Support" for the purpose of calculating whether a party has met its Yearly
Minimum Commitment or Term Minimum Commitment hereunder.

         6. TERMINATION FOR BREACH.

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                  A. Early Termination. Either party may terminate this
Agreement (i) on the material breach of the other party, subject to notice and a
reasonable (not to exceed 30 days) period to cure, or on the occurrence of an
insolvency event with respect to the other party, or (ii) if the UMG Entities
fail to make sufficient Special Content available in the first two Term Years so
that the Company Entities fail to meet the Company Yearly Minimum Commitment
hereunder in each of such years.

         7. MISCELLANEOUS.

                  A. Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be
signed in multiple counterparts. Each counterpart will be considered an
original, but all of them in the aggregate shall constitute one agreement. This
Agreement and any amendments hereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means
of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an
original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same
binding effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in
person.

                  B. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned,
in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law without the
consent of the other party hereto.

                  C. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties
as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supersedes all prior
letters of intent, agreements and understandings between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof.

                  D. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented only in a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

                  E. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first class
mail or overnight courier, shall be deemed given on the date received, if
delivered by hand or courier, and four days after deposit into the United States
mail, if mailed, and shall be delivered to the addresses for notice indicated on
the signature pages hereof, or at such other addresses as a party may hereafter
designate by notice delivered pursuant to this Section 7.E.

                  F. Relationship of the Parties. Notwithstanding any other
relationship between the parties hereto, or between or among them and their
respective Affiliates, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute the parties
a partnership or joint venture.

                  G. Governing Law. This Agreement and all matters or issues
related thereto or arising hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State
of California without regard to the application of principles of conflicts of
laws.

                  H. Headings and Examples. The headings in this Agreement are
for the convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
the meaning hereof.

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Whenever examples are used in this Agreement with the words "including," "for
example," "e.g.," "such as," "etc." or any derivation thereof, such examples are
intended to be illustrative and not in limitation thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

ARTISTdirect, INC.                        UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ KEITH YOKOMOTO                    By: /s/ MICHAEL OSTROFF
    -------------------------------           --------------------------------
     Keith Yokomoto                           Senior Vice President
     ARTISTdirect, Inc.                       70 Universal City Plaza
     17835 Ventura Boulevard                  Universal City, CA 91608
     Suite 310                                Attn: President, Global E-Commerce
     Encino, CA 91316                         and Advanced Technology
     Attn: Chief Executive Officer            AND Attn: Senior Vice President,
                                              Business and Legal Affairs

     With a copy to:                          With a copy to:

     Lenard & Gonzalez LLP                    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
     25th Floor                               35th Floor
     1900 Ave. Of the Stars                   355 S. Grand Ave.
     Los Angeles, CA 90067                    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
     Attn: Allen D. Lenard                    Attn: Ruth E. Fisher

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