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Exhibit 10.17    
    

THE
SECURITY REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (TOGETHER WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, COLLECTIVELY, THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE SAME ARE REGISTERED AND QUALIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR SOLD PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS,
OR SOLD PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 

8% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE  

	Debenture No.        	 	 
	

April 15, 2003	
 	

$                  .00

        Sento
Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby promises to pay to the order
of                        
("Purchaser") or its registered assignee (Purchaser or such registered assignee being referred to herein as
"Holder") the principal amount of $                        .00 together with
interest thereon calculated from the date hereof in accordance with the provisions
of this debenture (this "Debenture"). 

        This
Debenture is issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2003 (the "Subscription Agreement"), between
the Company and Purchaser. The Subscription Agreement contains
terms governing the rights of Holder, and all provisions of the Subscription Agreement relating to this Debenture are hereby incorporated herein in full by reference. This Debenture is issued as a
part of a series of 8% Convertible Subordinated Debentures pursuant to that certain Private Placement Memorandum of the Company, dated March 10, 2003, as amended (such debentures being
collectively, the "Debentures"). Certain defined terms used herein are defined in Section 8 below. Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized
terms used in this Debenture have the same meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement. 

        1.     Payment of Principal and Interest. 

        (a)   All
unpaid principal and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on the third anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 8 below). 

        (b)   Interest
will accrue at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum (the "Interest Rate") on the unpaid principal amount of
the Debenture outstanding from time to time until the first to occur of the following dates (the "Expiration Date"): (i) the Conversion Date (as
defined in Section 4 below), (ii) the Redemption Date (as defined in Section 5 below) or (iii) the third anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 8
below). Interest will be payable, in arrears, first on March 31, 2003 (with respect to the interest accrued from the date hereof to March 31, 2003) and thereafter
semi-annually on the 31st of March and the 30th of September, or the first business day thereafter, of each year until the Expiration Date. Upon the default by
the Company of any material term of this Debenture, interest will accrue thereafter at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum. Interest will be payable to the person in whose name the Debenture is
registered at the close of business on the 15th day or next subsequent business day of the month preceding the month in which the payment is made (except with respect to accrued but unpaid interest on
any Conversion Date or Redemption Date in which case the identity of the Person or Persons entitled to payment of such interest shall be determined in accordance with Section 4 or 5,
respectively). Interest will be computed on an actual/actual basis. 

 

        2.     Subordination. The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is an unsecured obligation of the Company and is hereby
expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all the Company's Senior Indebtedness, as hereinafter defined. 

        (a)   Senior Indebtedness. As used in this Debenture, the term "Senior
Indebtedness" shall mean the principal of and unpaid accrued interest on: (i) all indebtedness of the Company to banks, commercial finance lenders, insurance companies
or other financial institutions regularly engaged in the business of lending money, which is for money borrowed by the Company (whether or not secured and whether currently existing or incurred at a
later date), and (ii) any such indebtedness or any debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued in exchange for or to refinance any other Senior Indebtedness, or any indebtedness
arising from the satisfaction of any other Senior Indebtedness by a guarantor. 

        (b)   Default on Senior Indebtedness. If there should occur any receivership, insolvency, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangements with creditors (whether or not pursuant to bankruptcy or other insolvency laws), sale of all or substantially all of the assets, dissolution,
liquidation or any other marshaling of the assets and liabilities of the Company, or there occurs an event of default that has been declared in writing with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, or in
the instrument under which any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding, then (i) no amount shall be paid by the Company in respect of the principal of or interest on this Debenture at the time
outstanding, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the principal of and interest on the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding shall be
paid in full, and (ii) no claim or proof of claim shall be filed with the Company by or on behalf of Holder that shall assert any right to receive any payments in respect of the principal of
and interest on this Debenture, except subject to the payment in full of the principal of and interest on all of the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding. 

        (c)   Effect of Subordination. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of Senior Indebtedness under this Section 2
to receive cash, securities or other property otherwise payable or deliverable to Holder, nothing contained in this Section 2 shall impair, as between the Company and Holder, the obligation of
the Company, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to pay to Holder the principal hereof and interest hereon as and when the same become due and payable, or shall prevent Holder, upon default
hereunder, from exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise provided herein or by applicable law. 

        (d)   Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness and until this Debenture shall be paid in full,
Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (to the extent of payments or distributions previously made to such holders of Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2(b) above) to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness. No such payments or distributions applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness shall, as between the Company and its creditors, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Holder, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of this Debenture; and
for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness to which Holder would be entitled except for the provisions of this Section 2 shall, as
between the Company and its creditors, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Holder, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness. 

        (e)   Undertaking. By Holder's acceptance of this Debenture, Holder agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be
reasonably requested from time to time by the Company or the lender of any Senior Indebtedness in order to implement the foregoing provisions of this Section 2. 

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        3.     Events of Default. 

        (a)   For
purposes of the Debenture, an "Event of Default" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: 

          (i)  the
Company fails to pay when due the full amount of interest then accrued on the Debenture, or the Company fails to pay when due the full amount of any principal
payment on the Debenture; 

         (ii)  the
Company fails to perform or observe any other material provision contained in the Debenture or the Warrant and such failure is not cured within 30 days of
notice thereof from Holder to the Company; 

        (iii)  any
representation, warranty or information contained in the Subscription Agreement or required to be furnished to Holder pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, or
any writing furnished by the Company to Holder, is false or misleading in any material respect on the date made or furnished; or 

        (iv)  the
Company or any Subsidiary makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or an
order, judgment or decree is entered adjudicating the Company or any Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent; or any order for relief with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary is entered under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code; or the Company or any Subsidiary petitions or applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
of any substantial part of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or commences any proceeding (other than a proceeding for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of any Subsidiary) relating
to the Company or any Subsidiary under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction; or any such petition or
application is filed, or any such proceeding is commenced, against the Company or any Subsidiary and either (A) the Company or any such Subsidiary by any act indicates its approval thereof,
consent thereto or acquiescence therein or (B) such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days. 

        (b)   Consequences of Events of Default. 

          (i)  Subject
to the provisions of Section 2 above, if an Event of Default has occurred, Holder may demand (by written notice delivered to the Company) immediate
payment of all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture. If Holder demands immediate payment of all or any portion of the Debenture, the Company will (within 30 days
after receipt of the initial request for payment) pay to Holder the principal amount of the Debenture requested to be paid (plus accrued interest thereon). 

         (ii)  Holder
will also have any other rights which Holder may have been afforded under any contract or agreement at any time and any other rights which Holder may have been
afforded under any contract or agreement at any time and any other rights which Holder may have pursuant to applicable law. 

        4.     Conversion. 

        (a)   Conversion Procedure. 

          (i)  So
long as Holder is not in default under representations, warranties or covenants of this Debenture or the Subscription Agreement, Holder may at any time after the
Closing Date convert all, but not less than all, of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture and accrued interest into shares of Common Stock, rounded to the nearest whole share, 

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determined
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof (the "Conversion Shares"); provided that all interest accrued but unpaid with respect to the Debenture
as of the Conversion Date shall be converted into shares of the Common Stock. The "Conversion Date" means, for the purpose of this Agreement and with
respect to the Debenture, the effective date, under this Debenture, of the Conversion Notice (as defined below) provided in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Debenture with respect to
the conversion of the Debenture. The conversion rights provided to Holder hereunder shall automatically terminate at the close of business on the last day of the ten-day period immediately
following the date of the Redemption Notice (as defined in Section 5(b) below). 

         (ii)  Holder
shall provide to the Company a written notice of its intent to convert all of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture and accrued interest, in the form
of Notice of Conversion set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference, and surrender all Debentures representing the principal amount to be converted into the
Conversion Shares (the "Conversion Notice"). Each such conversion of the Debenture will be deemed to have been effected as of the close of business on
the date on which the Debenture has been surrendered at the principal office of the Company, together with a statement of Holder indicating that all of the outstanding principal of and accrued
interest under the Debenture is to be converted into the Conversion Shares. At such time as such conversion has been effected, the rights of Holder as the holder of the Debenture will cease, and
the Person or Persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for the Conversion Shares are to be issued will be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the Conversion
Shares represented thereby. 

        (iii)  Within
5 business days after a conversion has been effected, the Company will deliver to Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares in
such name or names and such denomination or denominations as Holder has specified. 

        (iv)  The
issuance of certificates for the Conversion Shares will be made without charge to Holder for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the
Company in connection with such conversion and the related issuance of the Conversion Shares. Upon conversion of the Debenture, the Company will take all such actions as are necessary in order to
insure that the Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 

         (v)  The
Company will not close its books against the transfer of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Debenture in any manner which interferes with the
timely conversion of the Debenture. 

        (vi)  Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Debenture, this Debenture may not be exercised by Holder unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement
registering the resale of the Conversion Shares issuable upon such exercise is effective under the Securities Act, or the transaction in which such Conversion Shares are to be issued is exempted from
the application of the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (ii) the Conversion Shares have been registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws or an
exemption from registration or qualification is available under such laws. Holder may have certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares under the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of April 15, 2003, between Purchaser and the Company, pursuant to which the holder of Conversion Shares may, in certain limited circumstances, obligate the Company to register or
qualify such Conversion Shares under federal or state securities laws. 

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        (b)   Conversion Rate. The Debenture shall be convertible into fully-paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock of the Corporation calculated in accordance with the following formula: 

Number
of Conversion Shares = (Principal + Interest)

                                         
              Conversion Price
 

As
used in this Debenture: 

        The
term "Principal" shall mean the principal amount of the Debenture to be converted, but in any event an amount no greater than the
outstanding principal of the Debenture on the date of the Conversion Notice. 

        The
term "Interest" shall mean (i) the Principal multiplied by the product of (a) the quotient obtained by dividing
(1) the number of days from the Closing Date by (2) the actual number of days in the year with respect to which this calculation is being made and (b) .08 (unless adjusted in
accordance with Section 1 above) less (ii) the amount or amounts paid by the Company to Holder in respect of interest on the Debenture up to and including the date of the Conversion
Notice. 

        The
term "Conversion Price" shall mean $1.75, as adjusted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Debenture as of the date of
the Conversion Notice. 

        (c)   Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend or
otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately
reduced, and if the Company at any time combines (by reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased. If the Holder is entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Company pursuant to
the foregoing upon conversion of the Debenture, the Company shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Conversion Price between the classes of capital stock. After such allocation, the conversion
privilege and the Conversion Price of each class of capital stock shall thereafter be subject to adjustment on terms comparable to those applicable to Common Stock in this Debenture. An adjustment
made pursuant to this section shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a payment, subdivision, combination or reclassification is made. 

        (d)   Notices.

          (i)  Immediately
upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to any adjustment of the Conversion Price, the Company will send written notice thereof to Holder. 

         (ii)  The
Company will send written notice to Holder at least 20 days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record with respect to any
dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock. 

        5.     Redemption.

        (a)   Company's Right to Redeem. The Company shall have the right to redeem this Debenture by payment to Holder of the face
value of this Debenture plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, at any time from and after the date upon which (a) the average Market Price of the Common Stock for a period of 30
consecutive trading days equals or exceeds $4.00; and (b) either 

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the
Conversion Shares have been registered for resale under the Securities Act, or this Debenture has been issued to Holder (or any successor or assign thereof) for more than one year so that Holder
(or any successor or assign thereof) may sell any Conversion Shares under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act; provided, however, that such redemption shall not become effective prior
to the last day of the ten-day period immediately following the date of the Redemption Notice. If the Company elects to redeem this Debenture, it must redeem all outstanding Debentures. 

        (b)   Redemption Procedure. Holder shall, within 30 days of the date of written notice from the Company of the
redemption of all of the outstanding Debentures (the "Redemption Notice"), surrender the original executed copy of this Debenture at the principal
business office of the Company (or such other place as may be designated by the Company in such notice) (the thirtieth day following the Redemption Notice being the "Redemption
Date"). The Company shall pay the Redemption Price for this Debenture within five days of the date of such surrender. 

        (c)   Rights After Redemption Date. On the Redemption Date, all rights of Holder, as holder of this Debenture, other than the
right to payment of the Redemption Price for this Debenture, shall cease, and this Debenture shall be deemed to be cancelled and no longer outstanding. Upon payment of the Redemption Price for this
Debenture, all rights of Holder, as holder of this Debenture, shall cease. 

        (d)   Date of Redemption Notice. The date of the Redemption Notice shall be the third business day immediately following the
day on which such notice is sent by the Company if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or the business day immediately following the day on which such notice is sent by the
Company if sent by overnight courier. 

        6.     Prohibition on Dividends. Until the Expiration Date, the Company shall not declare nor pay any dividend with respect to
the Common Stock other than a stock dividend. 

        7.     Amendment and Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions of the Debenture may be amended and
the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of Holder. 

        8.     Definitions. For purposes of the Debenture, the following capitalized terms have the following meaning. 

        "Closing" means the closing of the offering of the Debentures. 

        "Closing Date" means the date of the Closing. 

        "Common Stock" means, collectively the Company's Common Stock, $0.25 par value, and any capital stock of any class of the Company
hereafter authorized which is not limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par or stated value in respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution of
assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. 

        "Market Price" of any security means the average of the closing prices of such security's sales on all securities exchanges on which such
security may at the time be listed, or, if there has been no sales on any such exchange on any day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on all such exchanges at the end of such day,
or, if on any day such security is not so listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in the NASDAQ System as of 4:00 P.M., New York time, or if on any day such
security is not quoted in the NASDAQ System, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic over-the-counter market as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, or any similar successor organization, in each such case averaged over a period of 21 days consisting of the day as of which "Market Price" is being
determined and the 20 

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consecutive
business days prior to such day. If at any time such security is not listed on any securities exchange or quoted in the NASDAQ System or the over-the-counter
market, the "Market Price" will be fair value thereof determined jointly by the Company and Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within a reasonable period of time, such fair value
will be the fair value thereof as reasonably determined by the Company's Board of Directors. 

        "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which the shares of stock having a majority of the general voting power in electing the board of
directors are, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned by the Company either directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries. 

        9.     Transfer.

        (a)   This
Debenture may not be assigned or transferred except as provided herein and in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws. Any purported transfer or assignment made other than in accordance with this Section 9 shall be null and void and of no force and effect. 

        (b)   This
Debenture shall be transferable only upon the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (i) the transferee is a person
to whom the Debenture may be legally transferred without registration under the Securities Act or any state securities laws; and (ii) such transfer will not violate any applicable law or
governmental rule or regulation including, without limitation, any applicable federal or state securities law. Prior to any transfer or assignment of this Debenture, the assignor or transferor shall
reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with the transfer or assignment. 

        (c)   Any
assignment permitted hereunder shall be made by surrender of this Debenture to the Company at its principal office with a duly executed Assignment Form, set forth on
Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference, and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax. In such event, the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new
Debenture in the name of the assignee named in such Assignment Form, and this Debenture shall promptly be cancelled. This Debenture may be divided or combined with any of the Debentures which carry
the same rights upon presentation thereof at the principal office of the Company together with a written notice signed by the Holder thereof, specifying the names and denominations in which
certificates representing new Debentures are to be issued. The term "Debenture" as used herein includes any of the Debentures issued in substitution for or replacement of this Debenture, or into which
this Debenture may be divided or exchanged. 

        (d)   Upon
receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Debenture or any stock certificate representing
Conversion Shares issued upon the exercise hereof and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and, in the case of any
such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Debenture or such stock certificate, the Company will execute and deliver a new Debenture or stock certificate of like tenor and date, and any
such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Debenture or stock certificate shall thereupon become void. 

        (e)   Holder
and each holder of the Conversion Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Debenture shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director, officer
or any such person may become subject under the Securities Act or any statute or common law, insofar as such losses, 

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claims,
damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, arise out of or are based upon the disposition by Holder or such holder of the Conversion Shares or other such securities in violation of
the terms of this Debenture. 

        (f)    This
Debenture and the Conversion Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Debenture may not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of
except to a person who, in the opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, is a person to whom this Debenture or such Conversion Shares may legally be transferred pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 9 without registration and without the delivery of a current prospectus under the Securities Act with respect thereto and then only against receipt of an agreement of
such person to comply with the provisions of this Section 9 with respect to any resale or other disposition of such securities unless, in the opinion of such counsel, such agreement is not
required. 

        (g)   Holder,
by acceptance of this Debenture, agrees that the Conversion Shares to be issued upon conversion hereof are being acquired for the account of Holder for
investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of such Conversion Shares except under
circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws. Holder represents that Holder has no present intention of distributing or reselling
the Conversion Shares. 

        (h)   The
Company may cause the following legend, or one of similar substance, to be set forth on each certificate representing Conversion Shares or any other security issued
or issuable upon exercise of this Debenture, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such certificate that such legend is unnecessary: 

THE
SECURITIES OF SENTO CORPORATION, A UTAH CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"), EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION
OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND VARIOUS APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED OR A SECURITY INTEREST CREATED THEREIN, UNLESS THE PURCHASE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE OR GRANT OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST COMPLIES WITH ALL STATE AND FEDERAL
SECURITIES LAWS (I.E., SUCH SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE REGISTERED UNDER SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE THEREUNDER) AND UNLESS THE SELLER, TRANSFEROR,
ASSIGNOR, PLEDGOR OR GRANTOR OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST PROVIDES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED WOULD NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TRANSFERABILITY OF THE SECURITIES IS THEREFORE LIMITED AND INVESTORS MUST BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT FOR AN
INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. 

        10.   Cancellation. After all principal and accrued interest at any time owned on the Debenture has been paid in full, the
Debenture will be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and will not be reissued. 

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        11.   Place of Payment. Payments of principal and interest are to be delivered to the Purchaser as follows: 

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Or
to such other address or to the attention of such other person as specified by prior written notice to the Company. 

        12.   Governing Law. This Debenture shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Utah without
giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed and delivered this Debenture on                        , 2003. 

	 	 	SENTO CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	

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EXHIBIT A
  
    NOTICE OF CONVERSION

	TO:
	SENTO
CORPORATION (the "Company"): 

        1.     The
undersigned holder of the attached debenture (the "Debenture") hereby elects to convert the outstanding principal of
the Debenture (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) into the number of shares of the Common Stock determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Debenture. Terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Debenture. 

        2.     Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares in the name of the undersigned. 

                        

        (Date) 

	

 	

 (SIGNATURE)
	

 	

 (PRINT OR TYPE NAME)

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EXHIBIT B
  
    ASSIGNMENT FORM

        Dated:
                         

        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,                        ("Assignor") hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto                        (please type or print)
                        (address) the rights of Assignor under the debenture attached hereto (the "Debenture") to the extent of $            of the
outstanding principal amount of the Debenture and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Sento Corporation (the "Company") and/or its transfer
agent as attorney to transfer the same on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 

	

 	

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Exhibit 10.18    
    

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NO SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER
DISPOSITION OF THIS WARRANT OR SAID SHARES MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, (II) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED OR (III) RECEIPT OF A NO-ACTION LETTER FROM THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS NOT
REQUIRED.

Void
after 5:00 p.m., Utah Time

on April 15, 2006 

SENTO CORPORATION  

  
 

    WARRANT TO PURCHASE
  SHARES OF COMMON STOCK    
    

        This
certifies that, for value received,                        (the "Purchaser") or
registered assigns (the Purchaser or such assignee, as
applicable, being referred to herein as the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the provisions of that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of
April 15, 2003 between the Company and Purchaser (the "Subscription Agreement"),
to                        (        ) warrants, each such warrant
entitling the Holder to purchase one (1) share of the common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Sento Corporation, a Utah
corporation (the "Company"), at a price of Two and 25/100 Dollars ($2.25) per share (the "Exercise
Price") (such warrants and this certificate evidencing such warrants being referred to herein, collectively, as this "Warrant").
The number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon the exercise of this Warrant (the "Warrant Shares") and the Exercise Price may be adjusted from
time to time as hereinafter set forth. This Warrant is issued in connection with an 8% Convertible Subordinated Debenture, dated as of April 15, 2003, issued by the Company to Purchaser in the
original principal amount of $                        (the "Debenture").

        1.     Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the provisions of Section 2 below, this Warrant may be exercised in whole (but not
in part) at any time or from time to time on or after the date hereof, but in any event no later than 5:00 p.m., Utah time, on the date that is three years from the date hereof, or if such date
is a day on which federal or state-chartered banking institutions in Utah are authorized by law to close, then on the next succeeding day which shall not be such a day. Such exercise shall be
effective upon presentation and surrender to the Company at its principal office or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, of this Warrant with the duly executed Notice of Exercise form
set forth on Exhibit A (attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference) (the "Notice of Exercise") indicating whether such exercise is
being made in accordance with Section 1(a) or 1(b) below and the form of payment necessary to comply with the provisions of such Section. The number of Warrant Shares which may be purchased
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granted by this Warrant as identified above, which number may be adjusted, if at all, in accordance with Section 7 below. The Company may require the purchaser to execute such further
documents and make certain representations and warranties as the Company deems necessary to ensure compliance with exemptions from applicable federal and state securities laws as required by
Section 2 below. 

        (a)   Cash Payment upon Exercise. If the Notice of Exercise specifies that the exercise of this Warrant is made pursuant to
this Section 1(a), then the Notice of Exercise shall be accompanied by payment, in cash or by certified or official bank check, payable to the order of the Company, in the amount of the
Exercise Price for the number of the Warrant Shares, together with all taxes applicable upon such exercise. 

        (b)   Cashless Exercise. If the Notice of Exercise specifies that the exercise of this Warrant is made pursuant to this
Section 1(b), then the Company shall deliver to Holder, without payment by Holder of any Exercise Price or any cash or other consideration, that number of Warrant Shares computed using the
following formula: 

	 	 	X =Y(A-B)

        A
	

Where:	
 	

X =	
 	

the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1(b);
	

 	
 	

Y =	
 	

the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of this Warrant;
	

 	
 	

A =	
 	

the Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) of one share of Common Stock; and
	

 	
 	

B =	
 	

the Exercise Price per Warrant Share and the amount of withholding taxes per Warrant Share payable upon the exercise of this Warrant or the issuance of the Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 1(b) (assuming the full issuance of the Warrant
Shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of this Warrant).

        2.     Compliance with Securities Laws. This Warrant may not be exercised by the Holder unless at the time of exercise
(i) a registration statement registering the Warrant Shares upon such exercise is effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (and together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, collectively, the "Securities Act"), or the transaction in which such Warrant Shares are to be issued is exempted from the application of
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (ii) the Warrant Shares have been registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws or an exemption from registration
or qualification is available under such laws. The Holder may have certain registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares under the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof,
between the Purchaser and the Company (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), pursuant to which the holder of Warrant Shares may, in certain limited
circumstances, obligate the Company to register or qualify such Warrant Shares under federal or state securities laws. This Warrant may not be exercised so long as Purchaser is in default under the
representations, warranties or covenants of this Warrant, the Debenture or the Subscription Agreement. 

        3.     Stock Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. All Warrant Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall,
upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company hereby covenants and agrees
that at all times from the date hereof and during the period this Warrant is exercisable it shall reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this
Warrant such number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be required for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company agrees that its issuance of this 

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shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of this Warrant. 

        4.     Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or stock representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares which would otherwise be issuable, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, either (i) pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by
the fair market value of one share of Common Stock on the date of exercise, as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors or (ii) issue the next largest whole number of
Warrant Shares. 

        5.     Transfer, Exchange, Assignment or Loss of Warrant or Certificates.

        (a)   This
Warrant may not be assigned or transferred except as provided herein and in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws. Any purported transfer or assignment made other than in accordance with this Section 5 and Section 9 hereof shall be null and void and of no force and effect. 

        (b)   This
Warrant shall be transferable only upon the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (i) the transferee is a person to
whom the Warrant may be legally transferred without registration under the Securities Act or any state securities laws; and (ii) such transfer will not violate any applicable law or
governmental rule or regulation including, without limitation, any applicable federal or state securities law. Prior to any transfer or assignment of this Warrant, the assignor or transferor shall
reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with the transfer or assignment. 

        (c)   Any
assignment permitted hereunder shall be made by surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal office with the duly executed Assignment Form set forth on
Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax. In such event, the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new
Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such Assignment Form, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants which carry the same rights
upon presentation thereof at the principal
office of the Company together with a written notice signed by the Holder thereof, specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued. The terms "Warrant" and "Warrants" as
used herein include any Warrants in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant, or into which this Warrant may be divided or exchanged. 

        (d)   Upon
receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate representing Warrant
Shares issued upon the exercise hereof and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and, in the case of any such
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant or such stock certificate, the Company will execute and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and date, and any such
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant or stock certificate shall thereupon become void. 

        Each
Holder of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and
officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director, officer or any such person
may become subject under the Securities Act or any statute or common law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, arise out of or are based upon the
disposition by such Holder of the Warrant, the Warrant Shares or other such securities in violation of the terms of this Warrant. 

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        6.     Rights of the Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of a shareholder in the Company,
either at law or equity, and the rights of the Holder by virtue hereof are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and are not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein. 

        7.     Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The number and kind of securities issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant and the Exercise Price of such securities shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events as follows: 

        (a)   Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend or
otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or combines (by reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of this
Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which it would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of
the events described above had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any record date with respect thereto. If the Holder is entitled to receive
shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Company pursuant to the foregoing upon exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between
the classes of capital stock. After such allocation, the exercise privilege and the Exercise Price of each class of capital stock shall thereafter be subject to adjustment on terms comparable to those
applicable to Common Stock in this Section. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record
date, if any, for such event. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment, subdivision, combination or reclassification is made. 

        (b)   Adjustment in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant is
adjusted as provided in this Section, the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction,
of which the numerator shall be the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator shall be the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable immediately thereafter. 

        8.     Adjustment on Books. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant
shall be adjusted as required by the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Company shall forthwith make an adjustment on it books and records showing the adjusted Exercise Price and number of
Warrant Shares determined as herein provided and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment. 

        9.     Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act.

        (a)   This
Warrant and the Warrant Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of except
(i) as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) to a person who, in the opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, is a person to whom this Warrant or
such Warrant Shares may legally be transferred pursuant to Section 5 hereof without registration and without the delivery of a current prospectus under the Securities Act with respect thereto
and then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to comply with the provisions of this Section 9 with respect to any resale or other disposition of such securities unless, in the
opinion of such counsel, such agreement is not required. 

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        (b)   The
Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, agrees that the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for the account of the Holder for
investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of such Warrant Shares except under
circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws. The Holder represents that the Holder has no present intention of distributing or
reselling the Warrant Shares. 

        (c)   The
Company may cause the following legend, or one of similar substance, to be set forth on each certificate representing Warrant Shares or any other security issued or
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such certificate that such legend is unnecessary: 

THE
SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND VARIOUS APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED OR A
SECURITY INTEREST CREATED THEREIN, UNLESS THE PURCHASE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE OR GRANT OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST COMPLIES WITH ALL STATE AND FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS (I.E., SUCH SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK ARE REGISTERED UNDER SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE THEREUNDER) AND UNLESS THE SELLER, TRANSFEROR, ASSIGNOR, PLEDGOR OR GRANTOR OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST PROVIDES AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED WOULD NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. TRANSFERABILITY OF THE SECURITIES IS THEREFORE LIMITED AND INVESTORS MUST BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. 

        10.   Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Utah
applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed wholly within such State. 

        11.   Modification and Waiver. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be modified, amended, waived or discharged only by an
instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought. 

        12.   Notice. Notices and other communications to be given to the Holder shall be delivered by hand or mailed, postage prepaid,
to such address as the Holder shall have designated by written notice to the Company as provided in this Section. Notices or other communications to the Company shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given if delivered by hand or mailed postage prepaid to the Company at 808 East Utah Valley Drive, American Fork, Utah 84003, or such other address as the Company shall have designated by
written notice to the Holder as provided in this Section. Notice by mail shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, as herein provided. 

        13.   Construction. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs and sections of this Warrant are inserted for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. Unless otherwise indicated, references to sections shall be construed as references to the corresponding Sections of this Warrant. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant effective as of the            day
of                        , 2000. 

	 	 	SENTO CORPORATION, a Utah corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	

Its:	

 
	 	 	 	

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EXHIBIT A
  
    NOTICE OF EXERCISE

	TO:
	SENTO
CORPORATION (the "Company"): 

        1.     The
undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the "Warrant") hereby elects to purchase the Warrant Shares (as defined in
the Warrant) pursuant to (Select (a) or (b) below): 

	            

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Here	(a) Section 1(a) of the Warrant and the terms and conditions of the Warrant and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full; or
	

            

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Here	

(b) Section 1(b) of the Warrant and the terms and conditions of the Warrant.

        2.     Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned. 

                        

        (Date) 

	

 	

 (SIGNATURE)
	

 	

 (PRINT OR TYPE NAME)

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EXHIBIT B
  
    ASSIGNMENT FORM

        Dated:
                         

        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,                        hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
unto                        (please type or print)
                        (address) the right to purchase Common Stock
represented by the warrant attached hereto to the extent of                        shares as to which such right is exercisable
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Sento Corporation (the
"Company") and/or its transfer agent as attorney to transfer the same on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 

	

 	

 (SIGNATURE)

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Exhibit 10.18

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF EXERCISE

EXHIBIT B ASSIGNMENT FORM

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