Document:

Exhibit
      10.5

    

    NONCOMPETITION
      AND 

    CONFIDENTIALITY
      AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      NONCOMPETITION AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
      is
      made on this 8th day of August 2007, by and among Exhibit
      Merchandising LLC,
      an Ohio
      limited liability company (“EM”),
      Joseph B. Marsh (“Marsh”), Lee D. Marshall (“Marshall”), and John T. Norman
      (“Norman”) (collectively the “Restricted Parties or individually, a “Restricted
      Party”), on the one hand, and Tix
      Corporation,
      a
      Delaware corporation ("TIX"),
      on
      the other hand.

     

    WHEREAS,
      EM has entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
      Agreement”),
      dated
      as of August 6, 2007, by and between EM, the members of EM, and
      TIX;

     

    WHEREAS,
      TIX uses Confidential Information (as defined herein) in connection with the
      operation of its business;

     

    WHEREAS,
      EM intends to assign its Confidential Information to TIX pursuant to the terms
      of the Purchase Agreement;

     

    WHEREAS,
      Marsh, Marshall and Norman (as trustee of the John T. Norman Trust) are members
      of EM or shareholders of one of the members and by reason thereof have obtained
      knowledge of the Confidential Information;

     

    WHEREAS,
      TIX and the Restricted Parties recognize that the Restricted Parties have
      valuable knowledge and expertise with respect to the business of EM, and will
      have valuable knowledge and expertise with respect to the business of TIX,
      which, if used to compete against TIX, would have a material adverse effect
      on
      TIX;

     

    WHEREAS,
      TIX desires to obtain a commitment from the Restricted Parties to refrain from
      competing with TIX and its Affiliates on the terms and conditions set forth
      in
      this Agreement;

     

    WHEREAS,
      it is an inducement for, as well as a condition to, the consummation of the
      transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement that the Restricted Parties
      enter into this Agreement, and

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Restricted Parties will receive substantial and valuable consideration
      upon
      the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase
      Agreement,

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants, agreements
      and understandings contained herein and for good and valuable consideration,
      the
      receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
      agree as follows:

     

    1. Definitions.
      Capitalized terms used herein without being otherwise defined shall have the
      meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Competing
      Enterprise”
shall
      mean any Person engaged in or proposing to engage in a business, enterprise
      or
      operation that is directly or indirectly engaged in product merchandise
      development and sales related to museum exhibits (“Business”), provided that a
      Person shall not be deemed to be a Competing Enterprise if the Restricted Party
      has no involvement whatsoever in overseeing, managing, working as an employee,
      consulting or otherwise providing assistance for or to the portion of such
      Person’s business that engages in the Business. 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    “Confidential
      Information”
shall
      mean all proprietary information, trade secrets or know-how, including, but
      not
      limited to, research, product plans, business policies and practices, products
      and supplier information, customer lists and customers, markets, software,
      developments, inventions, business and marketing plans, finances or other
      nonpublic business information considered by TIX to be confidential whether
      or
      not in writing, whether or not created by a Restricted Party, and whether or
      not
      formally marked or identified as confidential. Confidential Information does
      not
      include any of the foregoing items which is independently developed by a
      Restricted Party other than through knowledge or use of the Confidential
      Information or has become publicly known and made generally available through
      no
      wrongful act of a Restricted Party or of others who a Restricted Party had
      reason to believe were under confidentiality obligations as to the item or
      items
      involved.

     

    “Restricted
      Period”
shall
      mean the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of
      (i)
      the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, or (ii) the date on which TIX or
      its
      successor no longer operates the Business.

     

    “Territory”
shall
      mean the United States, including its territories and possessions, and
      specifically including all counties of California (Alameda, Alpine, Amador,
      Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn,
      Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin,
      Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange,
      Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego,
      San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa
      Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter,
      Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba). 

     

    2. Acknowledgements.
      The
      Restricted Parties acknowledge that:

     

    (a) the
      agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement are essential to protect
      the value of TIX’s business, assets and goodwill;

     

    (b) the
      Confidential Information could be used to the substantial advantage of a
      competitor of TIX and to TIX’s substantial detriment;

     

    (c) the
      Restricted Parties are entitled to receive valuable consideration pursuant
      to
      the Purchase Agreement, a portion of which is being paid in consideration of
      the
      covenants and agreements of the Restricted Parties set forth in this
      Agreement;

     

    (d) TIX
      would
      not have entered into and consummated the Purchase Agreement if the Restricted
      Parties had not entered into this Agreement,

     

    (e) the
      terms
      of this Agreement are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the
      protection of the interests of TIX (including, without limitation, its business
      and goodwill) , and the interests of TIX’s stockholders, officers, directors,
      and employees; 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (f) each
      of
      TIX and the Restricted Parties have consulted with legal counsel concerning
      this
      Agreement, and such counsel has reviewed this Agreement, or a Restricted Party
      has had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel concerning this Agreement
      and has elected not to do so; and

     

    (g) the
      parties intend that the agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement
      be
      enforceable and that it would be grossly inequitable if a court or judicial
      tribunal were not to enforce such covenants and agreements to the fullest extent
      provided herein.

     

    3. Noncompetition.

     

    (a) During
      the Restricted Period, each of the Restricted Parties agrees that each
      Restricted Party shall not anywhere in the Territory, directly or indirectly,
      (i) own, manage, operate, join, control, be employed by, or participate in
      the
      ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected in any manner
      (including, but not limited to, holding the positions of stockholder (except
      as
      provided below)) with, any Competing Enterprise, (ii) provided that none of
      the
      foregoing restrictions shall preclude a Restricted Party from (A) being employed
      by a company that provides marketing, information technology, engineering,
      business consulting or other services to clientele that may include, among
      others, Competing Enterprises so long as such Restricted Party does not, during
      the Restricted Period, personally provide such services or otherwise have direct
      involvement with any client that is a Competing Enterprise or (B) participating
      in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or being connected with
      a
      subsidiary, division or other business unit of a Competing Enterprise if that
      subsidiary, division or other business unit does not directly or indirectly
      engage in the Business activities and such Restricted Party has no involvement
      whatsoever in overseeing, managing, working as an employee, consulting or
      otherwise providing assistance to any portion of the Competing Enterprise's
      other subsidiaries, divisions or other business units that do engage in such
      activities. Notwithstanding the foregoing this Agreement shall not restrict
      a
      Restricted Party or any Affiliate of a Restricted Party to enter into a contract
      to operate and supply the museum store at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, or
      any
      other museum or location within the Arab Republic of Egypt.

     

    (b) Section
      3(a) shall not be deemed to prohibit the ownership by a Restricted Party, in
      the
      aggregate with any Restricted Party “affiliates” and “associates” (as each such
      term is defined in the rules promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933),
      of
      less than 5% of any class of securities listed on a national securities exchange
      or traded in the Nasdaq stock market of a Person engaged, directly or
      indirectly, in a Competing Enterprise (it being understood that, if any such
      interests in any Person are owned by an investment vehicle or other entity
      in
      which Restricted Party owns an equity interest (an “Investment Vehicle”), a
      portion of the interests in such Person owned by the Investment Vehicle shall
      be
      attributed to such Restricted Party, such portion to be determined by applying
      the percentage of the equity interest in the Investment Vehicle owned by such
      Restricted Party to the interests in such Person owned by such Investment
      Vehicle).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4. Nondisclosure
      of Confidential Information.

     

    (a) Each
      Restricted Party agrees that, between the Closing Date and the end of the
      Restricted Period, such Restricted Party shall, hold in strictest confidence,
      and not use, except for the benefit of TIX or disclose to any Person (other
      than
      TIX or persons in a confidential relationship with it, such as legal or
      financial advisors) any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
      if a Restricted Party is required by law or subpoena or similar process to
      disclose Confidential Information, such Restricted Party will (i) promptly
      notify TIX in writing of such required disclosure so TIX may seek a protective
      order or other appropriate remedy and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts
      to preserve the confidentiality of Confidential Information, including by
      cooperating with TIX to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance
      that confidential treatment will be accorded Confidential Information. If a
      Restricted Party is legally compelled to disclose Confidential Information,
      such
      Restricted Party will disclose only that information which counsel deems
      reasonably necessary to comply with such legal requirement. 

     

    5. Remedies.
      Each
      Restricted Party agrees that any breach of the terms of this Agreement would
      result in irreparable injury and damage to TIX for which TIX would have no
      adequate remedy at law. Each Restricted Party therefore also agrees that in
      the
      event of any such breach or any threat of breach, in addition to any other
      remedies available, TIX shall be entitled to an immediate injunction and
      restraining order to prevent such breach and/or threatened breach and/or
      continued breach by Restricted Party (including any and all Persons acting
      for
      or with such Restricted Party), without having to prove damages or post a bond
      or other security, and to recover all costs and expenses incurred by TIX, in
      addition to any other remedies to which TIX may be entitled at law or in equity.
      Each Restricted Party specifically recognizes and acknowledges that TIX or
      its
      Affiliates shall have the right to enforce the terms of this Agreement in its
      own name, with or without the other entities’ involvement. Should any party
      hereto, or any heir, personal representative, successor or assign of any party
      hereto, resort to legal proceedings in connection with this Agreement, the
      party
      or parties prevailing in such legal proceedings shall be entitled, in addition
      to such other relief as may be granted, to recover its or their reasonable
      attorneys’ fees and costs in such legal proceedings from the non-prevailing
      party or parties. The terms of this Section 5 shall not prevent TIX from
      pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach
      hereof, including, but not limited to, the recovery of damages from the
      Restricted Parties. Each Restricted Party further agrees that the provisions
      of
      the covenants set forth in this Agreement are reasonable and valid.

     

    6. Notices.
      Any
      notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any
      party hereto to any other party shall be in writing and shall be given (and
      will
      be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by
      electronic facsimile transmission, cable, telegram, telex or other standard
      forms of written telecommunications, by overnight courier or by registered
      or
      certified mail, postage prepaid,

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              If
                to TIX, to:

            
	 	
              Tix
                Corporation

            
	 	
              12001
                Ventura Place, Suite 340

            
	 	
              Studio
                City, CA 91604

            
	 	
              Attention:
                Mitch Francis

            
	 	
              Tel:
                (818) 761-1002

            
	 	
              Fax:
                (818) 761-1072

            
	 	 
	 	
              with
                a copy to:

            
	 	
              Troy
                & Gould

            
	 	
              1801
                Century Park East, Suite 1600

            
	 	
              Los
                Angeles, CA 90067

            
	 	
              Attention:
                David Ficksman

            
	 	
              Tel:
                (310) 789-1290

            
	 	
              Fax:
                (310) 789-1490

            
	 	 
	 	
              If
                to EM, to:

            
	 	
              Exhibit
                Merchandising LLC

            
	 	
              10145
                Phillip Parkway, Unit D

            
	 	
              Streesboro,
                OH 44241

            
	 	
              Attention:
                Lee D. Marshall

            
	 	
              Tel:
                (330) 650-5570

            
	 	
              Fax:
                (330) 650-5725

            
	 	 
	 	
              with
                a copy to:

            
	 	
              Stassburger,
                McKenna Gutrich & Potter P.C.

            
	 	
              Four
                Gateway Center

            
	 	
              444
                Liberty Avenue, Suite 2200

            
	 	
              Pittsburgh,
                PA 15222

            
	 	
              Attention:
                H. Yale Gutrich

            
	 	
              Tel:
                (412) 281-5423

            
	 	
              Fax:
                (412) 281-8264

            
	 	 

    

    and
      if to
      Marsh, Marshall or Norman, addressed to the applicable address set forth on
      the
      signature page of this Agreement, or at such other address for a party as shall
      be specified by like notice.

     

    7. Binding
      Effect; Assignment.
      This
      Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of TIX, and
      its
      successors and assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Restricted
      Parties. Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder shall be
      assignable or transferable by a Restricted Party, or such Party’s beneficiaries,
      distributees or legal representatives.

     

    8. Modification
      and Waiver.
      No
      provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
      waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by
      Restricted Parties, and TIX.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    9. Entire
      Agreement.
      This
      Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect
      to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
      agreements, written or oral, between them as to such subject
      matter.

     

    10. Headings.
      The
      headings contained herein are solely for the purpose of reference, are not
      part
      of this Agreement and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation
      of this Agreement.

     

    11. Severability.
      In the
      event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or
      in
      any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to
      be
      invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
      permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
      affect any other provision of this Agreement or any other such instrument.
      Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision,
      the
      parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement
      a
      provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as
      may
      be possible and be valid and enforceable. If any of the covenants of this
      Agreement are held to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or against public policy,
      such
      covenants will be considered divisible with respect to scope, time, and
      geographic area, and in such lesser scope, time and geographic area, will be
      effective, binding and enforceable against the applicable Restricted
      Party.

     

    12. Counterparts.
      For the
      convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Agreement may
      be
      executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
      shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
      constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and
      the
      same instrument

     

    13. Governing
      Law; Jurisdiction.

     

    (a) This
      Agreement and the legal relations between the parties hereto shall be governed
      by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without
      regard to its conflict of laws rules.

     

    (b) Each
      of
      the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit
      to
      the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and the
      United States of America located in Los Angeles in the State of California
      (the
“California Courts”) for any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
      this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agrees not to
      commence any action or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts),
      and
      further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by
      U.S.
      registered mail to his or its respective address set forth in Section 8 hereof
      shall be effective service of process for any action or proceeding brought
      against it in any such court. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to
      limit
      the ability of any party hereto (i) to serve any such legal process, summons,
      notices and documents in any other manner permitted by applicable law, (ii)
      to
      obtain jurisdiction over the other parties hereto in such other manner, as
      may
      be permitted by applicable law, or (c) to bring any action or proceeding for
      enforcement of a judgment entered by an California Court in any other
      jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
      waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising
      out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in a California
      Court, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees
      not
      to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought
      in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

     

    
      
        
        

      

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

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	
              TIX
                CORPORATION

            
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	
            
	 	
              

              Name:
                Mitch Francis

            
	 	
              Title:
                Chief Executive Officer

            

    

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	
              
                EXHIBIT
                  MERCHANDISING LLC

              

            
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	
            
	 	
              

              
                Name:
                  Lee D. Marshall

              

            
	 	
              
                Title:
                  President

              

            
	 	
            	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              

              Joseph
                B. Marsh

            
	 	 
	 	
              Address:

            
	 	 
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            
	 	 
	 	 
	 	
              

              Lee
                D. Marshall

            
	 	 
	 	
              Address:

            
	 	 
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            
	 	 
	 	 
	 	
              

              John
                T. Norman

            
	 	 
	 	
              Address:

            
	 	 
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            
	 	
              

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
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          Noncompetition,
            Confidentiality and Nonsolicitation AgreementUnassociated Document

    Exhibit
      10.23

    

    SECOND
      AMENDMENT TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      SECOND AMENDMENT TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT (this
      “Second
      Amendment”)
      is
      made as of July 31, 2007, by and between GOFISH
      TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
      a
      California corporation (“GoFish”),
      GOFISH
      CORPORATION,
      a
      Nevada corporation of which GoFish is a wholly-owned subsidiary (the
“Company”)
      and
KALEIDOSCOPE,
      INC.,
      a
      Delaware corporation, acting through its wholly owned subsidiary, Kaleidoscope
      Sports and Entertainment LLC (“KSE”).

     

    WHEREAS,
      GoFish,
      the Company and KSE entered into that certain Strategic Alliance Agreement,
      dated as of January 1, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”);

     

    WHEREAS,
      GoFish,
      the Company and KSE entered into a First Amendment to the Strategic Alliance
      Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “First
      Amendment”,
      and
      the Original Agreement, as so amended, the “Existing
      Agreement”),
      pursuant to which the parties agreed to modify the definition of “Base Warrants”
to delay the vesting thereof for an additional month; and

     

    WHEREAS,
      GoFish,
      the Company and KSE desire to further amend the Existing Agreement to modify
      the
      definition of “Base Warrants” to delay the vesting thereof for an additional
      month.

     

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

     

    1. The
      definition of “Base
      Warrants”
in
      Section 1.01 of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
      entirety to read as follows:

     

    “Base
      Warrants”
means
      warrants to purchase up to Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares of Common
      Stock pursuant to a written warrant agreement, in a form determined by the
      Company but including the following terms: (i) an exercise price of $3.00 per
      share, (ii) vesting monthly in arrears commencing at the end of the eighth
      month
      following the Effective Date (as to four-ninths (4/9) of the underlying number
      of shares of Common Stock) and continuing at the end of each subsequent month
      during the term hereof at a rate of one eighteenth (1/18) of the number of
      underlying shares of Common Stock and (iii) expiration automatically (1) if
      this
      Agreement is terminated prior to eight (8) months following the Effective Date,
      the date of termination of this Agreement, (2) if this Agreement is terminated
      after this Agreement has been in effect for at least eight (8) months but less
      than eighteen (18) months, six (6) months following the date of termination
      and
      (3) if this Agreement is in effect for at least eighteen months, the fifth
      anniversary of the Effective Date.”

     

    2. Effect
      on Strategic Alliance Agreement.
      On and
      after the date of this Second Amendment each reference in the Existing Agreement
      to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import
      referring to the Existing Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the
      Existing Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment.

     

    3. Governing
      Law.
      The
      execution, interpretation and performance of this Second Amendment shall be
      governed by the internal laws and judicial decisions of the State of New
      York.

     

    4. Counterparts.
      This
      Second Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
      shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
      and
      the same instrument.

     

    5. Severability.
      The
      invalidity of any portion of this Second Amendment shall not invalidate any
      other portion of this Second Amendment and, except for such invalid portion,
      this Second Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

     

    
      
        
        

      

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

     

    
      
        	 	 	 
	 	
                GOFISH
                  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

              
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	/s/
                Tabreez Verjee
	 	
                
Name: Tabreez
                Verjee
	 	
                Title: President

              

      

       

      
        	 	 	 
	 	GOFISH
                CORPORATION
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	/s/
                Tabreez Verjee
	 	
                
Name: Tabreez
                Verjee
	 	
                Title: President

              

      

       

      
        	 	 	 
	 	
                KALEIDOSCOPE,
                  INC.

              
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	/s/
                A.B.
                Andrea
	 	
                
Name: A.B.
                Andrea
	 	Title: President

      

       

      
        
           

        

        
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