Agreement - Writers Guild of Canada

) The Producer warrants that, to the best of the Producer’s knowledge,
information and belief, any material supplied to the Writer by the
Producer for the Writer or Story Editor to incorporate in the Script
Materials to be provided by the Writer or Story Editor hereunder:
i) do not infringe the copyright of any person;
ii) do not defame any person; and
iii) do not invade the right to privacy of any person;
and covenants that no Script Material supplied by the Writer or Story
Editor to the Producer shall be used by, or with the approval of, the
Producer in such a manner as to defame any person or to invade the right
to privacy of any person or to violate the provisions of the Criminal
Code of Canada in with respect to child pornography, or obscenity or
any like offenses.
c) The Writer or Story Editor indemnifies the Producer against all damages
and costs (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from any breach of
the Writer’s or Story Editor’s warranty, as evidenced by a final decision
of a tribunal or a court of competent jurisdiction, or any settlement to
which the Writer or Story Editor has consented in writing.
d) The Producer indemnifies the Writer or Story Editor, his/her heirs,
administrators, executors and successors against all damages and costs
(including reasonable legal fees) in with respect to any claim, action or
proceeding to which the Writer or Story Editor is made a party by reason
of having created or supplied Script Materials under this the individual
contract between the Writer or Story Editor and the Producer, including,
but not limited to, any claim arising out of any breach of the Producer’s
warranty and covenant as set out in Article A709(b) above, as evidenced
by a final decision of a tribunal or a court of competent jurisdiction, or
any settlement to which the Producer has consented in writing. This
indemnity shall not apply to any action or proceeding arising out of a
breach of the Writer’s or Story Editor’s warranty as set out in Article
A709(a) above.
e) Either party upon receipt of notice of any claim as a result of which the
other party’s indemnity might be invoked, shall promptly notify the other
of such claim giving the other party full details thereof including copies
of all documents received in connection therewith. The existence of any
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