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SECTION B – CONDITIONS GOVERNING ENGAGEMENTARTICLE B1 – CONDITIONS GOVERNING ENGAGEMENT FOR ALLPROGRAM TYPESScript Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousanddollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.B101B102B103Any amount in excess of the minimum Script Fees may be paid on aschedule to be negotiated by the Writer and Producer, but in any case shallbe paid in full no later than delivery of the last stage provided for in theoriginal contract. In the case of termination, any amounts in excess of theminimum Script Fees shall be paid pro rata with the minimum Script Fees,and paid at the time of termination.A contract between a Writer and a Producer shall not provide for morethan three stages and a Polish (or, in the case of a documentary Script withNarration, four stages and a Polish) to be prepared by the Writer unless theProducer and the Writer agree on the appropriate additional fee for anyadditional stage.Subsequent to the delivery of the Second Draft Script (Final Script in thecase of a Documentary), or Optional Third Draft, the Producer mayrequest further revisions for which a fee shall be negotiated between theProducer and the Writer.B104 The Producer shall notify the Writer in writing within twenty-five (25)calendar days of the receipt of a Treatment, Outline or First Draft Scriptwhether or not the Producer wants the Writer to proceed with the nextstage. Should the Producer not notify the Writer in writing of its decisionregarding a Treatment, Outline or First Draft Script within the requiredtwenty-five (25) calendar days, the Producer shall be deemed to haveaccepted the Treatment, Outline or First Draft Script and the Writer shallat once proceed to the next stage.B105If the Producer wants the Writer to polish the Second Draft Script, he shallnotify the Writer within twenty-five (25) calendar days of the delivery ofthe Second Draft Script. Such alterations shall not involve any substantialchange in the story or structure, or the introduction of any major characters55