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CITIZEN MEDIA PVT. LTD.

Head Office: IIIrd Floor, STPI, SDA Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla 171009, H.P., INDIA Ph: +91-177-6450126

Contributors Agreement This InstaMedia Contributors Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into between InstaMedia, a part of Citizen Media Pvt. Ltd, Head Office at : IIIrd Floor, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Block No. 24, SDA Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla - 171009, India, ("InstaMedia", "we", "us" or "our") and yourself ("Contributor", "you" or "your"), effective as of your confirmation of registration on InstaPress, our proprietary Content Management Server, or our other publishing clients. InstaMedia owns and operates InstaPress, InstaMedia, Instablogs and all its web properties and this Agreement sets forth the terms that apply to any assignment, project, or task (collectively, "Assignments") made available to you through InstaPress. This Agreement incorporates both the InstaMedia Terms of Use ("TOU") and the InstaMedia Privacy Policy ("PP"). In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the TOU or PP, the terms of this Agreement will control. In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, you and we hereby agree as follows: 1. Nature of Services; Assignments. Your application and all materials in support of your application to join InstaMedia must be complete, accurate, and truthful. Your application is reviewed and approved by InstaMedia on the basis of the information provided by you and makes you eligible for any Assignments. But, we are under no obligation to make available to you or commission you for individual or other Assignments following your acceptance into the InstaMedia. If available, each Assignment is governed by (i) the terms of this Agreement and (ii) any other terms and conditions set forth by InstaMedia. 2. Delivery; Contributions. For any Assignment made available by InstaMedia and accepted by you, you will either independently create or assist in the creation of an original work of authorship or other work product. Your original work of authorship or contribution to other work product is referred to as your "Contribution". All Contributions must meet the quality standards set by InstaMedia and /or any applicable style guide, as determined by InstaMedia. You will perform the Assignment in a professional manner in accordance with the level of care customarily observed by skilled professionals rendering similar services. You must deliver each Contribution to us in accordance with the procedures specified by us. We will notify you if we have accepted

or rejected each Contribution. If rejected, we may, in our sole discretion, provide you with an opportunity to modify the Contribution and resubmit it for approval. If we choose not to accept the Contribution for any reason, we may elect to terminate the Assignment for you without any payments. 3. Payments. Following acceptance of a Contribution by us, we will pay you as per the payments details forwarded to you by our Community managers directly through your bank account pursuant to the information you provide to us on 15th of the following month via check or through online payment mode. 4. Taxes. We deduct TDS on any payment for services rendered in case of professional fees as per the Income Tax rules. We deposit the TDS promptly, therefore, every contributor should furnish the PAN number in profile before staring contributing on InstaMedia, or furnish the details to our Community Managers. And if the total income in a given financial year does not fall under the purview of the income tax, one can get the refund from Income Tax department. Moreover, we issue TDS certificates to all our contributors and we send the TDS certificate after the end of the financial year. 5. Your Grant of Rights. Each of your Contributions will be original and solely created by you as a "work-made-for-hire" specially ordered or commissioned by us, with InstaMedia being deemed the sole author of the Contribution and the owner of all rights whether now known or hereafter devised (including all copyrights and all extensions and renewals of copyrights) in and to the Contribution, with the right to make all uses of the Contribution throughout the world and all changes in each Contribution. Without further obligation to you, we may use, reproduce, edit, change, add to, take from, translate, reformat, or reprocess the Contribution in any manner. If for any reason a Contribution is not deemed to be a work-made-for-hire under applicable law, you hereby irrevocably assign to us all rights whether now known or hereafter devised (including all copyrights and all extensions and renewals of copyrights) in and to each Contribution throughout the world, including any and all of your rights to authorize or control the exploitation of each Contribution by any media and means now known or hereafter devised. You waive all "moral rights of authors" that may exist or any similar rights. We may, but are not obligated to, provide attribution to you in connection with any Contribution or to display, use or otherwise exploit any Contribution. You hereby grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, transferable license to use and display any biographical information or photographs that you provide to us in connection with this Agreement in any and all media. Upon request by us, and at your own cost, you will promptly provide us with such documents and agreements as we may require to further evidence and confirm your representations, warranties, and covenants under this Agreement, including material and location releases and assignments. 6. Status; No Employment Relationship. You are an independent contractor and are not authorized to make representations or commitments to third parties on behalf of us or

our affiliates. This Agreement does not create an employment or agency relationship. Nothing in this Agreement shall render you an employee, worker, agent, or partner of InstaMedia and you shall not hold yourself out as such. 7. Term. This Agreement begins on your date of registration on InstaPress and will automatically stands terminated if you are inactive for a continuous period of three months. InstaMedia is under no obligation to furnish any pending payments in this case. 8. Confidentiality. During the term of this Agreement, you may have access to our or our affiliates' confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information"). During this Agreement and even thereof, you will not disclose or use our Confidential Information for any purpose other than as necessary to perform an Assignment with us. In performing your services under this Agreement, you will not use improperly or disclose any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of any former or current employers, clients, or other third persons. 9. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that: 1. you are at least 18 years of age or older, are either: (i) a legal resident or citizen of the country mentioned in your profile by you; and (ii) that you have the right and obtained all authorizations and consents necessary to execute and enter into this Agreement and perform your obligations; 2. you will comply with all applicable laws; 3. your Contribution (i) is original, (ii) does not and will not defame or disparage any person or entity or infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, or any other rights of any person or entity; and (iii) is not the subject of any litigation or other claim or proceeding, or, to your knowledge, any threat thereof; 4. have not and will not convey or impair any rights in and to the Contribution; 5. if you learn of any claims alleging that any Contribution infringes any third party's rights or is unlawful, you will immediately notify us; 6. all of the information you have provided and will provide to us in connection with this Agreement is and will at all times be true and correct and not contain any material omissions; and 7. you will comply with any policies and procedures posted by us on the Website or otherwise provided to you in writing from time to time. 10. Limitation of liability. We will not be liable under any circumstances for consequential, special or punitive damages. Our aggregate liability in any respect, shall not exceed the amount payable by us to you under this agreement. 11. Choice of law; arbitration for all contributors: This agreement will be interpreted according to the laws of the India. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this agreement, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by arbitration in New Delhi, India. 12. Communication. All notices under this Agreement must be in writing and will be considered delivered if sent via confirmed e-mail to an address provided by the recipient to the sender, or any other physical or virtual delivery medium to a provided

address. 13. Assignment. You must personally perform the Assignments as provided by InstaMedia through InstaPress or other mediums. You are not entitled to assign the benefit or burden of this Agreement or ask any third party to perform a part of or assist in the performance of the Assignment under any circumstances whatsoever without the express written consent of InstaMedia. 14. Data Protection. You consent to us and our duly authorized agents and employees holding and processing both electronically and manually the data (including personal sensitive data and information contained in email, email attachments and other forms of electronic communication) that we collect, store or process that relates to you, for the purposes of the administration and management of our contractors and business and for compliance with applicable procedures, laws and regulations. To ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our workers, contractors, clients/customers and business, we reserve the right to monitor, intercept, review and access any communication facilities provided by us that you may use during the Assignment. We will use this right of access reasonably but it is important that you are aware that communications and activities on the equipment of ours cannot be presumed to be private. 15. Entire Agreement; No Waiver. This Agreement, including the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the Applicable Terms (if any), constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this subject matter and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements relating thereto. This Agreement applies to all Contributions submitted to us by you. Any material modifications to this Agreement will be intimated to all concerned parties and will supersede all earlier versions.

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