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BLACKSTONE PUBLISHING LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LIBRARIES Each Library Account acknowledges and agrees to the terms described herein and in the applicable Digital Subscription Form at the subscription level set forth in such Subscription Form and agrees to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in this License Agreement (the "License Agreement"or"Agreement"). 1. LICENSE (a) Blackstone Audio, Inc. d/b/a Blackstone Publishing("Blackstone")grants to the institution identified in the applicable subscription form (each a "Library Account") a nontransferable and non-exclusive license (the `-`License") to use (i) the audiobooks or other publications/content (the "Digital Content") made available through Blackstone's proprietary website identified as blackstoneunlimited.com that host Digital Content for and on behalf of Blackstone for resale to users either as individual titles or as collections and (ii) the digital service made available by Blackstone (hereinafter referred to as "Blackstone Unlimited") in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement and in the applicable subscription form(the"Subscription Form")entered into in connection with Blackstone Unlimited and annual subscription purchased by Library Account to receive the Blackstone Unlimited service on the terms described herein and in the applicable Blackstone Unlimited Subscription Form at the subscription level set forth in such Subscription Form. Library Accounts may not reproduce, distribute, display, modify, alter, publish, exploit, transfer or transmit, in any form, or by any means, any Digital Content or any portion of the Blackstone Unlimited service, other than in accordance with this License Agreement, without the prior written consent of Blackstone. (b) All use by Library Account or any of the Library Account's current employees, representatives, faculty, students, staff, visiting scholars and patrons that the Library Account has reasonably authorized to directly or remotely access the Library Account's systems and content (each, an "End User") of any Digital Content selected by Library Account or otherwise accessed by Library Account or End Users, including but not limited to any authorized trial periods, any period for which a fee has been paid, and when updates and access to new Digital Content are provided, is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this License. Library Account shall be responsible for ensuring that any End Users accessing applicable Blackstone site(s)are notified of, and abide by,the terms of this License. (c) Blackstone reserves the right to establish all pricing for its Digital Content distributed via the Blackstone Unlimited service.All pricing, and pricing tiers,for Digital Content shall be subject to yearly review and revision in Blackstone's sole discretion. Blackstone further reserves the right to revise pricing tiers, at anytime, based on its review and analysis of the number of End Users' usage of the of the Blackstone Unlimited service. 2. OWNERSHIP OF DIGITAL CONTENT AND TRADEMARKS (a) Each Library Account acknowledges that(i) Blackstone has sole and exclusive ownership of all right, title and interest in and to the Digital Content owned by Blackstone (the "Owned Content"), and (ii) Blackstone is a licensee, lessee or otherwise has obtained the right to use Page 1 of 6