Content Collaboration Agreement and Co-Performer Release

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How to use this form: Each creator who appears in the content signs this agreement before any recording starts. Replace every item in [BRACKETS] with your own information. Delete any optional section you do not use. Keep a signed copy, and give one to every other party.

Parties

This Content Collaboration Agreement (the "Agreement") is made on [DATE OF AGREEMENT] between:

Add a column for each additional creator. Each person listed above is a "Creator" and together they are the "Creators."

1. The production

1.1 Date and place. The Creators will record content together on [DATE OF PRODUCTION] at [CITY, STATE OR COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION] (the "Production"). The exact address is shared privately and is not written in public copies of this Agreement.

1.2 What is being made. [DESCRIBE THE CONTENT, FOR EXAMPLE: ONE VIDEO OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND ONE PHOTO SET].

1.3 Who records. [NAME OF CREATOR OR CAMERA OPERATOR] will operate the camera. Any other person present during recording is listed here: [OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT OR "NONE"]. Every person who appears on camera, even briefly, must sign this Agreement or a separate release before recording.

2. Age and identity

Each Creator confirms that:

(a) they are at least 18 years old, and at least the age of majority where the Production takes place;

(b) they have shown every other Creator a valid, unexpired, government-issued photo ID that belongs to them;

(c) the names listed above are every name they have ever used, including stage names, nicknames, maiden names and aliases; and

(d) they agree that a copy of their ID may be kept in the age and identity records described in Section 9.

Each Creator initials: ______ ______

3. Consent to record

3.1 Each Creator freely agrees to be photographed, filmed and recorded during the Production, including in content that may be sexually explicit, but only for the activities that Creator has initialed in Schedule A. Anything not initialed in Schedule A will not be recorded.

3.2 Each Creator confirms that they are taking part voluntarily, that no one has forced, threatened, tricked or pressured them, that they are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and that no one else controls their identity documents, phone, money or decision to take part.

3.3 Right to stop. Any Creator may pause or stop the Production at any time, for any reason, without penalty. [OPTIONAL: THE AGREED STOP WORD OR SIGNAL IS: [STOP WORD]]. If a Creator stops, recording ends immediately.

3.4 Recorded consent. Before recording starts, each Creator will state on camera their stage name, the date, that they are 18 or older, that they are sober, and that they agree to the activities in Schedule A and to distribution under Section 4. Each Creator keeps a copy of that clip.

Each Creator initials: ______ ______

4. Consent to distribute

4.1 Where content may be posted. Each Creator agrees that the content may be published by the Creators on the following platforms and websites only: [PLATFORMS, FOR EXAMPLE: EACH CREATOR'S OWN SUBSCRIPTION PAGE ON NAMED PLATFORMS]. Posting anywhere else needs the written consent of every Creator.

4.2 Promotion. Each Creator may use [TRAILERS / STILLS / CLIPS UP TO [LENGTH] SECONDS] from the content to promote it on [SOCIAL PLATFORMS], following each platform's own rules.

4.3 Downloads and pay-per-view. Each Creator [AGREES / DOES NOT AGREE] that fans may download the content, and [AGREES / DOES NOT AGREE] that it may be sold as pay-per-view or in paid messages.

4.4 Platform co-performer forms. Many platforms require every person shown in content to be verified on that platform, or to sign that platform's own release, before the content can be posted. Each Creator agrees to complete those steps before any posting. This Agreement does not replace a platform's own forms.

4.5 Tagging. When content is posted, the posting Creator will tag or credit every other Creator using the handle they chose: [TAGGING RULES].

Each Creator initials: ______ ______

5. Ownership and license

Choose one option and delete the other.

Option 1: Joint ownership. The Creators own the content together. Each Creator may post the content on the platforms in Section 4.1 and keep the income from their own posts, unless Section 6 says otherwise.

Option 2: One owner with a license. [OWNING CREATOR] owns the content. [OWNING CREATOR] grants each other Creator a non-exclusive, [WORLDWIDE] license to post the content on the platforms in Section 4.1 for [TERM, FOR EXAMPLE: AS LONG AS THE CONTENT IS ONLINE].

In either case, no Creator may sell, license or transfer the content to a third party, or use it to train or create AI or synthetic media, without the written consent of every Creator.

6. Payment and income

6.1 [CHOOSE ONE: EACH CREATOR KEEPS 100% OF THE INCOME FROM THEIR OWN POSTS / CREATOR A PAYS CREATOR B A FLAT FEE OF [AMOUNT] BY [PAYMENT METHOD] ON [PAYMENT DATE] / INCOME IS SPLIT [PERCENTAGES] AND SETTLED EVERY [PERIOD] WITH A STATEMENT].

6.2 Expenses. [WHO PAYS FOR LOCATION, TRAVEL, TESTING AND EQUIPMENT].

6.3 Payment is not conditional on any Creator performing an activity they decided not to do.

6.4 Each Creator is responsible for their own taxes. Tax forms are handled separately from this Agreement, and tax ID numbers are not written on it.

7. Name, likeness and privacy

7.1 Each Creator may use the other Creators' stage names and likeness only to promote the content under Section 4. No Creator may use another Creator's legal name publicly.

7.2 Each Creator will keep the other Creators' legal names, ID documents, addresses and personal contact details confidential. They may be shared only with a platform or payment processor that requires them for verification, or as required by law.

7.3 No Creator will share the Production location publicly before or after the shoot without the agreement of every Creator.

8. Health and safety (optional)

Delete this section if it does not apply.

8.1 Each Creator [HAS SHARED / WILL SHARE BY [TEST RESULT DEADLINE]] a sexual health test result dated within [NUMBER] days before the Production. [TESTS REQUIRED].

8.2 Each Creator understands that testing reduces but does not remove all health risks, and that each Creator is responsible for their own health decisions.

8.3 Agreed safety practices: [FOR EXAMPLE: BARRIER USE, BOUNDARIES, BREAKS].

9. Age and identity records

9.1 [NAME OF CREATOR WHO KEEPS RECORDS] will keep, for each Creator: legal name, date of birth, every other name used, a legible copy of the photo ID, the date of production, the title or URL of each posting, and this signed Agreement.

9.2 Custodian of records. Records are kept by [CUSTODIAN NAME], [CUSTODIAN ADDRESS]. Each Creator who posts the content is responsible for checking whether they also need to keep their own records under the laws that apply to them, including 18 U.S.C. 2257 and 28 C.F.R. Part 75 in the United States.

9.3 Records are kept securely, with access limited to the custodian, for at least [7] years from the date they were created or last updated, or longer if the law requires.

10. Changing your mind and removal

10.1 Before posting. Any Creator may withdraw consent to distribution in writing at any time before the content is first posted. The content will then not be posted.

10.2 After posting. A Creator who wants content removed after it is posted sends a written request to the other Creators at the email addresses above, or by using the Content Removal Request form. [CHOOSE ONE: THE CONTENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM ALL PLATFORMS WITHIN [NUMBER] BUSINESS DAYS / THE CREATORS WILL DISCUSS IN GOOD FAITH, AND THE CONTENT WILL BE TAKEN DOWN WHILE THE REQUEST IS REVIEWED].

10.3 Always removed. Content is removed immediately, on every platform, if a Creator says they did not consent to what was recorded, if it shows anything beyond what was agreed in Schedule A, or if removal is required by law or by a platform.

10.4 No Creator will ever charge a fee, or ask for payment or a transfer of rights, in exchange for removing content.

11. General

11.1 Whole agreement. This is the whole agreement between the Creators about the Production. Any change must be in writing and signed by every Creator.

11.2 Governing law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of [STATE OR COUNTRY]. Disputes will first be discussed in good faith, then [MEDIATION / ARBITRATION / COURTS] in [PLACE].

11.3 If part is invalid. If any part of this Agreement cannot be enforced, the rest stays in effect.

11.4 Electronic signatures. The Creators may sign electronically and in separate copies.

Signatures

Schedule A: Agreed activities

Each Creator initials only the activities they agree to perform and be recorded doing. Write the activities in plain words.

Hard limits (never recorded): [HARD LIMITS]