Terms of
service.

1. The agreement and its scope

In the proposed agreement below, ‘WaveQuake’, ‘we’ and ‘us’ mean the legal operator to be identified before launch. ‘You’ means the person or legal entity entering the agreement. ‘Content’ includes recordings, compositions, lyrics, vocals, samples, artwork, videos, artist information and metadata you provide. ‘Destinations’ means the stores, streaming platforms and other services you select.

An effective agreement will start only when the identified operator presents the final terms and you affirmatively accept them. Your selected plan and any separately accepted service schedule form part of that agreement. A specifically negotiated written agreement takes priority over conflicting standard terms; mandatory legal protections always apply. Marketing examples and proposed features do not create additional services or entitlements.

Distribution, direct sales, migration, creative services and rights-management features apply only when specifically available and ordered. This draft does not activate any of them. A buyer’s purchase from an artist shop will require separate buyer terms identifying the seller and applicable refund rights.

2. Eligibility, authority and account security

You must be at least 18 and have legal capacity to contract. If you act for an artist, label, company or other person, you must have documented authority to enter this agreement, grant the permissions below and give release and payment instructions on their behalf. You may use the service only from supported territories and where doing so is lawful.

Provide accurate identity, contact, tax and payment information and complete reasonably required verification. Keep access credentials secure, limit access to authorised people and tell us promptly about suspected compromise. You are responsible for instructions you authorise and breaches caused by your failure to take reasonable security precautions; you do not assume responsibility for security failures caused by us.

3. Your rights warranties for every release

Each time you submit or materially change Content, you represent and warrant that the following statements are accurate for the whole release, every component, each selected territory and each requested use. These obligations continue while the Content is distributed or sold through your instructions.

• You own or hold valid, sufficient licences and consents for the Content, including permission for commercial distribution, reproduction, streaming, downloads, public communication, display, previews and the partner permissions necessary for the services you select.
• All necessary permissions from writers, publishers, performers, producers, collaborators, sample owners and other rightsholders have been obtained. Your proposed uses do not breach an exclusive agreement, territorial restriction, licence limit or another distributor’s rights.
• Recordings, compositions, lyrics, samples, beats, artwork, photographs, fonts, footage, names, logos, voices and likenesses do not infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, personality, performers’ or other applicable rights.
• Credits, artist identities, ownership information, identifiers and AI disclosures are accurate and not misleading. You have not manufactured licences, receipts, permissions, identities or evidence.
• You can lawfully grant the limited permissions in these terms and pay or account to everyone entitled to a share of the proceeds. A platform’s acceptance or our review does not replace these obligations.

4. AI-generated and AI-assisted music

Disclose material AI involvement accurately for the recording, composition, lyrics, vocals, artwork and other assets, using the fields and destination requirements presented with the release. Identify the relevant tools and models when requested. You must not misrepresent generated output as a performance, endorsement or collaboration by a real person.

For tools such as Suno, you must establish that the applicable terms and your actual permissions cover the exact output and proposed commercial uses. Relevant conditions may include the plan, generation and download dates, permitted export method, attribution, source material and restrictions on remixes or third-party material. A subscription, receipt, ‘royalty-free’ description or AI label alone does not establish every necessary permission.

Keep the applicable licence or terms version and relevant plan, generation, download and consent records. Supply reasonably requested evidence through the secure verification process before delivery. You are not required to disclose passwords or API keys. Do not upload sensitive evidence into the current local planning preview.

AI-tool permission, copyright protection, exclusivity and eligibility for a particular destination are separate questions. You warrant sufficient permission for the uses you request, not that copyright necessarily exists in every generated element. We do not certify ownership, legal clearance, model-training provenance or universal store eligibility. A tool provider’s permission does not clear third-party infringement.

5. Voices, samples, covers and collaborators

Obtain express, documented permission before using a recognisable person’s cloned or simulated voice, likeness or identity in your Content. Permission must cover the actual recording, commercial uses and destinations. Do not imply an artist’s involvement or endorsement without authority, or use a public figure’s name to mislead listeners.

A sample-pack or beat licence may restrict distribution volume, exclusivity or automated claims. Clear samples and interpolations as required. Cover-song permissions may differ by territory, format and use; permission for a composition does not authorise copying an existing master, changing lyrics or creating a video. No automatic cover, sample or publishing clearance is included.

Confirm contributor credits, splits and any obligations to publishers, collecting societies, unions or performers. Unless a separate service expressly undertakes a payment, you remain responsible for collaborator compensation and required licences. A split instruction does not itself prove ownership.

6. The limited licence you give WaveQuake

You retain whatever rights you hold. For Content you submit to an activated service, you grant us a non-exclusive licence, limited to the destinations, territories, term and uses you authorise, to store, reproduce, encode, transmit, distribute, make available, display artwork and metadata, provide authorised previews and downloads, collect proceeds and administer the ordered service. You also permit technical quality, duplication, security and rights checks reasonably necessary to operate that service.

We may pass only the permissions necessary for those purposes to delivery partners, selected destinations, hosting providers and payment or fulfilment providers. You authorise the use of supplied artist names and assets to identify and promote your own release at its listings and release pages. Separate advertising endorsement or unrelated reuse requires your agreement.

These terms do not authorise us to sell your Content as a training dataset or license it for generative-model training. Any separate AI-training or similar licensing programme would require a distinct, informed opt-in describing its recipient, uses and commercial terms. Ordinary delivery is not that opt-in.

The distribution licence ends for a withdrawn release when the reasonably necessary withdrawal process is completed, subject to existing lawful customer purchases, reconciliation of prior uses and records retained for legal obligations or disputes. It does not authorise new exploitation after termination beyond that wind-down. Retention and deletion will be explained in the production privacy notice.

7. Review, evidence and continuing disclosure

We may require identity checks, licence evidence, source files, contributor authority or corrections where reasonably necessary to verify eligibility, investigate a complaint or meet legal and destination requirements. We may pause the affected release while the information is missing or a credible concern remains unresolved. A declaration alone does not require us to deliver Content.

Tell us promptly if permissions expire, are challenged or are withdrawn, or if you discover an incorrect declaration, infringement claim or account compromise. Stop requesting affected uses and cooperate with an investigation. Keep evidence while the release is active and for the lawful dispute and accounting periods specified in the final retention schedule.

We may use human and automated checks. Review is not a legal opinion, a certification, or a guarantee that a destination will accept the release. You remain responsible for your warranties; we remain responsible for obligations that the law places on us.

8. Prohibited content and conduct

You must not submit unlawful, infringing, deceptive or unauthorised Content, misuse personal information, impersonate others, falsify metadata or evidence, or circumvent a restriction by opening another account or resubmitting a rejected recording under new identifiers.

Artificial streams, click farms, bots, incentivised manipulation, deceptive playlist schemes, fraudulent purchases, abusive mass submissions and attempts to game royalty or chart systems are prohibited. This includes promotion you knowingly commission or continue after credible notice of manipulation. We assess evidence and your involvement; an allegation or a numerical upload threshold is not by itself proof of fraud.

Do not interfere with security, access another account, upload malware or abuse the service. Do not strip provenance or evade a tool’s export restrictions to create an apparently eligible recording. Permitted technical editing must not misrepresent the origin or permissions of Content.

9. Destinations, release dates and migration

Selected destinations and delivery partners apply their own content requirements and may reject, label, restrict or remove recordings. We do not promise acceptance everywhere, a particular release date, playlist placement, recommendations, streams or earnings. We will use reasonable care in performing the services we agree to provide and communicate material delivery problems when known.

Destination rules relevant to a requested use will be made available before submission. New paid services, materially broader licences or additional destinations requiring separate rights will not be activated merely by changing these terms. A legal or urgent platform requirement may require a prompt pause or withdrawal.

Migration requires authority, original assets, correct identifiers and coordination with the existing distributor. Keep the old release active until replacement delivery and matching have been checked. We cannot guarantee preservation of play counts, playlists or links, and will not represent a transfer as complete before verification.

10. Content ID and other rights-management services

Automated claiming or rights-management services require a separate eligibility check and explicit selection. Ordinary distribution does not include an instruction to claim other people’s uploads. Commercial-use permission for AI output, non-exclusive beats, common samples or stock assets may be insufficient for exclusive claims.

Do not request ownership claims you cannot substantiate. Correct or withdraw mistaken claims promptly and cooperate with disputes. Any fee, revenue share and separate rights-management licence must be disclosed before you enable that service.

11. Plans, fees, allowances and renewal

Before any purchase, we will state the price and currency, applicable taxes, included services, track and catalogue allowances, billing period, renewal behaviour, royalty deductions, payout charges, cancellation consequences and any separately priced extras. Any prices or allowances shown as proposed are not current contractual entitlements.

Any recurring charge requires a clear purchase instruction. You may turn off renewal through the cancellation method disclosed at checkout. Renewal prices or materially reduced entitlements will be notified in advance, with a reasonable opportunity to cancel before the new charge; we will seek fresh consent where required. No lifetime retention or unlimited distribution is implied.

A track top-up, migration or creative service requires an agreed scope and price. We will not impose an undisclosed catalogue-retention charge or add an optional service to your bill without authorisation. Your order confirmation and applicable terms will be available in a form you can keep.

12. Cancellation, refunds and consumer rights

Cancellation stops future renewal as explained at checkout. The final service schedule must state when paid access ends, how you can export records or migrate, and what happens to existing releases. Ending a subscription is not the same as requesting an immediate takedown. We will not present cancellation as leaving music online forever unless that service has been expressly agreed.

If you are a consumer, mandatory rights to cancel, receive refunds, obtain remedies for defective services and challenge unfair terms remain available. We do not use a blanket ‘no refunds’ rule or treat calling yourself an artist as a waiver of consumer status. Where a statutory cooling-off period applies, we will provide its duration, instructions and required cancellation form before purchase.

An early start to a service or immediate delivery of digital content will require the separate express request and acknowledgements applicable to that transaction. Accepting general terms alone does not waive withdrawal rights. Any permitted deduction for work you expressly requested during a cancellation period must be explained and proportionate. Buyers’ digital downloads require their own compliant purchase flow.

If we discontinue an ordered service for convenience, we will give reasonable notice and refund prepaid fees for the part not provided. Other refunds and remedies are determined by the order and applicable law, including where we fail to provide the service with required care.

13. Royalties, statements and payouts

Your payout is based on proceeds attributable to your Content that we actually receive and are entitled to pay, less the commissions, taxes, processing charges and other deductions disclosed in your accepted service schedule, and permitted adjustments under the next section. An annual subscription is not a promise of 100% royalty retention. No royalty percentage, payout minimum or timing is fixed by this draft.

The final payout schedule must explain reporting delays, payment timing after receipt, minimum thresholds, currency conversion and verification. Estimates may change when destinations finalise statements. We will provide intelligible statements and a way to report errors, make corrections and recover amounts improperly withheld. A reporting delay does not extinguish an accrued payment obligation.

You must provide accurate payee and tax information and account to other rightsholders. Required tax withholding will be identified. Payouts may be delayed where legally required, verification is incomplete or a justified reserve applies; undisputed sums must otherwise be paid under the agreed schedule.

14. Disputes, reserves, reversals and costs

Where there is documented evidence of infringement, manipulation, disputed ownership, a payment reversal or a legal hold, we may temporarily reserve amounts reasonably related to the potential exposure. Broader holds require a documented account-wide risk or legal requirement. We will explain the reason, basis and available challenge process unless disclosure is prohibited or would prejudice a lawful investigation.

We will review continuing reserves at least every 30 days and release amounts no longer reasonably needed. A court order, unresolved ownership claim or funds actually withheld upstream may require a longer hold; we will explain material changes when permitted. A hold does not automatically transfer ownership of your royalties to us.

We may reverse royalties that were not earned or were validly reversed by a destination, and recover reasonable, documented third-party charges or losses legally recoverable from you because of your breach, infringement or manipulation. We will identify the basis, amount and supporting information reasonably available, permit a challenge and correct errors. No punitive fee, automatic forfeiture of the whole catalogue’s earnings or undisclosed investigation tariff is authorised.

We will not charge you for losses caused by our own breach or negligence. Disputed recoveries remain subject to applicable consumer protections and the business indemnity procedure below. An upstream allegation alone is not a final determination that you owe damages. A negative balance will be explained and will not be collected by an unauthorised payment.

15. Suspension, takedown and termination

We may reject a submission, disable affected access, request a takedown or suspend an account where reasonably necessary to address credible infringement, missing authority, fraud, serious breach, non-payment after notice, security risk, legal obligations or destination requirements. We will use a proportionate response and give reasons and a correction or appeal route where legally permitted. Urgent protection may require action before notice.

We will reasonably implement a repeat-infringer policy, taking account of reliable notices, counter-notices, reversals, court outcomes and attempts to evade restrictions. Repeated substantiated infringement can lead to termination; serious abuse may justify immediate action. Filing a good-faith appeal is not itself grounds for a penalty.

Termination does not erase valid amounts already owed to you or give us automatic ownership of Content or all future earnings. We may retain records reasonably required for accounting, claims and legal obligations, and continue the limited wind-down licence described above. Rights obligations, accrued payment duties, valid claims, the applicable liability provisions and dispute provisions survive to the extent necessary.

16. Copyright complaints and counter-notices

Before hosted uploads or sales open, we will publish a monitored copyright contact and, where applicable, the details of a designated DMCA agent. This draft does not provide an operational notice address and does not claim DMCA registration or safe-harbour status. A footer policy alone does not establish eligibility for a statutory defence.

A copyright complaint should identify the protected work, the allegedly infringing material and its precise location, the claimant’s name and contact details, and the claimant’s authority. For a US DMCA notice, include a physical or electronic signature, a good-faith statement that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or law, and a statement of accuracy and authority under penalty of perjury.

We will assess sufficiently detailed notices and act expeditiously where removal or disabling is required, preserve appropriate records and notify the affected customer when permitted. We may share the notice and relevant contact information with the affected party and necessary providers for handling the dispute, as explained in the production privacy notice.

Where the US DMCA counter-notice procedure applies, a counter-notice must include your signature, identification and former location of the removed material, your name, address and telephone number, and a statement under penalty of perjury that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification. It must also consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate US federal district court—where your address is located, or, if outside the US, where the service provider may be found—and accept service of process from the original complainant or their agent.

For a valid counter-notice under that procedure, we will forward it to the complainant and follow the statutory restoration process, generally 10–14 business days after receipt unless we receive notice of a qualifying court action. Separate lawful grounds for a restriction will be explained. We cannot promise that an independent destination will restore a release through our process. Knowingly false notices or counter-notices can carry legal consequences.

17. Other complaints and appeals

Privacy, voice or likeness misuse, trademark complaints, unlawful content and other concerns will have a separate reporting route at launch. Identify the specific material, why it is unlawful or violates the stated rules, and enough evidence and contact information to assess the complaint. Do not send unnecessary identity documents or unrelated personal information.

A customer affected by a restriction may request reconsideration and provide supporting information. We will offer human review where applicable, explain the decision and identify available redress required by law. Mandatory court, regulator, consumer and dispute-resolution rights are not restricted by an internal appeal. The DMCA counter-notice process is not a universal procedure for every kind of complaint.

18. Responsibility for claims and business indemnity

For business customers, you will indemnify WaveQuake and its officers and employees against reasonable, documented third-party damages, liabilities and external legal costs to the extent caused by your breach of the rights warranties, unauthorised Content, fraud or deliberate prohibited conduct. This includes a delivery partner’s substantiated claim attributable to that conduct, but not unrelated partner losses, automatic penalties invented by us or losses caused by our own breach, negligence or wilful misconduct.

We must notify you promptly of a claim, provide information reasonably needed to respond, take reasonable steps to mitigate loss and avoid double recovery. Delay in notice reduces your obligation to the extent it prejudices the defence. We will cooperate on a defence by suitably qualified counsel, and you may participate at your expense. No settlement imposing liability, an admission or a non-monetary obligation on you may be charged to you without your written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld. Urgent protective measures do not decide the final allocation of liability.

This contractual indemnity does not apply to consumers. A consumer remains responsible for losses caused by their breach only to the extent recoverable under applicable law; this is not an obligation to indemnify us for our own conduct or every allegation made by a third party.

19. Our responsibility and limits of liability

We will provide agreed services with reasonable care and skill. We do not warrant that every release qualifies for copyright, every destination will accept Content, the service will be uninterrupted, or any particular commercial result will follow. These statements describe uncertain outcomes; they do not remove our express commitments or duties imposed by law.

For business customers only, subject to the exceptions below, our total liability arising from the service in any 12-month period is proposed to be limited to the greater of USD 500 and the service fees you paid us during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. For those customers we exclude indirect or consequential loss and loss of anticipated profit, opportunities or goodwill. This proposed cap and its period require jurisdiction-specific review before activation.

That cap and those exclusions do not limit amounts properly due to you as royalties or required refunds; liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation or wilful misconduct; death or personal injury caused by negligence; or liability that cannot lawfully be limited. They do not convert your proceeds into our assets.

For consumers, the business cap and business loss exclusions do not apply. We remain responsible for foreseeable loss caused by our breach or failure to exercise required care. We do not exclude statutory remedies, mandatory data-protection rights or other non-excludable liability. Nothing requires you to pursue a delivery partner instead of a valid claim against us.

20. Personal information, records and privacy

The production privacy notice must identify the operator, processing purposes and lawful bases, recipients, international transfers, retention periods, rights and contact routes before accounts or uploads are enabled. Agreement to these terms is not blanket consent to optional marketing, unnecessary tracking or unrelated use of personal data.

We will keep appropriate acceptance, release-instruction, verification and dispute records for the stated purposes and lawful retention periods. Where evidence is shared with providers or claimants, disclosure must be relevant, proportionate and described in that notice. You must have authority to provide other people’s information and must not include unnecessary sensitive material.

The current preview privacy notice describes only browser-local drafts and hosting. It is not the privacy notice for a future hosted music catalogue, identity-verification or payment service.

21. Changes to terms and services

We will keep a dated version of the effective terms and notify customers of material changes before they apply, normally at least 30 days in advance. A shorter period may be necessary for law, security or an urgent platform requirement; we will explain the reason where permitted. Changes do not retroactively authorise new uses of Content or remove accrued rights.

A materially broader content licence, new paid service or change requiring renewed agreement will be presented for affirmative acceptance. We will explain options for declining, ending the affected service and any applicable refund or migration arrangements. Merely posting a changed document does not authorise a new charge or an AI-training licence.

22. Operator, governing law, disputes and notices

Pending before activation: the legal operator’s full name, registration number where applicable, registered and service addresses, monitored support and legal contacts, supported territories, governing law and competent courts. These details have not been supplied and are intentionally not invented in this review draft.

The final dispute clause must preserve mandatory consumer protections and any right to bring proceedings in a consumer’s home jurisdiction. No arbitration requirement, class-action waiver or shortened statutory claim period is created by this draft. Informal resolution must not prevent urgent relief or mandatory legal remedies.

If part of an effective agreement is unenforceable, the remainder will continue only as permitted by law; an unfair consumer term will not be rewritten automatically to extract the maximum possible protection for us. Failure to enforce a term once does not waive it permanently. Any transfer of our agreement must preserve customer rights and be notified where required.

Proposed declaration for each release

These statements are proposed for the future authenticated release flow. They are not checkboxes in this preview, and reading this page or saving a draft does not record acceptance.

1. I am authorised to submit this release and give its distribution and payment instructions.
2. I own or hold the permissions needed for every part of this release and for the destinations, territories and commercial uses I have selected, including necessary permissions for WaveQuake and its delivery partners.
3. I have accurately disclosed AI involvement and checked the applicable tool, plan, licence and export conditions for these exact files. I can supply the relevant evidence.
4. I have the necessary permissions for samples, lyrics, compositions, artwork, voices and likenesses, and the credits and artist identities are accurate.
5. I have not used unauthorised impersonation or commissioned artificial streaming or other manipulation, and will notify WaveQuake promptly of any rights dispute or loss of permission.
6. I understand that review is not a rights certification, and that copyright protection, store acceptance and Content ID eligibility are separate matters.
7. I authorise the specific submission shown in the release summary under the effective terms and service schedule presented to me.