Licence Agreement

This agreement sets out the terms on which a rightsholder allows the platform to use the content they upload — works, publications, events and accompanying materials.

1. Subject

The rightsholder grants the platform a non-exclusive licence. Non-exclusive means the rightsholder loses none of their rights and may use the same content anywhere else, including selling it themselves.

2. Which rights the licence covers

• reproduction — storing the content and creating technical copies;
• making available to the public — display on the platform so that it is accessible from any place at any time;
• distribution — applies only once sales launch, and under a separate agreement on remuneration.

3. Permitted uses

• display across all platform storefronts and the shared hub;
• technical transformations — resizing, cropping, format conversion, preview generation; without altering the content of the work;
• inclusion in collections, rankings and editorial materials;
• educational use in the glossary;
• preview display on external networks when content is shared;
• promotion of the platform itself using excerpts.

4. Rightsholder warranties

The rightsholder confirms they hold all necessary rights and that the content infringes no third-party rights.

For music this is confirmed separately across three layers, since they may belong to different people: the author’s rights in the work (music and lyrics), the performer’s rights in the recording, and the phonogram producer’s rights.

5. Moral rights

The author’s moral rights are not transferred — they are inalienable. The platform attributes authorship when displaying content.

6. The name a rightsholder is published under

The public name is shown — a nickname or stage name. The real legal name and requisites are collected separately, solely for the agreement and payouts, and never appear on public pages.

The name recorded at the moment of consent stays with already-published materials even if the name changes later.

7. Remuneration

Where content is monetised, remuneration must be appropriate and proportionate, and the platform provides periodic reporting on use and amounts accrued. The parties may revisit the terms if the remuneration proves disproportionately low.

8. Term and termination

The rightsholder grants a perpetual licence. This licence remains in force after the account is closed.

The platform, acting through an authorised administrator, may at its discretion take the rightsholder’s content down from display, and also pursuant to a court decision.

9. Complaints and content removal

Anyone may submit a removal request. The platform reviews it, may temporarily take the content down pending review, and issues the complainant a reference number.

10. Personal data

Personal data is processed to conclude and perform this agreement. Only what the rightsholder entered into the public fields of the form is shown publicly.