Terms and Conditions - Distrosonic

Website Terms, Digital Distribution Terms and Optional Publishing Terms

Effective date: 22 October 2026

Contracting company: Distrosonic Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 13999642), 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom (“Distrosonic“, “we“, “our” or “us“). General enquiries: hello@distrosonic.com. Existing account holders should use the support facility within their distribution account where available.

1. Introduction and contractual structure

1.1 These Terms govern (a) the use of distrosonic.com and related websites (the “Website”), (b) the music distribution dashboard available at music.distrosonic.com (the “Platform”), (c) digital distribution of audio and video recordings, and (d) the optional music publishing administration services described in Schedule 2, but only where separately selected and accepted.
1.2 Distrosonic Ltd is your contracting distributor. We may engage authorised third-party distribution, technology, royalty-processing and administrative service providers (each a Platform Provider, where applicable) to operate or support portions of the Services. Digital music stores, streaming platforms and similar outlets are Digital Service Providers or DSPs. Distrosonic may appoint and replace permitted subcontractors and sub-agents, subject to the safeguards in these Terms.
1.3 Operational dependency and precedence. Your use of the Platform may also be subject to separately displayed and accepted Platform terms and mandatory requirements of Platform Providers and DSPs, including rules on delivery, content eligibility, royalties, suspensions and takedowns. As between those rules and a description of technical or operational delivery in these Terms, the applicable Platform or DSP requirement controls whether, when and how the relevant service can actually be performed. Distrosonic cannot override a DSP or Platform Provider decision. This does not automatically make the Platform Provider a party to your agreement with Distrosonic, allow undisclosed Platform Provider fees to be charged to you, remove an express Distrosonic obligation otherwise enforceable against us, or displace mandatory consumer or other laws.
1.4 In deciding your rights against Distrosonic, the following order applies, subject always to mandatory law: (i) any individually executed distribution or publishing agreement expressly overriding these Terms; (ii) the specific price, commission and service commitments shown to and accepted by you at checkout or in a written offer; (iii) these Terms and applicable Schedules; and (iv) supplementary policies and technical requirements expressly brought to your attention. A Platform or DSP operational rule applies as stated in clause 1.3 even if it restricts availability of a particular feature. We will not rely on changes to external terms alone to impose a new material financial obligation on an existing customer without any notice or acceptance required by law.
1.5 By creating an account, selecting a service or delivering a Recording, you enter into a contract with Distrosonic for the relevant Service. Where the Platform presents its own terms for affirmative acceptance, those terms may also bind you as presented. If you do not accept the applicable terms, do not use the Service. If you act for a company, artist or label, you confirm you have authority to bind that party.
1.6 The minimum performance requirements in clause 15 apply only to the account categories specified there. Optional services such as publishing, video distribution, YouTube Content ID, marketing, mastering, advances or synchronisation licensing may have additional written terms. No optional service is automatically included simply because it appears on the Website.

2. Definitions

2.1 Account means your registered artist, label or other distribution account. Active Track means a unique sound recording maintained for distribution through the Service, ordinarily identified by its ISRC and counted under the Platform Provider’s applicable methodology. Artist Income means royalties and other income actually collected or credited to the distribution chain in respect of your distributed Recordings. Composition means the underlying musical work, separate from the sound recording. Content means Recordings, videos, artwork, metadata, names, photographs, biographies, lyrics and other materials you provide. Distribution Territory means the territories you select, or worldwide if none is specified and worldwide distribution is available. Gross Royalties means royalties attributable to a catalogue before Distrosonic’s distribution commission, but after adjustments and deductions taken by DSPs before reporting to the distribution chain. Net Distribution Receipts means Artist Income remaining after all deductions lawfully applicable to the account under clauses 11–13. Recordings means sound recordings, music videos and their authorised versions, together with associated Content. Services means the selected services Distrosonic actually agrees to provide.
2.2 Consumer means an individual acting wholly or mainly outside their trade, business, craft or profession. Artists and labels contracting in the course of a business may not be Consumers. References to mandatory consumer rights apply where the law makes those rights available.

3. Accounts, eligibility and security

3.1 You must provide accurate account, identity, tax, ownership, payment and contact information and keep it current. We may require evidence of identity, age, residency, beneficial ownership, rights ownership or authority to act for a label or artist, particularly to meet Platform Provider, DSP, banking, anti-fraud, sanctions or legal requirements. We may decline an application or further releases on objectively justifiable eligibility, risk or capacity grounds.
3.2 You are responsible for reasonable protection of your credentials, access given to collaborators and activity authorised by you. Notify us promptly of suspected compromise. We may restrict access for security or suspected misuse. We remain responsible for our own legal obligations, including appropriate security measures.
3.3 The Platform is not a permanent file storage or backup facility. Retain independent copies of all masters, video files, artwork, contracts, account records and metadata. Content and account data may become unavailable following takedown, suspension, provider migration, prolonged inactivity or termination, subject to our legal data-retention duties.
3.4 You must not use the Services for unlawful activity, infringement, impersonation, platform interference, malware, spam, circumvention of systems, unauthorised resale of Platform access, or any fraudulent or deceptive conduct. You may not provide or resell Platform access to third parties as a separate service without our written permission.

4. Ownership and grant of distribution rights

4.1 You or your licensors retain ownership of your Recordings, Compositions, artwork and other Content. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership to Distrosonic or a Platform Provider merely because Content is delivered.
4.2 For each Recording you submit and while it is distributed through the Services, you appoint Distrosonic and its authorised Platform Providers as non-exclusive distribution agents and grant them a worldwide or otherwise selected-territory, royalty-bearing, transferable-to-permitted-service-providers and sublicensable licence to encode, reproduce, store, deliver, distribute, sell, stream, communicate, make available, promote and otherwise technically exploit the Recording and associated Content as reasonably necessary for the selected Services. This includes the right to grant DSP licences, collect Artist Income and use names, likenesses and supplied marketing materials for the distribution and promotion of those Recordings.
4.3 No conflicting parallel delivery. For the duration of each active distribution appointment, the right to deliver and collect income for that same Recording at the same DSP through the selected distribution route is exclusive to Distrosonic and its service chain to the extent necessary to avoid duplicate claims, deliveries and payments. You retain the right to distribute other works and to exploit rights not expressly granted here. You must not knowingly deliver the same ISRC to the same DSP through another distributor at the same time without first coordinating a transfer with us.
4.4 These licences continue for so long as reasonably necessary to distribute the relevant Recording and to process authorised post-termination royalty collections, reversals, takedowns and compliance obligations. A Recording cannot be promised to disappear from all third-party systems immediately upon a termination request.
4.5 We will not intentionally authorise material creative alterations, compilations, sample-based exploitation, stand-alone synchronisation or one-stop licences without separate approval where required by the applicable service arrangements. Routine format conversion, loudness adjustments, metadata correction, DSP technical modifications and Apple’s permitted Motion Art implementation may be carried out for delivery compliance. Submission of promotional materials constitutes approval to use them in connection with the relevant distribution.

5. Delivery, metadata and clearances

5.1 You must submit technically compliant audio, video and artwork with complete, accurate metadata, including artist identities, titles, songwriters, contributors, ISRCs where applicable, UPCs, ownership and explicit-content labels. We and Platform Providers may correct metadata or request changes necessary for DSP compliance, without altering the underlying ownership of Content.
5.2 You warrant that you own or control the rights necessary to grant the licences in these Terms; that you have obtained all necessary permissions from co-writers, performers, producers, sample owners, licensors, publishers and owners of artwork or likenesses; and that your delivery does not breach another distributor’s exclusivity or any other third-party rights. You must retain written evidence and provide reasonable supporting documentation when requested.
5.3 Unless separately agreed in writing, Distrosonic does not administer mechanical, publishing or public-performance clearances for underlying Compositions. You remain responsible for obtaining and paying for licences, statutory entitlements, performer and writer royalties, sample clearances and other obligations not expressly undertaken by Distrosonic or a DSP.
5.4 Delivering a Recording does not guarantee acceptance by Distrosonic, the Platform Provider or any DSP; DSP placement, review, processing speed, continued availability, geographic availability, royalties, playlist inclusion or any particular level of streaming cannot be guaranteed.

6. Content review, prohibited and high-risk releases

6.1 Distrosonic and its Platform Providers may refuse, hold for review, restrict, reject or remove Content that is unlawful, infringes intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights, is deceptive or fraudulent, promotes unlawful harm, or breaches applicable DSP technical, quality or content policies.
6.2 The Platform Provider’s current eligibility rules also permit rejection or removal of, among other things: (a) functional and non-musical audio such as white noise, ASMR, fan sounds, nature sounds and sound effects; (b) recordings assessed as presenting an elevated artificial-streaming risk, including certain generic instrumentals or unverifiable artist profiles; (c) recordings wholly or partly generated by artificial intelligence, and AI impersonations of other artists; and (d) deliveries failing required metadata standards. This list is not exhaustive. An upload being lawful, original or accepted in the past does not guarantee continued eligibility under the Platform or DSP rules.
6.3 Platform Providers and DSPs may require urgent removal or restriction, sometimes without advance notice. We may comply without waiting for an ordinary notice period under clause 17. Where reasonably practicable and lawful, we will notify you of an adverse decision and the available review process, but cannot promise reinstatement by an independent Platform Provider or DSP.
6.4 We may request supporting licences, identity details, production documentation or rights confirmations before or after delivery. Failure to provide reasonable evidence may result in suspension, rejection or takedown.

7. Streaming fraud and platform penalties

7.1 You must not engage in, encourage, buy, facilitate or knowingly benefit from artificial, manipulated, incentivised or fraudulent streaming or downloading, including through bots, click farms, fake accounts, organised stream exchanges or deceptive promotion providers. You are responsible for the conduct of agents or promotional partners acting on your behalf to the extent permitted by law.
7.2 Where Distrosonic, a DSP or Platform Provider reasonably suspects fraudulent or prohibited activity, relevant Recordings may be suspended or removed and attributable royalties may be held while the matter is investigated. Platform Providers and DSPs may reject, reverse, permanently withhold or forfeit affected income under their rules, and Distrosonic cannot pay amounts it has not received or that it must lawfully return. We will not treat mere suspicion as establishing an unrestricted personal penalty without a contractual and legal basis.
7.3 Platform Providers may impose administration charges for prohibited releases or streaming fraud, including charges calculated by reference to the affected release’s gross income, and may pass through documented DSP penalties or liabilities. We may recover from you only amounts attributable to your breach or activity and lawfully recoverable under an applicable and properly disclosed agreement, including reasonable losses or third-party claims caused by infringement or fraud. We will explain the basis for a requested payment or withholding to the extent reasonably possible, taking account of confidential investigations.
7.4 You may provide relevant evidence disputing an action or finding. Nothing guarantees that a DSP or Platform Provider will overturn an independent decision.

8. Video, Content ID, promotional and other optional services

8.1 Where accepted, video distribution and monetisation services may deliver Content to selected video DSPs, including VEVO or Apple Music, on service-specific terms. YouTube Content ID and other user-generated-content claiming services are subject to eligibility and manual approval, and may be withdrawn when recordings lack the necessary exclusive rights or present conflicting claims.
8.2 Content ID, video delivery, marketing campaigns, royalty advances, AI mastering, royalty splits and other ancillary products may have separate prices, service conditions, eligibility restrictions and provider terms communicated before activation. A feature appearing in the Platform does not guarantee it is included in your chosen plan.
8.3 Certain DSPs or Platform Providers may offer algorithmic or promotional programmes such as Spotify Discovery Mode that affect royalty economics. Where the selected Services permit participation, we or a Platform Provider may make the feature available or recommend participation; we will obtain any affirmative authorisation required by law, applicable DSP rules or the agreed service, and disclose material additional charges or identifiable revenue trade-offs when reasonably available.

9. Plans, prices and renewals

9.1 The specific plan, price, commission and renewal conditions accepted at checkout or in a separate written agreement govern your account. As at this proposed version, Distrosonic’s standard offerings include a Free distribution plan with Distrosonic retaining 15% of otherwise distributable royalties (subject to approval) and a Paid plan priced at £10 per artist per year with 0% Distrosonic distribution commission. Individually negotiated label or legacy arrangements may differ. These headline rates do not eliminate lawful DSP deductions, taxes, payment fees or separately accepted optional-service charges.
9.2 An advertised allowance for “unlimited releases” means no fixed numerical upload quota under that plan; it is not unconditional acceptance of every Recording, immunity from anti-fraud screening or exemption from the catalogue eligibility provisions in clause 15.
9.3 Subscription payments and renewal dates will be displayed before checkout. If a Paid plan renews automatically, you authorise collection of the disclosed recurring charge until cancelled in accordance with the subscription terms and applicable law. We will provide any legally required renewal notices, cancellation facilities and information. Non-payment may result in restriction or termination of paid features after appropriate notice, subject to applicable rights.
9.4 Fees may be amended prospectively for valid operational or commercial reasons following reasonable advance notice. An increase in charges or other material contractual changes for existing customers will be implemented only where permitted under the relevant agreement and applicable law; continued use alone will not always establish valid acceptance. Current prices are those accepted at checkout or expressly notified and agreed, not figures quoted informally elsewhere.
9.5 Except where permitted by law, fees are not automatically non-refundable in all circumstances. Consumers retain statutory rights, including any applicable cancellation rights. Where we terminate a prepaid subscription for ordinary commercial underperformance before the end of the paid period, we will assess a fair adjustment for services not supplied, having regard to applicable law and the account’s individual circumstances.

10. Charges and deductions

10.1 In addition to the agreed Distrosonic commission or subscription, income may be reduced by applicable DSP deductions, taxes required to be withheld, agreed third-party royalty shares, remittance and bank charges, currency conversion costs and other charges clearly disclosed under the selected Service.
10.2 Distrosonic’s own operating costs, including distribution infrastructure, catalogue storage and administration, are not automatically passed on to individual artists. Any new compulsory catalogue maintenance fee payable by an artist must have an appropriate contractual basis, be clearly disclosed in advance and be introduced in accordance with applicable law. The minimum performance policy in clause 15 is an eligibility and review mechanism, not an automatic per-track invoice.
10.3 The Platform’s distribution conditions also identify potential charges associated with prohibited releases, streaming fraud and accounts inactive for two years; their actual application depends on the applicable account terms, relevant circumstances and enforceable law. Any inactivity charge must be prominently disclosed before it is levied, including amount and currency, and may not exceed the balance or relevant maximum stated in the accepted Platform terms. No fee is created merely by this general description.
10.4 Where you elect royalty splits or third-party participants are contractually entitled to payment, distribution to those parties may be arranged through the Platform when the functionality is available and authorised. You are responsible for the correctness of split instructions and underlying agreements. A requested split does not create rights that you cannot lawfully grant.

11. Royalties, accounting and reporting

11.1 Royalties are calculated from amounts actually received or properly credited through DSPs and Platform Providers, subject to their statements, exchange conversions, reversals, taxes, relevant lawful deductions and the commission applicable to your plan. DSP reports may arrive several months after the underlying usage and may later be adjusted. Streaming and sales projections are not guaranteed receivables.
11.2 The Platform Provider generally collects royalties in pooled amounts and may convert those amounts to Australian dollars (AUD) using the applicable provider conversion process. Conversion rates and provider margins may differ from spot market rates. Royalty balances may be displayed or settled in AUD or another supported currency, and additional banking or conversion charges may arise. The applicable processing and conversion methodology is governed by the accepted Platform terms and law.
11.3 Available royalty information will be made accessible through the Platform when received and processed. Transaction-level detail, DSP usage dates and settlement dates may differ. We shall use reasonable efforts to maintain accurate records and investigate material discrepancies brought to our attention. Any periodic downloadable reports are subject to data supplied by DSPs and the Platform Provider; a particular format or report date is not guaranteed unless expressly agreed.
11.4 We may make corrections, offsets or recovery adjustments for documented overpayments, chargebacks, reversed royalties or other lawful adjustments, with reasonable supporting explanation where practicable. We will not knowingly treat artists’ funds as Distrosonic commission merely because they are pooled operationally.

12. Royalty withdrawals and payment timing

12.1 The current Platform distribution conditions generally require a minimum available balance exceeding AUD 10 before Net Distribution Receipts are available for withdrawal. The supported payout methods and fees will be shown on the Platform or otherwise notified to you. The availability of a particular method, including Wise, PayPal or Payoneer, may depend on country, verification and provider arrangements.
12.2 The Platform Provider’s normal accounting objective is to make qualifying receipts available for collection around the 15th day of the month following the month in which it collected the income, with reasonable efforts to complete availability by the end of that following month if delayed. This is a processing objective not a guaranteed date for each stream, DSP royalty or bank receipt. Delays may arise from DSP reporting, fraud reviews, payment checks, public holidays or external systems.
12.3 We may pause a payout where reasonably necessary for identity, ownership, fraud, banking or legal checks, or where the relevant income has been withheld by a DSP or Platform Provider. We will take reasonable steps to explain an extended hold unless legally prohibited. Termination does not extinguish royalties properly due, subject to lawful deductions, reversals and post-termination reporting.

13. Tax obligations

13.1 You remain responsible for your own income, corporate, withholding and other tax obligations, and must submit accurate residency and tax forms when requested. We may withhold taxes where required by law or by a DSP or payer. Invoices and subscriptions may be subject to VAT or other transaction taxes where applicable and properly displayed.
13.2 Cross-border transactions may be subject to VAT, GST, withholding taxes and other applicable taxes or charges in relevant jurisdictions. Such tax treatment does not change Distrosonic’s status as a company registered in England and Wales or, by itself, change the law governing your contract with Distrosonic.

14. Intellectual property disputes and third-party claims

14.1 You must respond promptly to reasonable requests for proof of licences and rights. We may share relevant information with DSPs, Platform Providers, rights holders, advisers or authorities as necessary to address claims, comply with law or exercise legal rights, subject to applicable data protection law.
14.2 Where there is a credible ownership dispute, duplicate distribution, infringement notice or conflicting Content ID claim, we may suspend payments or distribution relating to the disputed Content while reasonable checks are carried out. Where the DSP or Platform Provider orders a takedown or hold, we may be unable to reverse it independently.
14.3 You remain responsible for obtaining permission for third-party content and for resolving your disputes with contributors, collaborators, labels and other distributors. Distrosonic does not adjudicate copyright ownership conclusively and is not obliged to finance litigation for you.

15. Minimum catalogue performance and continued eligibility

15.1 Distrosonic’s artist-account policy. Subject to the applicable plan and the transition rules below, each eligible new artist or label account is expected to generate an average of at least USD 2.00 in Gross Royalties per Active Track per month, measured across that account’s entire active catalogue. The requirement is an account-level average, not an individual minimum for every song. Distrosonic may approve a different threshold or arrangement in writing.
15.2 Calculation. For the relevant assessment period, we divide the account’s eligible Gross Royalties by the aggregate number of Active Track-months in that period, using a reasonable and consistently applied conversion to USD. Zero-earning tracks may be counted if they remain active. We will consider release dates, partial months, delayed reporting, account migrations and disputed data in making any adverse decision.
15.3 New-account grace period. New eligible accounts normally receive six months from their first Recording becoming available through Distrosonic before the minimum is enforced. Thereafter, we may review performance quarterly, normally using the three most recently completed payment-reporting months with sufficiently reliable data. Major existing-catalogue transfers may have individually agreed onboarding conditions. This is Distrosonic’s internal enforcement grace period, not a guarantee that an upstream provider will refrain from charging or rejecting recordings during that time.
15.4 Underperformance process. An account below the threshold may receive a notice identifying the period and available information, followed by a reasonable opportunity (normally 30 days) to address concerns or propose catalogue consolidation, a revised plan, marketing activity or migration. We may decline new releases or offer optional maintenance terms where justified. No additional maintenance fee is imposed merely by failing the threshold; any such fee requires proper disclosure and a lawful contractual basis.
15.5 Ordinary termination for underperformance. Where no workable arrangement is reached and continuation is commercially unsustainable, Distrosonic will normally give 90 days’ written notice of its decision to discontinue the affected distribution. This 90-day period applies to Distrosonic-initiated, ordinary performance-based decisions; it is not a warranty of continued third-party availability. It does not delay urgent or mandatory takedowns, an independent Platform Provider or DSP termination, fraud or rights enforcement, legal compliance or an otherwise lawful termination under clause 17.
15.6 Application of the Minimum Catalogue Performance Policy.
(a) Free Distribution Accounts: The Minimum Catalogue Performance Policy applies to all accounts operating under Distrosonic’s Free Distribution Plan, including accounts established before or after the effective date of these Terms. Existing Free Distribution account holders shall be notified in writing of the introduction of this policy and provided with a reasonable transition period, normally sixty (60) days. For existing accounts, the policy shall become contractually applicable once validly incorporated into the relevant agreement in accordance with applicable law and contractual requirements. Following its lawful implementation, all Free Distribution accounts shall be subject to the minimum average gross royalty requirement of USD 2.00 per active distributed track per month and the applicable catalogue performance review procedures. Where an account fails to meet the minimum requirement, Distrosonic may implement the measures outlined in this policy, including catalogue reduction, revised distribution arrangements, or termination of distribution services, subject to the applicable notice provisions.

(b) New Paid Distribution Accounts: All Paid Distribution accounts approved on or after the effective date of these Terms shall be subject to the Minimum Catalogue Performance Policy, including the initial six-month grace period and subsequent performance reviews.

(c) Existing Paid Distribution Accounts: Paid Distribution accounts established before the effective date of these Terms shall remain exempt from the new Minimum Catalogue Performance Policy unless otherwise expressly agreed or lawfully incorporated into their existing agreements.
(d) Individually Negotiated Agreements: Where a separate written distribution agreement provides different catalogue performance requirements, the individually agreed terms shall prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.

(e) Changes Between Distribution Plans: Account holders changing distribution plans shall be subject to the eligibility requirements applicable to their newly selected plan, provided such requirements are clearly disclosed before the change takes effect.
15.7 Independent service requirements. Certain service providers may apply their own operational, catalogue-level or financial requirements to Distrosonic. These arrangements do not automatically create additional fees payable by you or replace the artist-level performance requirements set out in this clause. Any proposed new compulsory artist charge or material change to your agreement must follow the disclosure and variation provisions of these Terms and applicable law.

16. Suspension, removal and immediate action

16.1 We may reasonably suspend an account, release or payout for suspected infringement, fraud, significant metadata or identity problems, prohibited Content, non-payment of an applicable charge, sanctions compliance, safety or legal concerns, or upon instruction of a DSP or Platform Provider. We will consider the evidence and proportionality of our response and give notice where practical and lawful.
16.2 Urgent upstream controls prevail operationally: DSPs and Platform Providers may reject, withhold, delist or remove Content without notice, or discontinue a service under their own operative rules, including immediate termination by written notice. We may not be able to prevent or delay their action. This provision explains the operational dependency; it is not an exclusion of liability for a breach by Distrosonic where that liability cannot legally be excluded.
16.3 We may close an account following a serious breach, repeated non-compliance or lawful independent-service withdrawal, subject to statutory rights and any notice legally required. Any genuinely disputed income will be dealt with under the applicable royalty, investigation and dispute-resolution provisions.

17. Duration, cancellation and effect of termination

17.1 The distribution appointment begins when a Recording is accepted for delivery and continues until cancelled or terminated. You may request to end distribution at any time by written notice or through available Platform takedown tools. We will process the request through the Platform Provider; there is no guarantee of instantaneous removal from DSPs, and third-party processing, residual royalties and legal obligations may continue.
17.2 Either party may terminate the distribution service on written notice where provided by the accepted distribution conditions and subject to applicable law. Distrosonic’s ordinary 90-day notice procedure for its own minimum-performance decisions is set out separately in clause 15.5. It does not restrict more urgent rights held by the Platform Provider or DSPs.
17.3 Cancellation of an automatically renewing subscription is distinct from the technical removal of Recordings. Subscription cancellation stops future renewals in accordance with the plan, while existing distribution, royalty accounting and takedowns are handled under these Terms. We will explain any prepaid-service consequences and statutory rights.
17.4 Following removal or termination: (a) the authority to collect and distribute income accrued during the active distribution period survives for as long as reasonably necessary; (b) final statements and balances may follow later due to DSP reporting delays; (c) accrued lawful fees, rights disputes, warranted obligations and other provisions intended to survive remain effective; and (d) nothing transfers ownership of your Content to Distrosonic.
17.5 On a transfer to another distributor, you are responsible for arranging the replacement service. We will use reasonable efforts to process authorised takedowns and provide information we are permitted to provide. We cannot guarantee that playlist placements, user-library entries, historic stream counts or DSP continuity will be preserved.

18. Warranties, responsibility and indemnification

18.1 You confirm that your Content and instructions are accurate and that you have the authority and permissions specified in clause 5. You agree to notify us promptly if that ceases to be true or a relevant third-party claim arises.
18.2 To the extent permitted by applicable law, you shall indemnify Distrosonic and its authorised service providers against reasonable, documented losses, third-party claims and legal costs caused by your material breach of those warranties, infringement, prohibited Content or unlawful fraudulent conduct, except to the extent the loss is caused by our own breach, negligence or failure to act reasonably. We will not apply this provision to impose disproportionate penalties or waive statutory rights.
18.3 We may withhold an amount reasonably corresponding to a specific, documented and legally recoverable claim against royalties otherwise payable, for no longer than reasonably necessary and with an explanation where lawful. An independent DSP or Platform Provider’s withholding or reversal may nevertheless mean that corresponding royalties are never received by Distrosonic.

19. Service standards and liability

19.1 We will perform services for which we are responsible with reasonable care and skill. DSPs and Platform Providers control significant parts of distribution, royalty reporting, availability and revenue determination, and we cannot warrant uninterrupted operation, continued DSP acceptance or a particular financial outcome.
19.2 For business customers, to the extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for remote or indirect losses that were not reasonably foreseeable at contract formation, including lost speculative sales, goodwill or opportunities. Nothing excludes recovery of reasonably foreseeable direct loss for our breach where the law does not permit exclusion.
19.3 For Consumers, statutory protections remain unaffected. Nothing in these Terms limits liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, or any statutory obligation to supply services with reasonable care and skill.
19.4 We will not be liable for delays caused by events outside our reasonable control if we take reasonable steps to mitigate the effect and inform you where appropriate. If such disruption materially prevents the agreed service, applicable legal and cancellation rights are preserved.

20. Personal information and confidentiality

20.1 Distrosonic processes personal information in accordance with its published Privacy Policy and applicable UK data protection law. The Privacy Policy explains our purposes, lawful bases, retention and your rights. These Terms do not replace that separate notice.
20.2 You acknowledge that providing the Services may require account, artist, contributor, ownership, tax and payment data to be shared with DSPs, banks, Platform Providers and other authorised providers, including recipients in Australia and other countries. Distrosonic will comply with applicable UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 requirements concerning relevant international transfers and service-provider arrangements.
20.3 Where you upload personal information about collaborators or others, you warrant that you have an appropriate basis to provide it and have given required privacy information. Confidential information supplied by either party shall be used for the Services or other lawful purposes and protected with reasonable safeguards.

21. Website and Platform intellectual property

21.1 Except for your Content, the Website, Platform, trademarks, databases, software, layout and other intellectual property belong to Distrosonic, Platform Providers or their licensors. You receive only a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive right to use the relevant interface for the agreed Services. You must not scrape, copy, reverse-engineer, interfere with, resell or create unauthorised derivative products from the Platform.
21.2 Links to third-party websites do not constitute endorsement. Their own terms and privacy arrangements govern your use of them.

22. Complaints and disputes

22.1 Please raise questions, accounting concerns, content decisions and complaints through the support section of your account, or contact hello@distrosonic.com for general enquiries. Provide your account email and relevant release or ISRC identifiers where possible, without sending sensitive passwords.
22.2 We will review a complaint fairly, may request evidence and may consult DSPs or Platform Providers where their systems or decisions are involved. Independent external decisions cannot always be reversed by Distrosonic. Your right to pursue any lawful remedy is not restricted by this internal process.

23. Notices and electronic communications

23.1 We may send contractual notices by email to your registered address and, where appropriate, through your account dashboard. You must keep those details current. Formal customer notices may be sent to our registered office or support address. Electronic records and acknowledgements may serve as evidence of agreed terms where permitted by law.
23.2 Marketing communications and optional electronic tracking will be handled separately under applicable privacy and direct-marketing requirements.

24. Changes to Services or Terms

24.1 We may make reasonable operational changes to maintain security, comply with law or DSP rules, improve systems or address technical requirements. We may also propose changes to these Terms where reasonably necessary for regulatory, commercial or technical reasons.
24.2 Where a change materially affects the rights, fees or contractual commitments of an existing account, we will give reasonable advance notice and obtain agreement or provide applicable rejection or exit rights where required by law. Publication alone does not automatically bind every existing account to a material adverse change.
24.3 An independent Platform Provider or DSP rule may change with less notice than we can control; it may nevertheless affect whether a Recording remains available. We will communicate material operational changes where reasonably practicable.

25. Assignment, severability and other provisions

25.1 We may use sub-agents and subcontractors to deliver the Services. We may assign or transfer our contractual rights or obligations to a competent successor where this does not materially prejudice your enforceable rights and where legal requirements are met. You may not transfer an Account or assign rights under these Terms to a third party without written approval, not to be unreasonably withheld where required by law.
25.2 A failure or delay to enforce a right is not a waiver. If a provision is unenforceable, the remainder continues where it can fairly operate. These Terms do not establish a partnership, employment arrangement or joint venture between you and Distrosonic.
25.3 The agreement is between Distrosonic and the applicable account holder, except that service providers may rely on rights, licences, indemnities and protections expressly granted to them where legally permitted. Any other person has no right to enforce these Terms merely by reference to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, except as expressly provided or required by law.

26. Governing law and courts

26.1 Your agreement with Distrosonic Ltd is governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you are a business customer, the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory law. If you are a Consumer, you retain any mandatory protections and rights to bring proceedings in a jurisdiction available to you by applicable law.
26.2 Distrosonic may have separate agreements with service providers that are governed by laws outside England and Wales. Those separate arrangements do not change the governing law of your contract with Distrosonic or override any mandatory legal protections available to you.

SCHEDULE 1 — PLANS AND COMMERCIAL DISCLOSURES

S1.1 Standard plans. Free plan: approval required; 15% Distrosonic commission and 85% of applicable distributable royalties payable to the account holder. Paid plan: currently £10 per artist/year and 0% Distrosonic distribution commission. Terms shown at checkout, and any accepted individual agreement, govern the actual plan. Platform and payment deductions described in the main Terms may still apply.
S1.2 Optional services. Video distribution, Content ID, marketing, advances, mastering, publishing and other products are subject to acceptance, availability and additional terms or disclosed charges. Streaming reports and analytics are dependent on information actually delivered by relevant providers.
S1.3 Catalogue review. The account-level USD 2 monthly average Gross Royalty threshold applies to account categories stated in clause 15.6. Its six-month grace period does not guarantee any exemption from upstream fees or service-provider controls.
S1.4 Financial disclosures. Minimum distribution withdrawal generally requires a balance exceeding AUD 10. Fees for available payout methods or account inactivity will be clearly disclosed, where applicable, before they are imposed. Under the presently applicable Platform conditions, an account left without login for two years may be subject to an inactivity charge of up to $99 from available account income; the currency and actual application must be confirmed before any charge is made. Distrosonic’s ordinary operating and catalogue administration costs are not automatically charged to artists.

SCHEDULE 2 — OPTIONAL PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATION CONDITIONS

This Schedule applies only where an account holder separately elects and is accepted for publishing administration. Ordinary distribution of a sound recording does not authorise Distrosonic to collect the underlying composition’s publishing royalties or create an exclusive publishing agreement.

P1. Appointment and rights. When publishing administration is expressly activated, you appoint Distrosonic and authorised publishing administrators to administer the selected Compositions and, during each Composition’s publishing term, grant the exclusive administration and collection rights reasonably necessary to register the Composition with collection societies, license authorised uses, manage rights and collect writer/publishing income within the selected territory. This appointment does not transfer copyright ownership. The underlying Platform publishing terms describe a non-exclusive agency appointment alongside an exclusive administration licence during the term; the exclusive rights here are limited to the selected Compositions and that term.
P2. Approvals and separate rights. Material creative alterations, sample or compilation creation, one-stop licences and synchronisation uses that require writer consent will be subject to prior authorisation under the accepted publishing service arrangements. Any existing collecting-society membership, publishing deal or prior rights assignment must be disclosed before delivery and may prevent acceptance.
P3. Initial term and renewal. Unless your accepted individual publishing agreement states otherwise, the Initial Term is 12 months from delivery of each Composition, and it renews for successive 12-month terms. You may prevent renewal by giving written notice at least 30 days before the end of the current term for that Composition. Publishing administration cannot ordinarily be withdrawn mid-term merely by terminating your sound-recording distribution account. The publishing provider may terminate its service by written notice under its accepted terms or remove ineligible Content under its compliance rules.
P4. Income and charges. Publishing royalties are accounted for separately from recording royalties. Registration fees and publishing commission are the amounts displayed and expressly accepted at publishing checkout or in an individual agreement. Applicable society fees, collection costs, taxes, payment expenses and lawful deductions may apply. The Platform’s publishing terms generally require Net Publishing Receipts exceeding AUD 10 for payout, with collection and conversion timing governed by the publishing provider’s arrangements. All figures are subject to statements and rights claims actually received.
P5. Author warranties and eligibility. You must have the full right to appoint publishing administration and must provide accurate writer, split, publisher, society and composition information. The publishing provider may reject or remove prohibited, infringing, misleading, functional, high-fraud-risk or AI-generated Compositions under its operative content rules. Any permitted writer splits must be properly agreed and supported by the service.
P6. Termination, removal and tail collections. On lawful termination of a Composition’s publishing appointment, we or the publishing provider will request that relevant administrators and service providers end registration or administration within the timeframe required by the accepted publishing arrangement, normally initiating provider removal requests within 30 days. Actual collection-society processing may take longer. Authorities necessary to receive and distribute income earned during the term survive until the corresponding collections and adjustments have been completed.
P7. Relationship to main Terms. The main Terms apply except where this Schedule specifically governs publishing. Any individually executed publishing agreement takes priority over this Schedule to the extent of an inconsistency, subject to mandatory law and unavoidable collection-society requirements. Neither this Schedule nor the Platform publishing screen promises that Distrosonic provides publishing administration to every account.

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This document was last updated on 22 October, 2026

Previous Terms and Conditions: View the archived version of our Terms and Conditions applicable before the latest update.