Terms and Conditions | Terms of Service
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Terms of Service
Terms and Conditions
By having your album distributed through ADED.US Music Distribution, you agree to (as well as understand) the following terms:
Terms of Service
Terms and Conditions
By having your album distributed through ADED.US Music Distribution, you agree to (as well as understand) the following terms:
- Any artist (and/or their representative(s)) submitting their music to ADED.US via the submission forms and the upload process agree to give ADED.US full rights to distribute their music and to collect royalties on their behalf.
- All information and content therein distributed is based upon information provided by you (the artist/label/client) and ADED.US is not responsible for inaccurate and/or missing information.
- You agree to be bound by the terms of the pricing package you choose and to PayPal.com's terms as well.
- Artists looking to maintain a presence and/or the distribution service(s) provided by ADED.US must pay any and all associated fees for said presence/services. Failure to pay this fee will result in royalties being withheld until costs are recouped and/or product being removed from stores at the distributor's discretion.
- In the event that any of your material/money is under dispute for copyright infringement (or any other disputes), any and all money associated with said release(s) will be witheld in escrow until the proper rights holder is determined. You may be asked to provide documentation stating such rights.
- Purchasing your own material from any of the various digital retail stores is considered fraud by those stores and is a violation of our terms of service. (Here's why)
- You maintain 100% control over the transfer of your master recordings and/or copyrights and publishing rights and can opt out of distribution upon request. Any and all debts from you unto ADED.US will be taken into consideration when determining the state of your account and your presence in the various digital stores. ADED.US only maintains distribution rights and the rights to your presence/page within the ADED.US website(s) and social networking pages.
- Any action determined to be detrimental to ADED.US and/or it's operators including, but not limited to, threats, blackmail, disrespectful speech/text, false accusations, intentional or unintentional copyright infringement, sabotage, providing misleading information, etc. will result in possible termination of your account and the possible removal of your material from all stores.
- Any artist and/or label making over $500 a month may be subject to a 15% administrative fee to be withheld at the discretion of ADED.US and it's operators.
- ADED.US will not be held responsible for any and all payments that have been returned for various reasons including, but not limited to, inactive/inaccurate PayPal accounts and information. You are expected to keep your Paypal AND ADED.US accounts active to participate in said services and money transfers.
- Due to the complications of processing orders with foreign exchange rates. ADED.US reserves the right to withhold 20% based on fees.
- Any artist and/or label distributing through ADED.US hereby states that they are educated and fully understand and comply with the differences between Customer/Retail pricing and WholeSale/Royalty rates.
- Those signing up for the Ultimate Package agree that they are assigned 12 credits to distribute 12 releases to all of the 1,000 digital stores and apps that ADED.US has contracts with. These releases are meant to be used at a rate of 1 per month. Any credits not used at that rate are considered forfeited by the artist/label/management and may not necessarily be able to be redeemed at a later date.
- Those signing up for the Eternal Package agree that they are assigned 60 credits to distribute 60 releases to all of the 1,000 digital stores and apps that ADED.US has contracts with. These releases are meant to be used at a rate of 1 per month. Any credits not used at that rate are considered forfeited by the artist/label/management and may not necessarily be able to be redeemed at a later date.