Content License and Payout Terms
Effective date: June 1, 2026
This Artist Agreement (Agreement) is entered into between Audibin LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (Audibin, we, us, or our), and the individual or entity that has registered an Artist account on the Audibin platform (Artist, you, or your). By registering an Artist account or uploading any content to the Audibin platform, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. This Agreement supplements and incorporates by reference Audibin's Terms of Service.
By uploading audio recordings, artwork, metadata, and any associated materials (collectively, Content) to the Audibin platform, you grant Audibin a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to:
This license begins when you upload Content and continues until you remove that Content from the platform or terminate your Artist account, subject to Audibin's content retention practices described in Section 12.
You represent and warrant to Audibin that, with respect to each piece of Content you upload:
You acknowledge that Audibin relies on these representations in accepting and distributing your Content and that you shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Audibin from any claims arising from a breach of these representations and warranties, as further described in Section 11.
Audibin distributes artist compensation through a quarterly artist payment model. Fifty percent (50%) of gross subscription revenue collected in each calendar month is allocated to eligible Artists as a platform distribution payment, and those monthly allocations are aggregated for payout on a quarterly basis. For each month, the applicable artist pool is divided equally among the artists a subscriber followed for at least three (3) calendar days during that month, and each Artist's quarterly payment equals the sum of that Artist's per-subscriber monthly allocations during the applicable quarter. This compensation structure is a platform distribution payment and does not constitute a royalty, mechanical license fee, or performance royalty within the meaning of the Copyright Act or any applicable collective licensing agreement.
All compensation payable under this Agreement will be paid solely to the registered holder of the Artist account (Account Holder). Audibin has no obligation to, and will not, divide or allocate payments among collaborators, co-writers, featured artists, producers, or any other parties who may have contributed to the Content. The Account Holder is solely responsible for distributing any portion of payments received from Audibin to any collaborators, co-authors, or other rights holders in accordance with any applicable agreements among them. Audibin shall have no liability to any third party for the Account Holder's failure to make such distributions.
Prior to receiving any payment from Audibin, you must complete and submit applicable tax forms, including IRS Form W-9 (for U.S. persons) or IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (for non-U.S. persons). Audibin will issue IRS Form 1099-MISC or other required tax documents for payments that meet applicable reporting thresholds. You are solely responsible for reporting and paying all taxes on amounts received from Audibin.
Artist payments will be issued on a quarterly basis, generally within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, subject to any minimum payout threshold then in effect under Audibin policy. Monthly artist allocations accrued during the quarter will be included in the applicable quarterly payout, and balances below the applicable threshold may be carried forward until the threshold is met. Audibin reserves the right to modify the payment schedule, payout threshold, and related administrative procedures upon reasonable advance notice.
Audibin reserves the right to modify its compensation structure, rates, and methodology upon sixty (60) days' advance written notice to Artists. Your continued use of the platform following such notice constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.
Audibin is a platform exclusively for human artists. You agree not to upload any Content in which the core musical elements, including the composition, melody, arrangement, lyrics, or vocals, were generated by an artificial intelligence system rather than a human being. This prohibition applies to output from generative AI tools including, without limitation, Suno, Udio, MusicGen, Stable Audio, and similar platforms, whether such output is used directly or as the foundation for further human editing.
The prohibition applies to the musical content itself, not the tools used in production. Human artists may use AI-assisted tools in the production process, including AI mastering and mixing tools, vocal tuning and pitch correction, stem separation, and chord or rhythm suggestion tools, provided that a human being is making the substantive creative decisions. The test is authorship: if you wrote it, performed it, or composed it, and used AI to help refine or polish it, the Content is permitted on Audibin. If an AI system generated the core musical content and you uploaded it, the Content is not permitted, regardless of any subsequent human editing.
Upon activating payout eligibility on Audibin, you must execute a declaration confirming that all Content you have uploaded or will upload is original, human-created work in compliance with this Section 5. This declaration is a binding representation incorporated into this Agreement. A false or inaccurate declaration constitutes a material breach of this Agreement and subjects you to the enforcement actions described in Section 5.4, including removal from the platform and clawback of any compensation received in connection with non-compliant Content.
Audibin uses a combination of automated detection tools and human review to identify Content that may violate this Section 5. Automated detection scores are used as signals to flag Content for human review; they do not constitute final determinations of violation. Community members may also report Content they believe to be AI-generated. Audibin reserves the right, but not the obligation, to review any Content at any time.
When Content is flagged for review, Audibin will: (a) notify you that the Content is under review; (b) temporarily suspend payout accrual for the flagged Content while review is pending; and (c) provide you with an opportunity to submit context or a response before a final decision is made. The flagged Content will remain publicly accessible during review unless Audibin determines, in its sole discretion, that immediate removal is warranted.
If Audibin determines, following review, that Content violates this Section 5, Audibin may, in its sole discretion, take one or more of the following actions:
Audibin will notify you of its determination and the action taken. Repeated violations, or a single violation involving a false declaration, will ordinarily result in permanent account termination. You may appeal a removal decision by contacting Audibin at help@audibin.com; Audibin will review every appeal but is not obligated to restore removed Content or accounts.
Audibin may use data derived from your Content and your Artist account, including audio features, listening patterns, engagement metrics, and upload metadata, for the following purposes:
Audibin will not use your Content, including your audio recordings, compositions, lyrics, or any derivative thereof, to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop any artificial intelligence model whose purpose is to generate music, audio, or other creative content. This prohibition applies regardless of whether such a model would be used internally by Audibin or made available to third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, this prohibition covers generative audio models, text-to-music systems, style-transfer models, and any similar technology whose output is the generation of new musical or audio content.
This Section 6.2 survives termination of this Agreement. If Audibin is acquired by or merges with a third party that operates generative AI systems, Audibin will provide artists with no less than ninety (90) days’ advance written notice before any change to this prohibition takes effect, during which time artists may remove their Content from the platform without penalty.
Audibin will not sell your personal data or Content to any third party. This prohibition covers direct sale of data as well as any arrangement that is economically equivalent to a sale, including licensing your data to third parties for commercial exploitation, sharing your data with third parties in exchange for monetary or non-monetary consideration, and providing third-party access to your data for advertising targeting or profiling purposes. Aggregated, anonymized data that cannot reasonably be used to identify you or your Content is not subject to this prohibition.
You agree not to upload Content that:
You may remove your Content from the Audibin platform at any time through your Artist dashboard. Upon removal, Audibin will cease streaming the removed Content to new listeners within a commercially reasonable time, subject to caching and technical limitations.
Audibin reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove or restrict access to any Content that violates this Agreement, violates applicable law, is subject to a valid DMCA takedown notice, or that Audibin determines in good faith poses a legal or reputational risk to the platform.
Audibin respects intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe Content on the platform infringes your copyright, please submit a notice as described in Audibin's DMCA Policy. Audibin will process valid notices promptly and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Audibin LLC and its members, managers, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your breach of any representation, warranty, or obligation under this Agreement; (b) any claim that your Content infringes or misappropriates any third-party intellectual property right; (c) your failure to distribute payments to collaborators or other rights holders; or (d) any dispute between you and any third party related to your Content.
This Agreement commences upon your registration of an Artist account and continues until terminated. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon written notice. Upon termination: (a) the license granted in Section 2 will terminate with respect to new uploads, subject to any wind-down period Audibin requires for technical operations; (b) Audibin will make a final accounting of compensation owed and pay any outstanding balance to you, subject to the minimum threshold and applicable tax form requirements; (c) Audibin may, at its election, retain or remove your Content from the platform.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AUDIBIN'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO YOU BY AUDIBIN IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUDIBIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
Disputes arising under this Agreement shall be resolved by binding arbitration as described in Audibin's Terms of Service, which are incorporated by reference. Colorado law governs this Agreement.
This Agreement, together with Audibin's Terms of Service, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Audibin with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be modified by Audibin upon notice as described herein. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.
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