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Our standard terms & conditions have been developed in cooperation
with independent music organizations & leaders of the digital
music revolution to give you a maximum of freedom, share, transparency,
convenience & opportunities:
TERM :: 1 YEAR
 That is basically
unheard of in the music business. Usually agreements start at a
minimum term of 3 years, often more & with numerous extensions.
We believe you will be happy with us & stay. Just because we
are doing the job right.
STATUS :: NON-EXCLUSIVE
Feel free with
us, that’s our philosophy. One exception for your protection
only: The Online Music Stores do not accept multiple listings of
the same recording or playlist. Once we have placed a particular
recording or playlist into a store, that store becomes exclusive
with us for that recording. This way we make sure, payment to you
does not get delayed or suspended.
TERRITORY :: WORLD
You may also assign
specific territories & stores. Obviously it is most convenient
to upload through our software once & have us do the work to
get your music simultaneously into all stores worldwide.
PARTNER STORES ::
ALL MAJOR ONLINE MUSIC STORES
Again, our partner
stores reach about 97% of the consumers buying music as downloads
via the Internet or on mobile phones worldwide. And we are constantly
adding more partner stores & branch out into new markets &
technologies.
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YOU GET ::
70% OF MONIES RECEIVED FROM STORES
There are no upfront
costs or set-up fees involved & we only keep a commission when
your music gets sold. It’s that simple & fair. Bye bye
days of costly returns, expensive shelf space & unfair revenue
shares!
REPORTS & PAYMENTS
:: QUARTERLY
Our automated services
for accounting provide absolutely accurate & timely reports
& payment to you, quarterly.
DRM – YES or NO
We believe you
should have a choice. Some of our stores sell music without Digital
Rights Management in order to give their customers a maximum of
possiblities to play & transfer the file onto other players
or storage media. If you believe all digitally distributed content
should be subject of DRM, you can opt-out of those stores that do
not offer DRM.
CONTENT DELIVERY :: AUTOMATED
UPLOAD FOR MUSIC & META DATA
The MUSIC &
DATA MANAGER, our convenient automated uploading software, is the
real treasure that becomes yours once you are with us. All secure
online, through a simple browser, on any computer anywhere in the
world, at any time. That’s a World Première & we
are the only one to date to offer such service. Once you have uploaded
your content we do the rest for you by direct feeds. No need to
send CDs, Excel sheets or any other material. Just login to the
MUSIC & DATA MANAGER, when & where you want to, & manage
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MECHANICALS/LICENSING ::
OPTIONAL SERVICE
At the moment,
composers, lyricists, arrangers & publishers are mostly left
out of the revenue chain from sales in the Online Music Stores.
We strongly promote a change of that situation & a universal
standard for mechanical licensing in the digital domain. For your
convenience, we offer optional mechanical licensing through our
partners GEMA (for Europe) & the HARRY FOX AGENCY (for the US).
The MUSIC & DATA MANAGER lets you put in writer & publisher
as well as all relevant information about your composition (including
ISWC Codes). That way, your composition & its respective rightsholders
will be able to be identified for payment for mechanical licensing.
MISCELLANEOUS, BUT IMPORTANT
FREE Encoding
FREE EAN/UPC codes
FREE ISRC codes
NO deductions or
hidden costs
NO title minimums
NO set-up fees
NO need to send
CDs & Excel sheets
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