1. Introduction

Welcome to BeatPlugg ("Company", "we", "our", "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the BeatPlugg website, services, and applications (collectively, the "Platform"). By accessing or using our Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Platform.

BeatPlugg provides a platform that connects music producers ("Producers") with recording artists, A&Rs, and music industry professionals ("Artists") by facilitating the submission of instrumental music tracks ("Beats") for specific projects or opportunities.

2. User Accounts

To use certain features of the Platform, you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Platform.
You agree not to disclose your password to any third party.
You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

3. Platform Role, Opportunities, and No Placement Guarantees

BeatPlugg publishes and facilitates access to real placement, beat request, collaboration, or submission opportunities that we believe are genuine and verifiable at the time they are posted. The Platform is a gateway for Producers to submit Beats for consideration; it is not a talent agency, manager, publisher, label, broker, employment service, or guarantee of commercial results.

Submitting a Beat does not guarantee that the Beat will be reviewed, listened to, downloaded, shortlisted, selected, forwarded to an Artist, sent in a beat pack, used in a recording, released, credited, paid, or placed. Even where an opportunity is connected to an Artist, A&R, label, manager, or other recipient, BeatPlugg may review, curate, filter, package, or decline submissions before any Beats are shared with that recipient.

Artists and their teams make their own creative and business decisions. BeatPlugg cannot control whether any recipient listens to, responds to, selects, uses, licenses, purchases, or contacts you about a submitted Beat. Any placement, release, license, purchase, publishing split, producer fee, credit, royalty, collaboration, or other commercial arrangement must be negotiated separately between you and the relevant Artist or third party unless BeatPlugg expressly agrees otherwise in writing.

You are responsible for deciding whether an opportunity is right for you before using credits, submitting Beats, or purchasing a subscription. Credits, subscriptions, and access fees are paid for Platform access and submission functionality, not for guaranteed forwarding, selection, placement, income, exposure, or career outcomes.

4. Intellectual Property & Royalties

Your Ownership: We do not claim any ownership rights in the Beats you submit through the Platform. You retain all copyrights, publishing rights, and master recording rights to your original Beats.

License to BeatPlugg: By submitting a Beat to an opportunity on the Platform, you grant BeatPlugg a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, and securely share your Beat solely with the specific Artist or representative associated with that opportunity, for the purpose of evaluation.

100% Royalties: BeatPlugg does not take any percentage of your backend royalties, publishing, or mechanicals if an Artist selects and uses your Beat. Any subsequent business agreements, placements, or collaborations resulting from a connection made on the Platform are strictly between you and the Artist.

5. Credits and Subscriptions

BeatPlugg operates on a freemium model. Users may receive a limited number of free submission credits. To access additional features or submit more Beats, users may purchase subscription plans or one-time credit bundles.

Billing: Subscription fees are billed automatically on a recurring basis (monthly or annually) depending on your selected plan.
Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time through the billing portal. Your paid plan access will continue until the end of your current billing cycle unless otherwise stated in your account.
Credit bundles: Purchased on-demand credits are intended for submissions and are not cash equivalents. Credits cannot be transferred, resold, or redeemed for cash.
Refunds: Payments are generally non-refundable unless required by applicable law or approved by BeatPlugg in its sole discretion. Refund requests should be sent to support or billing before opening a chargeback.
Chargebacks and disputes: If you initiate a chargeback or payment dispute, we may pause affected credits, subscriptions, submissions, or account access while the dispute is reviewed.
Failed payments: If a subscription payment fails, your access may be limited until the payment method is updated or the subscription is cancelled.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Platform to:

Submit Beats that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, including unauthorized samples.
Submit malware, viruses, or any other malicious code.
Attempt to bypass or manipulate the credit system or submission limits. This explicitly includes creating multiple accounts (using different email addresses, Google accounts, etc.) to fraudulently obtain additional free monthly credits.
Attempt to bypass free trial limits, including creating multiple accounts or using false account details to claim more than one trial.
Add false, misleading, or fraudulent profile information, including placements, role credits, certifications, total streams, years of experience, or other claims that do not accurately belong to you.
Harass, abuse, or spam Artists or other users on the Platform.

BeatPlugg actively monitors producer aliases and submission metadata to prevent credit exploitation. We reserve the right to suspend or permanently ban your accounts immediately, without prior notice, if we determine you have violated these terms, created multiple accounts to exploit the free tier, or submitted stolen material. Any pending submissions from banned accounts will be permanently discarded and you will be ineligible for future placements.

7. Copyright, Takedowns, and Account Deletion

You are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to any Beats, loops, samples, artwork, names, and metadata you upload or submit. If we receive a credible copyright, DMCA, or rights-related complaint, we may remove the content, restrict access, suspend submissions, or request additional proof of rights.

To report an alleged infringement, contact legal@beatplugg.com with enough detail for us to identify the content and review the claim.

You may request account deletion from your account settings or by contacting us. We may retain limited records where necessary for security, fraud prevention, billing, legal compliance, dispute handling, or legitimate business records.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, BeatPlugg and its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners, and licensors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:

Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Platform.
Any conduct or content of any third party on the Platform, including the actions or decisions of Artists regarding your submissions.
Any unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content.

BeatPlugg does not guarantee that your Beats will be forwarded, listened to, selected, used, paid for, released, credited, or placed by any Artist or third party. The Platform facilitates submission access, curation, communication, and related workflow tools only.

9. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. By continuing to access or use our Platform after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at legal@beatplugg.com.