Underground Sounds

User Agreement

By usage, the User agrees to the following...

General

  • Underground Sounds is free to use.
  • User will checkout (listen) to audio from different regions at their leisure.

Earnings and Payments

  • Underground Sounds makes available sound recordings (tracks), at an earning royalty rate to User of $0.01 USD per play.
  • Play count is credited after 31 seconds of play has been reached.
  • Track must be more than 31 seconds in length to receive credit.
  • 30 seconds of any track may be listened to without logging in and will not trigger a play count.
  • Payout period is monthly, with payment to User being sent within 30 days of month ending.
  • Payments to User are made via Bitcoin Cash (BCH) or PayPal.
    • Read User guide on getting wallet and addresses.
    • Payment will be sent to most recent address added by User.
    • Exchange rate will be the rate within 1 hour's time of payment being sent to User.
    • Cryptocurrency is 24/7/365 and world wide. UTC time is explained at bottom of User Guide.
    • If choosing to receive earnings via PayPal, any fees associated with transaction (ex: foreign transaction, conversion and exchange rate for Users outside the USA) will be deducted from earnings. No deduction for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payouts.
  • Minimum payout is $10.00 USD. If not reached, balance will be rolled over to the next month(s) until reached.
  • Either party may terminate this agreement at any time for any reason.
    • Upon termination, User payout will remain on normal schedule for any remaining balance owed to user.
    • Payout minimum remains in effect.
    • For User to terminate, simply change status of each track in profile to "Inactive".
    • All info and content that has been entered and uploaded to Underground Sounds shall remain on file with Underground Sounds for the purpose of record keeping.

Copyright Stuff

  • User agrees for all tracks uploaded, they are the rightful owners of any and all clearances, licenses, and/ or copyrights, as 1 payment will be made per User.
  • User is responsible/ liable for any and all copyright infridgement issues brought against any/ all tracks uploaded under their account.
  • Should any copyright issues arise, Underground Sounds may make any individual tracks in question, or entire profile, inactive until issue is resolved.
    • Note: Underground Sounds is for uploading ORGINAL WORKS. The only covers permitted are for compositions already in the public domain (classicals, jazz standards, etc.). Please make sure you have all rights secured to all parts of a track before uploading.

Promotions

  • Underground Sounds may use User's Name and not to exceed 30 seconds of audio for any given track in promotions.

User Agreement and Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time.