Terms of Service
1. Introduction:
Thank you for choosing SupaXtar (“SupaXtar”, “we”, “us”, “our”). By signing up or otherwise using the SupaXtar platform, app, service, websites, and software applications (together, the “SupaXtar Service” or “Service”), you are entering into a binding contract with SupaXtar. Your agreement with us includes these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”), our Privacy Policy, and relevant supplemental terms (“Supplemental Terms”) that apply to your interaction with each specific Service (collectively the “Agreements”). Please read these documents carefully. You acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted these Agreements and agree to be bound by them. If you don’t agree with (or cannot comply with) the Agreements that apply to the services with which you interact, then don’t access or use the SupaXtar Service.
To access and use the SupaXtar Service, you need to be at least 18 years old and have the power to enter a binding contract with us and not be prevented from doing so under any law. If you are under 18, you must be able to provide proof of your guardian’s consent. You also promise that the information you submit to us is true, accurate, and complete, and you agree to keep it that way at all times. If you open an account on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, then (a) “you” includes you and that entity, and (b) you represent and warrant that you are authorized to grant all permissions and licenses provided in the Agreements and bind the entity to the Agreements and that you agree to the Agreements on the entity’s behalf.
2. Definitions:
“Recordings” shall mean any audio/Video recordings that you submit to SupaXtar by uploading through the Services. “Stores” shall mean any, now known or future, digital Internet consumer stores (such as Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Amazon, etc.), and/or any other digital retailers of music which SupaXtar has, from time to time, agreed with.
“Metadata” shall mean the music metadata, the information embedded in an audio file that is used to identify the content. This includes, but is not limited to, track title, band or artist name, type of music, label, and the year the track was released. “Territory” shall mean the world or specified applicable territory.
3. Grant of rights:
You grant us the right to sell and make use of your recordings for digital downloads, interactive and non-interactive streaming, cloud services, and streaming-on-demand services. This grant of rights does not, however, constitute a transfer of ownership.
By using our Services, you grant us, during the Term and throughout the Territory, and by downloading and using our website/apps, you gave us exclusively as follows:
The exclusive right to make your Recordings available on the Internet and without limitation, on all Stores and any other similar digital media for sale by downloading, interactive and non-interactive streaming, cloud services, and streaming-on-demand or now known or hereinafter devised, similar means of making use of the Recordings.
The right to sell, make sales promotion clips of, copy and otherwise, to the extent necessary under this Agreement, make use of and alter the Recordings and Metadata, by all means, and media, which you submit to SupaXtar, through any Stores now available and operational and also the right to sublicense or otherwise transfer such rights to the Stores. The non-exclusive right to use your name(s), photographs, likenesses, cover artwork, biographical and other information attributable to you, which you have submitted to SupaXtar.
The right for SupaXtar to sublicense or otherwise transfers the above rights to any Stores. The above does not constitute a transfer of ownership to any of the material you have uploaded or submitted to SupaXtar. Any rights granted to us above are granted on a royalty license basis. This includes the use of any lyrics of the Recordings if you have submitted any.
4. Your SupaXtar Account:
To access certain features of the Service, you must create and/or sign in to a user account (“SupaXtar Account”) of your own. Creating an account is completely free. Use of another’s account is not permitted. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information.
You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs in your SupaXtar Account. You are also responsible for maintaining the security of your account password, as well as the passwords of any third-party services that you may have elected to link to your account.
Please review our fully transparent Privacy Policy for information regarding security, confidentiality, and what we do with the data you provide us. We will always make a reasonable effort in ensuring that our Services are available. Should the Services be interrupted in any way, we will make a reasonable effort to correct the interruptions without delay. We are, however, not liable for any errors, delays, or interruptions that might occur.
5. Your Music, Materials, and Information:
When you upload your Recordings through our Services, you are asked to submit cover artwork for use in the Stores. You submit the Recordings, cover artwork, and any other information and material at your own expense and in formats required for use in the Stores.
You are fully responsible for everything you submit to us. If we find it unsuitable, we reserve the right to, in our sole discretion, remove the information and/or prevent you from using our Services and/or any or all Stores.
6. Terms of Upload:
1. When uploading your song/s or videos make sure they met our specifications, Audio files must be 16-bit, 44.1 kHz MP3 files of good quality.
1. The artwork/Cover/jacket must have these specifications,
- TIF or JPG format
- Square (width and height must be the same)
- Minimum Size: 3000 by 3000 pixels
- Maximum Size: 5000 by 5000 pixels
- 300 DPI in RGB format
- Any song uploaded without design artwork, (song titles and artiste name) will not be approved
- No Social media logos or handles
- No Brand logos
- Any text except for artist names and/or the name of the release will be rejected.
1. Any song uploaded on SupaXtar and approved cannot be taken down within six months of upload. We urge you to read our terms of use before uploading songs and videos on SupaXtar. If the artist chooses to take his or her songs/Videos down immediately, a fee of $100 is charged for a takedown to proceed.
7. Payment and Fees:
SupaXtar shall pay you or Company:
1. Distribution. Fifty percent (50%) of all gross receipts received by SupaXtar from its Licensees deriving from sales of the Recordings to end consumers, and from any monies recovered,
1. Collections. Fifty percent (50%) of SupaXtar’s receipts solely concern collections described in paragraph 1(b) above.
1. Synchronization Licenses. Fifty percent (50%) concerning synchronization licenses under paragraph 1(c) above.
(d) Special Products and Other Promotional Use. Forty percent (40%) of gross receipts received by SupaXtar from Licensees in the form of end-consumer redemptions of the Recordings under programs conducted by other companies to whom SupaXtar licenses the Recordings to both promote the Recordings and help sell and/or promote such companies’ products or brands, including, for instance, customer acquisition and retention programs, gift-with-purchase and purchase-with-purchase programs, etc.
(e) Compilation Albums. Thirty percent (30%) concerning compilation album licenses pursuant.
SupaXtar updates the account quarterly, four times a year, 28th of February, 28th of May, 28th of August, and 28th of November. Accounts are automatically updated, according to the details of sales directly from digital stores.
You can withdraw your fund anytime, as long as you have at least $100 in your account. Withdraw can only be approved if an account is verified.
8. SupaXtar Copyright.
When you upload your songs/videos on SupaXtar, SupaXtar will place copyright ownership on your songs/Videos, on your behalf this does not mean you transferred ownership of your songs/Video to SupaXtar, it simply means SupaXtar put a protective claim over it on your behalf, you own your songs/Videos and materials 100%
9. Stores:
We have entered into agreements with different Stores for Distributing, Licensing, and Publishing. The agreements that SupaXtar enters with the Stores shall determine the terms on which you’re Recordings are promoted or made available. SupaXtar assumes no liability for any interruptions, delays, errors, or any suspensions of access, neither in whole nor in part. When you upload your Recordings through Our Service, we will send your Recording to all territories worldwide.
10. Prohibited Use and Infringement and Reporting of Content:
You may not in any way use our Services for any unlawful purpose or the following reasons.
In any way that is or has the purpose of being unlawful or fraudulent. For the purpose to harm or attempting to harm any other person in any way You may not upload any Recordings or Materials which may.
- Contain hateful, racist, or inflammatory material.
- Promote sexually explicit or violent material.
- Promote discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, disability, or sexual orientation.
- Promote, advocate or assist in any illegal activity.
- Threaten, harass, upset, or alarm any other person or invade their privacy.
- Impersonate any person.
SupaXtar reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, determine if a Recording or if you have breached the above or any other section of the Agreements. If we find that a breach has been made, we take such and any action we deem appropriate. We might, but are not limited to, temporarily or permanently remove your account and any Recordings or material uploaded through our Services, without notifying you.
11. Third-Party Applications
The SupaXtar Service may be integrated with third-party applications, websites, and services (“Third Party Applications”) to make the Services available to you. These Third-Party Applications may have their terms and conditions and privacy policies and your use of these Third-Party Applications will be governed by and subject to such terms and conditions and privacy policies. You understand and agree that SupaXtar does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for the behavior, features, or content of any Third-Party Application or for any transaction you may enter into with the provider of any such Third-Party Applications.
12. Your Use of the SupaXtar Service:
The SupaXtar Service may be used and accessed solely for lawful purposes. You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations in connection with your use of the Service. You agree and warrant that you will not use the SupaXtar Service to transmit, distribute, route, provide connections to or store any material that infringes copyrighted works or otherwise violates or promotes the violation of the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Your SupaXtar Account shall be used solely by you and may not be transferred or shared with any third party. You acknowledge that you are exclusively responsible for all usage or activity on your SupaXtar Account. You shall immediately notify SupaXtar of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your SupaXtar account. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal account activity shall constitute a basis to terminate your account. You agree to indemnify SupaXtar against any liability and costs arising from such improper use of your SupaXtar Account.
13. Your Liability and Warranties:
You agree and warrant that you will not distribute, transmit or store any files or material that might infringe on copyrighted works. You also agree that you will not promote the violation of a third party’s intellectual property rights. If you do, you acknowledge that SupaXtar may at any time, and in its sole discretion, remove your Recordings, disable access to the Services without notifying you,
You also agree that:
You are not under any disability, restriction, or prohibition to enter into the Agreements and grant the rights under the Agreements.
You are responsible for all the Recordings and other materials and information uploaded through the Services.
You are the owner or legally represent the owner of the Recordings and the materials and you possess full power and authority to enter into and perform under the Agreements.
You have not entered into any agreement which may conflict with the Agreements.
You have obtained all applicable and relevant consents and rights from, but not limited to,
any owners, artists, musicians, producers, other persons, and companies involved in the production of the Recordings.
You have, in the case of a cover version (a recording of a song/lyric for which you are not the author or owner) obtained all relevant consents for such use, and be able to present this consent to us.
The Recordings are original and do not contain any samples which have not been cleared or else infringe upon the right of any person or third party.
You shall not commit any act which might damage the reputation of SupaXtar or might inhibit, restrict or interfere with the exploitations of the Recordings.
If you’re not the artist/owner of the Recordings, you have a valid and presentable agreement with the Artist that grants you all the rights to enter into this Agreement.
Moreover, you agree not to:
Distribute, alter or modify any part of or parts of the Service;
Circumvent any technology used by SupaXtar, its licensors, or any third party to protect the
Service or any content on the Service;
Sell, rent, sublicense or lease any part of the Service;
Provide your password to any other person or use any other person’s username and
password;
“Crawl” the Service or otherwise use any automated means (including bots, scrapers, and spiders) to collect information from SupaXtar and its Services; Include or introduce any malicious content such as malware, Trojan horses, spyware, cancelbots, or other viruses and malicious codes.
You also agree that you will comply with all of the other provisions of the Agreements, at all times during your use of the Service.
You agree that SupaXtar may terminate your SupaXtar Account if you violate the
Agreements or, if SupaXtar believes, in SupaXtar’s good-faith discretion that you are infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties and/or engaging in otherwise fraudulent activity.
Moreover, you agree and warrant that you shall not, in any way, conduct any forced activity or systematic listening and that if you do so, it may result in SupaXtar deleting and blocking your SupaXtar Account and removing any or all uploaded Recordings, without notifying you.
You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that SupaXtar has no responsibility to you or any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Agreements and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which SupaXtar may suffer) of any such breach. You acknowledge again that SupaXtar may at any time, and in its sole discretion, remove your Recordings, and disable access to the Services without notifying you.
14. Infringement and Reporting of Content:
SupaXtar respects the rights of intellectual property owners. If you believe that any content on the Service infringes your intellectual property rights or other rights, please contact customer support. If SupaXtar is notified by a copyright holder that any Content infringes a copyright, SupaXtar may in its sole discretion take actions without prior notification to the provider of that content. If the provider believes that the content is not infringing, the provider may submit a counter-notification to SupaXtar with a request to restore the removed content.
If you believe that any content infringes any other intellectual property rights or does not comply with these Terms of Use, please contact Customer Support.
15. Our Rights:
We reserve the right to amend, discontinue or terminate our Services under this Agreement, at any time. We reserve the right to reject or remove any Recordings or Materials from the Stores and our Services that you have uploaded through the Services. We also reserve the right to terminate your access to the Stores or Services without notice.
16. Our Intellectual Property:
The SupaXtar Service, including but not limited to, all related technology, data, tools, and design is the property of SupaXtar and its subsidiaries or its licensors. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to make use of the SupaXtar Service.
The SupaXtar trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, domain names, and any other features of the SupaXtar brand are the sole property of SupaXtar and its subsidiaries.
The Agreements do not grant you any rights to use any Brand Features whether for commercial or non-commercial use.
We value hearing from our users and are always interested in learning about ways we can improve the Service. If you choose to submit comments, ideas, or feedback (“Feedback”), you agree that we are free to use them without any restriction or compensation to you.
17. Service Limitations and Modifications:
SupaXtar will make reasonable efforts to keep the SupaXtar Service operational. However, certain technical difficulties or maintenance may, from time to time, result in temporary interruptions. SupaXtar reserves the right, periodically and at any time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, functions and features of the SupaXtar Service, with or without notice, all without liability to you, except where prohibited by law, for any interruption, modification, or discontinuation of the SupaXtar Service or any function or feature thereof.
18. Term and Termination:
The terms of this Agreement shall commence and continue (the “Term”) unless terminated by either Party under the Agreements. You may at any time terminate and cancel the SupaXtar Services by contacting Customer Support. SupaXtar may terminate the Agreements or suspend your access to the SupaXtar Service at any time for any and no reason, including in the event of your actual or suspected unauthorized use of the SupaXtar Service and/or any content, or non-compliance with the Agreements. You may terminate your SupaXtar Account at any time by submitting a termination request to Customer Support. Bear in mind, when you submit a request for termination, from the date you submit this request, it will take us one year (365 days), to completely remove all your materials we have submitted to the online stores, or the artist will pay the sum of 100 dollars to have his songs remove within seven days (7 Days)
Any sections of the Agreements that, either explicitly or by their nature, must remain in effect even after termination of the Agreements, shall survive termination.
19. Warranty and Disclaimer:
WE ENDEAVOUR TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE WE CAN, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. YOU USE THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUPAXTAR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
20. Limitation of Liability:
YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU’RE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE IS TO UNINSTALL ANY SUPAXTAR SOFTWARE AND TO STOP USING THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SUPAXTAR, ITS OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR
(1) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (2) ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR PROFITS (WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT), IN ALL CASES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER SUPAXTAR HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE; OR (3) AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SUPAXTAR SERVICE, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, OR THIRD PARTY APPLICATION CONTENT MORE THAN $1,000 (one-thousand USD), TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW.
YOU SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SUPAXTAR, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND AFFILIATES (INCLUDING ANY DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES), AND THE STORES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LEGAL EXPENSES AND COUNSEL FEES, ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OR ALLEGED BREACH BY YOU OF THE ABOVE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS AND/OR USE OF THE RECORDINGS OR MATERIALS AS PERMITTED HEREUNDER.
21. Entire Agreement:
Other than as stated in this section or as explicitly agreed upon in writing between you and SupaXtar, the Agreements constitute all the terms and conditions agreed upon between you and SupaXtar, and supersede any prior agreements about the subject matter of these Agreements, whether written or oral.
22. Severability and Waiver:
Unless as otherwise stated in the Agreements, should any provision of the Agreements be held invalid or unenforceable for any reason or to any extent, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of the Agreements, and the application of that provision shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law. Any failure by SupaXtar, to enforce the Agreements or any provision thereof shall not waive SupaXtar,’s or the applicable third-party beneficiary’s right to do so.
23. Assignment:
SupaXtar may assign the Agreements or any part of them, and SupaXtar may delegate any of its obligations under the Agreements. You may not assign the Agreements or any part of them, nor transfer or sub-license your rights under the Agreements, to any third party.
24. Indemnification:
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold SupaXtar, harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising out of: (1) your breach of this Agreement; (2) any content submitted by you to the Service; (3) any activity in which you engage on or through the SupaXtar, Service; and (4) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
25. Force Majeure:
SupaXtar takes no liability or responsibility for failures in providing any of our Services if they are caused by an event outside SupaXtar,’s control. Force Majeure means an event beyond our control that prevents us from complying with any obligations under this Agreement. These events include, but are not limited to, fires, earthquakes, tidal waves, floods, war, hostilities, invasion, embargo, revolution, civil war, riot, strikes, lockouts, acts or threats of terrorism, commotion, and failures of public or private telecommunication networks, third party force majeure and an epidemic. Should an event of Force Majeure occur, SupaXtar, will notify you as soon as reasonable and give an estimate of when due fulfillment can be expected. You may cancel your Services with us if your Service is affected by Force Majeure and if it has continued for more than 90 days.
26. Jurisdiction and Dispute Venue:
The Agreements and our Services shall be governed by the laws of Kenya and any dispute regarding this Agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of Kenya
27. Changes to the Agreement:
Occasionally we may, at our discretion, make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we’ll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please, therefore, make sure you read any such notice carefully.
28. Contact Us:
If you have any questions concerning the SupaXtar, Service, or the Agreements, please contact our Customer Support. info@SupaXtar.com, contact@SupaXtar.Com dispute@SupaXtar.Com