Terms of Service

Who can use Audio Lounge

You must be at least 13 years old and legally able to enter a contract. Minors may use the service only through, and with the consent of, a parent or legal guardian bound by these terms. Keep your credentials secure: activity on your account is your responsibility, and we may reclaim usernames or require identity verification.

Your music: what you attest

When you upload, publish, or go live with any content, you attest that:

1. You own or control BOTH the sound recording (the master) AND the underlying composition, or you have secured every third-party clearance the work requires. The two rights are separate; clearing one but not the other is not enough.
2. Livestreams and uploads contain only content you have the rights to perform and transmit. Until the platform's own licensing surfaces are active (PRO blankets, the MLC, SoundExchange), performances of third-party works are prohibited and may be terminated mid-stream.
3. Split sheets, ISRC/ISWC codes, and contributor shares you supply are accurate. Bad metadata sends royalties to the black box, not to you.

Audio Lounge is a service provider under the DMCA, not a label or a publisher. Publishing here does not transfer ownership of your masters or compositions to us.

The license you grant us

You keep ownership of everything you publish. So that the platform can operate, you grant Audio Lounge, LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, for as long as your content is on the platform, to:

1. Host, reproduce, display, and stream it on platform surfaces: the website, apps, community feed, artist profiles, press kits, and the persistent player.
2. Transmit your live performances and store and re-transmit them as replays.
3. Create excerpts, thumbnails, and metadata for discovery, promotion, and editorial surfaces.
4. Link out to your releases and channels on third-party services.

The license ends when you remove your content, except for replays or excerpts already in circulation and reasonable backup retention. Off-platform placements (sync, master use) are always negotiated separately and are never covered by this grant.

Acceptable use

No infringing uploads, no scraping or reverse engineering, no harassment, no interference with the service or other users, no circumventing usage limits or security. We may suspend or terminate accounts for violations, with reasonable notice and an opportunity to cure where the circumstances allow it. Copyright strikes follow the DMCA and Copyright Policy.

Disclaimers and liability

The service is provided as-is and as-available, to the extent the law allows; where state consumer law grants warranties that cannot be disclaimed, those rights are unaffected. Our aggregate liability is capped as stated in the full terms, and neither party is liable for indirect or consequential damages, except where the law does not permit that limitation.

Disputes: arbitration with a real opt-out

Disputes are resolved by individual binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its consumer rules, seated in Los Angeles County, California, after a 30-day informal resolution window. Small-claims matters and injunctive relief are carved out. Class and representative actions are waived; if that waiver is held unenforceable, the entire arbitration agreement is void. You may opt out of arbitration entirely by notifying us in writing within 30 days of first accepting these terms.

Changes, governing law, termination

Material changes come with reasonable advance notice; continued use after the effective date is acceptance, and your remedy is to stop using the service and close your account. These terms are governed by California law, with exclusive jurisdiction in Los Angeles County. User content licenses already granted, disclaimers, and the dispute terms survive termination.