(1) FREE DOWNLOADS – Free downloads of any beat produced by (Georgevbeats) do not include any artistic, commercial, profitable or legislative rights to the beat. Those versions are only for non-profitable use, meaning only for demonstrational tracks. You are allowed to upload tracks (recorded over free downloaded beats) on internet pages like Reverbnation, Soundcloud, Facebook, Soundclick or Youtube, etc. When being uploaded or presented (for demonstrational use only!), credit always has to be given in a written form to Georgevbeats (example: Beat by Georgevbeats) (e.g. in the song description or song title). You are allowed to put the track on a free mixtape if it is for promotional use only and strictly for non-profitable purpose. If you want to put your song on an album, or manufacture physical copies, or sell your music in any form, you need to purchase at least a leasing license or higher license which is appropriate for your needs. The meaning of free downloads is to do a song for yourself, to do first pre-recordings and to see if the song works out well and is worth to make investments in one of the license types. It is not allowed to make any kind of profit with free download versions. No DVD-, no CD-, no TV-, no radio-streams or airplay allowed! No monetization of videos or any form of audio allowed. No streaming on platforms such as ‘Spotify’, ‘Apple Music’, ‘Deezer’, etc. allowed! Furthermore it is not allowed to make any changes to the beat or remove any of the used tags or blend out parts of the beat (beat-drops). Copying, distributing, uploading or ripping any audio material (e.g. beat, tag, sounds, instruments, drums, etc.) in any form other than allowed in this agreement is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated at any time! Downloading a tagged beat does not reserve rights to the beat for any form of future licensing. The person disobeying these rules will likely face a law suit for copyright infringement.
(2) BASIC RIGHTS – Also known as non-exclusive rights, purchasing a lease grants the customer limited artistic & legislative rights to the corresponding beat(s) for one single profitable/commercial use on any medium (e.g. album, EP or mixtape) with a circulation of up to 2,500 sales unites. If this point of sale is reached & further sales are desired, also further rights with a new sales cap need to be obtained (if the beat has not yet been sold with exclusive rights & is still available). If the beat is no more available for leasing, no more sales can be made after the sales cap is reached. A lease comes as a mixed tag-free WAV-file & a contract/invoice, stating the rights of use. A beat can be leased to more than one person at the same time until exclusive rights are sold to the beat. Once a beat has been sold with exclusive rights, it will no longer be available for any kind of leasing. Previous leasing rights that have been sold before are not affected & stay valid until the sales cap has been reached. The customer is not allowed to use the beat for profitable public performance. Leasing a beat does not make the customer the sole owner of the beat. The licensor expressly forbids re-sale or any other distribution of the producer’s compositions, either as they exist or any modification thereof. You (the customer) cannot sell, loan, rent, lease, assign, remix, re-arrange, remove any melodies, instruments, drum programming or transfer all or any of the products sold or the corresponding rights to another person (example: Record Label, another production company, another producer, another artist), or for use in any competitive product. The licensee understands that the licensor maintains 100% copyright & ownership of the original instrumental composition. Licensee cannot use any beat compositions as background element in TV, Film & DVD / computer game projects without obtaining written consent & a separate license agreement. Licensee must include on all productions & products the producer’s name. Licensee agrees to display the producer’s name in all physical media or within web presentation of a portion (e.g. pre-listening) or sum of the original instrumental composition that is being licensed in this agreement. Including but not limited to CD’s, CD covers, Cassette tapes, LP’s, Cards, etc. (Example credits: ‘Beat prod. by ‘Georgevbeats’ or ‘Music produced by ‘Georgevbeats’ Copyright © All rights reserved. Used under license. Any displayed or downloadable MP3 files must include ‘produced by ‘Georgevbeats’ within the file name.
(3) STANDARD LEASING RIGHTS – Also known as sync rights. Same restrictions as in point (1) including the following differences: A Standard lease comes as a mixed tag-free WAV-file & a contract/invoice, stating the rights of use. Instead of an allowed circulation of up to 2,500 sales units, the premium lease allows up to 5.000 sales units. In addition, the customer is allowed to use the beat for 1 profitable public performances with up to $2.000 USD earnings in total of the performance. All other terms concerning premium leasing rights are listed in point (1). These terms stay the same for all types of premium leasing rights.
(4) PREMIUM LEASING RIGHTS – Also known as sync rights. Same restrictions as in point (1) including the following differences: A premium lease comes as a mixed tag-free WAV-file, the corresponding separate track-lines & a contract/invoice, stating the rights of use. Instead of an allowed circulation of up to 2,500 sales units, the premium lease allows up to 7.000 sales units. In addition, the customer is allowed to use the beat for 1 profitable public performances with up to $7.000 USD earnings in total of the performance. All other terms concerning premium leasing rights are listed in point (1). These terms stay the same for all types of premium leasing rights.
(3) UNLIMITED LICENSE – A unlimited license comes as a mixed tag-free WAV-file, the corresponding separate track-lines & a contract/invoice, stating the rights of use. The unlimited license allows unlimited sales units. In addition, the customer is allowed to use the beat for Unlimited profitable public performances with up to $10,000 USD earnings in total of the performance. Georgevbeats.com still owns full rights (non-exclusive)
(5) EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS – The purchase of exclusive rights grants the customer full artistic & commercial rights to the purchased beat. There is no sales cap related to exclusive rights. An exclusive rights purchase comes as a mixed tag-free WAV-file, the corresponding separate track-lines & contract/invoice stating the rights of use. Once a beat has been sold with exclusive rights, it will no longer be available for any kind of leasing/sale. Previous leasing rights being sold before the beat has been sold exclusively are not affected hereby & stay valid until the sales cap has been reached. It is therefore possible that a beat has been leased several times before exclusive rights are sold. The beat will be marked as ‘sold’ & any possible download & licensing option will be removed. Upon request, a sold beat will be removed from any website & marketing space where it has been offered by the licensor. The licensor expressly forbids re-sale or other distribution of the producer’s composition, either as they exist or any modifications thereof. You (the customer) cannot sell, loan, rent, lease, assign, remix, re-arrange, remove any melodies, instruments, drum programming or transfer all or any of the products sold or their rights to another person (example Record Label, another production company, another producer, another artist), or for use in any competitive product. The licensee understands that the licensor maintains 100% copyright & ownership of the original instrumental composition. Licensee cannot use beat compositions as background element in TV, Film & DVD / computer game projects without obtaining written consent & or another license agreement. Licensee must include on all productions the producer’s name. Licensee agrees to display the producer’s name in all physical media or within web presentation a portion or sum of the original instrumental composition that is being licensed in this agreement. Including but not limited to CD’s, CD covers, Cassette tapes, LP’s, Cards, etc. (Example credits: ‘Beat prod. by Georgevbeats or ‘Music produced by Georgevbeats © All rights reserved’. Used under license. Any displayed or downloadable MP3 files must include ‘produced by Georgevbeats’ within the file name.