Artist Agreement
The terms on which Louder may host and play music you upload.
This agreement is between LOUDERADIO PTY LTD (ACN 701 085 967, ABN 82 701 085 967), of Melbourne, Australia ("Louder", "we", "us"), and you, the person claiming an artist page on Louder ("you", "the Artist").
You accept it by ticking the box on the claim screen. That tick is recorded against your account, with the date and the version above.
The short version. You keep everything you own. You tell us what we may do with your music, and we do only that and nothing more. You can change your mind, and if you take your music down we stop using it. We do not take a cut of anything you earn.
1. What this covers
"Content" means anything you upload or enter on Louder: audio recordings, photographs, your biography, links, and the details of your gigs.
Louder is a live music map. It shows people what is on near them, and it can play music by acts who are booked to play nearby. Louder does not sell tickets and takes no commission on your door, your ticketing, or your merchandise.
2. You keep ownership
You own your Content. This agreement is a licence to use it, not a transfer of it. Nothing here assigns your copyright, your recordings, your compositions, or your name to us.
3. What you allow us to do, and how far it goes
This is the part that matters most, so it is set out in full. You choose the tier. We ask you two questions when you claim your page, and your answers set what we are allowed to do. We never assume a broader permission than you gave us, and silence is never taken as a yes.
| Tier | What we may do | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Card preview only (the default) |
Show your page, your photo and your gigs, and play a single clip of up to twenty seconds from a recording you uploaded, at a start point you chose. | Applies unless you tell us otherwise. It is also what applies if you skip the questions or answer "not sure". |
| Full | Everything above, plus playing your recordings in full on Louder Radio, in a shuffle alongside other acts playing near the listener that week, with our own audio advertising between tracks. | Only if you confirm you own or control your recordings and you explicitly choose this tier. |
| Link out | Show your page and your gigs. We host and play no audio at all, and link to where your music already lives. | Applies automatically if you tell us you do not control your recordings. |
Why the middle tier is not the default. An APRA AMCOS licence covers the songwriting side of playing a song. It does not reach the recording, which only the owner of that recording can grant. So if you do not control your masters, we do not host your audio, however willing you are, because your permission alone cannot fix that.
You also allow us to:
- store, copy and format your Content as needed to run the service, including transcoding audio and resizing images;
- show your page and your gigs to the public, including in search results;
- use your artist name, photo and a short extract in our own promotion of Louder, such as social posts about who is playing this week.
This licence is worldwide and royalty free, because the service is free to you and we take no cut. It is not exclusive: you may do anything you like with your music anywhere else, at any time.
4. You can change your mind
You may change your tier, replace a recording, or remove your audio entirely at any time from your account.
When you remove audio, we stop using it. We will remove it from playback within a reasonable time, and in any case within seven days. We do not claim a perpetual or irrevocable licence over material you have withdrawn.
Two honest limits. Copies may persist for a short period in backups and caches we do not control, and we cannot recall material already published in something like a social post that has been shared onward. We will not make new use of withdrawn Content.
5. What you are promising us
By uploading Content you confirm that:
- it is yours, or you have permission from whoever owns it;
- it does not infringe anyone else's rights;
- anyone identifiable in a photograph has agreed to appear;
- no exclusive recording, publishing or management deal you are bound by prevents you granting the tier you chose;
- what you tell us about your rights is true. This one matters: it is what we rely on when we decide whether we are allowed to play you.
If you are signed to a label, or your publishing is administered by someone else, please choose "Card preview only" or "Link out" unless you have their agreement.
6. Attribution and moral rights
We will always attribute your Content to the artist name on your page. We will not edit your recordings in a way that changes their character; the only changes we make are technical, such as format conversion, and choosing the twenty second clip, which you set.
To the extent that showing your Content on Louder as described here would otherwise infringe your moral rights under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), you consent to it. That consent is limited to the uses described in this agreement.
7. Royalties and what you are paid
Louder intends to operate Louder Radio under an APRA AMCOS licence, so that plays of your song generate a songwriting royalty payable through APRA AMCOS in the ordinary way. We do not currently hold that licence. Until we do, Louder Radio does not operate and no music is played to the public.
We do not pay you separately for plays, we do not charge you anything, and we take no share of your other income. If that changes, we will tell you before it does.
8. What we may remove
We may remove or hide Content if we reasonably believe it infringes someone's rights, breaks the law, or breaches this agreement, or if someone with a credible claim asks us to. Where we can, we will tell you and give you a chance to respond first.
9. Ending this agreement
You may end it at any time by removing your Content and closing your account. We may end it if you seriously breach it. On ending, we stop using your Content as described in clause 4.
Clauses 5 (your promises), 10 (liability) and 11 (law) continue to apply to anything that happened while the agreement was on foot.
10. Liability
Louder is provided as it is. We do not promise the service will be uninterrupted or error free, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss.
If you break your promises in clause 5 and that causes a third party to make a claim against us, you agree to cover our reasonable costs of dealing with it. This does not apply where the problem is our fault.
Nothing in this agreement excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) or any other law that cannot lawfully be excluded.
11. Changes, law, and getting hold of us
We may update this agreement. If a change materially affects your rights, we will email you at the address on your account before it takes effect, and you may end this agreement instead of accepting it. Changes never apply retrospectively to use that has already happened.
This agreement is governed by the law of Victoria, Australia, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.
Questions, corrections, or a request to take something down: louderhq@loudermap.online.