Terms of Service

Welcome to Rightstune!

These terms of service outline the rules and regulations for the use of Rightstune's services

By using our services, you agree to the following terms of service.

Use of the Rightstune Publishing Administration Service

Rightstune is a publishing administration platform that assists songwriters in collecting and distributing the royalties generated by their musical compositions (the "Service"). By creating an account and submitting your works to the Service, you agree to the additional terms set out in this section, which govern your relationship with Rightstune and your use of the Service.

1. Eligibility & Registration

• You must be legally capable of entering into binding agreements.
• You warrant that all information you provide during sign-up is true, complete, and kept up to date.
• Accounts registered by automated methods are not permitted.

2. Grant of Rights

You hereby appoint Rightstune as your non-exclusive agent to administer each musical composition that you register in your account (collectively, the "Compositions") throughout the world for the purpose of collecting and distributing royalties. You retain full ownership of your copyrights. The rights granted to Rightstune include, without limitation, the rights to:

• Register the Compositions with collection societies, streaming platforms, and other rights-management entities.
• Issue licences, collect, and receive all publishing income (including performance, mechanical, sync, micro-sync, and any other royalty types) derived from exploitation of the Compositions.
• Take such steps as are reasonably necessary to effect the foregoing, including enforcing claims for unpaid royalties.

3. Royalty Collection & Distribution

• Rightstune will use commercially reasonable efforts to collect all royalties attributable to your Compositions.
• "Net Royalties" means all amounts actually received by Rightstune for the Compositions, less third-party fees, banking charges, withholding taxes, or other sums outside of Rightstune's control.
• Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Rightstune will remit 85 % of Net Mechanical Royalties to you and retain 15 % as its administration fee.
• Rightstune will also remit 88 % of Net Performance Royalties to you and retain 12 % of the publisher's share as its administration fee.
• Accounting statements and payments will be issued within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, provided your account balance exceeds the applicable payout threshold.

4. Fees & Taxes

You are responsible for all taxes that may be due on payments made to you. Rightstune may withhold amounts from your royalties if required to do so by law.

5. Term & Termination

• The term of this agreement begins when you accept these Terms and continues until terminated by either party on thirty (30) days' written notice.
• After termination, Rightstune will continue to collect royalties accrued during the term and pay them to you in accordance with these Terms.
• Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Fees, Representations & Warranties, Indemnification, and Limitation of Liability) will survive.

6. Representations, Warranties & Indemnification

• You represent and warrant that (a) you are the owner or authorised representative of the Compositions; and (b) the use of the Compositions as contemplated herein will not infringe any third-party rights.
• You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Rightstune, its directors, employees, and partners from any claim arising out of a breach of these representations.

7. Account Security & Acceptable Use

• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
• You may not use the Service for any unlawful, defamatory, or fraudulent purpose or in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service.

8. Modifications to the Service or Terms

Rightstune may modify the Service or these Terms at any time by posting the revised version on this page. Continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.