1. BASIC LEASING RIGHTS – The basic leasing license comes as a mixed, tag-free MP3-file. Also known as non-exclusive rights, purchasing a leasing license grants the customer limited artistic, commercial and legislative rights to the corresponding beat(s) for one single profitable/commercial use (e.g. album, EP, single or mix-tape) on any physical or digital medium such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, LPs, Cassettes, USB-Sticks or digital sales (e.g. itunes, google-play, etc.) with a circulation of up to 3000 sales units, all royalty-free. If this point of sale is reached and further sales are desired, (and exclusive rights to the beat has not been sold and the beat is still available) further rights with a new sales cap need to be obtained with a new license or license upgrade. 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. A beat can be leased to more than one person at the same time until exclusive rights are sold to the beat. Previous leasing/non-exclusive rights that have been sold before the beat is sold exclusively are not affected and stay valid until the applicable sales cap has been reached. Leasing a beat does not make the licensee the sole owner of the beat, nor does it give the licensee any administrative rights to the beat concerning legal actions against other license owners. The licensee is not allowed to get radio, video, television-airplay or to perform the song on commercial/profitable shows with a Basic leasing license. For this purpose licensee must own exclusive rights to the beat or obtain a premium license (Note -with a premium license, all terms and conditions within the premium license will be applied). The licensor expressly forbids resale or any other distribution of the producer’s compositions, either as they exist or any modification thereof. You (the licensee) 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 or third party (example – another production company, Record Label, another producer, another artist), or for use in any competitive product. The licensee understands that the licensor maintains 100% copyright and ownership of the original instrumental composition and the given composition may be leased or purchased by another party at any given day or time unless exclusive rights were purchased by another party or entity as mentioned previously. Licensee cannot use any beat compositions as background element in TV, Film & DVD / computer game projects without obtaining written consent and a separate license agreement. Licensee must include the producer’s name (Dax Sounds) on all productions and products . Licensee agrees to display the producer’s name in all physical media or within web presentation of a portion (e.g. prelistening) 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, etc. The following are examples of ways you can credit Dax Sounds: ‘Beat prod. by Dax Sounds’ or ‘Music prod. by Dax Sounds’. Any displayed or downloadable MP3 files must include ‘prod. by Dax Sounds’ within the file name.
2. PREMIUM LEASING RIGHTS – The Premium leasing license comes as a mixed, tag-free WAV-file. Purchasing a leasing license grants the customer limited artistic, commercial and legislative rights to the corresponding beat(s) for one single profitable/commercial use (e.g. album, EP, single or mix-tape) on any physical or digital medium such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, LPs, Cassettes, USB-Sticks or digital sales (e.g. itunes, google-play, etc.) with a circulation of up to 10,000 sales units, all royalty-free. with a premium license the customer/licensee is allowed to use the beat(s) for monetizing any or a variety of streaming services (e.g. Youtube and/or spotify) with a total combined earnings of $1000.00 and in addition Artist/Licensee is allowed to use the beat(s) for a maximum of 2 profitable public performances such as live shows with no restrictions on what you earn for the 2 public performances mentioned. If this point of sale is reached and further sales are desired, (and exclusive rights to the beat has not been sold and the beat is still available) further rights with a new sales cap need to be obtained with a new license. 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. A beat can be leased to more than one person at the same time until exclusive rights are sold to the beat. Previous leasing/non-exclusive rights that have been sold before the beat is sold exclusively are not affected and stay valid until the applicable sales cap has been reached. Leasing a beat does not make the licensee the sole owner of the beat, nor does it give the licensee any administrative rights to the beat concerning legal actions against other license owners. The licensor expressly forbids resale or any other distribution of the producer’s compositions, either as they exist or any modification thereof. You (the licensee) 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 or third party (example – another production company, Record Label, another producer, another artist), or for use in any competitive product. The licensee understands that the licensor maintains 100% copyright and ownership of the original instrumental composition and the given composition may be leased or purchased by another party at any given day or time unless exclusive rights were purchased by another party or entity as mentioned previously. Licensee cannot use any beat compositions as background element in TV, Film & DVD / computer game projects without obtaining written consent and a separate license agreement. Licensee must include the producer’s name (Dax Sounds) on all productions and products . Licensee agrees to display the producer’s name in all physical media or within web presentation of a portion (e.g. prelistening) 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, etc. The following are examples of ways you can credit Dax Sounds: ‘Beat prod. by Dax Sounds’ or ‘Music prod. by Dax Sounds’. Any displayed or downloadable MP3 files must include ‘prod. by Dax Sounds’ within the file name.
3. FREE BEAT DOWNLOADS – Free beat downloads are for non-commercial and/or non-profit use only. the reasoning behind offering free beats is to give an opportunity prior to leasing the beat or negotiating a deal, to determine if the BEAT would be a good fit for your project. By downloading any of DaxSounds free BEATS from this website (www.daxsounds.com) or any other social platforms, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions: You may not under any circumstance modify the BEAT from its original format. Free BEATS will contain tags and these tags may not be removed or modified under any circumstances. You agree to hold, defend and indemnify DaxSounds and www.daxsounds.com harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, costs, and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in connection with any claim arising out of the use of our beats, including but not limited to claims for defamation, liability relating to the content , copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of rights of publicity and/or privacy ,and any claim or, quality, or performance of materials. DaxSounds and www.daxsounds.com reserves the right to terminate this agreement at any time or terminate your rights to use or distribute the BEATS.