
Spin A Friend
Music Distribution
Last updated: September 11, 2026
This Digital Music Distribution Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between Spin A Friend, Inc. (“Spin A Friend,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and the artist, performer, producer, label, company, or other rights holder accepting this Agreement (“Artist,” “you,” or “your”).
By creating an account, submitting Content, checking an acceptance box, electronically accepting this Agreement, purchasing a service, or otherwise using Spin A Friend’s services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Spin A Friend may distribute, deliver, administer, and make available the Artist’s approved sound recordings, music videos, artwork, metadata, and related materials (“Content”) to authorized digital streaming services, download stores, social-media platforms, user-generated-content services, and other digital outlets.
Spin A Friend may determine which digital platforms, services, and territories are available for distribution based on its current distribution network, platform requirements, licensing arrangements, technology, and business relationships.
The Artist retains ownership of all copyrights and other intellectual-property rights the Artist legally owns in the Content.
Nothing in this Agreement transfers ownership of the Artist’s copyrights, master recordings, compositions, trademarks, or other intellectual-property rights to Spin A Friend.
Spin A Friend receives only the limited rights necessary to provide the services authorized under this Agreement.
During the Term of this Agreement, the Artist grants Spin A Friend a non-exclusive, worldwide license to:
The rights granted under this section are limited to providing, administering, and promoting the services authorized by the Artist under this Agreement.
The Artist represents, warrants, and agrees that:
Spin A Friend does not authorize copyright infringement or the unauthorized use of another person’s intellectual property.
The Artist is solely responsible for obtaining all necessary licenses, permissions, and clearances before submitting Content.
Content containing unauthorized samples, recordings, compositions, artwork, photographs, trademarks, or other third-party materials may be rejected, suspended, withheld, disabled, or removed.
If Spin A Friend receives a credible copyright complaint, infringement claim, platform notice, legal demand, or other rights dispute involving Content, Spin A Friend may suspend or remove the affected Content while the matter is investigated or resolved.
The Artist shall not submit any Content containing uncleared samples. An “uncleared sample” means any portion of a sound recording, composition, or other protected work that the Artist does not have the legal right or permission to use, reproduce, distribute, or monetize.
Before submitting Content that incorporates any sample, interpolation, replay, or portion of another work, the Artist must obtain all necessary master-use and mechanical licenses, permissions, clearances, and consents from the applicable rights holders.
Content containing uncleared, unauthorized, or improperly licensed samples is strictly prohibited and may be rejected, suspended, withheld, disabled, removed, or made subject to takedown without prior notice.
The Artist shall not submit Content built on non-exclusive leased beats. A “non-exclusive leased beat” means an instrumental, beat, or musical composition that the Artist has licensed on a non-exclusive basis from a producer, beat-maker, marketplace, or other third party where the same or substantially similar beat is simultaneously licensed to, or available for use by, other artists.
Non-exclusive beat leases, lease-to-own arrangements that have not been fully converted to exclusive ownership, and any beat license that does not grant the Artist exclusive distribution and monetization rights are not permitted for distribution through Spin A Friend.
Before submitting Content that incorporates a beat or instrumental created by a third party, the Artist must hold an exclusive license or assignment that grants the Artist the right to distribute and monetize the resulting recording without conflict with any other party’s rights.
Content containing non-exclusive leased beats is strictly prohibited and may be rejected, suspended, withheld, disabled, removed, or made subject to takedown without prior notice.
Spin A Friend recognizes that artists, producers, labels, songwriters, and other creators may use artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine-learning technologies as part of the creative process.
For purposes of this Agreement, “AI Content” means any sound recording, composition, vocal performance, instrumental performance, artwork, image, video, metadata, or other material that is created, generated, modified, enhanced, reproduced, synthesized, or materially assisted through an artificial-intelligence, machine-learning, generative-AI, voice-synthesis, voice-cloning, image-generation, or similar automated technology.
The use of AI does not by itself prohibit Content from being submitted to Spin A Friend. However, all AI Content remains subject to this Agreement, applicable law, and the policies and eligibility requirements of participating digital platforms.
The Artist is solely responsible for determining whether the Artist has sufficient legal rights to submit, distribute, monetize, license, and otherwise use any AI Content.
The Artist represents and warrants that any AI Content submitted to Spin A Friend:
The Artist may use AI as a creative or production tool, including for:
Use of AI as part of the production process does not relieve the Artist of responsibility for ensuring that the finished Content may lawfully be distributed and monetized.
Spin A Friend may accept fully or substantially AI-generated Content when such Content is permitted by applicable law, Spin A Friend’s policies, its distribution partners, and applicable digital platforms.
Spin A Friend does not guarantee that fully AI-generated Content will be accepted, distributed, monetized, eligible for copyright protection, eligible for Content ID, or maintained by any particular platform.
Digital platforms may establish different rules concerning AI-generated recordings, compositions, vocals, artwork, or other materials and may change those rules at any time.
The Artist is responsible for understanding the ownership and commercial-use rights associated with every AI system used to create Content.
The Artist shall not submit AI Content unless the Artist has sufficient rights under the applicable AI provider’s terms, licenses, and applicable law to commercially distribute and monetize the resulting Content.
Spin A Friend makes no representation or warranty regarding whether AI-generated material is eligible for copyright protection or other intellectual-property protection.
Questions concerning copyrightability, authorship, ownership, or enforceability of rights in AI-generated works remain the responsibility of the Artist.
The Artist shall not knowingly submit Content generated through the unauthorized use of copyrighted recordings, compositions, performances, voices, artwork, photographs, or other protected materials where such use would make the resulting Content unlawful or infringing.
The Artist is responsible for ensuring that the Artist’s use of an AI tool, model, dataset, reference file, uploaded recording, voice model, prompt input, or other source material complies with applicable law and any applicable licenses or permissions.
Spin A Friend is not responsible for investigating or verifying the training datasets, underlying models, source materials, or technologies used by third-party AI providers.
The Artist may not submit Content that unlawfully clones, simulates, imitates, or creates a digital replica of another person’s voice, likeness, identity, appearance, or performance.
If AI technology is used to reproduce or simulate the identifiable voice, likeness, or performance of another person, the Artist represents and warrants that the Artist has obtained all legally required permissions, licenses, releases, and consents.
This requirement applies whether the person is:
Spin A Friend may reject, suspend, or remove Content that appears to contain unauthorized voice cloning, likeness simulation, impersonation, deceptive digital replicas, or other unauthorized uses of a person’s identity.
The Artist shall not use AI to falsely represent that a recording was created, performed, endorsed, authorized, or released by another artist, songwriter, producer, celebrity, label, or person.
AI Content may not be submitted under another person’s artist name, identity, brand, likeness, or persona without appropriate authorization.
Metadata, titles, artwork, artist names, credits, and promotional materials associated with AI Content must not be materially false, deceptive, or misleading.
Spin A Friend may require the Artist to disclose whether Content is:
The Artist agrees to provide truthful and accurate AI-related information when requested.
Spin A Friend may transmit AI-related disclosures, labels, metadata, or other information to digital platforms where required or reasonably necessary.
Failure to accurately disclose material AI use when required may result in rejection, suspension, removal, withholding of services, or termination of the Artist’s account.
The Artist acknowledges that digital music stores, streaming platforms, social-media platforms, and other distribution outlets may establish their own rules concerning AI Content.
A platform may independently:
Spin A Friend does not control these policies and does not guarantee acceptance, continued availability, monetization, copyright recognition, recommendation, or other treatment of AI Content by any particular platform.
Submission of AI Content for standard digital distribution does not automatically make that Content eligible for YouTube Content ID, audio fingerprinting, rights-management, or media-detection services.
The Artist shall not submit AI Content to Content ID or similar rights-management systems unless the Artist has sufficient exclusive or otherwise qualifying rights to do so under the applicable platform’s policies.
Content may be ineligible for Content ID where, among other reasons:
Spin A Friend may reject, disable, release, or remove a Content ID claim involving AI Content if Spin A Friend or its service providers determine that the applicable rights are insufficient, disputed, non-exclusive, or otherwise ineligible.
The Artist shall not knowingly use AI-generated or AI-assisted Content to assert improper copyright or Content ID claims against another person.
The Artist must not knowingly enroll Content in a rights-management system when the Artist lacks the rights necessary to claim or monetize third-party uses.
Spin A Friend may immediately suspend Content ID or rights-management services where improper, abusive, fraudulent, duplicate, or unsupported claims are suspected.
The Artist remains responsible for claims resulting from rights information supplied by the Artist.
AI-generated or AI-assisted cover artwork, promotional images, videos, photographs, logos, and other visual materials are subject to the same ownership and rights requirements as other Content.
The Artist shall not submit AI-generated visual materials that unlawfully reproduce or imitate protected characters, trademarks, logos, photographs, artwork, likenesses, or other third-party intellectual property.
Spin A Friend may reject artwork or visual Content that appears to violate the rights of another party or the policies of a participating digital platform.
The Artist shall not use Spin A Friend to knowingly distribute AI Content created for unlawful or materially deceptive purposes, including Content intended to:
If Spin A Friend receives a complaint alleging that AI Content violates another party’s copyright, voice rights, likeness rights, publicity rights, trademark rights, privacy rights, or other rights, Spin A Friend may suspend, restrict, disable, or remove the affected Content while the matter is reviewed.
Spin A Friend may request documentation demonstrating the Artist’s rights, including licenses, permissions, AI service terms, releases, contracts, source files, creation records, or other evidence reasonably relevant to the dispute.
Failure to provide sufficient documentation may result in continued suspension or permanent removal of the affected Content.
The Artist acknowledges that laws, regulations, court decisions, industry practices, copyright standards, and digital-platform requirements concerning artificial intelligence are evolving.
Spin A Friend may modify its AI-related requirements, eligibility standards, disclosures, delivery practices, and Content policies when reasonably necessary to comply with:
Content that was previously accepted may become subject to additional disclosures, restrictions, suspension, or removal if applicable requirements change.
Spin A Friend does not warrant or guarantee that:
The Artist assumes responsibility for evaluating the legal and commercial suitability of AI technologies used in connection with the Artist’s Content.
The indemnification obligations contained in this Agreement also apply to claims arising out of or relating to AI Content submitted by the Artist, including claims involving:
By submitting AI-generated or AI-assisted Content to Spin A Friend, the Artist acknowledges and agrees that:
If a third party claims that Content distributed through Spin A Friend infringes or violates that party’s rights, the Artist agrees to cooperate in good faith with Spin A Friend in investigating and resolving the claim.
Spin A Friend may provide relevant information to a complaining party, platform, distributor, rights administrator, payment provider, service provider, or appropriate governmental or legal authority when reasonably necessary to investigate or resolve a dispute, comply with law, or protect legitimate rights.
Spin A Friend reserves the right to reject, suspend, restrict, disable, or remove Content when reasonably necessary, including when:
The Artist may also request a takedown of Content, subject to applicable platform processing times, legal obligations, outstanding balances, and contractual requirements.
Spin A Friend may charge subscription fees, add-on fees, release-related charges, administrative fees, or fees for optional services separately selected or authorized by the Artist.
Any such fees are separate from the Artist’s ordinary digital music royalties unless this Agreement expressly states otherwise.
Spin A Friend does not deduct a distribution commission from eligible standard digital music royalties solely for providing standard digital distribution services.
The Artist remains responsible for any subscription fees, add-ons, optional services, taxes, payment-processing charges, chargebacks, returned-payment costs, or other fees properly disclosed and authorized under this Agreement or through the Artist’s account.
By providing a credit card, debit card, bank account, or other approved payment method, the Artist authorizes Spin A Friend and its authorized payment processor to charge the payment method on file for amounts properly due and authorized under this Agreement.
Authorized charges may include:
The Artist’s payment authorization remains effective for the duration of the applicable subscription, service, payment plan, or outstanding payment obligation unless revoked in accordance with applicable law and Spin A Friend’s cancellation procedures.
Revoking authorization for future charges does not eliminate amounts that became due before the revocation.
If the Artist purchases a recurring subscription or other recurring service, the Artist authorizes Spin A Friend or its payment processor to charge the payment method on file according to the disclosed billing schedule until the applicable subscription or recurring service is canceled or terminated.
The Artist is responsible for maintaining a valid payment method.
If a payment is declined, reversed, returned, disputed, or otherwise unsuccessful, Spin A Friend may, subject to applicable law:
Spin A Friend will charge the Artist only for amounts authorized under this Agreement, services selected by the Artist, or amounts otherwise permitted by applicable law.
The Artist should promptly contact Spin A Friend regarding any charge the Artist believes was made in error.
Spin A Friend shall account to the Artist for 100% of net royalties actually received by Spin A Friend from participating digital music stores, streaming services, and other standard digital music distribution platforms attributable to the Artist’s Content.
Spin A Friend shall retain no distribution commission from those net royalties.
The Artist’s royalty amount may nevertheless be affected by:
Subscription fees, add-on charges, and separately purchased services do not reduce the Artist’s net royalty percentage unless expressly stated in a separate authorized transaction.
Payout processing fees may be deducted from royalty payouts at the time of withdrawal. Such fees cover the costs of payment processing, bank transfers, and related administrative expenses.
The minimum withdrawal amount is $10.00 (USD). Payout requests below this threshold will not be processed.
Spin A Friend may offer optional YouTube Content ID, audio fingerprinting, media identification, rights-management, content-monitoring, and related monetization services.
These services may identify videos or other media containing eligible recordings supplied by the Artist.
Participation in these services is optional and requires the Artist to affirmatively opt in.
By opting into Content ID or another eligible media-detection or rights-management service, the Artist authorizes Spin A Friend and its authorized service providers to:
The Artist represents that the Artist owns or controls all rights necessary to authorize these activities.
The Artist shall not enroll a recording in Content ID or related rights-management services if doing so would conflict with another party’s ownership, exclusive rights, existing Content ID registration, license, or other agreement.
If the Artist opts into YouTube Content ID or another applicable Spin A Friend media-detection, audio-fingerprinting, rights-management, or related monetization service, Spin A Friend shall retain fifteen percent (15%) of the net revenue actually received by Spin A Friend that is generated specifically through that opted-in service.
The Artist shall receive the remaining eighty-five percent (85%) of that applicable net revenue.
For example, if an opted-in Content ID service generates $100.00 in applicable net revenue actually received by Spin A Friend:
The 15% fee applies only to revenue generated through eligible Content ID, media-detection, or rights-management services that the Artist has elected to use.
The 15% fee does not apply to the Artist’s ordinary eligible royalties from standard digital music stores and streaming platforms.
Accordingly:
Spin A Friend will provide accounting information based on reports and payments received from participating digital platforms, Content ID providers, rights-management services, and other applicable service providers.
Where available, statements may separately identify:
Third-party reporting may be delayed, corrected, or adjusted after an initial statement.
Statements and account balances may therefore be subject to later corrections, refunds, chargebacks, fraud adjustments, currency adjustments, or other changes reported by third-party platforms.
Royalties become eligible for payment after Spin A Friend receives both the applicable funds and sufficient reporting information from the applicable platform or service provider.
Spin A Friend intends to make eligible royalty amounts available through the Artist’s Spin A Friend account on a monthly accounting basis, subject to receipt of funds, reporting availability, fraud reviews, payment-processing requirements, minimum payout requirements if applicable, and other reasonable administrative conditions.
Spin A Friend is not responsible for delays caused by digital platforms, YouTube, Content ID providers, payment processors, banks, reporting schedules, fraud investigations, governmental action, or circumstances outside Spin A Friend’s reasonable control.
The Artist shall not intentionally generate or encourage artificial streams, downloads, views, clicks, followers, saves, engagement, or other fraudulent activity involving the Content.
Prohibited conduct includes, without limitation:
If Spin A Friend or a digital platform identifies suspected artificial or fraudulent activity, Spin A Friend may withhold affected revenue, suspend payments, investigate the activity, suspend or remove Content, terminate services, or take other reasonable action consistent with applicable platform policies and law.
The Artist is responsible for providing accurate release information, including:
Spin A Friend is not responsible for delays, rejections, or other problems caused by inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or improperly formatted information supplied by the Artist.
The Artist represents that all artwork, photographs, logos, videos, graphics, and other materials submitted to Spin A Friend are either owned by the Artist or properly licensed for the intended use.
The Artist shall not submit unauthorized copyrighted material, trademarks, photographs, logos, likenesses, or other third-party materials.
The Artist agrees not to grant another distributor, label, rights administrator, or service provider rights that materially conflict with rights granted to Spin A Friend while the applicable Content remains distributed through Spin A Friend.
The Artist must notify Spin A Friend of any distribution, label, publishing, management, licensing, ownership, Content ID, or other agreement that may materially affect the Content or services.
The Artist acknowledges that digital stores, streaming services, social-media platforms, user-generated-content services, and other digital outlets establish and enforce their own terms, policies, content standards, technical requirements, and eligibility rules.
Spin A Friend does not control those requirements and cannot guarantee that a particular platform will accept, publish, monetize, maintain, or continue offering the Artist’s Content.
Spin A Friend may adjust delivery methods or Content availability when reasonably necessary to comply with platform requirements or changes in the digital music marketplace.
The Artist grants Spin A Friend permission to use the Artist’s approved name, stage name, likeness, artwork, music titles, release information, and approved promotional materials for purposes reasonably related to:
This permission does not transfer ownership of the Artist’s copyrights or other intellectual property.
This Agreement begins when the Artist accepts it and remains effective while the Artist maintains an account, has Content distributed through Spin A Friend, has unpaid obligations, or otherwise continues using services covered by this Agreement.
Either party may terminate the relationship by providing notice in accordance with Spin A Friend’s applicable procedures.
Spin A Friend may immediately suspend or terminate services when reasonably necessary because of:
Termination does not eliminate rights, obligations, payment responsibilities, indemnification obligations, or liabilities that arose before termination.
Following termination, Spin A Friend may submit takedown requests for Content distributed through its services.
The Artist acknowledges that takedown processing is controlled in part by third-party platforms and may not occur immediately.
Royalties properly earned before termination remain subject to applicable accounting, fraud review, payment-processing procedures, chargebacks, corrections, legal holds, and other authorized adjustments.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including ownership, payment obligations, indemnification, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and dispute-related provisions, shall survive termination to the extent permitted by law.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Artist agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Spin A Friend, Inc. and its owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, affiliates, representatives, distribution partners, and service providers from third-party claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and reasonable expenses arising out of or relating to:
This section applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SPIN A FRIEND’S SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
Spin A Friend does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that:
Spin A Friend does not guarantee any particular financial, promotional, artistic, or commercial result from use of its services.
The Artist acknowledges that digital music stores, streaming services, YouTube, social-media platforms, payment processors, banks, distribution partners, rights-management providers, AI providers, and other services used in connection with Spin A Friend are independently operated by third parties.
Spin A Friend does not control and is not responsible for third-party:
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SPIN A FRIEND, INC., ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ARTIST’S USE OF THE SERVICES.
This includes, without limitation, claims relating to:
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SPIN A FRIEND’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY THE ARTIST TO SPIN A FRIEND DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
Each party agrees to use reasonable care to protect confidential non-public business information received from the other party.
Confidential information may be disclosed when:
Spin A Friend may update this Agreement when reasonably necessary to reflect changes in its services, pricing structure, business practices, digital-platform requirements, artificial-intelligence requirements, technology, or applicable law.
Spin A Friend will provide reasonable notice of material changes where required or appropriate.
Continued use of the services following the effective date of revised terms constitutes acceptance of those terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.