Music rights and credits
Before uploading, you must have the rights and permissions needed for the recording, composition, artwork and every element of the release. A CLACK upload does not grant you rights you do not already hold.
Your responsibility
- You represent that you own or have valid permission to upload, host, preview, promote and, if later enabled, sell the material on CLACK.
- You must identify and clear any samples, interpolations, loops, beats or third-party recordings and compositions that require permission. Keep the applicable licenses and agreements.
- You must accurately credit every beatmaker, producer, instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, featured artist and publisher involved, and obtain any required collaborator approvals before release.
- You accept responsibility for claims, costs and losses arising from your unauthorized upload, missing clearance, inaccurate credits or failure to properly compensate contributors and authorized rights holders. You agree to defend and indemnify CLACK for such claims to the extent permitted by applicable law and the governing creator agreement.
CLACK may reject, remove or hold a release or payment while a rights or credit dispute is reviewed. This statement does not remove CLACK’s own legal obligations, decide ownership, or replace an agreement among collaborators.
Beat collaborations: 50/50 creator pool
For a paid CLACK release identified as an artist–beatmaker collaboration, the creator royalty pool allocated to that release is divided 50% to the credited artist side and 50% to the credited beatmaker side. Multiple people on either side divide that side’s 50% under their documented agreement. The pool is the amount designated for creators under the product’s published sale terms after any applicable refunds, taxes, payment processing and disclosed platform charges; it is not automatically the entire customer price. A sale and payout cannot go live until collaborator identities, consent, the exact pool amount, payment terms and rights have been verified.
This CLACK sale allocation does not change composition ownership, publishing shares, performance royalties, statutory royalties or an outside license. Those rights need their own written agreements.
Before you submit
List the contributors and publishing company in the musician studio. If you use a sample or third-party beat, describe the clearance and keep the signed license. Do not upload a disputed recording.
Learn about music and recording copyrights and samples and beat stores from the U.S. Copyright Office.