General Terms and Conditions (GTC)

    A. Registration and user account
  • 01. Registration
  • 02. Authorization
  • 03. Valid information
  • 04. Accesses and interventions
  • 05. Termination
  • 06. Security
  • 07. Warranty exclusion
  • 08. Compensation
  • 09. Violations of the usage policy
  • 10. General user guidelines
  • 11. Privacy and security
  • 12. Information retrieval
  • 13. Assignment
  • 14. Legality

    • B. Posted offers and uploads
  • 01. Copyrights and contents
  • 02. Responsibility for content
  • 03. Royalty-free licenses
  • 04. Rights to the content you publish on YouBeats
  • 05. Security of transmission
  • 06. Sample clearing

    • C. Sale of discontinued material
  • 01. Availability
  • 02. Files
  • 01. Beats
  • 02. Sample Packs
  • 03. License system
  • 04. Voice Tag
  • 05. Bulk discount
  • 01. Bulk discounts
  • 02. Coupon codes
  • 03. Youbeats discount
  • 06. Transfer of exclusive rights
  • 07. Transfer of Standard Lease & Professional Lease Rights
  • 08. Transfer of non-exclusive rights
  • 09. Contract system
  • 10. Buyer payments
  • 01. General
  • 02. Bank transfers
  • 03. PayPal payments
  • 04. Stripe payments
  • 05. Completion
  • 06. Term of payment
  • 07. Delayed payment
  • 11. seller fee
  • 12. Downloads
  • 13. Income from sales
  • 14. Right of withdrawal
  • 15. Costs as artist/listener

    • D. Customer service and notification
  • 01. Contacting customer service
  • 02. Notifications

    • E. Final clause
  • 01. Remedy guarantee in case of infringement
  • 02. Governing Law and Litigation
  • 03. General
  • 04. Online Dispute Resolution Platform (OS)


  • These GTC regulate the use of the beat platform www.YouBeats.net (hereinafter also referred to as "we", "our", "us" and "YouBeats"). We provide a platform for the sale and purchase of the rights to use self-produced instrumentals (hereinafter also referred to as beats or sample packs), for the purpose of private and commercial reuse. This agreement governs your and our rights and obligations when using YouBeats or services provided by us. We hereby also refer to the Copyright Act (UrhG). With the acquisition/purchase or disposal/sale, on our side the rights of use of a beat are acquired or disposed of according to applicable law. We would like to advise you to read these terms and conditions carefully before joining our site. If there are any questions or if there is anything about the TOS that you do not understand or are unsure about, please contact us at youbeats.net@gmail.com before joining. Maintenance and updates to our platform may temporarily limit or interrupt uses and/or access to the Services. Due to the continuous development of YouBeats, we may include additional features, products and services. This circumstance requires us to change the contract and policies to reflect these changes. Therefore, YouBeats reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this website at any time, without notice and without giving reasons, which will become legally effective by posting them on our website. Use of this website implies agreement and acceptance of all the TOS set forth in this document as well as the Privacy Policy of this website.


    A. Registration and user account
    1. registration
    1. The use of YouBeats requires a corresponding registration for producers.
    2. Registration is free of charge.
    3. You have the option to register as a listener. With this account you can listen to and/or buy Beat audio samples and have access to your purchases for several years.
    4. However, you also have the option to shop as a guest.
    5. You have the possibility to register as an artist. With this account you have the same rights as with the listener account and can also sell the usage rights of beats or sample packs.
    6. By registering, you will receive a user account to which you can log in under your username and personal password.


    2. authorization
    1. You can log in to your account to use our service. You can also use our services as a guest.
    2. You may only have one user account.
    3. Our service is only available to individuals who are allowed to enter into legally effective contracts against the background of the relevant laws. Our service is not available to individuals under the age of 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian.
    4. With the approval of the terms and conditions, the consent of the legal representatives of the limited legal capacity (14-17 years), is considered granted.
    5. Persons under the age of 14 are excluded from using the Services
    6. We reserve the right to change access terms for your use of the Service and/or to terminate this Agreement with you at any time by notifying you via email.


    3. valid information
    1. As a user, you agree to provide truthful and accurate information.
    2. You, as a user, are solely responsible for any information you provide to us or other users during registration or other features of our Service. The liability of YouBeats is hereby expressly excluded.
    3. For the purpose of verifying your registration, you hereby authorize us, directly or through third parties, to request information. This may include verifying information you provide against third party databases.
    4. Your information must not:
      • be false, untrue, or misleading,
      • have a fraudulent intent,
      • violate YouBeats T&Cs, infringe third party copyrights, trademark, patents and trade secret or other rights of the public or private individuals,
      • violate any laws, statutes, ordinances, contracts or regulations (including, without limitation, those governing consumer protection, unfair competition, racial discrimination laws or false advertising),
      • Be threatening, defamatory, or coercive,
      • are obscene or contain pornography,
      • contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, cancelbots, Easter Eggs or other computer programs that damage or interfere with a system, data or personal information,
      • secretly intercept or expropriate, cause liabilities for us, or cause us to be excluded (in whole or in part) from the services of our Internet service provider or other suppliers.
    5. If you wish to use or intend to use the Service for any purpose other than publishing your self-produced instrumentals, lyrics and graphics, or downloading others beats or sample packs, graphics and lyrics, or intend to use it for any other purpose, including but not limited to counterfeiting, hacking, modifying or otherwise damaging the security or functionality of the Service, your user account will be terminated and you will be held liable for damages and prosecuted.
    6. A user may not act on behalf of or use another person's information to register on YouBeats.
    7. YouBeats cannot guarantee the identity of users.


    4. access and interventions
    You agree not to use any device, software or routine to attempt to interfere with the proper working of our website or any other activity on our website. You agree not to use any robot, spider, or other automatic device or manual process to monitor or reproduce our web pages or their content without our prior express written permission. You agree not to take any action that imposes a disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information contained on our website is owned by us or has been provided to YouBeats as a licensee by its users or third parties. You agree not to reproduce, disclose, modify, create derivative variations of, publicly display, or frame any content (other than your personal information) from our website without YouBeats prior written permission. This applies in particular to the scripts with which you can/are allowed to embed Beats and your own profile on other sites.


    5. termination
    1. We reserve the right not to provide our Service, to change access terms for your use of the Service, and/or to terminate this Agreement with you at any time by providing you with notice via email. YouBeats may terminate this Agreement at any time with immediate effect if you have given cause for such termination. No notice period is required to be given. For any case of termination YouBeats is entitled to delete your user account including all content and/or to cancel the admission to the services.
    2. If you wish to no longer be a member of the site, please contact us at youbeats.net@gmail.com.


    6. safety
    1. All users are responsible for the security of their user account. A user may not disclose their user account information to any third party and is responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of their password. YouBeats cannot be held liable for any loss due to theft or misuse of your user account or information, or any resulting claims for damages by third parties.
    2. .
    3. Any unauthorized use or intrusion into the Website is illegal and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law against the offender.


    7. exclusion of warranty.
    1. The Service is provided to you subject to your statutory rights, but otherwise without warranty or condition except as expressly stated in this Agreement. You understand that the Service provided by YouBeats may be subject to technical limitations. This applies in particular to the continuous availability and storage capacity or maximum size of files available at any time, as well as the data transfer volume. While we do our best to ensure the operation of the Service, we do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our Service, and the operation of our website may be affected by numerous factors beyond our control. You are not entitled to the provision of the Service from YouBeats. YouBeats reserves the right to update, modify or discontinue any feature of the Service. YouBeats also reserves the right to possibly discontinue the Service altogether. You acknowledge that your access to the Site may occasionally be limited so that we can perform repairs and maintenance and introduce new features and services. We will attempt to restore services as quickly as possible in this event.
    2. YouBeats is entitled to delete data and/or refuse to store further data in the event that the technical limitations are exceeded.


    8. damages
    You agree to indemnify and hold us and our employees harmless from any third party claim or demand (including related court costs and attorneys fees) arising out of any breach of this Agreement or the documents referenced herein or any illegality by you or any third party's rights in connection with your use of the Service.


    9. violations of the usage guidelines.
    If you use YouBeats in a way that constitutes a violation of the TOS, access to your user account may be restricted at any time or your user account may be closed immediately. By posting content and files that contradict the usage guidelines of the TOS, you agree to be liable to YouBeats for all damages incurred by YouBeats.


    10. general user guidelines
    1. Members are only allowed to have one user account on YouBeats. You may only offer beats and sample packs that you have produced yourself. If you offer beats and/or sample packs that were produced by more than one person, it is possible for you to indicate contributors on a beat or in the sample pack upload form. In case of suspected infringement, the user account can be deleted by YouBeats without notice and without any claim for compensation.
    2. We reserve the right to delete beats/sample packs that do not meet the quality requirements of our site and to block the member for further uploads. A claim for damages on the part of the producer does not exist here, as no damage is caused by this.
    3. For each Beat/Sample Pack you have to enter or select the music genre that best fits your Beat/Sample Pack, the delivered audio format (bitrate and sample rate), the tempo in BPM (beats per minute), licenses and possibly the file formats of the master tracks.
    4. The names and descriptions of the beats and contributors must refer to the respective beat/sample pack or producer.
    5. It is not allowed at any point to use marketing texts that promote irrelevant content. Also, it is strictly prohibited to post in any form links, websites, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses or any other contact information or information that is intended to circumvent the purpose of this website. YouBeats reserves the right, in case of violation, to change or completely delete your submission or offer(s) without notice and without any right to compensation, and to take legal action if necessary.
    6. You may post beats that contain samples. However, if you did not create the sample or do not own the appropriate rights to it, it is the seller's responsibility to obtain the appropriate rights before you are allowed to post the beat on YouBeats, regardless of whether it is a music composition, sound recording, or other intellectual property. If we discover a violation of this rule, the posted beat will be deleted from the offer without notice and without any right to compensation.
    7. If we determine that someone other than the rightful copyright or trademark owner (or their official designee) is posting material on YouBeats, we will, without compensation or notice, block that material and the member.
    8. It is the responsibility of the seller to verify that he/she holds the rights for the used material that he/she transfers to our website.
    9. YouBeats assumes no liability for the posted beats/sample packs.


    11. privacy and security
    User data protection is a very important task for us. We store and process your personal information on computers in the Federal Republic of Germany that are secured by technological security devices. You should only log into your user account on a page that begins with https://www.youbeats.net or https://youbeats.net/. Our current privacy policy can be found under the heading "Privacy Policy" on this website. If you object to any transfer or use of your information as described in the Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our Services.


    12. Information request.
    Without limiting any other remedies, we have the right to update inaccurate personal information, contact you by means other than email, immediately warn our community of your actions, limit access to a User Account and any or all User Account features, Suspend or close your User Account indefinitely and deny you service if (a) you breach this Agreement, (b) we cannot verify or authenticate any information you provide to us, or (c) we believe your actions will result in financial loss or liability to you, our users or us.


    13. assignment
    You may not assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement to anyone else without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to assign this Agreement and any policies contained herein or any rights or obligations under this Agreement without your consent.


    14. legality
    Both parties shall comply with all applicable laws, contracts and applicable licenses herein relating to their respective use and provision of the Service.


    B. Discontinued Offers and Uploads
    1. copyrights and contents
    1. www.YouBeats.net is copyrighted as a collective work and/or collection, according to German copyright law, international conventions and other copyright laws. All content, files, beats and sample packs on www.YouBeats.net are copyrighted.
    2. You warrant and agree that you will not post, post, distribute, transmit or otherwise publish through YouBeats any content or files that:
      • interfere with, prevent and/or restrict a visitor or any other member from using YouBeats.
      • are offensive, unlawful, abusive, threatening, defamatory, abusive, slanderous, defamatory of character, racist, profane, indecent, obscene, disgusting, vulgar, pornographic, sexually explicit and/or indecent.
      • involve or promote conduct that results in liability or otherwise violates the law.
      • infringe, plagiarize or violate the rights of any third party, which may include copyrights, trademarks, patents, rights of privacy and publicity, proprietary rights or any other rights of publicity without limitation.
      • contain a Trojan, virus or other malicious component.
      • contain any information, software or other material of a commercial nature
      • include advertising of any kind.
      • Disseminate or contain insinuations of fact and/or sources and/or false and/or misleading statements.


    2. responsibility for content
    1. You are solely responsible for publishing and distributing your own information, especially in the form of text, graphics and audio files, via the communicative services YouBeats offers you.
    2. You ensure not to infringe any third party rights (e.g. copyrights, patents, trademarks or other proprietary rights) with the content you distribute, in particular to comply with applicable criminal laws, legal provisions and regulations for the protection of minors and not to distribute any content that is racist, pornographic, obscene, offensive or unsuitable for minors. You also undertake to respect the privacy of others, not to disseminate any unsolicited mass mailings or unsolicited advertising, and to refrain from doing anything that could jeopardize the performance and availability of the services.
    3. The content received or sent or stored through the Services will generally not be reviewed or will only be reviewed within the scope of applicable laws.
    4. Should it be necessary to disclose and/or delete content to third parties due to legal provisions or judicial or official orders, you hereby agree that YouBeats is entitled to do so. This also applies to the disclosure of user data.


    3. royalty-free licenses.
    1. By posting and/or uploading files, with data submissions or any other form of communication (personal or shared) on YouBeats, you thereby grant us the perpetual, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive, royalty-free permission and license to use the data, Files and Communications to use, copy, store, distribute, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit, delete, exploit, reproduce, license, sublicense, adapt, publicly display, publicly play, publicly offer, display and otherwise exploit.
    2. You hereby waive any legal claim against YouBeats with respect to this communication for any alleged or actual violations of proprietary rights, privacy, publicity rights, moral rights, and rights of attribution.
    3. All beats and sample packs whose usage rights are offered for sale on YouBeats remain the property of the seller until a buyer has acquired the rights to the track through the sale. If a Beat/Sample Pack, or the rights to use the Beat/Sample Pack, has not been sold, its seller will recover all assigned rights associated with ownership of the Beat/Sample Pack.


    4. Rights to the content you publish on YouBeats.
    1. If you act as a seller on YouBeats, you hereby transfer to YouBeats all rights of use or exploitation, ancillary copyrights, reproduction rights, performance rights, distribution rights, publication rights and marketing rights in all forms, for all countries, unlimited and exclusive. Also included are all third-party exploitation rights.
    2. This consent form applies to the music/instrumentals they compose as well as all graphics, lyrics and content they create and publish on YouBeats.
    3. You hereby affirm that by making your compositions available for the \"Beats\" and \"Sample Packs\" section on YouBeats, you do not infringe any third party rights (e.g. copyrights, patents, trademarks or other proprietary rights) with your compositions/instrumentals and that your composition/instrumental was not produced with products of the companies MAGIX AG (e.g. Magix Music Maker) and eJay Entertainment GmbH (e.g. HipHop eJay) or similar (based on sample building blocks) music production software.
    4. You waive any financial claims against YouBeats arising from the exploitation, reproduction, performance, distribution, publication and marketing of your music and graphic files as well as lyrics and content published on YouBeats and from the embedding of your beats/sample packs on external sites. In case of further marketing outside of YouBeats, YouBeats will respect the moral rights of the author, i.e. always indicate the names of the authors and performers associated with the respective track.
    5. If you are under contract as an artist, you hereby agree not to publish any content on YouBeats that would violate your contract if published on YouBeats. This applies especially if rights of your contract partner, by publishing your content, are not compatible with those of YouBeats, which are defined by these terms of use, or result in disadvantages for YouBeats. Members of collecting societies, such as GEMA, GVL or RIAA, are not allowed to participate in YouBeats.


    5. Security of transmission.
    You acknowledge that you have been informed that transmissions to and from this website are not confidential and that your communications may be read or intercepted by others. You further acknowledge that in transmitting or communicating to and from YouBeats, no confidential, fiduciary, or contractually undisclosed agreement and/or any other relationship is created between you and YouBeats that is not pursuant to this Agreement.


    6. sample clearing
    You may not under any circumstances publish beats that contain uncleared samples! In case of infringement, you will be held responsible for all damages incurred, YouBeats liability is explicitly excluded. YouBeats checks all beats for violations and deletes beats with unresolved samples immediately. If we do not discover a beat, we will gladly accept hints. We expressly point out that for this purpose it is necessary to proceed according to [AGB E.1. remedial guarantee in case of infringement].


    C. Sale of discontinued material
    1. availability
    1. Your beats are available for purchase as soon as you define at least one price for a license and press the "Set Beat" button. To publish a beat you only need to upload the final product as MP3 or WAV/AIF. If you want to offer master files/multitracks/track stems (in the following master files), these must be uploaded in the uploadformualr as zip/rar file. The maximum file size is 750MB.
    2. Unsold beats will be deleted if needed.
    3. The seller agrees to constantly check the email inbox registered with us for messages. If one of the beats has been ordered or sold, the seller will be notified about it by our system via email. You agree to deliver missing files no later than 5 days after the beat has been paid for. If you do not deliver the master file(s) within the mentioned period and the buyer withdraws from the purchase, we will charge you the costs of 5,- Euro incurred by us and additionally the lost commission.
    4. Producers agree not to enter into any price or payment agreements outside of YouBeats with potential buyers and contacts created through YouBeats. Such price or payment agreements have the goal to avoid the commission payment to YouBeats. If YouBeats suspects such an agreement, the person will be warned and banned in case of a new attempt. YouBeats reserves the right to charge the lost commission to the seller or to offset it against his profit.
    5. The producer has the duty to remove exclusively sold beats from other portals. He also has the duty to constantly check his email inbox to prevent a double sale on exclusive beats. YouBeats dissociates itself from all claims for damages caused by negligence of the producer. YouBeats complies with its duty and sends emails when beats are sold.
    2. files
    2.1 Beats
    1. Your audio material must be an instrumental (beat), not a finished song.
    2. Your beat must be arranged ready.
    3. This beat can be in MP3 or WAV/AIF(F) formats
    4. If the beat is uploaded directly as WAV/AIF(F), an MP3 file will always be created by our system for a possible buyer.
    5. Your audio material must not contain a voice tag. Either with the YouBeats Voice Tag or if uploaded, Voice Tag from the producer
    6. Uploaded beats will be automatically tagged with a voice tag.
    7. The beat may be uploaded max. in 24BIT, otherwise the beat will not be automatically tagged with a voice tag.
    8. On YouBeats, beats in different genres can be offered in 3 different licenses: Standard Lease, Professional Lease and Exclusive
    9. Depending on the uploaded file format, only certain licenses can be offered e.g. you can only offer Standard Lease if you have only uploaded an MP3 file.
    10. It is possible to upload file formats afterwards to offer additional licenses.
    11. Sold beats will be archived on youbeats after deletion and will still be available to the buyer for download.
    12. Exclusively sold beats will be deleted and archived by YouBeats. The producer agrees to delete exclusive sold beats from other platforms and not offer them for sale again.
    13. YouBeats is not responsible if the producer does not follow the points and damage occurs as a result.


    2.2 Sample Packs
    1. For a sample pack upload, a pack of audio sample or beat (which was created with this pack) must be uploaded
    2. Your sample pack demo must not contain a voice tag.
    3. The Sample Pack Demo may be uploaded in 24BIT max, otherwise dthe demo file will not be automatically voice tagged.
    4. Your sample pack must be uploaded in zip/rar and must not exceed 3GB
    5. You also have the option to upload individual samples as a demo that can be played in a player to this sample pack. These demo files may contain voice tags.
    6. Sample Packs are only offered in the Non-Exclusive License
    7. It is possible to upload file formats afterwards to offer additional licenses.
    8. Sold sample packs will be archived at youbeats after deletion and will still be available for download to the buyer.
    9. YouBeats is not responsible if the producer does not follow the points and damage occurs as a result.


    3. license system
    1. The assignment of rights for the licenses are preset by YouBeats.
    2. The producer agrees to the license terms and assignment of rights of the YOUBEATS license system upon registration or with each upload. An overview of the assignment of rights can be found here
    3. The producer can adjust the license conditions there


    4. Voice Tag
    1. For all beats/sample packs uploaded to YOUBEATS correctly with all information, the system will create a sample with a voice tag.
    2. Each prduzent has the possibility to upload his own voice tag in the settings
    3. YOUBEATS reserves the right to delete voice tags without warning if they do not comply with the specifications or if they link to other pages.
    4. If the producer does not upload a voice tag, the YOUBEATS voice tag will be used automatically.


    5. Bulk Discount | Coupon Codes | Youbeats Discount.
    5.1 Bulk discounts
    1. Producers have the possibility to create bulk discounts at Youbeats in the sense of "Buy 1, get 1 beat free" or "Buy 1, get 1 sample pack free". In the shopping cart, the cheapest beats/sample packs are always marked as free.
    2. The bulk discounts always apply only to the particular producer. Each producer can have different discounts.
    3. The bulk discounts always apply only to the respective licenses. To activate a discount, equally licensed beats must be in the shopping cart
    4. If a producer offers bulk discounts, the free upcoming beats or sample packs must also be added to the cart before checkout. For example: a producer offers the following discount: buy 1, get 3 beats for free. In this case, the buyer should have 4 beats in the cart, with the cheapest 3 beats marked as free and not charged
    5. Discounting is not possible after checkout.
    6. A discount created by the producer will not have a double effect in the shopping cart. "Buy 1, get 2 beats free" does not mean "Buy 2, get 4 free" at the same time.
    7. When uploading the beat or sample pack, the producer has the option to exclude this upload from all discounts. These beats or sample packs will be marked accordingly. One has then no claim to a discount.
    8. YouBeats is not responsible for the discounts created by the Producer. The producer is not entitled to any compensation.


    5.2 Coupon Codes
    1. Producers have the ability to create coupon codes at Youbeats.
    2. A coupon code can calculate a discount of 1-50% for the shopping cart of the given producer in the given license.
    3. Once a coupon code is set by the producer, it will be Active until the set expiration date.
    4. Once the buyer enters a coupon code in the shopping cart and confirms it with OK, it will be calculated only for this producer and the respective license and already activated bulk discounts will be deactivated.
    5. It is not possible to combine a bulk discount with a coupon code.
    6. Only one coupon code can be used at a time for the given producer.
    7. Which producer has created which coupon code is not publicly displayed on the Youbeats page. The advertising for this must be done by the producer himself with the producer name, licenses and possibly links to his own beats page, which starts with https://www.youbeats.net.
    8. Producers are responsible for distributing the coupon codes themselves.
    9. There is no claim by the buyer that an inserted coupon code is still valid.
    10. There is no claim from the producer against youbeats for damages, if by a self-created coupon code, the beats are sold cheaper.
    11. YouBeats is not responsible for the Coupon Codes created by the Producer. The producer is not entitled to any compensation.


    5.3 Youbeats Discount
    1. Youbeats can give a discount on the total shopping cart.
    2. These discounts are only available through promotions and are not a permanent entitlement for the buyer.
    3. If a Youbeats discount exists, it will be deducted directly from the total cart value.
    4. The Youbeats discount can be combined with the bulk discount and coupon code, if any should exist from the producer's side.
    5. The Youbeats discount does not affect producer payouts and is independent of producer discounts.


    6. transfer of exclusive rights.
    1. By purchasing a beat on an exclusive basis, the buyer acquires the exclusive rights. The producer is and remains the author.
    2. All beats, or rights to use them, acquired on an exclusive basis are royalty-free to the seller, i.e. after payment of the beat, no further fees, participations or other costs, for whatever reason, have to be paid to the producer.
    3. If a beat is reused in any way for commercial or non-commercial use, the producer must be credited under his or her desired copyright name.
    4. If a Beat Exclusive has been sold, it will no longer be available for purchase and access will be blocked by YouBeats and later deleted by the system.
    5. It is strictly forbidden to resell beats sold on an exclusive basis or the rights to use them. A producer may not sell a beat sold on an exclusive basis, or the rights to use it, to another person for any reason. The producer himself is responsible for monitoring.
    6. An Exclusively offered or sold beat may have been sold before as a non-exclusive license like Standard Lease or Professional Lease. The rights that have been sold before are not affected by an Exclusive sale and remain valid until their sales limit is reached.
    7. Any resale of purchased licenses to Beats or its rights by the buyer is strictly prohibited and in violation of copyright laws.
    8. The rights that can be purchased are displayed at any time for each beat. Which rights the producer grants with the rights of use are displayed on his profile page.


    7. Transfer of Standard, Professional, Premium & Unlimited Lease Rights.
    1. By purchasing a beat in the Standard, Professional, Premium or Unlimited Lease licenses, the buyer acquires the corresponding usage rights to this beat.
    2. If the beat is reused for any commercial or non-commercial use, the producer must be named under his desired name.
    3. If a beat was purchased in the Standard, Professional, Premium or Unlimited Lease licenses, this beat can still be sold by the seller/producer to other persons.
    4. Any resale of purchased licenses to Beats or its rights by the buyer is strictly prohibited and in violation of copyright laws.
    5. The rights that can be purchased are displayed at any time for each beat. Which rights the producer grants with the rights of use are displayed on his profile page.


    8. transfer of non-exclusive rights.
    1. Sample Packs are generally sold more often and are therefore non-exclusive
    2. A purchased Sample Pack may not be resold by the Licensee
    3. The Licensee may use the Content in its own productions
    4. A beat created by the Licensor for demo purposes with the contents of the Sample Pack, may not be reproduced and sold by the Licensee
    5. The contents of the sample pack must not be used to create your own sample pack


    9. contract system
    1. By registering, users agree that after a purchase or sale, a contract for both parties on their behalf will be automatically created by the system and stored on our server for download. The contract will be created either according to the YOUBEATS or CUSTOM license system.
    2. After a purchase, the buyer can download the contract.


    10. Buyer payments
    10.1 General
    1. Your payment information will not be disclosed by YouBeats.
    2. The seller can view his sales on his page at any time at http://www.youbeats.net/music/members/transactionlist.html
    3. Bezahlungen werden in folgenden Formen akzeptiert:
      1. - PayPal Plus: PayPal, Credit Card, SEPA direct debit
      2. - Stripe: Credit Card, Apple Pay, G-Pay
      3. - Bank Transfer


    10.2 Bank Transfers
    1. If you are a registered user you will find in the shopping cart additionally the payment method bank transfer.
    2. When paying by bank transfer, a Beat/Sample Pack is considered as ordered for the time being.
    3. When an order is placed, the producer will be notified by email that his beat/sample pack has been ordered.
    4. Exclusive beats are reserved for a maximum of 8 days and are no longer accessible to other members. A beat/sample pack is not considered sold until payment is received. After receipt of payment, the producer and the buyer will be notified by e-mail and the download will be released.
    5. Ordering the beat is not a commitment. In the meantime, the producer may have sold the beat on another site. In this case you have no right to the beat or compensation. The payment will then be refunded by YouBeats.
    6. Should orders, with too often not received payments, have to be canceled by the admin, so the purchase, for the respective user, can be blocked by bank transfer.


    10.3 PayPal payments.
    1. You can pay via PayPal with a credit card, SEPA direct debit or PayPal instant payment
    2. You do not need an account at YouBeats to purchase beat licenses. You can also shop as a guest
    3. Pay via PayPal Instant Payment and the download of the Beats/Sample Pack will be made available to you immediately, provided the complete files have been uploaded by the producer.
    4. If not all files have been uploaded yet, the producer will be informed. Once all files have been uploaded, the purchase transaction will be set to Completed by the admin and both parties will be notified by email.
    5. If a payment cannot be executed immediately and the status is "Pending", an Exclusive Beats will be reserved until the payment has been executed or cancelled.
    6. The reservation of the beat in the above point, is not a commitment. In the meantime, the producer may have sold the beat on another site. In this case you have no right to the beat or compensation. The payment will then be refunded by YouBeats.
    7. Note: Only PayPal instant payments in the currency EUR are accepted. So you can not pay by PayPal bank transfer or use any other currency.
    8. Some of your personal information is transmitted to PayPal via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the Internet encryption standard for secure commercial transactions, when you purchase through PayPal. PayPal follows the highest standard of security internally to ensure the safety of your information and protect your payments. To the best of our knowledge, PayPal protects your privacy and does not sell or share your personal information with third parties.
    9. If you are not registered, you can only pay via PayPal. You must at least enter your e-mail address so that we can send you the download links. If you enter your e-mail address as a guest in the shopping cart and click "Checkout via PayPal", you also accept the terms and conditions.


    10.4 Stripe Payments
    1. You can pay by credit card, Apple Pay or G-Pay via Stripe
    2. You do not need an account with YouBeats to purchase beat licenses. You can also shop as a guest via Stripe
    3. The Beats/Sample Pack download will be made available immediately after payment provided the complete files have been uploaded by the producer.
    4. If not all files have been uploaded yet, the producer will be informed to do so. Once all files have been uploaded, the checkout will be set to Completed by the admin and both parties will be notified via email.
    5. If a payment cannot be made immediately and the status is "Pending", an Exclusive Beats will be reserved until the payment is made or canceled became.
    6. Reserving the beat in the above point is not a promise. In the meantime, the producer may have sold the beat on another site. In this case you are not entitled to the beat or compensation. The payment will then be refunded by YouBeats.
    7. Attention: Only Stripe payments in EUR currency are accepted. So you cannot pay by PayPal transfer or use another currency.
    8. When you purchase through Stripe, some of your personal information is transmitted to Stripe over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), the Internet encryption standard for secure commercial transactions. Stripe protects your privacy to the best of our knowledge and does not sell or give your personal information to third parties.


    10.5 Completion
    1. An exclusive beat that has been sold will be removed from the offer only after payment has been received and can no longer be purchased by other users.
    2. When selling all other licenses, the beat or sample pack remains on offer.
    3. Downloads of the master file(s) will be released only after payment has been received and uploaded by the seller, no later than 5 days after payment has been received.
    4. On cancellation, the beat will be released again from the possible reservation and can still be added to the cart and purchased by everyone.
    5. Both parties will be notified by email.


    10.6 Term of payment.
    1. Payment for an ordered beat or sample pack with bank transfer, must be made within 8 days.


    10.7 Delayed payment.
    1. YouBeats has the right to cancel the purchase process at any time.
    2. YouBeats takes the right to block buyers from paying by bank transfer, if too often no payments are received and the purchase must be canceled by the admin.


    11. seller fee
    1. Uploading Beats and Sample Packs to YouBeats in all licenses is free
    2. Only when a beat or sample pack is sold are there costs that are directly deducted from the payment
    3. The sales commission varies depending on the single beat price and is broken down as follows: :

        Beat price Commission
        < €100,00 30%
        ≥ €100,00 < €200,00 25%
        ≥ €200,00 < €300,00 20%
        ≥ €300,00 15%


    4. If a seller has not yet entered their PayPal address or bank details, YouBeats will ask them to do so up to three times to enable a payout. If the seller does not respond after one month, all of the seller's beats will be deleted to prevent further damage. After six months of inactivity, the withdrawal amount will be retained as processing fees. After one year, the seller's account will be set to inactive. YouBeats distances itself from all claims for damages arising and arising from the inactivity of the producer. The producer is responsible for selling exclusively offered beats only once.
    5. If no beat/sample pack is sold, there are no fees accordingly.
    6. Please note that YouBeats has to bear costs such as server, web space, support team, bank fees, development costs, system maintenance, etc. We always try to keep our prices low.
    7. Should sales with buyers or contacts made through YouBeats be processed outside of YouBeats, YouBeats reserves the right to reimburse the seller for the lost commission invoice or offset against the profit. Such transactions only serve the purpose of avoiding commission payments. YouBeats also reserves the right to block the producer.


    12. downloads
    1. The quality of the audio samples are worse than the original and have a voice tag. Downloads approved after purchase do not have a voice tag and are of better quality.
    2. Downloads may exceed 50MB
    3. All stereo mixes and master tracks are available in MP3, WAV or AIF format in at least 16 bit, 44.1 KHz quality.
    4. Master files are delivered as separate master tracks. Whether these are delivered depends on the information provided by the producer. Not every producer offers the master files
    5. Non-exclusive beats/sample packs will continue to be available for download after purchase until the beat/sample pack is deleted from the system or access to the download blocked by the admin.
    6. Beats sold have been archived since July 2019 and can be downloaded by the buyer.
    7. A contract is automatically created during checkout and can be downloaded after purchase. This should be archived by the buyer in order to be able to prove the license agreement at any time.
    8. An invoice can be downloaded automatically after purchase
    9. If you encounter problems downloading or after a purchase, please contact youbeats.net@gmail.com


    13. income from sales.
    1. Income less commission will be credited to the producer's credit account
    2. The amount accumulated on the credit account will be transferred/paid out on the last day of the month + 3 days if the following criteria are met:
      1. - A PayPal account or a bank account must be stored in the settings
      2. - The minimum payout amount of €15.00 must be reached
      3. - There must be no open transactions. E.g. conflict with buyer because of poor quality or files not yet uploaded (only applies to very old beats)
      4. - The self-required minimum payment amount must be reached

    3. The payout costs are borne by the recipient..


    14. right of withdrawal
    You do not have a statutory right of withdrawal for distance contracts for products that are not suitable for return due to their nature, such as downloads of audio files (§ 312d paragraph 4 No.1 BGB).
    An exceptional case of return occurs when the producer, as the seller, is not able to deliver the files agreed in the offer. The producer must then bear the costs incurred.


    15. costs as an artist / listener.
    1. Setting beats/sample packs on YouBeats is free. There are no monthly costs.
    2. Producers incur costs when a beat/sample pack is sold. Please take the commission from the list 11. Seller Fee
    3. There is no cost for listeners.


    D. Customer service and notifications
    1. contacting the customer service.
    1. We always strive to respond to all inquiries in a timely manner, but do not guarantee to respond within a certain time frame or at all.
    2. Due to high volume of customer service requests, we do not provide phone support. All questions, comments, concerns and issues should therefore be sent via our website's contact form or emails to youbeats.net@gmail.com.
    3. We ask for your understanding that requests can only be made and answered in German or English.


    2. Notifications
    Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all notifications will be made via the contact form on YouBeats or directly to youbeats.net@gmail.com (for notifications to YouBeats) or to the email address you provided during registration (for notifications to you). A notification is considered received 24 hours after the email is posted or sent, unless the sender is aware that the electronic communication was not received.


    E. Final clause
    1. remedy guarantee in case of infringement.
    The content and presentation of these pages have been compiled to the best of our knowledge and belief in accordance with applicable law. Should you nevertheless see your rights, property rights or other legal provisions violated, we ask in the sense of the duty to mitigate damages for a message without cost note. We guarantee that the infringement will be remedied by immediately removing or changing the rightly objected passages. The involvement of a chargeable legal counsel on your part ("warning") is not necessary for this. If, however, you or a third party commissioned by you should trigger or cause costs to be triggered without prior contact and attempted mediation, these must be rejected in full. In addition, in such a case, you may receive a counterclaim for failure to comply with the aforementioned cancellation guarantee.


    2. Governing Law and Litigation.
    These Terms of Use and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Disputes between you and us regarding our services may be directed to our customer service department in the "Contact Us" section oder unter youbeats.net@gmail.com gemeldet werden.


    3. General
    If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or cannot be enforced, it shall be stricken and the other provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference only and are not intended to define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of any section. A failure by us to respond to a breach by you or others will not affect any of our rights, powers, privileges, claims or remedies to proceed or proceed against the particular circumstances to enjoin enforcement of any of those rights, powers, privileges, claims or remedies with respect to a subsequent or similar breach. Except with respect to this Agreement, which provides that a third party may in its own right enforce a provision of the Agreement, a person who is not a party to the Agreement shall have no rights under the Third Party Contract for Work Law to rely upon and enforce any term of the Agreement. However, this does not affect any third party rights or remedies that exist or are available apart from that law. This Agreement and the policies to which it refers govern the relationship between us and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.


    4. Online Dispute Resolution Platform (OS)
    The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS). You can find the platform at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/