Last updated: August 14, 2026 · Version 1.0
These Distribution Terms govern your use of Wavmark's distribution service, which delivers your music to streaming platforms, download stores, and user-generated-content (UGC) and Content ID services ("DSPs"). They are an addition to, and form part of, the Wavmark Terms of Service, License Terms, and Privacy Policy. If these Distribution Terms conflict with the general Terms of Service on a distribution-specific point, these Distribution Terms control for that point.
"Wavmark," "we," "us," and "our" mean Pac Sun Group based in San Diego, CA. "You" means the account holder using distribution. A "Release" is a single track or an album you submit for distribution. Our "Distribution Partner" is the licensed third-party music distributor through which Wavmark delivers Releases to DSPs.
By submitting a Release for distribution, you agree to these Distribution Terms.
You set up a Release in Wavmark, add your audio file, metadata, credits, and cover art. When you review and pay the distribution fee, Wavmark delivers your Release to the supported DSPs through our Distribution Partner and assigns identifiers (including ISRCs) as needed.
You acknowledge that:
You must meet the age and eligibility requirements in the Wavmark Terms of Service to distribute.
If you distribute music by artists other than yourself (for example, as a label, manager, or on behalf of a band or collaborators), you represent and warrant that you have the authority to submit that music, to accept these Distribution Terms on behalf of every applicable rights holder, and to receive and account for their payments. You are responsible for paying and reporting to those parties.
You keep ownership of your music. Distribution does not transfer ownership of your recordings, compositions, or artwork to Wavmark.
You represent and warrant that, for each Release you distribute:
Through Wavmark, you may not distribute a cover of someone else's song, a remix, or a recording containing samples, even if you have obtained all necessary written permissions and licenses (including any mechanical and, where applicable, synchronization licenses).
Wavmark takes no ownership or copyright interest in your Release. You grant us only a limited license to distribute it. For each Release, you grant Wavmark and our Distribution Partner a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, encode, transcode, reformat, distribute, communicate, and otherwise process the Release solely as necessary to provide the distribution service and to deliver the Release to the DSPs, and you authorize those DSPs to use the Release under their own terms. Because the license is non-exclusive, you remain free to distribute elsewhere, though delivering the same Release to the same DSP through two services can cause duplicate-listing problems. This license lasts while your Release is distributed through Wavmark and ends when the Release is taken down, subject to DSPs' own removal timelines and any retention required for accounting, legal, or anti-fraud purposes.
UGC and Content ID. Your Release is also delivered to UGC and Content ID services (for example on YouTube, Meta, and TikTok). You authorize those services and our Distribution Partner to identify, monetize, and manage uses of your Release in user-generated content, and to synchronize your Release with user-created visual content, as those services' programs require. Revenue from Content ID and UGC is subject to the partner deductions described in Section 11.
Wavmark captures AI-provenance information at upload and asks you to disclose AI involvement in your Release. You represent and warrant that every declaration, label, and disclosure you make about AI use, authorship, and contributors is truthful, accurate, complete, and kept up to date. Providing false, misleading, or incomplete AI disclosures is a material breach of these terms and may result in takedown and withholding of amounts owed to you.
All metadata, credits, contributor identities, and other information you submit must be truthful, accurate, complete, and not misleading, and you agree to update it promptly as needed. You will not submit fictitious, false, or misleading credits, contributor identities, or ownership information, and you will not use metadata, artwork, synthetic vocals, voice cloning, or other material intended to confuse, misrepresent, impersonate, or falsely suggest affiliation with any person, artist, brand, label, or rights holder.
You will not distribute any Release that is unlawful, infringing, fraudulent, defamatory, hateful, or that violates a DSP's content policies or the Wavmark Terms of Service. We may refuse, remove, or take down any Release that we reasonably believe violates these terms or exposes Wavmark, our Distribution Partner, or a DSP to legal risk.
Wavmark may assign an ISRC and other identifiers to your recordings for distribution. Once a recording carries an ISRC through Wavmark, that identifier is tied to that recording; you will not reuse it for a different recording or attempt to duplicate it. To protect the integrity of these identifiers, recordings that have been distributed are removed by a reversible takedown rather than permanently deleted.
Distribution costs a flat fee per track, per year (an album is priced per track). The current fee is shown to you before you pay, and is charged to your Wavmark wallet balance when you submit a Release. The distribution fee is nonrefundable, including if a DSP later rejects or removes the Release.
Distribution is an annual service with a one-year term that automatically renews each year unless you cancel before the renewal date. If your Release will not renew (because you cancelled or payment could not be collected), we begin its takedown ahead of the renewal date. Because takedowns take several days to process across DSPs, we may start up to 7 days before the renewal date so your Release is removed by that date.
We may change the distribution fee prospectively; the fee shown to you at the time you submit or renew a Release is the fee that applies to it.
Wavmark takes no commission on your streaming royalties. Your streaming and UGC/Content ID royalties are collected by our Distribution Partner, which deducts its own accounting fees before remitting the balance to be paid to you. Those partner fees are currently approximately 5% of streaming revenue and 20% of UGC / Content ID revenue and may change. Payments to you will never exceed the amounts actually received for your Release from the DSPs and our Distribution Partner, regardless of any gross figures reported by a DSP.
Payouts are made through Stripe Connect. You must connect and maintain a valid payout account. Earnings are paid on a monthly cycle once you clear the $20 minimum payout threshold; amounts below the threshold carry forward. Streaming royalties are paid after the DSPs and our Distribution Partner settle, which typically lags the streaming activity by 3 months.
We are not a fiduciary and do not hold your funds in trust. We (and our Distribution Partner) may withhold, place in reserve, or set off amounts otherwise payable to you to cover actual or potential losses, third-party claims, chargebacks, reversals, refunds, taxes, fees, or costs, including where a Release is the subject of an infringement claim or suspected fraudulent or artificial activity (for example, stream manipulation). We have no obligation to pay amounts we reasonably believe derive from such activity, and if a chargeback or clawback creates a negative balance you agree to promptly repay it. You are responsible for the taxes on your earnings. Any objection to an accounting statement must be raised within one (1) year of that statement, or it is final and waived.
These Distribution Terms apply while you use distribution. You may request takedown of a Release at any time from your dashboard; takedown timing depends on the DSPs. We may suspend distribution, take down a Release, or terminate your access to distribution if you breach these terms, if a Release is the subject of a credible third-party rights claim, if your subscription lapses or fees go unpaid, if you abuse the service or a DSP, or as required by our Distribution Partner or law. If we take down or terminate for your breach, the distribution fee is not refunded and we may withhold amounts otherwise payable to you pending resolution.
Wavmark complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you believe a Release infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at nick@pacsungroup.com. On a valid notice, we will remove or disable access to and initiate takedown of the identified Release and notify the person who submitted it. That person may submit a counter-notification, and we will handle put-back in accordance with the DMCA. We maintain and enforce a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers.
Distribution is provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent permitted by law, Wavmark and our Distribution Partner disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and do not warrant any level of sales, streams, revenue, placement, acceptance, or availability on any DSP.
You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Wavmark, our Distribution Partner, the DSPs, and our and their affiliates, officers, and employees from any claim, loss, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: your Release and its metadata and artwork; your breach of these terms or of your representations and warranties; any third-party claim of infringement or violation of rights; any inaccurate AI or provenance disclosure; and any chargebacks, clawbacks, reversals, refunds, penalties, fees, or enforcement actions resulting from your Release or from any DSP you enabled. We may withhold amounts otherwise payable to you, or charge you, for the legal fees and costs we incur as a result of your breach or of a claim relating to your Release.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Wavmark nor our Distribution Partner will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, or data.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Wavmark's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to distribution or these Distribution Terms will not exceed the lesser of (a) the total amounts payable to you under these Distribution Terms, or (b) US $500. This limit does not reduce Wavmark's obligation to pay you royalties actually received on your behalf from the DSPs and our Distribution Partner.
We may update these Distribution Terms. If we make a material change, we will provide notice as required, and your continued use of distribution after the change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.
Please read this section carefully. It affects how disputes between you and Wavmark are resolved and limits your rights, including the right to go to court or to participate in a class action.
Informal resolution first. Before starting an arbitration or filing a claim, you agree to contact us at legal@wavmark.io and give us 30 days to try to resolve the dispute informally. Most concerns can be resolved this way.
Binding individual arbitration. If we cannot resolve a dispute informally, you and Wavmark agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to distribution or these Distribution Terms will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court, administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, except as stated below. The arbitration will take place in San Diego County, California (or, where the rules allow, by videoconference or on documents only), before a single arbitrator, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section.
Class-action waiver. You and Wavmark agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any class or representative proceeding.
Jury-trial waiver. To the extent any dispute proceeds in court, you and Wavmark each waive any right to a trial by jury.
Small-claims and injunctive carve-outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect its intellectual property, confidential information, or against unauthorized use of the service.
Limitation period. Any claim must be started within one (1) year after the events giving rise to it, or it is permanently barred, to the extent permitted by law.
These Distribution Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Subject to the arbitration section above, any dispute not subject to arbitration will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
These Distribution Terms, together with the documents they reference, are the entire agreement between you and Wavmark regarding distribution. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them to an affiliate or successor. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control. Questions: legal@wavmark.io.
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