Terms & Conditions

Introduction:

These terms and conditions govern your use of our website; by using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, do not use our website.

Legal Downloads:

We only sell LEGAL downloads here at Polarity Studio. We offer downloadable Products from a variety of Manufacturers. Each Manufacturer can track their Polarity Studio sales. You will receive full licenses and legal rights to use the content you buy from Polarity Studio. If you have any reservations about the validity of our service or Products, then please contact any of our manufacturers, who will be happy to confirm that we are an authorised digital retailer of their products.

License for Download and Use of Products:

You are granted a broad royalty-free non-exclusive license for every sound that you download from polaritystudio.net, which means you can sell music you have composed using these sounds and we never ask you for any royalty payment for usage of these samples. You may not resell or redistribute the individual sound files.

The contents of this product may not be used (wholly or partly) in the creation of any competitive product; including but not necessarily limited to; Sample Packs, Sample CDs, Sample DVDs, Virtual Instruments, Expansion Packs, Production Music, Library Music, Subscription Services, App Contents (Mobile or otherwise).

The license granted is granted solely to the original user/purchaser (Licensee) of the product. This license is not transferable or saleable.

Any audio demos are provided as “demos” and they are not licensed to you, and they may not be recreated or used in their current state. You may not re-sell this collection or transfer it to a third-party, as a purchased license is a single-user license and non-transferable.

All copying, lending, duplicating, re-selling, renting, uploading, file sharing or unauthorized trading of this content (or any part of this content) is prohibited by international copyright law. polaritystudio.net will not hesitate to take legal action against any person(s), company or individual(s) who fail to adhere to the terms of this legal agreement. If you have any questions about this license or you wish to report an individual who has flouted the terms of this agreement, then please contact us.

Buying Downloads:

The “Downloads” we sell are “Products” in digital format that are transferred from our server(s) direct to your computer. These Products are compressed into ZIP/RAR files (made smaller using compression software) to enable faster downloading. It only takes 1-2 minute to decompress a Product. We recommend use of WinZip or WinRar. 

If you are unsure about how to decompress your Product, then please contact us for assistance. 

Download Tracking:

‘The download links are active for ever in your account section. During this time you should download the file. All of our products are compressed to RAR/ZIP files. If you do not receive your download links in your email inbox within 24 hours then please contact us as soon as possible. We are there to help you. Due to the nature of the service, refunds are only available in exceptional circumstances at management discretion. 

Refund Policy:

Under the Distance Selling Regulations, you would normally have the right to cancel the contract of sale within seven days. However, this does not relate to software goods or downloads, which cannot be returned. You do not have the right to cancel an order once the Product has been downloaded. This does not, of course, affect any other rights that you may have.

Restrictions:

You may not give out your password to a third party. You are solely responsible for use or misuse of your account, whether by you or any third party. You are authorised to use the purchased Products for personal use only. You are not permitted to make copies of the Products with the intention to give, sell, loan, broadcast, send or transmit to friends and family or anyone else, as these acts would be a breach of copyright, resulting in a criminal offence. 

You may not upload Products to file-sharing or Torrent sites, or to Peer-2-peer file sharing sites, as this is illegal. We reserve the right to pass your details on to any sample label or manufacturer that holds the copyright should we find out that you have offered or sold Products on peer-2-peer networks, Torrent sites, Crack or Warez sites. You may not resell the Products and/or Material to any third party.

Certain software Products may allow you to transfer a license to a third party. Please check the terms and conditions of the license included with the software for further details, or contact us.

Intellectual Property Rights:

All Products, MP3 Demos, Materials, Artwork, Graphics, Text, Interfaces, Logos, Images and Photographs on this website are owned or licensed to r-loops SHOP and protected by copyright and intellectual property rights laws. We sell Products from third-party manufacturers and the right to sell these Products (and to display their product information and materials) has been obtained from the relevant manufacturers. 

Third Party Authentication:

During or after registration for an Account, you may choose to use a third party authentication system (such as Facebook) to log into the Service. If you do so, you authorize us to access and use certain account information from the authorized third party authenticator. For example, this information may include, but is not limited to, your public profile and information about friends or interests. For more information about how we collect information from you, and how we use it, read our Privacy Policy.

Downtime:

There may be temporary periods of downtime in the operating of the Site and breaks in the provision of the Services for technical reasons. We will make efforts to ensure that foreseeable breaks occur at night and are as short as possible.  

Limitation:

We exclude all liability and responsibility for any loss incurred by you or a third party in connection with this website or the Service we offer, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that effect computer equipment, software, data or other storage devices on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your purchasing and downloading of materials and Products from this site.

The minimal hardware requirements:

The minimal hardware requirements of the device that will be used by the client (for example: computer operating system, web browser, additional software, etc.)

Contact:

Plateia Ag. Paraskevis 7, 11144 Athens,
Greece

Email
[email protected]

Phone
+30 698 200 9030

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT OF PRODUCTS BY POLARITY STUDIO

Preamble

This agreement is constructed in order to provide protections and establish boundaries regarding the distribution of the products of Developers by Polarity Studio.

This AGREEMENT is made as of by and between: Polarity Studio, a business established under the laws of Greece, hereinafter referred to as (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Polarity Studio”); and

The “Developer” (also referred hereinafter as “you”, “your”).

Definitions

  1. “ Distribution ” is the commercial or non-commercial Reseller-to-Customer (R2C) sale of authorized product(s) to customers by digital or physical means.
  2. “ Product ” is the digital content created and owned by the Developer, packaged and prepared for Polarity Studio for distribution.
  3. “ Royalties ” are a percentage cut established on all sales of the Developers products by Polarity Studio.
  4. “ End Users ” are the individuals who purchase the product through us (Polarity Studio).

Requirements

Polarity Studio agrees to distribute the products of The Developer through our website. This agreement states that we will display your products on our website along with associated media and information and sell the products directly to our customers for instant download.

For every sale made the Developer will receive 50% of the value of the sale in royalties to be accrued in their account until a withdrawal is made. Polarity Studio will receive the remaining 50%.

The Developer can login at any time and view sales history and earnings in real-time. The Developer can then choose to withdraw the money or allow it to accumulate. There must be at least €50 in the Developer account before a withdrawal can be made. Once a withdrawal request has been made the transfer will be processed within 10 working days.

This agreement is non-exclusive which means the products can be distributed by any other means. However, the Developer agrees that the price offered on the Polarity Studio platform will be no less favourable than those granted to any other distributors of the Developer.

The Developer may request to add or remove products from the Polarity Studio platform through their Polarity Studio account. If The Developer wishes to terminate their Polarity Studio account, they must provide at minimum one (1) month of advance notice.

The Developer guarantees that the Work is 100% their creation, that it has not been plagiarized nor contains unauthorized content.

Single Samples and Sound

Polarity Studio will also be offering single sounds for sale using our website and credit system. All sales will be recorded and displayed in the developer accounts. Royalties for single sample sales is split equally (50%) between the developer and Polarity Studio.

Promotional Considerations

Polarity Studio reserves the right to run promotions or specific discounts on our website in order to increase user engagement and sales. We will use our utmost discretion to ensure that any promotions we run are for the benefit of everyone for the specific purpose of increasing sales on our site. The Developer share will be calculated based on the agreed 50% percentage and will be calculated using the final sale price.

Discounts may include:

Product Specific Promotions – These are promotions that affect a single product.

Site Wide Promotions – These are promotions that affect every product on the site.

Per User Discounts – These are promotions that only a single customer can use usually in the form of coupon codes that they can redeem at checkout.

Credits – This is a reward system that rewards customers with points every time they spend money. Whenever a customer purchases a product they will receive a percentage back in the form of Credits. Customers can then redeem these Credits for their next purchase. The percentage level will be determined by Polarity Studio freely by updating the platform. It is within Polarity Studio’s discretion to terminate the Credit reward system at any time.

Jurisdiction

Polarity Studio is a business established under the laws of Greece.

By accepting this agreement, you also accept all our Legal terms which are available to view through the Polarity Studio site. Polarity Studio will be able to update, amend, add, remove, and change the terms of this agreement and of the other legal agreements on the Polarity Studio site, without notice. In that case, the new terms and agreements will take effect within five (5) business days.

This agreement, and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this agreement or its formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Greece. Each party to this agreement irrevocably agrees that the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim (including any non-contractual dispute, controversy or claim) arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity, formation or termination. For these purposes, each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece).

Disclaimer

  1. Polarity Studio will not be held responsible for the misuse of your product(s) by customers and the sole responsibility belongs to the user(s) whose electronic devices contain these product(s).
  2. Polarity Studio will not be held responsible for any copyright infringement dealt as a consequence of the use of your product(s) by you or end users.
  3. Developers agree to all the terms herein unconditionally.
REFUND POLICY

Due to the nature and characteristics of the products and services listed on our platform, Polarity Studio cannot provide returns and/or refunds for said products and services.

SELLER & BUYER AGREEMENT

Polarity Studio will enable a contract between Buyer and Seller through a platform in the best possible conditions for both. The responsibility to legally fulfil the contract rests solely on Buyer and Seller.

This agreement sets out the rights and responsibilities of the Buyer and Seller, as well as the rights of Polarity Studios.

  1. Introduction

1.1 All POLARITY STUDIO terms and this agreement between Seller, Buyer and POLARITY STUDIO will have to be read, understood, and accepted in their totality in the process of registering as a user of the platform.

1.2 The POLARITY STUDIO website is an online platform. Buyers and Sellers must register for an account in order to buy or sell services and/or items. POLARITY STUDIO is not a party to any contractual agreements between Buyer and Seller though the online platform but merely facilitates transactions between the parties.

1.3 POLARITY STUDIO is an intermediary platform. POLARITY STUDIO is not responsible for fraudulent actions, made by third parties through POLARITY STUDIO.

1.4 POLARITY STUDIO is not responsible for poor quality services, poor quality items, or differences between announced and received items or services, by third parties through POLARITY STUDIO.

1.5 POLARITY STUDIO’s function is to facilitate transactions between Buyers and Sellers. Once the Buyer and Seller have entered into an agreement through the POLARITY STUDIO platform, both parties acknowledge that at this point in time POLARITY STUDIO has no further role or responsibility for any issue. Any post-transaction issues will be resolved between Buyer and Seller.

1.6 The POLARITY STUDIO service and all content and software associated therewith, or any other features or functionalities associated with the website or services, are provided “as is” and “as available” with all faults and without warranty of any kind. POLARITY STUDIO does not guarantee, represent, or warrant that use of the website or service will be uninterrupted or error-free. POLARITY STUDIO is not liable for any loss of profit (whether insured directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation, any loss of opportunity, or any loss of data suffered through use of or inability to use the website or services. POLARITY STUDIO specifically disclaims liability for the use of third-party applications and other software in connection with the POLARITY STUDIO service. The user uses the services solely at the user’s own risk. POLARITY STUDIO may discontinue the website or portions thereof at any time, without notice.

1.7 POLARITY STUDIO may, from time to time, and without notice, change or add to the Website or the information, products or services described in it. However, we do not undertake to keep the Website updated. POLARITY STUDIO is not liable to you or anyone else if any error occurs in the information on the Website or if that information is not current.

1.8 POLARITY STUDIO has no responsibility whatsoever over intellectual property problems, derived from our activity.

1.9 The use of our products will be made under the applicable intellectual property law, which Buyers must know and respect. In this way, we are not responsible for the use of products sold through our platform, or for the damages, problems or disagreements derived.

1.10 We do not offer legal advice on intellectual property. If you want to know more about the intellectual property law, and the use that can be given to our products, consult a specialist legal professional.

1.11 POLARITY STUDIO only supports via e-mail, the messages will be answered in order of relevance, POLARITY STUDIO has no responsibility to respond to any message if it is not necessary. POLARITY STUDIO only official contact email is [email protected]

  1. Rights and responsibilities of Seller

2.1 Rights of Seller

(a) A percentage of the selling price of his sold musical content. This payment always will be received once his musical content has been sold.

(b) The rights set out in the UPLOAD AGREEMENT FOR GHOST PRODUCTION and all other legal terms which can be viewed via the Polarity Studio site.

2.2 The Seller agrees that:

(a) It is his responsibility to upload, offer and sell any musical item or service through POLARITY STUDIO.

(b) He understands that POLARITY STUDIO is only an intermediary.

(d) He respects all legal texts and agreements in the POLARITY STUDIO site.

(e) He is directly, solely, and personally liable under the law if he violates any of the points of our terms and conditions. Therefore, he will have to face the law if a customer has a problem with any of his products, or if he has violated any of the applicable legal agreements.

(f) He is legally bound not to make any direct or indirect manifestation of authorship of any musical item, before, during or after its publication or sale at POLARITY STUDIO.

(g) He understands that the Buyer has the right to act as the creator or complete author of the musical item sold.

(h) The Seller has the responsibility to attend to the notifications and messages of POLARITY STUDIO, as well as to use an updated email that he checks regularly. The Seller is responsible for the possible consequences derived from the non-response of our notifications or messages.

This agreement extends to third-party users who indirectly witness any purchase of musical items on POLARITY STUDIO.

All legal liability of the confidential agreement rests with the Seller is the only one who can guarantee the agreement. POLARITY STUDIO has no responsibility if the Seller violates the agreement.

  1. Rights and responsibilities of Buyer

3.1 Rights of Buyer

(a) Receive the item for which he has paid.

(b) Receive the ownership of the intellectual property under the terms of the Transfer of Rights Agreement.

(c) Publish the work under his name, pseudonym, brand, sign, or anonymously.

3.2 The Buyer agrees that:

(a) It is his responsibility to purchase any musical item or service from third parties through POLARITY STUDIO.

(b) He understands that POLARITY STUDIO is only an intermediary.

(c) He understands that POLARITY STUDIO is not responsible for fraudulent actions by third parties on POLARITY STUDIO. The Buyer will have no legal claim against POLARITY STUDIO for any fraudulent action by third parties. POLARITY STUDIO will have no liability for fraudulent actions by Sellers.

(d) He understands once the item has been purchased, POLARITY STUDIO role and responsibility ends. Any post-purchase copyright or any other issue must be resolved directly between Seller and Buyer.

  1. Rights and responsibilities of POLARITY STUDIO

4.1 POLARITY STUDIO has right to:

(a) Change without notice or permission: the price policy, the distribution of commissions between Seller and POLARITY STUDIO, the price of any musical item published on POLARITY STUDIO websites, platform functions, and any user account information.

(b) Remove already published musical items for any reason.

(c) Reject the publication of any musical item or edit request on POLARITY STUDIO for any reason.

(d) Reject the petition of changes in the musical item or user account on POLARITY STUDIO for any reason.

(e) Edit, remove or add any information concerning the musical items or your user account for any reason.

(f) Cancel, freeze or delay a payment belonging to the Seller for any reason.

(g) Cancel, freeze or delay a payment belonging to the Buyer for any reason.

(h) Ask and demand information concerning your musical items or your user account.

(i) Receive a share of fees paid by the third party of sold items.

(j) Exhibit all musical items uploaded to the platform, while the items are published on POLARITY STUDIO.

(k) Polarity Studio will be able to update, amend, add, remove, and change the terms of this agreement and of the other legal agreements on the Polarity Studio site, without notice. In that case, the new terms and agreements will take effect within five (5) business days.

(l) Do not offer any warranty for items offered or sold by third parties through POLARITY STUDIO.

(m) Renounce all liability related of the act by third parties on POLARITY STUDIO.

(n) Cancel the purchase of a product before the final transfer of rights agreement has been signed by the seller

4.2 POLARITY STUDIO agrees to:

(a) Fulfil its obligations under our terms.

(b) Do not act fraudulently or in bad faith through our platform.

(c) Treat with care and respect the work of third parties.

  1. Avoiding commissions

5.1 POLARITY STUDIO requires you to make all payments to POLARITY STUDIO and to make payments to and accept payments from other Users in the purchase and sale of Services for POLARITY STUDIO projects directly through the mechanisms available on the Site.

5.2 You are strictly prohibited from attempting to negotiate the fee for a project with another user directly (outside of POLARITY STUDIO) after that project has been created/opened and before that project has been closed (i.e. during an ongoing project). This also applies to any project that was closed without a Seller being chosen and then contacting them about the project anyway. Both parties are responsible for notifying POLARITY STUDIO if the payment amount increases after the project is closed.

  1. Miscellaneous

6.1 Polarity Studio is a business established under the laws of Greece.

6.2 By accepting this agreement, you also accept all our Legal terms which are available to view through the Polarity Studio site.

6.3 This agreement, and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this agreement or its formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Greece. Each party to this agreement irrevocably agrees that the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim (including any non-contractual dispute, controversy or claim) arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity, formation or termination. For these purposes, each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece).

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This model contract is offered as a template as part of the electronic service offered by Polarity Studio on its website, so that parties interested in performing this transaction may make use of it, without Polarity Studio being a party to the transaction. Polarity Studio has no liability for any of the terms set out hereunder and/or any breached of this contract by the contracting parties.

  1. This agreement includes, on the first hand, the Assignee, interested in obtaining the full ownership of the intellectual property rights of the Work and making use of it according to the conditions established in this contract. On the other hand, the Assignor, as the original author of the Work, original holder of the ownership and exploitation rights of the Work, which are the main object of this contract, and the moral rights of the Work.
  2. POLARITY STUDIO is a portal and directory for the purchase and sale of the ownership rights relating to the sold Work; POLARITY STUDIO offers only technical support and online tools for the sale of these rights by their authors and the purchase of them by third parties, under the conditions of this Agreement. POLARITY STUDIO only acts as an intermediary, offering its technology so that the Work can be listened to on its platform by potential Buyers.
  3. The Assignor agrees to offer all ownership rights of the Work he publishes on this platform, under the conditions established in this contract, in exchange for a price fixed by him. POLARITY STUDIO is limited to managing the collection of the price offered by the Author of the Work.
  4. The Assignee agrees to make the corresponding payment, managed by POLARITY STUDIO, in exchange for receiving the files of the Work offered on the platform, and all the ownership rights of the Work, with the conditions described in this Agreement. This payment is irreversible and non-refundable.
  5. The Assignor offers for sale Work created by him, completely original and not containing illegal samples. On the contrary, if it contains Original Samples, they will be correctly specified in the product description by him.
  6. The Assignor claims that his Work has not been disclosed, meaning it has not been registered in any intellectual or virtual property office, in any database or record of any kind, and that it has not been shared with third parties or published on any website or media outlet.
  7. The Assignee obtains an original Work, understanding that the Work may contain legal free royalty use samples or licensed loops.
  8. If the assigned Work contains Original Samples, it will be announced in the product description. In this case, the Assignor would be responsible for managing the original rights of this sample with the original author who created the sample, as well as any management or publication with respect to this Original Sample. In any case, any Original Sample is not the subject of this. Polarity Studio will have no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights by the Assignor.
  9. The Assignor transfers all the ownership rights of his Work to the Assignee through an exclusive, unique, permanent, irrevocable, irreversible, unlimited, and worldwide assignment of intellectual property rights. The transfer of rights includes (but is not limited to) the full ownership rights of the Work, exclusive right to publish and/or record and/or reproduce and/or distribute and/or adapt and/or make available to third parties and/or transfer the Composition as well as the Recording (in whole or in part), all in the broadest sense and regardless of the form or medium in which the relevant act is performed (currently known or known in the future). Publication also means distribution, rental, loan, recitation, public performance, or broadcast of all or part of the Composition and/or Recording or reproduction thereof, regardless of the technology or medium used for such publication. As a result of the transfer described in this agreement, the Rights transferred in each Composition and Recording will fall into the Buyer’s assets as soon as the Buyer pays and POLARITY STUDIO receives the money for the Work.
  10. The Assignee is responsible for using the Work acquired under the conditions established in this contract and within the international legal regulations.
  11. The Assignor understands that all clauses of this contract are important and necessary for the transaction. In case of any breach of this contract, the Assignor must pay to the Assignee:

11.1 All the expenses that the Assignee has invested in the Work to which this license refers, including but not limited to: promotion, management, video clips, artworks, advice, etc.

11.2 A penalty of 10,000 EUR. This amount is considered a penalty, regardless of the damages caused.

11.3 Compensation for the damage and prejudice caused.

  1. The Assignor will benefit from equitable remuneration so that if the rights generated by the exploitation of his Work are disproportionate to the amount fixed by him to sell the exploitation rights of his Work through this website, he will be entitled to make a review of the fixed remuneration and to receive equitable remuneration for the rights generated (equitable, but taking into account all the effort and investment that the Assignee has put into the Work). In this case, if there is a right of equitable remuneration, the Polarity Studio will participate in a percentage of them (5%) as an intermediary in the signing of the contract of Ghost Production.
  2. The transfer of rights takes place when POLARITY STUDIO, as an intermediary and manager of the monetary transaction, receives the payment from the Assignee.
  3. The Assignor will not share any information about any transaction made through POLARITY STUDIO with any third party.
  4. The Assignor is obligated to provide technical support regarding the sold Work for one year after the Work is sold. The Assignor is also required to provide any administrative support, such as signing or filling out information if necessary.
  5. POLARITY STUDIO cannot be held liable by the Assignor or the Assignee for any infringement or legal problem concerning the Work. POLARITY STUDIO will only act as a mediator, within its capabilities, between Assignor and Assignee. If you have any complaints, please contact POLARITY STUDIO using the address details on the contact page, or directly via email: [email protected]
  6. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Assignor and the Assignee agree to indemnify and hold POLARITY STUDIO non-liable from any damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising from: (1) Assignor’s or Assignee’s breach of this Agreement; (2) any Content; (3) any activity in which you participate in or through POLARITY STUDIO’s services; and (4) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
  7. POLARITY STUDIO, maintains a copy of the Master of each sold Work, associated directly with the data of the Assignor, Assignee, and this contract in order to identify each transaction.
  8. POLARITY STUDIO may provide all Assignor or Assignee information to the respective counterpart of this agreement, if necessary (legal dispute, administrative issues, tax issues, etc).
  9. Polarity Studio is a business established under the laws of Greece.
  10. By accepting this agreement, you also accept all our Legal terms which are available to view through the Polarity Studio site. Polarity Studio will be able to update, amend, add, remove, and change the terms of this agreement and of the other legal agreements on the Polarity Studio site, without notice. In that case, the new terms and agreements will take effect within five (5) business days.
  11. This agreement, and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this agreement or its formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Greece. Each party to this agreement irrevocably agrees that the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim (including any non-contractual dispute, controversy or claim) arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity, formation or termination. For these purposes, each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece).
UPLOAD AGREEMENT FOR GHOST PRODUCTION

This AGREEMENT is made as of by and between: Polarity Studio, a business established under the laws of Greece, hereinafter referred to as (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Polarity Studio”); and

The “Seller” (also referred hereinafter as “you”, “your”).

Polarity Studio is a platform that acts as an intermediary to facilitate Ghost Production services between Sellers who publish their Work on the platform, with the purpose of transferring the ownership rights of it on an anonymous basis, to potential Buyers through the platform, who listen to the Work through the website and buy its rights online. Under no circumstances does this platform perform any activity related to intellectual property. That is to say, the function of this website is only to sell the Work of the Ghost Producer, offering its technological support as an online marketplace.

In this agreement, you as a Seller, affirm that you want to transfer the ownership your Work, in all territories of the world for an unlimited period of time, in exchange for the price that you stipulate, in anonymity, under the conditions established in the clauses of the Transfer of Rights Agreement and the Buyer & Seller Agreement.

As a Seller you agree to publish your Work on our site with the purpose of selling it in accordance with this Agreement, the Buyer & Seller Agreement and other legal agreements which are available to view on the Polarity Studio site.

This agreement is based on the following principles: ORIGINALITY OF THE WORK, CONFIDENTIALITY, and EXCLUSIVITY.

  1. ORIGINALITY OF THE WORK

1.1 You guarantee that the Work is 100% your creation, that it has not been plagiarized nor contains unauthorized content, that it has not been disclosed before, that is to say that it has not been registered in any intellectual or virtual property office, in any database or record of any kind, and that it has not been shared with third parties or published on any website or other media outlet.

1.2 In order to protect the rights of Sellers and Buyers, this platform will keep the data of the Work that has been the object of the transaction together with the identification data provided by the Seller and Buyer.

1.3. Polarity Studio will bear no responsibility for any breaches of this clause by the Seller.

  1. CONFIDENTIALITY

2.1 The operations where the platform intermediates are contracts of Ghost Production, so the confidentiality and anonymity of the Work whose ownership rights are transferred to the Buyer is an essential element of the contract.

2.2 Τhe Buyer will have the right to claim compensation against the Seller for any breaches of confidentiality. Polarity Studio will bear no responsibility for any breaches of confidentiality by the Seller.

  1. EXCLUSIVITY

3.1 You agree to publish your Work for the first time through the Polarity Studio platform.

3.2 You agree to transfer the ownership of the Work uploaded to Polarity Studio to a Buyer through the Polarity Studio platform.

3.3 The Seller may request to add or remove Work from the Polarity Studio platform through their Polarity Studio account. If the Seller wishes to terminate their Polarity Studio account, they must provide at minimum one (1) month of advance notice.

3.4 Polarity Studio is authorized to have the Work for sale on its platform while it is uploaded on it.

3.5 You agree to not release or publish the musical content that you are selling through Polarity Studio before or during the time that the Work is published on the Polarity Studio platform. All musical content you are selling through Polarity Studio is exclusive while it’s published on the platform.

3.6 Once the Work is purchased by the Buyer and it is removed from the platform, then Polarity Studio will have no further obligation with respect to the sold Work vis-à-vis the Buyer or Seller.

3.7 You as the Seller are required to maintain all original files concerning the Work (including but not limited to: master, mixdown, stems, instrumental, and project file etc.), for as long as the Work is published on Polarity Studio, and one year after the Work is sold and the ownership is assigned, in addition to having the technical capacity to access and process these files.

3.8 You agree to provide Polarity Studio with information, support, or additional necessary files regarding any Work offered or sold on the Polarity Studio marketplace (including but not limited to: mp3, wav, stems, instrumental versions, acapellas, project files, etc), as long as the Work is published on our platform and for one year after the sale.

  1. PARTIES’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

4.1 You, as the Seller, set the selling price. However, Polarity Studio will be able to designate maximum and/or minimum prices that the Seller shall comply with.

4.2 Polarity Studio will be entitled to keep 30% of the value of all transactions completed through the Polarity Studio platform. Sellers accept that this is a fair price for the Polarity Studio’s services and waive all rights to claim otherwise.

4.3 If the Work does not meet the Polarity Studio artistic standards, the Polarity Studio platform can reject it. Polarity Studio will have discretion to determine whether the Work meets the aforementioned standards. The Seller declares that they recognise Polarity Studio’s discretion under this paragraph and waive all rights to object thereto.

4.4 You can edit the price of your Work once it is already published, subject to approval by Polarity Studio.

4.5 Polarity Studio reserves the right to run promotions or specific discounts on our website in order to increase user engagement and sales. We will use our utmost discretion to ensure that any promotions we run are for the benefit of everyone for the specific purpose of increasing sales on our site. The Seller share will be calculated based on the agreed percentage as per paragraph 4.2 of this Agreement and will be calculated using the final sale price.

Discounts may include:

Product Specific Promotions – These are promotions that affect a single product.

Site Wide Promotions – These are promotions that affect every product on the site.

Per User Discounts – These are promotions that only a single Buyer can use usually in the form of coupon codes that they can redeem at checkout.

Credits – This is a reward system that rewards Buyers with points every time they spend money. Whenever a Buyer purchases a product they will receive a percentage back in the form of Credits. Buyers can then redeem these Credits for their next purchase. The percentage level will be determined by Polarity Studio freely by updating the platform. It is within Polarity Studio’s discretion to terminate the Credit reward system at any time.

  1. BREACH OF CONTRACT

5.1 The Seller will not share any information about any transaction through Polarity Studio platform with any third party.

5.2 The Seller agrees to attempt to resolve any complaints or disputes amicably.

5.3 The Seller understands that they will be liable to pay compensation to the Polarity Studio platform and/or the Buyer for any breach of this Agreement, the Transfer of Rights agreement, any of Polarity Studio terms of use or Polarity Studio legal documents which are available to view through the Polarity Studio platform.

5.4 Polarity Studio will take reasonable efforts to protect the data of the users accessing its platform.

5.5 Polarity Studio cannot be held responsible for any issue related to Work uploaded on the platform by a Seller. If you have any complaints, please contact us through our contact page, or directly via email: [email protected]

5.6 Polarity Studio can provide any and all of the Seller’s personal information to the Buyer, as necessary for the completion of the sale or compliance with the applicable laws.

5.7 To the fullest extent permitted by the applicable laws, you, as the Seller, agree to indemnify and hold Polarity Studio non-liable from all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising from: Seller’s breach of this agreement; (2) any Content; (3) any activity you engage in or through Polarity Studio’s platform; and (4) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

5.8 Polarity Studio is a business established under the laws of Greece.

5.9 By accepting this agreement, you also accept all our Legal terms which are available to view through the Polarity Studio site. Polarity Studio will be able to update, amend, add, remove, and change the terms of this agreement and of the other legal agreements on the Polarity Studio site, without notice. In that case, the new terms and agreements will take effect within five (5) business days.

5.10 This agreement, and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this agreement or its formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Greece. Each party to this agreement irrevocably agrees that the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim (including any non-contractual dispute, controversy or claim) arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity, formation or termination. For these purposes, each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Heraklion, Crete (Greece).