Master clearance from this sound pack by WavSupreme is guaranteed.
In exchange for your payment of the license fee ("License Fee") associated with the applicable
sound recording and/or sample provided via this website (each, a "Sample"), we grant you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable,
perpetual right to publicly perform, distribute, or transmit the Sample in combination with other
sounds in music productions to create new recordings ("Recording(s)"), each of which shall be
considered a "derivative work,” as
such term is used in the United States Copyright Act of 1976, as amended. This license permits you
to modify, reproduce, use the Sample as incorporated in your Recording solely pursuant to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) You may use any Sample solely for Recordings on your own personal projects which are
distributed solely by you independently (i.e., beat tapes or mixtapes) without any additional
obligation to us or the Sample owner other than the License Fee as provided above, provided that in
the event that any Recording exceeds One Million (1,000,000) streams across Apple Music, Spotify
and YouTube, you shall be required to immediately obtain formal clearance of the Sample for use in
the Recording pursuant to procedure outlined in paragraph 1(d) below.
(b) You may not use or sublicense any Sample in isolation as sound effects, loops, or as source
material for any other form of sample, regardless of whether or not the Sample is modified by you
pursuant to the terms herein;
(c) You may not: (i) use or sublicense any Sample in a manner which is competitive to us or the
Sample owner; (ii) redistribute any Sample in new sample packs; (iii) sublicense, sell, loan,
share, lend, broadcast, rent, lease, assign, distribute, or transfer any Sample to a third-party
except as incorporated into a Recording; or (iv) use the name, image, likeness or other indicia of
identity of the artist, producer and/or writer associated with a Sample in any way without such
artist, producer, and/ or writer’s express written consent.
(d) With respect to commercial exploitations of Recording(s) containing any Sample, you shall not
sell, license, or otherwise commercially exploit any Recording(s) containing any Sample via a
third-party “Major Record Label” (as defined below) or “Qualifying Independent Label” (as defined
below) without: (A) contacting us so that we can connect you with the Sample owner to obtain formal
clearance of the Sample for use in the Recording(s); (B) allocating no less than fifty percent
(50%) of any advances, royalties, and/or publishing ownership received by you from the Major Record
Label or Qualifying Independent Label (as applicable) in connection with the Recording(s); and (C)
ensuring that the Sample owner is credited as a co-producer in connection with all commercial
exploitations of the Recording(s) on the liner notes of any singles or albums (in any
configuration) embodied the Recording(s), including meta-data where applicable, as well as any
advertisements in connection with the Recording(s).
(e) As used herein:
(i) “Major Record Label” shall mean a record label or company: (i) which is a parent or subsidiary
of, and/or is affiliated with (i.e., shares common ownership with), one of the “major” distributors
in the United States (which distributors are presently Sony, Universal and the Warner Music
Group/WEA), (ii) which is a parent or subsidiary of, and/or is affiliated with, one of the
so-called “indie” distributors which provide national distribution (which “indie” distributors
presently include, without limitation, Ryko, Caroline, InGrooves, The Orchard, Rounder,
Kobalt/AWAL, BMG, ADA and E1), and/or (iii) whose records are distributed by any such “major” or
“indie” record label, company or distributor including without limitation, Company’s own record
label.
(ii) “Qualifying Independent Label” shall mean any record label, company, or individual not
included in the definition of Major Record Label as provided in paragraph 1(e)(i) above which has
distributed any album and/or master which has exceeded an aggregate of One Hundred Thousand
(100,000) streams on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube in any given calendar month, or greater than
an aggregate of One Million (1,000,000) streams on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube in total.
Sample Clearance FAQ:
Q: If I’m just making beats to sell on my beat store platform, do I need to clear the sample?
A: No, you do not need to clear the sample with us to sell beats using the sample(s). However, if
an artist, Major Record Label, or Qualifying Independent Label (as defined above in section e)
contacts you about royalties and splits, you should contact us too.
Q: What if I’m not contacted for royalties but the artist gets a lot of plays via streaming?
A: If a song/recording using the sample(s) exceeds One Million (1,000,000) streams across Apple
Music, Spotify and YouTube, contact us.
Q: If I’m using samples to create for my upcoming beat tape to put on Digital Streaming Platforms
(Apple, Spotify, etc) do I need to clear the samples?
A: No. However, if said beat is used for commercial purposes or gets a commercial placement (Nike,
NBA, TV shows) – please contact us.
Contact us at wavsupremekits@gmail.com and include the following
information.
- Name of sample
- Which library was it sampled from?
- Describe the use of the sample
- Name & Label of artist requesting use of sampled song
- Name of song
- Contact Info (email & phone #)