These Terms & Conditions (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you (the “Artist,” “Licensor,” “you”) and Print Your Tracks, LLC, operator of the video game New Hype City (the “Game,” “Licensee,” “we,” “us”). You accept these Terms by checking the required boxes and submitting one or more audio recordings (each a “Track”) through the Game’s artist submission page. If you do not agree, do not submit a Track.
1. Definitions
- “Track” means each master sound recording you submit, together with the underlying musical composition (lyrics and melody) embodied in it.
- “Master Rights” means all rights in the sound recording. “Publishing Rights” means all rights in the underlying musical composition, including lyrics and melody.
- “Virtual Currency” means the in-game currency used to acquire records in the Game, which has no real-world cash value, is not redeemable for money, and cannot be transferred outside the Game.
- “Promotional Link” means the outbound hyperlink you provide (e.g. Linktree, Spotify, Bandcamp) to be displayed alongside your Track.
- “UGC” (user-generated content) means gameplay footage, streams, clips, or recordings captured by players that may include your Track.
2. Rights Granted
You grant us, our agents, successors, and assigns a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable synchronization license to use, host, reproduce, encode, cache, and synchronize each Track for use in the Game. This license specifically includes each of the following:
- Synchronization / In-Game Use. The right to synchronize the Track with visual and interactive elements of the Game, including gameplay, DJ decks, venues, and menus.
- Live Streaming & Public Performance. A non-exclusive right to transmit, stream, and publicly perform the Track in real time within the Game’s interactive environments and multiplayer lobbies, including performance to other players present in a shared session.
- User-Generated Content. The right for players to capture, stream, broadcast, and record their gameplay containing the Track on third-party platforms (e.g. Twitch, YouTube), and you agree not to issue takedown notices, Content ID claims, or copyright strikes against players, us, or those platforms for gameplay UGC that includes your Track as used in the Game.
- Reproduction & Hosting. The right to store and reproduce the Track on our servers and to make transient/session copies as technically necessary to deliver the above uses.
- Promotional Display. The right to display your name, Track title, artwork you provide, and your Promotional Link within the Game.
3. Consideration — Promotional Link Only
As the sole and complete consideration for the rights you grant, we will display your Promotional Link alongside your Track in the Game while the Track is hosted. You acknowledge and agree that:
- No fee, royalty, advance, or revenue share of any kind is or will become payable to you.
- We do not guarantee, and are not liable for, the uptime, availability, traffic volume, click-through, or any outcome arising from the Promotional Link, which is hosted and controlled by third parties.
- The promotional exposure is provided “as is” and its value, if any, is not warranted.
4. In-Game Economy & Compensation Waiver
You understand and agree that your Track is distributed within the Game through an in-game marketplace that operates exclusively on Virtual Currency with no real-world cash value. You expressly:
- Agree that players acquire records using Virtual Currency only;
- Waive any right to financial compensation, royalties, mechanical or performance royalties, or any revenue split arising from in-game transactions involving your Track;
- Acknowledge that no real-money feature of the Game grants access to submitted Tracks.
5. Review, Player Acquisition, Track Removal & Refunds
- Review & Discretionary Inclusion. Submission does not guarantee inclusion. We review submissions at our discretion for quality and suitability and may accept, decline, or later remove any Track for any reason. Our review is not a verification of your ownership or rights and does not reduce or waive your warranties in Section 6.
- Player Acquisition. If a Track is accepted, we add it to the Game’s database and make it available for purchase in one or more in-game shops. Players purchase your Track using Virtual Currency and may then play it in their lobbies.
- Perpetual Player Right (While Hosted). Once a player purchases your Track, that player retains the right to stream and perform that Track in their lobbies for as long as the Track remains hosted in the Game, subject to these Terms.
- Artist Removal Right. You may remove your Track at any time via the artist portal or by written notice. Upon removal, we will stop offering the Track for purchase and delete it from the Game’s database, ceasing to make it available within a commercially reasonable period.
- Player Refund on Removal. When you remove a Track, each player who purchased it will be refunded the amount of Virtual Currency they paid. Because Virtual Currency has no cash value, no monetary refund is owed to any party.
6. Artist Warranties & Ownership
You represent and warrant that:
- 100% Ownership. You own or control 100% of both the Master Rights and the Publishing Rights in each Track, including all lyrics, melodies, samples, and performances, and you have full authority to grant every right in these Terms.
- No Third-Party Clearance Needed. Your Track contains no uncleared samples, interpolations, or other content owned by anyone else, and no other person (co-writer, producer, label, publisher, PRO, featured performer, or sample owner) is entitled to consent or payment for the uses granted here.
- Non-Infringement. Our use of the Track as permitted will not infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity, moral right, or any other right of any third party.
- Accurate Account Identity. The account information you provided (including your email address) is accurate and belongs to you, and you are authorized to accept these Terms on behalf of yourself or the rights-holding entity you represent.
- Age. You are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction, or have the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms on your behalf.
7. Indemnification
- By Artist. You will indemnify and hold harmless Print Your Tracks, LLC and its successors, assigns, sublicensees, players, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or connected with any breach of your representations or warranties, or any claim that a Track infringes third-party rights.
- By Licensee. We will indemnify and hold you harmless from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) arising from our use of a Track in a manner not permitted by these Terms.
8. Retained Rights
You retain ownership of your Track and all rights not expressly granted here. Nothing in these Terms transfers copyright to us. We do not challenge your ownership, and you do not challenge our rights under these Terms during their effect. Aside from the promotional consideration in Section 3, no payments, fees, or royalties are owed to you.
9. Term & Termination
- These Terms take effect when you accept them and continue for each Track until that Track is removed under Section 5 or these Terms are terminated.
- Either party may terminate as to a given Track on written notice. On termination, we will stop offering that Track for purchase and delete it within a commercially reasonable period; the player refund mechanic in Section 5 applies.
- Sections 4 (waiver), 6 (warranties), 7 (indemnification), and 8 (retained rights) survive termination as to uses that occurred while the Track was hosted.
10. General Provisions
- Sublicensing & Assignment. We may sublicense the rights granted (e.g. to players) as needed to operate the Game, and may assign these Terms to a successor to the Game or business. You may not assign these Terms.
- Entire Agreement; Changes. These Terms are the entire agreement on their subject matter. We may update them; material changes will be presented for renewed acceptance, and the version you accepted governs Tracks submitted under it.
- No Obligation to Use. We are not obligated to host, feature, or continue to make available any submitted Track and may decline or remove submissions at our discretion.
- Governing Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, applicable to contracts made and performed entirely therein, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.
- Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
11. Acceptance
By checking the required boxes shown at submission (see Appendix A) and clicking “Submit,” you agree to these Terms for every Track you submit under them. We record the date, time, your account identifier, and the agreement version as evidence of your acceptance.
Appendix A — Submission Page Acceptance Checkboxes
The “Submit” button stays disabled until all three required boxes are checked. All boxes are unchecked by default (never pre-check them). The words “Terms & Conditions” in the first box must link to this document.
☐RequiredI have read and agree to the New Hype City Artist Submission Terms & Conditions.
☐RequiredI own or control 100% of the rights to this music — both the recording and the underlying song — including any samples, and I have the right to submit it.
☐RequiredI understand I will not be paid, and that my music is sold only for in-game currency that has no cash value.
☐Add when age handling is builtI am at least 18 years old, or I have my parent or guardian’s consent to submit.