Terms & Conditions

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the Indeez website, mobile applications, and related services, features, content, and tools (collectively, the "Service"). In these Terms, "Indeez," "we," "us," and "our" mean the operator of the Service. "You" means the person using the Service and, if you use the Service for an organization, that organization.

Please read these Terms carefully. By creating an account, clicking to accept, uploading content, buying or selling through the Service, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and any additional terms that apply to a feature you use. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. What Indeez Is

Indeez is an independent-music discovery, social, promotion, editorial, event, and commerce platform. Features may include fan, artist, label, venue, seller, or other professional profiles; full-song music discovery through Swipe; feeds, playlists, Top 5 lists, comments, links, the Zine, event information, analytics, subscriptions, advertising, and a marketplace or Shop.

Not every feature is available to every user, on every device, or in every location. We may add, test, modify, limit, suspend, or discontinue features at any time. The Service is not an insurance service and is not affiliated with any insurance business using a similar name.

2. Eligibility and Authority

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a binding contract to use the Service. The Service is not directed to children.

If you use the Service for an artist, band, label, venue, company, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization. That organization is responsible for your use and the use of anyone accessing its account.

You may not use the Service if applicable law prohibits you from doing so, if we previously terminated your account for a serious or repeated violation, or if you are subject to sanctions or trade restrictions that prohibit the transaction.

3. Accounts and Profiles

You must provide accurate, current information and keep it updated. You are responsible for protecting your credentials and for activity under your account, except to the extent caused by our failure to use reasonable safeguards. Tell us promptly at info@indeez.world if you suspect unauthorized access.

You may not impersonate another person or organization, misrepresent your affiliation, transfer an account without permission, create accounts to evade enforcement, or use misleading professional credentials. Profile names, artist names, venue names, and similar identifiers do not establish legal ownership merely because they are registered first.

Indeez may request identity, authority, payment-method, catalog, or other verification, particularly for professional accounts, high-volume uploaders, or sellers. Verification is an operational risk-control process, not a guarantee or endorsement. We may refuse or revoke a profile type or verification status.

4. Additional Terms and Policies

Some features are governed by additional terms presented when you use them, including music-upload terms, track-level rights certifications, artist, label, venue, subscription, marketplace, seller, copyright, AI and synthetic-content, and community rules. The Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data.

If additional terms conflict with these Terms for a specific feature, the additional terms control for that feature. Policies and feature terms incorporated into these Terms form part of your agreement with Indeez.

5. Your Content and Ownership

"User Content" means music, sound recordings, musical compositions, artwork, photographs, names, likenesses, biographies, metadata, profile information, comments, links, GIFs, event listings, product listings, and other material you submit, upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Service.

You retain ownership of your User Content. These Terms do not transfer ownership of your recordings, compositions, artwork, names, likenesses, or other intellectual property to Indeez.

You are responsible for your User Content. You represent and warrant that:

• you own it or have every right, permission, license, and consent needed to submit it and grant the licenses in these Terms;
• our permitted use will not infringe copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy, contract, or other rights;
• it is accurate where accuracy matters, including metadata, event, identity, and product information; and
• it complies with law, these Terms, and applicable feature policies.

6. License You Grant to Indeez

To operate the Service, you grant Indeez a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, for as long as your User Content is available through the Service and for a reasonable technical wind-down period afterward, to host, store, reproduce, encode, transcode, format, cache, transmit, stream, publicly perform, communicate to the public, display, distribute within the Service, organize, index, analyze, moderate, and otherwise use your User Content:

• to provide, secure, troubleshoot, maintain, and improve the Service;
• to display and deliver your content through profiles, Swipe, feeds, search, Top 5 lists, playlists, comments, the Zine, event or marketplace features, and other Service surfaces;
• to recommend and promote your User Content and your presence on Indeez; and
• to market Indeez using Service screenshots, links, excerpts, artwork, names, handles, and other promotional material associated with your public content.

This license includes the right to make technical copies and to sublicense these limited rights to hosting providers, content-delivery networks, moderation vendors, analytics providers, payment and commerce providers, and other service providers acting for Indeez. It does not allow those providers to use your User Content for their independent purposes.

The license does not authorize Indeez to train a generative-AI model on your protected music or other protected User Content unless you separately and affirmatively agree. Indeez may use automated systems and machine learning for recommendations, ranking, search, fraud and duplicate detection, safety, moderation, accessibility, analytics, metadata extraction, and technical operation of the Service.

You also permit other users to view, listen to, interact with, share links to, and otherwise use your publicly available User Content through Service functionality, subject to these Terms. You may not use settings or tools to revoke rights already exercised before removal where reversal is technically impracticable, but Indeez will stop new uses within a reasonable period after valid removal.

7. Music Uploads and Full-Song Playback

Only an owner or authorized uploader may upload music. Upload authority must cover both the sound recording and the underlying musical composition, along with all relevant samples, featured performances, producer interests, publisher and songwriter interests, label or distributor rights, union obligations, artwork, names, likenesses, metadata, and other third-party material.

Music accepted into Swipe plays in full. By submitting music for Swipe or another full-play feature, you specifically authorize full-song playback within that feature under the applicable music-upload terms. Indeez does not promise acceptance, placement, a minimum number of plays, or continued availability.

Describing uploaded music as promotional content does not eliminate any statutory public-performance, mechanical, neighboring-right, or other licensing or payment obligation that may independently apply. Nothing in these Terms is a determination of whether a license, royalty, or payment is legally required.

We may use duplicate detection and rights review. The first account to upload a track is not automatically its legal owner. We may pause, remove, geoblock, or restrict disputed content while the parties resolve their rights, and we do not adjudicate private ownership or contract disputes.

8. Swipe, Recommendations, Rankings, and Promotion

Swipe is intended as a discovery experience for eligible music. Indeez does not accept paid placement inside Swipe. Paid advertising or promotion may appear in other clearly identified areas of the Service, such as a main feed or the Zine.

Recommendations, rankings, search results, feeds, analytics, and discovery features may use automated and editorial signals, including user activity, catalog information, content quality, safety, availability, and product testing. They are not guaranteed to be random, equal, unbiased, complete, or permanent.

Indeez does not guarantee exposure, streams, followers, audience growth, sales, income, placement, career results, or any other outcome.

9. Social Features and Third-Party Links

Comments, replies, reactions, GIFs, links, profiles, and similar interactions are User Content. Other users may link to your profile or public content. Linked or embedded material may be provided by third parties and may open in an in-app browser or external service. Indeez does not control third-party content, availability, security, or privacy practices.

You may report content or conduct and may block users where those tools are available. Blocking does not guarantee that all contact or visibility will end in every context.

10. Acceptable Use

You may not use the Service to:

• violate law or another person's intellectual-property, publicity, privacy, contractual, or other rights;
• upload music, artwork, products, event information, or other material without required authority;
• harass, threaten, exploit, stalk, dox, discriminate against, or encourage harm to another person;
• sexualize or exploit minors, solicit prohibited contact with minors, or distribute child sexual abuse material;
• impersonate others, falsely claim professional status, or use deceptive synthetic media, voice cloning, or likeness cloning;
• post unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, hateful, violent, sexually exploitative, or otherwise prohibited content;
• sell counterfeit, stolen, unsafe, recalled, illegal, or prohibited goods;
• manipulate streams, engagement, rankings, reviews, reports, recommendations, or platform metrics;
• distribute spam, malware, malicious code, phishing, scams, or unauthorized advertising;
• scrape, harvest, crawl, or collect data or content by automated means except as expressly allowed;
• reverse engineer, bypass, interfere with, overload, or defeat access, security, moderation, or technical controls;
• use another user's account or personal data without authorization;
• use protected User Content to train an AI model without the rights holder's authorization; or
• help another person do any of the above.

Our Community Guidelines may provide additional examples. The list above is not exhaustive.

11. Moderation and Enforcement

Indeez may review, investigate, label, reject, mute, restrict, geoblock, remove, preserve, or disable access to content or features. We may warn users, hold transactions where permitted, suspend or terminate accounts, refuse re-registration, or notify appropriate authorities when we reasonably believe action is needed to enforce these Terms, protect users or third parties, preserve evidence, address legal or safety risk, or operate the Service.

We may use human and automated review. We do not promise to review all content or to identify every violation. Moderation decisions do not establish legal ownership, truth, or liability. If an appeal process is available, instructions will be provided with the decision or in the applicable policy.

12. Copyright and Other Rights Complaints

We respect intellectual-property rights and maintain a policy for copyright complaints, counter-notices, and repeat infringers consistent with applicable law. The current complaint instructions will be published in our Copyright Policy. Until a designated DMCA agent is publicly identified and registered, do not assume that a general support address is a statutory DMCA agent.

For non-DMCA concerns involving trademark, publicity, impersonation, privacy, or ownership disputes, contact info@indeez.world with sufficient information for us to evaluate the issue.

We may remove or restrict material while reviewing a claim. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a copyright notice or counter-notice may create legal liability.

13. Marketplace, Sellers, and Physical Goods

The Shop may allow independent sellers to offer merchandise, vinyl, and other approved goods. Unless a listing states otherwise, the seller — not Indeez — is responsible for the product, description, authenticity, safety, inventory, pricing, taxes, fulfillment, shipping, customer support, returns, refunds, recalls, and legal compliance.

Indeez may facilitate listings, checkout, payment processing, communications, or dispute tools through third-party providers. Separate Marketplace and Seller Terms apply. Indeez is not the manufacturer of third-party goods and does not guarantee a seller, product, delivery date, or transaction.

Physical and digital goods may be treated differently, and purchase availability may vary by device, app store, and location.

14. Subscriptions, Premium Features, and Payments

Indeez may offer paid subscriptions, analytics, promotions, or other premium features. Before purchase, we will display material terms such as price, billing period, renewal terms, and available cancellation method.

If a subscription renews automatically, you authorize recurring charges until you cancel through the channel where you purchased it. App-store purchases are also subject to the applicable store's terms and billing rules. Refunds, chargebacks, taxes, and payment processing may be handled by Indeez, an app store, a payment processor, or another provider as disclosed at checkout.

Except where law or purchase terms require otherwise, fees are nonrefundable once the paid service has been provided. We may change future prices with advance notice required by law. Paid features do not guarantee business, audience, or financial results.

15. Events, Venues, Editorial Content, and Advertising

Event listings, venue information, artist information, editorial content, and third-party promotions may change or contain errors. Unless Indeez expressly states that it is the organizer or ticket seller, it is not responsible for event cancellation, venue operations, performer conduct, admission, accessibility, safety, ticketing, or refunds.

Advertising and sponsored content may appear in designated areas and will be identified where required. Paid promotion is not permitted inside Swipe. An advertiser's presence does not mean Indeez endorses it.

16. Our Materials and Brand

Except for User Content, Indeez and its licensors own the Service, software, designs, interfaces, trademarks, logos, editorial material, and related intellectual property. Subject to these Terms, Indeez grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to access and use the Service for its intended purposes.

You may not copy, sell, license, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, or commercially exploit our materials except as law permits or we authorize in writing. Feedback you voluntarily provide may be used without restriction or compensation, but we do not acquire ownership of any protected content included in the feedback.

17. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we use it, when we disclose it, how long we retain it, and the choices available to you. By using the Service, you acknowledge that processing described in the Privacy Policy.

18. Service Changes, Availability, and Beta Features

The Service may be prelaunch, experimental, or offered in beta. Features, catalogs, interfaces, playback behavior, limits, and business models may change. We do not promise uninterrupted access, permanent storage, error-free operation, or continued availability of any content, feature, account type, or third-party integration.

You should keep copies of content and records important to you. We may schedule maintenance or respond to outages, legal demands, security issues, and events outside our control.

19. Suspension, Termination, and Account Deletion

You may stop using the Service at any time and may request account deletion through available account settings or by contacting info@indeez.world. Deletion may not remove public content copied or reshared by others, transaction records, rights certifications, safety records, or information we must retain for legal, fraud-prevention, dispute, accounting, or enforcement purposes.

Indeez may suspend or terminate access for a violation, legal or safety risk, prolonged inactivity, discontinuation of the Service, or another legitimate operational reason. Where appropriate, we may provide notice or an opportunity to appeal, but immediate action may be necessary.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends. Provisions that by their nature should survive — including ownership, licenses for uses already made and reasonable technical wind-down, payment obligations, disclaimers, liability limitations, indemnity, dispute provisions, and record retention — will survive.

20. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." INDEEZ DISCLAIMS EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ACCURACY.

INDEEZ DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS; THAT CONTENT OR USERS WILL BE ACCURATE, AUTHORIZED, OR SAFE; OR THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE DISCOVERY, EXPOSURE, REVENUE, SALES, OR OTHER RESULTS.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of this section may not apply to you.

21. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INDEEZ AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OPPORTUNITY, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THEIR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $100 OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO INDEEZ FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

These limits do not apply where prohibited, including to liability that cannot legally be limited. Nothing in these Terms limits rights or remedies you have under mandatory consumer-protection law.

22. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, if you use the Service for commercial or professional purposes, upload music or other content, organize or promote events, or sell goods, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Indeez and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from third-party claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, and reasonable legal costs arising from:

• your User Content, products, listings, events, or conduct;
• your breach of these Terms or applicable additional terms;
• your violation of law or another person's rights; or
• a dispute between you and another rights holder, collaborator, buyer, seller, artist, label, venue, or third party.

Indeez will provide reasonable notice, may control the defense and settlement, and will reasonably cooperate at your expense. You may not settle a claim in a way that admits fault by or imposes obligations on Indeez without our written consent. This section does not require a consumer to indemnify Indeez where prohibited by law and does not prevent a third party from bringing a claim.

23. Disputes

Before filing a formal claim, you and Indeez agree to make a good-faith effort to resolve it informally. Send a written description of the dispute and requested resolution to info@indeez.world. Either party may seek urgent injunctive or equitable relief when necessary to prevent immediate harm.

These Terms do not require arbitration and do not waive your right to a jury trial or class proceeding. Any dispute that is not resolved informally may be brought in a court with lawful jurisdiction. Applicable law will be determined under that court's conflict-of-laws rules unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

24. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect legal, product, safety, or business changes. We will post the revised Terms and update the effective date. If a change materially reduces your rights or materially increases your obligations, we will provide additional notice when reasonably practicable and as required by law.

Changes apply prospectively. If you do not agree to revised Terms, stop using the Service and delete your account before they take effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

25. General Terms

Electronic communications. You agree that electronic notices and records satisfy legal writing requirements where permitted. Keep your contact information current.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. Indeez may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or transfer of the Service, subject to applicable law.

Severability. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified only as much as necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue.

No waiver. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

No agency. These Terms do not create an employment, partnership, joint venture, franchise, or agency relationship.

Force majeure. Indeez is not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

Entire agreement. These Terms and incorporated feature terms and policies are the entire agreement regarding the Service and replace prior agreements on the same subject.

26. Mobile App Terms

If you download the App from Apple's App Store, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Indeez, not Apple; Apple is not responsible for the App or its support; Apple has no warranty obligation except any refund required by its rules; Apple is not responsible for claims relating to the App; Apple is a third-party beneficiary of these mobile-app terms and may enforce them; and your use must comply with applicable third-party terms. The license granted for the App is limited to a nontransferable license to use it on Apple-branded products you own or control as permitted by Apple's usage rules and Family Sharing or volume-purchase rules.

If you download the App from another app store, that store's applicable terms also apply. Indeez, not the app store, remains responsible for the Service except as the store's terms expressly provide.

27. Contact

Questions or legal notices may be sent to:

Indeez — Email: info@indeez.world

Questions: info@indeez.world