Legal
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Who Owns My Music?
You do! DistroKid does not take any ownership or intellectual property rights from artists. You keep 100% ownership.
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What is the Minimum Age to Use DistroKid?
You must be 18 years of age or older to sign up for DistroKid, per our Distribution Agreement. If you're younger than that, please have an adult sign up on your behalf.
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Do I Need to Copyright My Music Before Uploading?
This is not legal advice, and we are not your lawyer. But... under the present copyright law, which became effective January 1, 1978, a work is automatically protected by copyri...
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What are DistroKid's Terms of Service?
Please see our Terms of Service & Distribution Agreement below. Terms of service: https://distrokid.com/terms/ Distribution Agreement: https://distrokid.com/agreement/
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Is DistroKid Exclusive? Can I Still Use Other Distributors?
DistroKid is non-exclusive. If you'd like to distribute some (or all) of your works with a different distributor in addition to, or instead of, DistroKid--you're welcome to do t...
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DMCA Takedowns and Counterclaims
DistroKid takes intellectual property rights seriously. To maintain legal compliance, best practices, and the integrity of it’s services, DistroKid is constantly working to ensu...
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What is DistroKid's Privacy Policy?
DistroKid's privacy policy can be found here: https://distrokid.com/privacy/
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What is Streaming Fraud?
Artificial Streaming, also known as streaming fraud, is when an artist uses artificial means to increase their stream counts. This is bad. Don't do it. This is serious business ...
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