Terms and Conditions

Artist League is an online platform for music discovery, artist profiles, music and community features, and the operation of music competitions.

The operator of Artist League and the users' contractual partner is:
Hani Chami
trading as Artist League
Sole proprietorship
c/o COCENTER
Koppoldstr. 1
86551 Aichach
Germany
E-mail: info@artistleague.de

Hani Chami and/or Artist League are hereinafter also referred to as "Artist League", "we" or "us".

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of the website artistleague.de, the web application provided through it, and the related features and services of Artist League.

To the extent special participation conditions or additional terms apply to individual services, in particular music competitions, these will be communicated to the user before using the respective service. Such special conditions supplement these Terms and take precedence over them for the relevant service in case of a conflict.

The Terms become part of the respective usage or contractual relationship if the user is informed of their applicability during registration or before using a corresponding service, is given the opportunity to review their content, and agrees to their applicability. This corresponds to the principles of Section 305 of the German Civil Code (BGB).

1.1 These Terms apply to the use of the platform provided by Artist League and its features by registered users. This includes, in particular, community users, Artists, and users with access to Industry features.

Additional participation or usage terms may apply to individual services, in particular music competitions, paid participations, or special features. Users will be notified of such additional terms before using the respective service.

1.2 The general usage relationship between the user and Artist League is established upon successful registration of a user account, provided Artist League does not decline the registration.

Additional contracts for individual paid or separately bookable services may be formed subject to the terms displayed at the time of booking or participation.

There is no entitlement to registration, activation of a user account, inclusion in special user groups, or conclusion of a contract, unless mandatory statutory provisions dictate otherwise.

1.3 Deviating or supplementary terms and conditions of the user are not recognized unless their applicability has been expressly agreed to.

1.4 These Terms become part of the usage relationship if the user is informed of their applicability prior to completing registration, is given the opportunity to review their content, and agrees to their applicability.

2.1 Artist League is a digital platform for presenting and discovering music and artists, and for running music competitions.

Within the scope of the respectively available features, users may in particular:

• create and discover artist profiles;
• provide or view short music and performance content;
• follow and save artists;
• provide, discover, and listen to beats;
• submit entries within available competitions;
• participate in voting on artists or competition entries;
• use further community and platform features.

Artist League may regularly, in particular monthly, offer music competitions. Details of a specific competition, in particular the participation period, submission deadline, voting period, participation fee, participation requirements and, where applicable, prizes or other benefits, are set out in the information and participation conditions applicable to the respective competition.

To the extent a maximum length is specified for competition entries, for example up to 90 seconds, this will be stated in the respective submission or in the respective participation conditions.

2.2 We strive for the highest possible availability and uninterrupted operation of the platform. However, permanently uninterrupted availability at all times cannot be guaranteed.

Temporary restrictions or interruptions may occur, in particular, due to:

• maintenance and servicing work;
• security measures and security updates;
• technical faults;
• failures of infrastructure or third-party providers;
• measures to defend against attacks or abuse;
• events beyond our reasonable sphere of influence.

Statutory claims of users in the event of non-performance or defective performance for which we are responsible remain unaffected.

2.3 Artist League is entitled to further develop, adapt, or change features and the technical design of the platform, provided there is an objective or valid reason for doing so and the change is reasonable for the user, taking their interests into account.

Such a reason may exist, in particular, in the case of:

• technical developments;
• changes to the IT infrastructure;
• security requirements;
• changes to statutory or regulatory requirements;
• preventing abuse or manipulation;
• adapting to changed market or user requirements;
• introducing, further developing, or discontinuing individual features.

A change does not result in additional costs for the user, unless the user separately agrees to a paid additional service.

2.4 Material restrictions or changes that impair, more than insignificantly, access to or the usability of a contractually owed feature will be communicated to the affected users in accordance with statutory requirements.

Mandatory statutory rights remain unaffected.

3.1 Registration of a user account is required to use essential features of Artist League.

The user is obliged to provide complete and accurate information during registration and for any subsequent changes, to the extent such information is required for the respective feature.

3.2 Registration and use of Artist League is permitted exclusively to persons who have reached the age of 18.

By registering, the user confirms that they are at least 18 years old.

Artist League is entitled to decline a registration or to suspend or delete a user account in accordance with these Terms if there are concrete indications that the user does not meet the age requirement.

3.3 The user is obliged to protect their access credentials from unauthorized access by third parties and not to disclose them to other persons.

If there is suspicion that access credentials have been used without authorization or have become known to third parties, Artist League must be informed immediately and the password changed, if possible.

The user is liable for unauthorized use of their user account only in accordance with statutory provisions.

3.4 User accounts are personal and may generally only be used by the registered person.

Transfer of a user account to third parties, whether for consideration or free of charge, its sale, rental, or other transfer, is not permitted unless Artist League has expressly agreed to such transfer.

3.5 Generally, only one personal user account per person is permitted, unless Artist League expressly enables a different use.

Creating multiple user accounts to circumvent voting rules, participation restrictions, suspensions, payment requirements, or other platform rules is prohibited.

4.1 Registered Artists may submit entries within the framework of the competitions offered, provided they meet the participation requirements applicable to the respective competition.

Unless otherwise stated for the respective competition, an Artist may generally submit one entry per competition.

Details on format, duration, submission deadline, and other requirements will be specified for the respective competition or during the submission process.

4.2 Participation in a competition may be subject to a fee.

The applicable participation fee will be shown to the Artist before the binding booking and payment. The displayed total price includes statutory VAT and other price components, to the extent applicable.

Payment processing is carried out via Stripe.

A payment does not, in particular, guarantee any specific rank, any specific number of votes, or any win.

4.3 The Artist may only submit entries for whose use, publication, and competition participation they are entitled.

In particular, the following entries are not permitted:

• entries that infringe the rights of third parties;
• entries that use third-party content without the required authorization;
• entries that violate the respective competition rules;
• entries containing unlawful content;
• entries submitted in a manipulative or deceptive manner.

In the case of cover versions, samples, beats, instrumentals, or other third-party components, the Artist is responsible for ensuring that all necessary rights and consents are in place.

4.4 Submitted entries may be reviewed technically and in terms of content prior to their approval.

Artist League is entitled not to approve, to suspend, or to remove an entry if there are concrete indications that it violates these Terms, the participation conditions, third-party rights, or applicable law, or does not technically meet the specified requirements.

4.5 If a paid entry is definitively rejected by Artist League before its activation, and the reason for rejection is not attributable to the Artist, the participation fee paid for it will generally be refunded.

If, however, the rejection is based on a violation attributable to the Artist, a right to reimbursement exists only to the extent provided by law.

Mandatory statutory rights remain unaffected.

4.6 Artists may indicate at the time of submission whether a song is still unreleased at the time of submission and — where offered — may voluntarily provide a link to the full song.

5.1 Rights to content created by the user or Artist themselves generally remain with the respective rights holder.

Artist League does not acquire ownership of such content through its upload or submission.

However, the user grants Artist League the simple, non-exclusive usage rights required for the operation, presentation, promotion, conduct, and documentation of the platform and the competitions.

These include, in particular, the right to:

• store and technically reproduce content on Artist League;
• make content publicly accessible within the platform;
• present and display content within the framework of a competition;
• publish and promote content on Artist League's official social media channels;
• use content for competitor, winner, ranking, and highlight presentations;
• technically process content;
• use excerpts of content for previews, highlights, recaps, and social media clips;
• combine content with artist names, profile pictures, and related profile information.

5.2 The grant of rights is unrestricted in territorial scope to the extent necessary for worldwide accessibility via the internet and the platforms used by Artist League.

It generally applies for the duration during which the respective content is published on Artist League or is needed for the respective competition.

Result presentations, winner announcements, recaps, or social media publications already lawfully published may remain available to a reasonable extent for documentation and archival purposes, provided no mandatory rights preclude this.

5.3 The usage rights are non-exclusive. The Artist may continue to use their content themselves and grant corresponding rights to third parties.

5.4 Artist League may engage technical service providers and platform providers and grant them the usage authorizations necessary for technical implementation to the extent required.

Any further, independent commercial exploitation of a song or recording requires a separate agreement with the rights holder.

5.5 Artist League may only edit content to the extent required for the purposes described.

In particular, the following are permitted:

• shortening and excerpts;
• format and size adjustments;
• thumbnails and preview images;
• subtitles;
• Artist League branding;
• competition notices;
• combining multiple entries in rankings or highlights.

Distorting editing is not permitted.

5.6 The user warrants that they hold all necessary rights.

This concerns, in particular:

• music and lyrics;
• audio and video recordings;
• beats, instrumentals, and samples;
• images, graphics, and logos;
• image and personality rights;
• rights of producers, songwriters, featured artists, musicians, photographers, and other contributors.

5.7 Cover versions, samples, remixes, and other content involving third-party rights may only be used to the extent the necessary rights exist.

5.8 In accordance with statutory provisions, the user shall indemnify Artist League against justified third-party claims arising from a rights infringement culpably caused by the user.

The indemnification also covers necessary and reasonable costs of legal defense.

5.9 Artist League may suspend or remove content if there are concrete indications of rights infringements.

Reports of rights infringements may be sent to info@artistleague.de.

6.1 To the extent Artist League offers voting, registered users may vote in accordance with the applicable competition rules.

Currently, the categories All Stars and Rising Stars may, in particular, be offered.

Unless stated otherwise, the following generally applies:

• a maximum of one vote per user and category per competition;
• voting only via the personal user account;
• voting only within the voting period.

6.2 A prerequisite for participating in voting may, in particular, be a registered user account with a confirmed e-mail address.

Generally, only one personal user account per person is permitted.

6.3 Any artificial or improper influence on voting is prohibited.

In particular, the following are prohibited:

• buying or selling votes;
• consideration provided exclusively for certain votes;
• multiple accounts;
• using third-party accounts;
• bots or scripts;
• technical circumvention of voting restrictions;
• manipulation of vote counts or rankings.

Ordinary calls to fans or other persons to vote in the regular manner remain permissible.

6.4 In the case of concrete indications of manipulation or technical errors, Artist League may, in particular, remove invalid votes, correct erroneous votes, temporarily exclude suspicious votes, and suspend user accounts from further voting.

6.5 In the case of significant or repeated violations, the following measures may in particular be considered, depending on the type and severity:

• warning;
• annulment of votes;
• temporary or permanent suspension;
• disqualification;
• correction of a ranking;
• subsequent revocation of a competition result obtained through manipulation.

6.6 An Artist is generally only disqualified if they themselves participated in the manipulation, instigated or supported it, or knowingly took advantage of a recognizable manipulation.

Unlawful acts by unknown third parties do not automatically lead to disqualification.

7.1 Fees may apply for individual services.

The applicable total price will be shown before the binding order or booking.

All prices stated to consumers are in euros and include statutory VAT and other price components, to the extent applicable.

7.2 Payments are processed via Stripe.

The available payment methods are shown at checkout.

Artist League does not charge payment fees to the extent these are legally impermissible.

7.3 The paid service may be made contingent upon the payment being successfully completed or confirmed.

7.4 If a competition entry is definitively rejected before its activation and this is not attributable to the Artist, the participation fee will generally be refunded in full.

7.5 If an entry is rejected, suspended, or removed due to a significant violation attributable to the Artist, there is no voluntary right to a refund.

Mandatory statutory rights remain unaffected.

7.6 After proper activation and commencement of the agreed service, there is generally no voluntary right to a refund, provided Artist League properly renders the owed service.

Statutory rights of withdrawal, warranty, price reduction, rescission, and damages remain unaffected.

7.7 Refunds are generally issued via the payment method originally used.

7.8 For further paid features, the prices and service terms displayed prior to completing the order apply.

7.9 Price changes apply only to future bookings and do not apply retroactively to already concluded paid contracts.

8.1 Artist League may run competitions regularly, in particular monthly.

Before the respective participation, the following will, in particular, be announced:

• start and end;
• submission deadline;
• voting period;
• participation requirements;
• participation fee;
• categories;
• determination of winners;
• advertised prizes.

8.2 Winners are determined according to the criteria announced in advance.

These may, in particular, include:

• community votes;
• rankings;
• previously explained evaluation or momentum criteria;
• jury decisions;
• combinations of several criteria.

Artist League may not subsequently deviate arbitrarily from the published criteria.

8.3 Manipulated or invalid votes are not taken into account.

8.4 Prizes may, in particular, include:

• cash prizes;
• prizes in kind;
• studio time;
• editorial features;
• promotional services;
• collaboration and networking opportunities.

An entitlement exists exclusively to the prize specifically advertised.

8.5 Winners will be informed via the contact details on file.

The winner must provide the information required for the prize handover within the communicated reasonable period.

If there is no response, Artist League may set a reasonable grace period.

After the unsuccessful expiry of this grace period, the entitlement may lapse, taking all circumstances reasonably into account, provided the winner was notified of this.

8.6 Cash prizes are generally paid out in the advertised amount.

Statutory deductions may be made. Otherwise, the winner is personally responsible for their own tax obligations.

8.7 For prizes in kind, Artist League generally bears the cost of standard delivery within the delivery area specified for the respective competition.

8.8 There is no entitlement to payment of the cash value of a prize in kind or to its exchange, unless expressly provided for or agreed in an individual case.

8.9 If an advertised prize is unavailable for reasons not attributable to Artist League, an equivalent or higher-value replacement may be offered, provided this is reasonable.

9.1 Users may use Artist League only within the framework of applicable laws and these Terms.

In particular, the following content is prohibited:

• content that is unlawful;
• content that threatens, insults, or specifically harasses persons;
• content that is discriminatory or inhuman;
• content that glorifies violence;
• pornographic or other impermissible sexual content;
• content that infringes third-party rights;
• fraudulent or significantly misleading statements;
• spam or abusive advertising;
• malicious software.

9.2 Users must, in particular, not stalk, threaten, intimidate, or repeatedly contact other persons without their consent.

9.3 Abusive technical use is prohibited. This includes, in particular:

• malware;
• circumventing security mechanisms;
• manipulative bots and scripts;
• unauthorized automated scraping;
• manipulation of rankings, votes, or other metrics;
• overloading the platform;
• unauthorized access.

9.4 Uses permitted by law remain unaffected.

9.5 In the event of concrete violations, Artist League may take appropriate measures, in particular removing content, restricting features, or suspending user accounts.

When choosing a measure, the type, severity, effects, fault, prior violations, and risk of repetition are taken into account.

9.6 For minor violations, a warning may be issued first. For severe or repeated violations, immediate action is also possible.

10.1 Users may delete their account at any time via the account settings or request deletion by e-mail to info@artistleague.de.

Upon deletion, the general usage relationship generally ends.

The processing and deletion of personal data is governed by the privacy policy.

10.2 Artist League may temporarily restrict an account or individual features if there are concrete indications of violations of these Terms, third-party rights, applicable law, or security requirements.

10.3 Where reasonable, the user will be given an opportunity to comment or remedy the situation before a permanent suspension or termination.

Prior warning is not required in the case of serious violations, imminent dangers, or comparable situations.

10.4 In the event of significant or repeated breaches of contract, Artist League may terminate the usage relationship in accordance with statutory provisions.

10.5 A suspension does not automatically result in the loss of fees already paid.

Whether a refund is owed is governed by these Terms and by statutory provisions.

10.6 In the event of a suspension during a competition, competition participation may also be affected.

10.7 Upon termination of the user account, access to areas of the platform that are no longer publicly available ends.

10.8 The usage rights granted to Artist League for content already published are governed by Section 5.

10.9 Statutory retention and documentation obligations remain unaffected.

11.1 Artist League is liable without limitation:

• for intent and gross negligence;
• for damages resulting from injury to life, body or health;
• under the Product Liability Act, where applicable;
• for expressly assumed guarantees;
• for fraudulently concealed defects;
• to the extent a limitation of liability is excluded by law.

11.2 In the event of slightly negligent breach of material contractual obligations, Artist League is liable for foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.

Beyond that, liability for slight negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by law.

The limits of such liability clauses under general terms and conditions arise in particular from Sections 307 and 309 of the German Civil Code (BGB).

11.3 The limitations of liability apply correspondingly in favour of our legal representatives, employees and vicarious agents.

11.4 Liability for data loss is governed by the provisions above.

A culpable failure to take reasonable own data-backup measures may be taken into account under statutory provisions.

11.5 For content independently posted by users, Artist League is liable only in accordance with statutory provisions.

11.6 Artist League does not guarantee any particular artistic, economic or professional success.

In particular, without an express commitment, there is no entitlement to:

• a certain number of views;
• a certain number of votes;
• a certain ranking;
• prizes;
• reach;
• record label, management or other industry contracts.

Advertised prizes and expressly promised services remain unaffected by this.

12.1 Artist League processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.

Further information can be found in our privacy policy.

12.2 Artist League takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data.

12.3 Absolute security of internet-based systems cannot be guaranteed. Statutory security and data protection obligations remain unaffected by this.

12.4 Users are obliged to adequately protect their access credentials and to report any suspected unauthorised access without delay.

13.1 Artist League is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, unless legally required to do so.

13.2 Users may direct complaints to Artist League at any time: info@artistleague.de

14.1 To the extent that Artist League or its licensors hold rights to platform content, databases, texts, graphics, audio or video content, these rights are reserved.

14.2 To the extent legally permitted, Artist League reserves the use of protected content for text and data mining pursuant to Section 44b(3) of the German Copyright Act (UrhG). For works accessible online, such a reservation of use must be declared in a machine-readable manner.

This concerns in particular:

• AI training;
• training or further training of machine-learning models;
• creation of training datasets;
• building commercial databases;
• automated analysis of large content collections.

14.3 Without corresponding authorisation, the following are in particular prohibited:

• systematic mass scraping;
• circumvention of technical protection measures;
• automated extraction of non-public data;
• extraction of user and artist data for own commercial databases;
• use of protected content contrary to an effective TDM reservation.

14.4 Uses mandatorily permitted by law remain unaffected. This applies in particular to text and data mining for scientific research pursuant to Section 60d of the German Copyright Act (UrhG).

14.5 To the extent content originates from users, a reservation of use by Artist League only applies to the extent that Artist League is itself entitled to make such a reservation.

15.1 Should individual provisions of these Terms be or become wholly or partly invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions shall in principle remain unaffected.

15.2 If a provision is invalid or has not become part of the contract, the content of the contract shall instead be governed by the statutory provisions.

15.3 The contract as a whole is only invalid if adhering to it, taking into account the statutory substitute provision, would constitute unreasonable hardship for one of the contracting parties.

16.1 Artist League may amend these Terms with effect for the future, provided there is an objective reason for doing so and the change is reasonable for the user.

An objective reason may exist in particular due to:

• changes in the law;
• new case law;
• technical developments;
• changes to functions;
• security requirements;
• changes to necessary business or processing procedures.

16.2 Purely editorial changes with no effect on rights and obligations may be made without separate consent.

16.3 Registered users will be informed of material changes in good time before they are due to take effect.

16.4 Where express consent is legally required, it will be obtained.

Mere silence or the mere continued use of the service does not automatically constitute consent.

16.5 Changes generally apply only to the future and do not retroactively affect already completed and paid competition entries or already promised prizes.

17.1 These Terms and the contractual relationships between Artist League and users are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, unless mandatory provisions state otherwise.

17.2 For consumers, mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state of their habitual residence remain unaffected.

17.3 For consumers, the statutory places of jurisdiction apply.

17.4 For merchants, tradespeople, legal entities under public law and special public-law funds, the statutory rules on jurisdiction apply, unless a permissible deviating agreement is made.

18.1 Consumers are generally entitled to a right of withdrawal for paid distance contracts with Artist League in accordance with statutory provisions.

18.2 Details on the right of withdrawal, the withdrawal period, the consequences of withdrawal, and the statutory model withdrawal form can be found in our withdrawal instructions.

18.3 Where the consumer expressly requests that Artist League begin performing the agreed service before expiry of the withdrawal period, the statutory provisions apply with regard to any compensation for value and the expiry of the right of withdrawal.

19.1 These Terms, together with any supplementary participation or usage conditions applicable to individual services, govern the contractual relationship between the user and Artist League.

19.2 Individual agreements between Artist League and the user take precedence over these Terms.

<strong>19.3</strong> The privacy policy provides separate information on the processing of personal data and is available at https://artistleague.de/datenschutz. https://artistleague.de/datenschutz

19.4 To the extent Artist League provides community guidelines or other binding platform rules, these supplement the Terms with regard to the relevant use, provided their applicability has been duly indicated.

19.5 Questions regarding these Terms or Artist League's services can be directed to: Email: info@artistleague.de

Last updated: 15 August 2026