Submission Agreement

You confirm that you are the owner of, or have written authority to distribute, all rights in the Content, including the sound recording, the musical work and lyrics, any samples or beats, and the artwork. You confirm that the Content does not infringe anyone else’s rights, and that all information you provide, including credits and licence details, is true and complete.

If your Content includes any third-party material, such as samples, beats, loops or features, you must tell us when you submit and have all necessary permissions. You must not submit Content that uses third-party material without permission.

You give SwaziMelo a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, stream, display, and promote your Content on and in connection with SwaziMelo, including creating smaller copies of artwork and showing your Content in previews on social platforms when people share it. If you choose “stream and download”, you also allow listeners to download the Content for personal, non-commercial use.

You keep ownership of your Content. The licence ends when your Content is removed, except for copies that are technically necessary for a short period, backups, and records we must keep by law.

We review all submissions and may approve, reject, request changes to, restrict or remove any Content at our discretion. If we request changes you may correct and resubmit. We keep a history of review decisions and resubmissions.

You agree to pay the submission fee shown at the time of submission. The fee is non-refundable, including if the release is rejected, unpublished or removed, as set out in the Refund Policy. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, SwaziMelo does not currently pay royalties or fees for streaming or downloads, and you receive no payment for the licence above.

You are responsible for your Content and for any claim that it infringes rights. You agree to respond to rights complaints promptly and to provide evidence of your authorisation when asked.

You agree to compensate SwaziMelo for loss, damage and reasonable costs we suffer because of a claim that your Content infringes the rights of someone else, or because you broke this agreement or our terms, to the extent allowed by law.

You can ask us to remove your Content at any time through your dashboard or the Music removal page. We may remove or restrict Content at once if there is a rights complaint, a safety concern or a breach of our rules.

We may suspend or close your account if you break this agreement, our terms or our guidelines. You can close your account from your dashboard.

If the Artist is under 18, a parent or guardian must agree to this agreement and take responsibility for it.

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Eswatini.