Choosing an Online Sales Service
ABC Triple J Unearthed |
Bandcamp |
Soundcloud |
Valleyarm Digital |
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Assignment or Licence | Non-Exclusive Licence | Non-Exclusive Licence | Non-Exclusive Licence | Exclusive Licence- Digital Distribution |
Rights |
You grant to the ABC:
The ABC licences the public performance of the musical works through APRA|AMCOS.
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You grant Bandcamp:
You are responsible for ‘opting out’ or ‘licencing back’ your songs from APRA|AMCOS so that you can directly licence the public performance of your songs. |
You grant all rights required to sell:
You grant all rights required to distribute:
You are responsible for ‘opting out’ or ‘licencing back’ your songs from APRA|AMCOS so that you can directly licence the public performance of your songs |
You grant all rights required to:
Licencing internet radio airplay, such as Spotify, will include the grant of the right to:
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Duration | Indefinite. You can remove your music from the platform, but Triple J retains a copy & will continue to be entitled to exercise all rights in the sound recording. | Bandcamp may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. | You may terminate the agreement at any time by sending written notice and by removing all of your content from your SoundCloud account | 36 months, with a default setting to renew at the end of the 36 months. |
Fees and Royalties | The terms of the specific competition will describe what fees or benefits (if any) you receive from participating in the competition. The triple J upload agreement states you will not be paid any mechanical royalties from promotional downloads from the triple j unearthed website. You will receive public performance royalties from APRA if your music work is played on triple j radio or on the triple j unearthed digital radio station. |
The basic Bandcamp service is free. There are no signup costs or listing fees. Bandcamp deducts a revenue share on sales: 15% on digital sales and 10% on merchandising sales. The revenue share on digital sales drops from 15% to 10% when you reach US$5,000 in sales and you keep the discount provided you maintain sales of at least US$5,000 in the past 12 months. |
SoundCloud currently does not offer any sales services. You pay an ongoing subscription fee to maintain your account: Pro and Pro Unlimited subscriptions. Pro will be offered at the price of €3 monthly and €9 monthly for Pro Unlimited. SoundCloud offers a Pro Partner subscription. The price for Pro Partner varies from partner to partner. |
You pay upload distribution set up fees:
You pay an annual fee for each release:
You receive 100% of net funds received from digital profits. |
Termination | You may remove the sound recording at any time; however the ABC will retain a copy of the sound recording and will continue to be entitled to exercise all rights in the sound recording. | Bandcamp may terminate your access to all or any part of the service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. Subscriptions to Bandcamp Pro can be cancelled at any time and the Bandcamp Pro services will continue for the duration of the monthly billing cycle for which you have already paid. |
SoundCloud reserves the right to block, remove or delete any content at any time, and to limit or restrict access to any content, for any reason. |
Agreement automatically renews at the end of 36 months. You may terminate the agreement at any time by paying AU$100 (ex GST), even if the time you decide to terminate is at the end of the 36 months. You may terminate the agreement after 36 months from the date of signing by giving Valleyarm written notice of your intention to terminate at least 30 days prior to the end of the term and by ceasing to use any and all parts of Valleyarm from that day. |