Terms of Service

0. Acceptance of these terms; eligibility

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of cllb.io and related apps and services (the “Platform”), operated by Plotagonist Ltd (“cllb”, “we”, “us” or “our”), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 13175794. By creating an account or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to these Terms. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an organisation such as a label or publisher, you confirm that you have authority to bind that organisation, and “you” refers to that organisation as well as the individual using the account.

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Platform. By using the Platform, you confirm that you meet this requirement and that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract.

1. The platform

cllb.io connects music collaborators — producers, vocalists, instrumentalists, songwriters, engineers, DJs, labels and publishers — to discover each other, agree commercial terms, exchange files and feedback, and complete records together. cllb is not a party to the collaboration agreements formed between users and is not responsible for the quality, legality or outcome of any collaboration. cllb provides tools to support collaborations, including recorded agreements, escrowed payments and a tamper-evident audit trail.

2. Accounts

You must provide accurate, current information when creating an account and keep it up to date.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your account.
You may not create an account on behalf of another person without authorisation, or maintain more than one account for the purpose of evading a suspension or restriction.
We may ask you to verify your identity or role (e.g. as a label or publisher) before enabling certain features.

3. Human-made content only

You declare that everything you upload to the Platform — music, vocals, lyrics, stems and other creative works — is created by humans. AI-generated music, vocals or lyrics are prohibited. This declaration is recorded and timestamped as part of the collaboration history and may be relied upon and used as evidence by other users and by cllb, including in connection with a dispute.

Submitting a proof-of-creation video is voluntary. If you choose to submit one, it must show the work genuinely being made; submitting a video that does not do so is a breach equivalent to making a false human-made declaration.

A false human-made declaration is a material breach of these Terms. cllb may remove the affected content, suspend or terminate the account responsible, and share relevant record entries with affected collaborators or, where required, with third parties.

4. Acceptable use

When using the Platform, you must not:

upload content that is not your own genuine, human-made creative work, or misrepresent your role or authorship;
infringe another person’s intellectual property, privacy or other rights;
use the Platform to harass, threaten or discriminate against another user;
attempt to circumvent cllb’s fees or escrow arrangements, including by arranging off-platform payment for a collaboration formed through cllb in order to avoid fees;
upload malware or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform or other users’ accounts;
scrape, reverse-engineer or systematically extract data from the Platform other than through features we provide for that purpose;
use the Platform for any unlawful purpose.

We may investigate suspected violations and take action including content removal, warnings, suspension or termination.

5. Fees

cllb charges a 10% service fee on payments made through the platform. Royalty-split agreements require an active Pro subscription (USD 10/month) for both parties.

6. Escrow

Fixed-fee deals are deposited to cllb before deliverable access is granted, and released to the collaborator after the requester approves delivery. Mutual terminations refund the deposit.

7. Agreements and audit trail

Agreements, terminations, chats and file events are timestamped and stored tamper-evidently. Rights transfers on the marketplace are exclusive and recorded. The audit trail is a record of activity on the Platform; it is not a guarantee that a given contribution is free of third-party claims, and cllb does not verify the truth of every declaration before it is recorded.

8. Your content and intellectual property

You keep all rights in the content you create and upload. By uploading content, you grant cllb a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, stream and display that content as needed to operate the Platform, including any public preview snippets you choose to make available. Rights transfers completed through the marketplace, and rights granted under a winner agreement in a contest, are exclusive and recorded as described in these Terms.

If you believe content on the Platform infringes your intellectual property rights, contact us at legal@cllb.io with details of the content and your claim, and we will investigate and take appropriate action, which may include removing the content.

9. Contests

Contest prizes are deposited to cllb before a contest opens. Entering is free. Non-winning entrants keep all rights to their entries; the winner’s rights grant and any extra prizes are recorded in the winner agreement. Hosts who fail to select a winner in time may have the contest cancelled and refunded by cllb.

10. Disclaimers

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, cllb disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. cllb does not guarantee that you will find collaborators, that any collaboration will be completed successfully, or that content uploaded by other users is free of defects or third-party claims, notwithstanding the human-made declaration and audit trail features described above.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, cllb will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data or goodwill, arising from your use of the Platform. cllb’s total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform will not exceed the greater of (a) the fees you paid to cllb in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) £100.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold cllb harmless from any claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from: (a) your breach of these Terms, including a false human-made declaration; (b) content you upload infringing a third party’s rights; or (c) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

13. Suspension and termination

You may close your account at any time, subject to the completion of any pending escrowed transactions or contest obligations. We may suspend or terminate your account, or remove content, at any time if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms — in particular, in the case of a false human-made declaration — or if required to do so by law. On termination, provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive (including Sections 8 and 10 to 15) will continue to apply. Funds already properly held in escrow will be dealt with in accordance with Section 6.

14. Disputes between users

cllb is not a party to the collaboration agreements formed between users and does not resolve disputes between users. Where a dispute arises, cllb may make relevant entries in the collaboration history and audit trail available to the parties involved to assist in resolving it, but is not obliged to mediate or adjudicate the dispute.

15. Governing law and disputes with cllb

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Platform, save that this does not remove any protection you have under the mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence.

16. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting a notice on the Platform or by email before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

17. General

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and cllb regarding the Platform. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to legal@cllb.io.