Submit Your Music to DCR Radio

DCR Radio (“DCR” or “Station”) is an independent internet radio and music-discovery platform featuring independent artists, emerging artists, AI-generated or AI-assisted artists, R&B, hip-hop, and related programming.

Licensor desires to submit one or more musical recordings to Station for possible broadcast, promotion, artist discovery, interviews, countdowns, featured programming, and related Station activities.

This Agreement establishes the rights granted to Station while allowing Licensor to retain ownership of the submitted music.

The Track information, ownership information, rights disclosures, identity verification, review-sample information, and any Additional Rights Holder Addendum completed through this submission are incorporated into this Agreement.

To the fullest extent that Licensor owns, controls, or is authorized to license the applicable rights, Licensor grants Station a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, revocable license to use the Tracks within the United States and its territories and possessions for the purposes described in this Agreement.

The license includes the rights necessary for Station to:

• Digitally transmit and publicly perform the Tracks through DCR Radio.
• Stream and broadcast the Tracks through Station’s internet radio service.
• Make the Tracks available through Station-approved mobile applications and internet players.
• Transmit the Tracks through authorized embedded players, websites, applications, smart devices, streaming technology, content-delivery systems, and third-party service providers used to deliver DCR’s live radio stream.
• Upload, host, reproduce, encode, transcode, cache, temporarily store, normalize, schedule, and otherwise technically process the Tracks as reasonably necessary for Station operation and transmission.
• Create ordinary radio edits such as fades, volume normalization, technical formatting, clean-version substitution, station identification overlays, and similar noncreative technical modifications.
• Include the Tracks in DCR playlists, countdowns, artist spotlights, premieres, specialty programs, automated rotation, hosted radio shows, and similar programming.

Licensor understands that a Track may contain separate rights in the sound recording/master and the underlying musical composition , including lyrics, melody, songwriting, and publishing rights.

Licensor represents and warrants that Licensor either owns and controls all rights necessary to grant the licenses in this Agreement, or has obtained legally sufficient authorization from every person or entity whose permission is necessary.

This includes, when applicable, authorization from songwriters, co-writers, composers, producers, publishers, record labels, master owners, featured performers, licensors, beat producers, sample owners, and other applicable rights holders.

The Parties intend this Agreement to constitute a direct license between Licensor and Station for the rights Licensor owns, controls, or has authority to license.

For Station’s uses expressly authorized by this Agreement, Licensor agrees that Station owes Licensor no license fee, broadcast royalty, digital performance royalty, public-performance royalty, master-use fee, publishing fee, or other payment.

Licensor is not transferring ownership of any Track to Station. Licensor is giving Station permission to use the Track without payment for the limited purposes stated in this Agreement.

If any third party retains rights that would require Station to obtain additional authorization or make additional payment for a submitted Track, Licensor must disclose that information to Station before the Track is approved for broadcast.

Licensor shall accurately disclose any performing-rights-organization affiliation, publishing or administration agreement, record-label or master-administration agreement, SoundExchange registration, distribution arrangement, co-writer interest, master co-ownership, or other relationship that could affect Licensor’s authority to directly license the Track.

A PRO, SoundExchange, publisher, label, administrator, distributor, or other registration does not by itself establish that Licensor owns or controls every right needed by DCR. The direct license granted to DCR is effective only to the extent the applicable signer owns, controls, administers, or is otherwise authorized to license the relevant master and composition rights.

Licensor is responsible for complying with any notice, reporting, consent, approval, accounting, or other obligation imposed by Licensor’s PRO, publisher, administrator, label, co-owner, distributor, or other agreement. If an applicable organization requires notice of a direct or source license, Licensor agrees to provide that notice and, upon reasonable request, evidence of compliance.

DCR may place a Track on rights hold, request additional documents or rights-holder signatures, refuse programming approval, or remove the Track if ownership, administration, direct-license authority, or third-party payment obligations are unclear. DCR’s review or acceptance does not waive or extinguish the rights of an undisclosed or unauthorized third party.

Licensor retains all ownership that Licensor otherwise possesses in the master recording, musical composition, lyrics, publishing rights, artist name, artwork, trademarks, logos, and other intellectual property.

Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a record deal, publishing agreement, work-for-hire agreement, assignment of copyright, transfer of master ownership, management agreement, exclusive artist agreement, or ownership interest in Licensor’s music.

Licensor grants Station a non-exclusive, royalty-free right during the Term to use Licensor-provided or Licensor-authorized promotional materials reasonably related to the artist, Tracks, DCR programming, interviews, appearances, and Station activities. These materials may include artist/stage name, legal name when approved for public use, AI/virtual artist name, approved photographs or avatars, logos, artwork, biography, social handles, song/album titles, release information, quotes, press information, and other submitted promotional materials.

Licensor represents that materials supplied to DCR are owned by Licensor or are supplied with sufficient permission for DCR's authorized use. DCR may crop, resize, caption, format, combine, excerpt, and technically adapt those materials for station, editorial, promotional, and social-media presentation without materially misrepresenting the artist.

This Section is an express written media and promotional release incorporated into the Agreement. Licensor authorizes DCR, during the Term and subject to the rights Licensor owns, controls, or is authorized to grant, to photograph, film, record, livestream, edit, caption, excerpt, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and otherwise use Licensor's name, artist/stage name, portrait, picture, image, voice, likeness, interview statements, performances, DCR appearances, behind-the-scenes footage, and other DCR-created media featuring Licensor for DCR editorial, station, artist-discovery, and promotional purposes.

Licensor further grants DCR a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up license, to the extent Licensor has authority over both the applicable sound-recording and musical-composition rights, to synchronize and reproduce reasonable excerpts of the Tracks in DCR-created audiovisual content, including interviews, artist spotlights, release announcements, countdowns, news or editorial coverage about the artist, station promos, teasers, short-form clips, reels, shorts, livestream promos, event promotion, and similar content. DCR will not intentionally distribute the complete Track as a standalone downloadable recording or full-length on-demand music stream unless separately authorized.

Authorized DCR content may be published on DCR-controlled websites, applications, email communications, streaming/player surfaces, and social or video accounts, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X, Threads, and comparable future services. Uses may be organic, platform-monetized, sponsored by DCR, or boosted/used as paid DCR advertising to promote DCR Radio, the artist, the Track, a DCR program, interview, event, contest, or station activity. This permission does not authorize DCR to falsely state or imply that Licensor endorses an unrelated third-party product, service, political candidate, or cause without separate consent.

DCR may edit content for length, format, captions, titles, thumbnails, aspect ratio, clean-language requirements, accessibility, platform specifications, and promotional pacing, provided DCR does not intentionally create a materially false depiction of Licensor. DCR may authorize social-media, hosting, advertising, content-delivery, and rights-management providers to technically host, reproduce, encode, transcode, display, distribute, and process the authorized content as reasonably necessary to exercise DCR's rights under this Section.

Unless separately agreed in writing, DCR owes no additional appearance fee, synchronization fee, master-use fee, promotional fee, or share of DCR's platform, advertising, sponsorship, or promotional revenue solely because an authorized DCR post or video is monetized, sponsored by DCR, or boosted, to the extent Licensor validly granted the applicable rights.

If a Track is enrolled in YouTube Content ID or another automated rights-management system, Licensor shall disclose that fact and the known administrator. Licensor agrees to reasonably cooperate in releasing or preventing automated claims against authorized DCR uses, including allowlisting a DCR channel when the applicable administrator/platform offers that capability. Platform claim systems may still restrict or delay content even when DCR has contractual permission, and DCR does not guarantee that any platform will accept, monetize, or keep content available.

On termination, DCR will stop creating new promotional uses of a terminated Track and will make commercially reasonable efforts to stop active paid boosts or campaigns involving that Track within thirty (30) days. Previously published interviews, posts, clips, historical station content, comments, shares, embeds, platform copies, analytics, archives, and records documenting prior authorized use may remain available unless removal is required by law, a valid rights claim, or a separate written agreement.

If a Track or artist identity uses artificial intelligence, generative AI, synthetic vocals, voice models, image-generation technology, or similar tools, Licensor must accurately disclose such use.

Licensor represents and warrants that:

• Licensor complied with applicable commercial-use terms of the AI platform, software, model, or service.
• Licensor possesses all rights and permissions needed to commercially use and authorize DCR to use the resulting Track.
• Any human-written lyrics, compositions, recordings, vocals, samples, stems, beats, melodies, images, performances, or other materials supplied to an AI system were created by Licensor or lawfully used.
• The Track does not contain an unauthorized clone, digital replica, imitation, or simulation of another identifiable person’s voice or likeness.
• The Track is not intentionally presented in a manner falsely suggesting that a real artist, celebrity, performer, or other individual participated in or endorsed the Track when that person did not.
• Any AI artist name, character, avatar, image, or branding submitted does not knowingly violate another person’s trademark, copyright, publicity, privacy, name, image, likeness, or other rights.
• Licensor will promptly notify Station if a rights claim concerning the Track arises.

Licensor represents that no submitted Track contains unauthorized or uncleared samples, interpolations, beats, loops, stems, vocals, sound recordings, compositions, lyrics, melodies, performances, or other third-party material.

Properly licensed production tools, royalty-free libraries, beat licenses, and sample libraries may be used only when the applicable license permits the commercial broadcasting, streaming, promotional, and other uses granted to DCR under this Agreement.

Licensor must identify any Track that is a cover song, remix, mashup, interpolation, derivative work, or new recording of a composition owned by another party. Such Tracks are not automatically eligible for DCR’s direct-license catalog.

If the submitted Track is a cover, remix, derivative work, or uses a third-party sample or interpolation, DCR requires supporting permission, license, authorization, clearance, or other documentation with the submission.

Licensor represents and warrants that Licensor is at least eighteen (18) years old or has a required parent/legal guardian signature; all information supplied is truthful and materially complete; Licensor has authority to enter this Agreement and grant the rights stated; DCR’s authorized use will not knowingly infringe third-party rights; and all necessary co-owner, songwriter, producer, publisher, label, performer, and other rights-holder permissions have been obtained.

Submission does not guarantee acceptance, airplay, minimum spins, playlist placement, featured placement, interviews, social-media promotion, countdown placement, listener exposure, commercial success, or any other benefit.

Station retains sole editorial and programming discretion, including which Tracks are accepted, when and how often they are played, whether explicit versions are allowed, what programs contain a Track, and whether a Track receives promotional support.

Station may establish and modify reasonable programming standards relating to audio quality, file format, metadata, explicit content, unlawful material, copyright concerns, impersonation, AI disclosure, commercial advertising contained within recordings, technical quality, and general programming suitability.

This Agreement is non-exclusive. Licensor remains free to distribute, license, monetize, perform, sell, or otherwise exploit the Tracks elsewhere. If Licensor later transfers rights in a Track or enters an agreement that conflicts with this Agreement, Licensor must promptly notify Station.

This Agreement begins on the Effective Date and continues until terminated. Either Party may terminate at any time by providing at least thirty (30) days’ written notice.

Station will make commercially reasonable efforts to remove affected Tracks from active radio rotation within thirty (30) days after receiving a valid termination request. Station may remove a Track sooner at its discretion.

Station may immediately suspend or remove a Track if a copyright complaint is received, a rights-holder dispute arises, Licensor’s authority is questioned, a legal demand is received, DCR reasonably believes the Track contains an unauthorized voice clone or digital replica, or continued use creates legal or reputational risk.

Upon termination, DCR will discontinue future radio rotation and future creation of new promotional uses of the terminated Tracks within the applicable removal period and will make commercially reasonable efforts to stop active DCR-paid social boosts or ad campaigns using the terminated Track within thirty (30) days. Previously published interviews, social posts, clips, historical playlists, archived Station records, reports, internal logs, screenshots, analytics, shares, embeds, platform copies, and records documenting past lawful use do not have to be deleted solely because this Agreement terminates, unless removal is required by law, a valid rights claim, or a separate written agreement.

Station may retain archival copies of the Agreement, submissions, licenses, communications, media files, Track files, claim records, and rights-clearance documentation solely for legal, compliance, evidentiary, recordkeeping, or dispute-resolution purposes.

Station may maintain records relating to each submission, including this Agreement, electronic acceptance records, signature timestamp, Track metadata, ownership information, AI disclosures, licenses supplied by Licensor, communications, takedown requests, and records of Track acceptance or removal.

Licensor agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Station, DCR Radio, its legal owner or operating entity, officers, members, employees, hosts, contractors, agents, affiliates, and service providers from third-party claims, damages, judgments, liabilities, settlements, penalties, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from Licensor’s breach of this Agreement, material misrepresentation, lack of authority to grant rights, unauthorized copyrighted or third-party material, unauthorized voice/image/likeness use, or disputes involving Licensor’s collaborators or rights holders.

Nothing in this Agreement creates a partnership, joint venture, employment relationship, record-label relationship, management relationship, fiduciary relationship, or agency relationship.

Station may use third-party technology companies and service providers to host, store, encode, schedule, transmit, distribute, analyze, or deliver DCR programming. Licensor authorizes Station to provide the Tracks and associated metadata to such providers solely as reasonably necessary to exercise Station’s rights under this Agreement.

Station may assign this Agreement to an entity that acquires, succeeds to, owns, or operates DCR Radio, provided the successor remains bound by the material terms of this Agreement. If ownership of a submitted Track changes, Licensor must promptly notify Station.

Before filing a lawsuit arising directly from this Agreement, the Parties agree to make a good-faith attempt to resolve the dispute through written communication for at least thirty (30) days, except when immediate injunctive or emergency relief is appropriate.

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia , without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

The Parties agree that this Agreement may be executed electronically. Electronic acceptance may include electronic signature, typed signature, digitally drawn signature, clicking or checking an “I Agree” box with clear notice, or another electronic process demonstrating intent to sign.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties regarding the Tracks and DCR’s uses described herein. If any provision is determined invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. Failure to enforce a provision once does not waive later enforcement.

This Addendum applies whenever the primary Licensor does not own or control 100% of all rights necessary to authorize DCR's use of the submitted Track. Every co-writer, producer, publisher, master co-owner, label, featured performer, beat or sample licensor, or other person or entity whose authorization is necessary for the rights granted under the Agreement must be identified and must sign this Addendum. Each Additional Rights Holder acknowledges that they have reviewed the Agreement identified by its DCR submission reference and agreement version, agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement in their entirety to the extent applicable to that party's rights and obligations, represents that the signer is authorized to act for the identified rights holder, and grants or confirms the same non-exclusive direct broadcast, promotional, audiovisual synchronization, reproduction, social/video, monetized/boosted promotional, platform-processing, and Content ID/claim-cooperation permissions stated in the Agreement with respect to the rights that party owns, controls, administers, or is authorized to license. If that party controls only the master, composition, publishing, performance, likeness, or another limited interest, the grant applies only to that controlled interest. This Addendum is incorporated into and made part of the Agreement. The primary Licensor remains responsible for accurately identifying every person or entity whose authorization is required. No signer grants rights that the signer does not own, control, or have authority to license.