Sample Pack Terms
These terms cover the melodies in ZAOUND sample packs, starting with the free Melody Pack. They are separate from the main Terms & Conditions for beats.
- •The melodies are free to use in your own beats and songs, including commercial releases.
- •If you release anything that uses them, ZAOUND owns 50% of the publishing and gets 50% of the royalties. You keep the other 50%.
- •You share your 50% with anyone else who worked on it. That is up to you.
1.What you get
You get a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to use the melodies in the pack (the “Melodies”) inside your own beats, songs and recordings, and to release them commercially.
The license is not exclusive: other people download the same Melodies. ZAOUND keeps ownership of the Melodies themselves.
2.The 50% / 50% split
This applies to every beat, song or recording that contains any of the Melodies, or a recognizable part of one, even if you change it, replay it, chop it or put effects on it (a “Work”).
For every Work, ZAOUND owns 50% of the publishing (the composition) and receives 50% of all royalties and income the Work earns, from streams, sales, sync, performance and any other source. You keep the other 50%.
The split applies from the first release. It does not depend on the Work becoming popular or going viral.
You divide your own 50% with anyone else involved in the Work (artists, writers, producers, vocalists) however you agree with them. That is between you and them. Nothing you promise to a third party reduces ZAOUND’s 50%.
3.Registering and paying
When you register the Work with your distributor, publisher or collecting society, list ZAOUND as owner of 50% of the publishing. If your distributor can split payments, set it up so ZAOUND’s 50% is paid directly.
Within 30 days of releasing a Work, email support@zaound.com with the title, the link and the splits you registered.
If any of ZAOUND’s share reaches you instead, pass it on within 30 days of receiving it.
4.Credit
Credit the Melodies in the credits or description of every release, for example “Melody by ZAOUND.”
5.What you may not do
You may not resell, share or upload the Melodies on their own, or include them in another sample pack or loop library.
You may not claim sole ownership of a Melody, or register it with a content-identification system (such as Content ID) as exclusively yours.
You may not use the Melodies in any way that breaks the law or a third party’s rights.
6.If the terms are not followed
If a Work is released without the registration, notice or payment described above, ZAOUND may end your license and claim its share of everything that Work has earned, from the day it was released.
7.Acceptance and records
You accept these terms by ticking the box and downloading the pack. ZAOUND records the date, the version of these terms and the email you used.
Downloading the pack is free. The 50% / 50% split above is the price of using the Melodies.
Where the law of your country gives you rights that cannot be waived by agreement, those rights stay.
8.Changes and governing law
If we change these terms, the new version applies only to packs downloaded after the change. Works you already made keep the terms you accepted.
These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand. Questions: support@zaound.com.