Confidential Records (UK) Ltd - Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions (the Terms) govern the users (you or your) inclusion within CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd (the Website) and your relationship with this Website (we, our or us), together with those of our external Agents (who also have their own extended Terms & Conditions of usage).

Please read all applicable Terms & Conditions carefully as they could well affect your rights and liabilities under International Law.

If you do not agree to these Terms and those of our various external Agents, please do NOT submit material for our attention through this Website.


Audio Submissions and Transactions
We can consider submissions from residents of all countries on the understanding that all communication, both written and verbal, will be in English and all financial transactions (both incoming and outgoing) will be expressed in Pounds Sterling unless otherwise arranged. All manufacturing transactions are on a strictly Payment With Order basis and no manufacturing orders will be despatched until all required funds are fully cleared.
International Funds MUST be submitted by PayPal whilst UK funds transfers may also be by Cheque / Draft.

CD Physical and Digital Data Preparation
You authorise for us to modify, amend or alter any submitted artwork commesurate with our ongoing corporate policies and to issue, unless provided by yourselves, your physical Masters and eMasters with ISRC and EAN Codes.

Publishing Administration
All material featured within the CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd site and those of our external Agents must be published through MAORI MUSIC Publishing (UK) Ltd and subject to our standard publishing agreement unless said titles are already registered with the PRS, MCPS, PPL and SoundExchange (or similar International Agencies) by the respective songwriters as Writer / Members or are already administered by recognised third-party Publisher / Members of the PRS (or similar International Agency). The use of other copyright material within the site may be permissible provided that the appropriate Licences and Permissions are in place (obtained by the client).

Placement and Maintenance Within The Website
Placement within the CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS (UK) Ltd site remains at our discretion and links to your position within the site will be maintained by us. We reserve the right to deny placement to any music that we consider unsuitable for use within the site for whatever reason. Nominal charges will be made for digital data preparation and submission to our external distribution network/s. If funds have already been sent to us in respect of a product that we reject, these will be returned in full to the sender/s, less any charges made by their recipient agencies.
Placement within the CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd site and iTunes can usually be attained within a few working days from receipt of all required data, items, payment etc.
Placement with our external distributors, Amazon, Spotify etc., can take longer, typically between 1-6 weeks from placement, but we will notify you of a prospective release date as soon as possible.

Removal From External Distribution Website/s
As placement within the CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd external distribution network is a non-exclusive arrangement, clients may request removal from these sites at any time on a minimum of twenty eight working days email or written notice of their intention to do so, however if this is within six months of initial placement a nominal service charge will apply and any sales royalties received after the date of cancellation / withdrawal from sale will be considered forfeit. Subsequent re-application to join these sites with the same product will, however, be subject to our usual placement fees to reflect the work necessary to reinstate the digital data for downloads etc. We also reserve the right to remove any item from these sites on twenty eight working days email or written notice to the client, should we feel that the material or the client be no longer appropriate for use within these sites.

Sales / Download / Streaming Royalty Accounting And Payments
All retail pricing structures within external distributors' sites are at their discretion with a view to remaining competitive to the larger market. Changes to the ongoing retail pricing structure can be made by them at any time and notice of any substantial changes will be given to you at the payment of your next due royalties.
Our external distribution agents - iTunes and Rhapsody account within 45 days from the end of any specific calendar month and so any due royalties will be delayed accordingly.
Our external distribution agents - Amazon and Napster etc., account within 45 days from the end of every three calendar months and so any due royalties will be delayed accordingly.
Our other external agents have similar variable rates of return on their accounts.
All external agents deduct their own variable commissions on sales at source.
We issue all due amounts on receipt of funds by ourselves, subject to our standard payment date and minimum payment policy.

Publishing / Mechanical Royalty Payments
CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd and MAORI MUSIC Publishing (UK)Ltd are members of the PRS, MCPS, PPL and SoundExchange and royalties sourced from any of these agencies will be distributed on an "as received" basis to all concerned parties subject to the terms laid out in our standard publishing agreements. All due and accrued royalties will be sent, subject to a minimum value of £5-00. No specific charges are made for funds transmission but we are not responsible for any charges that may be made by the recipient Agent, Firm or Bank. NIL returns (i.e. where Nett amounts due do not exceed £5-00) will not be made. Clients who are already members of the PRS, MCPS, PPL and/or SoundExchange (or similar) and have retained their rights accordingly remain responsible for the collection of their own royalties sourced from these agencies.

Annual Clearance Royalty Payments
CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd and MAORI MUSIC Publishing (UK)Ltd make a fixed nominal annual clearance payment of £ 5-00, (subject to a minimum accrued amount of £ 1-00 for UK Clients and £ 21-00 for International Clients) in October, annually.
All payments will be made by Internet Bank Transfer / International Bank Transfer or PayPal as arranged, with all charges being the responsibility of the recipient.

Ordering and Delivery
All digital downloads from our external Agents are available immediately (subject to their service provision) on receipt of cleared funds as outlined in their own Terms Of Usage.

Trademarks and Copyright
All logos, slogans and trademarks displayed on this website are the sole property of CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd and their external Agents or their identifiable repsective owners. None of the material may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd and / or the copyright owner/s. Music and Video samples / streams on this website or any of our connected websites are for evaluation / demonstration purposes only.

Indemnity
You agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold us, and our employees, suppliers and agents, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of any breach of these Terms by you, or any other liabilities arising out of your use of CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd or any other person accessing CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd using your personal information and/or acting as your agent.

Law and Jurisdiction
If any part of the Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions of the Terms. The Terms will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and you irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. All International submitters will be deemed to have accepted this condition. All submitters must be aged 18 years or over.

CONFIDENTIAL Records (UK) Ltd : Bus. Reg. No.: 6820545
MAORI MUSIC Publishing (UK) Ltd : Bus. Reg. No.: 7793627