Terms of Service

DropKit is a service operated by 0102 Lab. S.E.N.C, a partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada ("DropKit," "we," "our"). When you use DropKit, you are agreeing to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you should not use the service.

You can reach us at getdropkit@gmail.com.

DropKit is a platform that lets independent music artists sell digital offers around a release: early access to unreleased files, exclusive bundles, and tips. We host a public page for each drop, we process payments through Stripe, and we deliver files to buyers via a secure download link.

DropKit is a technology platform. We are not a record label, a distributor, a publisher, or a streaming service. We do not own the music. We do not pay advances. We are not the seller of the music or files you upload.

To use DropKit you must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction. You must provide accurate information about yourself and keep it up to date.

You are responsible for keeping your password secure and for all activity on your account.

When you upload audio, images, files, text, or any other material to DropKit (your "Content"), you keep all of your rights in it. You own your music.

By uploading Content to DropKit, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, transmit, display, and deliver your Content to buyers, only as needed to operate the service. This license ends when you delete the Content or close your account, except for copies we are required to keep for legal, tax, or audit reasons.

You represent and warrant, on every drop you publish, that:

• You are the artist behind the music, or you are an authorized representative of the artist with written permission to sell on their behalf.
• You own all of the rights in your Content (master rights, publishing rights, sync rights as relevant) or you have a written license that covers the use you are making on DropKit.
• Your Content does not infringe anyone else's copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, or privacy.
• You are not selling or distributing music that belongs to a different artist, label, or rights holder, including music ripped from streaming services, leaked recordings, or stems and demos you do not own.
• You have permission from any collaborator, producer, feature, or other rights holder before listing material that includes their work.
• Your Content does not contain material that is illegal, hateful, defamatory, or that sexualizes minors in any way.

Selling music you do not own is fraud. We treat it that way: we will remove the drop, refund affected buyers, suspend the account, and where required cooperate with law enforcement and the actual rights holder.

DropKit uses Stripe Connect to process all payments. To accept money, you connect your own Stripe account during onboarding. Your use of Stripe is governed by the Stripe Connected Account Agreement in addition to these Terms.

You are the seller of record for every transaction on your drops. Money paid by your fans is debited to your Stripe account directly. Stripe deducts its standard processing fee. DropKit takes a flat 10% application fee on the sale, which Stripe routes to us automatically. Funds settle to your Stripe account on your usual Stripe payout schedule.

Our 10% fee is exclusive of taxes. If we are required to charge sales tax, GST, QST, or HST on our service fee, we will. You are responsible for collecting and remitting any sales tax, VAT, or other tax owed on the gross sale to your buyers and on your income.

Because DropKit delivers digital files instantly, refunds are handled by you, the seller, on a case by case basis. If a buyer requests a refund, you can issue it through your Stripe dashboard. DropKit's 10% application fee on a refunded transaction is also returned to the buyer, so no party keeps a fee on a refunded sale.

If a buyer files a chargeback or payment dispute, the dispute is between the buyer and you. Stripe's standard chargeback fees and processes apply. DropKit will share order, delivery, and download metadata with you to help you respond.

You agree not to use DropKit to:

• Sell, distribute, or upload music or files you do not own and are not authorized to sell. This includes leaked tracks, ripped streams, unreleased material from other artists, and material from artists you do not represent.
• Impersonate another artist, producer, label, or rights holder, or use a name, handle, image, or branding that is likely to mislead buyers about who is actually selling the music.
• Run misleading offers, fake bundles, sham fundraising, fake scarcity, or any drop where the description or deliverable does not match what the buyer actually receives.
• Sell anything illegal in your jurisdiction or in Canada, including content that violates copyright, trademark, publicity, or privacy rights.
• Sell physical goods, services, NFTs, securities, regulated products, weapons, or anything outside digital music and music-related files.
• Use DropKit to launder funds, evade taxes, or move money for any purpose other than the legitimate sale of your own music.
• Probe, scrape, reverse engineer, or otherwise abuse the service.
• Send unsolicited bulk email through any address connected to DropKit.

We can remove a drop, suspend an account, refund completed sales, or terminate access at any time if we have reason to believe these Terms are being broken, if Stripe asks us to, or if continued service exposes us or our users to legal or financial risk.

DropKit is built for the artist who owns their music. To keep it that way, we may, at any time and at our sole discretion, ask you to verify:

• Your identity as the artist named in the drop.
• Your ownership of, or written rights to sell, the specific recordings, stems, artwork, or files you have uploaded.
• Your authorization to use the artist name, handle, or branding you are using on DropKit.

We may ask for things like government ID, a written license, a label or distributor contract, a clip of the master recording, or a confirmation from a known channel of the artist. If we are unable to verify you within a reasonable time, or if what you send does not match the music you uploaded, we may remove the drop, refund completed sales, hold or reverse pending payouts through Stripe, and suspend or terminate your account.

If you believe a drop on DropKit infringes your copyright or impersonates you, send a written notice to getdropkit@gmail.com with: the work or artist name you own, the URL of the drop, your contact info, a statement that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them, and your signature. We respond to valid notices promptly, usually by removing the offending material and notifying the seller. Sellers who receive repeated valid notices will lose their account. Sellers who file false notices may be liable for damages and legal fees under applicable law.

You can close your DropKit account at any time by emailing us. We will deactivate your public pages and stop accepting new transactions. Existing buyers keep access to their downloads for the duration of their access window. We may keep transaction records for as long as Canadian tax and accounting law require.

We can suspend or close an account if we believe these Terms are being broken, if your Stripe account is suspended, or if continued service exposes us to legal or financial risk.

Disclaimer of warranties

DropKit is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not promise the service will be uninterrupted or error free. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, DropKit is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, or lost data, arising out of your use of the service. Our total liability for any claim related to the service is limited to the greater of one hundred Canadian dollars (CAD $100) or the total fees you paid us in the three months before the claim arose.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DropKit, its partners, and its agents from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by a third party because of your Content, your sales, your use of the service, or your breach of these Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Quebec, without regard to conflict of laws rules. Any dispute will be brought exclusively before the courts located in the judicial district of Montreal, Quebec, except where prohibited by mandatory consumer protection laws.

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we will post a notice on this page and update the effective date above. Continuing to use DropKit after a change means you accept the new Terms.

0102 Lab. S.E.N.C
Quebec, Canada
getdropkit@gmail.com