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Upload conditions: rights, originality and responsibility

Artist applicants and marketplace sellers must personally confirm the rights, anti-imitation and creation declarations shown on the submission form. These conditions apply to every uploaded file and linked work in the submission. You must be authorised to submit the material and grant the permissions requested; joint owners, contributors, samples and third-party licences must be disclosed and cleared for the intended use.

ARBA does not accept work deliberately built to imitate an identifiable artist’s distinctive sound, voice, performance or persona, including artist-targeted soundalike prompts, voice cloning and impersonation. General genres, instruments and musical techniques are not themselves prohibited. This is ARBA’s submission policy, rather than a claim that every stylistic resemblance infringes copyright.

Declare whether the work is 100% Human, AI-created or AI-assisted, following the definitions on the form. Explain contributors, AI tools, permissions and restrictions accurately. Having permission to use an AI tool does not by itself establish copyright ownership or exclusive rights in its output.

You give ARBA a non-exclusive permission to store and review submitted material. Full recordings remain private to ARBA review. With your recorded permission, ARBA may grant identified approved buyers time-limited listening access to a specific listing. Evaluation grants no licence to release, copy, train AI on or otherwise exploit the work. For approved marketplace listings, this also permits display of the supplied descriptions and selected previews for discovery and enquiries. Artist application uploads remain private. You retain your rights; any sale, assignment or wider exploitation requires a separate agreement.

You must provide evidence of authority, licences and contributor consent when requested, and promptly notify ARBA of rights claims or withdrawn permissions. ARBA may reject, suspend or remove material for rights or policy concerns and seek clarification before reinstating it. You are responsible for the accuracy of your declarations and for losses legally recoverable from you that result from your breach. This does not exclude ARBA’s own legal responsibilities, limit anyone’s statutory rights or prevent a rights holder bringing a claim.

Acceptance is recorded with your supplied name and email, the creation disclosure, date and exact declaration wording version. A declaration is not verification of ownership. Review and publication are not a guarantee that material is cleared.