PLAIGROUND LLC Terms of Service

Version: 4.0 (current commercial model)

Effective / last updated: 23 September 2026 (PT)

Entity: PLAIGROUND LLC (California)

Sites: wannaplai.com and related PLAIGROUND product pages

Note: Current rules for using PLAIGROUND on wannaplai.com. Contact us with questions.

1. Agreement

By creating an account, clicking to accept, uploading content, paying for a service, or otherwise using PLAIGROUND, you agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms”).

If you are under 18, a parent or legal guardian must co-sign these Terms and any split sheet, rights attestation, or Publishing Agreement that applies to your submissions.

A signed Publishing Agreement is required before PLAIGROUND claims any publisher’s share of a composition. These Terms alone do not transfer that share.

2. Who we are

PLAIGROUND LLC, a California limited liability company.

Public product: PLAIGROUND on wannaplai.com.

Contact: emailplaiground@gmail.com.

3. What PLAIGROUND is

PLAIGROUND helps creators release and package music, human, AI-assisted, or fully AI, with honest labeling.

Depending on what you buy and what you opt into, we may:

1. Host a free account and DIY after-upload tools (disclosure, profile/persona, EPK template, payout setup).
2. Deliver master recordings to digital stores and platforms (distribution).
3. Offer optional A&R Act Pack packaging (persona kit, hosted EPK build, related act tools as described at purchase).
4. Offer optional Sync packaging (materials only; no placement promise).
5. Generate split sheets and collect electronic signatures.
6. Act as publisher of compositions you opt into publishing for, under a separate Publishing Agreement.
7. Offer optional Marketing Boost or similar promotion only when a live package is actually sold (if nothing is for sale yet, these Terms do not create a right to buy one).

Distribution (masters / streaming revenue) and publishing (composition / songwriter royalties) are separate. Paying for one does not include the other.

Sister products (for example PLAInow listening, SIQA Charts listen pages, Plai coach) may have their own rules. If they conflict with these Terms for a PLAIGROUND account action, these Terms control for distribution, publishing, packs, and payouts.

4. Eligibility

• You must be at least 13. Ages 13–17 need a parent/guardian co-signature and supervision.
• You must be able to form a contract where you live.
• You may not use PLAIGROUND if you are located in, ordinarily resident in, or acting for a person in: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, Crimea, or other sanctioned regions of Ukraine, or any other place where U.S. sanctions bar service. We may refuse or end service if this rule is broken.

5. Current fees (commercial model)

Fees are in USD. What you see on wannaplai.com at checkout controls if a listed amount here conflicts with a displayed cart price for that exact SKU.

Do not charge under these Terms: old Basic / Creator / Pro memberships, Distribution Load $49, Distribution Only $149.99, Monthly Distribution $19.99 as the primary model, and any “membership is the only fee” story that conflicts with the table above.

Publishing: If you opt into publishing, fees and the publisher/writer economics are set in the Publishing Agreement and the then-current checkout (historical working drafts used a one-time publishing setup fee and a 50% publisher / 50% writer split with no separate admin commission).

Royalties from stores: PLAIGROUND takes no commission cut of store-reported master royalties that we pass through to you under distribution, except (a) amounts we never receive, (b) chargebacks/clawbacks/fines passed through under §12, (c) payment-processor or payout fees charged by third parties, and (d) any publisher’s share owed to PLAIGROUND under a signed Publishing Agreement. Marketing “0% cut” means no extra PLAIGROUND skim on pass-through master royalties beyond those exceptions.

Taxes may apply. Non-payment may result in suspended payouts and/or removal of releases.

6. Refunds

Fees pay for review, processing, delivery attempts, and packaging work. Fees are non-refundable once charged, except where law requires otherwise, or at PLAIGROUND’s sole discretion for a technical failure on our side that prevents us from attempting the purchased service.

7. Accounts and license to us

You keep ownership of your masters and compositions, subject to any Publishing Agreement you sign.

For each track you submit for distribution, you grant PLAIGROUND a worldwide, non-exclusive license to reproduce, encode, deliver, publicly perform/make available via digital services, promote, and monetize that recording as needed to provide the services, for as long as the release remains live through us or until takedown completes.

You agree not to create conflicting deliveries of the same recording through another distributor while it is live on PLAIGROUND, unless we agree in writing.

8. Rights warranties (you promise)

You represent and warrant that:

1. You own or control all rights needed to upload, distribute, and monetize the recording and any artwork, lyrics, and metadata you submit.
2. You have authority from every co-owner, featured artist, sample owner, and rights holder.
3. The content does not infringe copyright, trademark, right of publicity, or other rights.
4. Your AI / human labeling and rights attestation are true and complete.
5. You are not uploading illegal content or content meant to manipulate streams.

False warranties are a material breach. We may remove content, freeze royalties, terminate the account, and pursue the costs in §12.

9. AI labeling and AI tool rules (current)

9.1 Classes we accept

You may release tracks labeled Human, AI-assisted, or Fully AI. You choose the class on upload. We pass your attestation to stores. We do not invent your class by scanning audio and overwriting your attestation.

Stores set their own listing, monetization, and playlist rules. We do not promise a listing, payout rate, or playlist for any class.

9.2 Commercial AI tool license

If any AI tool was used, you warrant that at generation time you used a paid commercial plan that allows commercial distribution and monetization. Free / non-commercial plans do not qualify. Upgrading later does not retroactively license earlier output.

9.3 Prohibited

• Voice cloning or impersonation of a real person without express written permission
• Concealing AI involvement when the track is AI-assisted or Fully AI
• Mass spam / algorithm-gaming uploads
• Infringing content

9.4 Proof and refusal

We may request proof of AI-tool subscription, licenses, or other rights docs at any time. We may refuse, hold, or remove a release if proof is missing or disclosure looks false.

9.5 Indemnity

You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PLAIGROUND LLC and its officers, employees, contractors, and partners from claims, losses, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your content, disclosures, missing rights, or prohibited AI use.

10. Split sheets

We may generate composition and/or master split documents. People listed must sign (electronic signature OK) before we complete publishing registration or, where we require it, before delivery. Splits should total 100%.

11. Publishing (optional, separate agreement)

If you opt in and we accept the work:

• PLAIGROUND may act as publisher and hold the publisher’s share (working model: 50% publisher / 50% writer), with writers keeping copyright in the composition, not a life-of-copyright assignment of the whole work.
• The grant, term, reversion, and PRO routing live in the Publishing Agreement.
• Writers need active PRO affiliation for full registration where required.

12. Payouts, clawbacks, fraud

Payouts happen only after stores report and we actually receive allocable funds, and after you set a valid payout method and any required tax forms (W-9 / W-8BEN or equivalent when we require them).

Balances may show $0 until a release is live and reported.

If a store, partner, or bank claws back amounts, fines us, or charges fraud/penalty costs because of your content or activity, those amounts may be deducted from your balance or invoiced to you.

Artificial streaming, bot promotion, or pay-for-play that violates store rules is forbidden. We may freeze royalties on a disputed title until the dispute is resolved.

13. A&R Act Pack, EPK, Sync, Boost

• A&R Act Pack ($149): packaging / persona / hosted EPK build as described at purchase. Not a record deal. Not a promise of press, playlist, or sync placement.
• EPK: DIY template may be free with the account. A starter EPK is inside the Persona package ($299). A hosted EPK with one update stays inside the A&R Act Pack ($149).
• Sync add-on ($29/mo or 20% of the placement deal): Coming soon / join waitlist. The 20% is a fee on the placement deal, not a royalty cut. Artists still keep 100% of royalties. No sync placement promise.
• Marketing Boost: only if a live paid package exists; results never guaranteed; no artificial streaming.

14. Stores and third parties

Delivery partners and stores (for example ToneGrid and DSPs) are independent. They may delay, reject, remove, or demonetize content. We are not liable for their decisions.

15. Termination and takedown

We may suspend or terminate for breach, fraud, unpaid amounts, or legal risk. You may close your account and request takedown; takedowns usually complete in about 7–14 days after partner processing (not guaranteed). Publishing registrations follow the Publishing Agreement.

We may keep records needed for tax, fraud, and legal compliance (often 7 years for financial records).

16. Disclaimers and liability cap

Services are provided as available. We do not guarantee store approval, streams, income, playlist adds, sync placements, or PRO/society timelines.

To the fullest extent allowed by law, PLAIGROUND is not liable for lost profits, lost data, or indirect/consequential damages, and our total liability for claims arising out of these Terms or the services is limited to the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

17. Privacy

Use of the service is also governed by the PLAIGROUND Privacy Policy (current version on wannaplai.com/privacy.html).

18. Governing law

California law, without conflict-of-law rules. Exclusive venue: state or federal courts in Los Angeles County, California, except we may seek injunctive relief elsewhere.

19. Changes

We may update these Terms. The version and date at the top control. For material changes we will post the new version on the site and, where practical, email the address on your account. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the update.

20. Contact

Questions: emailplaiground@gmail.com

By creating an account, paying, or uploading, you accept these Terms.

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