1. What Grimoire Beats is
Grimoire Beats is an online marketplace that connects producers selling instrumental beats with artists licensing them. Grimoire Beats itself is a platform — we do not own, create, or perform the beats listed.
2. Accounts
- You must be 16 or older (or have legal guardian consent) to create an account.
- You're responsible for keeping your password secure.
- One account per person. Producers and artists are separate roles, set at signup.
- We can suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, especially for fraud, copyright infringement, or abuse.
3. Fees and payouts
- Producers keep 80% of the gross sale.
- Grimoire Beats retains 20%. See /legal for a full breakdown of where that goes.
- Payouts are processed by Stripe Connect Express directly into the producer's connected bank account. Grimoire Beats never holds producer funds longer than the Stripe transfer requires.
- Stripe payment processing fees (~2.9% + 30¢) are deducted by Stripe before the split.
- Refunds, chargebacks, and disputes reverse both sides of the split proportionally.
4. Licenses
Each beat is sold under one of three license tiers. The specific rights granted appear on the license PDF delivered after purchase. In summary:
- Non-Exclusive — MP3 delivery, capped distribution, producer credit required, beat may be resold to others.
- Premium — WAV + stems, unlimited monetisation, producer credit required, beat may be resold to others.
- Exclusive — Full rights to the master recording, beat is removed from the marketplace, producer retains 50% publishing on the underlying composition.
The license PDF is the canonical agreement between buyer and producer. Grimoire Beats is a marketplace facilitator, not a party to the license.
5. Producer obligations
- You must own or control all rights to anything you upload (beats, samples, stems, cover art).
- Don't upload AI-generated work that uses uncleared training data, copyrighted samples without clearance, or anyone else's recordings.
- Misrepresenting ownership is grounds for immediate removal and forfeiture of pending payouts.
- You can edit pricing and toggle beats off any time. Exclusive sales are final and immediately delist the beat.
6. Artist obligations
- Use beats only within the rights granted on your license PDF.
- Credit the producer as specified ("Prod. by @producer") on any release.
- Exclusive purchases don't transfer the underlying composition's publishing — producer keeps a 50% writer share by default.
7. Copyright (DMCA)
We respond to valid DMCA takedown notices. Email dmca@grimoire.app with the work, the infringing Grimoire Beats URL, your contact details, and a good-faith statement under penalty of perjury. Repeat infringers are banned.
8. Prohibited content
- Uncleared copyrighted samples or vocal acapellas.
- Beats containing hate speech, threats, doxxing, or anything illegal where the buyer is.
- Stems or files containing malware.
9. No warranty, limited liability
Grimoire Beats is provided "as is." We don't guarantee uptime, search ranking, or any specific level of sales. To the extent allowed by law, Grimoire Beats's total liability for any claim is capped at the fees we earned from your transactions in the 12 months before the claim.
10. Changes to these terms
We'll update this page when terms change and bump the "Last updated" date. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.
11. Contact
hello@grimoire.app for anything else.