Upload & Fork Rules

These rules exist to protect producers' rights, keep attribution honest, and make sure Gruuvr is a fair environment for everyone. Please read them before uploading anything.

1. What you can upload

You may upload:

• Original beats and riddims you produced yourself.
• Trackouts from a riddim you fully own or have explicit written permission to share.
• Remixes or reworks where you have obtained all necessary clearances from the original rights holders.

You may not upload:

• Loops, samples, or recordings that use copyrighted material without clearance.
• Content you don't own or don't have rights to share.
• Another producer's content rebranded or uploaded as your own.
• Illegal content of any kind.

2. Forks — what they are and how they work

A fork is a new riddim that is derived from or inspired by an existing one on Gruuvr. When you fork a riddim, a permanent link is created between the new version and its source. This lineage is how Gruuvr preserves creative credit across the community.

• Fork lineage is permanent — it cannot be deleted, edited, or hidden after the fork is created.
• You can only fork a riddim if the original producer has marked it as forkable, or if you have their explicit approval.
• The original source is always displayed on the fork's page and credited accordingly.
• Forks are distinct works — they are not copies. You still need to have produced the new riddim yourself or with your collaborators.

3. Trackout permissions

As a producer, you control whether the trackouts of your riddim are downloadable by collaborators and other users. By default, trackouts are private. You can enable trackout downloads on a per-riddim basis in your riddim settings.

Enabling trackout downloads grants other Gruuvr users permission to download and use those trackouts within Gruuvr collaborations. It does not grant blanket commercial licence to use them outside the platform unless you explicitly state otherwise.

4. Commercial release and splits

5. AI and machine learning

Gruuvr does not use your uploaded content to train AI or machine learning models. Your beats, trackouts, and audio files are stored solely to operate the platform — for playback, collaboration, and attribution — and are not shared with or licensed to any AI training pipeline. This position applies to all content uploaded to Gruuvr.

6. Your responsibility as uploader

You are fully responsible for the content you upload. By uploading to Gruuvr, you confirm that you have the necessary rights, that the content does not infringe any third-party copyright, and that it complies with these rules and our Terms of Service.

If a copyright claim or dispute arises from content you uploaded, you indemnify Gruuvr against costs and damages resulting from that claim.

Quick reference — do's and don'ts