Creator Terms

These Creator Terms supplement the Terms of Service and apply in addition to them. If the two conflict on a creator-specific topic, these Creator Terms prevail.

They apply to every member who uploads music to So Far So Good — whether you call yourself a producer, artist, band or Creator. Uploading a project means you accept them.

Every time you upload, you confirm that:

• the music is your own work and you own or control all rights in it, including any samples, vocals or co-productions it contains;
• no label, publisher or other agreement prevents you from sharing it here or from delivering Early Copies to Supporters;
• keeping track of the project’s unreleased status is your responsibility — if it gets signed or released, you decide whether it should stay on the platform.

You are responsible for claims arising from music you upload, as set out in the indemnity section of the Terms of Service.

Uploading is available to members only. Publishing requires ticking the rights confirmation on the upload form — your confirmation that you own the necessary rights to the music, or have permission from the rights holder(s) to share it. Projects publish when you upload them — there is no editorial review, which is why the promises above matter. Files can be WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 or M4A, up to 360 MB per file. Your masters are stored in private storage with no public URLs; members stream previews through private links that expire after one hour and cannot be used to download the file.

Your projects appear publicly as Anonymous. Whether and when to reveal your identity is entirely your choice — typically Creators reveal themselves when accepting support. Be aware that a reveal is practically irreversible: once other members know a project is yours, the platform cannot make them forget it.

For each project you set a private automatic unlock amount. Listeners never see it — they simply offer what the music is worth to them. A request at or above your amount unlocks the Early Copy automatically; requests below it wait for you to accept or decline, and declining never charges the Supporter. You can also switch Early Copies off for a project and use the platform purely for feedback.

An unlocked Early Copy Download is a full-quality copy of your uploaded master in its original format. Your stored master is never modified; each download is a freshly prepared copy with embedded metadata, including a unique six-character Download ID that lets us trace a leaked file to the account that downloaded it, and the copyright notice: “Copyright remains with the producer. Distributed through SoFarSoGood.”

A Supporter who unlocks any version of a project gets access to every version, including ones you upload later. What they may do with the file is limited by the Early Copy Terms — personal listening and DJ play, never redistribution.

Supporters pay you directly: to receive support you connect your own PayPal account, and every support payment goes straight from the Supporter to your PayPal — it never passes through So Far So Good, unless you enable a Creator Contribution, in which case your selected share is retained at checkout and the remainder is paid to you. PayPal notifies us when a payment completes so we can unlock the Supporter’s Early Copy. There is no payout process and no balance held by us, because we never hold your money.

You always receive the full amount the Supporter offered, in Euro, subject only to PayPal’s own charges under your agreement with PayPal. You are responsible for declaring and paying any taxes on your earnings in your own jurisdiction — we do not withhold taxes for you.

Because payments come to you directly, you agree to issue a refund through PayPal in the cases set out in the Refund Policy — duplicate or accidental payments, failed Early Copy delivery, unauthorised payments, and removal for infringement.

Support payments go straight to your PayPal. If a Supporter offers €10, €10 goes to your PayPal — unless you have chosen a Creator Contribution (below), in which case your selected share supports the platform and the rest is paid to you. Should we ever introduce a fee, we will announce it in advance — and it will never be applied retroactively to support you have already received.

So Far So Good is free for creators. If you want to help keep it that way, you can turn on a Creator Contribution — a voluntary way for creators to support the platform.

If you enable a Creator Contribution, you authorise So Far So Good to retain your selected contribution percentage from each future support payment you receive; it is applied automatically at checkout, before the payment is paid out to you. The remaining amount is paid to you. You never make a separate payment.

The contribution is entirely optional. You can change or disable your preference at any time on your Earnings page in the Studio; changes apply only to future support payments. Contributing never influences discovery, rankings or radio play — your music is treated exactly the same either way.

Your copyright stays with you, entirely and always. So Far So Good takes no ownership share, no publishing, no exclusivity and no rights of first refusal. The phrase “Distributed through SoFarSoGood” embedded in Early Copies describes file delivery only — it is not a distribution deal.

You can remove a project or individual versions at any time. Removal takes the music off the platform, but Early Copies already delivered cannot be recalled — they remain with their Supporters under the Early Copy Terms. Supporters’ access to future versions naturally ends when there are no future versions to deliver.

The Community Guidelines apply to Creators too. In particular, do not manufacture support for your own projects — fake accounts, self-dealing or coordinated manipulation of So Good reactions and charts will lead to enforcement, up to account termination and forfeiture of fraudulent earnings.

We may update these terms as creator features evolve, with notice for material changes. Questions — about payments, earnings or anything legal — reach us through the contact form.