In this Agreement, "Florida Tapes," "we," "us," and "our" mean Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes, and "You" / "Seller" means the artist selling music. This Agreement is effective July 11, 2026. You accept it (checkbox + recorded timestamp/IP) before you can put any track on sale, and re-accept it whenever it materially changes.
This Music Seller Agreement (the "Agreement") is part of and incorporated into the Florida Tapes Terms of Service and sits on top of the Artist Upload Agreement. It works together with the Marketplace & Sales Terms (how the marketplace operates), the Buyer Music License (exactly what your buyer receives), the Refund Policy, and the Marketplace Infringement & DMCA Policy. Selling changes who can hear your music. When you list a track — or a whole release (an album, EP, mixtape, or project and every track on it) — for sale, that music is removed from free public rotation on the Platform: it no longer streams for free and no longer appears in public discovery, charts, or radio-style rotation. Instead, buyers pay you for a personal license to stream it (in their library) and download it, and you — the owning artist — retain full access to your own music. Take a track or release off sale at any time and it returns to free public rotation. If you do not agree to every term below, do not sell.
1. WHO CAN SELL
1.1. 18 or older. You must be at least 18 years old to sell music on Florida Tapes. No exceptions, no parent/guardian workaround.
1.2. Account in good standing. Your account must be active, unbanned, and not under review for infringement or fraud. You must have accepted the Artist Upload Agreement, and you must complete payout onboarding with our payment processor (Stripe Connect) before your first sale.
1.3. Eligibility threshold. Selling unlocks once your catalog reaches 5,000 total listens on Florida Tapes, or earlier by invitation from Florida Tapes. Eligibility is a revocable privilege, not a right, and we may change the threshold or the eligibility criteria at any time.
1.4. We can say no. Selling is a privilege, not a right. We may decline, suspend, or revoke selling access at our discretion, including where required by our payment processor or the law.
2. WARRANTY OF OWNERSHIP — YOU MUST OWN 100% OF WHAT YOU SELL
For every track you put on sale — individually or as part of a release — you represent and warrant that you own or fully control ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) of all rights in that track — both the master recording AND the underlying composition (lyrics, melody, beat). That means: every sample is cleared in writing; every beat or instrumental is licensed for commercial resale (not just "free download" or streaming use); every producer, co-writer, and featured artist has consented in writing to the sale; and no label, distributor, publisher, or collecting society has any claim that conflicts with your selling this track here.
Selling is bigger than streaming. A beat lease that allows uploads may NOT allow paid downloads. If any element of the track belongs to someone else and you don't hold written commercial rights to it, you may not sell it. If you are not 100% certain, do not put it on sale.
Releases are no different. When you sell a release (an album, EP, mixtape, or project), this warranty applies to every single track on it — every track included now, and every track you add later while the release is listed for sale. Adding a track you do not fully own or control to a listed release is the same violation as selling that track on its own, and carries the same consequences, including the permanent lifetime ban in Section 7.
Breaching this warranty is a material breach carrying full legal liability, including the indemnification in Section 8 and the enforcement in Section 7. A knowingly false attestation may also expose you to civil damages and criminal consequences under applicable law.
3. RIGHTS ATTESTATION — PER TRACK AND PER RELEASE
Before any individual track goes on sale, you must sign a rights attestation for that specific track, repeating the ownership warranty in Section 2. Before a release goes on sale, you must sign a release attestation, which covers every track included in that release — now or added later while it remains listed — as if you had attested to each track individually. Florida Tapes records each attestation together with your account ID, IP address, and a timestamp, and may produce that record to rights holders, courts, or law enforcement. No attestation, no sale — this is enforced by our systems, not just by policy.
4. PRICING, FEES & PAYOUTS
4.1. You set the price. Between $1.99 and $500.00 per track, and between $1.99 and $500.00 per release. You can change a price or take a track or release off sale at any time; sales already completed stay completed — buyers keep the streaming-and-download license they purchased. Unlisting returns the music to free public rotation; listing removes it again.
4.2. Platform fee. Florida Tapes keeps 20% of the gross sale price as its platform fee (collected as a Stripe application fee), and Florida Tapes absorbs the payment-processing fees out of its 20%. You receive 80% of the gross sale price on every sale — card-processing costs come out of our share, not yours.
4.3. Merchant of record; payouts via Stripe Connect. Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes is the merchant of record for music-marketplace sales: the buyer's charge is processed by us, appears on their statement under our descriptor, and we handle payment processing, buyer receipts, and refunds under the Refund Policy. Your 80% share is paid out to the Stripe Connect Express account you onboard. Your use of Stripe is subject to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement and Stripe's terms; if Stripe closes or restricts your account, we cannot pay you out and may pause your listings until payouts work again. Acting as merchant of record makes us the seller of the license transaction only — it does not transfer any of your copyright to us and does not make us the owner, publisher, or licensor of your music.
4.4. Taxes are yours. You are solely responsible for all taxes on your sales (income, sales/use, or otherwise), for any required registrations, and for your own reporting. Where thresholds are met, Stripe issues tax forms such as Form 1099-K directly to you.
5. WHAT THE BUYER GETS
A purchase grants the buyer the license set out in full in the Buyer Music License: a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to (a) stream the track on the Platform through their library and (b) download it for private enjoyment — or, for a release purchase, the same license to every track included in that release at the time of purchase. It is not a transfer of copyright, not a commercial-use license, and not resellable. You keep ownership of your music. You appoint Florida Tapes as your non-exclusive agent to grant that license to buyers on your behalf and to deliver the track (library streaming + download) to them. While a track or release is listed for sale, it is not publicly streamable — only buyers and you, the owning artist, can play it. Buyers keep their license even if you later unlist the music or change its price; unlisting simply restores free public streaming for everyone else.
6. REFUNDS & CHARGEBACKS
Sales are generally final, and buyer refunds are governed by the Refund Policy. However, if a buyer is defrauded — including buying a track you had no right to sell — we may refund that buyer in full and recover the refunded amount, plus processing and chargeback fees, from your pending or future payouts, or invoice you directly. The same recovery applies to any refund we issue under the Refund Policy that is attributable to your breach (for example, an infringement takedown). Chargebacks are handled under Stripe's rules; you bear the fees for sales attributable to your breach.
7. ENFORCEMENT — SELL MUSIC YOU DON'T OWN AND YOU'RE GONE FOR LIFE
7.1. If we determine, in our reasonable discretion, that you offered for sale music you did not fully own or control, we may — with or without notice:
- (a) immediately delist the track(s) and release(s) and any other listings on your account;
- (b) forfeit your pending proceeds from the infringing sales and apply them to refunds, claims, and our costs;
- (c) remove the underlying content and issue strikes under our Copyright & DMCA Policy, whose repeat-infringer policy is incorporated here — repeat infringers are terminated;
- (d) cooperate fully with rights holders and law enforcement, including preserving and disclosing your account records and attestations; and
- (e) ban you as described below.
7.2. PERMANENT LIFETIME BAN. Selling music you do not own is the one line on Florida Tapes you cannot come back from. If you sell — or attempt to sell — music you do not fully own or control, your account will be permanently banned from the Platform, for life, along with any new accounts you create to get around it. There is no appeal process for a marketplace-fraud ban. We reserve discretion to reverse a ban only in the rare case we conclude we got the facts wrong — that decision is ours alone.
7.3. Enforcement under this Section does not limit any other remedy we or any rights holder may have against you, and no forfeiture or ban entitles you to any refund, payout, or compensation.
7.4. DMCA cooperation. You agree to cooperate fully and promptly with any takedown notice, unauthorized-sale report, counter-notice, or investigation handled under the Copyright & DMCA Policy and the Marketplace Infringement & DMCA Policy — including responding to our requests within five (5) business days, providing your written licenses, clearances, and consents on demand, and consenting to our preservation and disclosure of your listing records and rights attestations to complainants, courts, and law enforcement. Silence or non-cooperation may itself be treated as evidence that you could not substantiate your rights.
8. INDEMNIFICATION — YOUR SALES, YOUR LIABILITY
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Florida Tapes and Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC and its founders, owners, officers, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, proceedings, liabilities, judgments, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and the cost of any settlement) arising out of or related to: (a) any track you sell or offer for sale; (b) your breach of this Agreement, any rights attestation, the Terms, or the Artist Upload Agreement; (c) your infringement or violation of any third party's rights; or (d) chargebacks, refunds, or tax claims tied to your sales. We may control the defense at your expense, and you will cooperate. This Section survives delisting, removal of your content, and termination of your account.
9. DISCLAIMERS & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE MARKETPLACE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." WE DO NOT GUARANTEE SALES, REVENUE, PAYOUT TIMING, OR UNINTERRUPTED AVAILABILITY OF SELLING FEATURES. THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN SECTIONS 10 AND 11 OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT IN FULL.
10. CHANGES; GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTES
We may update this Agreement; material changes require your re-acceptance before further sales. This Agreement is governed by the law of the State of Florida. Disputes are resolved under Section 13 of the Terms of Service — informal resolution first, then binding individual arbitration seated in Orange County, Florida, with its class-action waiver and opt-out terms applying equally here.
Contact: Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes, 3019 Ballad Road, Kissimmee, Florida 34746, legal@floridatapes.com.
ACCEPTANCE (recorded when you enable selling)
By checking "I agree," you confirm: "I am 18 or older. I understand that I may only sell music I own or control 100% of — every sample cleared, every beat licensed for commercial resale, every collaborator consenting in writing. This applies to every track I sell individually and to every track on any release I sell, including tracks I add to a listed release later. I accept full legal liability for my sales, including indemnifying Florida Tapes, and I understand that selling music I do not own means a permanent lifetime ban and forfeiture of the infringing proceeds."
Florida Tapes records your acceptance with your account ID, IP address, and timestamp — and again for every track and release rights attestation.