Connect Diva Media Network Legal Center
The direct license agreement for voluntary music submissions to A-Team Radio, operated through Connect Diva Media Network. Read every term before submitting or signing.
Version 1.0 — Effective September 2026
Important
This Agreement is designed for direct-permission independent-artist submissions to A-Team Radio. It is not legal advice and does not replace review by a licensed entertainment attorney. A person who does not control all required rights cannot grant a complete license.
Station Information
Station / Operator Legal Name
Connect Diva Entertainment
A Delaware entity
Station Brand
A-Team Radio / Connect Diva Media Network
Governing State
Delaware
Notices
The Rights Holder's own information (legal name, submitter role, contact details, and every detail about the submitted Recording) is collected on the A-Team Radio submission form itself, along with the required confirmations and electronic signature below — that submission, together with this Agreement, is what the Rights Holder is agreeing to.
Agreement Terms
Section 1
This Independent Artist Direct License Agreement (“Agreement”) is between Connect Diva Entertainment, a Delaware entity operating A-Team Radio and Connect Diva Media Network (“Station”), and the individual or entity that submits a recording through A-Team Radio's submission process (“Rights Holder”). It applies only to the recording identified in the applicable submission (“Recording”), unless a signed schedule expressly adds other recordings.
Section 2
Rights Holder voluntarily submits the Recording for possible review and airplay. Submission does not guarantee review, acceptance, airplay, rotation, a particular number or timing of spins, chart position, promotion, feedback, an interview, playlist placement, continued availability, or any other result. Station retains sole editorial and programming discretion and may accept, reject, schedule, suspend, edit metadata for accuracy, or remove the Recording at any time.
Section 3
Rights Holder grants Station a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up direct license during the Term to host, upload, store, cache, encode, transcode, normalize, make technically necessary server and backup copies of, and publicly perform the Recording through Station's internet-radio streams, websites, embedded players, mobile-compatible players, and substantially similar non-interactive digital audio channels. The license includes the sound-recording rights and musical-composition public-performance rights that Rights Holder owns or validly controls. No ownership transfers to Station.
Section 4
To the fullest extent controlled by Rights Holder, this direct license expressly authorizes Station to program and transmit the Recording without limitation under the statutory sound-recording performance complement, including alongside multiple recordings by the same featured artist or from the same album or release within any three-hour period. This clause does not grant rights owned by a non-signing person and does not change restrictions applicable to recordings for which Station relies on a statutory license.
Section 5
Rights Holder authorizes copies reasonably necessary for ingestion, automation, scheduling, streaming, redundancy, disaster recovery, loudness normalization, format conversion, and security. Station may not commercially distribute downloads of the Recording, sell the Recording, create a remix, materially alter the creative content, or authorize listener downloads unless separately agreed in writing.
Rights, Clearances, and Content
Section 6
Rights Holder represents and warrants that Rights Holder is at least eighteen years old and owns or controls, or has secured written authority to license, every right needed for Station's permitted uses. This includes rights held by master owners, labels, distributors, producers, beat makers, featured performers, songwriters, composers, publishers, administrators, estates, and any other copyright or contractual claimant. If Rights Holder acts for an entity or another person, Rights Holder confirms actual authority to bind that party.
Section 7
Rights Holder represents and warrants that all beats, samples, interpolations, cover-song elements, loops, sound libraries, guest performances, spoken-word recordings, artwork, names, trademarks, and other third-party material are original, public domain, or properly cleared for the uses granted here. A distribution-platform upload, beat purchase receipt, or claim that material is free does not by itself establish sufficient rights. Rights Holder will provide licenses or permissions upon reasonable request.
Section 8
Rights Holder must disclose material use of generative music, synthetic vocals, voice cloning, or similar tools. Rights Holder represents and warrants that the applicable tool terms permit commercial internet-radio use; that no person's voice, identity, likeness, performance, or protected work was used without legally sufficient permission; and that Rights Holder is not granting Station rights the tool provider withheld. Station may reject or remove material when authorship, ownership, consent, or platform-license status is uncertain.
Section 9
Explicit language and adult themes are permitted when accurately disclosed, but Station may reject or remove content it reasonably believes is unlawful, infringing, fraudulent, defamatory, threatening, exploitative, privacy-invasive, deceptively manipulated, or likely to expose Station or listeners to material harm. Adult-content acceptance does not waive any law or third-party right.
Section 10
Rights Holder authorizes Station to display and announce the submitted artist name, song title, album title, cover artwork, approved biography, social links, and factual credits in connection with playing and identifying the Recording. Station may correct obvious formatting or metadata errors but will not knowingly alter ownership credits. No endorsement of Station, Rights Holder, or a sponsor is implied.
Fees, Royalties, and Administration
Section 11
Any stated submission fee pays only for administrative processing and consideration under Station's published policy. It does not purchase airplay, favorable review, guaranteed rotation, promotion, or a specific number of performances. Unless Station's checkout terms state otherwise or applicable law requires otherwise, processing fees are nonrefundable after review begins. Replacement or correction policies are governed by the terms shown at checkout.
Section 12
As between Station and Rights Holder, the license granted here is royalty-free and no license fee, airplay fee, revenue share, residual, or other compensation is owed by Station to Rights Holder for the authorized uses. Rights Holder understands that Station is not promising to report or pay royalties through SoundExchange, a performing rights organization, publisher, administrator, union, distributor, or other collective for rights directly licensed under this Agreement. This provision binds only rights Rights Holder validly controls and does not waive a non-signing party's rights.
Section 13
Nothing in this Agreement creates employment, agency, fiduciary duty, partnership, joint venture, label relationship, management relationship, publishing administration, distribution relationship, or work-for-hire status. Rights Holder remains responsible for splits, collaborator payments, taxes, registrations, contractual notices, and accounting owed to third parties.
Section 14
Station may maintain submission records, consent evidence, metadata, correspondence, technical logs, and play history for operations, compliance, security, dispute handling, and legitimate business records. Rights Holder will promptly provide truthful ownership information and reasonable supporting documentation. Station's privacy policy governs personal information collected through its website or submission system.
Section 15
If Rights Holder checks the optional authorization on the submission form, Station may use excerpts of up to sixty seconds from the Recording, together with submitted artwork and credits, solely to promote Station programming, the Recording, or the artist's scheduled or completed appearance on Station-controlled websites and social-media accounts. This optional permission is not required for radio consideration and excludes paid third-party advertising unless separately approved.
Term, Removal, and Legal Protection
Section 16
This Agreement begins on the date of the applicable submission and continues until terminated. Either party may terminate prospectively by written notice. Station will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove the Recording from active rotation within thirty days after receiving a valid withdrawal notice, and may remove it sooner. Termination does not undo authorized past performances or require deletion of records and backups retained for legal, security, accounting, or archival purposes. No new public performances are authorized after the removal period, except as legally required or separately licensed.
Section 17
Rights Holder must immediately notify Station of any ownership dispute, infringement allegation, loss of authority, contract restriction, or inaccurate representation affecting the Recording. Station may disable or remove the Recording while investigating, request documentation, preserve relevant evidence, and cooperate with lawful notices or orders. Removal does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by Station.
Section 18
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Rights Holder will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Station, Connect Diva Media Network, their owners, officers, contractors, hosts, affiliates, successors, and authorized service providers from third-party claims, damages, judgments, settlements, penalties, liabilities, and reasonable legal fees arising from Rights Holder's breach of this Agreement; lack of authority; or allegations concerning ownership, samples, beats, compositions, performances, publicity, privacy, defamation, or submitted materials. Station will provide reasonable notice of a covered claim and may participate through counsel of its choosing. This section does not cover losses caused solely by Station's unauthorized use outside this Agreement or conduct that cannot legally be indemnified.
Section 19
Station provides submission review and streaming opportunities as available and makes no promise regarding uninterrupted service, audience size, commercial results, discoverability, revenue, or career outcomes. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Station will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or lost-profit damages arising from this Agreement. Station's aggregate liability for a claim will not exceed the submission fee actually paid for the applicable Recording, except where such limitation is prohibited by law or for Station's willful unauthorized exploitation.
General Terms and Signatures
Section 20
Notices under this Agreement should be sent through the contact channel listed on Connect Diva Media Network's Contact page. A withdrawal or rights-dispute notice should identify the Recording, sender, claimed rights, requested action, and supporting contact information. Email notice is effective when received, subject to evidence of delivery. Each party must keep its contact information current.
Section 21
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any mandatory law, the parties consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts located in Delaware.
Section 22
This Agreement and incorporated submission-page terms are the entire agreement regarding the Recording and replace prior statements on that subject. A material amendment must be in a writing or authenticated electronic record accepted by both parties. Rights Holder may not assign this Agreement without Station's written consent, except with a transfer of the applicable rights where the successor assumes this Agreement. Station may assign it with its radio service or business. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be narrowed or severed and the remainder will continue. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
Section 23
The parties consent to electronic records, checkboxes, typed signatures, timestamps, and copies. A typed name or accepted electronic signature is intended to have the same effect as a handwritten signature to the extent permitted by applicable law. The signer confirms an opportunity to read, download, and retain this Agreement before signing.
Required Rights-Holder Confirmations
The A-Team Radio submission form requires an electronic signature and a checkbox for each of the following before a submission can be completed:
Do not sign for another person or company unless you have actual authority. Keep a copy of your completed submission and the exact audio file delivered to the Station.
Withdrawal / Takedown
A verified Rights Holder may request withdrawal or removal at any time through Ateamworldwide26@gmail.com. Include the artist name, song title, submission ID, the basis for the request, and proof of identity or authority. See Section 16 above for how withdrawal affects prior authorized performances and retained records.
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