Last updated April 26, 2024

Terms and Conditions

These are the terms of business which govern the contract between you and Uncle Shaba (hereafter “we”, “us” or “our”) for any products or services which you purchase from us, including the following (our “Products”), but not limited to all loops, samples, sounds, tutorials, kits, drums, presets, midis, etc. (“Products”)

These terms should be read in conjunction with our website terms of use, product descriptions and our privacy policy.

Please note that all Digital Content is licensed to you and not sold.

All MIDI and WAV files in our kits are 100% owned by the creator. If a song you produced using these (products) gets placed with a major artist and or major label you are required to clear the usage of the loops with the creator. (See Below)

Upon purchase you are agreeing to these terms:

The copyright of Uncle Shaba and all included sounds, samples, loops, MIDI files, sequencer projects, and/or audio demos, is retained by the creator, and is licensed to the purchaser (via paid download) for use in commercial and non-commercial music releases.

Only purchasers of this product/license from uncleshaba.com, or authorised distributors, have the legal right to use the contents in their own “original” musical releases and/or in advertisements, soundtracks, and television or film music productions.

All rights not expressly granted to the user are reserved.

The purchaser of this product/license may use the contents in their own commercial and noncommercial compositions/releases with no additional costs, provided their name (or band/artist name) appears in the “credits” for that release and the creator of the product/license receives a negotiated publishing royalty however if the “sound design” is used in a Major Commercial Release the creator retains rights to ownership in the composition and master recording.  “Major Commercial Release” as used herein shall be a master recording released and/or distributed by a record label or company:  (i) which is a parent or subsidiary of, and/or is affiliated with (i.e., shares common ownership with), one of the “major” distributors in the United States (which distributors are presently Sony, Universal and the Warner Music Group), (ii) which is a parent or subsidiary of, and/or is affiliated with, one of the so-called “indie” distributors which provide national distribution (which “indie” distributors presently include, without limitation, Caroline, InGrooves, The Orchard, RED, ADA and E1), and/or (iii) whose records are distributed by any such “major” or “indie” record label, company or distribution company. Contact the loop maker(s) for sample clearance if the loop gets a major placement

Credit the loopmaker with tags and in beats with: YOUR NAME x LOOPMAKER(S)

The contents of this product may not be used (wholly or partly) in the creation of any competitive product; including but not necessarily limited to; Sample Packs, Sample CDs, Sample DVDs, Virtual Instruments, Expansion Packs, Production Music, Library Music, Subscription Services, App Contents (Mobile or otherwise), or in any other collection or service, in any format, or in any product that would involve the re-licensing of Uncle Shaba product copyrights, without our permission.

The contents of this product are not to be used “isolated” in your musical works. They must be used within the context of a musical piece mixed with additional parts.

You may not re-sell this collection or transfer it to a third-party, as a purchased license is a single-user license and non-transferable.

All copying, lending, duplicating, re-selling, renting, uploading, file sharing or unauthorised trading of this content (or any part of this content) is prohibited by international copyright law. Uncle Shaba and content creators will not hesitate to take legal action against any person(s), company or individual(s) who fail to adhere to the terms of this legal agreement. If you have any questions about this license or you wish to report an individual who has flouted the terms of this agreement, then please contact us.

Unless otherwise stated in the individual terms of a loop, sample, sound, tutorial, kit, drum, preset, midi, etc. Content creators and sound designers are solely and fully responsible for the intellectual property rights of any loop, sample, sound, tutorial, kit, drum, preset, midi, etc that is for sale on uncleshaba.com. Any claim of infringement or copying shall be initiated against the rightful content creators and sound designers as User hereby acknowledges Uncle Shaba shall not be held liable for others intellectual property.

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