ROYALTY RISING
COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
Effective date: 29 August 2026
Last updated: 29 August 2026
Royalty Rising is operated by:
R-RISING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Company number:
17176393
Registered in England and Wales
Registered office:
Cheth House
Valley Lane
Thorney Hill
Bransgore
Dorset
BH23 8DX
United Kingdom
Website:
Copyright and intellectual property contact:
1. PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY
Royalty Rising exists to help creators understand, organise and protect the value of their music and related rights.
We respect the intellectual property rights of:
Artists.
Songwriters.
Composers.
Performers.
Producers.
Labels.
Publishers.
Visual artists.
Rights holders.
Technology providers.
Other creators and businesses.
We expect Royalty Rising users to respect those rights as well.
This policy explains the intellectual property principles applying to Royalty Rising, material submitted by users, Royalty Rising technology and intellectual property complaints.
2. YOUR MUSIC REMAINS YOURS
Using Royalty Rising does not transfer ownership of your music or other intellectual property to Royalty Rising.
You retain whatever rights you already legally hold in material you submit, including rights in:
Musical compositions.
Songs.
Lyrics.
Sound recordings.
Masters.
Artwork.
Written material.
Music metadata.
Documents.
Other original content.
Royalty Rising does not acquire your copyright merely because material is uploaded, stored, analysed or included within a Royalty Rising Song Object.
3. COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP
Copyright ownership depends on the nature of the work and the circumstances in which it was created.
The creator of a work will often be the first copyright owner, but this is not always the case.
Ownership may be affected by matters including:
Employment.
Assignments.
Licences.
Publishing agreements.
Recording agreements.
Collaboration agreements.
Joint authorship.
Commissioning arrangements.
Inheritance.
Previous transfers of rights.
Different rights may also exist separately in the same piece of music.
For example, copyright in a musical composition and copyright in a sound recording are distinct rights and may have different owners.
Royalty Rising does not assume that the person uploading material necessarily owns every right connected with it.
4. COPYRIGHT EXISTS INDEPENDENTLY OF ROYALTY RISING
In the United Kingdom, copyright protection generally arises automatically when the legal requirements for copyright protection are satisfied.
Royalty Rising does not create copyright merely by storing information about a work.
Royalty Rising does not operate an official government copyright register.
Creating a Royalty Rising account, Song Object, record, report or timestamp does not constitute registration of copyright with the UK Government or Intellectual Property Office.
Information maintained through Royalty Rising may potentially form part of a user's wider documentary record concerning a work, but Royalty Rising does not guarantee:
That a particular record proves copyright ownership.
That a timestamp proves authorship.
That information entered by a user is legally conclusive.
That a Royalty Rising record will be accepted as evidence by a court, collecting society, distributor or other organisation.
That possession of a Royalty Rising record overrides competing legal rights.
Where ownership is important or disputed, appropriate contracts, records and professional advice may be necessary.
5. PERMISSION TO PROCESS USER MATERIAL
When you submit material to Royalty Rising, you give R-RISING TECHNOLOGIES LTD a non-exclusive permission to:
Host.
Store.
Copy.
Process.
Analyse.
Organise.
Display.
Transmit.
and otherwise technically handle that material only to the extent reasonably necessary to provide, secure, maintain and troubleshoot the Royalty Rising services you use.
This permission does not transfer ownership of your underlying intellectual property to Royalty Rising.
It does not give Royalty Rising a general right to sell, independently license or commercially exploit your private uploaded content as though that content belonged to Royalty Rising.
It does not grant Royalty Rising a general licence to use private uploaded works to train external general-purpose artificial intelligence models.
If Royalty Rising proposes a materially different use of private user content, that use must have an appropriate legal basis and any further information, agreement or permission required by law must be provided or obtained.
Retention following deletion or account closure is dealt with under our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, including legitimate legal, security and backup requirements.
6. MATERIAL BELONGING TO OTHER PEOPLE
You must only submit material where you have the necessary right, licence, consent, authority or other lawful basis to do so.
You must not knowingly use Royalty Rising to:
Upload infringing material.
Claim another person's song as your own.
Claim authorship you do not have.
Claim rights that you do not own or control.
Remove or falsify copyright information.
Provide deliberately fraudulent ownership information.
Provide knowingly false writer or contributor credits.
Misrepresent another person's contribution to a work.
Uploading material to Royalty Rising does not override another person's existing intellectual property rights.
7. COLLABORATIVE MUSIC
Music frequently involves more than one creator or rights holder.
A single music asset may involve:
Songwriters.
Composers.
Performers.
Producers.
Featured artists.
Publishers.
Labels.
Master owners.
Managers.
Other contributors.
Information entered into Royalty Rising about a collaborative work should be accurate to the best of the user's knowledge.
If you are entering information on behalf of other people, you must have appropriate authority to provide information where such authority is required.
A user cannot acquire another contributor's rights merely by entering their own name as owner within Royalty Rising.
8. SONG OBJECTS AND OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
Royalty Rising Song Objects are intended to help users organise information relating to music assets.
A Song Object may contain information concerning matters such as:
Title.
Artists.
Writers.
Performers.
Producers.
Ownership.
Rights.
Registrations.
ISRC.
ISWC.
Release information.
Distributor information.
Platforms.
Royalty pathways.
Other music metadata.
A Song Object is an organisational and informational record.
It does not by itself:
Transfer copyright.
Assign publishing rights.
Transfer ownership of a master.
Create ownership where none exists.
Resolve competing ownership claims.
Replace a written contract.
Replace registration with a collecting society, rights organisation or other body where such registration is required.
Constitute an official government copyright registration.
9. ROYALTY RISING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
R-RISING TECHNOLOGIES LTD owns or licenses copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights relating to Royalty Rising technology and materials to the extent that those rights legally subsist.
Protected material may include:
Royalty Rising branding.
Original written content.
Software.
Source code.
Application interfaces.
Graphics.
Designs.
Original educational material.
Reports and report formats.
Database content and structures where protected.
Original technology.
Original tools.
Original analysis.
Original software functionality.
Other material created by or for Royalty Rising.
Nothing in your use of Royalty Rising transfers ownership of Royalty Rising intellectual property to you.
10. IDEAS, METHODS AND FUNCTIONALITY
Not every idea, concept, workflow, method or piece of functionality is protected by copyright or another intellectual property right.
Royalty Rising only claims intellectual property protection to the extent that protection exists under applicable law.
Nothing in this policy is intended to claim exclusive legal ownership over an idea or concept that the law does not protect.
11. USING YOUR ROYALTY RISING REPORTS AND OUTPUTS
You may download, retain and use reports and information produced specifically for your account or music assets, subject to any product-specific terms disclosed to you.
You may ordinarily share your own Royalty Rising reports with appropriate people and organisations, including:
Collaborators.
Managers.
Labels.
Publishers.
Professional advisers.
Collecting societies.
Distributors.
Rights organisations.
Other relevant music-industry organisations.
Your right to use or share your own report does not transfer ownership of Royalty Rising's underlying software, databases, protected report design, technology or proprietary systems to you.
12. PROHIBITED COPYING OR EXPLOITATION
Except where applicable law permits it or Royalty Rising has authorised it, you must not:
Copy substantial protected parts of Royalty Rising.
Republish substantial amounts of Royalty Rising proprietary content as your own.
Sell unauthorised copies of Royalty Rising proprietary material.
Extract or reuse a protected Royalty Rising database unlawfully.
Create a competing service by copying protected Royalty Rising software or proprietary content.
Reverse engineer Royalty Rising software where the law does not permit it.
Remove copyright or ownership notices improperly.
Falsely represent Royalty Rising material as your own.
Use Royalty Rising branding in a misleading way.
Nothing in this section prevents activity that applicable law expressly allows and that cannot lawfully be prohibited by contract.
13. ROYALTY RISING BRANDING
The Royalty Rising name, logos and associated branding may be protected by copyright, trade mark law, passing off or other applicable legal rights.
You must not use Royalty Rising branding in a way that falsely suggests:
You are Royalty Rising.
You operate Royalty Rising.
You are an authorised Royalty Rising representative when you are not.
Royalty Rising endorses your product, service or organisation when it does not.
A commercial partnership exists when one has not been agreed.
This does not prevent legitimate factual reference to Royalty Rising.
14. THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL
Royalty Rising may display, reference, analyse or link to information originating from third parties.
These may include:
Music databases.
Streaming platforms.
Distributors.
Collecting societies.
Rights organisations.
Government sources.
Industry organisations.
Technology providers.
Other legitimate information sources.
Rights in third-party material remain with the relevant rights holders.
Royalty Rising does not claim ownership of third-party intellectual property merely because it is referenced through a Royalty Rising service.
Use of third-party material remains subject to applicable licences, permissions, exceptions and legal rights.
15. AI-ASSISTED AND AI-GENERATED MATERIAL
Some Royalty Rising tools may involve artificial intelligence.
The intellectual property position relating to AI-assisted and AI-generated material can depend on:
The nature of the material.
The amount and nature of human creative contribution.
How the AI system was used.
The source material involved.
Contractual terms applying to the AI service.
The territory concerned.
Applicable copyright and other intellectual property law.
Royalty Rising does not guarantee that an AI-generated or AI-assisted output:
Is protected by copyright.
Is owned exclusively by the user.
Is free from third-party rights.
Can be registered or exploited in every territory.
Does not resemble or infringe existing material.
Users should exercise appropriate judgement before commercially exploiting important AI-generated or AI-assisted material.
Where ownership or commercial exploitation is significant, appropriate professional advice may be advisable.
16. AI AND EXISTING COPYRIGHT WORKS
The use of copyright-protected works in connection with artificial intelligence remains subject to applicable copyright law.
Nothing in Royalty Rising authorises a user to upload or use another person's copyright work for an AI-related purpose where the user does not have the necessary legal right to do so.
Royalty Rising's use of AI technology does not remove the intellectual property rights of creators.
17. MORAL RIGHTS AND CREATOR ATTRIBUTION
Creators may have moral rights or similar rights under applicable law.
These can include rights connected with attribution and treatment of a work.
Nothing in this policy is intended by itself to require a creator to waive a moral right.
Where separate contracts between creators, labels, publishers, employers or other parties affect moral rights, those contracts and applicable law will determine the position.
18. COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPLAINTS
If you believe material processed or made available through Royalty Rising infringes your copyright or another intellectual property right, contact:
Please use the subject line:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPLAINT
where possible.
Please provide enough information for us to investigate the complaint.
This should normally include:
Your name.
Your contact information.
Identification of the work or right you believe is protected.
An explanation of your ownership, licence or authority.
Identification of the material you believe infringes your rights.
The location of the relevant material within Royalty Rising where possible.
An explanation of why you believe the use is infringing.
Relevant supporting information or documentation.
The action you are asking Royalty Rising to consider.
19. HOW WE MAY RESPOND TO A COMPLAINT
We will consider credible intellectual property complaints reasonably and in light of the information available to us.
Depending on the circumstances, we may:
Request additional information.
Contact the user responsible for the relevant material.
Temporarily restrict access to disputed material.
Remove material.
Ask a user to demonstrate authority or ownership.
Restore material where appropriate.
Restrict an account.
Suspend an account.
Terminate an account in serious or repeated cases.
Preserve relevant records where reasonably necessary.
Take another proportionate action.
The fact that Royalty Rising temporarily restricts or removes material during a dispute does not mean that Royalty Rising has made a final legal determination about ownership.
20. RESPONSE FROM THE AFFECTED USER
Where appropriate, a user whose material is challenged may be given an opportunity to provide relevant information concerning:
Ownership.
Authorship.
Permission.
Licensing.
Authority.
Other relevant rights.
We may consider information supplied by both sides before deciding what action is appropriate for the Royalty Rising service.
Royalty Rising is not required or qualified to determine complex legal ownership disputes that properly require adjudication elsewhere.
21. COMPETING OWNERSHIP CLAIMS
If two or more parties make credible conflicting claims concerning a music asset or other material, Royalty Rising may restrict relevant functionality or material while the matter is being considered.
Royalty Rising may ask the parties to provide supporting information.
Where a dispute cannot reasonably be resolved through platform records, the parties may need to use:
Contractual dispute procedures.
Collecting-society procedures.
Industry dispute-resolution mechanisms.
Mediation.
Professional legal advice.
Court proceedings.
Another appropriate legal process.
Royalty Rising does not become the owner or legal adjudicator of the disputed work.
22. FALSE OR ABUSIVE CLAIMS
You must not knowingly make a false intellectual property complaint for the purpose of:
Removing legitimate material.
Harassing another user.
Interfering with another person's account.
Improperly claiming ownership.
Obtaining another person's confidential information.
Disrupting Royalty Rising.
Royalty Rising may take proportionate action where there is credible evidence that its complaints process is being deliberately abused.
23. REPEAT OR SERIOUS INFRINGEMENT
Royalty Rising may restrict or terminate accounts that are deliberately or repeatedly used to infringe intellectual property rights.
The response will depend on matters including:
The seriousness of the conduct.
Available evidence.
Whether infringement appears deliberate.
Whether there has been repeated misuse.
Risks to other users or rights holders.
Applicable legal obligations.
24. DISCLOSURE OF USER INFORMATION IN IP DISPUTES
Making an intellectual property complaint does not automatically entitle a complainant to another user's personal information.
Personal information will only be disclosed where there is an appropriate lawful basis.
This may include circumstances where disclosure is required by:
A court order.
Applicable law.
A properly authorised legal process.
Another valid legal basis.
Personal information is otherwise handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
25. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy where reasonably necessary because of:
Changes to Royalty Rising services.
Changes in intellectual property law.
Changes relating to artificial intelligence.
Changes in relevant music-industry practices.
Changes to Royalty Rising technology.
The current version will be published on the Royalty Rising website together with the date it was last updated.
Changes to this policy do not retrospectively transfer ownership of user intellectual property to Royalty Rising.
26. RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TERMS
This policy should be read alongside the Royalty Rising Terms & Conditions.
If this policy and the Terms contain provisions dealing with user ownership and Royalty Rising's permission to process uploaded material, they should be interpreted consistently.
Nothing in this policy overrides statutory intellectual property rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.
27. CONTACT
Copyright and intellectual property enquiries and complaints can be sent to:
Royalty Rising
R-RISING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Company number:
17176393
Registered in England and Wales
Registered office:
Cheth House
Valley Lane
Thorney Hill
Bransgore
Dorset
BH23 8DX
United Kingdom
Website:
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