This License Agreement applies to all sample packs and sound libraries sold by Angelo Imani through this website, unless different or additional license terms are expressly stated for a specific product.
By purchasing, downloading, or using any such sample pack or sound library (the “Sample Pack”), you (“Licensee”) agree to the following terms.
Angelo Imani (“Licensor”) grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, single-user license to use the sounds contained in the purchased Sample Pack subject to this Agreement.
All right, title, and interest in and to the original sound recordings, compositions, and other content contained in the Sample Pack remain with Angelo Imani, except for the limited rights expressly granted under this Agreement.
This license applies only to the Sample Pack purchased and does not automatically extend to other or future releases unless explicitly stated at the time of purchase.
Drum sounds, short standalone vocal phrases, and samples supplied as individual one-shots—including vocal, instrumental, melodic, and tonal one-shots—are 100% royalty-free and may be used in an unlimited number of commercial and non-commercial projects, including musical compositions, sound recordings, film, television, advertising, games, and multimedia productions, including major releases.
No additional clearance, royalties, publishing splits, or fees are required for permitted use of these sounds.
This does not grant Licensee the right to redistribute, resell, sublicense, share, or otherwise make the original sounds available as standalone samples or source material.
“Melodic Content” means longer melodic or compositional material supplied in the Sample Pack, including vocal loops, instrumental melodic loops, full or partial compositions, recorded melody ideas, their associated stems, and longer melodic atmospheres, textures, and passages.
Samples supplied as individual one-shots, including vocal, instrumental, melodic, and tonal one-shots, are excluded from this definition. Short standalone vocal phrases are not classified as Melodic Content merely because they contain vocals or melody.
References to recorded melody ideas mean the actual musical material supplied in the Sample Pack, rather than abstract musical ideas or general musical styles.
Classification is based on the original material as supplied by Licensor. Chopping, pitching, stretching, processing, rearranging, or otherwise modifying Melodic Content does not remove the conditions applicable to it. Extracting a one-shot or short excerpt from Melodic Content does not reclassify that material or exempt its use from those conditions.
Melodic Content may be commercially used on a royalty-free basis subject to the following thresholds and restrictions.
Melodic Content may be used royalty-free in independently released musical works up to 1,000,000 cumulative on-demand audio and audiovisual streams across all digital streaming platforms per released work.
If a released work incorporating Melodic Content exceeds 1,000,000 cumulative streams, Licensee must contact Licensor within thirty (30) days of crossing that threshold to obtain written clearance and agree upon commercial terms applicable to continued exploitation of the work.
Melodic Content may be used royalty-free in independent films, television productions, advertisements, games, online content, and other audiovisual or multimedia projects with total production budgets below $500,000 USD, provided the project is not produced, financed, released, or distributed by or through a Major Music Company or Major Studio as defined below.
Any such project with a total production budget of $500,000 USD or more requires prior written clearance and separately negotiated commercial terms.
For music releases, all Melodic Content must be incorporated into a materially new and original musical work created by Licensee. This requirement applies regardless of the folder in which the Melodic Content is supplied.
Licensee may sample, manipulate, chop, interpolate, process, rearrange, or otherwise incorporate Melodic Content into a new musical work. Licensee may use an individual loop, composition, or stem in full and without alteration within that work, provided the resulting work as a whole contains meaningful original creative contributions by Licensee and complies with all applicable clearance requirements and other terms of this Agreement.
Licensee may not release Melodic Content by itself, or a version lacking meaningful original creative contributions by Licensee, as a standalone song, instrumental, vocal track, composition, or other music release.
The resulting musical work must contain meaningful original creative contributions by Licensee, which may include additional instrumentation, vocals, songwriting, arrangement, sound design, production, or other original musical elements.
This requirement applies to music releases only.
Filmmakers, sound designers, game developers, and other audiovisual or multimedia creators may use compositions and Melodic Content in full as part of a soundtrack, score, scene, advertisement, game, or audiovisual production, provided all other terms of this Agreement are satisfied.
Any use of Melodic Content in connection with a Major Music Company, Major Studio, or comparable major commercial production requires prior written clearance, regardless of stream count, production budget, or distribution platform.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Major Music Company” includes Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, and distribution companies, as well as The Orchard and EMPIRE and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates.
“Major Studio” includes major film, television, streaming, and entertainment companies such as Netflix, Disney, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios, Apple, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates.
Merely making an independently released work available for streaming, download, sale, or monetization on generally accessible platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube, under their ordinary platform terms does not, by itself, constitute usage in connection with a Major Music Company or Major Studio requiring prior written clearance.
This exception applies only to ordinary platform availability. A separate production, financing, commissioning, acquisition, licensing, label, or distribution arrangement with a Major Music Company or Major Studio remains subject to the clearance requirements in this Agreement. Distribution through The Orchard, EMPIRE, or another company included in the definition of Major Music Company continues to require prior written clearance, even where the artist is otherwise independent.
All other applicable stream thresholds, production-budget thresholds, and restrictions remain in effect.
If a work originally released independently is subsequently acquired, licensed, distributed, funded, or otherwise commercially exploited by or through a Major Music Company or Major Studio, prior written clearance from Licensor is required before such major commercial exploitation begins.
If there is uncertainty as to whether a proposed release or project qualifies as major commercial usage, Licensee must contact Licensor prior to release.
Major commercial usage is not automatically prohibited. It requires separate written clearance and commercially negotiated terms.
For clearance, contact:
Commercial terms may include an upfront fee, publishing participation, master royalty participation, producer royalty, or other terms agreed upon in writing between Licensor and the applicable parties.
Failure to obtain required clearance prior to release or distribution constitutes a breach of this Agreement.
Licensee may not:
Resell, sublicense, share, upload, distribute, or otherwise make available any sounds from the Sample Pack as standalone samples or source material, whether in their original, substantially similar, or modified form. This restriction does not prohibit distributing finished works that incorporate the sounds in accordance with this Agreement.
Create or distribute competing sample packs, drum kits, loop packs, sound libraries, preset libraries, virtual instruments, stock-audio libraries, or similar products using content from the Sample Pack.
Redistribute individual sounds, stems, compositions, or other content as downloadable source material, even if modified, processed, layered, pitched, or otherwise altered.
Claim exclusive ownership of any original sound, loop, composition, stem, or other source material contained in the Sample Pack.
Sell, license, or distribute the Sample Pack or any portion of it as standalone audio assets, including ringtones, sound-effects libraries, stock sounds, or similar products.
Share the Sample Pack with collaborators, clients, producers, studios, or other third parties as a substitute for their own license.
Licensee may use individual sounds audibly or in isolation within a legitimate musical, cinematic, gaming, advertising, or multimedia production. The restriction on standalone use concerns redistribution or exploitation of the sounds themselves as source material or competing audio assets.
Licensee may not register any individual sound, loop, composition, stem, or other unaltered or substantially unchanged content from the Sample Pack as Licensee’s exclusive property with YouTube Content ID, Meta Rights Manager, or any comparable automated copyright or audio-fingerprinting system.
Licensee may register an original finished musical work incorporating content from the Sample Pack where permitted by the applicable platform or distributor, provided the registration does not falsely claim exclusive ownership of the underlying Sample Pack content.
Licensee is responsible for promptly resolving any automated copyright claim made against another authorized user where such claim results from Licensee’s registration of a work incorporating content from the Sample Pack.
Nothing in this Agreement grants Licensee exclusive rights over Sample Pack content used by other lawful licensees.
The Sample Pack is licensed, not sold.
Licensee does not acquire ownership of the underlying Sample Pack content.
Because this license is non-exclusive, the same sounds, loops, compositions, melodies, or other content may be licensed to and used by other creators.
Licensee retains ownership of Licensee’s original creative contributions and resulting works, subject to Licensor’s continuing ownership of the underlying Sample Pack content and any applicable clearance or royalty obligations under this Agreement.
All sales are final.
Due to the digital nature of the Sample Pack and immediate access to downloadable content, refunds are not provided except where required by applicable law or where Licensor, at Licensor’s sole discretion, determines that a refund is appropriate.
Any refund issued by Licensor on a discretionary basis does not create an obligation to provide a refund in any other case and does not establish a policy, precedent, or continuing entitlement to refunds.
The Sample Pack is provided on an “as is” basis.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Angelo Imani shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages or losses arising from Licensee’s use, misuse, distribution, registration, or exploitation of the Sample Pack.
Licensee is responsible for ensuring that Licensee’s use of the Sample Pack complies with this Agreement and with any applicable laws, platform requirements, distributor requirements, and third-party agreements.
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.
Any unauthorized resale, redistribution, sublicensing, sharing, or use of Sample Pack content to create competing sound libraries or products constitutes a material breach of this Agreement and may result in immediate termination of the license.
For other breaches capable of being corrected, Licensor may provide Licensee with written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure the breach.
Upon termination, Licensee must cease any future unauthorized use or distribution of the Sample Pack content.
Termination does not eliminate any rights, claims, payment obligations, or remedies that arose prior to termination.
Where this Agreement requires clearance, approval must be obtained in writing from Angelo Imani before the applicable use or release, except where this Agreement expressly provides otherwise for the 1,000,000-stream threshold.
Clearance terms will be negotiated based on the nature and commercial scale of the project.
For clearance requests and licensing questions, contact:
By purchasing, downloading, or using the Sample Pack, Licensee acknowledges that they have read, understood, and agreed to this License Agreement.