Terms of Service & Sync License
The legal terms governing digital sound effects, music cues, sample packs, Safari Passes, and sync clearances on Mulika Audio Safari.
1. Overview & Operating Entity
Welcome to Mulika Audio Safari (MAS) (mulikaaudiosafari.com). Mulika Audio Safari is an official digital sound portal, audio archive, and sync licensing division wholly owned and operated by Mulika Studios Ltd("Mulika Studios", "we", "us", or "our"), a studio corporation registered in Kampala, Uganda.
These Terms of Service & Master Sync License Agreement ("Terms") govern your access to our website, digital audio assets, token ledgers, subscription passes (Safari Pass), and licensing transactions. By accessing, previewing, purchasing, downloading, or synchronizing any audio asset from Mulika Audio Safari, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms.
2. Master Sync License Model (Epidemic Sound / Artlist / Envato Inspired)
All audio assets on Mulika Audio Safari—including African music compositions, sound effects (SFX), field recordings, and sample packs—are licensed, not sold.
A. Creator & Standard Sync License
Grants a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual right to synchronize audio tracks into digital media projects including YouTube videos, social media channels (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook), podcasts, web series, student films, indie film festival cuts, and online non-broadcast advertisements.
B. Commercial & Broadcast Sync License
Grants a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual right to synchronize audio tracks into major broadcast television productions, radio commercials, nationwide ad campaigns, feature films for theatrical release, corporate media, and commercial video games.
C. Safari Pass (Subscription Access)
Active Safari Pass subscribers receive multi-track download and synchronization clearance for projects published during an active subscription period. Content published during an active subscription remains perpetually cleared even if the subscription is subsequently cancelled.
3. Water-Tight Protection & Usage Restrictions
To protect Mulika Studios Ltd, our master audio engineers, and traditional performer communities, the following uses are strictly forbidden:
1. No Standalone Audio Redistribution: You may not re-sell, sub-license, host, re-distribute, or share raw WAV, MP3, or ZIP sample files as standalone sound effects, stock music, or sample packs.
2. Strict YouTube Content ID & PRO Registration Ban: You are explicitly prohibited from uploading raw or synced MAS audio tracks, sample loops, or sound effects to YouTube Content ID, Shazam, Meta Rights Manager, CD Baby, DistroKid, TuneCore, or Performing Rights Organizations (PROs like UPRS, ASCAP, BMI, PRS) under your own name as an original composition.
3. No Virtual Instrument Compilation: You may not isolate samples or stems to build competing sample packs, virtual instruments, Kontakt banks, or synthesizer presets.
4. Strict AI Model Training Ban: You are strictly forbidden from ingesting, scraping, harvesting, or utilizing any MAS audio files, field recordings, stems, or sample packs to train artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning models, voice cloning systems, or generative audio models without an express written enterprise license signed by Mulika Studios Ltd.
5. Cultural Integrity & Moral Rights: Traditional archive recordings carry moral rights under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, Cap. 222 (as amended 2026) of Uganda. Assets may not be synchronized into hate speech, unlawful content, or derogatory representations of indigenous heritage.
4. Token Ledgers, Pricing & Payments
Purchases of individual licenses, token bundles, and Safari Passes are processed securely via Flutterwave (Mobile Money and Credit/Debit Cards). Token ledgers logged in our Supabase database provide immutable proof of download rights.
5. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Uganda. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with Mulika Audio Safari shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Kampala, Uganda.
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