A music-licensing agency that publishes the whole contract before you sign anything — which, in the sourcing sweep behind this desk, two of roughly twenty-five libraries did. There is no window and no deadline: the submission form is open all year, which is why this card carries a rolling state rather than a date. Submitting costs nothing, and the FAQ answers the question in the same words the agreement does: “Unlike some other music licensing services our representation services are free of charge.”
The pay is a share, not a fee, and the agreement states it as a number: 50% of all Net Receipts Soundscape actually collects on your music. Two details sit either side of that. You receive 100% of the writer’s share of performance royalties, paid to you directly by your own PRO rather than through Soundscape — and Soundscape collects and keeps 100% of the publisher’s share of the same royalties. Both halves are in Section 3(2)(b), and only the first half tends to appear in a library’s marketing.
The rights line is generated from the grant, and the grant is bounded in the way the good ones are: non-exclusive, for a three-year term that renews yearly unless either side gives 60 days’ notice, with everything reverting to you when the term ends. Two clauses qualify that reversion, and this card names them rather than leaving them to the PDF. Section 7(2)(b) keeps Soundscape’s right to collect money in perpetuity on any licence it started during the term — normal in this trade, and still perpetual. Section 8(7) states that a breach by Soundscape gives the composer no right to rescind the agreement, only to sue for money. Neither is hidden; both are worth reading before the automated version of this contract arrives at the end of the upload flow.