Artist Terms of Service

TOS for artists

1. Introduction

These Artist Terms of Service ("Artist Terms") form a binding agreement between you ("Artist", "you") and Geekgroovy.com ("Geek Groovy", "we", "us") and govern your participation in the Geek Groovy artist program available through geekgroovy.com and related services (the "Platform").
These Artist Terms apply in addition to our general [Terms of Use] and [Privacy Policy]. If there is a conflict between those documents and these Artist Terms with respect to your activities as an Artist, these Artist Terms control.
By submitting an artist application or by uploading any artwork to the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Artist Terms.

2. Eligibility

2.1 Minimum Age

To participate as an Artist you must be at least 13 years of age. Geek Groovy does not knowingly permit anyone under 13 to participate in the artist program.

2.2 Artists Aged 13 to 17 (Minors)

If you are under 18 years of age (or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater), you may only participate if your parent or legal guardian ("Guardian"):
a. Reads, understands, and agrees to these Artist Terms on your behalf and on their own behalf;
b. Is the registered payee for any royalties or other amounts earned by you, and completes the payee onboarding (banking, identity, and tax forms) in their own name;
c. Provides their full legal name and a current contact email and phone number;
d. Acknowledges that they are legally responsible for your performance under these Artist Terms and for any breach by you;
e. Reviews and approves any artwork you submit before it is submitted.
The Guardian's email and contact information will receive a copy of any material notice we send to you, including approval, rejection, suspension, and termination notices, and statements of earnings. You may not misrepresent your age or your Guardian's involvement.

2.3 General Requirements

In addition, every Artist must:
a. Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract (or, for minors, have a Guardian with such capacity who agrees on the Artist's behalf as described above).
b. Hold and maintain a verified user account on the Platform (email verification through our authentication provider is required).
c. Provide accurate identifying information, including legal first and last name, an artist alias if applicable, and country of residence.
d. Not be barred from receiving services under the laws of any jurisdiction in which Geek Groovy operates.
We may refuse, suspend, or terminate Artist status at our sole discretion, including where eligibility cannot be verified.

3. The Artist Application

3.1 Submission

To become an approved Artist, you must submit an application through the Platform's artist application form. You will be asked to provide:

• Identifying information (name, alias, country)
• A short portfolio description and bio
• Responses to a brief questionnaire (including how you heard about Geek Groovy and why you want to join)
• Optional links to your social media and external portfolios (e.g., Instagram, Pinterest, Behance, Etsy, DeviantArt, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, personal website)
• Between three (3) and five (5) portfolio files (image or PDF, maximum 10 MB per file)

You may save an application as a draft, edit it, withdraw it, or resubmit it after a request for changes, in accordance with the application status displayed in your dashboard.

3.2 Review Process

Each application is reviewed manually by Geek Groovy administrators. Possible outcomes are:

• Approved — you are granted Artist status and may be considered for product creation, battles, and featured placements.
• Needs changes — you will receive feedback (visible in your dashboard and by email) and may revise and resubmit.
• Rejected — you may not be invited to participate at this time. You may reapply at our discretion.

We do not commit to review timelines and do not guarantee approval. Approval is at our sole discretion.

3.3 Notifications

When your application status changes, we will send notifications to the email address associated with your account and may display in-app notifications. You are responsible for keeping your contact email current.

3.4 Communication and Responsiveness

You are responsible for responding to Geek Groovy's communications in a timely manner — including requests for changes, creative briefs or assigned themes, revision requests, file resubmissions, and payee or onboarding requests. Unless we specify a different deadline in a particular request, "timely" means within [7] days of our request.
If you do not respond within the applicable time, Geek Groovy may, in its sole discretion and without liability to you:
a. Treat the relevant submission or application as withdrawn;
b. Reassign the genre, theme, or creative brief to another artist;
c. Proceed without your involvement; and/or
d. Decline to commission or produce the work.
Geek Groovy is under no obligation to hold a creative brief, production slot, or Battle opportunity open while awaiting your response. Non-responsiveness does not entitle you to compensation for any work not accepted or produced (see Section 7.8).

4. Content Standards

4.1 Originality

Every work you submit must be your own original creation. You may not submit:
a. Work that is traced, copied, or substantially derived from another artist's work.
b. Work generated wholly or partially by artificial intelligence tools. Geek Groovy does not accept AI-generated, AI-assisted, or AI-upscaled artwork. All submitted artwork must be created entirely by you using non-AI methods. We may, at our discretion, ask you to provide process files, layered source files, or work-in-progress images to verify originality.
c. Work that depicts, names, or otherwise uses third-party intellectual property — including but not limited to trademarked logos, characters, brands, studios, or franchises (e.g., Marvel, Disney, Pokémon, Nintendo, Warner Bros., or any other rights-holder) — unless you have the express written license to do so and provide proof on request.
d. Traditional (physical-media) artwork — including but not limited to paintings on canvas, drawings on paper, sculptures, mixed-media pieces, or photographs of physical artwork — because such work is difficult to reliably reproduce on our products. Submissions must be created or finalized in a digital format (e.g., vector files or high-resolution digital raster files) that is directly suitable for printing.

4.2 Genre-Inspired Work and Assigned Themes

Geek Groovy frequently assigns a genre, theme, or creative brief for you to work within (for example, "space adventure," "magical academy," "retro arcade," "giant monsters," or "fantasy questing"). In most cases the concept comes from Geek Groovy; your job is to produce original artwork inspired by that genre — not copies of, or recognizable depictions of, any existing copyrighted or trademarked property.
The line you must not cross. Copyright and trademark protect a specific creative expression — a particular character's design, name, logo, costume, or other distinctive elements — not the general idea, style, or genre behind it. You may freely draw on a genre; you may not reproduce someone else's protected expression. For example:

• Allowed (genre-inspired, original): your own original wizard character at your own invented magic school; an original masked, web-themed hero of your own creation; an original giant monster in the kaiju style.
• Not allowed (direct violation): Harry Potter, the Hogwarts crest, Spider-Man, Godzilla, Pikachu, or any other existing character, name, title, logo, slogan, or distinctive design owned by someone else — even if you draw it entirely yourself, and even if you change small details.

Why "I drew it myself" is not enough. Creating your own drawing of an existing protected character is still a "derivative work" and can infringe the owner's rights — and the risk is higher because Geek Groovy sells the resulting products. Fan art that may be fine to post for fun is not automatically fine to sell.
Practical guidance. Aim for work that evokes the feeling of a genre while being unmistakably your own creation. Avoid character names, titles, catchphrases, logos, and signature costumes associated with existing franchises. If you believe a specific element is in the public domain, or you hold a license for it, disclose this under Section 4.5 and provide documentation on request.
Geek Groovy may reject, remove, or decline to produce any work it believes crosses from genre-inspired into infringement, in its sole discretion.

4.3 Audience-Appropriate Content

Geek Groovy is a family-friendly platform. Submissions must satisfy the "grandma test" — broadly suitable for display to a general audience of all ages. Without limiting that standard, the following are not permitted:

• Nudity, sexual content, or sexually suggestive material
• Graphic violence, gore, or shock content
• Hate speech, harassment, slurs, or content that attacks a protected class
• Content promoting self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders
• Promotion of illegal acts or controlled substances
• Content that is defamatory, deceptive, or that violates a third party's privacy or publicity rights

4.4 Quality Standards

Artwork must be technically suitable for reproduction on physical products. We may reject submissions for, among other things:

• Insufficient resolution
• Thin, illegible, or muddy linework
• Background or composition issues that do not crop or scale to a given product format
• Color profiles or file formats incompatible with our printing partners

4.5 Disclosures

If your work incorporates third-party elements you have a license for (fonts, stock textures, public-domain imagery, collaborator contributions, etc.), you must disclose this in your application or product submission and produce documentation on our request. Note that AI-generated elements are not permitted under Section 4.1(b) and may not be disclosed and used.

4.6 Rejection Reasons

Our administrators may classify a rejection as: not audience-appropriate, copyright/trademark concern, originality concern, AI-generated content, traditional/non-digital medium, printability/quality concern, product-fit concern, or other. We will indicate the reason and may provide additional notes in your dashboard or email.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1 You Retain Ownership

You retain all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the artwork you submit to Geek Groovy ("Your Artwork"). Nothing in these Artist Terms transfers ownership of Your Artwork to us.

5.2 License You Grant to Geek Groovy

By submitting Your Artwork to the Platform, you grant Geek Groovy a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free (subject to the compensation terms in Section 7), sublicensable, transferable license during the Term and for a reasonable wind-down period after termination, to:
a. Reproduce and manufacture Your Artwork on physical products offered through the Platform, including via our printing and fulfillment partners.
b. Display, promote, and sell Your Artwork and the resulting products on the Platform, including in product listings, the live battle mat, featured-product placements, marketing banners, and search results.
c. Modify Your Artwork only as reasonably necessary for product fitment, color profile, sizing, cropping, and printability — not to create new derivative artistic works.
d. Promote the Platform and the products derived from Your Artwork through Geek Groovy's owned marketing channels (website, social media, email, advertising), including using your artist name, alias, biographical information, and portfolio links. e. Permit fulfillment partners to use Your Artwork solely to manufacture, package, and ship purchased products to customers.

5.3 Limits on Our License

We will not:

• Use Your Artwork in connection with content that materially conflicts with Section 4 (Content Standards).
• Sublicense Your Artwork to third parties for purposes unrelated to operating, fulfilling, or marketing the Platform.
• Register copyright or trademark rights in Your Artwork in our name.

5.4 Use of Your Name and Likeness

You grant us the right to display your artist name, alias, country, biographical description, avatar, and links to your social-media or portfolio profiles in connection with Your Artwork and its associated products.

5.5 Your Continuing Rights and 12-Month Exclusivity

Exclusivity Period. For twelve (12) months after Geek Groovy accepts and commissions a work from you (the "Exclusivity Period"), Geek Groovy has the exclusive commercial rights to that specific work. During the Exclusivity Period you may not sell, license, reproduce, distribute, or offer merchandise based on that specific work — whether by yourself or through any other person, marketplace, print-on-demand service, convention, gallery, or platform. You retain ownership of the work at all times (Section 5.1); this is a restriction on where it may be commercialized, not a transfer of ownership. You may still display the work in your personal portfolio (online or offline) to show that you created it, with credit to Geek Groovy, but not for sale.
The Exclusivity Period applies separately to each commissioned work and runs from the date Geek Groovy accepts that work. You and Geek Groovy may agree in writing to a different arrangement for a specific work.
After the Exclusivity Period. Once the Exclusivity Period ends, your rights become non-exclusive: you regain the full right to display, promote, license, and sell that work outside the Platform — on your own website, other marketplaces, at conventions, in print-on-demand services, in galleries, and through direct commissions. Geek Groovy's license under Section 5.2 continues with respect to inventory already produced, and the removal rules in Section 5.6 still apply.

5.6 Removal and Withdrawal Requests

Your ability to remove a work depends on whether Geek Groovy has already paid you for it (the acceptance advance, any bonus, or any royalty under Section 7).
(a) Before any payment. If you have not yet received any payment from Geek Groovy for a work, you may withdraw or request its removal:

• A submission still in draft or needs_changes status may be withdrawn at any time, without restriction.
• For a work that has been approved but not yet paid, if you ask us to remove it we will (i) stop listing new products based on it and move any active listings to archived status within a reasonable time, and (ii) remove digital displays of it from product pages, the live battle mat, featured-product placements, and our active marketing materials within a reasonable time.

(b) After payment. Once Geek Groovy has paid you any amount for a work, your right to require removal ends. Because Geek Groovy has commissioned and paid for the work, Geek Groovy may continue to display, produce, sell, and market it in accordance with the license in Section 5.2 and the Exclusivity Period in Section 5.5. Any inventory already produced may be sold and shipped through to exhaustion, and royalties under Section 7 continue to apply to those sales. We may, at our sole discretion, agree to remove a paid work, but we are not obligated to.
This rule exists because once Geek Groovy has paid for and begun commercializing a work, pulling it (and any printed inventory) would create waste, breach commitments to customers and fulfillment partners, and cause losses Geek Groovy cannot reasonably absorb. By submitting artwork, you acknowledge and accept these limitations on removal.

6. Products and Battles

6.1 Product Creation

Once your work is approved, Geek Groovy administrators may create one or more Products based on Your Artwork. Each Product has a SKU, name, description, price, optional cost, inventory count, and one or more media files. Product status follows the lifecycle: draft → active → sold_out → archived.
Pricing, cost, inventory levels, product format, and media presentation are set and managed by Geek Groovy. We will consult with you where reasonably practical, but final commercial decisions are ours.

6.2 Battles

Geek Groovy may pair two Products in a head-to-head competitive matchup ("Battle") featured on the live battle mat. Battles have:

• Two participating Products (product_a and product_b)
• A scheduled start time
• A duration of 1 to 72 hours (up to 3 days)
• A status lifecycle: draft → active → optionally on_hold → battle_over → archived

Only one Battle may be active at a time. Customers participate by purchasing one of the two Products. A winner is determined by Geek Groovy at the close of the Battle and recorded in the Battle record.
You consent to having Your Artwork displayed and promoted in Battles, including via countdown timers, vote/purchase indicators, and animated UI feedback. Battle entry and Battle wins may earn the bonuses described in Section 7.2, but selection for a Battle and the outcome of a Battle are determined by Geek Groovy in its sole discretion and are not guaranteed.

6.3 Featured Products

Geek Groovy may, at its discretion, include any Product in featured placements (e.g., the homepage featured-products section) and may set or change display order. Featured placement is editorial and does not guarantee additional sales or compensation.

6.4 Marketing Banners and Promotional Use

We may run site-wide marketing banners and other promotional surfaces that reference Your Artwork, your name, or your alias in accordance with the license in Section 5.2.

7. Compensation

Implementation note: As of the Effective Date, the Platform's payout and Stripe Connect mechanisms are being built. This section reflects Geek Groovy's intended compensation model and will become operative once the payout system is live. Geek Groovy will track earnings against the rules below from the date sales begin.

7.1 Royalty Rate

For each Product sold that is based on Your Artwork, Geek Groovy will pay you a royalty equal to 20% of Net Revenue.
"Net Revenue" for a sale means the gross sale price actually received by Geek Groovy from the customer, minus:
a. Payment processing fees (e.g., Stripe fees);
b. Manufacturing, printing, and fulfillment costs for the Product;
c. Shipping and handling charges passed through to the customer;
d. Sales tax, VAT, GST, or other transaction taxes collected from the customer; and
e. Refunds, returns, and chargebacks attributable to that sale.
Geek Groovy will make a clear breakdown of these deductions available in your dashboard for each sale or payout.

7.2 Acceptance Advance and Performance Bonuses

In addition to the royalty in Section 7.1, Geek Groovy pays the amounts below. The dollar figures stated here are the amounts in effect as of the Effective Date and may be updated from time to time as described in Section 14; the amounts in effect at the time Your Artwork is accepted apply to that Artwork. (a) Acceptance Advance — $25 (recoupable). When Your Artwork is approved and accepted for production as a Product, Geek Groovy pays you a one-time $25 acceptance advance. This advance is an advance against future royalties: you will not receive separate royalty payouts on that Artwork until your accrued royalties for it exceed $25. Once your accrued royalties pass $25, royalties are paid out normally under Section 7.3. You keep the full $25 even if the Artwork never earns $25 in royalties — the advance is non-refundable to you and is never clawed back for underperformance (it may still be forfeited on for-cause termination under Section 10). (b) Battle Entry Bonus — $25 (on top of royalties). If a Product based on Your Artwork is selected by Geek Groovy to compete in a Battle, you receive a one-time $25 bonus for that Battle entry. This bonus is in addition to royalties and is not recouped against them. (c) Battle Win Bonus — $50 (on top of royalties). If a Product based on Your Artwork is declared the winner of a Battle by Geek Groovy, you receive an additional $50 bonus. This bonus is in addition to royalties and the Battle Entry Bonus and is not recouped against them. (d) Sales Milestone Bonus — $25 (on top of royalties). The first time a single Product based on Your Artwork reaches 100 units sold (net of refunds, returns, and chargebacks), you receive a one-time $25 bonus. This bonus is in addition to royalties and is not recouped against them. For clarity: only the Acceptance Advance in (a) is recoupable against royalties. The bonuses in (b), (c), and (d) are paid on top of royalties and are funded by sales that have already occurred. Selection of a Product for a Battle, the outcome of any Battle, and any featured placement are all determined by Geek Groovy in its sole discretion, and no Artist is guaranteed Battle entry, a Battle win, or any bonus. Advances and bonuses are paid through the same payout method, payout windows, and minimum-threshold rules as royalties (Sections 7.3 through 7.5).

7.3 Payout Triggers

Royalties accrue continuously as sales occur, and are paid out at two trigger events:
a. "First Production" payout. The first time a Product based on Your Artwork is sold (i.e., when Your Artwork is first produced and shipped as a Product), the royalties accrued from that sale and any sales of the same Product to that point are paid out at the next scheduled payout window.
b. "Post-Battle" payout. For each Battle in which Your Artwork is featured, royalties accrued from sales of the relevant Product during and as a result of that Battle are paid out approximately one (1) month after the Battle's over date, to allow for refund, return, and chargeback windows to close.
Royalties from ordinary sales outside the two trigger events above accumulate and are paid out at the next applicable trigger.

7.4 Currency, Refunds, and Chargebacks

Royalties are calculated and paid in [USD]. Refunded, returned, or charged-back orders do not earn royalties; if a royalty has already been paid on such an order, the corresponding amount may be deducted from your next payout.

7.5 Minimum Payout and Payment Method

The minimum payout threshold is US $5.00. If your accrued royalties at a trigger event are less than $5.00, the balance rolls over and is added to the next payout.
Payouts are made via Stripe (Stripe Connect). You (or, for minor Artists, your Guardian as the registered payee) are responsible for completing Stripe Connect onboarding — including identity verification, banking, and tax forms — and for keeping that information current. We may withhold payouts until onboarding is complete. Stripe's own terms of service apply to your use of Stripe Connect.

7.6 Taxes

Sales tax (Geek Groovy's responsibility). Geek Groovy is responsible for collecting and remitting any applicable sales tax, use tax, VAT, GST, or similar transaction-based taxes charged to customers on Product purchases through the Platform, in jurisdictions where we are required to do so (including under applicable marketplace-facilitator laws). These taxes are charged to the customer in addition to the Product price and are not part of Net Revenue for royalty purposes.
Your taxes (your responsibility). You (or, for minor Artists, your Guardian as the registered payee) are solely responsible for all income, self-employment, withholding, and other personal or business taxes on amounts you receive from Geek Groovy. You will provide tax forms (e.g., [W-9 / W-8BEN / equivalent]) on request, and you are responsible for reporting and paying these taxes to the appropriate authorities. Geek Groovy may withhold from your payouts and report payments as required by applicable law.
You acknowledge that Geek Groovy does not provide tax advice and that you (or your Guardian) should consult a qualified tax professional regarding your obligations.

7.7 Statements and Disputes

We will make sales and payout statements available in your dashboard. You must raise any dispute about a statement within [60] days of its publication; absent a timely dispute, the statement is considered accepted.

7.8 No Other Compensation

Your only compensation under these Artist Terms is the royalty (Section 7.1) and the advance and bonuses expressly set out in Section 7.2. Except for those amounts, you are not entitled to compensation for application submissions, work that is not turned into a Product, drafts, archived products, sold-out products beyond their final sale, or for promotional, marketing, or featured-placement use.

8. Your Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that, for each piece of artwork you submit:
a. You are the sole creator and exclusive owner of all rights in the work, or you have all licenses, releases, and permissions necessary to grant the license in Section 5.2.
b. The work does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third party's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, contract, or moral rights.
c. The work does not contain defamatory, unlawful, or otherwise prohibited content.
d. The work was created entirely without the use of any artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI, AI-assisted, and AI-upscaling tools; and any stock assets, fonts, or other third-party elements you used are properly licensed and have been disclosed accurately.
e. All information provided in your application and account is true, accurate, current, and complete.
You will promptly notify us if any of the foregoing ceases to be true.

9. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Geek Groovy, its affiliates, fulfillment partners, payment partners, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any third-party claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:
a. Your breach of these Artist Terms, including any breach of the representations in Section 8.
b. Any allegation that Your Artwork infringes or violates a third party's rights.
c. Your acts or omissions in connection with the Platform.
We may participate in the defense of any such claim at our own expense and will not settle a claim that imposes obligations on you without your prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld).

10. Account, Suspension, and Termination

10.1 Term

These Artist Terms take effect when you submit your first artist application or upload artwork and continue until terminated.

10.2 Termination by You

You may withdraw from the artist program at any time by notifying us at Liv@geekgroovy.com. Withdrawal does not affect:

• Outstanding orders, scheduled or active Battles, or in-flight fulfillment
• Royalties earned but not yet paid (which will be paid in the ordinary cycle)
• The license in Section 5.2 with respect to copies of products already manufactured or in customer hands

10.3 Termination or Suspension by Us

We may suspend or terminate your Artist status, remove or de-list any Product, or remove any artwork, immediately and without prior notice, if we reasonably believe that:
a. You have breached these Artist Terms, our [Terms of Use], or applicable law.
b. Your work has triggered a credible third-party rights claim.
c. Continued listing creates risk to Geek Groovy, its customers, or its partners.

10.4 Effect of Termination or Suspension by Geek Groovy

If Geek Groovy suspends or terminates your Artist status under Section 10.3, your pending Platform activity is removed along with you, including: a. Draft and pending submissions are deleted or marked inaccessible. b. Approved-but-unlisted Products and scheduled (not-yet-active) Battles based on Your Artwork are cancelled. c. Active Product listings based on Your Artwork are moved to archived and removed from public view. d. Featured-product, marketing-banner, and battle-mat displays of Your Artwork are taken down. e. Already-printed physical inventory is removed from sale and will not continue to be sold through the Platform. Geek Groovy may, at its discretion, destroy, donate, or otherwise dispose of that inventory; no royalties accrue on inventory disposed of under this section. f. Customer orders that have already been placed and paid for at the time of termination will be either (i) fulfilled in the ordinary course, in which case royalties on those specific orders are paid to you under Section 7, or (ii) refunded to the customer, in which case no royalty is owed. We will choose between (i) and (ii) based on what is reasonable under the circumstances (including the nature of the breach giving rise to termination). g. Royalties already earned but not yet paid out as of the termination date will be paid at the next scheduled payout, subject to the minimum payout threshold, unless we are legally required to withhold them. h. Advances and bonuses (Section 7.2) that have not yet been paid to you are forfeited, and no further advance or bonus is owed. The $25 acceptance advance already paid to you is not automatically refundable; however, where your breach caused the termination, Geek Groovy may seek to recover amounts already paid to you (including the advance and any bonuses) as part of its damages under Section 9 (Indemnification).

10.5 Effect of Voluntary Withdrawal

If you voluntarily withdraw under Section 10.2, the rules in Section 5.6 (Removal and Withdrawal Requests) govern, not Section 10.4. In particular, if you have already been paid for a work, already-printed inventory continues to be sold through to exhaustion and you continue to earn royalties on those sales.

10.6 Survival

Sections 5 (to the extent applicable to copies already manufactured or sold), 7.6 (Taxes), 7.7 (Statements and Disputes), 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14 survive termination or suspension.

11. Disclaimers

The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty as to the volume of sales, level of exposure, or success that any Artist will achieve. Acceptance into the Artist program is not a guarantee of sales, featured placement, Battle inclusion, or specific compensation.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will Geek Groovy be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or in connection with these Artist Terms or the Platform, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Geek Groovy's aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Artist Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) the total royalties paid or payable to you in your most recent completed payout cycle (i.e., the payout cycle immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim), or (b) US $100.
For purposes of this Section, a "payout cycle" means the period between two consecutive payout-trigger events for you under Section 7.3 (First Production payout or Post-Battle payout). If no payout cycle has yet been completed at the time of the event, clause (b) applies.

13. Governing Law and Disputes

These Artist Terms are governed by the laws of Washington State, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Snohomish County, Washington State for any dispute that is not subject to arbitration, and waive any objection to venue in those courts.
[Optional arbitration / class-action waiver provision to be drafted with counsel in light of jurisdiction.]

14. General

Changes. We may update these Artist Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by email and/or in-app notification at least [30] days before they take effect. Your continued participation after the effective date of an update constitutes acceptance.
Independent contractor. You are an independent contractor. Nothing in these Artist Terms creates an employment, partnership, joint-venture, or agency relationship.
Assignment. You may not assign these Artist Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Artist Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets. Notices. Notices to you may be sent to the email associated with your account or via in-app notification. Notices to us must be sent to . Entire agreement. These Artist Terms, together with our [Terms of Use] and [Privacy Policy], constitute the entire agreement between the parties regarding their subject matter and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements. Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Contact

Questions about these Artist Terms? Contact us at Liv@geekgroovy.com We'll do our best to respond promptly.