ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Last Updated: 1.11.26

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) governs acceptable behavior and use of the Motor City Sync platform (“Platform”). It applies to all users, including Creators, Licensees, and any authorized delegates.

By using the Platform, you agree to comply with this AUP in addition to the Terms of Service and all applicable licensing agreements.

Table of Contents

1. Purpose of This Policy

Motor City Sync exists to facilitate:

  • Music discovery

  • Licensing

  • Collaboration

  • Professional negotiation

This policy is intended to:

  • Protect intellectual property

  • Maintain a professional environment

  • Prevent abuse, fraud, and misuse

  • Preserve trust between creators and licensors

2. General Conduct Standards

You agree to use the Platform in a lawful, respectful, and professional manner.

You may not engage in behavior that:

  • Is deceptive, abusive, or harassing

  • Interferes with Platform operations

  • Exploits or harms other users

  • Circumvents licensing or payment systems

3. Prohibited Content

You may not upload, submit, message, or distribute content that:

  • Infringes intellectual property rights

  • Is defamatory, fraudulent, or misleading

  • Promotes hate, violence, or discrimination

  • Is pornographic or sexually explicit

  • Encourages illegal activity

  • Contains malware or malicious code

Motor City Sync reserves the right to remove such content without notice.

4. Intellectual Property Abuse

You may not:

  • Upload content you do not own or control

  • Misrepresent authorship or ownership

  • Attempt to license content without authority

  • Re-upload licensed content outside permitted use

  • Scrape, download, or redistribute content without authorization

Violations may result in immediate suspension or termination.

5. Messaging, Pitching, and Negotiation Conduct

The Platform provides messaging and pitching tools to facilitate professional collaboration.

You may not:

  • Spam creators or licensors

  • Send unsolicited promotional messages unrelated to a project or scene

  • Harass, threaten, or pressure other users

  • Attempt to move negotiations off-platform to avoid fees or tracking

  • Use messaging for phishing or solicitation

Motor City Sync may monitor messaging activity for compliance and abuse prevention.

6. Pricing Manipulation and Bad-Faith Negotiation

You may not:

  • Misrepresent budgets or intent

  • Engage in sham negotiations

  • Attempt to coerce creators into unpaid use

  • Repeatedly request free or “exposure-only” licenses

  • Circumvent established pricing or licensing structures

Negotiation tools are intended for good-faith discussions only.

7. Account Integrity and Security

You may not:

  • Share accounts improperly

  • Access accounts without authorization

  • Impersonate another user or entity

  • Use automated tools, bots, or scripts to access the Platform

  • Attempt to bypass security controls or restrictions

You are responsible for activity conducted by any user you authorize.

8. Platform Abuse and Circumvention

You may not:

  • Reverse engineer or copy Platform functionality

  • Scrape data, audio, or metadata at scale

  • Use the Platform to compete directly with Motor City Sync

  • Bypass licensing, exclusivity, or access controls

  • Remove or obscure attribution requirements

9. Enforcement and Moderation

Motor City Sync reserves the right to take action, including:

  • Content removal

  • Feature restrictions

  • Account suspension

  • Account termination

  • Revocation of licenses for material breach

  • Referral to legal authorities where appropriate

Enforcement actions may be taken without prior notice, depending on severity.

10. Reporting Violations

Users may report suspected violations through:

  • Platform reporting tools

  • Support contact channels

Reports should include:

  • Relevant links

  • Usernames

  • Description of the issue

False or abusive reports may themselves constitute a violation.

11. No Waiver

Failure by Motor City Sync to enforce this policy in one instance does not waive the right to enforce it in the future.

12. Changes to This Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

13. Contact

Motor City Sync
Email: support@motorcitysync.com