CHRT ARTIST SUBMISSION AGREEMENT

This Submission Agreement governs each track you submit to CHRT Music LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company ("CHRT," "we," "us," or "our") through chrtmusic.com (the "Service"). It supplements, and is incorporated into, the CHRT Terms of Service. By submitting a track, you agree to this Submission Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Terms of Service.

1. YOUR DECLARATIONS

At the time of submission, you affirmatively confirm each of the following. This Agreement constitutes your binding acceptance of those declarations:

a. You are at least 18 years of age.

b. The track was created using AI tools. No live instruments, vocals, or performances were recorded as part of the submission.

c. You own or control all rights necessary to submit the recording, including any rights in the underlying composition, any AI-tool-generated elements, and any cover artwork, image, or video accompanying the submission.

d. Your Submission — including all audio, lyrics, title, cover artwork, image, and video — complies with the Content Standards in Section 6 of the Terms of Service and does not contain unlawful, infringing, hateful, harassing, defamatory, obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable material.

e. You understand that any violation of CHRT's rules results in immediate and permanent removal from the platform, including forfeiture of any ranking, certification, or recognition already attributed to your submission.

2. SOLE RESPONSIBILITY

You are solely responsible for your Submission and for ensuring it complies with the Terms of Service, these declarations, and all applicable law. You acknowledge that CHRT does not pre-screen submissions, that any automated, AI, or copyright-screening tools the Service uses are imperfect and may fail to detect violations, and that CHRT's use or non-use of such tools does not shift responsibility for your Submission away from you or create any duty on CHRT's part.

3. OWNERSHIP AND LICENSE

As between you and CHRT, you retain ownership of your submitted track and accompanying artwork, image, or video ("Submission"). You grant CHRT the license described in Section 5(b) of the CHRT Terms of Service, which allows CHRT to host, stream, display, promote, and create derivative formats (such as waveform visualizations or short promotional clips) of your Submission in connection with operating and promoting the Service, including on third-party platforms for promotional purposes. This license is worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and sublicensable, and survives removal of your account to the extent necessary for CHRT to maintain historical Season records and comply with legal obligations.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

You represent and warrant that: (a) your Submission is your own original work, created using AI tools, and does not incorporate unauthorized samples, recorded performances, or copyrighted material you do not have the right to use; (b) your Submission does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third party's copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy, or other right, including any use of another person's name, voice, likeness, or persona without authorization; (c) you have obtained all necessary rights, licenses, and consents (including from any AI tool provider's terms of service) to submit the work and grant the license in Section 3; (d) your Submission complies with the Content Standards, the CHRT Terms of Service, and the Contest Rules; and (e) your Submission is not unlawful, hateful, defamatory, obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise in violation of the Content Standards.

5. NO COMPENSATION

You acknowledge that submitting a track to CHRT, including achieving any ranking, certification, or Season Champion recognition, does not entitle you to any cash payment, royalty, or other monetary compensation from CHRT. This is consistent with the "no cash prizes" structure described in the CHRT Contest Rules.

6. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the CHRT Parties (as defined in the Terms of Service) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, judgments, fines, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising from or related to your Submission or any breach of your declarations, representations, and warranties in this Agreement, including any third-party claim that your Submission infringes that party's rights or is unlawful, defamatory, or objectionable. This obligation is in addition to, and does not limit, the indemnification you owe under the Terms of Service, and survives termination.

7. REMOVAL AND DISQUALIFICATION

CHRT may remove, disable, disqualify, or decline to feature any Submission at any time, for any reason or no reason, in our sole discretion, including suspected copyright infringement, Content Standards violations, rule violations, or integrity concerns, without notice or liability to you and consistent with the CHRT Terms of Service and Contest Rules.

8. TERM

This Agreement applies to each Submission from the time of submission and survives for as long as CHRT retains the Submission or any record of it, consistent with Section 3 above.

9. GENERAL

This Agreement is part of, and should be read together with, the CHRT Terms of Service and Contest Rules. In the event of a direct conflict between this Agreement and the Terms of Service specifically regarding submissions, this Agreement controls.

10. CONTACT

Questions about this Agreement can be sent to legal@chrtmusic.com.