01. Service purpose

TuneLockr is a solution that enables you to:

• to generate timestamped proof of prior existence using a cryptographic fingerprint (hash);
• to link this proof to a blockchain record (Tezos);
• to obtain a certificate of prior existence in PDF format;
• to keep a certified record of your creations;
• to activate, as a paid optional service and on a work-by-work basis, a monitoring service which notifies you of potential matches detected across a range of third-party platforms (see section 7.2 for the scope and limitations of this service).

TuneLockr does not claim any rights over the deposited works and acquires no copyright. TuneLockr does not check, analyse or moderate the content of deposited files.

02. Acceptance of the terms

By using the service, you fully and unconditionally accept these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these conditions, you must stop using the service.

These conditions may be amended at any time. The current version is available on the website. In the event of a significant change, users with an active account will be notified by appropriate means (email, in-app notification).

03. Access to the service

3.1 Minimum age

You must be 18 years old, or the legal age of majority applicable in your country of residence if different, or have parental authorisation, to use the service.

3.2 Availability

The service is available 24/7, except for maintenance or outages beyond our control. TuneLockr does its utmost to ensure service availability, but does not guarantee uninterrupted or continuous access. The service may be temporarily suspended for technical maintenance, updates, improvements, or malfunctions outside TuneLockr's control. No compensation can be claimed in case of interruption.

3.3 Account creation

Each user must provide accurate information. Any fraud or impersonation will result in immediate account deletion.

3.4 Single account — multiple accounts and unauthorised deposits

Each user is allowed to create only one personal account on the TuneLockr platform. Creating multiple accounts, whether intentional or accidental, due to misuse, suspected technical malfunctions or the use of several devices, is strictly forbidden.

One account corresponds to a single active deposit, unless you have subscribed to a specific plan allowing additional deposits or unlimited access.

Any account, deposit or content created in violation of this clause will be considered non-compliant and may, without prior notice:

• be suspended, deactivated or removed from the platform;
• be rendered inactive or invalid with regard to the services offered by TuneLockr, regardless of its existence on a public blockchain;
• not give rise to any refund, compensation or migration to another account.

TuneLockr reserves the right to take any appropriate action, including technical, contractual or legal measures, in the event of repeated or clear circumvention of these rules.

3.5 International use

The service is offered to users worldwide. The user is solely responsible for verifying that using TuneLockr, as well as the probative value of a certificate of anteriority or blockchain anchoring, complies with and is relevant under the laws of their own country of residence or operation (copyright, electronic evidence, taxation, etc.). TuneLockr does not guarantee that a certificate will have the same evidential value in all jurisdictions.

Certain features, payment methods or languages may not be available in all countries.

04. Your works & your rights

4.1 Full ownership

You remain the sole owner of the works you upload. TuneLockr does not receive any rights, licences, or permissions other than those strictly necessary to generate the fingerprint and the certificate, and, where applicable, to provide the monitoring service described in section 7.2.

4.2 Files not retained

TuneLockr does not keep your original files. Only the cryptographic hash and certain metadata (date, file type, identifier) are stored, hosted on the infrastructure described in Article 13.

4.3 Content responsibility

You are solely responsible for the content you upload (originality, rights, collaborations, etc.).

4.4 Archiving, retention and loss of data

The user is fully responsible for backing up their original files, for keeping them safe, and for being able to provide them in the event of a dispute. TuneLockr cannot restore a work that has been lost or deleted locally by the user.

05. Prohibited uses and unacceptable behaviour

The user agrees not to use the service for illegal purposes or in violation of these Terms & Conditions, including with respect to the laws of their country of residence. The following, in particular, are strictly prohibited:

• submitting a work of which the user is not the author or for which they do not hold the necessary rights;
• the upload of illegal content (hate, violence, defamation, discrimination, protected content belonging to third parties);
• attempting unauthorised access to the system, the infrastructure, or other users' accounts;
• circumventing technical limitations, reverse-engineering, copying, reproducing, or any attempt to modify the application;
• using the service with the intention to cause harm, deceive, impersonate someone, or create false evidence of prior existence;
• using the monitoring service to publicly accuse a third party of plagiarism or infringement solely on the basis of a match reported by TuneLockr, without further verification (see section 7.2).

TuneLockr reserves the right to suspend or immediately delete an account in case of violation.

06. Accuracy and truthfulness of information

The user guarantees the accuracy of the information provided when creating their account and when using the service. They acknowledge that they are solely responsible for:

• the truthfulness of their statements;
• the legal status of their works;
• any consequence arising from registering a work for which they do not hold the rights.

TuneLockr can in no way be held liable for any dishonest actions or statements made by the user.

07. Legal nature of the service

7.1 Proof of prior existence

TuneLockr provides technical proof of prior existence, a timestamped certificate, and blockchain anchoring to strengthen the evidence. Blockchain anchoring may be performed at a later stage as part of technical optimisations, without affecting the validity of the original proof generated at the time of registration.

TuneLockr is not a collective management organisation (such as SACEM), an official state deposit service—French or foreign—nor a law firm. The certificates serve as supporting evidence, the significance and admissibility of which depend on the legal context and the country concerned.

7.2 Musical monitoring — scope and limitations

The monitoring service enables, upon user activation and on a work-by-work basis, the reporting of potential matches detected across a number of third-party platforms. This service relies on third-party content recognition technology, the provider of which is not publicly disclosed and may change without prior notice, without affecting the rights and obligations described in these T&Cs.

The user expressly acknowledges and accepts that:

• a match reported by the monitoring service constitutes a technical signal to investigate, not a legal finding of plagiarism, infringement, or unlawful use;
• TuneLockr does not guarantee completeness, absolute reliability, or total coverage of platforms and online content; some uses may never be detected, and some reported matches may prove irrelevant upon review;
• the decision to qualify a detected use as lawful or unlawful, and any resulting action (reporting to a platform, issuing a formal notice, legal action), is the sole responsibility of the user;
• the monitoring service is provided as a decision-making aid, 'as is', under the same liability limitations as the rest of the service (see article 11).

08. Independence from official bodies

TuneLockr is an independent service and is in no way affiliated with, associated with, sponsored by, approved by, or mandated by SACEM, SACD, SDRM, ADAMI, SPEDIDAM, SCPP, SPPF, WIPO, the U.S. Copyright Office, or any other collective management organisation or official copyright protection body, whether French or foreign.

Any reference to these entities in the context of the service (explanatory articles, resources, comparisons, educational documentation, etc.) is provided for information purposes only and implies no collaboration, endorsement, recommendation or partnership.

Trademark and logo rights

Names, logos, trademarks, visuals, and graphic identities belonging to third parties (e.g. SACEM, Tezos, Google/Firebase, YouTube, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, etc.) remain the exclusive property of their respective creators or owners. TuneLockr uses these trademarks for informational purposes only, in accordance with fair use, and without any intention to create confusion with its own service.

Limited role of TuneLockr

TuneLockr does not manage copyright on behalf of a collective management organisation, does not officially register works with SACEM or any national organisation, does not grant economic rights, and does not collect or redistribute royalties. The service provides only technical proof of anteriority and, where applicable, indicative monitoring signals.

09. Rates, payments, currencies & taxes

9.1 Secure payment

Payments are processed via Stripe, including for users located outside France and the European Union. Stripe acts as a payment processor/subcontractor on behalf of TuneLockr.

9.2 Currencies and conversion

Prices may be displayed in the user's local currency for information purposes; the actual amount charged and binding is the one processed by Stripe. Any conversion, exchange or bank fees applied by the user's bank or card issuer remain their responsibility.

9.3 Taxes (VAT / GST / sales tax)

Depending on the user’s country of residence, local taxes (VAT within the European Union and the United Kingdom, GST/HST in Canada or Australia, sales tax in the United States, etc.) may apply and be added to the displayed price, calculated and collected automatically when Stripe’s tax management tool is activated. A business user with a valid intra-community VAT number may, where appropriate, benefit from an exemption under the applicable regulations.

9.4 Subscriptions and on-demand services

Subscriptions (Protect, Creator, Pro) are automatically renewed until cancelled. The monitoring service, when activated on-demand beyond the works included in the subscribed package, is billed according to the current price list on the Pricing page at the time of activation and is automatically renewed under the same conditions until deactivated by the user.

9.5 Termination

Termination is possible at any time. Any previously invoiced periods remain due.

9.6 Right of withdrawal

For consumer users who are entitled to a right of withdrawal under the law applicable in their country of residence (notably article L221-28 of the French Consumer Code for residents of France, or a similar provision elsewhere, for example under the European Directive on consumer rights for residents of the EU/EEA, or the Consumer Contracts Regulations for residents of the United Kingdom), this right is waived only if both of the following cumulative conditions are met before the start of the service:

• the user has given their prior explicit consent for immediate execution of the service (generation of the certificate, activation of monitoring and, where applicable, blockchain anchoring) before the end of the withdrawal period; and
• the user has expressly acknowledged that they will lose their right of withdrawal once the service has been fully carried out.

This double consent is obtained by means of a specific, not pre-ticked checkbox, presented during the order process before payment confirmation — a general acceptance of these Terms & Conditions is not sufficient for this purpose. Proof of this consent (timestamp, order ID) is retained by TuneLockr in order to produce it in case of dispute, with the burden of proof resting on the business.

If this express and documented consent is not obtained under the above conditions, the statutory withdrawal period (generally 14 days) continues to apply, even if the certificate has already been issued or monitoring already activated. In cases where the right of withdrawal still applies, the user may use the form available in Article 16.

10. Use of the unlimited offer — fair usage policy

The so-called 'unlimited' offer is subject to a reasonable use policy. Use is deemed abusive when it generates a disproportionate technical load, diverts the intended purpose of the service, or hinders overall proper functioning. This principle also applies to the monitoring service: any attempt to bypass the billing model in place (for example, repeatedly deactivating and reactivating a work solely to reduce billing) constitutes abusive use within the meaning of this article.

TuneLockr reserves the right to adapt the technical arrangements (such as grouping deposits, anchoring timescales, frequency limitations, or capping the number of works monitored simultaneously), to suspend certain features, or to offer a tailored service. These adjustments do not affect the validity of any generated evidence.

11. Limitation of liability

The TuneLockr service is provided “as is”, without any guarantee of outcome in the context of legal disputes, regardless of the country in which such a dispute occurs. TuneLockr cannot be held liable for:

• the outcome of a dispute concerning a deposited work;
• a temporary malfunction of the Tezos blockchain, hosting infrastructure (including Firebase/Google Cloud), the monitoring service or a third-party provider;
• failure by the monitoring service to detect unauthorised use, or a reported match subsequently found to be irrelevant;
• data losses attributable to the user;
• disputes between artists, authors, producers or any other party;
• any indirect damages: loss of income, loss of contracts, harm to reputation, etc.

The total liability of TuneLockr may not exceed the amount paid by the user during the previous 12 months, within the maximum limit permitted by the mandatory law applicable to the user.

12. Force majeure

TuneLockr cannot be held liable for a contractual breach where this results from an external, unforeseeable, and irresistible event as defined by French case law (natural disasters, global Internet outage, major failure of a cloud provider, war, pandemic, government act, etc.).

13. Personal data, hosting & security

Data are processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Depending on your country of residence, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, and data portability (notably under the GDPR for residents of the EU/EEA, or under equivalent laws elsewhere – CCPA in California, LGPD in Brazil, etc.).

TuneLockr implements advanced security measures (encryption, authentication, access rules, audit) to protect user data. In the event of a personal data breach, TuneLockr undertakes to notify the relevant authorities (such as the CNIL) within the required legal timeframes and to inform affected users as soon as reasonably possible.

Hosting and infrastructure — Firebase / Google Cloud

User accounts, authentication, deposit metadata and the cryptographic hash associated with each work are hosted on Firebase (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore / Firebase Storage), a platform operated by Google. As a result, data may be processed or stored on Google's global cloud infrastructure, potentially including storage outside the user's country of residence.

When data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, TuneLockr relies on the contractual safeguards offered by Google (notably the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses and Google's data protection commitments) to ensure an adequate level of protection.

Monitoring service — associated processing

For works on which the user has enabled monitoring, a technical fingerprint of the work (separate from the original files and not reversible from this fingerprint) is transmitted to a third-party provider specialising in musical content recognition, for the purpose of comparison with publicly available content on the relevant platforms. This processing is discontinued as soon as the user disables monitoring on the corresponding work.

Subcontractors and service providers

• Firebase / Google Cloud (authentication, database, metadata storage)
• Stripe (secure payments, tax management)
• Tezos (blockchain timestamping, decentralised public network)
• Third-party provider for musical content recognition (monitoring service, only upon user activation)
• Anonymised analytics services

14. TuneLockr intellectual property

All elements of the platform are protected. All code, interface, texts, logos, graphic elements, APIs, proprietary technologies, and systems related to the operation of TuneLockr—including the integration and presentation of signals from the monitoring service—remain the exclusive property of Pablo GROOT (Sole Proprietorship), regardless of the country from which the service is accessed.

The smart contracts, blockchain mechanisms, certificates, and technical infrastructure also remain the exclusive property of TuneLockr. Certificates are strictly personal, non-transferable, non-resalable, and may not be used independently from the associated work.

Any reproduction, extraction, copying or modification, in whole or in part, of elements of the platform is strictly prohibited without written authorisation.

15. Suspension, termination & account deletion

An account may be suspended or terminated without prior notice in cases of fraud, breach of the T&Cs, misuse, unlawful conduct, outstanding payments or suspicious activity compromising the security of the service. No refund can be claimed in such circumstances.

16. Withdrawal form

Only to be used if the right of withdrawal applies in your country of residence (rare case, see article 9.6).

17. Compensation

The user undertakes to indemnify TuneLockr in the event of any claim, complaint, dispute, or damage caused by the upload of unauthorised work, infringement of a third party's rights, an unfounded allegation made on the basis of a monitoring signal without further verification, or any fraudulent or improper use of the service, wherever such claim may be made.

18. Support & response times

TuneLockr offers support 7 days a week by email, in both French and English. Response times may vary depending on activity and the user's time zone, and do not constitute a contractual obligation.

19. Applicable law & jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are governed by French law, including for users outside France, subject to the mandatory consumer protection provisions of their country of residence, which remain applicable where required by law and cannot be overridden by these terms.

In the event of a dispute, amicable resolution will be prioritised. Failing this, and subject to the mandatory jurisdiction rules applicable to consumers in their country of residence, the competent courts of Aix-en-Provence (France) shall have exclusive jurisdiction.