Beat Battle Game (beat-battle.net)
Operated by M9 Media LLC, a Texas limited liability company doing business as “Beat Battle Game.”
1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Beat Battle Game website at beat-battle.net and all related services, features, content, and software (collectively, the “Service”) provided by M9 Media LLC (“M9 Media,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, and DMCA Policy, each of which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Service.
We may modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of material changes by posting the updated Terms at this URL and updating the “Last Updated” date. For material changes, we may also require you to affirmatively re-accept the updated Terms through the Service (for example, via an in-Service prompt) before you can continue using the Service. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect, or your affirmative acceptance through any prompt we present, constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms.
2. Eligibility
2.1 Minimum Age
You must be at least 13 years old to access or use the Service. If you are under 13, you may not register for an account or use the Service for any purpose. We may terminate any account at any time if we believe the account holder is under 13.
2.2 Purchases and Minors
You must be at least 18 years old to make purchases through the Service. If you are between 13 and 17 years old, you may use the Service only with the consent of a parent or legal guardian, and any purchases must be made or authorized by that parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian is responsible for all charges incurred on a minor’s account.
2.3 Capacity
By using the Service, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.
3. Accounts
3.1 Account Creation
You may create an account by signing in through a third-party authentication provider we support, currently Google and Discord. You authorize us to receive your basic profile information (name, email, profile image, and unique identifier) from those providers.
3.2 Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to notify us immediately at [email protected] or by opening a support ticket on our official Discord server at https://discord.com/invite/beatbattle if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.
3.3 One Account Per Person
You may not maintain multiple accounts. We may suspend or terminate any account we reasonably believe is a duplicate, alt, or used to evade enforcement actions.
3.4 Account Information Accuracy
You agree to provide accurate and up-to-date information and to update your account information as needed.
4. License to Use the Service
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial entertainment.
This license does not permit you to (a) copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Service; (b) reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code from the Service; (c) access the Service through automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) without our prior written consent; (d) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service; or (e) use the Service for any commercial purpose other than as expressly permitted in these Terms.
5. User-Generated Content
5.1 What You Create
The Service allows you to create beats by arranging audio samples we provide (“Beats”). You retain ownership of the creative arrangement and selection that constitutes each Beat you create. We retain all rights in the underlying audio samples, sound kits, and platform.
5.2 License You Grant Us
By uploading a Beat to the Service, you grant M9 Media LLC a non‑exclusive, worldwide, royalty‑free license to use, reproduce, publicly perform, and distribute the Beat solely for the following purposes:
- (a) Playing the Beat back to other users during matches on the Service;
- (b) Displaying the Beat on your profile and other users’ profiles;
- (c) Featuring the Beat in highlight reels, leaderboards, and in‑platform competitions;
- (d) Using the Beat in marketing and promotional materials for the Service (e.g., social media, app store listings, trailers);
- (e) Transferring these rights to our service providers (e.g., hosting, streaming) as necessary to provide the Service.
We do not and will not use your Beats to train artificial intelligence models, machine learning systems, or generative AI tools. Any analysis of Beat data for the purpose of improving the Service (e.g., matchmaking, recommendation systems) is performed on aggregated and anonymized data only, and does not involve using your Beat as training data for AI.
You retain full ownership of your Beats. This license is granted only for the limited purposes described above and terminates when you delete your account or request removal of your Beats from the Service. Upon account deletion, all Beats associated with your account will be permanently removed from the Service. You may request removal of any Beat at any time by contacting us at [email protected].
5.3 Your Representations About Your Beats
You represent and warrant that:
- (a) you have created the Beat yourself using only the audio samples we provide through the Service;
- (b) you have not incorporated any third-party content into the Beat outside the samples we provide;
- (c) the Beat does not violate any law or infringe any third party’s rights; and
- (d) you have the right to grant the license in Section 5.2.
5.4 Moral Rights
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any moral rights or similar rights of attribution you may have in any Beat in connection with our exercise of the license in Section 5.2. Where such waiver is not permitted, you agree not to assert such rights against us, our successors, assigns, licensees, or users.
5.5 Beat Deletion
You may request deletion of individual Beats from your account at any time by contacting us at [email protected] or by opening a support ticket on our official Discord server at https://discord.com/invite/beatbattle, in each case providing the relevant Beat details. We will process valid deletion requests within a reasonable period and in any event no later than thirty (30) days following receipt. Following deletion, we will remove the Beat from public display on the Service; however, we may retain archival copies for legal, operational, or analytical purposes, and the license in Section 5.2 survives with respect to any uses initiated before deletion (for example, a Beat included in a marketing reel that has already been published). Self-service Beat deletion may be made available through the Service interface in the future.
5.6 No Compensation
You will not receive payment or any other compensation in exchange for the license granted in Section 5.2. Your sole consideration is the right to use the Service.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree NOT to use the Service to:
- post, share, or transmit any content that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, hateful, or otherwise objectionable;
- impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- engage in harassment, hate speech, or targeted abuse of other users;
- distribute spam, unsolicited messages, malware, or any other harmful code;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to other accounts, servers, or networks;
- circumvent any access control, rate limit, or other security measure;
- use bots, scripts, or automated tools to interact with the Service, except where expressly authorized;
- create multiple accounts to manipulate matchmaking, voting, leaderboards, or in-game economy;
- engage in vote manipulation, including coordinated voting, vote brigading, or vote trading;
- exploit bugs, glitches, or vulnerabilities for personal benefit;
- purchase, sell, trade, or transfer accounts, Beat Bucks, cosmetics, or any in-Service item outside the Service;
- engage in any form of real-money trading of in-Service assets;
- collect personal information about other users; or
- use the Service for any commercial purpose without our express written consent.
We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor any content you submit and to remove any content for any reason or no reason, at our sole discretion.
7. Purchases, Cosmetics, and In-Game Currency
7.1 What You Can Buy
Through the Service, you may purchase certain digital goods using a credit card or other payment method via Stripe, our payment processor. As of the Effective Date, the following purchasable items are available:
- Animated name cosmetics(currently “Cosmic,” “Inferno,” and “Holo”) — $3.99 each. Each cosmetic is a visual effect applied to your displayed username within the Service. Cosmetics are non-transferable and tied to the purchasing account.
We may add, remove, modify, or re-price purchasable items at any time. Pricing is in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. Applicable taxes will be calculated and collected by Stripe.
7.2 Beat Bucks
The Service includes an in-game currency called “Beat Bucks.” Beat Bucks can be earned through gameplay and used to redeem certain in-Service items (including, as of the Effective Date, additional animated name cosmetics).
Beat Bucks are NOT a financial instrument and have NO real-world monetary value. Beat Bucks:
- (a) are not redeemable for cash or any other monetary equivalent;
- (b) cannot be purchased for real money;
- (c) cannot be transferred between accounts;
- (d) cannot be sold, traded, gifted, or exchanged for value outside the Service;
- (e) may be earned, spent, granted, revoked, or removed by us at any time, at our sole discretion;
- (f) confer no ownership right; you do not own Beat Bucks and they confer only a limited right to redeem in-Service items as offered by us; and
- (g) may be reset, devalued, or eliminated entirely if we discontinue the feature, with no refund or compensation.
7.3 Digital Goods are Final Sale
All purchases are for digital goods or in-Service rights and are delivered immediately to your account upon successful payment. Except as expressly stated in our Refund Policy, all sales are final. By making a purchase, you expressly request immediate delivery of the digital content and acknowledge that you waive any right to a statutory cooling-off period under applicable consumer protection law (including EU Directive 2011/83/EU).
7.4 Payment Processing
Payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. Your payment card data is collected and processed by Stripe in accordance with Stripe’s terms and privacy policy. We do not store full payment card data.
7.5 No Cash-Out
There is no cash-out feature in the Service. You cannot redeem cosmetics, Beat Bucks, account standing, leaderboard rank, or any other in-Service item for cash, gift cards, or any other thing of value. The Service is not a gambling, lottery, sweepstakes, or money-transmission service.
7.6 Account Termination and Forfeiture
If your account is terminated for violation of these Terms, you forfeit all cosmetics, Beat Bucks, account standing, and other in-Service items with no refund.
8. Competition, Voting, and Leaderboards
The Service includes competitive features, including matches where users vote on each other’s Beats and leaderboards displaying ranked performance. No real-money prizes are awarded. Rewards consist solely of experience points (XP), Beat Bucks, leaderboard placement, and cosmetic recognition, none of which have real-world monetary value. The Service is not a contest of chance, a sweepstakes, or a gambling product.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any competitive feature at any time, including resetting leaderboards, modifying ELO calculations, or removing seasonal rewards.
9. Termination
9.1 Termination by You
You may terminate your account at any time by contacting [email protected], opening a support ticket on our official Discord server at https://discord.com/invite/beatbattle, or using any account-deletion feature provided through the Service.
9.2 Termination or Suspension by Us
We may suspend, restrict, mute, or terminate your account, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or any applicable law, or if we discontinue the Service. We reserve the right to take any of the foregoing actions at our sole discretion.
9.3 Effect of Termination
Upon termination of your account: (a) your right to access the Service ceases immediately; (b) all cosmetics, Beat Bucks, leaderboard standing, and similar in-Service items are forfeited; (c) the licenses you granted in Section 5 survive termination; and (d) all provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including Sections 5 (UGC license), 7 (purchases), 11 (disclaimers), 12 (limitation of liability), 13 (indemnification), and 14 (dispute resolution).
10. Intellectual Property
10.1 Our IP
The Service, including all audio samples, sound kits, software, graphics, designs, text, trademarks, logos, and other content provided by us, is owned by M9 Media LLC or our licensors and is protected by U.S. and international intellectual property law. Except for the limited license granted in Section 4, you have no rights in the foregoing.
10.2 Trademarks
“Beat Battle,” “Beat Battle Game,” “M9 Media,” and the associated logos are trademarks of M9 Media LLC. You may not use them without our prior written consent.
10.3 Feedback
If you provide us with any feedback, suggestions, or ideas regarding the Service, you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, transferable license to use, modify, and incorporate such feedback into the Service or our other products and services, without compensation or attribution to you.
10.4 DMCA
If you believe that content on the Service infringes your copyright, please follow the procedures set out in our DMCA Policy.
11. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, M9 MEDIA LLC AND OUR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING USER-GENERATED CONTENT.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties; in those jurisdictions, the above exclusion may not apply to you, in which case the warranties are excluded to the maximum extent permitted.
12. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL M9 MEDIA LLC OR OUR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions, the above limitations may not apply to you, in which case our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless M9 Media LLC and our affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your violation of any law or any third party’s rights, including intellectual property rights; (c) any content you submit to the Service; or (d) your use of the Service.
14. Dispute Resolution; Governing Law
14.1 Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
14.2 Informal Resolution
Before bringing any formal dispute, you agree to first contact us in writing at [email protected] (Discord tickets do not satisfy this requirement, as a written record at the support email is required) and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least sixty (60) days.
14.3 Binding Arbitration
If the dispute is not resolved informally, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service (“Dispute”) will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS in Austin, Texas, in accordance with JAMS’ then-current Streamlined Arbitration Rules. The arbitrator may grant declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim.
14.4 Class Action Waiver
YOU AND M9 MEDIA AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.
14.5 Exceptions
Notwithstanding Section 14.3, either party may (a) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction in Travis County, Texas to protect intellectual property rights or to enforce the confidentiality provisions of these Terms; (b) bring a claim in small-claims court if eligible; and (c) opt out of binding arbitration by sending written notice to [email protected] within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms.
14.6 Time Limit
You must commence any claim within one (1) year after the cause of action arose, or be forever barred.
15. Geographic Restrictions
The Service is operated from the United States. We make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Service from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
If you are accessing the Service from the European Union, United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with specific consumer protections, mandatory provisions of your local law that cannot be derogated from by contract continue to apply, and the foregoing provisions do not limit those rights.
16. Miscellaneous
Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, and DMCA Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and M9 Media LLC regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and the unenforceable provision will be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
No Waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce that provision later.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms to any successor or affiliate without your consent.
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly stated, these Terms do not confer any rights on any third party.
Force Majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation, facilities, fuel, energy, labor, or materials.
Contact. Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected] or asked via our official Discord server at https://discord.com/invite/beatbattle. Formal legal notices, requests to exercise statutory rights, and notices required by these Terms must be sent to [email protected] to ensure proper documentation.