Spy-da Audio Watermarking Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: -1/06/2025

1. Service Description

These Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”) govern your use of the Audio Watermarking services (“Service”) provided by Spy-da Productions Ltd, hereinafter referred to as “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”.

2. Tiers and Pricing

Tier Name Description AI Protection Price (per file)
Tier 1: Basic Watermark Standard audible watermark (e.g., voice tag or tone) inserted at regular intervals. No £9.99
Tier 2: Inaudible Pro Inaudible watermark using frequency masking, invisible to the listener but traceable. No £19.99
Tier 3: AI-Resistant Secure Multi-layered inaudible watermarking with AI detection-blocking and fingerprint embedding. Yes £34.99

Bulk and enterprise pricing available upon request.

3. Watermark Verification

All watermark verification requests must be submitted directly to us at [insert contact email]. Verification results are provided in writing and may include a fee depending on urgency and depth. Clients agree not to rely on third-party tools for watermark detection or analysis.

4. Usage Rights

  • You retain all rights to your original audio content.
  • We retain the right to use anonymised, modified versions of watermarked files for internal testing or promotional purposes unless opted out in writing.

5. Client Responsibilities

  • You must have the legal right to watermark the submitted content.
  • You may not use this service to infringe copyright, impersonate rights holders, or for illegal activity.

6. Confidentiality

We treat all submitted content as confidential. Files will not be shared, resold, or distributed beyond what is necessary to perform the service.

7. Limitations

While watermarking helps deter unauthorised use, no system is completely tamper-proof. Our watermarks serve as a tool to assert authorship and track content, not as a legal enforcement mechanism.

Only our proprietary system can confirm the presence of a watermark. Disputes must go through our verification process.

8. Liability

  • Any third-party infringement, misuse, or bypassing of the watermark.
  • Any loss resulting from technical issues or misuse of our verification process.

9. Refund Policy

All sales are final. Refunds are only issued in the event of:

  • A confirmed technical error caused by our system.
  • Duplicate billing.

10. Prohibited Actions

You may not:

  • Reverse-engineer, analyze, or decompile our watermarking code or output.
  • Attempt to extract, mask, or alter the watermark.
  • Use the watermarking output in deceptive or fraudulent claims.

Violation may result in legal action and termination of service access.

11. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of United Kingdom. Disputes shall be handled in the courts of England & Wales.

12. Intellectual Property Rights

All intellectual property rights in and to the watermarking software, methods, algorithms, and documentation remain the exclusive property of [Your Company Name].

Clients are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the output only for their own content and purposes.

13. Verification Report Use

Verification reports are for internal or legal use only and may not be used in public claims, third-party platforms, or legal cases without written consent from the Company.

14. Audit & Inspection Rights

In case of suspected misuse or contractual breach, Spy-da Music Group Ltd and affiliate companies reserves the right to audit the client’s use of the watermarked audio to assess compliance.

15. Termination Clause

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate service access at any time for:

  • Breach of these terms,
  • Unauthorized verification attempts,
  • Misuse of technology.

No refund will be provided in such cases.

16. Data Retention & Storage

Submitted audio files are securely stored for up to 180 days. After this period, they may be permanently deleted unless a separate agreement for extended storage is in place.

17. Disclaimer for Legal Enforcement

We are not responsible for the outcome of legal cases. Our watermarking service supports authorship claims but does not substitute legal representation or enforcement.

18. Custom Use Cases / Licensing

API access, SaaS integration, or OEM deployment of our watermarking engine requires a separate license agreement with specific terms and pricing.

19. Force Majeure

We are not liable for failure to perform due to causes beyond our control, including:

  • Natural disasters,
  • Internet outages,
  • Government restrictions,
  • Software errors.