Terms of Service

You must be at least thirteen (13) years old to create an account or use the Service.

If you are under thirteen (13), you may not access or use the Service or create an account.

We may suspend or terminate an account if we reasonably believe the account holder does not meet the applicable minimum-age requirement.

If you are between thirteen (13) and seventeen (17) years old, you may use the Service only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

By permitting a minor to use the Service, the parent or legal guardian agrees to these Terms on the minor’s behalf and accepts responsibility for the minor’s use of the Service.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years old to independently purchase a subscription or make any other real-money purchase through the Service.

Any purchase associated with the account of a user under eighteen (18) must be made or expressly authorized by that user’s parent or legal guardian.

To access certain features you must create an account and provide accurate, current, and complete information. You agree to keep your account information up to date.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at support@onthehitlist.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

Unless we expressly permit otherwise, you may maintain only one account, and you may not share, sell, or transfer your account.

You retain all ownership rights you already hold in the audio, music, images, text, and other materials you submit or upload to the Service (“User Content”). We do not claim ownership of your User Content.

To operate the Service, you grant On The Hitlist a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, and perform your User Content solely as necessary to provide, evaluate, promote, and improve the Service and the features you choose to participate in (for example, to enable review, community listening, rankings, and selection).

This license does not transfer ownership, does not permit us to sell your music as our own, and ends when you delete your User Content or your account, except for (a) copies retained in routine backups for a limited period and (b) any use you separately and expressly authorize in writing.

You represent and warrant that, for all User Content you submit:

• You own it or have all rights and permissions necessary to submit it;
• It does not infringe or misappropriate any third party’s intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights;
• It does not contain uncleared samples, third-party recordings, or other material you are not authorized to use; and
• It does not violate these Terms or any applicable law.

Copyright and infringement matters are governed by our separate DMCA / Copyright Policy.

Submissions may be reviewed and evaluated through a combination of curation, community feedback, and our own editorial judgment. Rankings, lists, scores (including the Cosign Score), selections, and similar outcomes reflect subjective assessments and editorial decisions.

We do not guarantee that any submission will be reviewed within a particular time, selected, ranked, featured, placed, or result in any particular opportunity, exposure, or benefit. Outcomes are not promised and are provided on an “as-available” basis.

You may not manipulate, game, or interfere with evaluations, rankings, votes, or selections, including through fake accounts, automated activity, coordinated voting, or other deceptive conduct. We may adjust or remove results and take action on accounts that violate this section.

Certain tools, capacity, and features are available through paid subscriptions or one-time purchases. Prices, features, and plan details are described at the point of purchase and may change prospectively.

Payment provides capacity, tools, access, and convenience. Payment does not buy merit, and it does not buy or guarantee evaluation outcomes.

Subscriptions and purchases may grant things such as additional submission capacity, enhanced tools, expanded profile or workflow features, and similar functional benefits. Paying does not and cannot purchase a ranking, a higher Cosign Score, a selection, a placement, a win, a favorable evaluation, or any other merit-based result. All merit-based outcomes are determined by the evaluation processes described in Section 5, independent of whether a user has paid.

Subscriptions renew automatically for successive periods until cancelled. You authorize us and our payment processor to charge your payment method on each renewal until you cancel. You may cancel at any time; cancellation stops future renewals and takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Payments are processed by third-party payment processors. We do not store full payment card numbers. Your use of payment features is also subject to the processor’s terms and privacy practices.

Refunds and returns are governed by our separate Refund & Return Policy.

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time through your account settings.

We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service, other users, or third parties. We may also discontinue the Service or any feature at any time.

On termination, your right to use the Service ends. Sections that by their nature should survive (including ownership, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and dispute resolution) will survive.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

Before filing a claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at legal@onthehitlist.com. We’ll try to resolve it with you in good faith.

To the extent permitted by law, any dispute not resolved informally will be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court, and you and On The Hitlist waive the right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. This section does not prevent either party from seeking relief in small-claims court for qualifying claims. If any part of this arbitration provision is found unenforceable, the remainder will still apply to the extent permitted.