Last updated: 17 August 2026

These Chillhop Creators Terms (“Creators Terms”) are an agreement between you and Chillhop Music B.V. (“Chillhop”, “we”, “us”). They apply if you join or use the Chillhop Creators programme (the “Programme”).

They supplement the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy. If these Creators Terms conflict with the Terms of Service on a Programme-specific point, these Creators Terms control for that point. Capitalised words that are not defined here have the meaning given in the Terms of Service.

1. The Programme

The Programme is a limited licence that lets eligible individuals use designated Chillhop music (“Programme Content”) in qualifying online audiovisual productions, if they follow these Creators Terms, including registration, channel linking and crediting.

It is not a transfer of copyright. It is not a blanket licence for every use of our catalog. Tracks, artwork and other materials that we have not designated for the Programme are outside this licence.

2. Eligibility

You may use the Programme only if you:

• are at least 16 and otherwise eligible under the Terms of Service;
• are a natural person creating your own online content, not a company, agency, label or other commercial entity using the Programme as a substitute for a sync licence;
• create a Chillhop account on a Chillhop Platform;
• accept these Creators Terms and the Terms of Service; and
• link the YouTube and/or Twitch channel(s) on which you will use Programme Content, using the tools we provide.

One person or channel may not maintain multiple Programme accounts. We may refuse, suspend or end participation if we believe you do not qualify, you have breached these Creators Terms, or the Programme is being used to cover a commercial production that needs a separate licence.

Brands, agencies, games, apps, films, advertisements, in-store play and other commercial or corporate uses are not covered. Contact [email protected] for those licences.

3. Licence grant

If you meet section 2, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free licence to synchronise Programme Content with your own original moving image (including livestreams and on-demand video) and to make that production available on the platforms we then list as approved — currently YouTube and Twitch — on the channel(s) you have linked to your Chillhop account.

The licence lasts only while you remain in the Programme and comply with these Creators Terms. It ends automatically if you unlink the relevant channel, delete your Chillhop account, or we end your participation.

You may enable platform monetisation (for example YouTube or Twitch ads) on a qualifying production only if you have applied the required credits as set out in section 5. Monetisation does not expand the scope of this licence.

4. What you may not do

You may not, under this licence:

• use Programme Content as standalone audio, including uploading a track on its own or with only a still image, visualiser, or artist or track name;
• sample, remix, edit the composition, change pitch or tempo to create a new work, add lyrics or instruments, or otherwise make a derivative musical work;
• use Programme Content in advertising, podcasts that are audio-only, games, apps, films, television, radio, or any production that is not an approved online audiovisual use on a linked channel;
• use Programme Content in connection with violence, sexual content, hate, illegal activity, political campaigning, or anything that infringes anyone’s rights or is likely to harm the artists or Chillhop;
• register, claim or monetise Programme Content itself (as distinct from monetising your qualifying video under section 3);
• sublicense, sell or “white-label” the licence, or allow another creator or brand to rely on your account; or
• use artwork, the raccoon, or other Chillhop marks except as needed for the credits we require or as we otherwise allow in writing.

5. Crediting and documentation

For every video or livestream that uses Programme Content you must apply the credits and links we specify in the then-current crediting instructions (currently published in our Creator crediting guide). Credits must remain in place for as long as the production is public.

If credits are missing, wrong or removed, the licence for that production does not apply and we may require you to take the production down, add credits, or both. Repeated failures are grounds to end your participation.

6. Channel linking, YouTube and Twitch

You authorise us to connect to your YouTube and/or Twitch account through their APIs so we can verify the channel, operate the Programme and understand how Programme Content is used. Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect.

If you use YouTube API Services through the Programme, you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service and Google’s Privacy Policy. You may revoke access in your Google security settings. Revoking access or unlinking a channel ends the licence for that channel.

You remain solely responsible for complying with YouTube, Twitch and any other platform’s rules. We do not guarantee that Programme Content will be claim-free, eligible for monetisation, or left up on any third-party platform. Those platforms may still claim, mute, block or monetise audio. That risk is yours.

7. Our rights in the Content

We represent that we have the rights we need to grant this licence for Programme Content. We do not warrant uninterrupted availability, that a particular track will stay in the Programme, or that a third-party platform will treat your use as licensed.

We may add or remove tracks from the Programme at any time. If we remove a track, the licence for new uses of that track ends. Existing productions that complied when they were published may remain up unless we tell you otherwise because of a rights issue.

8. Your productions

You are solely responsible for your productions, including other music, footage, images and speech in them. You confirm that you have all rights needed for those elements and that the production does not infringe any law or third-party right.

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use your production, channel name and public channel statistics as reasonably needed to operate, verify and promote the Programme (for example to confirm a credit or to show that a creator used Chillhop music). We will not sell your production as a standalone product.

9. Enforcement

We may monitor public uses, require information from you, and act on reports. If you breach these Creators Terms we may, without limiting other rights:

• require you to add credits or take a production down;
• suspend or end your Programme access and Chillhop account;
• notify YouTube, Twitch or other platforms; and
• pursue copyright or other claims for unlicensed use.

Use of our music outside this licence or another written licence is copyright infringement.

10. Term and termination

These Creators Terms start when you accept them or first use the Programme, and continue until you or we end them. You may leave by unlinking your channels and stopping use of Programme Content, and by deleting your account if you wish.

We may end the Programme or your participation at any time. On termination you must stop new uses of Programme Content. Productions that were fully licensed and correctly credited at the time of publication may remain online unless we require takedown because of a breach or a rights issue.

Sections 4, 6 (platform risk), 7–9, 11 and 12 survive termination.

11. Liability

The disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity and consumer carve-outs in the Terms of Service apply to the Programme. We are not liable for platform claims, demonetisation, takedowns or lost revenue on YouTube, Twitch or any other service.

12. General

We may update these Creators Terms in the same way as the Terms of Service. Governing law, disputes and the general clauses in the Terms of Service apply.

Questions: [email protected] or [email protected].