Terms of Service

Welcome to Mulika Studios. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "Client", "Licensee", or "Student") and Mulika Studios Ltd("Mulika Studios", "we", "us", or "our"), a studio company registered in Uganda with headquarters in Kampala.

These Terms govern your access to and use of our website (mulikastudios.com), physical studio facilities, B2B audio post-production services, digital audio products (including Mulika Audio Safari and sample packs), the Mulika Sound School LMS, and our electronic contracts platform.

By accessing our site, booking studio time, purchasing or downloading digital products, enrolling in courses, or signing contracts via our platform, you explicitly agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must refrain from using our services.

Certain features of our platform—including studio schedule booking, course access, community posts, and contract e-signatures—require account registration. Account roles include Client, Student, Engineer, and Admin.

• Accuracy: You must provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration.
• Account Credentials: You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and password. Account access is managed via signed session tokens (`jose` JWT).
• Responsibility: You are fully responsible for all activities occurring under your account. You must notify us immediately at admin@mulikastudios.com if you suspect unauthorized access.

Mulika Studios provides professional studio audio services including Live Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Audio Editing, Voice-Over Recording, Podcast Production, On-Set Sound, Music Production, and Scoring to Picture.

Mulika Studios operates digital audio libraries—including Mulika Audio Safari (MAS) (mulikastudios.com/safari and mulikaaudiosafari.com), Sound Effects (SFX) collections, and commercial sample packs such as Ganda Drums. All digital products are licensed, not sold, under the legal entity Mulika Studios Ltd.

For full details on individual track sync licenses (LIBRARY_LICENSE) and Safari Pass subscription terms (SAFARI_PASS), please review the dedicated Mulika Audio Safari Sync License Agreement.

Strict Usage Restrictions

To protect our creators, traditional master musicians, and studio catalog, the following uses are strictly prohibited:

• No Standalone Redistribution or Resale: You may not redistribute, resell, sub-license, host, or share raw WAV, MP3, or ZIP sample files as standalone sound assets, stock audio, or sample packs.
• No Content ID / PRO Registration: You may not upload raw or un-synced digital assets, stems, or sample loops to YouTube Content ID, Shazam, CD Baby, DistroKid, TuneCore, or Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) under your own name as an original work.
• No Virtual Instruments / Competing Libraries: You may not isolate samples or stems to construct competing sample packs, sound libraries, Kontakt instruments, or software synthesizer presets.
• Strict AI Model Training Ban: You are explicitly forbidden from feeding, ingesting, scraping, or utilizing any Mulika audio files, stems, sample packs, or sound recordings to train AI audio generators, voice clone models, or generative music systems without prior written authorization from Mulika Studios Ltd.

For global agencies, production houses, and broadcasters engaging our B2B Audio Post service line (Dialogue Editing, Mixing & Finishing, Sound Design, Podcast Post):

• Tiered Turnarounds: Delivery timelines depend on the selected service tier—Essential (5–7 business days), Professional (3–5 business days), or Enterprise (48–72 hour standard lane, with priority expedited lanes).
• Revisions: Revision rounds are defined per tier (Essential: 1 round; Professional: 2 rounds; Enterprise: reasonable-use uncapped revisions as specified in the Statement of Work).
• Confidentiality & NDAs: Unreleased film footage, commercial audio stems, and pre-launch marketing assets are handled under strict confidentiality. Mulika Studios will execute client-supplied NDAs upon request.

Courses and educational modules purchased through Mulika Sound School grant single-user, non-transferable access to video tutorials, audio breakdown lessons, quizzes, and practice session stems.

Course stems and multi-tracks provided for educational exercises are solely for personal practice and learning. They may not be commercially released, published, or distributed without explicit written clearance from Mulika Studios.

Mulika Studios facilitates digital creation and execution of Royalty Split Sheets and Co-Production Split Agreements.

Users submitting posts, comments, or demo review uploads (`/community`, demo reviews via Cloudflare R2) retain ownership of their original content. However, by uploading content, you grant Mulika Studios a non-exclusive license to host, display, and process your content for site functionality.

Prohibited content includes defamatory material, hate speech, copyrighted works without authorization, or malicious code. We reserve the right to remove any violating content and suspend accounts without notice.

Services, digital products, and content are provided "as is" with professional skill and care. Mulika Studios makes no warranties, express or implied, beyond those explicitly set forth herein.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Mulika Studios Ltd, its directors, engineers, and employees shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages (including lost profits or project delays). Our total aggregate liability for any claim shall not exceed the amount paid by you to Mulika Studios in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Uganda.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, studio services, digital licenses, or split contracts shall first be resolved through friendly negotiation. If unresolved within thirty (30) days, disputes shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Kampala, Uganda.

If you have any questions or legal inquiries regarding these Terms of Service, please reach out to our team: