TuneBull Community Guidelines

TuneBull is built for artists, producers, engineers, creators, music professionals, fans, and people who want to discover and support independent music.

Our goal is to create a community where creators can share their work, receive feedback, discover new music, collaborate, build relationships, and grow without being subjected to harassment, fraud, manipulation, or abuse.

These Community Guidelines apply to all activity on TuneBull, including:

• Songs and audio uploads;
• Posts;
• Images and artwork;
• Profile photos and banners;
• Usernames and display names;
• Artist names;
• Bios and descriptions;
• Song and playlist titles;
• Comments and replies;
• Messages and communications;
• Music review sessions;
• Music submissions;
• Playlists;
• Links;
• Reviews and feedback;
• Marketplace or promotional activity;
• Stream, play, like, follow, vote, or engagement activity; and
• Any other content or behavior occurring through TuneBull.

By using TuneBull, you agree to follow these Community Guidelines, TuneBull's Terms of Service, DMCA Copyright Policy, and other applicable policies.

The examples below are intended to help users understand our rules. They are not an exhaustive list of every type of prohibited conduct.

TuneBull may take action against content or accounts when we reasonably determine that they violate these Guidelines, our Terms of Service, applicable law, or create a meaningful risk to TuneBull or its users.

1. Respect Creators and Their Music

TuneBull exists to support music discovery, creativity, collaboration, and constructive discussion.

You are free to dislike a song.

You are free to criticize production, songwriting, mixing, vocals, artwork, performances, marketing, or other creative choices.

You are not free to use criticism as an excuse to personally attack, threaten, humiliate, or harass another user.

Allowed

Constructive criticism such as:

• “I like the hook, but I think the vocals could sit better in the mix.”
• “The song isn't really my style, but I like the production.”
• “I think the second verse could be stronger.”
• “The drums are great. I would probably shorten the intro.”
• “I wasn't feeling this one as much as your previous song.”

Not Allowed

Personal attacks such as:

• “Your music is trash and you should quit.”
• “Nobody likes you.”
• “You're worthless.”
• Repeatedly targeting an artist with insulting comments.
• Encouraging other users to attack, ridicule, or harass someone because you dislike their music.

Critique the music. Don't attack the person.

2. Copyright and Music Ownership

Only upload or submit music and other content that you have the necessary rights and authorization to make available through TuneBull.

You are responsible for the content associated with your account.

This applies whether you are:

• An artist;
• Producer;
• Manager;
• Record label;
• Distributor;
• Publicist;
• Promotional company;
• Engineer;
• DJ;
• Music reviewer;
• Representative of another creator; or
• Any other person uploading content.

If you upload content on behalf of another person or company, you must have permission to do so.

For music, this may include rights associated with:

• The sound recording or master;
• The underlying musical composition;
• Beats;
• Samples;
• Loops;
• Featured performers;
• Producers;
• Songwriters;
• Artwork;
• Photography; and
• Other third-party materials.

Purchasing a song, downloading a song, possessing an MP3, streaming a song elsewhere, or finding music online does not necessarily give you permission to upload that music to TuneBull.

Do not knowingly submit copyright complaints against content that you do not own or have authority to represent.

Copyright owners and their authorized representatives should use TuneBull's DMCA Copyright Policy and copyright reporting process to report alleged copyright infringement.

3. Fake Streams, Plays, and Engagement Manipulation

TuneBull tracks activity such as streams, plays, likes, comments, follows, rankings, and other engagement.

Users may not artificially manipulate those numbers.

You may not use, purchase, operate, encourage, or coordinate:

• Streaming bots;
• Play bots;
• Automated playback;
• Click farms;
• Stream farms;
• Fake accounts;
• Automated accounts;
• Scripts designed to generate engagement;
• Purchased fake streams;
• Purchased fake followers;
• Purchased fake likes;
• Purchased fake comments;
• Artificial voting;
• Engagement exchanges primarily designed to manipulate rankings;
• Automated page refreshing;
• Coordinated fraudulent playback; or
• Any similar method intended to make content appear more popular than it actually is.

You may not create multiple TuneBull accounts primarily for the purpose of streaming, liking, following, voting for, or promoting your own content.

You may not arrange for other people to artificially manipulate your numbers.

TuneBull may:

• Remove invalid streams or plays;
• Recalculate statistics;
• Remove songs from Top Streamed or Trending sections;
• Disqualify content from rankings;
• Remove fake likes, follows, comments, or votes;
• Restrict account functionality;
• Suspend accounts; or
• Terminate accounts involved in serious or repeated manipulation.

TuneBull does not guarantee that every recorded play will count toward public statistics.

4. Top Streamed, Trending, and Ranking Integrity

Features such as Top Streamed, Trending, genre rankings, popular songs, or other discovery tools are intended to help users discover music based on legitimate activity.

Attempting to manipulate these features is prohibited.

Do not:

• Pay people specifically to repeatedly stream a song to manipulate TuneBull rankings;
• Coordinate artificial listening campaigns;
• Use multiple devices or accounts primarily to inflate statistics;
• Sell TuneBull streams;
• Offer “guaranteed TuneBull streams” generated through artificial activity;
• Sell placement in TuneBull rankings unless the placement is an official TuneBull advertising feature clearly identified as such; or
• Claim to have the ability to secretly control TuneBull's ranking algorithms.

TuneBull may adjust how rankings and engagement metrics are calculated in order to protect the integrity of the platform.

5. Music Review Sessions

TuneBull allows Hosts and creators to participate in music review sessions.

Music reviews naturally involve opinions.

Hosts do not have to like every song they review, and Submitters should understand that honest feedback may sometimes be negative.

However, music reviews may not be used as a vehicle for targeted abuse, harassment, threats, discrimination, or humiliation.

Hosts Should

• Give honest opinions about the music.
• Clearly explain paid submission options.
• Treat Submitters professionally.
• Honor services they advertise to the extent required by TuneBull's Terms and their obligations to users.
• Avoid intentionally misleading Submitters about what they are purchasing.

Hosts Must Not

• Threaten Submitters.
• Encourage viewers to harass an artist.
• Reveal private information about a Submitter.
• Make discriminatory attacks against an artist.
• Use a review session primarily to humiliate or target a specific person.
• Falsely promise guaranteed industry opportunities, record deals, streams, followers, or other results.

Submitters Must Not

• Threaten or harass a Host because they received a negative review.
• Demand that a Host give positive feedback.
• Spam the submission queue.
• Attempt to manipulate TuneBull's payment or submission systems.
• Submit material they do not have authority to submit.

6. Harassment, Bullying, and Abuse

TuneBull does not allow users to target other people with serious or repeated abusive behavior.

Prohibited conduct includes:

• Repeated unwanted messages;
• Sustained personal attacks;
• Encouraging others to harass someone;
• Sexual harassment;
• Humiliating another user;
• Creating accounts primarily to target another person;
• Following a person across TuneBull after they have made clear that they do not want contact;
• Circumventing a block using another account;
• Coordinated harassment;
• Blackmail or coercion; or
• Threatening to expose someone unless they comply with a demand.

If another user tells you to stop contacting them, respect that boundary.

If someone blocks you, do not create another account to continue contacting them.

7. Threats and Violence

TuneBull does not permit credible threats of physical harm or content intended to intimidate another person into fearing violence.

You may not:

• Threaten to kill or physically injure another person;
• Threaten someone's family;
• Encourage another person to commit violence;
• Encourage a group to attack someone;
• Post someone's location for the purpose of facilitating violence;
• Glorify a real act of extreme violence for the purpose of encouraging similar violence; or
• Use TuneBull to organize violent criminal activity.

Artistic expression may reference violence. Songs, lyrics, storytelling, fictional narratives, documentaries, and discussions are not automatically violations simply because they contain violent themes.

Context matters.

TuneBull may take immediate action when content presents a credible safety concern and may cooperate with appropriate authorities when required or appropriate.

8. Hateful Conduct

TuneBull welcomes people from different backgrounds, communities, cultures, and viewpoints.

We do not permit content or behavior that attacks, dehumanizes, threatens, or encourages violence or serious discrimination against people based on characteristics such as:

• Race;
• Ethnicity;
• National origin;
• Religion;
• Disability;
• Sex;
• Sexual orientation;
• Gender;
• Gender identity; or
• Other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Discussion of controversial subjects, artistic expression, criticism of ideas, historical discussion, educational content, or reporting about hateful organizations is not automatically prohibited.

Context and intent matter.

However, TuneBull may remove content that crosses the line into targeted hateful attacks, threats, incitement, or harassment.

9. Privacy, Doxxing, and Private Information

Respect other people's privacy.

Do not publish another person's sensitive or private information without authorization when doing so could expose them to harassment, fraud, unwanted contact, or harm.

This may include:

• Home addresses;
• Private telephone numbers;
• Personal email addresses;
• Financial information;
• Passwords;
• Login credentials;
• Government identification numbers;
• Private medical information;
• Private documents;
• Precise private location information; or
• Other sensitive personal information.

Do not use TuneBull to “dox” another person.

Do not publish private conversations, recordings, photographs, or other private material for the purpose of threatening, humiliating, blackmailing, or harassing someone.

Content legitimately made public by the person concerned may be treated differently depending on context.

10. Impersonation and False Identity

Stage names, artist names, producer names, DJ names, band names, and professional identities are welcome on TuneBull.

Impersonation is not.

Do not create an account or profile intended to deceive people into believing you are another artist, producer, celebrity, record label, company, TuneBull employee, manager, or other person or organization.

Do not falsely claim that:

• Another artist appears on your song;
• A famous producer produced your record;
• A label signed you;
• TuneBull endorsed you;
• TuneBull verified you when it did not;
• You represent another artist;
• You are an employee of TuneBull; or
• Another person is affiliated with your content when they are not.

You may discuss or reference artists who influence your music, but do not manipulate artist names, profile information, song titles, metadata, tags, images, or descriptions to mislead users.

11. Misleading Music Metadata

Music information should accurately represent the content being uploaded.

Do not intentionally mislabel songs in ways designed to deceive listeners or manipulate TuneBull's search and discovery systems.

For example, do not upload:

“Drake feat. MyName – New Song”

when Drake has no involvement with the recording.

Do not place unrelated famous artist names repeatedly into titles, descriptions, tags, usernames, or metadata solely to attract search traffic.

TuneBull may correct, restrict, or remove deliberately misleading metadata.

12. Scams, Fraud, and Deceptive Business Practices

TuneBull is a community where artists may network, collaborate, purchase services, submit music, and potentially conduct business.

Users may not exploit that environment to scam other users.

Prohibited conduct includes:

• Fake record deal offers;
• Fake playlist placement offers;
• Fake music promotion;
• Phishing;
• Payment fraud;
• Chargeback fraud;
• Stolen payment information;
• Fake investment opportunities;
• Fake management opportunities;
• False promises of guaranteed label deals;
• False promises of guaranteed major-industry connections;
• Requests for passwords or authentication codes;
• Pyramid or advance-fee scams;
• Identity theft;
• Money laundering; or
• Any scheme designed to obtain money, property, credentials, or personal information through deception.

Be cautious when another user asks you to move a transaction outside TuneBull or requests sensitive financial information.

TuneBull does not guarantee the legitimacy, quality, or success of independent services offered by users.

13. Spam and Excessive Self-Promotion

Promoting your music is encouraged.

Spamming people is not.

Healthy promotion means creating real interactions with listeners and other creators.

Do not:

• Post the same comment repeatedly across large numbers of songs;
• Send identical promotional messages to large numbers of users;
• Mass-follow accounts solely to attract follow-backs;
• Repeatedly follow and unfollow users to attract attention;
• Flood feeds or comments with links;
• Create large numbers of accounts for promotional purposes;
• Automatically scrape or message TuneBull users;
• Abuse hashtags, mentions, or tagging systems; or
• Repeatedly contact someone who has asked you to stop.

Good Promotion

“Hey, I heard your song and really liked the production. I'm a producer too—I'd love to collaborate.”

Spam

“CHECK OUT MY SONG!!!” copied underneath hundreds of unrelated posts.

14. Sexual and Explicit Content

TuneBull is primarily a music and creator platform, not an adult-content platform.

Pornographic material or content primarily intended for sexual gratification is not permitted.

Prohibited content includes:

• Pornographic images or videos;
• Explicit sexual imagery;
• Sexual services;
• Non-consensual intimate images;
• Sexual exploitation;
• Sexual blackmail;
• Voyeuristic sexual content; or
• Links whose primary purpose is directing users to prohibited pornographic material.

Music and artistic expression may contain mature or sexual themes. TuneBull may consider context, artistic purpose, explicitness, imagery, and overall presentation when determining whether content violates this policy.

15. Child Safety

TuneBull is intended for users who meet the minimum age requirement stated in our Terms of Service.

TuneBull has zero tolerance for the sexual exploitation or abuse of children.

The following are strictly prohibited:

• Child sexual abuse material;
• Sexualized imagery involving minors;
• Grooming;
• Sexual solicitation of minors;
• Sextortion involving minors;
• Child sex trafficking;
• Requests for sexual images involving minors;
• Content promoting or facilitating sexual exploitation of minors;
• Links directing users to such material; or
• Attempts to use TuneBull to facilitate any such conduct.

A minor is a person under 18 for purposes of this policy.

TuneBull may immediately remove such material, terminate accounts, preserve relevant information where legally appropriate, and make reports to appropriate authorities or organizations when required by law.

16. Sexual Exploitation and Non-Consensual Intimate Content

Users may not use TuneBull to sexually exploit another person.

This includes:

• Sharing intimate images without consent;
• Threatening to release intimate images;
• Sextortion;
• Sexual blackmail;
• Human trafficking;
• Sexual coercion;
• Secretly recorded sexual content; or
• Content intended to facilitate sexual exploitation.

Serious violations may result in immediate permanent account termination.

17. Self-Harm and Dangerous Behavior

TuneBull allows people to express difficult emotions through music and conversation.

Songs discussing depression, addiction, trauma, suicide, eating disorders, self-harm, or similar subjects are not automatically prohibited.

However, users may not use TuneBull to encourage, celebrate, instruct, pressure, or assist another person to seriously harm themselves.

For example, do not:

• Tell another user to kill themselves;
• Provide instructions intended to facilitate suicide or serious self-injury;
• Encourage eating-disorder behaviors;
• Target vulnerable users with content encouraging self-harm; or
• Mock or encourage another person's self-injury.

Educational, artistic, documentary, recovery-oriented, or supportive discussions may be permitted depending on context.

18. Terrorism and Violent Extremism

TuneBull may not be used to recruit for, materially support, praise, coordinate, or promote terrorist activity or violent extremist violence.

Prohibited conduct may include:

• Recruitment materials;
• Propaganda intended to encourage terrorist violence;
• Praise intended to inspire terrorist attacks;
• Instructions intended to facilitate attacks;
• Fundraising for prohibited terrorist activity; or
• Direct encouragement of terrorist violence.

News reporting, historical discussion, criticism, documentary content, research, educational discussion, or artistic works involving such subjects may be permitted where the context does not promote or facilitate violence.

19. Illegal or Dangerous Goods and Services

TuneBull may not be used primarily to buy, sell, distribute, or facilitate prohibited or illegal goods and services.

This includes unlawful transactions involving:

• Illegal drugs;
• Stolen goods;
• Fraudulent documents;
• Trafficked property;
• Illegal weapons;
• Human trafficking;
• Sexual services where prohibited;
• Malware;
• Stolen accounts or credentials; or
• Other unlawful goods or services.

Educational, journalistic, artistic, or documentary discussion of these subjects is not automatically prohibited.

20. Malware, Hacking, and Platform Abuse

Do not interfere with TuneBull's systems or other users' accounts.

You may not:

• Upload malware;
• Distribute viruses;
• Attempt unauthorized access;
• Steal credentials;
• Circumvent security controls;
• Exploit vulnerabilities for malicious purposes;
• Scrape TuneBull in violation of applicable platform restrictions;
• Overload or intentionally disrupt TuneBull systems;
• Attempt to access another user's private account;
• Manipulate payment systems; or
• Use TuneBull to distribute malicious links.

21. AI-Generated and Manipulated Content

TuneBull may allow creators to use artificial intelligence and other creative technologies where permitted by applicable TuneBull policies and law.

However, AI may not be used to deceive, impersonate, defraud, harass, or exploit others.

You may not use AI-generated or manipulated material to:

• Falsely impersonate another artist;
• Create fraudulent endorsements;
• Pretend another artist performed on your song;
• Create deceptive communications appearing to come from TuneBull;
• Facilitate scams;
• Create non-consensual sexual imagery;
• Harass another user; or
• Circumvent copyright or other TuneBull policies.

Users remain responsible for content they upload regardless of whether AI tools helped create it.

22. Music Collaborations and Business Disputes

TuneBull encourages artists, producers, engineers, and creators to collaborate.

However, TuneBull generally cannot determine private ownership disagreements between users.

Before collaborating, creators should clearly document issues such as:

• Songwriting splits;
• Master ownership;
• Producer compensation;
• Beat licenses;
• Feature agreements;
• Revenue splits;
• Credits; and
• Permission to release the finished recording.

Do not use TuneBull's reporting system merely to gain leverage in an unrelated financial or contractual dispute.

Copyright disputes should be handled through TuneBull's appropriate copyright and DMCA procedures where applicable.

23. False and Abusive Reporting

TuneBull relies on reports from its community to help identify potential violations.

Do not knowingly submit false reports in an attempt to:

• Have another user's account suspended;
• Remove a competitor's song;
• Damage another artist's reputation;
• Harass another user;
• Manipulate rankings; or
• Gain leverage in a private dispute.

Repeated or serious abuse of TuneBull's reporting system may itself result in account action.

Copyright infringement complaints are handled separately under TuneBull's DMCA Copyright Policy.

24. Reporting a Violation

If you encounter content or behavior that you believe violates these Community Guidelines, you may report it using TuneBull's available reporting tools.

Where available, use the Report option associated with the relevant:

• Song;
• Post;
• Comment;
• Profile;
• Message;
• User;
• Review session; or
• Other content.

Provide enough information for TuneBull to identify and evaluate the issue.

For copyright infringement specifically, use TuneBull's DMCA Copyright Policy and copyright-reporting process rather than the general community report system.

Submitting a report does not guarantee that content will be removed.

TuneBull may determine after review that reported content does not violate these Guidelines.

25. How TuneBull May Enforce These Guidelines

TuneBull may consider factors such as:

• Severity of the violation;
• Context;
• Intent;
• Potential harm;
• Previous violations;
• Whether the conduct was repeated;
• Whether the conduct involves fraud or manipulation;
• Whether immediate safety concerns exist; and
• Applicable legal requirements.

Depending on the circumstances, TuneBull may take actions including:

• Taking no action;
• Providing a warning;
• Removing content;
• Disabling access to content;
• Removing comments;
• Removing fraudulent engagement;
• Adjusting stream or play counts;
• Removing songs from rankings;
• Restricting specific features;
• Limiting an account;
• Temporarily suspending an account;
• Permanently terminating an account;
• Restricting payment functionality;
• Preserving relevant records;
• Responding to legal process; or
• Reporting matters to appropriate authorities where legally required or appropriate.

TuneBull is not required to use every enforcement step before taking stronger action.

A serious violation may result in immediate suspension or permanent termination.

26. Warnings and Repeated Violations

For less serious violations, TuneBull may provide users with warnings or opportunities to correct their behavior.

Repeated violations may result in increasingly serious account restrictions.

Some conduct may be serious enough to justify immediate action without prior warnings, including certain circumstances involving:

• Child sexual exploitation;
• Credible threats of serious violence;
• Serious fraud;
• Malicious platform attacks;
• Severe harassment;
• Non-consensual sexual exploitation;
• Terrorist activity; or
• Accounts principally created for prohibited activity.

Copyright repeat-infringer enforcement is also governed by TuneBull's Terms of Service and DMCA Copyright Policy.

27. Account Termination

TuneBull may suspend or terminate an account when we reasonably determine that the user has seriously or repeatedly violated:

• These Community Guidelines;
• TuneBull's Terms of Service;
• TuneBull's DMCA Copyright Policy;
• Other TuneBull policies; or
• Applicable law.

Termination may result in loss of access to your TuneBull account and content associated with the account, subject to applicable law and TuneBull's record-retention obligations.

Creating another account to evade an active TuneBull suspension or permanent ban may result in the new account being terminated.

28. Appeals and Questions

Where TuneBull provides an appeal process, users may request review of eligible moderation or account decisions.

An appeal does not guarantee reversal of TuneBull's decision.

TuneBull may consider additional information provided by the affected user when reviewing an appeal.

Instructions for appeals may be provided in the applicable enforcement notice or through TuneBull's support system.

29. Emergencies and Illegal Activity

TuneBull's reporting tools should not be treated as emergency services.

If TuneBull becomes aware of content or conduct that presents an immediate safety concern, involves apparent criminal activity, or creates legal reporting obligations, TuneBull may preserve information and communicate with appropriate authorities as permitted or required by applicable law.

30. Changes to These Guidelines

TuneBull may update these Community Guidelines as the platform grows, new features are introduced, or our safety and moderation practices evolve.

The most current version will be available through TuneBull and will display the date it was most recently updated.

Continued use of TuneBull remains subject to the current Terms of Service and applicable policies.

Build Music. Support Creators. Respect the Community.

TuneBull exists to give independent creators a place to be heard.

Promote your music.

Give honest feedback.

Network.

Collaborate.

Discover new artists.

Support other creators.

Disagreement is okay.

Negative reviews are okay.

Healthy competition is okay.

Threats, harassment, scams, copyright infringement, fake streams, manipulation, exploitation, and abuse are not.

Help us build a music community where creators can compete, collaborate, and grow while respecting the people behind the music.