Terms of Service

By accessing or using Skrtt, uploading a beat, voting, or otherwise interacting with the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Skrtt is a weekly leaderboard for beatmakers. Producers upload instrumental beats, which are ranked by community votes within filtered categories (genre, country, BPM, key, mood). Leaderboards reset every Monday. Skrtt currently offers free uploads and voting; a paid “featured placement” option may be introduced in the future, governed by additional terms presented at that time.

Under Italian law (Art. 2-quinquies of the Privacy Code), the legal minimum age to independently consent to an online service like Skrtt is 14. You must be at least 14 years old to use Skrtt, and if you are between 14 and 18, you confirm you have the legal capacity in your own country to agree to these Terms (with parental involvement where your local law requires it for a minor entering into terms of service, as opposed to just consenting to data processing). By using Skrtt, you confirm you meet this requirement.

Skrtt does not require an email/password account. Instead, your browser is assigned an anonymous identifier (stored via cookies) used to:

• Link the beats and producer profile you create to you, so you can add more beats to the same profile
• Prevent duplicate voting on the same beat
• Enforce rate limits and moderation actions (such as bans)

If you clear your cookies, use a different browser, or switch devices, the Service may not recognize you as the same person and may create a separate profile. Skrtt is not responsible for loss of access to a profile caused by clearing cookies or switching devices/browsers.

5.1 Ownership. You retain full ownership of any beat, cover art, bio, or other content you upload (“User Content”). Skrtt does not claim ownership over your music.

5.2 License to Skrtt. By uploading User Content, you grant Skrtt a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, display, stream, and distribute that User Content solely for the purpose of operating, promoting, and improving the Service (for example: showing your beat in the leaderboard, generating waveform previews, or featuring the weekly winner on Skrtt's own social media). This license ends when you delete your content or your account is removed, except for copies already necessarily retained in backups or already shared as part of platform promotion prior to deletion.

5.3 Your Responsibility. You represent that you own the beat you upload or have all necessary rights and permissions to upload it (including for any samples used within it). You are solely responsible for your User Content and for securing any rights needed to upload and share it.

5.4 Off-Platform Sales. Skrtt is a discovery and ranking tool, not a beat marketplace. Any sale, licensing, or transaction for a beat discovered on Skrtt happens directly between the producer and the buyer, off-platform. Skrtt is not a party to and has no responsibility for such transactions.

You agree not to upload, post, or do any of the following:

• Content that infringes someone else's copyright, trademark, or other rights
• Content that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or sexually explicit
• Content that is not actually a music beat/instrumental (e.g., unrelated audio, spam, malware)
• Impersonating another producer or misrepresenting your identity
• Attempting to manipulate the leaderboard through fake votes, bots, multiple accounts, or coordinated vote exchanges
• Attempting to circumvent upload rate limits, bans, or other security measures
• Uploading files that are not what they claim to be (e.g., disguising a different file type as audio)

Skrtt reserves the right, but not the obligation, to review, remove, or restrict access to any User Content or account, at any time and at its sole discretion, including in response to a user report or a violation of these Terms. We aim to review reports and act promptly, but we do not guarantee any specific response time.

If your account is banned for violating these Terms, you may not create a new profile to circumvent the ban.

Appealing a moderation decision. If your content was removed or your account was banned and you believe this was done in error, you may appeal by emailing info.skrtt@gmail.com within 30 days, explaining why you believe the decision was incorrect. We will review appeals and respond with our decision. This process exists to comply with the EU Digital Services Act's requirement that online platforms operating in the EU offer users a way to contest content-moderation decisions.

If you believe content on Skrtt infringes your copyright or violates these Terms, contact us at info.skrtt@gmail.com with:

• A description of the content and its location on Skrtt (link or beat title)
• A description of the right you believe is being infringed, or the rule being violated
• Your contact information

We will review and remove content found to violate these Terms or applicable law.

Leaderboard rankings and vote counts reset every Monday. Skrtt makes reasonable efforts to keep voting fair (one vote per beat per identified browser, rate limiting, fraud detection) but does not guarantee the leaderboard is free from all manipulation. Skrtt may adjust, correct, or remove votes or rankings it believes were obtained through manipulation.

Skrtt currently operates on a free basis. If paid features (such as featured/boosted placement) are introduced, separate pricing, refund, and payment terms will be presented and must be accepted before you can purchase them. These Terms will apply to those features in addition to any feature-specific terms.

The Skrtt name, logo, website design, and underlying software are the property of Skrtt and may not be copied, imitated, or used without permission, except for the User Content license described in Section 5.

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Skrtt does not guarantee the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, and does not guarantee any outcome (such as exposure, sales, or a particular leaderboard position) from using it.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Skrtt and its operator shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, revenue, or opportunity, arising from your use of or inability to use the Service.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Skrtt and its operator from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your User Content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third party's rights.

You may stop using the Service at any time. Skrtt may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, for conduct that violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful to the Service or other users.

Skrtt may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. Material changes will be highlighted on this page.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Italy, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Italy, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have to bring a claim in the courts of your own country of residence.

Because Skrtt does not use traditional accounts, you can request a copy of the data linked to your anonymous identifier, or ask for it (and any beats/profile tied to it) to be deleted, by emailing info.skrtt@gmail.com with enough detail to locate your profile (e.g., producer name, beat titles). See our Privacy Policy for the full list of your data rights and the response timeframe. Deleting your browser cookies alone does not delete your data from Skrtt's records — you must contact us directly for that.

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect. Skrtt's failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision. Skrtt may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and Skrtt regarding the Service.

Questions about these Terms can be sent to info.skrtt@gmail.com.