Terms
As at 8 September 2026
This is the English version of the German terms and conditions. It is provided for your understanding. In the event of a discrepancy between the German and the English version, the German version governs, because the contract is concluded with a provider established in Germany and under German law. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of residence remain unaffected (see section 16.1).
1. Provider and scope
1.1
These terms apply to the use of the platform Music is my Life, reachable at musicismylife.eu, operated by Marcus Feuerbach, Dittersdorferstrasse 4, 61137 Schoeneck (Oberdorfelden), Germany (the "provider").
1.2
These terms also contain the information required by Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services. They describe which content is permitted, how the provider deals with reported content and which measures it may take.
1.3
Terms of the user that differ from these do not become part of the contract unless the provider expressly agrees to their application in text form.
1.4
The platform is addressed to consumers as well as to traders. A consumer is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly outside their trade, business or profession.
2. Subject matter of the service
2.1
Music is my Life is a closed music platform. Registered users can listen to music, create playlists, rate tracks and follow profiles. After an identity check they can publish their own music.
2.2
The provider makes the technical infrastructure available. The music comes from the users. The provider does not adopt that content as its own.
2.3
Without logging in, only the start page and the legal information are accessible. There is no entitlement to access particular content.
2.4
The scope of the service follows from the plan chosen and from the description on the plans page in the version applicable at the time.
3. Conclusion of contract and account
3.1
The user contract comes into existence when the provider confirms the registration. There is no entitlement to conclusion.
3.2
Registration requires a username, a valid email address, a password and the date of birth. The email address must be confirmed.
3.3
One person may keep exactly one account. Multiple accounts are not permitted. The provider may merge or block accounts where it turns out that several accounts are attributable to the same person.
3.4
Access credentials must be kept secret. If there is any suspicion that third parties have obtained knowledge of them, the password must be changed without delay. The provider never asks for the password.
4. Age and minors
4.1
The date of birth given at registration is self declared. It controls which content is delivered. Untrue statements may lead to the account being blocked.
4.2
Persons under 18 years of age may use the platform only with the consent of their legal guardian. At registration it must be confirmed that this consent exists.
4.3
Persons under 16 years of age cannot create an account.
4.4
The statutory liability provisions apply. In the case of minors, liability of the person with a duty of supervision may arise where that duty has been breached. There is no liability going beyond that on the sole ground of parenthood.
4.5
Content with an age rating is delivered only to accounts whose age statement permits it. The check takes place on the server side.
5. Plans and charges
5.1
Basic access is free of charge. Beyond that, plans with an extended scope of service are provided for.
5.2
As at this version, no paid services are billed through this website. Payment processing is set up but operates exclusively in test mode. No charges are collected. The start of paid operation will be announced in advance.
5.3
Once paid plans are offered, the prices stated on the plans page apply. All prices are final prices. No value added tax is shown, because the provider applies the small business rule under section 19 of the German Value Added Tax Act.
5.3a
Payments are processed by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., Dublin, Ireland. Which payment methods are available depends on the country of the payment instrument and is shown during the payment process. The payment method chosen is irrelevant to the contractual relationship with the provider.
5.3b
Prices may be displayed and billed in different currencies. The currency follows the country, not the display language chosen. For a running contract, the currency agreed at conclusion governs for the whole term. The underlying conversion rates are adjusted regularly on the basis of the reference rates of the European Central Bank. A change in rates does not affect a contract already concluded.
5.4
A paid plan is concluded as a continuing obligation with the term stated. Before conclusion, the obligation to pay is expressly pointed out.
5.5
On a change to a higher plan, the full price of the new plan is charged. A period already paid for is credited in full where the change takes place within the first 75 per cent of the current billing period. The limit is inclusive.
5.6
A change to a lower plan is possible within a time window before the end of the billing period and takes effect at the end of that period. The length of the window is stated on the plans page.
6. Right of withdrawal for consumers
Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal. The full withdrawal notice including the model withdrawal form is published on a separate page and is linked in the footer of every page.
In summary: you have the right to withdraw from a paid contract within fourteen days of its conclusion without giving reasons. If you requested that the service begin during the withdrawal period, you owe proportionate compensation for the part already provided. The right of withdrawal expires when we have fully performed the contract with your express consent and acknowledgement.
For consumers in the United Kingdom, the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 grant a corresponding cancellation right of fourteen days.
7. Term and termination
7.1
The free user contract runs for an indefinite period. Either side may terminate it at any time without notice. The user terminates by deleting the account on the "My account" page. Which data are deleted in the process and which must be kept for a limited period for legal reasons is shown before deletion and is described in section 7 of the privacy policy.
7.2
Paid plans can be terminated with effect from the end of the respective billing period. For paid continuing contracts concluded online, the provider makes a cancellation button available as required by German law, reachable without logging in.
7.3
The right of extraordinary termination for good cause remains unaffected for both sides. Good cause exists for the provider in particular in the case of a substantial or repeated breach of the obligations under section 8.
7.4
If the provider terminates for a reason for which the user is responsible, there is no claim to a proportionate refund of charges already paid. The statutory right of withdrawal and other statutory claims remain unaffected.
7.5
Access ends when the termination takes effect. Published tracks are removed unless third party rights or statutory retention obligations prevent this.
8. Obligations of users
8.1
Only content may be submitted in which the necessary rights exist. This must be declared separately before each publication.
8.2
The following content in particular is not permitted, being content that
- infringes copyright, related rights, trade mark rights or personality rights of third parties,
- is criminal, in particular incitement to hatred, depictions of violence, symbols of unconstitutional organisations or depictions of the sexual abuse of children or young people,
- impairs the development of children or young people without being marked accordingly,
- insults, threatens or deliberately denigrates others,
- contains malware or endangers technical security,
- contains commercial advertising without the provider's consent.
8.3
Where artificial intelligence is used in a track, this must be stated on publication. The statement is mandatory and forms part of the declaration of rights.
8.4
Acts that falsify play counts, ratings or charts are prohibited, in particular automated requests, coordinated repeat requests and the use of several accounts for that purpose.
8.5
Automated extraction of the platform, circumvention of technical protection measures and any attempt to download music files permanently or to make them available outside the platform are prohibited.
8.6
Profile pictures, cover images and profile information may not contain contact details, advertising or references to other services, except where the fields provided for that purpose are used.
9. Rights in submitted content
9.1
The rights in submitted content remain with the user. The provider acquires no ownership in them.
9.2
By submitting content, the user grants the provider the non exclusive, territorially unlimited, royalty free and transferable right to store the content in the course of operating the platform, to process it technically, to display it in previews and evaluations and to make it publicly available to registered users.
9.3
Technical processing includes in particular conversion into other formats and resolutions, the generation of preview images and the creation of a waveform display.
9.4
The right of use ends when the content is removed. Backup copies and evaluations already created may continue to be used where this is necessary to fulfil statutory obligations or to defend legal claims.
9.5
There is no claim to remuneration for the use unless expressly agreed otherwise.
10. Reporting unlawful content
10.1
A reporting form is available for every track, every profile and every playlist. Reports are additionally possible by email to contact@musicismylife.eu. The provider thereby fulfils Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.
10.2
A report should contain: a sufficiently substantiated explanation of why the content is said to be unlawful, the exact electronic address of the content, the name and email address of the reporting person, and a statement that the information is accurate and complete to the best of their knowledge.
10.3
Receipt of a report is confirmed without delay. The provider decides promptly, diligently, non arbitrarily and objectively.
10.4
The reporting person and the person affected by the decision are informed of the decision. The person affected receives a statement of reasons under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, naming the scope of the measure, the facts and circumstances, the legal basis or the contractual provision breached, and the available remedies.
10.5
Anyone who disagrees with a decision may object to it within six months at contact@musicismylife.eu. The objection is examined by a person who was not involved in the original decision. Recourse to the courts remains unaffected.
10.6
Abusive reports and manifestly unfounded objections may, after a prior warning, lead to temporary suspension of the handling of further reports.
11. Measures by the provider
11.1
In the case of breaches of these terms or of applicable law, the provider may, depending on severity, take the following measures:
- a notice or a warning,
- removal or blocking of the content concerned,
- restriction of individual features,
- withdrawal of artist status,
- blocking of the account,
- extraordinary termination.
11.2
The measure is announced in advance where possible. Where substantial damage is imminent, in the case of criminal content and where others are at risk, it may be taken immediately.
11.3
Every measure against content is reasoned in accordance with section 10.4. The route under section 10.5 is open against every measure.
11.4
Verification applications, reports and measures are always decided by a human being. Machine checks serve solely for preselection.
12. Verification as an artist
12.1
Anyone who wishes to publish music goes through an identity check. Name, address, date of birth and an official identity document must be presented for this.
12.2
Participation is voluntary. Use as a listener is independent of it and fully possible.
12.3
The images of the identity document are irreversibly deleted immediately after the decision. Details are governed by the privacy policy.
12.4
There is no entitlement to verification. The decision is reasoned.
12.5
The provider may withdraw artist status where the conditions cease to apply, the information given was incorrect or these terms have been substantially breached.
13. Availability
13.1
The provider endeavours to achieve high availability but does not owe it. Maintenance, faults and circumstances outside its sphere of influence may lead to interruptions.
13.2
Planned maintenance is announced where possible.
13.3
The provider may develop the scope of the service further. Substantial restrictions of paid services are announced at least four weeks in advance and entitle the user to terminate with effect from the date they take effect.
14. Liability
14.1
The provider is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, for fraudulent concealment of a defect, to the extent of a guarantee assumed, and under the German Product Liability Act.
14.2
In the case of slightly negligent breach of an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance the user may rely, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract at the time of conclusion.
14.3
Otherwise liability is excluded.
14.4
For content submitted by users, the liability exemptions of Articles 4 to 6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 and the provisions of the German Copyright Service Provider Act apply.
14.5
Anyone who submits unlawful content indemnifies the provider against claims by third parties raised against it because of that content, including reasonable costs of legal defence. This does not apply where the infringement is not attributable to them.
15. Amendment of these terms
15.1
The provider may amend these terms where this is necessary because of a change in the legal position, in case law, in the scope of the service or for comparable objective reasons, and where the user is not unreasonably disadvantaged by it.
15.2
Amendments are notified in text form at least six weeks before they take effect. Anyone who does not object agrees. This effect is expressly pointed out in the notification. In the case of an objection, the contract ends at the time the amendment takes effect.
16. Final provisions
16.1
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. As against consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that it does not deprive the consumer of the protection of mandatory provisions of the state in which the consumer has their habitual residence (Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008).
16.2
Where the user is a merchant, a legal person under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction is the provider's registered seat. As against consumers, the statutory places of jurisdiction apply.
16.3
The provider is neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
16.4
Should any provision be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. The statutory rule takes the place of the invalid provision.