Legal

Community Guidelines

Effective Date: August 21, 2026 · Version: 2026-08-21

Sonic Grid is a place for people to share music and the work around it. These Guidelines describe what we expect from everyone here. They form part of our Terms of Service, and breaking them can lead to content removal, suspension, or account termination.

01. Respect the People Here

Disagreement is fine. Cruelty is not. Do not use Sonic Grid to attack, degrade, or intimidate other people.

No harassment, bullying, stalking, or coordinated pile-ons.
No hate speech or content that attacks people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
No threats of violence, and no encouraging others to commit violence or self-harm.
No publishing private information about someone without their permission — addresses, phone numbers, financial details, or anything else that could put them at risk.
No impersonating another person, artist, or organisation.

02. Upload Only What Is Yours to Upload

This is the one we care about most, and the one most often broken by accident rather than intent. Before you upload anything, you need the right to do so.

Only upload music, images, video, or writing that you created, own, or have permission to share.
If your track contains a sample, an interpolation, or any part of someone else's recording, you are responsible for clearing it BEFORE you upload. We do not clear samples for you and we cannot check on your behalf.
A cover of a song you did not write needs the appropriate licence.
Do not upload artwork, photographs, or fonts you do not have a licence to use — including AI-generated images built from material you have no rights to.
Credit your collaborators. If someone played on it, wrote it, produced it, or shot the photo, name them.

Our full copyright and takedown process — including how to report infringement and how to dispute a takedown — lives in the Copyright & DMCA Policy.

03. Content That Is Never Allowed

Sexual content involving minors, in any form. This results in immediate termination and a report to the relevant authorities.
Non-consensual intimate imagery.
Content that sexualises or endangers children.
Content promoting terrorism, violent extremism, or mass violence.
Content promoting or facilitating the sale of illegal goods, weapons, or controlled substances.
Malware, phishing, or anything designed to compromise other people's accounts or devices.
Spam, engagement farming, artificial streaming or play inflation, and bulk unsolicited messaging.
Deceptive impersonation or content designed to mislead people about who made it.

Adult content that is legal and consensual is not permitted on public surfaces at this time. If you are unsure whether something belongs here, ask us before you post it.

04. Reporting Something

If you see something that breaks these Guidelines, report it from the content itself, or email support@sonicgrid.co. Tell us what you saw and where. We review every report we receive.

Copyright complaints follow a separate, formal process — see the Copyright & DMCA Policy. Do not use a general report for a copyright claim; it will slow things down.

Do not file reports in bad faith. Deliberately false reports are themselves a breach of these Guidelines.

05. What Happens When Guidelines Are Broken

What we do depends on what happened, whether it looks deliberate, and whether it has happened before. In most cases we start at the lightest step that actually addresses the problem.

A warning, with the content left up.
Removal of the specific content, with notice to you explaining why.
Temporary restriction of some features — uploading, messaging, or commenting.
Suspension of the account.
Permanent termination.

Some breaches skip every intermediate step. Content involving children, credible threats of violence, and non-consensual intimate imagery result in immediate termination.

Repeat Copyright Infringement

Accounts that repeatedly infringe copyright will be terminated. See the Copyright & DMCA Policy for how repeat infringement is counted and how to appeal.

Appeals

If you believe we got it wrong, reply to the notice we sent you or email support@sonicgrid.co within 30 days. A person will look at it.

06. Changes to These Guidelines

We may update these Guidelines as the platform grows. Material changes will be announced on the platform. The current version is always the one published here.