◉ How Licenses Work
No jargon, no fine print up front. Here's the whole deal in one paragraph: an artist lists a song with a price and a revenue share. You buy a license. From that moment forward, every time that song earns streaming revenue, you get your share — split evenly with everyone else who bought a license. That's it.
◉ Worked Example
Numbers are the easiest way to make this real. Here's a single song, beginning to end.
An artist lists their song at $25 per license, 100 licenses total, with a 10% revenue share across all licenses.
You buy 1 license for $25. EMS keeps a flat 10% platform fee ($2.50). The artist receives $22.50. You now hold 1 of 100 licenses on this song.
The 10% revenue share is split evenly among the 100 licenses. Your slice = 10% ÷ 100 = 0.1% of every dollar of Net Streaming Revenue this song generates.
10% goes to license holders → $1,000 split 100 ways → $10 to you. Paid quarterly. Continues every quarter the song keeps streaming.
You earn $0 in revenue share. The license is still yours — if the song catches on later, your share kicks in. But there is no guarantee, and we will not pretend there is.
Net Streaming Revenue and the exact royalty pipeline are defined in the Licensing Agreement. Numbers above are an illustration, not a forecast.
◉ What Protects You
Direct answers, no marketing. If any of these worry you, the answer is the answer — read it and decide.
Q
You make $0 in revenue share. Licenses are not investments and there is no guaranteed return. Only buy what you can support an artist with — treat any earnings as upside, not income.
Q
No. EMS licenses are digital content licenses — same legal category as a music sync license, not a stock or token. They convey contractual rights to a share of streaming royalties, not equity, debt, or ownership.
Q
The contract is between you and the artist. EMS operates the royalty pipeline, but your right to revenue share is a direct contractual right that survives. Our wind-down plan commits to either transferring pipeline operations or distributing remaining held royalties before shutdown.
Q
Listings sold-out or removed before delivery are auto-refunded. After delivery, your license stays valid for revenue share on streams that occurred while the song was live. Artists cannot retroactively cancel licenses already sold.
Q
No. Licenses are non-transferable. Your license stays attached to the wallet/account that bought it. We made this choice deliberately — it keeps the system out of speculative-asset territory and out of SEC jurisdiction.
Q
Quarterly. Royalties are calculated, EMS deducts the platform fee, and the remaining license-holder pool is paid out via Stripe / PayPal / Cash App on file. You can see every payout breakdown in your wallet.
Platform fee
10%
Flat. Itemized on every payout. No hidden cuts.
To the artist
90%
Of every license sale, paid out per their schedule.
Refund window
Auto
Sold-out or removed listings refund automatically.
◉ Ready?
Want the legal documents? Full licensing agreement · Standard license terms · Refund policy