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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Rules.enforcement",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice may terminate or suspend user accounts at its sole discretion if users violate any provision of the Agreement or misuse the Services.",
      "body": "Splice may terminate or suspend user accounts at its sole discretion if users violate any provision of the Agreement or misuse the Services.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If you violate any provision of the Agreement or otherwise misuse the Services, DCI may, at its sole discretion, terminate the Agreement or suspend or terminate your access to the Services.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "If you violate any provision of the Agreement or otherwise misuse the Services, DCI may, at its sole discretion, terminate the Agreement or suspend or terminate your access to the Services.",
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          "thin_body",
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      "id": "learn_r1364_sound_effects_and_sample_packs_risks_splice_account_inaccurate_info",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Access.id",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice has the right to suspend or terminate accounts if users provide untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete information during registration.",
      "body": "Splice has the right to suspend or terminate accounts if users provide untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete information during registration.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or is incomplete, or DCI has reasonable grounds to suspect that any information you provide is untrue, inaccurate, not current or is incomplete, DCI has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of Services (or any portion thereof).”",
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      "source_publisher": "Distributed Creation Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or is incomplete, or DCI has reasonable grounds to suspect that any information you provide is untrue, inaccurate, not current or is incomplete, DCI has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of Services (or any portion thereof).",
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      "id": "learn_r1364_sound_effects_and_sample_packs_risks_splice_chargeback_account_cancel",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Money.payout",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice reserves the right to cancel payment plans and/or accounts if users incur excess or fraudulent chargebacks to their bank.",
      "body": "Splice reserves the right to cancel payment plans and/or accounts if users incur excess or fraudulent chargebacks to their bank.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“IF WE SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE INCURRING EXCESS OR FRAUDULENT CHARGEBACKS TO YOUR BANK, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL YOUR PAYMENT PLAN AND/OR ACCOUNT IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.”",
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      "source_publisher": "Distributed Creation Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "IF WE SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE INCURRING EXCESS OR FRAUDULENT CHARGEBACKS TO YOUR BANK, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL YOUR PAYMENT PLAN AND/OR ACCOUNT IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Splice: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "Splice has a DMCA policy allowing intellectual property owners to request removal of allegedly infringing material from the Services.",
      "body": "Splice has a DMCA policy allowing intellectual property owners to request removal of allegedly infringing material from the Services.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If you believe in good faith that materials posted on the Services infringe your intellectual property rights, then you (or your agent) may send us a 'Notification of Claimed Infringement' requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "If you believe in good faith that materials posted on the Services infringe your intellectual property rights, then you (or your agent) may send us a 'Notification of Claimed Infringement' requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice may remove Sounds from the Services if they learn a Sound previously provided to users was not original to the provider or have good reason to believe it is not original.",
      "body": "Splice may remove Sounds from the Services if they learn a Sound previously provided to users was not original to the provider or have good reason to believe it is not original.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If we learn that a Sound previously provided to you was not original to the provider, or we have a good faith reason to believe the Sound is not original, we may remove the Sound from the Services and may make reasonable efforts to notify you.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "If we learn that a Sound previously provided to you was not original to the provider, or we have a good faith reason to believe the Sound is not original, we may remove the Sound from the Services and may make reasonable efforts to notify you.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Users who upload their own audio to Splice grant the company a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and display that audio.",
      "body": "Users who upload their own audio to Splice grant the company a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and display that audio.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“By using the Create Tool in connection with User Audio and/or Mic Capture, you further acknowledge and agree that the User Audio and/or Mic Capture is original to you, you hold all necessary rights in and to the User Audio and/or Mic Capture, as applicable and hereby grant DCI a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right (including any moral rights) and license to use, license, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display the User Audio and/or Mic Capture (in whole or in part) solely for the purposes of operating and providing the Services to you.”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-14",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Distributed Creation Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "By using the Create Tool in connection with User Audio and/or Mic Capture, you further acknowledge and agree that the User Audio and/or Mic Capture is original to you, you hold all necessary rights in and to the User Audio and/or Mic Capture, as applicable and hereby grant DCI a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right (including any moral rights) and license to use, license, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display the User Audio and/or Mic Capture (in whole or in part) solely for the purposes of operating and providing the Services to you.",
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      "id": "learn_r1364_sound_effects_and_sample_packs_risks_splice_user_audio_deletion",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Safety.privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] If a user cancels their subscription or has it terminated, any User Audio uploaded or Mic Capture recorded will be removed from saved Stacks and deleted from the Services within thirty (30) days.",
      "body": "If a user cancels their subscription or has it terminated, any User Audio uploaded or Mic Capture recorded will be removed from saved Stacks and deleted from the Services within thirty (30) days.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If a User cancels their subscription or if their subscription is otherwise terminated in accordance with these Terms, any and all User Audio uploaded and/or Mic Capture recorded by the User will be removed from the User's saved Stacks and will be deleted from the Services within thirty (30) days of such cancellation or termination.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "If a User cancels their subscription or if their subscription is otherwise terminated in accordance with these Terms, any and all User Audio uploaded and/or Mic Capture recorded by the User will be removed from the User's saved Stacks and will be deleted from the Services within thirty (30) days of such cancellation or termination.",
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      "id": "learn_r1364_sound_effects_and_sample_packs_risks_splice_non_refundable_fees",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Money.fees",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Except as set forth in the Agreement, all fees for Splice Services are non-refundable.",
      "body": "Except as set forth in the Agreement, all fees for Splice Services are non-refundable.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“You will be responsible for payment of the applicable fee for any Services (each, a 'Services Subscription Fee') at the time you create your Account and select your package. Except as set forth in the Agreement, all fees for the Services are non-refundable.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "You will be responsible for payment of the applicable fee for any Services (each, a 'Services Subscription Fee') at the time you create your Account and select your package. Except as set forth in the Agreement, all fees for the Services are non-refundable.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Money.payout",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] UK and EU users may cancel subscriptions, plugin licenses, or additional Credit purchases within 14 days for a full refund, provided they haven't used the Services during that period.",
      "body": "UK and EU users may cancel subscriptions, plugin licenses, or additional Credit purchases within 14 days for a full refund, provided they haven't used the Services during that period.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“If you are based in the UK or EU, you may also cancel the following during the specified time period (each a 'Cooling-off Period'): (a) your subscription to the Services, within the first 14 days of signing up to that paid plan (or the free trial associated therewith) or upgrading your plan (when applicable); (b) your purchase of any license within the Services (e.g., for a Plugin), within 14 days of that purchase; or (c) any purchase of additional Credits, within 14 days of that purchase. If you cancel your subscription, upgrade, or any purchase during a Cooling-off Period, we will reimburse in full the applicable payment you have made. However, if you use the Services in any way during a Cooling-off Period (e.g., by commencing a download of a Sound, applying any Credits, or otherwise), you agree that you have expressly agreed to waive your cancellation rights and you will not be entitled to receive either a full or partial refund of the applicable payment you have made.”",
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      "source_publisher": "Distributed Creation Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "If you are based in the UK or EU, you may also cancel the following during the specified time period (each a 'Cooling-off Period'): (a) your subscription to the Services, within the first 14 days of signing up to that paid plan (or the free trial associated therewith) or upgrading your plan (when applicable); (b) your purchase of any license within the Services (e.g., for a Plugin), within 14 days of that purchase; or (c) any purchase of additional Credits, within 14 days of that purchase. If you cancel your subscription, upgrade, or any purchase during a Cooling-off Period, we will reimburse in full the applicable payment you have made. However, if you use the Services in any way during a Cooling-off Period (e.g., by commencing a download of a Sound, applying any Credits, or otherwise), you agree that you have expressly agreed to waive your cancellation rights and you will not be entitled to receive either a full or partial refund of the applicable payment you have made.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Splice: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Users may not use Splice Sounds as source or training material for generative or other types of artificial intelligence models.",
      "body": "Users may not use Splice Sounds as source or training material for generative or other types of artificial intelligence models.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“(h) use the Sounds as source or training material for generative or other types of artificial intelligence models.”",
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      "title": "Splice: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "Splice requires users to arbitrate disputes with the company rather than pursue legal action in court, with limited exceptions for small claims and intellectual property equity relief.",
      "body": "Splice requires users to arbitrate disputes with the company rather than pursue legal action in court, with limited exceptions for small claims and intellectual property equity relief.\n\nWhat Distributed Creation Inc. actually says:\n\n“You and we agree that any dispute, claim, or request for relief by or against the DCI relating in any way to your access to or use of the Services or the Agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (a) you and we may assert claims or seek relief in small claims court if such claims qualify and remain in small claims court; and (b) you or DCI may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents).”",
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      "evidence_quote": "You and we agree that any dispute, claim, or request for relief by or against the DCI relating in any way to your access to or use of the Services or the Agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (a) you and we may assert claims or seek relief in small claims court if such claims qualify and remain in small claims court; and (b) you or DCI may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents).",
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      "summary": "All disputes, claims, or requests for relief under Splice's arbitration agreement must be arbitrated on an individual basis, not on a class or collective basis.",
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