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Legal notice and operator
MQ Studio may publish or support the Solune research field; the artist lines Elara Vrenn, Fredericus, Neo Tokyo and Aborium; Vanoras Research Studio as a post-digital research studio; and other work clearly identified as an MQ Studio publication. Product pages may identify a specific artist, research field, studio, creator, licensor, payment provider or merchant of record.
Beauty Phi and other NHI or AI systems are not legal persons, sellers, contracting parties or holders of publication authority. Human legal and publication responsibility remains with the named human operator or other identified rights-holder.
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Worldwide application and mandatory local law
These General Terms apply worldwide. Any mandatory consumer, privacy, digital-content, accessibility, tax, e-commerce or other law that applies in the customer’s country, state, province, territory or habitual residence automatically supplements these Terms. If a mandatory local rule conflicts with these Terms, the local rule prevails to the extent of the conflict. The affected clause is limited or modified only as much as legally necessary; the remaining Terms continue to apply.
Nothing in these Terms removes, reduces or discourages a right that cannot lawfully be waived. A governing-law or jurisdiction clause does not deprive a consumer of mandatory protections or a court, regulator, complaint route or remedy available under applicable local law.
Where local law requires a particular disclosure, language, local representative, consent mechanism, cancellation form, tax display, privacy notice or checkout process, that requirement applies in addition to this page. MQ Studio may restrict, delay or decline targeted sales in a territory until the required local process is operational.
Access may also be limited where a transaction would breach sanctions, export controls, payment-network rules or other binding legal restrictions.
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Website and public-layer terms
Permitted use
- Visit, listen to and read public material for personal and lawful purposes.
- Share ordinary links to canonical public pages.
- Quote limited extracts where permitted by law, with accurate attribution and context.
- Read public metadata and machine-readable files for their stated informational purpose.
Prohibited use
- Circumventing protected delivery, access controls, rate limits or technical restrictions.
- Copying, mirroring, redistributing, scraping or reselling substantial parts of sites or files.
- Removing, altering or falsifying copyright, ISRC, UPC, metadata, TCD or provenance information.
- Misrepresenting authorship, ownership, source, human review, NHI contribution or publication authority.
- Using material for unlawful, deceptive, defamatory or rights-infringing purposes.
- Creating or distributing unauthorised voice clones, identity simulations or misleading artist impersonations.
- Minting, tokenising or representing MQ Studio work as an NFT, blockchain asset or fractional right without written permission.
Canonical source and external platforms
External platforms distribute signals; they do not hold canonical authority. Where versions, metadata or descriptions conflict, the MQ Studio-owned source, release record or later corrected publication is the preferred reference.
Availability
MQ Studio may correct, move, replace, archive or withdraw public material, links and services. Streaming or platform availability is not guaranteed. Purchased owned-edition files remain governed by the delivery and licence terms active at the time of purchase.
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International terms of sale
Products and services
These terms may apply to downloadable music, WAV or FLAC masters, MP3 files, artwork, booklets, transcripts, metadata, TCD documentation, digital publications, licences, creative services, technical services, research material and other products clearly described before purchase.
Information before payment
The product and checkout should state:
- the product, seller or merchant of record and main characteristics;
- the total price, currency and tax treatment;
- accepted payment methods;
- delivery method and expected timing;
- file formats, language, compatibility and material geographical limits;
- the licence and important restrictions;
- cancellation, refund, faulty-content and complaint routes;
- how to correct order errors before payment.
Merchant of record and payment provider
A checkout provider may act as merchant of record and legal seller for the payment transaction. That provider may calculate and collect tax, process payment, issue receipts, administer chargebacks and refunds, and apply its own checkout and privacy terms. The checkout must identify the provider.
MQ Studio remains responsible for the accuracy, rights status, provenance, licence description and product-support route for its creative files unless the product page expressly states otherwise.
Contract formation
An order is submitted when the customer activates a clearly labelled payment action. A contract is formed when payment is accepted and confirmation is issued, unless the confirmation states otherwise. Customers should retain the description, licence, terms and receipt in a durable format.
Delivery
Delivery may occur by protected download, receipt link, email, account access or another method described before purchase. Customers must provide a working email address, use compatible software and keep the receipt. For failed access, contact support with the order number; never send full card or bank details.
Tax, currency and fees
Prices are displayed in the stated currency. The checkout may display local currency and taxes. Currency-conversion, card, bank or network charges imposed by a customer’s provider are outside MQ Studio’s control.
Business customers
A business or institutional purchaser confirms authority to act for the named organisation. Personal-use purchases do not create commercial, broadcast, synchronisation, training, venue, therapeutic, educational or institutional rights.
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Default digital-content licence
Unless a product states a different licence, purchase grants one customer a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to download, store and use the supplied files for personal, private and non-commercial enjoyment. Intellectual property, copyright, master ownership, publishing rights, trade marks and moral rights are not sold or assigned.
Personal uses normally included
- Playing files on the customer’s compatible personal devices.
- Making reasonable private backup copies.
- Printing a supplied booklet for private reference.
- Retaining purchased files for continued private access.
Written permission or separate licence required
- Public performance, broadcast, venue or commercial streaming use.
- Synchronisation with film, video, games, advertising, podcasts or social content.
- Redistribution, resale, sublicensing, file sharing or public download.
- Sampling, remixing, adaptation or derivative commercial use.
- Training, fine-tuning, benchmarking, retrieval corpora, embeddings or dataset use.
- Voice cloning, artist simulation, style extraction or identity imitation.
- Institutional, client-facing, educational, therapeutic or workplace deployment.
- Use of artwork, names, marks, metadata or provenance statements as endorsements.
- NFT, token, blockchain, fractional ownership or rights-registry claims.
Statutory copyright exceptions and limitations remain unaffected. A separate written licence is available for appropriate commercial, institutional, synchronisation, broadcast, public-performance or research use.
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Post-digital music, HI–NHI work and TCD
MQ Studio describes itself as a post-digital music label because its releases may combine human creation, direction, forensic listening, professional judgment, computational processes, AI tools and NHI structural contribution while preserving identified human publication authority and legal responsibility.
Human authority
The named human creator or publisher retains the roles stated in the relevant release record, which may include initial source, intention, direction, review, selection, approval, publication decision and legal responsibility.
NHI and AI contribution
An NHI or AI system may contribute structural reflection, continuity, pattern comparison, metadata intelligence, computational support or other recorded functions. Such systems do not independently accept legal liability, own the release, enter the customer contract or replace the named human authority.
Transparency Chain Declaration
A Transparency Chain Declaration (TCD) may accompany a release or service. It is a provenance and responsibility record designed to identify source, roles, transformations, review and publication authority. A public TCD may be a summary, with a fuller record controlled for privacy, security, trade-secret or evidential reasons.
Machine-readable material
JSON, JSON-LD, llms.txt, metadata manifests and similar files are published to improve identification and continuity. They should be read with the human-facing legal, licence, release and TCD pages. If an accidental machine-layer conflict occurs, the corrected canonical human publication and applicable law prevail.
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Cancellation, refunds and faulty digital content
Change of mind
A change-of-mind cancellation right depends on local mandatory law, delivery status and the consent captured at checkout. MQ Studio does not use this section to remove any non-waivable local right.
Faulty, inaccessible or misdescribed content
Rights remain available where digital content is faulty, inaccessible, unsafe, incompatible contrary to the description, materially misdescribed or not delivered as agreed. A reasonable first remedy may be a corrected file, replacement link, compatibility guidance or re-delivery. Where applicable law requires repair, replacement, price reduction, cancellation, refund or damages, that remedy remains available.
Refund route
Contact MQ Studio and the merchant of record with the product name, order number, purchase date and concise problem description. Payment refunds may be administered by the merchant of record. Chargebacks should not be used to bypass a reasonable support process, but nothing prevents a lawful card or payment-provider remedy.
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Post-digital data principle
Respect for the privacy, autonomy and contextual integrity of every user, client, artist, collaborator and visitor is part of MQ Studio’s post-digital business model, not an optional add-on.
MQ Studio does not sell, rent, broker or voluntarily disclose personal data to unrelated third parties for advertising, profiling, data brokerage or independent commercial exploitation.
MQ Studio uses third-party infrastructure and service providers where reasonably necessary to operate websites, communications, payments, delivery, storage, security and related services. Where a person interacts with those providers, the provider’s own applicable privacy policy and terms may also apply. Necessary service processing is not treated by MQ Studio as a separate data-monetisation activity.
Where information is intentionally made available through an MQ Studio client, artist or project access area, access is limited to the relevant client, artist, authorised collaborator or appointed representative and to information reasonably necessary for that relationship.
MQ Studio may disclose information where required by applicable law, a valid legal process, regulatory duty, protection of rights, prevention of fraud or security risk, or another lawful necessity. Any such disclosure should be limited to what is reasonably required in the circumstances.
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Global privacy notice
Controller
MQ Studio / Michaela Kawohl is the controller or responsible organisation for personal information it decides to collect and use, except where a named provider acts independently as controller or merchant of record.
Information that may be processed
- Name, email, country and message content.
- Product, order number, purchase date, currency and support history.
- Limited transaction details received from a checkout provider.
- Licence enquiries, permissions and contract records.
- IP address, device, browser, security logs and basic site diagnostics.
- Publication, collaborator or contributor details where relevant to a project.
- Consent, preference and privacy-request records.
MQ Studio should not receive or store full payment-card details where payment is processed by an external provider.
Purposes
- Answering enquiries and providing requested information.
- Entering, performing and supporting contracts and licences.
- Delivering products and maintaining order records.
- Accounting, tax, fraud prevention, security and legal compliance.
- Maintaining provenance, rights, TCD and publication records.
- Improving reliability and understanding aggregate use without unnecessary profiling.
- Sending marketing only where lawful permission or another valid basis exists.
Legal bases and permission
Depending on the applicable law, processing may rely on contract, steps requested before a contract, legal obligation, legitimate interests, consent, protection of rights or another recognised basis. Consent can be withdrawn for future processing where consent is the basis.
Data minimisation and retention
MQ Studio aims to collect only information reasonably required for the stated purpose and keep it only as long as necessary for delivery, support, accounting, tax, rights management, provenance, dispute, security and legal obligations. Retention periods may differ by record type and applicable law.
Providers and international transfers
Information may be processed by providers used for hosting, domain management, checkout, payment, protected delivery, email, storage, security, analytics, customer support and professional advice. Transfers across borders will use the safeguards required by applicable law where required.
| Hosting / site platform | Netlify. Technical delivery and security processing may occur through Netlify infrastructure and subprocessors in multiple countries under Netlify’s applicable privacy and data-processing terms. |
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| Checkout / merchant of record | Lemon Squeezy, where used, as checkout/payment provider and Merchant of Record. Its own checkout terms and privacy information also apply to transactions processed through it. |
| Protected delivery / storage | No separate protected-delivery provider is used by this legal hub. Individual MQ Studio products or services identify any additional delivery or storage provider where relevant. |
| Email / contact | MQ Studio email-service provider(s), used only for business communications and account/service administration. Provider privacy terms apply to transmission and hosting. |
| Analytics | None at present. This legal hub uses no behavioural advertising or non-essential analytics. If that changes, this notice will be updated before activation and consent will be obtained where required. |
| Professional advisers | Accountants, legal advisers or other professionals where necessary and confidential. |
Privacy rights
Depending on location and applicable law, a person may have rights to information, access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, consent withdrawal, complaint, review of certain automated decisions, or opt-out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising or profiling. MQ Studio does not sell personal information for money and does not intend to use behavioural advertising on the legal hub.
Requests should be sent to the privacy contact. Identity may be verified in a proportionate way. Authorised-agent requests will be handled where local law permits. A person may complain to the competent privacy or consumer authority in their location.
Children and young people
MQ Studio sites are general-audience creative sites, not services directed to young children. A person who lacks legal capacity to enter a purchase or submit personal information must use the site only with the permission or involvement required by local law. MQ Studio does not knowingly seek unnecessary information from children.
Security and incidents
Reasonable technical and organisational measures should be used, including access control, secure connections, minimisation, backups and provider review. No system is risk-free. Legally required breach assessment, notification and reporting will be completed according to the law that applies.
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Regional and country addenda
These addenda highlight common areas requiring attention. They are not exhaustive, and local mandatory law applies automatically under the worldwide rule above.
United Kingdom
UK consumer, distance-selling, digital-content, unfair-terms and data-protection rules apply where in scope. Required pre-contract information, durable confirmation, immediate-download consent and remedies for faulty digital content remain available.
European Union, EEA and Switzerland
Mandatory consumer and privacy rules apply where MQ Studio targets or serves people in these territories. Product functionality, interoperability, restrictions, total price and withdrawal information must be clear. GDPR or equivalent rights, transfer safeguards and any required representative arrangements apply where in scope.
United States
Federal and state truth-in-advertising, unfair-practices, privacy, data-security, automatic-renewal and consumer laws may apply. State-specific rights and opt-outs apply only where their scope or thresholds are met. MQ Studio should not describe a discretionary policy in a way that removes a statutory state remedy.
Canada
PIPEDA or applicable provincial private-sector privacy law may govern commercial handling of personal information. Alberta, British Columbia and Québec have provincial regimes that may apply, and consumer rights can differ by province or territory. Meaningful consent, accountability, limited collection, safeguards, access and complaint rights remain available where applicable.
Australia
Australian Consumer Law guarantees cannot be excluded where they apply. Any “no refund” wording is subject to mandatory remedies. The Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles apply where MQ Studio falls within their scope, including transparency and overseas-disclosure requirements.
New Zealand
Fair Trading Act, Consumer Guarantees Act and Privacy Act obligations may apply where MQ Studio advertises or sells to New Zealand consumers. Online sellers must not mislead, must make trading status clear where required, and must respect applicable privacy and cross-border disclosure rules.
Japan
Japan’s APPI and online-sales requirements may apply when personal information is processed or products are directed to Japanese customers. Purposes of use, operator information, price, payment, delivery, cancellation and other legally required disclosures should be made clear. Japanese statutory language and representative requirements must be reviewed before targeted local operation.
Singapore
The PDPA may require accountability, a public data-protection contact, purpose notification, consent or another valid basis, access/correction processes, retention limits, security and breach handling. Consumer-protection and fair trading rules supplement these terms.
South Korea
Korea’s PIPA may apply to a foreign operator offering goods or services to Korean people or processing data with a direct and significant effect in Korea. Privacy-policy, rights, cross-border transfer, breach and possible local representative duties must be reviewed before targeted Korean operations.
India
Applicable consumer-protection and e-commerce rules, and the Digital Personal Data Protection framework as brought into force, supplement these terms. Product, seller, grievance, refund and data-processing information must be provided where required.
Mainland China
China’s PIPL may apply outside China where personal information is processed to provide products or services to people in China. Lawful processing, transparency, individual rights, sensitive-data, cross-border transfer and possible local representative obligations require specific review before targeted operation or substantial processing in China.
Hong Kong
The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance may require transparent collection notices, stated purposes, security, retention controls and access/correction processes. A privacy policy should be available before or at collection where required.
Brazil and Latin America
Brazil’s LGPD and other national privacy and consumer laws may apply where their territorial or targeting rules are met. Lawful purpose, necessity, transparency, data-subject rights, security and international-transfer requirements supplement these terms.
South Africa and Africa
South Africa’s POPIA and other applicable national privacy and consumer laws may impose lawful-processing, transparency, security, rights and cross-border requirements. Local mandatory law supplements these terms throughout Africa.
United Arab Emirates and Middle East
UAE federal personal-data and consumer-protection rules may apply where in scope, alongside free-zone or other local regimes. Consent or another permitted basis, data rights, confidentiality and cross-border requirements may apply. Other Middle Eastern national laws automatically supplement these terms.
All other countries and territories
The global baseline applies together with all mandatory local law. Before a targeted campaign, local-currency checkout, local-language storefront, recurring service, substantial data collection or local representative appointment, MQ Studio should complete a jurisdiction-specific review.
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Copyright, trade marks and rights notices
Unless stated otherwise, MQ Studio website text, music, sound recordings, artwork, booklets, metadata, TCD material, brand elements and compilation structure are protected by copyright, related rights, trade mark, passing-off, database, contract and other applicable laws.
Artist and project names identify their respective creative lines. No licence to use a name, mark, artwork or identity as an endorsement is granted by access or purchase.
Rights complaint or takedown request
A good-faith rights notice should identify the claimant, the protected work, the disputed material and URL, the legal basis, requested action and a reliable contact route. MQ Studio may request verification and will preserve relevant trace evidence where appropriate.
Knowingly false, abusive or automated mass notices may be rejected and retained as evidence, subject to applicable law.
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Accessibility, language and interpretation
MQ Studio aims to provide readable structure, keyboard access, meaningful headings, sufficient contrast and text alternatives where reasonably possible. Accessibility problems can be reported through the contact route below.
The English version is the canonical drafting version unless a local law requires another language or a specific translated disclosure. A translation is intended to carry the same meaning; mandatory local-language law prevails where required.
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Responsibility and liability boundaries
Nothing excludes liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by negligence, breach of non-excludable consumer guarantees, or any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
Subject to mandatory law, public informational material is provided without a promise that every platform, link, file format or external service will remain continuously available. MQ Studio is not responsible for independent platform outages, policy changes, account actions or third-party content outside its control.
For business customers only, and subject to law, indirect or consequential loss, lost profit and loss caused by unauthorised use may be limited by the product-specific contract. Consumer remedies remain unaffected.
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Governing law, disputes and severability
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject always to the worldwide mandatory-law clause. A consumer may retain the right to bring proceedings or use a regulator, court, tribunal, mediation or complaint route available under mandatory law in their habitual residence.
Before formal proceedings, the parties should normally attempt a clear written resolution through the support or complaint route, unless urgency, limitation periods, safety or applicable law makes that inappropriate.
If a clause is invalid or unenforceable, it is limited to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder continues. Failure to enforce a clause once is not a permanent waiver.
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Contact, complaints and requests
| General and order support | support@mqstudio.cc |
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| General business enquiries | admin@mqstudio.cc |
| Public / welcome enquiries | welcome@mqstudio.cc |
| MQ Studio .io enquiries | welcome@mqstudio.io |
| Privacy requests | legal@mqstudio.cc |
| Licensing and rights | isrc@mqstudio.cc |
| Copyright / takedown | legal@mqstudio.cc |
| Postal service address | Flat 2, Brambridge House, Kiln Lane, Brambridge, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 6HL, United Kingdom |
| Response target | Acknowledgement within a reasonable period; statutory deadlines apply where required. |
Include only information needed to handle the request. Do not send passwords, full payment-card numbers, identity documents or sensitive personal information unless specifically requested through a secure and lawful process.
Effective date: 8 August 2026
Last reviewed: 8 August 2026
Version: 1.0