The Fine Print.
How We'll Work Together
At wearecoral, our mission is to support a thriving music ecosystem. We provide a platform that makes it easy for you to select and voluntarily contribute to the artists you love. In return for our service, we charge a small platform fee. By using wearecoral, you acknowledge that your contribution is voluntary and given to artists without any obligation or expectation of receiving anything in return.
We are committed to being intentional, transparent, and fair in our operations. We believe in fostering a collaborative community and actively seeking feedback to continuously improve our platform. Our goal is to create a dynamic, evolving system that responds to the needs of the music community.
By working together, we can build a strong support system for music that makes a lasting impact. We value open dialogue and encourage everyone to participate in shaping the future of wearecoral. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us.
The Legalese
Last Updated Date: 21st April 2025
wearecoral is a platform designed to nurture music and culture through direct contributions from users like you. The platform allows you to build corals. A coral is your personal collection of artists you back with a recurring voluntary contribution. Each month as the coral is processed, the contribution is distributed to the Nominated Artists as per the terms of this agreement. Our collective contributions give artists the ability to prioritise creating music.
By accessing the wearecoral the user acknowledges the receipt and review of these terms and conditions and expressly agrees to be bound in contract with wearecoral Pty Ltd by these terms and conditions.
1. Contribution to Nominated Artists
a. wearecoral Pty Ltd and the user will both act with good faith in all of their dealings with each other.
b. All contributions to artists must be made by wearecoral.
c. All contributions are processed in Australian dollars.
d. All contributions are subject to wearecoral Pty Ltd's discretion to accept the contribution and wearecoral Pty Ltd may refuse to accept the contribution at its absolute discretion if the contribution:
I. Is likely to result in a higher cost of acceptance and transfer than the value of the contribution;
II. There is reason to believe the contribution may breach the warranties and agreements in clause 13 of these terms and conditions.
III. If in the assessment of wearecoral Pty Ltd is not in the interests or objectives wearecoral Pty Ltd are seeking by enacting the wearecoral.
e. Subject to this clause 1 and clause 2 of these terms and conditions wearecoral Pty Ltd will use its best endeavours to provide the contribution to the artists nominated by the user in the proportion elected by the user.
f. The user acknowledges that not all artists elect to receive contributions via wearecoral and where a user has nominated an artist or artists who do not have an existing agreement to receive contributions from wearecoral will undertake the following steps:
I. Make all reasonable endeavours to establish an agreement with the artist so that the contribution can be made in accordance with the users directions;
II. If an agreement cannot be enacted with the artist within 9 months of the payment of the contribution wearecoral Pty Ltd will allocate the payment to the other artists the user has nominated that do have an agreement with wearecoral, such allocation in the same proportion as nominated by the user.
III. If there are no artists nominated by the user that have an agreement enacted with wearecoral within 9 months of the contribution wearecoral Pty Ltd will use its best endeavours to refund the contribution to the user and failing this will allocate the payment to artists most approximating those nominated by the user as determined by wearecoral Pty Ltd in its absolute discretion.
IV. The determination by wearecoral Pty Ltd in accordance with this clause 1(f) is final and not subject to change or requested amendment by the user.
V. The user will be advised by wearecoral Pty Ltd of the determination by wearecoral Pty Ltd in accordance with this clause 1(f).
2. Costs of Wearecoral
a. The user acknowledges that wearecoral Pty Ltd incurs costs to operate the wearecoral, facilitate payments to artists and undertake the general governance and administration functions required of the wearecoral Pty Ltd corporate entity.
b. wearecoral Pty Ltd charges a Platform Fee for all contributions to the wearecoral platform. This Platform Fee is disclosed to the user on the wearecoral platform prior to the user confirming a contribution.
c. The Platform Fee charged by wearecoral Pty Ltd is subject to the actual costs incurred by wearecoral Pty Ltd and wearecoral Pty Ltd reserves the right to change the Platform Fee at any time without prior notice.
3. Delays
a. wearecoral Pty Ltd will use its best endeavours to make all payments to artists within 45 days of receipt from the user.
b. The user acknowledgers and agrees that despite wearecoral Pty Ltd's best endeavours some payments may be made to artists greater than 9 months after receipt of the funds from the user and in such circumstances the delay does not provide the user with any right to cancel the contribution, require a refund or make any claim in law or equity against wearecoral Pty Ltd or its officers.
4. Relationship of the parties
a. In these Terms and Conditions the Parties refer to the user and wearecoral Pty Ltd collectively.
b. The Parties acknowledge that their relationship is such that wearecoral Pty Ltd are a service provider facilitating contributions from the user to artists nominated by the user. Transactions facilitated by wearecoral do not establish any other relationship and, in particular, not the relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture.
5. Nature of contributions
a. wearecoral Pty Ltd provides the user with the wearecoral platform to make contributions to nominated artists. Contributions to artists on the wearecoral platform are expressly voluntary contributions and are not due to or the result of goods or services provided by the artist to the user or to wearecoral Pty Ltd.
6. Statutory obligations and keeping of accounts
a. wearecoral Pty Ltd will comply with their statutory obligations in respect of the operation of wearecoral and the administration of contributions to artists.
b. wearecoral Pty Ltd will comply with their obligations to maintain accounting records such that accounts of all contributions receipted and all payments to artists can be provided as required for legal or accounting purposes. In maintaining accurate accounting records wearecoral Pty Ltd will comply with all requirements for accounts pursuant to the Corporation Act 2001 (Cth).
7. Receipts for contributions
a. All contributions by users are voluntary contributions and take the form of a donation to the nominated artists.
b. wearecoral Pty Ltd will provide a receipt to the user, in a form determined by wearecoral Pty Ltd, for all contributions received by wearecoral. wearecoral Pty Ltd will not accept any requests for alteration to the receipt provided by wearecoral Pty Ltd.
c. The form of the receipt is subject to change at the sole discretion of wearecoral Pty Ltd.
8. Refunds and cancellations
a. Contributions by the user are generally final and binding.
b. However, users may request a refund for any unclaimed or undistributed funds, in accordance with wearecoral Pty Ltd's published refund policy.
c. Any other request for refund or cancellation by the user after the contribution has been receipted by wearecoral will be considered and determined by wearecoral Pty Ltd at its sole discretion.
9. GST and Tax
a. Definition of GST: For the purposes of these terms and conditions, GST refers to the goods and services tax as outlined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) along with all related legislation and regulations.
b. Platform Fee and GST: The Platform Fee charged by wearecoral Pty Ltd is subject to GST.
c. Artist Contributions and GST: wearecoral Pty Ltd considers that artist contributions made by a user are not a taxable supply for the purposes of GST, and therefore, GST is not applicable to these contributions. Users registered for GST should not claim the GST component of the artist contribution for offset against their GST receipts. Users seeking a GST invoice or receipt, or wishing to claim a GST deduction for contributions, must notify wearecoral Pty Ltd; such contributions will thereafter not be accepted. Users are advised to rely on their own enquiries regarding GST.
d. Deductible Gift Recipient Status: wearecoral Pty Ltd is not a deductible gift recipient. Contributions made to an artist via wearecoral are not eligible for a tax deduction by the user.
e. User's Responsibility: The user acknowledges having made their own enquiries regarding the application of GST and tax to their contribution. Users are responsible for their own knowledge or decision not to enquire.
f. Taxable Status of Contributions: wearecoral Pty Ltd makes no representation regarding the taxable status of contributions to artists. It is the artist's responsibility to seek advice on the taxable status of any payments received from wearecoral.
10. Confidential information and privacy
a. For the purposes of these terms and conditions Confidential Information means all information that a reasonable person would consider confidential whether provided in oral, written or electronic form from one Party to the other Party or otherwise learned by a Party due to provision of contribution funds from the user to wearecoral.
b. Subject to subclause c. of this clause 10, a Party shall not at any time or for any reason divulge any Confidential Information to any third party and each Party hereby indemnifies the other Party and any related entity against any loss or damage they may suffer as a result of breach of the Confidential Information obligations in these terms and conditions.
c. A Party may disclose Confidential Information:
I. as may be required by law; or
II. to their legal or accounting advisors.
But only to the extent that is necessary for compliance with legal obligations or to obtain proper legal or accounting advice.
11. Intellectual property
a. Intellectual Property means all intellectual property rights conferred by law or equity in relation to patents, copyright, trademark, designs, logos, formulas, inventions and any other component of the wearecoral Pty Ltd or the operations of wearecoral that are unique to wearecoral or wearecoral Pty Ltd. Intellectual property includes all marketing collateral owned by wearecoral Pty Ltd.
b. There is no assignment of the Intellectual Property rights to the user by virtue of the user providing one or more contributions via the wearecoral application or as a result of any other interaction between the user and wearecoral Pty Ltd.
c. The user does not obtain the right to download, copy, reproduce or use the Intellectual Property of wearecoral Pty Ltd and any use of wearecoral Pty Ltd's Intellectual Property without the express written consent of wearecoral Pty Ltd will be a breach of wearecoral Pty Ltd's Intellectual Property rights and may result in wearecoral Pty Ltd initiating a legal claim to enforce its rights and seek damages for any loss suffered.
12. Indemnity
a. To the maximum extent permitted at law the user unconditionally and irrevocably indemnifies wearecoral Pty Ltd against any and all third party demands, claims, actions, suits, costs and expenses that are incurred by wearecoral Pty Ltd in relation to wearecoral accepting the contribution of the user or due to wearecoral providing the contribution to the artist or artists nominated by the user or as otherwise determined by these terms and conditions.
b. To the maximum extent permitted at law the user unconditionally and irrevocably indemnifies wearecoral Pty Ltd against any and all demands, claims, actions, suits, costs and expenses that are sought by the user from wearecoral Pty Ltd in relation to wearecoral accepting the contribution of the user or due to wearecoral Pty Ltd providing the contribution to the artist or artists nominated by the user or as otherwise determined by these terms and conditions.
c. These Terms and Conditions as accepted by the user acknowledge the reasonableness of the indemnities in this clause 13 add the user agrees that wearecoral Pty Ltd may plead these indemnities as a bar to any claim for damages by the user.
d. The user's obligation to indemnify wearecoral Pty Ltd is a primary obligation and the user is not obliged to proceed against any other person before making a demand for indemnification.
e. The information on wearecoral is general in nature and while wearecoral Pty Ltd has made reasonable endeavours to ensure the information is accurate wearecoral Pty Ltd does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, reliability or completeness of the information and:
I. wearecoral Pty Ltd expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in such information.
II. The user should rely upon their own enquiries to verify any information on wearecoral; and
III. To the maximum extent permitted by law wearecoral Pty Ltd will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the user due to reliance on the information on wearecoral.
13. User warranties and agreements
a) The user warrants:
I. If the user is a natural person the user is over the age of 18 and has capacity and is not in vulnerable circumstances.
II. If the user is a corporate entity, the officer enacting the contribution has the authority to do so.
III. That the funds donated by the user are the user's funds and are not the funds of any other person or entity or are encumbered, subject to charge or otherwise funds the user is not legally entitled to donate.
IV. The donated funds have not been illegally or fraudulently obtained and in providing the funds the user does not have the intent to undertake an illegal or fraudulent transaction and will not be undertaking an illegal or fraudulent transaction.
V. The user is providing the funds as a genuine contribution and the funds are not being provided:
(i) In return for services rendered to the user or a related party of the user by a nominated artist or artists.
(ii) Due to any representation or promise made to the user by wearecoral or the nominated artist or artists.
(iii) To illegally circumvent tax laws of the Commonwealth of Australia, any state of the Commonwealth of Australia or any other sovereign nation or state.
(iv) To illegally circumvent any other laws or regulations of the Commonwealth of Australia, any state of the Commonwealth of Australia or any other sovereign nation or state.
(v) From a source or in manner that may expose wearecoral Pty Ltd to prosecution or civil legal action.
VI. The user is not related to an artist or artists the user has nominated to receive a contribution and the user has not previously at any time engaged the professional services of an artist or artists the user has nominated to receive a contribution
VII. It has had the opportunity to read these terms and conditions and accepts them.
b) For the purposes of the provision of wearecoral and the services provided by wearecoral Pty Ltd to facilitate contributions the user agrees that the user is not a Consumer as defined under Australian Consumer Law and the provisions of the Australian Consumer Law do not apply to the rights and obligations between the Parties.
c) The user agrees wearecoral Pty Ltd has the express authority to advise the relevant authorities of any information or knowledge wearecoral Pty Ltd obtains through the acceptance of contributions and the payment of contributions to an artist or artists nominated by the user that indicates a criminal offence has or may occurred or a that fraud, illegal circumvention of tax laws or illegally circumvent any other laws or regulations has or may occur.
14. Suspension and cessation of services
a. wearecoral Pty Ltd may suspend or indefinitely cease the operation of wearecoral without notice and at wearecoral Pty Ltd's absolute discretion.
b. wearecoral Pty Ltd may suspend or indefinitely ban a user from the use of wearecoral without notice and at wearecoral Pty Ltd's absolute discretion.
c. wearecoral Pty Ltd may suspend or indefinitely ban an artist from receiving contributions from a user via the wearecoral without notice and at wearecoral Pty Ltd's absolute discretion.
15. General Terms
a. These terms and conditions are not to be construed against wearecoral Pty Ltd on the basis that wearecoral Pty Ltd's legal representatives were responsible for drafting the terms and conditions.
b. These terms and conditions constitute the entire terms for the provision of contributions by a user on the wearecoral.
c. If any part of these terms and conditions is, or becomes void or unenforceable, that part is or will be severed from these terms so that all parts of the terms and conditions that are not or do not become void or unenforceable remain in full force and effect and are unaffected by that severance.
d. The user agrees that at the request of wearecoral Pty Ltd they will do everything reasonably necessary to give effect to these terms and conditions.
e. These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New South Wales and the Parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of that state.
f. These terms and conditions can be changed or modified by wearecoral Pty Ltd at any time and the user agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions as changed or modified. Notice of any change or modification will be provided by publishing the revised terms and conditions on this website and separate notification will not be given to users individually.
16. Third-Party Metadata
The Platform may use metadata from other music data services. wearecoral Pty Ltd does not claim any ownership rights in this metadata, and your use of the Platform is subject to the terms and conditions of these third-party services.
17. Communication
By creating an account on the Platform, you agree to receive transactional emails related to your account and the Platform's services. You may also opt-in to receive updates about the platform's development, community discussions, and opportunities to provide feedback. We value open communication with our users and welcome your engagement in shaping the future of wearecoral.
18. Wearecoral Mission Alignment
wearecoral's mission is to foster a vibrant ecosystem of communities and their artists. As such, wearecoral may take actions to ensure that contributions are distributed in a way that aligns with this mission and supports the sustainability and growth of the platform. This may include adjusting the eligibility criteria for artists to receive contributions or implementing policies to promote a diverse and thriving music community on the platform.