Last Updated April 1, 2024
The Beam’s mission is to ignite competition in new music and reward the best. We live in an era of cheap recording, cheaper distribution, and saturated revenue models for creatives. Trust in networks and quality in creative output have become scarce. So we believe exclusivity matters more than ever. That’s why The Beam is invite-only.
We have a purpose to unite the world of music in a supportive and inclusive way. The Beam’s network pillars and posting strategy are designed to inspire users to share original work, ideas and feedback.
While The Beam’s invite-only environment provides significant buffers against the problematic issues common to public networks, any user conduct that threatens anyone’s safety either online or offline will not be tolerated. This includes harassment, bullying, or any other form of abuse.
These policies apply to all members. Depending on the severity of violation, we may take the enforcement actions described below, including limiting the visibility of certain content, labeling it, or removing it entirely. Repeated or egregious offenses will result in account restriction or suspension. If you see something you believe may violate our policies, whether in profiles, posts, messages, comments, or anywhere else, please report it to us.
Unacceptable Content
Do not create or share any of the following:
- Hate speech or discriminatory content against users based on their race or their religion or their age, sex, gender, identity, sexual preferences, or any form of disability;
- Nudity, sexual content, and non-consensual use of sexual imagery;
- Content that violates IP rights in any form;
- Do not post any content that you do not own or have licensed;
- If any content violates your IP rights, please notify us immediately: [email protected]
- Content that glorifies violence against people or animals, encourages violence against people or animals, or content that is intended to disgust users based on violence;
- Content that discloses any individual’s personal information without such individual’s consent.
- Content that is defamatory or harassing;
- Content that solicits funds or any type of financial information;
- Content that misrepresents services or opportunities or attempts to sell misrepresented goods or services;
- Content that threatens, abuses, harasses, intimidates or encourages others to do so;
- False or misleading content;
- Content that does not disclose, transparently, the use of artificial intelligence, including generative AI, voice clones, etc.
- Content unrelated to music or the music industry, such as political content, dating content, or goods and services unrelated to music.
Unacceptable Behavior
- Do not impersonate others or misrepresent yourself;
- The Beam is a real-identity network. Simply put, the name you use in your waking life must be your profile name and creative identity on The Beam. Though, there is a distinction between your creative identity and artist identities. Artist identities can and often do include multiple individual creatives, such as a guitarist, bassist, drummer and singer. Artist identities can and often do have collective naming, such as the name of your band. Artist identities may have invented names (e.g., “Guns N Roses”), but must be managed by creative identities (i.e., real individuals).
- Do not make unwelcome propositions through any form of communication;
- Do not create duplicate accounts;
- Do not use bots to misuse the platform for any purpose, such as but not limited to, the purposes of upvoting or media consumption
- Do not troll;
- Do not spam members;
- Do not create scams;
- Do not do things to artificially increase engagement with your content;
- Do not doxx;
- Do not threaten, incite, or promote violence;
- Do not harass or bully members;
- Do not violate any applicable laws
Enforcement
We may enforce these rules in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:
- Asking you nicely
- Temporary or permanent suspension of accounts
- Removal of privileges from, or adding restrictions to, accounts
- Removal of content
- Labeling content
Suggestions
If you have any questions regarding these guidelines please contact us at [email protected]
