Exclusive vs Lease: What Artists Actually Need (and When to Upgrade)
Exclusive vs lease from the artist's side: what lease caps really mean, when exclusivity is worth the money, and the upgrade path that saves you both.
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Beat Licensing
Licensing is the machinery under every beat sale — and the part the industry explains worst. This section is the plain-English law library: MP3 leases versus WAV leases versus trackouts, what "unlimited" actually caps, how exclusives interact with previously sold leases, what happens when a leased song blows up, and why a real written contract beats a DM screenshot every time. It pairs with our licensing guide, which covers the five tiers Beats4Legends is building into every storefront.