Artists Guidelines

As a streaming platform, MURO requires certain rights to display and commercialise artworks uploaded by artists or creators. These rights are necessary for MURO to operate its platform and provide users with access to the artworks and services. The Artist therefore grants MURO all necessary rights to use, arrange, reproduce, distribute, display, and perform the Artist's Works as outlined in the Artist’s Agreement and Artist’s Terms and Conditions. This MURO licence enables MURO to curate, arrange, record, promote, and commercialise the Works on selected mediums as necessary for MURO to provide its services to users through MURO platform.

Please kindly note, that by using and streaming through MURO platform, you always retain all copyrights to the artworks you share through MURO.

We provide all artists with detailed analytics of their artwork's streaming data. This includes: geographical location, number of times it has been reproduced, for how much time, specific locations or venues (in case your artwork is chosen for commercial displays). You will be able to access this information through your MURO account and/or receive a detailed report yearly.

We compensate artists based on the number of views their artwork receives.

The formula to calculate how to distribute the percentage to all the artists inside the platform is:

Total revenue generated from subscriptions * 0.25 = Total amount to be paid to all artists

Once you have calculated the total amount to be paid to all artists, you can distribute the payment to individual artists based on their share of total plays or streams on the platform. For example, if Artist A's artworks were played 10% of the total plays on the platform, they would receive 10% of the total payment to artists.

The payment distribution can be calculated using the following formula:

Total amount to be paid to all artists * (Artist's share of total plays/100) = Payment to be made to the artist.

By using this formula, the streaming music platform can distribute the payment to all artists in a fair and transparent manner, based on their contribution to the platform.

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Yes, you can still exhibit your work in galleries and museums or elsewhere even if the work is being streamed on MURO. Please kindly note that for specific works we may enter into a separate exclusivity agreement with you. If we sign an exclusivity agreement, please consult on the topic with us prior to the exhibition in the gallery or a museum.

Yes, you can cancel your contract with MURO after the expiry of the Artist Agreement by sending us a termination notice to [curation@muro.art]. In a termination notice you should clearly identify the Work you wish to remove or whether you’re canceling the whole contract. Following our confirmation of receipt of a termination notice and our identification of the Work, we will withdraw that Work from further Commercialisation within the period of 60 days following our receipt of the termination notice. Please kindly note that such termination notice does not affect the work which is being exhibited at the time when we receive such notice. If your Work has been displayed and Streamed at the time when we receive your Termination Notice, your Work and profile page will remain available at Muro for a limited period of time. Any other Works that have not been featured or Streamed will be removed from Muro’s Site and/or App.

At MURO, we understand the importance of getting paid for your artwork, which is why we offer payouts in fiat currency. During the onboarding process, we exchange information with you to enable fiat payouts. More detailed information about payout schedules, formulas, and terms are available in the artist terms.

Yes, you can still stream your collection on Muro even if there is an existing IRL exhibition which happened or is happening. A marketplace may reserve some right to commercialise or exhibit your NFT or use it for marketing purposes, however, they do not normally restrict your rights to further exhibit or commercialise your work through other mediums. Thus far, our in depth comparative research has confirmed that marketplaces do not make use of such restrictive practices and do not reserve exclusivity rights or otherwise prevent creators to participate on other platforms and mediums. We acknowledge that such practice may change over time. Should you have any other atypical experiences with the marketplaces, please let us know at support@muro.art.

It's important for creators to understand that when they sell their NFT, the collectors do not automatically gain ownership of the copyright. The transfer of rights requires explicit agreement or stated terms between the creator and buyer, either through the platform's terms and conditions or a separate agreement. If there is no such agreement, creators do not need to seek permission from the collectors before commercializing their edition through MURO. However, if the terms stipulate the transfer of copyrights, seeking legal advice and permission from the collectors is recommended.

It's important for creators to understand that when they sell their NFT, the collector does not automatically gain ownership of the copyright. The transfer of rights requires explicit agreement or stated terms between the creator and buyer, either through the platform's terms and conditions or a separate agreement. If there is no such agreement, creators do not need to seek permission from the collector before commercializing their single edition through MURO. However, if the terms stipulate the transfer of copyrights, seeking legal advice and permission from the collector is recommended.

Yes, you can join MURO even if your artwork has been bought by a collector. When a collector purchases an NFT, they obtain the ownership in the token that represents the underlying item, be it digital art, music, picture, or other digital item. Collectors have the right to hold and sell the NFT, however, they don’t posses the copyright over the underlying asset existing off-chain, unless the copyright holder (e.g. the NFT creator) has clearly stated that by selling the NFT, they are selling the copyright as well. All this being said, unless there are specific terms you have agreed upon (be it through the terms and conditions of a platform where you minted your NFT or through a separate agreement) describing a license with which you have also transferred your copyrights, you can join MURO and further commercialise your art.

You have free creative autonomy to upload the works you wish, we do encourage motion graphics and slow looping videos.

According to the agreement, you will authorize the Muro team to access all the artworks you upload into your artist profile on Muro´s Artist Platform.

Yes, we can help you mint your artwork into an NFT informing the artist on the available 3rd party platforms and guiding the artist through the process. Please contact us at curation@muro.art

We accept artwork from various mediums and platforms. You can still join Muro, however we highly recommend to mint your artwork as NFT so that you it can find a collector while we are displaying it IRL.

Yes, you can still join MURO even if your artwork is not on the Ethereum blockchain. We accept artwork from various mediums and platforms.

We welcome artists who have minted their artwork on various blockchain platforms to join MURO. You can contact us at curation@muro.art or sign up on our website (link). Your work will be reviewed by the Muro curation team and you will be contacted.

Watch this video on how to navigate our Artist Platform.

You can apply via our website through this link. Watch this video on how to apply.