Because of punitive UK OnLine Royalty rates, please note that all music sent to radio2XS is assumed to be "Free from Worldwide Copyright for radio2XS airplay", as per these Conditions. As at October 2009, radio2XS continues to pay royalties to UK Agencies PRS, MCPS and PPL for any music not covered by this Agreement but this category will be reduced at quickly as possible.

radio2XS' success is largely due to our enthusiasm for promoting New Music. All the music we play is unsolicited and we greatly appreciate the supply of material from record companies, their plugging & promotion agents, artist management, publishers and artists themselves. However, all submissions are accepted subject to the following agreement, no part of which affects copyright ownership in any way:

"By submitting music to radio2XS for airplay consideration, the owner(s) of the recording(s), the recorded material(s), the original work(s) and any publisher(s) of such material(s), agree that all such material(s) are sent to radio2XS on the express condition that they may be broadcast by us in any or all territories worldwide without any financial payment by radio2XS to the artist(s) (whether performers, writers, producers, etc), publisher(s), management, representative copyright or performing rights bodies, or any other third party."

In return, we undertake not to distribute any works sent to us in any way other than via our live broadcasts (which, because of the analogue ouput system we use, cannot be 'ripped'). The only exception to this are works sometimes available on our On-Demand Radio Player. In this case, they will be either very short extracts, or low audio quality, or 'spolied' (by the use of overlayed IDs, etc).

The volume of material we are sent prohibits us from returning or storing unused material. Music that reaches our playlists is filed in our extensive CD library but music that we cannot play, for whatever reason, is kept for a short time and then either destroyed or forwarded to other possible users. However, any music which is sent to us on the express condition that it must be available for later return is subject to a storage charge of £5 ($10) per week plus mailing costs, payable before return. This charge will ONLY be made if and when the return is subsequently demanded.

For technical quality reasons, we cannot use digitally compressed material (MP3s, etc): only 'linear' CD-quality digital recordings or vinyl, please. We have also found that CDs encoded with 'copy protection' software sometimes cannot be used as the sound quality is compromised by unpleasant artefacts when replayed online.

Please note that by sending any music or other materials to radio2XS, you are expressly agreeing to these terms, which have been in place since the start of radio2XS in 2002 (and of its predecessors, the independent radio productions 'XS' and '2XS' since 1998).

(Minor updates 9 Oct 2009)