NORTH distribution guidelines

What this guide covers

Understand the baseline standards releases must meet before delivery.

NORTH policies and store rules protect the catalog from rights violations, artificial activity, misleading metadata, prohibited content, and delivery practices that can create downstream penalties.

Before you start

• Read the current distribution agreement.
• Make sure you have rights to everything you submit.
• Avoid artificial streaming, fake engagement, or guaranteed-placement services.
• Ask support before submission when a policy question is unclear.

Step by step

1. 01

   Submit only content you own or are authorized to distribute.

2. 02

   Use accurate metadata and artist identities.

3. 03

   Use artwork that you have the right to distribute and that matches the release.

4. 04

   Do not manipulate streams, impersonate artists, or submit deceptive catalog information.

5. 05

   Respond promptly when NORTH requests revisions or rights documentation.

Check your work

• Metadata truthfully represents the release.
• You control the required rights.
• Promotion methods do not manipulate store systems.
• Any special content type follows applicable store requirements.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Buying streams or bot activity.
• Submitting content under an identity you do not control.
• Using unauthorized artwork or samples.
• Treating approval as permission to violate store rules later.

What happens next

Revisit policy guidance when your content, rights arrangement, or promotional strategy changes.

If the result on screen does not match what this guide describes, stop before creating duplicate catalog records or repeating a financial action. Use the visible status and error information when contacting NORTH support.