Community Guidelines

1. Content Standards

All content uploaded to Lesuto Disco must meet the following standards:

• Original Music Only: All tracks must be original works that you created or for which you hold all necessary rights. This includes rights to any samples, interpolations, or third-party compositions incorporated in the track.
• Rights Attestation: By uploading a track, you attest that you are the sole rights holder or have obtained written permission from all co-creators, sample owners, and publishers. False attestation is grounds for immediate account suspension.
• Accurate Metadata: Track titles, artist names, genre tags, and all other metadata must be accurate and truthful. Intentionally misleading metadata (for example, tagging a track with a popular artist's name to gain visibility) is prohibited.
• Audio Quality: Tracks must be submitted in a supported format (WAV, FLAC, or high-bitrate MP3/AAC) at a minimum sample rate of 44.1 kHz. Severely degraded, corrupted, or inaudible recordings will be rejected.

2. Explicit Content

Lesuto Disco permits explicit content (profanity, mature themes) provided it is properly labeled:

• Artist Labeling: Artists must mark tracks containing explicit lyrics or mature themes as “Explicit” during the upload process.
• AI-Assisted Detection: All uploads are screened by an automated content moderation pipeline that uses speech recognition and text classification to detect potentially explicit material. Tracks flagged by the system are queued for human review.
• Human Review: A staff moderator reviews all AI-flagged content to confirm or override the explicit label. Decisions are logged for accountability and consistency.
• Unlabeled Explicit Content: Tracks found to contain explicit material that was not labeled by the artist will be flagged and relabeled. Repeated failure to label explicit content may result in account restrictions.

3. Prohibited Content

The following types of content are strictly prohibited on Lesuto Disco and will be removed immediately upon detection:

• Hate Speech: Content that promotes violence, hatred, or discrimination against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics.
• Illegal Content: Content that promotes, facilitates, or depicts illegal activity, including but not limited to content that violates intellectual property laws, promotes drug trafficking, or contains threats of violence.
• Spam and Low-Quality Uploads: Mass uploads of near-identical tracks, AI-generated content passed off as human performance without disclosure, silence or noise files, or any content uploaded solely to manipulate platform metrics.
• Impersonation: Content uploaded under a false identity or using another artist's name, likeness, or branding to deceive listeners or the platform.
• Exploitative Content: Content that exploits or endangers minors, or content depicting sexual violence or non-consensual acts.

4. Moderation Process

Lesuto Disco uses a layered moderation approach combining automated systems and human oversight:

• AI Screening on Upload: Every track is automatically analyzed at upload time. The pipeline includes audio fingerprinting (to detect unauthorized copies), speech-to-text transcription, and text classification for prohibited or explicit material.
• Human Review for Flagged Content: Tracks flagged by the AI system, or reported by users, are reviewed by a human moderator. Moderators have access to the AI analysis results, the audio, and the track metadata.
• Decision Logging: All moderation decisions (approval, removal, label changes) are logged with the moderator's ID, timestamp, and reason. This ensures accountability and supports the appeals process.
• User Reports: Any user may report content they believe violates these guidelines. Reports are reviewed within 48 hours during business days.

5. Appeals

If your content is removed or your account is restricted, you have the right to appeal:

• How to Appeal: Submit an appeal by emailing ops@lesutotechnologies.com with the subject line “Content Appeal” and include your username, the affected track(s), and a brief explanation of why you believe the decision was incorrect.
• Independent Review: Appeals are reviewed by a different staff member than the one who made the original moderation decision, ensuring a fresh perspective.
• Response Time: You will receive a written response within 5 business days of submitting your appeal. The response will include the outcome and the reasoning behind the decision.
• Final Decision: The appeal decision is final. However, if new evidence becomes available (for example, proof of rights ownership), you may submit a new request for review.

6. Consequences

Violations of these Community Guidelines are handled through a graduated enforcement process:

1. Warning: For first-time or minor violations, you will receive a written warning via email explaining the violation and the specific guideline that was breached. The content in question may be removed or relabeled.
2. Content Removal: Repeat violations or more serious breaches will result in removal of the violating content. You will be notified of the removal and the reason.
3. Temporary Suspension: Continued or egregious violations may result in a temporary suspension of your account (typically 7 to 30 days). During suspension, you cannot upload new content, but existing content remains accessible unless separately removed.
4. Permanent Ban: Severe violations (such as uploading illegal content, repeated impersonation, or systematic abuse) may result in permanent termination of your account and removal of all associated content.

Lesuto reserves the right to skip steps in this process for severe violations that pose an immediate risk to users, the platform, or third parties.

7. Related Policies

These Community Guidelines are part of a broader set of policies that govern your use of Lesuto Disco. Please also review:

• Terms of Service for the full terms governing use of the platform.
• Artist Agreement for terms specific to content creators, including licensing, attribution, and revenue sharing.
• Privacy Policy for details on how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
• DMCA Policy for information on how we handle copyright infringement claims.

In the event of a conflict between these Community Guidelines and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service shall prevail.