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Impressum / Legal Notice (Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG)

Note: This document suite is a solid, professionally structured starting template. It is not legal advice. Before publishing on a live site, have it reviewed by a qualified lawyer (ideally a German Rechtsanwalt for the Impressum/Privacy documents and an entertainment/IP lawyer for the licences) for your exact situation, entity type, and tax status.

1. Service Provider (Diensteanbieter)

Information pursuant to § 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz – DDG, formerly § 5 TMG):

Aleksandar Toncev trading as Foster House Studios [FULL STREET ADDRESS] [POSTAL CODE] Berlin Germany

Sole proprietor / freelance operator (Einzelunternehmer / Freiberufler). This is not a registered company (e.g. GmbH/UG); there is therefore no commercial register entry (Handelsregister), managing director, or share capital to state. [IF YOU LATER INCORPORATE, REPLACE THIS BLOCK WITH: legal form, registered office, Handelsregister court + number (HRB…), and represented-by / Geschäftsführer name.]

2. Contact (Kontakt)

3. VAT / Tax Information (Umsatzsteuer)

  • VAT identification number (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer, § 27a UStG): [VAT ID – e.g. DE123456789]
  • [IF YOU OPERATE UNDER THE SMALL-BUSINESS SCHEME, use instead:] As a small business within the meaning of § 19 UStG (Kleinunternehmerregelung), no value-added tax (Umsatzsteuer) is charged or shown. A VAT ID is not held.
  • Tax number (Steuernummer): [OPTIONAL – not required to be public]

4. Responsible for Content (Inhaltlich Verantwortlicher)

Responsible for content pursuant to § 18 (2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag – MStV):

Aleksandar Toncev [FULL STREET ADDRESS] [POSTAL CODE] Berlin, Germany

5. Professional Regulations / Liability Insurance

  • Professional title / activity: Music producer, audio engineer (mixing & mastering, sound design, scoring, beat production).
  • [If applicable, list any professional liability insurer and geographic scope of cover: [INSURER NAME], [SCOPE OF COVER].]

6. EU Online Dispute Resolution (Online-Streitbeilegung)

The European Commission previously provided an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. This platform was discontinued by the EU as of 20 July 2025; the reference is retained here for information only. Our email address for consumer matters is shown in Section 2 above.

7. Consumer Dispute Resolution (Verbraucherstreitbeilegung)

Pursuant to § 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz – VSBG): we are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle).

8. Liability for Content (Haftung für Inhalte)

As a service provider we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with § 7 (1) DDG and general laws. Pursuant to §§ 8 to 10 DDG, however, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information, or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general laws remain unaffected. Any liability in this respect is only possible from the point in time at which knowledge of a specific infringement of the law becomes known. Upon becoming aware of corresponding legal violations, we will remove this content immediately.

9. Liability for Links (Haftung für Links)

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking; no illegal content was identifiable at that time. Permanent monitoring of the content of linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a legal violation. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.

10. Copyright (Urheberrecht)

The content and works created by the site operator on these pages are subject to German copyright law (Urheberrecht). All beats, instrumentals, stems, recordings, mixes, master files, sound design, artwork, text, and other materials are the intellectual property of Aleksandar Toncev / Foster House Studios unless otherwise marked. The duplication, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation beyond the limits of copyright require the prior written consent of the respective author or creator, or a valid licence (see the Beat License Agreements). Downloads and copies of this site are permitted for private, non-commercial use only. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected and third-party content is marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please notify us accordingly; upon becoming aware of legal violations we will remove such content immediately.

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