USA | NASHVILLE HOME| LOGIN CAREERS FOLLOW US! Advanced Search TERMS OF USE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT The following terms and conditions of use govern your use of the e-Licensing USA Web site. The Site is made available by Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. We may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time, and at any time without notice to you, by posting such changes on the Site. BY USING THE SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS APPLIED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you may not access or otherwise use the Site. By using the Site following any modifications to the Terms and Conditions, you agree to be bound by any such modifications to the Terms and Conditions. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF THE SITE This Site is not intended for use by persons under the age of 18 years old. You must be 18 years old or older to access or otherwise use the Site and related services. SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SITE We may make certain content and services available to visitors and registrants of the Site. For example, you may be able to read news, articles, interviews and other content, search or browse through music samples, request quotes for music licenses, obtain licenses to use certain music for certain discrete purposes, monitor your account with us, and browse through an online catalog of items available for purchase through our affiliates (these services are collectively referred to herein with the Site as the "Site"). PRICE QUOTES FOR MUSIC LICENSES Through the Site, you may be able to request price quotes for licenses to use certain music for certain discrete purposes. To obtain such a quote, the Site will make available to you a form to be completed and submitted to us. We will return to you a quote for the applicable license(s). A PRICE QUOTE IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER. IN NO WAY SHALL A PRICE QUOTE CREATE ANY AGREEMENT, LICENSE OR GRANT OF RIGHTS, AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH ON THE SITE, ALL LICENSES WILL BE SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH ARE MUTUALLY AGREED TO AND EXECUTED OFF-LINE. PRE-CLEARED MUSIC LICENSES Through the Site, you may be able to obtain licenses to use certain "pre-cleared" music for certain discrete purposes by accepting the applicable license agreements (the "License Agreements") electronically online. If so, the applicable License Agreements and fee schedules will be made available on the Site. By selecting the "I Accept" button, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the relevant License Agreements. Your use of any music is subject to: (1) the terms and conditions of the applicable License Agreements and (2) your payment in full of the applicable license fees either by credit card concurrent with your online acceptance of the License Agreements or by check received by the addressee specified on the Site within thirty (30) days after your online acceptance of the License Agreements. You agree to pay all applicable taxes. If payment is not received by us from your credit or debit card issuer or its agents, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS All original content contained on the Site (including the results of any song data searched conducted on the Site) is the property of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. and is protected by all applicable Federal, State laws, as well as the applicable laws of jurisdictions outside the United States. Your use of the Site does not grant to you ownership of any content, features or materials you may access on the Site. Any commercial use of the Site is strictly prohibited, except as expressly allowed herein or otherwise expressly approved by us. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute or otherwise exploit any music or other content on the Site without our prior written consent. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate any registration and deny access to the Site to any one, for any reason, without notice. Further, any such misuse of music, materials or content contained on the Site may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use. We do not grant any license or other authorization to any user of our trademarks, service marks, other copyrightable material or any other intellectual property by including them on the Site. You also agree and acknowledge that any ideas, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques or other similar materials that you submit or otherwise communicate to the Site may be used by us in any manner. USER INFORMATION In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to provide certain information to us (such information referred to hereinafter as "User Information"). Our information collection and use policies with respect to such User Information are set forth in the Site Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of the User Information. UNSOLICITED MATERIALS Unless specifically requested, we do not solicit nor do we wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the Site, any of its services, by e-mail, or in any other way. Unless otherwise expressly agreed prior to your submission of information to us, any information or material submitted or sent to us will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. By submitting or sending information or other material to us you represent and warrant that the information is original to you and that no other party has any rights to the material. By submitting or sending information or other material to us you grant us the royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such material (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You also warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE SITE PROPRIETORS TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, $10.00. LINKS FROM AND TO THE SITE You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information provided by Web sites to which you may link from the Site ("Linked Sites"). Links to Linked Sites do not constitute an endorsement by or association with us of such sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials presented on such sites. We do not author, edit, or monitor these Linked Sites. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such Linked Sites. 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Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms and Conditions remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or the Terms and Conditions must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE AND THE SERVICES We reserve the right, for any reason, in our sole discretion, to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site, including, but not limited to, content, features or hours of availability. We may also impose limits on certain features of the Site or restrict your access to part or all of the Site without notice or penalty. COPYRIGHT ACT AGENT We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. 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