BFCMUSIC Terms of Use
This Music License and Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) is a legally binding agreement between Mr. Andrei Marchanka, doing business as individual, (hereinafter referred to as “BFCMUSIC”, “we”, “our”, and “us”), AND each client, individual, entity, licensee, user or visitor (collectively “you” or “your”) (i) accessing BFCMUSIC’s website located at https://bfcmusic.me hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Website”), and/or (ii) using the Services (as defined under Section 3.1 of this Agreement) via the Website.
You and BFCMUSIC shall also hereinafter be referred to together as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”.
Please read the terms and conditions of this Agreement carefully before using the Website and Services. Your access to the Website and your use of the Services (as defined below) is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Agreement.
All “Personal Information” (which is defined as any information that identifies or may be used to identify, contact or locate the person to whom such information belongs) that we collect and store, will be regulated by this Privacy Policy with probable amendments.
1. Definitions
The following defined terms shall have the following meanings under this Agreement:
“License(s)” | means the Free License, Standard License, Extended License and/or National TV/Radio Advertising License (as defined under Section 4 of this Agreement) as well as the license granted under a Subscription Plan (as defined under Section 4.3.2 of this Agreement) offered by BFCMUSIC to you in relation to the Music Track(s), Logos, Sound FX (as defined below). |
“Music Track(s)” | means the sound recording(s), including any and all musical works (original musical composition including lyrics, music/melody and/or arrangements, music logos and sound FX) that are embodied in such sound recording(s), which are licensed and made available to you by BFCMUSIC, via the Website and subject to certain usage limitations and restrictions as provided under Section 5 of this Agreement. |
“Project(s)” | means the purpose or specific activity or project for which you will be granted a license to use the Music Track(s). |
2. Acceptance and modification of this agreement
2.1. By accessing the Website and using the Services (defined below) you agree to be bound by this Agreement and accept to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Should you disagree to be bound by this Agreement, in whole or in part, you shall (i) not be permitted/authorized to use the Services (as defined below), and (ii) refrain from accessing the Website.
2.2. BFCMUSIC may, in its sole discretion, modify or replace the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time. Your continued use/access to the Website and Services (as defined below) following the posting of any changes to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of this Agreement.
3. The services
3.1 We provides you with an array of Music Tracks that are made available to you via the Website and which we:
- (i)allow you to browse and listen to on the Website;
- (ii)allow you, under the applicable/selected License, to download from the Website for use in your Project(s); and
- (iii)permit you, subject to Section 4 (Free and Paid Licenses) and Section 5 (Limitations and Restrictions), to use in your Project(s),
3.2 We shall not be liable to you in any manner for your use of the Services and Music Tracks which you may integrate into any Project(s). For the avoidance of doubt, you shall be solely and exclusively liable for any and all Project(s).
3.3 You acknowledge, understand and agree that BFCMUSIC may add/remove Music Tracks to/from the Website from time to time, in its sole discretion, and you acknowledge, understand and agree that you shall have no claim or demand in this regard.
3.4 Due to the digital nature of the Music Tracks on the Website, you acknowledge and understand that BFCMUSIC offers no refunds, unless your inability to access and use such Music Tracks results from an error/fault on BFCMUSIC part.
4. Free and paid licenses
4.1 License Grant. As part of the Services and subject to Section 5 (Limitations and Restrictions) and/or this Agreement, BFCMUSIC grants you with a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, right to use, download, modify, in whole or in part, the Music Track(s), solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable License and/or Subscription Plan (defined below) you choose to purchase.
4.2 FREE LICENSE. In addition to the license granted to you by BFCMUSIC under Section 4 of this Agreement, you acknowledge and understand that (i) the Free License (as defined below) shall be revocable. The free License allows you to download and use Music Tracks, free of charge, in your Project as part of an online video or live video streaming which is accessible free of charge OR for usages limited to theatrical performances, films, presentations, video games, or applications providing that your Project generates less than one thousand U.S. Dollars ($1,000.00) per year (collectively “Free License”). By downloading and using any Music Track under this Free License, you agree to use reasonable efforts to credit and acknowledge BFCMUSIC in your Project. You acknowledge and understand that Music Tracks which are not expressly referenced as “ Free to Use” on the Website are not be subject to the terms of BFCMUSIC’s Free License.
4.3 PAID LICENSES
4.3.1 Individual Licenses. BFCMUSIC offers you the choice of one of the three (3) paid licenses, namely the Standard License, Extended License and Premium License (as defined below), that permits you to download and use only one (1) Music Track available on the Website, for your Project. Each paid Standard License, Extended License and Premium License (as defined below) shall be granted in perpetuity. The features and details of each License are as follows:
(i) Standard License – this License allows you to download and use one (1) Music Track, for a one-off licensing fee (as detailed on the Website), in your Project as part of a video, film, documentary, animation, presentation, slideshow, on hold music, or background music in bars, hotels, restaurants shops, gyms, exhibitions, trade fairs or conferences (“Standard License”).
(ii) Extended License – this License grants you with the same rights as the Standard License but also the right to download and use one (1) Music Track, for a one-off licensing fee (as detailed on the Website), in your Project as part of an online advertising, local tv/radio advertising, video game, application, CD, DVD, a film that will be screened publicly, or public event (including but not limited to shows, concerts, and plays) where an entrance fee or other type of fee is paid by participants attending the public event (“Extended License”).
(iii) Premium License – this License grants you with the same rights as the Extended License but also grants you with the right to download and use one (1) Music Track, for a one-off licensing fee (as detailed on the Website), in national and international television or radio advertising in perpetuity.
4.3.2 Subscription Plans. As part of the Services, BFCMUSIC currently also gives you the possibility, via the Website, to subscribe to one of the two (2) available paid recurring plans which enable you to (i) register for the use of the Services; and (ii) download all Music Tracks available on the Website for one (1) year (collectively the “Subscription Plan(s)”). During the Subscription Plan term, BFCMUSIC shall grant you a perpetual license for the Music Tracks. Each Subscription Plan includes restrictions and requirements that outline the features of the Subscription Plan as well as the applicable recurring licensing fee. The features of each Subscription Plan, as detailed on the Website, shall be as follows:
(i) Standard Subscription Plan – provides you with a Standard License (similar to how it is described under Section 4.3.1(i) of this Agreement) for all Music Tracks you use from the Website.
(ii)Extended Subscription Plan – provides you with an Extended License (similar to how it is described under Section 4.3.1(ii) of this Agreement) for all Music Tracks you download and use from the Website, and there is no limit to the number of Projects you may create using the Music Tracks, during the Subscription Plan term of one (1) year. Furthermore, the extended Subscription Plan allows you to sell Projects, containing the Music Track(s), to multiple customers for their personal/commercial usage, with NO LIMIT on the number of Projects for which you may use the Music Track(s) or on the number of customers to whom you may sell such Projects, provided, however, that such Project(s) commenced during such extended Subscription Plan term.
Upon the expiry or termination of your Subscription Plan, you acknowledge and understand that you shall be no longer be able to download or access the Music Tracks and related license certificates on the Website. However, you may continue to use such previously downloaded Music Tracks in your past and future Projects.
4.4 The License gives you the right to make a reasonable use of the Musical Tracks on the Website, and does not limit the number of Projects in which you are entitled to integrate and/or synchronize the Music Tracks you download from the Website.
4.5 BFCMUSIC shall provide you with a license certificate for each Music Track that you download and purchase from the Website.
4.6 For the avoidance of doubt, you may use our Music Track in videos which are posted on Facebook, but you must not register the Music Track with the Facebook rights manager service.
4.7 All rights not expressly granted to you by BFCMUSIC are hereby reserved.
5. Limitations and restrictions
5.1 Except if expressly permitted under Section 3 (The Services) and Section 4 (Free and Paid Licenses) of this Agreement, you shall not:
(i) use the Music Tracks in applications or software that produces or generates videos,
(ii) use the Music Tracks in audio podcasts, audiobooks, meditation soundtracks and Projects that contain only audio material;
(iii) falsely represent, expressly or impliedly, that you are the original creator/owner/author of the Music Tracks;
(iv) use the Music Tracks and any derivative work containing the Music Tracks, in whole or in part, in any other stock product, library, collection, or database for distribution or resale;
(v) make any re-mixes with the Music Tracks;
(vi) use the Music Tracks in Projects that promote violence, hate, discrimination, illegal activity, cruelty and/or harmful content;
(vii) edit, modify, or alter the Music Tracks (a) beyond basic editing (including but not limited to setting fade-in/fade-out points, determining the start and end points, or using only a selection of the Music Track(s)), (b) in a way that alters the Music Tracks’ fundamental character, harmonic structure, lyrics and/or melody, or (c) to the prejudice of the unwaivable moral rights of BFCMUSIC’s licensors;
(viii) permit a third party to use or copy the Music Track(s);
(ix) use the Music Tracks in any manner which may damage the artist/licensor of such Music Track(s), BFCMUSIC’s reputation, or violate any rights of third parties;
(x) sublicense or assign the use of the Music Tracks for standalone distribution; and/or
(xi) make the Music Tracks available and/or distribute, resell, or perform the Music Tracks separately from the Project into which the Music Tracks has been incorporated;
(xii) use the Services for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement or the applicable License.
5.2 BFCMUSIC reserves its full right to determine at its sole discretion whether the use of a Music Track constitutes a violation of this Section. In such event, BFCMUSIC may demand that you immediately cease using any of the Music Track(s), Website and/or Services.
6. Fees and taxes
6.1 Fees. A valid payment method is required to process the payment for your selected paid Subscription Plan and single License(s). BFCMUSIC will process your payment via a third-party payment processor. When you subscribe to a paid Subscription Plan or purchase a single license, you shall provide BFCMUSIC with your contact information, and credit card details. By submitting such payment information, you automatically authorize BFCMUSIC and our third-party payment processor to charge all Subscription Plan fees or one-off licensing fees to such credit card or debit card for (i) the total amount of the applicable Subscription Plan fee or one-off licensing fee, (ii) any other charges as agreed between the Parties, and (iii) any and all applicable taxes.
6.2 Your use of the Services under a Subscription plan shall be billed on a yearly basis.
6.3 You acknowledge and understand that upon the expiration of your Subscription Plan, you shall actively renew your selected Subscription Plan in order to be able to continue using the Subscription Plan Services.
6.4 BFCMUSIC may in its sole discretion and at any time, modify the Subscription Plan fees and one-off licensing fees. Any Subscription Plan fee change will become effective at the end of the then-current Billing Cycle, and any one-off licensing fee change will become effective immediately. Your continued use of the Services after the Subscription Plan fee or one-off licensing fee change has come into effect shall constitute your agreement to pay the modified Subscription Plan fee or one-off licensing fee amount.
6.5 BFCMUSIC does not guarantee that the Subscription Plans and Licenses offered on the Website will be offered indefinitely and reserves the right to change the Subscription Plan fees or one-off licensing fees and to alter the features and options associated with any particular Subscription Plan or License.
6.6 Taxes. Unless stated otherwise on the Website or this Agreement, all fees due for your use of and access to the Website and Services, shall be exclusive of any taxes, levies, duties, or similar governmental assessments of any nature, whether disputed or not, including any value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction (“Taxes”).
7. Acceptable use of the website
You may not use the Website to transmit, distribute, store or destroy any material or information (i) in violation of any applicable law or regulation; (ii) in a manner that infringes BFCMUSIC’s Intellectual Property Rights (defined below) or any third-party’s intellectual property rights; (iii) in a manner that violates the privacy or other personal rights of third parties; (iv) that is defamatory, damaging, disruptive, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful, and/or (v) in order to upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that shall (a) be deemed unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another’s privacy or which is hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; and (b) incite, encourage or threaten immediate physical harm against another, promotes racism, bigotry, sexism, religious intolerance or harm against any group or individual; contains material that solicits personal information from anyone under the age of eighteen (18) or exploits anyone in a sexual or violent manner.
8. Intellectual property rights
8.1 All content, trademarks, third-party logos and names, data, software, information or information contained in any materials, or documents used by BFCMUSIC in relation to the Website and Services, including, but not limited to, any and all copyrighted works, Music Tracks, databases, text, tools, software, technology, algorithms, graphics, icons, designs, logos, graphics, hyperlinks, domain names, codes, information and agreements (“Materials”), are the sole and exclusive property of or are licensed to BFCMUSIC. You may not reproduce, distribute or copy the Materials by any means, whether electronically or not, without BFCMUSIC’s prior written permission.
8.2 Any and all intellectual property rights in the Materials, Website and Services, including all patents, rights in inventions, rights in designs, trademarks, trade and business names and all associated goodwill, rights to sue for passing off or for unlawful competition, copyright, moral rights and related rights, rights in databases, topography rights, domain names, rights in information (including know how and trade secrets) and all other similar or equivalent rights existing in the Materials and Services, now or in the future in any part of the world, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights for their full term (“BFCMUSIC’s Intellectual Property Right(s)”), vests solely and exclusively in BFCMUSIC, its affiliates (if any), licensors or vendors, as the case may be. All rights not expressly granted by BFCMUSIC to you are reserved by BFCMUSIC. Save as expressly set out herein, you shall not acquire any right, title or interest in BFCMUSIC’s Intellectual Property Rights.
8.3 Ownership of Music Tracks. You acknowledge and agree that the Music Tracks available on the Website are licensed, not sold, to you by BFCMUSIC in his capacity as licensee having been granted, from composer(s)/songwriter(s) and/or recording artist(s), a license to sub-license Music Tracks to you in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that all ownership and copyright interests in the Music Tracks are owned/held by the composer(s)/songwriter(s) and/or recording artist(s) of such Music Tracks. As such, when you download any Music Track(s) from the Website, you are (i) purchasing the applicable License for use of the Music Track(s) in your Project, and (ii) not purchasing ownership of the Music Track(s). You further acknowledge that you will not acquire any right, title or ownership interest in the Music Tracks.
9. Privacy policy
You can check BFCMUSIC Privacy Policy is available here and governs the use, storage and processing of the personal information you may provide to use through your access to the Website and/or use of the Services.
10. Suspension, termination and cancellation of subscription plan
10.1 BFCMUSIC may suspend or temporarily disable access to all or part of the Website, User Account, or Services if (i) BFCMUSIC suspects you of partaking in any illegal activity; (ii) BFCMUSIC reasonably believes that you have violated this Agreement; or (iii) applicable law enforcement or other government agencies have requested BFCMUSIC to suspend or temporarily disable your access to the Website and/or Services.
10.2 Cancellation of Subscription Plan. Your access and use of the Music Tracks on the Website will continue until the end of your Billing Cycle during which your Subscription Plan shall be canceled.
11. Governing law and jurisdiction
This Agreement, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall resolved by law and by the competent authorities of the owner’s country of residence.
12. General provisions
12.1 Severability. If any of the provisions or portions of this Agreement are held to be invalid under any applicable statute or rule of law, they are to that extent deemed to be omitted from this Agreement without in any way invalidating or impairing the other provisions of this Agreement.
12.2 No Waiver. A Party’s failure or delay in enforcing any provision of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of the right to enforce that provision or any other provision of this Agreement at any time. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing, specify the provision to be waived and signed/executed by the party agreeing to the waiver.
