Please read these terms of service ("terms", "terms of service") carefully before using Rightsholder.io website (the "service") operated by Music Tech Works ("MTW").
We will provide our services to you, which are subject to the conditions stated below in this document. Every time you visit this website, use its services or make a purchase, you accept the following conditions. This is why we urge you to read them carefully.
Before you continue using our website we advise you to read our privacy policy below regarding our user data collection. It will help you better understand our practices.
Content published on this website (digital downloads, images, texts, graphics, logos) is the property of MTW and/or its content creators and protected by international copyright laws. The entire compilation of the content found on this website is the exclusive property of MTW, with copyright authorship for this compilation by Music Tech Works.
The entire communication with us is electronic. Every time you send us an email or visit our website, you are going to be communicating with us. You hereby consent to receive communications from us. If you subscribe to the news on our website, you are going to receive regular emails from us. We will continue to communicate with you by posting news and notices on our website and by sending you emails. You also agree that all notices, disclosures, agreements and other communications we provide to you electronically meet the legal requirements that such communications be in writing.
The details of the products and services available for purchase are listed on our website. All features, content, specifications, products, services, and prices are subject to change at any time without notice.
A. Product Refunds. The data reports that we sell are non-refundable. If you have an issue with your account, or think there has been an error in billing, please contact us.
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B. Free trials and promotional periods. If a subscription starts with a free trial or a promotional period, you have the right to cancel the subscription prior to the end of the trial or period. If you are unable to cancel online, you may cancel by contacting us. We will email you prior to the end of the free trial or promotional period to remind you that the trial or period is coming to an end, and to give you an opportunity to cancel before the start of the paid period. If you do not cancel, we will bill you at the end of the free trial or promotional period, and your subsequent cancellation rights will be in accordance with the terms specific to the subscription.
C. Cancellation. Your cancellation rights, and the way in which you may notify us of your decision to cancel, will be disclosed to you at or prior to the time at which you purchased a subscription.
D. Subscription refunds and cancellation fees. In most cases, the subscriptions that we sell are non-refundable. Depending on your agreement, a cancellation fee may be charged. The specific details regarding a potential refund or cancellation fee will be disclosed to you at or prior to the time at which you purchased a subscription.
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By visiting this website, you agree that the laws of the state of Georgia, United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict laws, will govern these terms of service, or any dispute of any sort that might come between MTW and you, or its business partners and associates.
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We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of this website. You are not allowed to download or modify it. This may be done only with written consent from us.
If you are an owner of an account on this website, you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your private user details (username and password). You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password. We reserve all rights to terminate accounts, edit or remove content and cancel orders at our sole discretion.
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or MTW. You may terminate this Agreement at any time. Your access to this Site may be terminated immediately, without notice from MTW, if in MTW’s sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement by either you or MTW, you agree that you will cease use of the Site immediately and destroy all Materials obtained from the Site and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
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Effective Date: May 28, 2019
Launched in March of 2019, Rightsholder.io is Music Tech Works’ (“MTW”) hub for electronically communicating with songwriters, composers and music publishers, our licensing customers, music and entertainment industry professionals and the public. From a pure informational resource at its inception, Rightsholder.io will evolve into a business-to-business interface through which we efficiently and securely exchange critical information with our customers and affiliates. Whether you use Rightsholder.io as a writer or publisher, a licensing customer, or just a fan of music, Rightsholder.io remains committed to providing a service that recognizes and protects your privacy.
This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes our information collection, use, and sharing practices in connection with Rightsholder.io and any other website or service that links to or refers to this Policy (collectively, the “Sites”), including information collected from songwriters, composers, music publishers, and data partners (collectively, “Affiliates”) both on the Sites and elsewhere.
Righsholder.io collects different information from different visitors depending on their use of the Sites:
Information you provide directly to us. We collect information that is provided directly to us, such as during account registration, when you subscribe to our newsletters or contact us directly. This information includes:
You are not required to register or provide us with personal information in order to use the public portions of our Sites, but you may be required to register or otherwise provide personal information to use certain portions of the Sites, such as Online Services.
Information we collect automatically. We collect certain information automatically when you use our Sites, such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, device identifiers, browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before and after using the Sites, the date and time of your visit, information about the links you click, the pages you view, the general manner in which you navigate the Sites, and other standard server log information. We, and third parties that provide content or functionality on our Sites, may use cookies, pixel tags, local shared objects, and similar technologies to automatically collect this information. For more information about cookies, pixel tags, local shared objects, and similar technologies, please see the “Cookies” section below. We may also request location information from your mobile device’s location services to provide certain functionality.
We may combine the information we collect from and about you with information we already have about you.
We generally use the information we collect online to:
We are committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect.
Other Music Licensing Organizations, Registries, and the Public.
Authorized third-party vendors and service providers.
Business transfers.
Legal purposes.
With your consent or at your direction.
Some of the content, functionality, and advertising on our Sites may be provided by third parties that are not affiliated with us, including through the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in the “Cookies” section below. For example, if you access third-party services, such as Facebook, Google, or Twitter, through the Sites to share information about your experience on the Sites with others, these third-party services may be able to collect information about you, including information about your activity on our Sites through the use of cookies, web beacons, and other Internet technologies, and this information may be collected over time and combined with information collected across different websites and online services. Their collection and use of your data will be governed by their own privacy policies.
Some of these companies participate in industry-developed programs designed to provide consumers choices about whether to receive targeted advertising. Please visit the websites operated by the Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance to learn more.
You may have certain rights as a data subject under local law. For example, local law may afford you the right to access, update, restrict, oppose, erase, port and/or correct inaccuracies in your personal information under our control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. To exercise these rights, please contact us .
If you no longer wish to receive electronic newsletters or other materials from us, you can opt out using the instructions provided in the newsletters or other materials.
California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
Righsholder.io maintains links to other websites, including foreign performing rights organizations and Internet licensing customers, to help you find additional information in which you may be interested. Please keep in mind that Righsholder.io is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites, so you should review their policies prior to giving them your information.
Rightsholder.io may collect, transfer, store and process your information outside of your country of residence, including to and from the United States. Please note that other countries’ data protection and other laws may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. In accordance with applicable law, we implement measures to ensure that any transferred personal information remains protected and secure. You may obtain further information about these measures by contacting us.
To the extent Rightsholder.io’s activities are subject to international data protection laws that specify limited legal grounds to process your information, Rightsholder.io relies on the following legal grounds: conclusion or performance of a contract, including our Terms and Conditions of Use; for legitimate interests of Rightsholder.io or third parties (including the promotion and development of our Sites; preventing potentially prohibited or illegal activities; and enforcing our Terms and Conditions of Use); compliance with legal obligations; where necessary for public interest grounds, or to protect your or others’ vital interests; or on the basis of your consent.
Where applicable, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.
In the event that Rightsholder.io changes this Policy, we will revise the “Effective Date” above, and will post the revised policy on the website. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy each time you visit the Sites to stay informed of our privacy practices.
Rightsholder.io takes reasonable steps to protect all of the information we collect. You should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Only those Rightsholder.io employees who have a need to access your information will have access to your information. We have informed all employees of our security and privacy practices, and we will update all employees as necessary.
We will retain your personal information in accordance with applicable laws.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you), particularly for research or statistical purposes, and may aggregate such anonymous data with that of other users of the Services.
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or our practices, or would like to exercise your rights under applicable data protection laws, please send an email to [email protected].