Use Agreement

version 2.6 (October 2006)


Before using the material contained on this Website, you must read and accept the below terms and conditions.

 

By downloading and using any material contained on ShareSong.org you thereby accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

 

1. REGISTERED CONTENT

 

You acknowledge that the material available via ShareSong.org is protected by copyright and other intellectual and proprietary rights.

 

You agree to not copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute or transfer any material contained on the ShareSong.org in violation of any third party rights.  

 

Fair and due recognition of the authorship of any work contained within these pages shall be given.

 

 

2. INDEMNIFICATION

 

You agree to indemnify and hold us or our officers harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the material contained on ShareSong.org and related services, your connection to the related services, your violation of this Agreement, or your violation of any intellectual property rights of a third party.

 

 

3. CCLI LICENSING

 

You, as the User, will make every effort to register the download and subsequent use of the material with CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International) if the work is used in the context of an church activity and that church has a CCLI Licence.  

 

If your church does not have a CCLI license, we encourage you to obtain a license and thereby support the songwriters and their work (refer Section 3, Material Licensing, in the Contributor's Agreement which states that "by uploading material to ShareSong.org, you are making your material available for non-commercial use by both CCLI Licence Holders and people who do not hold a CCLI Licence."). 

 

 

4. WARRANTIES

 

You understand and expressly agree that the services afforded to you through ShareSong.org are being made available to you "as is" and "as available." 

 

All perceived ‘defects’ in the material available through ShareSong.org should be reported to the contributor, whose contact details are listed on the website.

 

 

5. COPYRIGHT

 

The ownership of the material uploaded to ShareSong.org remains with the copyright owner (e.g. the songwriter, record company etc).  You may only use the material available on ShareSong.org for personal (i.e. not commercial) purposes.

 

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of any material contained on ShareSong.org without prior explicit consent of the copyright owner.

 

Please contact the copyright owner (by voting for the song and leaving a message) to see permission for other than personal use.