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Terms of service

Draft for lawyer review. Not in effect.

This document is a working draft written to describe how CleanBeatz is intended to work. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer and is not a binding agreement. Bracketed items are placeholders. Status: Draft, not yet in effect.

These terms are an agreement between you and [Company legal name] (“CleanBeatz”, “we”, “us”) for use of the CleanBeatz website, web app, and mobile and desktop apps (the “Service”). By using the Service you agree to these terms.

1. What the Service does

CleanBeatz lets you upload an audio file, separates the vocal from the instrumental, flags words based on the level you choose, lets you review and change those flags, and exports an edited version in which the flagged words are muted, bleeped, or reversed in the vocal only. Files may be up to 10 minutes long.

2. Your account

You must be at least [minimum age] to use the Service. You are responsible for activity on your account and for keeping your sign-in details secure.

3. Files you upload, and your promise about them

Each time you upload a file, you confirm that you own it or have all the rights and permissions needed to upload it, edit it, and use the edited version the way you intend. You are solely responsible for that confirmation being true.

The Service is upload only. It does not download audio from streaming services, video sites, or links, and you agree not to use it with audio obtained by circumventing copy protection or in violation of a service’s terms.

You keep whatever rights you have in your files. You give us a limited license to store, process, and transform your files only as needed to provide the Service to you.

4. Privacy and deletion

Your files are private to your account. We do not share them with other users, publish them, or sell them. Uploaded files and everything made from them (separated tracks, transcripts, and exports) are deleted automatically 7 days after upload. Download anything you want to keep before then. See the privacy policy for details.

5. You must listen before public use

Automatic flagging is not perfect. It can miss words, phrases, and meanings, and it can flag words that are fine. You must listen to the full edited file before playing it in public, in a class, at an event, in a competition, or anywhere else it matters. The level names (Radio, Clean, Family) describe what the Service tries to catch, not a guarantee of what the output contains.

6. Music licensing is your responsibility

Editing a file does not give you any right to perform, broadcast, distribute, or sell it. Public performance of music (for example in a studio, gym, competition, or event) often needs licenses that the Service does not provide. You are responsible for obtaining any licenses your use requires.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • upload material you do not own or have the rights to use;
  • distribute, sell, or publicly share edited files in a way that infringes anyone’s rights;
  • use the Service to build a competing product, or scrape, reverse engineer, or overload it;
  • upload malware or anything unlawful.

8. Plans, minutes, and billing

Paid plans and minute packs are described on the pricing page. Minutes are measured by the length of the audio processed. Subscription minutes reset each billing period [confirm whether unused subscription minutes roll over]. Minute pack minutes do not expire while your account is open. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Purchases made in the iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Android apps are billed and managed by Apple or Google under their terms, including free trials and refunds. For web purchases: [refund policy].

We respect copyright and respond to notices of alleged infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Because files are private and deleted after 7 days, material may no longer exist when a notice arrives, but we will act on every valid notice. To submit a notice, send the following to our designated agent:

  • your physical or electronic signature;
  • identification of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed;
  • identification of the material you believe is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it (for example the account email involved);
  • your contact information;
  • a statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Designated agent: [DMCA agent name]
[DMCA agent mailing address]
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [DMCA agent phone]

If your material was removed and you believe it was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice to the same agent. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

10. Changes and availability

We may change or discontinue features. If we change these terms in a meaningful way, we will notify account holders before the change takes effect. Continued use after that means you accept the new terms.

11. Ending your use

You can stop using the Service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or end accounts that break these terms. Sections 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, and 13 survive termination.

12. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, including that it will catch every word or be free of errors. To the fullest extent allowed by law, CleanBeatz is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. [Counsel to review.]

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [State], United States, without regard to conflict of law rules. [Counsel to add dispute resolution terms.]

14. Contact

[Company legal name], [mailing address]. Email: [email protected].