APM MUSIC
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WEBSITE USE:
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Updated Effective Date: March 12, 2024
The following terms and conditions of website use (“Terms and Conditions”) shall govern your use of the Associated Production Music LLC (“APM”) website located at www.apmmusic.com and all sub- domains thereof (collectively, the “Site”), and constitute an agreement with you. We may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time, at any time without notice to you, by posting such changes on the Site. In addition, 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, specific music or audio files offered on the Site (“Music” or “Audio” herein), or other content, which can include information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, artwork, graphics, video, messages or other materials (“Content”).
Any references to “you” and “your” refer to you, as a user of the Site. References to “we”, “us” and “our” refer to APM.
BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE SITE, INCLUDING REGISTERING FOR AN ONLINE ACCOUNT, INTERACTING WITH THE SITE, OR SUBMITTING FEEDBACK THROUGH THE SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.
1. Rights Grant.
(a) APM hereby grants you a limited non-exclusive right to use the Site solely for the purposes of researching, auditioning, reviewing, organizing, sharing, downloading and licensing of Music/Audio. The Site may not be used for any other purpose without the express written permission of APM.
(b) By downloading Music, you agree that if you use or wish to use Music in a production or in any other way, either you will operate under an existing license agreement or arrangement with APM that covers your production, or you will contact APM no later than thirty days after your first use of Music to arrange for a license from APM. Unless an agreement or arrangement with APM already exists or is negotiated by APM and you, you will be responsible for paying APM’s then current rate card for the use of Music. For the avoidance of doubt, the use of Music without a valid license from APM (that is not cured within 30 days as indicated) would constitute a violation of APM’s rights.
(c) Your right and license to use Audio track(s) includes your right to use the name of the composer(s) and artist(s) of such track(s) solely to refer to who wrote and/or performed such track(s) (but for no other purpose). Such right and license expressly excludes your right to use the name or likeness of the composer or artist, nor can you imply any endorsement of your use of such Audio/Music by such composer or artist.
2. User Conduct. You represent and warrant that:
(a) since user names and passwords are unique to individuals and not to be shared by the individual possessing such credentials with another individual, you shall not share your Site credentials with any other user or individual, including your user name/ID and password without the written consent of APM.
(b) you are at least 13 years old, but to enter into a license with APM, you are at least 18 years old. [Note that we are a large production music library not intended for children, but with very little Music having explicit lyrics. To the best of our knowledge, any Audio with explicit lyrics is so tagged. We do not knowingly collect any personal information/data from children under 13.]
(c) while using the Site, you shall not upload, post, or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site any materials that: (i) are protected by third-party copyright, or other proprietary or intellectual property right, or derivative works thereof, except as provided herein or without first obtaining permission from us; (ii) are unlawful, threatening, harassing, invasive of another's privacy or publicity rights, obscene or that contain explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals); (iii) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site; (iv) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability; or (v) contain a virus or other harmful component, advertising of any kind, or false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact.
(d) you will not engage in the following conduct: (i) reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembling the Content or otherwise attempting to obtain any source code; (ii) spamming, spoofing, flooding or phishing, harvesting of e-mail addresses or other personal information or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information, or sending chain letters or pyramid schemes via the Site; or (iii) impersonating anyone, or misrepresenting who you are, or your affiliation with any other person or entity.
(e) except for artificial intelligence functionality (“AI”) expressly made available to you by APM and used as APM intends it to be used (e.g., to enable your search for Music), you will not use or enable the use of any Audio, metadata or other APM Content obtained and/or licensed or obtained from APM directly or indirectly to (i) train systems in order to generate new Audio or Content (sometimes called “generative AI”); (ii) train systems to search and recommend Audio; (iii) train systems or content to do auto-tagging of Audio; or (iv) train systems and/or content to improve Audio mastering (sound). Any such uses of APM Audio or metadata constitute infringement and violation(s) of APM’s rights in its Audio and can lead to termination of any license from APM and enforcement action.
(f) the libraries of NFL Films, Discovery, Voyant and Major League Baseball cannot be used in circumstances which may result in injury to the reputation of, or damage the goodwill of, NFL Films, Inc., the National Football League, Discovery Communications Inc., any Major League Baseball entity and all affiliates of the companies mentioned. Without limiting the foregoing, you warrant that in no event will Music from any of these libraries or any part thereof be licensed for or otherwise be used in connection with, or in any way related to, pornographic adult entertainment. Additionally, the NFL and MLB libraries cannot be used in association with a lottery, game of chance, or any other type of gambling or wagering activity. In the event of there being any doubt, you must contact APM for clarification. All decisions by APM regarding the appropriateness of the use of Music in a production from these libraries shall be final.
3. Proprietary Rights.
a. APM Ownership. APM is the owner and/or authorized user of any trademark, registered trademark and/or service mark appearing on the Site, and is the copyright owner or licensee of the Audio/Music and Content it publishes on the Site, unless otherwise indicated. Except as otherwise provided herein, your use of the Site does not grant to you any ownership of any Content, Music, features, data or other materials you may access on the Site. Any commercial uses of the Site, or of any Content, code, data or other materials on the Site, are strictly prohibited, except as allowed herein or otherwise approved by us. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Site may contain some features that enable you to obtain rights to use certain Content on the Site, such as Music and metadata. In such circumstances, your rights to use such Content are limited to the rights expressly granted by APM. You may not download, reproduce, or save a copy of any of the Content or screens you see for any purpose except as otherwise provided by APM. In this regard, Music album artwork and other artwork that appears on the Site cannot be used for any purpose other than as incidental to your use of the Music. If you make other use of the Site, except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, applicable state laws, and laws of other countries and international treaties, and you may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use, including for statutory damages under copyright. APM will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the full extent of the law, and seek criminal prosecution when necessary. Our display on the Site of trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, copyrightable material or any other intellectual property does not give you any right or license to use them without our express permission.
b. Music Search Disclaimer. APM facilitates your search for Audio intended to meet your search requirements by offering proprietary search functionality that spans APM’s extensive Music library. When you input a search term that is a specific artist, band or song/track or from a certain movie or show, your search results will NOT include the original artist, band or song that you input, and are very unlikely to display results from the same movie or show entered into your search. In fact, APM does not really have popular songs in the APM library (except that some of its proprietary library Music may have become popular), and even if a musical recording found using APM functionality is in the general style of or feel of a popular song, artist or band, it is a completely new and original composition. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, APM disclaims any liability, including without limitation for infringement, resulting from your use of APM’s search functionality.
4. User’s Grant of Limited License; Feedback. By submitting, posting or sending your own or third-party content, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other material to APM (collectively, “User Content”), you grant APM 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 User Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. Unless specifically requested, APM does not solicit nor does it wish to receive any confidential, secret, or proprietary information from you. Any User Content submitted, posted or sent to APM by any means, such as the “Contact Us” function on the APM Site, will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary information. By submitting, posting or sending User Content to APM, you represent and warrant that the information is original to you or otherwise that you have the right to submit or post the User Content (and if applicable, you have provided proper attribution). We are an online service provider with respect to User Content, and have no obligation to monitor the Site to determine whether any User Content infringes third-party rights or for any other purpose. However, we retain the right to monitor the Site, to remove any offending or infringing information, and to disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation, or governmental request, and to help ensure proper Site operation. In addition, we will follow any proper takedown notification (or counter-notification) under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 512 of the US Copyright Act, submitted to us in proper form relating to User Content.
Please send your notification to APM’s Copyright Agent (or email it) as follows:
Copyright Department APM Music
6255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900
Hollywood, CA 90028
Email notification:
5. Site Use.
(a) When using the Site, you may be asked to provide certain information to APM (such information referred to hereinafter as "User Information"). APM’s use of any User Information shall be governed by the Privacy Policy. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy, attached at the end of these Terms and Conditions and incorporated herein by reference, and also found on the Site. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and contents of such User Information.
(b) Despite commercially and technologically reasonable safeguards used by APM, you understand and acknowledge that no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and we cannot guarantee that any personal information or User Information that you submit to us will be free from unauthorized third party detection or intrusion. You understand and agree that all information you submit to APM or post to the Site is done so at your own risk.
(c) Your access to the Site may be terminated at any time by APM without cause unless your agreement with APM specifies otherwise. You acknowledge and agree that we may deny you access to all or part of the Site without prior notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that we, in our sole discretion, believe to violate any of these Terms and Conditions, violate the rights of APM, or are otherwise inappropriate for continued access.
(d) You may be able to link to third party websites (“Linked Sites”) from the Site, and certain functionality that we offer users may require use of Linked Sites. However, neither Linked Sites, nor all hyperlinks, are reviewed, controlled or examined by APM, and APM is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising, products, information, or use of user information or other materials by any such Linked Sites, or any additional links contained thereon. These links do not imply APM’s endorsement of or association with the Linked Sites (except for certain Linked Sites for which certain functionality that we offer provides automatic links to complete a given task). It is your sole responsibility to comply with the appropriate terms and conditions of service and understand the privacy policy of the Linked Sites
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT, MUSIC/AUDIO, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS AND SERVICES, IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY REGARDING INFORMATION, DATA, DATA LOSS, OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF CONTENT OR INFORMATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. APM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE FUNCTIONS, FEATURES, CONTENT OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREON WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. APM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS’ REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS, CONTENT OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM APM OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. APM DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED OR PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTIES ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. APM IS NOT A PARTY TO, AND DOES NOT MONITOR, ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WITHOUT THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF APM.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL APM, OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, OR MUSIC, CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MUSIC, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO OR FOUND THEREON, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, OR LOST BUSINESS, DATA, OR SALES, EVEN IF APM OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS, SUCH AS NEW JERSEY, DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, SUCH AS PUNITIVE DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF APM 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 THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO APM FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
8. Indemnification. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold APM, its directors, officers, employees, agents, and affiliates (collectively, “APM Indemnitees”) harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the Site, or any Music/Audio or Content, in violation of these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, or your placement or transmission of any User Content on or through the Site that violates these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, or any action or omission by you that results in a claim against the APM Indemnitees.
9. Applicable Law/Jurisdiction. You agree that the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, shall govern these Terms and Conditions. Please note that your use of the Site may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with APM or relating in any way to your use of the Site shall be in the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, in connection with any such dispute, including any claim involving APM or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunications or Content providers. We control and operate the Site from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that Content or materials on the Site are appropriate or available for use in all other locations. Persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so at their own initiative and risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent applicable.