Copyright & Usage Policy
Understanding how to use our resources.
At Cadence, our mission is to make music education accessible. We encourage you to use our resources to learn, teach, and create. This policy outlines how you can do that while respecting the work that goes into building this platform.
Cadence-Owned Content
This includes all guides, workbooks, charts, tools, and other educational materials created by the Cadence team ("Our Content").
What You CAN Do:
- Personal Use: You are free to download, print, and use Our Content for your personal learning and practice.
- Educational Use: Teachers and educators are welcome to use Our Content in their classrooms (both virtual and in-person). You may distribute printed copies to your students, provided that Cadence is credited as the source.
- Sharing: You can share links to our pages and resources freely on social media, blogs, and other websites.
What You CANNOT Do:
- Commercial Redistribution: You may not sell, license, or redistribute Our Content for commercial purposes. This includes selling printed copies, including them in paid course packets, or hosting the files on your own server for commercial gain.
- Modification: You may not modify, adapt, or create derivative works from Our Content without explicit written permission.
- Removing Attribution: You may not remove any copyright notices or branding from Our Content.
User-Generated Content
This policy applies to any guides, tips, or other materials you submit through our platform ("Your Content").
- You Own Your Content: You retain full copyright ownership of the content you create and submit.
- Grant of License: By submitting Your Content to Cadence, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute Your Content on our platform and in our promotional materials. This allows us to share your knowledge with the community.
- Responsibility: You are solely responsible for Your Content and must ensure that it does not infringe on the copyright or intellectual property rights of any third party.
Copyright Infringement
We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that any content on Cadence infringes upon your copyright, please contact us with the following information:
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
- The URL or a description of where the material is located on our site.
- Your contact information (address, telephone number, and email address).
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
Please send all infringement notices to our legal team (or a designated contact email, to be specified here).