Terms & Licensing

BeatPass Premium Unified Non Exclusive Agreement

YOU MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. 

PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. 

The following serves as a legally binding agreement between Alliance Productions (“Licensor”) and You (“Licensee/Buyer”). This agreement grants the Licensee/Buyer certain non-exclusive rights to the song being licensed. 

Payment: The Licensee agrees to pay the Licensor a non-refundable fee of $59.99/Month for the non-exclusive use of any Instrumental that is being licensed in this Agreement, for the purpose of creating a new composition. 

Term: This non-exclusive license agreement shall never expire from the execution of this agreement, unless the Licensee chose to upgrade the Non-Exclusive Beat Lease license to an Exclusive Beat Licence. 

Master Recording: Licensor hereby grants Licensee the non-exclusive right to record and synchronize vocals and/or instruments to the Instrumental to create one (1) new composition. This license does not authorize use of the Instrumental in additional compositions. The Licensee must obtain an additional license from Licensor for any additional composition using the Instrumental. The Licensee shall not edit the Instrumental in any way including but not limited to by changing the arrangement, removing or altering melodies, instruments, drum and rhythm programming, or sounds that are contained within the Instrumental. 

Profitable Distribution: Licensee may distribute one (1) version of the Master Recording for profitable use. Licensee may distribute no more than two hundred thousand (200 000) copies of the Master Recording. 

Ownership Rights: Licensor retains all rights on behalf of the composer, in and to the Instrumental including all rights in and to the underlying composition. Licensor may continue to sell or license the Instrumental non-exclusively and/or exclusively. Licensee shall not sell or license the rights to the Instrumental whether in whole or part to any other party. In the event Licensor sells exclusive rights to the Instrumental, you shall retain your non-exclusive rights subject to the terms and limitations of this agreement. The Licensee and the instrumental composer shall split equal royalties (50%-50%).

Credit: Licensee shall afford production credit to Licensor on all copies of and advertisements for recordings containing Instrumental. The credit shall be substantially in the form: “Produced by (Alliance Productions Composer Name)” 

Sample Clearances: Licensee is hereby notified that the Instrumental may contain samples. The Licensee shall be responsible for clearing all samples. Licensor shall not be liable for the use of any sampled material by Licensee in any new composition. 

By agreeing or selecting the “BUY” option below, you (the Licensee/Buyer) declare that you have read, understood, and agreed to the above terms of agreement. You further agree that any breach of this contract shall result in the revocation of the non-exclusive license and termination of this agreement with no refund.

Violation of the terms of this agreement may constitute a violation of copyright law.

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Last updated February 20, 2023

This Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy“) is part of our Terms of Service (“Legal Terms“) and should therefore be read alongside our main Legal Terms: https://allianceproductions.ca/beatpass/landing/terms/. If you do not agree with these Legal Terms, please refrain from using our Services. Your continued use of our Services implies acceptance of these Legal Terms.

Please carefully review this Policy which applies to any and all:

(a) uses of our Services (as defined in “Legal Terms”)

(b) forms, materials, consent tools, comments, post, and all other content available on the Services (“Content“) and

(c) material which you contribute to the Services including any upload, post, review, disclosure, ratings, comments, chat etc. in any forum, chatrooms, reviews, and to any interactive services associated with it (“Contribution“).

WHO WE ARE

We are Alliance Productions Records Inc, doing business as BeatPass, AP Studio and Vantamedia (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our“) a company registered in Canada at 111 Chabanel O, Montreal, Quebec H2N 1C8. We operate the website https://allianceproductions.ca (the “Site“), the web application BeatPass™ (the “WebApp“), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to this Policy (collectively, the “Services“).

USE OF THE SERVICES

When you use the Services you warrant that you will comply with this Policy and with all applicable laws.

You also acknowledge that you may not:

  • Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
  • Make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
  • Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein. 
  • Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services.
  • Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
  • Make improper use of our Services, including our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct. 
  • Engage in any automated use of the Services, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
  • Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or the Services connected.
  • Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
  • Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person. 
  • Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.
  • Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services, except as expressly permitted by applicable law.
  • Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
  • Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
  • Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
  • Copy or adapt the Services’ software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
  • Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
  • Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).
  • Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.
  • Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
  • Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
  • Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
  • Chargeback Fraud.
  • Account Sharing.

If you subscribe to our Services, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that you may not, except if expressly permitted:

  • Engage in any use, including modification, copying, redistribution, publication, display, performance, or retransmission, of any portions of any Services, other than as expressly permitted by this Policy, without the prior written consent of Alliance Productions Records Inc, which consent Alliance Productions Records Inc may grant or refuse in its sole and absolute discretion.
  • Reconstruct or attempt to discover any source code or algorithms of the Services, or any portion thereof, by any means whatsoever.
  • Provide, or otherwise make available, the Services to any third party.
  • Intercept any data not intended for you.
  • Damage, reveal, or alter any user’s data, or any other hardware, software, or information relating to another person or entity.

COMMUNITY/FORUM GUIDELINES

We define hate speech as content that does or intends to attack, threaten, incite violence against, or dehumanize an individual or a group of individuals on the basis of protected attributes. We also do not allow content that verbally or physically threatens violence or depicts harm to an individual or a group based on any of the following protected attributes: – Race – Ethnicity – National origin – Religion – Caste – Sexual orientation – Sex – Gender – Gender identity – Serious disease or disability – Immigration status Do not post: Content that dehumanizes or incites violence or hatred against individuals or groups, based on the attributes listed above, including but not limited to: – claiming that they are physically or morally inferior – calling for or justifying violence against them – claiming that they are criminals – referring negatively to them as animals, inanimate objects, or other non-human entities – promoting or justifying exclusion, segregation, or discrimination against them”

CONTRIBUTIONS

In this Policy, the term “Contributions” means:

  • any data, information, software, text, code, music, scripts, sound, graphics, photos, videos, tags, messages, interactive features, or other materials that you post, share, upload, submit, or otherwise provide in any manner on or through to the Services; or
  • any other content, materials, or data you provide to Alliance Productions Records Inc or use with the Services.

Some areas of the Services may allow users to upload, transmit, or post Contributions. We may but are under no obligation to review or moderate the Contributions made on the Services, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage resulting from any of our users’ breach of this Policy. Please report any Contribution that you believe breaches this Policy; however, we will determine, in our sole discretion, whether a Contribution is indeed in breach of this Policy.

You warrant that:

  • you are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and this Policy;
  • all your Contributions comply with applicable laws and are original and true (if they represent your opinion or facts);
  • the creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party; and
  • you have the verifiable consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and this Policy.

You also agree that you will not post, transmit, or upload any (or any part of a) Contribution that:

  • is in breach of applicable laws, regulation, court order, contractual obligation, this Policy, our Legal Terms, a legal duty, or that promotes or facilitates fraud or illegal activities;
  • is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, insulting, intimidating, bullying, abusive, or threatening, to any person or group;
  • is false, inaccurate, or misleading;
  • includes child sexual abuse material, or violates any applicable law concerning child pornography or otherwise intended to protect minors;
  • contains any material that solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner;
  • promotes violence, advocates the violent overthrow of any government, or incites, encourages, or threatens physical harm against another;
  • is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, contains sexually explicit material, or is otherwise objectionable (as determined by us);
  • is discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
  • bullies, intimidates, humiliates, or insults any person;
  • promotes, facilitates, or assists anyone in promoting and facilitating acts of terrorism;
  • infringes, or assists anyone in infringing, a third party’s intellectual property rights or publicity or privacy rights;
  • is deceitful, misrepresents your identity or affiliation with any person and/or misleads anyone as to your relationship with us or implies that the Contribution was made by someone else than you;
  • contains unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation that has been “paid for,” whether with monetary compensation or in kind; or
  • misrepresents your identity or who the Contribution is from.

You may not use our Services to offer, present, promote, sell, give away or otherwise make available to others any good or service involving:

  • items that promote, encourage, facilitate, or instruct others how to engage in illegal activity, 
  • cigarettes,
  • controlled substances and/or other products that present a risk to consumer safety, narcotics, steroids, drug paraphernalia,
  • specific knives or other weapons regulated under applicable law,
  • firearms, ammunition, or certain firearm parts or accessories,
  • certain sexually oriented materials or services,
  • certain items before the seller has control or possession of the item,
  • stolen goods,
  • products or services identified by government agencies to be highly likely to be fraudulent, and
  • any transaction or activity that requires pre-approval without having obtained said approval.

REVIEW AND RATINGS

When your Contribution is a review or rating, you also agree that:

  • you have firsthand experience with the instrumentals, songs and playlists being reviewed;
  • your Contribution is true to your experience;
  • you are not affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews (or linked in any way to, e.g., by being the owner or seller/manufacturer of, a product or service if posting positive reviews);
  • you cannot make or offer any conclusions as to the legality of conduct;
  • you cannot post any false or misleading statements; and
  • you do not and will not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

REPORTING A BREACH OF THIS POLICY

We may but are under no obligation to review or moderate the Contributions made on the Services and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage resulting from any of our users’ breach of this Policy.

If you consider that any Content or Contribution:

  • breach this Policy, please call +15143979912, email us at contact@allianceproductions.ca, visit https://allianceproductions.ca/the-ap/reach-out/, or refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document to let us know which Content or Contribution is in breach of this Policy and why; or
  • infringe any third-party intellectual property rights, please check out our Legal Terms for information about our copyright infringement reporting process here: https://allianceproductions.ca/beatpass/landing/terms/.

We will reasonably determine whether a Content or Contribution breaches this Policy.

CONSEQUENCES OF BREACHING THIS POLICY

The consequences for violating our Policy will vary depending on the severity of the breach and the user’s history on the Services, by way of example:

We may, in some cases, give you a warning and/or remove the infringing Contribution, however, if your breach is serious or if you continue to breach our Legal Terms and this Policy, we have the right to suspend or terminate your access to and use of our Services and, if applicable, disable your account. We may also notify law enforcement or issue legal proceedings against you when we believe that there is a genuine risk to an individual or a threat to public safety. 

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to any of your breaches of this Policy.

COMPLAINTS AND REMOVAL OF LEGITIMATE CONTENT

If you consider that some Content or Contribution have been mistakenly removed or blocked from the Services, please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document and we will promptly review our decision to remove such Content or Contribution. The Content or Contribution may stay “down” whilst we conduct the review process.

DISCLAIMER

Last updated February 20, 2023

WEBSITE DISCLAIMER

The information provided by Alliance Productions Records Inc (“we,” “us,” or “our”) on https://allianceproductions.ca/ (the “Site”) is for general informational purposes only. All information on the Site is provided in good faith, however we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any information on the Site. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Alliance Productions Records Inc is under no obligation to monitor users’ activities, and we disclaim any responsibility for any user’s misuse of the Services. Alliance Productions Records Inc has no responsibility for any user or other Content or Contribution created, maintained, stored, transmitted, or accessible on or through the Services, and is not obligated to monitor or exercise any editorial control over such material. If Alliance Productions Records Inc becomes aware that any such Content or Contribution violates this Policy, Alliance Productions Records Inc may, in addition to removing such Content or Contribution and blocking your account, report such breach to the police or appropriate regulatory authority. Unless otherwise stated in this Policy, Alliance Productions Records Inc disclaims any obligation to any person who has not entered into an agreement with Alliance Productions Records Inc for the use of the Services.

EXTERNAL LINKS DISCLAIMER

The Site may contain (or you may be sent through the Site) links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. Such external links are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness by us. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OFFERED BY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKED THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITE OR FEATURE LINKED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING. WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

TESTIMONIALS DISCLAIMER

The Site may contain testimonials by users of our products and/or services. These testimonials reflect the real-life experiences and opinions of such users. However, the experiences are personal to those particular users, and may not necessarily be representative of all users of our products and/or services. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all users will have the same experiences. YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESULTS MAY VARY. 

The testimonials on the Site are submitted in various forms such as text, audio and/or video, and are reviewed by us before being posted. They appear on the Site verbatim as given by the users, except for the correction of grammar or typing errors. Some testimonials may have been shortened for the sake of brevity where the full testimonial contained extraneous information not relevant to the general public.

The views and opinions contained in the testimonials belong solely to the individual user and do not reflect our views and opinions. We are not affiliated with users who provide testimonials, and users are not paid or otherwise compensated for their testimonials.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have any further questions or comments or wish to report any problematic Content or Contribution, you may contact us by:

Online contact form: https://allianceproductions.ca/the-ap/reach-out/