Terms of Use

Access Copyright Website Terms of Use

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This Website, with the addresses www.accesscopyright.com and www.accesscopyright.ca, is operated and owned by Access Copyright, which is the business name of The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency. Access Copyright is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1988 by Canadian creators and publishers to license copyright protected works for use within Canada. Access Copyright is located at 56 Wellesley Street West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3.

If you have any questions about your use of this website, these Terms of Use or the Access Copyright Privacy Policy, you may call, email or write our Privacy Manager:

By Email: privacy@accesscopyright.ca
By telephone: (416) 868-1620 or toll-free at 1 (800) 893-5777
By mail: Access Copyright
56 Wellesley Street West, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3
Attention: Privacy Manager

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Please read the Access Copyright Privacy Policy, and these Terms of Use carefully BEFORE using this website. Your use of this website indicates your acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY AND/OR THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Access Copyright may update these Terms of Use from time to time. The effective date of the updated Terms of Use is posted in the bottom right-hand corner. Your use of this website after any update indicates your acceptance of the updated Terms of Use.

Please feel free to print out a copy of these Terms of Use for your records.

Ownership of Materials

Everything on this website (including the underlying HTML, text, illustrations, designs, icons, audio clips, video clips, documents, products, software and all other website content, but excluding the "RMS Database," as defined below (collectively, the "Content")) is either owned by Access Copyright or is owned by the original creator or their assignee, in which case Access Copyright is using the Content under licence.

What you can do with the content: Authorized and limited licence

Access Copyright grants you a royalty-free, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to view and display the Content on your computer, and to download and print all or any part of the Content. Unless you have a separate written agreement with Access Copyright that permits further uses, you may only use the Content for personal or educational purposes.

This licence is subject to the following conditions:

(a) You are not permitted to modify the Content.
(b) You are not permitted to make use of the Content for commercial gain.
(c) You must keep intact all copyright notices for the Content and provide, reasonable to the medium or means you are utilizing, the name of Access Copyright and the title of the Content if supplied. Such credit may be provided in any reasonable manner; provided, however, that in the case of a collective work, at a minimum such credit will appear where any other comparable authorship credit appears and in a manner at least as prominent as such other comparable authorship.

To request written permission to use the Content for purposes not licensed above, to request permission to use a trade-mark displayed on this website, or for any other questions relating to the use of Content on this Website, you may email, call or write to Access Copyright Permissions Group (all permissions requests must be in writing):-

permissions@accesscopyright.ca
(416) 868-1620 or toll-free at 1 (800) 893-5777
or by mail: Access Copyright, 56 Wellesley Street West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3

Restriction on use

Except where permitted by these Terms of Use, elsewhere on this website, in another agreement you have with Access Copyright, or by law, Content may not be reproduced, distributed, displayed, posted, communicated or used in any way without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyright in the Content. Separate Terms of Use govern access to and use of the Rights Management System Database, which is an online database, maintained by Access Copyright, containing information relating to millions of Canadian and international works, which can be searched using our Web-based search tool software (the "RMS Database").

All trade-marks used and/or displayed on this website (including "Access Copyright" and the Access Copyright logo) are registered or unregistered trade-marks of The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency or other parties whose ownership is evident from the website. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any licence to use any trade-mark displayed on this website.

DISCLAIMER

NEITHER THE Access Copyright WEBSITE NOR ANY OF THE CONTENT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SPECIFIC COURSE OF ACTION OR AS PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM OR ISSUE ABOUT A COPYRIGHT MATTER YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO CONSULT AN APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL.
THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Access Copyright DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS, OR THOSE ARISING BY LAW, STATUTE, USAGE OF TRADE OR COURSE OF DEALING. Access Copyright DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, APPLICABILITY, PERFORMANCE, SECURITY, SAFETY FROM ANY SOFTWARE VIRUS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENT, AVAILABILITY OR RELIABILITY OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO BY THIS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING, THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL Access Copyright, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, EVEN IF Access Copyright OR AN AUTHORIZED Access Copyright REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOUR USE OF MATERIALS FROM THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO BY THIS SITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ANY COSTS THEREOF. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IN NO EVENT SHALL Access Copyright's TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE.

Links to other websites

Access Copyright is not responsible for the content of any third-party website. Any links to such websites are provided for your convenience only. Access Copyright does not endorse, authorize, approve, certify, maintain, or control these other websites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness of the information located at such websites.

Access Copyright is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any linked websites before you navigate any website or disclose your personal information online.

You access any third-party websites at your own risk.

Links from other websites

There may be circumstances where access to our website is provided by a hypertext link located at another website. Although Access Copyright encourages and appreciates links from third-party website pages to www.accesscopyright.ca, Access Copyright has no responsibility for the content of such websites and Access Copyright does not endorse, authorize, approve, certify, maintain, or control these other websites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness of the information located at such websites.

Termination

Access Copyright may terminate any licences granted in these Terms of Use at any time. Upon termination, you must immediately cease use of the Content.