Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Legal Agreement

— Legality & Fair Use —
"Accurate Chord Charts" are the author’s own work and act as a criticism of available online chord charts, and a system for teaching church volunteer musicians to read & play music. "Accurate Chord Charts" blends the style of chord charts--which are often inaccurate and confusing--with traditional sheet music including time changes, measure markers, and lyrics corresponding with appropriate chords. These chord charts exist by the author's musical ear and corresponding notation for the benefit of nonprofit organizations, especially churches, to teach/learn music for the purpose of worship. Church leaders may only use these charts for purposes stated above, and any intentions other than those listed above, you do not have permission to copy or use these charts from this site in any way.

Accurate Chord Charts base legality on the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act, United States Code Title 17, Section 107 (shown below)

107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is
      for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;
      and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. Read more here: U.S. Copyright Law

This does not give permission to repost any charts found on "Accurate Chord Charts". You may post a link back to this site. "Accurate Chord Charts" uses 3rd party advertising within this site. We are in no way affiliated with or responsible for any interaction that you have with any advertiser or Google Adsense. Clicking on any AdSense ad will result in leaving The Benjamin Resource website.

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