Summary of Key Changes to HitRecord Online Documents
HitRecord Class Projects Guidelines
HitRecord Terms for Including Contributions for Monetized Final Products
The following accord (“Accord”) is provided for informational purposes only and is subject to the HitRecord.org, Inc. (“Company”) End User License Agreement and Terms of Service (“Terms”), any guidelines that the Company posts to the website located at www.HitRecord.org from time-to-time, including, without limitation, the Contribution Submission Guidelines (collectively, “Guidelines”) and the HitRecord Terms for Including Contributions for Monetized Final Products (“Monetized Final Product Terms,” together with the Terms and any Guidelines, the “Company Terms”). All capitalized terms that are used but not otherwise defined in this Accord will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms or the Monetized Final Product Terms.
While you MUST read the Company Terms in their entirety and agree to them in order to use HitRecord, below are answers to some frequently asked questions with respect to these Company Terms. If you’d like to ask us any questions that aren’t covered below, or if we can otherwise help clarify anything about the Terms, then please contact us here. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
What kinds of Contributions am I allowed to Post to HitRecord?
You may Post all types of Contributions – video, audio, text, music, images and ZIP files – provided that you are the copyright owner of the Contributions and you don’t include in your Contributions anyone else’s works that you do not have permission to use or the right to authorize the Company and other Users to use pursuant to the Company Terms.
Am I allowed to download others’ Contributions from HitRecord, modify them and re-Post them to HitRecord?
Yes! That’s the purpose of HitRecord. HitRecord revolves around Users modifying and remixing each other’s Contributions. And once you Post a Contribution that is derived from another Contribution taken from HitRecord, you must provide attribution to the original Artist of the Contribution that you modified or adapted. Providing this attribution is not only fair, but it also helps us organize and identify who created what Contributions. Plus, it’s how you get to see what other Users have made with your Contributions!
What does it mean that the Company may “monetize” Contributions?
As more fully described in the Company Terms, it means that the Company may use any of your Contributions (either alone or in combination with any other Contribution(s) created or provided by you or any other User) for monetary gain. After Contributions are included in a Final Product, the Company will split the money it makes 50/50 with all of the Contributing Artists whose Contributions are included in the particular Final Product.
What does it mean that the Company has the “non-exclusive right” to monetize Contributions?
This means that the Company may monetize your Contributions as described above and in the Company Terms, although you still own your Contributions and have the right to monetize them on your own as well. However, you may only Post Contributions to HitRecord that you have the right to Post as described above and further described in the Terms. For example, this means that you cannot Post to HitRecord any Contribution to which you have granted a third-party distributor, such as Twentieth Century Fox or Universal, the exclusive right to monetize.
How is the Contributing Artists’ Compensation Pool split up?