Terms of Use

The musical compositions distributed on this webpage (the “Music”) are composed, produced, and distributed by the composer Sharou (“しゃろう”in Japanese) himself. You may use the Music in accordance with these terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”). By using the Music, you are deemed to have agreed to these Terms of Use.

Titles of the Music

Ownership and Management of Rights, etc.

All copyrights, neighboring rights, and any other rights under intellectual property laws including [Japan’s] Copyright Act that arise from the Music belong to Sharou. These Terms of Use grant you, the user, permission to use the Music under the following conditions, and do not transfer or assign any rights in or to the Music. The Music is managed by Sharou himself and has not been entrusted to any collective management organization of copyrights and related rights (each, a “CMO”) such as JASRAC.

General Terms

Additional Terms for Musical Works

When you produce a musical work based on the Music (the “Musical Work"), you may use the Music on complying with both (i) and (ii) below: (i) Adding musical creativity to the Music, such as covering, arranging, singing, sampling, etc. (ii) Distributing the Musical work on a user-generated, free-to-view internet service such as YouTube, Twitter, etc. (the “UGC Services”)

Prohibitions

You must not engage in any of the following acts in connection with the usage of the Music without the prior consent of Sharou.
If you engage in any of the following acts without the prior consent of Sharou, Sharou may retroactively revoke your license under these Terms of Use, suspend the distribution of the Musical Works you created, suspend monetization from the Musical Works, and take any other actions, including actions that may be taken on the UGC Services.

Waiver

Sharou will not be liable for any damages you may incur in connection with the use of the Music.

Unsubscribe

Sharou reserves the right to unsubscribe the Music at any time without notice. However, you may continue to use the Music downloaded up to the time of being unsubscribed under these Terms of Use.

Changes to Terms of Use

Sharou reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use without prior consent of the User, whenever such revisions is considered necessary by Sharou. The revised version of these Terms of Use will apply to the Music downloaded after the revision. Sharou will post a revised version of these Terms of Use as revision history if any revisions are made on these Terms of Use.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The formation, performance, and interpretation of these Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of Japan, and in the event of any dispute, the Tokyo District Court will have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance.

Language

The original text of the Terms of Use will be prepared in Japanese. Only the Japanese language version will be effective as the legally terms, and this translation shall be supplied for only reference use.

History

2022-Feb-23 Initial release

2022-Mar-13 2nd release

2023-Aug-10 3rd release