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Terms of Use and File Use Recommendations at Laura's MIDI Heaven!
And now come the words from the lawyers...
Using this site
The purpose of this site is to enjoy a free exchange of music, cards, messages and more. Any activity that interferes with that aim is subject to prosecution.
This web site provides you with access to a variety of resources, including midis, download and upload areas for music and pictures, message boards, interactive games, greeting cards, pages and quizzes.
Unless otherwise specified, these features are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, midis, products or services found at this site.
When using this web site you agree that you shall not:
- upload, post or otherwise transmit through or to this website any content that:
- is of a filetype different from what is requested at upload pages
- is unlawful, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, lewd, offensive, defamatory or otherwise objectionable;
- might infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights of others;
- contains any viruses, executables, trojan horses, time bombs, or any other harmful programs or elements;
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
- use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
- disrupt, place unreasonable burdens or excessive loads on, interfere with or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of our website, its computer systems, servers or networks;
- provide false information about yourself to us, impersonate any other person, or otherwise attempt to mislead others about your identity or the origin of any content, message or other communication;
- use any email address found through this site's use to transmit junk mail, chain letters, or other unsolicited bulk e-mail or duplicative messages;
- collect information about other visitors to our website without their consent or otherwise systematically extract data or data fields, including without limitation any financial data or e-mail addresses;
- sell access to or the use of this website, including any content contained on, downloaded or accessed from this website, except as specifically permitted in writing by laurasmidiheaven.com and the artists represented here;
- Link to any files on our servers except page files found at this site or any of our adjunct sites
(A web site does not need to post a Terms of Use policy to protect itself legally. Linking to midi files on someone else's server is illegal and has served as grounds for terminating a web site's operation for years. The Terms of Use found here, above, apply to every web site on the net.)
End of Terms of Use
Using Files from this Site - an FAQ
The midis here are free to download and listen to! If you want to use one for your site or for school or business or non-profit purposes check the below information to understand how copyright works and what your obligations are.
We don't own a copyright on most of these files so you don't need to write us to ask permission, but we would be grateful for a link to this site.
Our free midi files should be in public domain - except Originals and Video Games!
"In the Public domain" means that the copyright that the song-writer owned on his work has expired and the song is now free to use by anyone. It used to take 75 years for a song to pass into the public domain. For now, it's safe to say that songs written before 1925 are in the public domain.
If you are planning to use a midi it is highly recommended you check on the copyright of the song yourself.
Composers of Original music own the copyright on their music and should be contacted for permission to use.
The Midi-Maker owns a copyright, too
If a sequencer (midi-maker) is mentioned here at the site please write for permission to use in business, school or web site projects. Even if no midi-maker is credited you should open the file to retrieve any information. Ultimately the midi-maker can claim ownership at any time whether or not s/he has included his/her name. A copyright notice is NOT necessary to legally protect writing, music, art or any other creative work.
How to Open the File Yourself to Find a Midi-Maker
If the site doesn't specify a midi-maker it is recommended you open the file yourself to see if one is noted in the midi.
Open the file in Notepad or another ASCII text editor (not Word) and at the top or bottom of all the binary gobbledy-gook you may be able to find an email or a name in plain text.
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