Terms of Use

Draft version 2026-10-30-draft

Draft. This text is a general starting point and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. Highlighted [bracketed] items must be completed before launch.

These Terms of Use apply to your use of Summerris Piano (the "Service"), a website for learning piano through animated and written music notation. The Service is operated by [legal owner name and, if any, business registration number] ("we", "us"). By creating an account or using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. Who can use the Service

You must be at least [16] years old to create an account. If you are younger, a parent or guardian must agree to these Terms on your behalf and supervise your use. You must give accurate information when you register.

2. Your account

• You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for activity under your account.
• One account is for one person. Do not share your login with others.
• Tell us promptly if you think your account has been accessed without permission.
• We may need you to confirm your email address before you can use some features.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• copy, scrape, or bulk-download the songs, notation, animations, or other content, or use automated tools to do so;
• try to get around access limits, previews, sign-in requirements, or other protections;
• share, resell, or publish content that you access through the Service, except as the law allows;
• attempt to break, overload, or gain unauthorised access to the Service or other people's accounts;
• use the Service for anything unlawful or that infringes the rights of others.

4. Content and intellectual property

The Service, its software, design, animations, transcriptions, and other content are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by copyright and other laws. We give you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service for your own learning. All other rights are reserved.

A musical work may be in the public domain while a particular arrangement, transcription, or animation of it is not. The details you save in your account, such as personal fingerings, remain yours. You allow us to store and display them to you so the Service can work.

5. Beta service

The Service may be in beta. Features may change, be limited, or be removed, and the Service may be unavailable from time to time. We try to keep it running and your data safe, but we do not promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free.

6. Paid features

Some features may become available for a fee in the future. Prices, payment, refund, and cancellation terms will be shown at the time and will form part of these Terms for those purchases. [To be completed before any payment is accepted.]

7. Copyright concerns

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright or other rights, please contact us at [contact email] with enough detail to identify the content and your claim. We will review it and may remove content or restrict accounts where appropriate. [A fuller notice-and-takedown process should be added after legal review.]

8. Suspension and ending your account

You may stop using the Service at any time and can ask us to delete your account by contacting [contact email]. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, put the Service or other users at risk, or if we have to by law.

9. Disclaimers and limits of liability

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss caused by things outside our reasonable control. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any right or liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including consumer guarantees that apply in your country.

10. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. If a change is significant we will tell you, for example by email or a notice on the Service. Continuing to use the Service after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [state / country], and the courts of that place can hear disputes, unless the law of your country gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms: [contact email].