USA MUSIC CARDS
Technical Requirements

To access and use the Service or the Content obtained through the Service, you will require Internet access and certain computer hardware, operating systems, software, and portable music players that are compatible with the Service and comply with the Usage Rules and Security Components. Your use of Content may require Internet communications with the Service and the ongoing involvement of USA Music Cards, or other persons. Information regarding minimum technical and compatibility requirements is available on the Website, and may be changed by USA Music Cards from time to time. You may be required to update or upgrade your hardware, operating systems, software, and portable music players from time to time in order to access and use the Service and the Content. You are solely responsible and liable for:
(a) obtaining, paying for, configuring, maintaining, updating, and protecting from loss and damage (including virus protection and regular data backup) all compatible equipment and services necessary for you to access and use the Service; and
(b) maintaining and protecting from loss and damage (including virus protection and regular data backup) all Content you obtain through the Service.

Usage Rules
You will access and use the Service and the Content (including sound recordings and music videos) you obtain through the Service strictly in accordance with the following rules and restrictions established by USA Music Cards, and other owners of the Content (the “Usage Rules”):
(a) Personal/Non-Commercial Use License: The Service and the Content are licensed, not sold, to you for your lawful, personal, non-commercial use for entertainment purposes only, strictly in accordance with the Usage Rules and the other provisions of this Agreement. The license is not assignable, transferable, or sublicensable. You will not share the Service or the Content with any other person or authorize or permit any other person to use the Service or the Content in any way or for any reason or purpose whatsoever.

(b) Samples: A “Sample” is a sound recording or music video (or portion thereof) that the Service makes available for promotional purposes only for you to play using streaming technology while you are accessing the Website. You will not access or use a Sample in any other way or for any other reason or purpose whatsoever, including without limitation attempting to capture, copy, or download a Sample.

(c) Downloads: A “Download” is a copy of a sound recording or music video that the Service makes available for you to obtain using a valid promotional code. You will access and use each Download as follows:

(i) Download PC: You may download and save each Download to the hard drive of a personal computer (a traditional consumer desktop or notebook computer intended for use by an individual user) located in the United States that you own and use for your personal, non-commercial use (the “Download PC”), and play the Download on the Download PC. Except as expressly set forth in these Usage Rules, you will not copy, transfer, or distribute Downloads from the Download PC to any other computer, device, or media.

(ii) Secondary PCs: You may copy each Download from the Download PC to the hard drive of up to two (2) other compatible personal computers located in the United States that you own and use for your personal, non-commercial use (each a “Secondary PC”), and you may play the Download on each Secondary PC. Except as expressly set forth in these Usage Rules, you will not copy, transfer, or distribute Downloads from a Secondary PC to any other computer, device, or media.

(iii) Transfers to Portable Devices: You may copy each Download from the Download PC or a Secondary PC an unlimited number of times to up to three (3) compatible portable consumer electronics devices located in the United States that you own and use for your personal, non-commercial use for entertainment purposes only (each a “Portable Device”). You will not copy, transfer, or distribute Downloads from a Portable Device to any other device, computer, or media.

(iv) Burning to Media: You may permanently copy (burn) each Download in uncompressed form from the Download PC or a Secondary PC up to five (5) times, in the aggregate, to compatible, blank, recordable CD-R or CD-RW compact discs (collectively, “Media”) that you own for your personal, non-commercial use for entertainment purposes only. You will not copy, transfer, or distribute Downloads from Media to any computer (including the Download PC or a Secondary PC), device, or other media.

(v) Additional Uses: Certain Downloads may be transferred to an additional number of Portable Devices or copied (burned) to Media an additional number of times, but only if those additional uses are expressly permitted by the Security Components (see Section 10) included in the Download in the format obtained from the Service and are expressly indicated when the Usage Rules for the Download are displayed by compatible computer player software authorized by USA Music Cards.

(vi) General: Downloads may be used in their original format only. Downloads may not be used as a musical ringer (ringtone, ringtune, master tone, etc.).

The Usage Rules apply regardless of whether other rules have been associated with the Downloads or other Content by any other person.

USA Music Cards may in their discretion change the Usage Rules from time to time effective immediately by posting revised Usage Rules on the Website. Except as expressly set forth in the Usage Rules, you will not access or use (including reproduce, copy, or modify) the Service (including Downloads and other Content) in any way or for any reason or purpose whatsoever. All rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement are reserved to USA Music Cards, and their licensors (including the owners of copyright in sound recordings, music videos, artwork, performances, and underlying musical compositions). Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, you are not granted any commercial, sale, resale, syndication, reproduction, distribution, retransmission, or promotional use rights for the Downloads, including without limitation any rights for uses that require a synchronization or public performance license with respect to the musical compositions underlying Downloads.

You are solely responsible for protecting Downloads from loss, damage, or destruction; USA Music Cards is not obligated to refund or replace Downloads that are lost, damaged or destroyed, regardless of the cause.

Security Components and Watermarks
The Service (including Downloads and other Content) contains: (a) technologies (including notices, proprietary codes, means of identification, authentication measures, and rights management information) designed to protect against unauthorized access or use and to control your use of Downloads and other Content in accordance with applicable Usage Rules (the “Security Components”); and (b) visible and non-visible identification, marks and codes that identify you as the person that downloaded the Content from the Service and specify certain applicable Usage Rules and other information (the “Watermarks”). Security Components and Watermarks are an inseparable part of each Download. The Service may also automatically install Security Components on your Download PC, your Secondary PCs, and your Portable Devices to register those computers and devices with the Service.

You will not attempt to, or authorize or assist any other person to, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, alter, change, remove, interfere with, obscure, destroy or otherwise circumvent or tamper with the Security Components or the Watermarks or the limitations or restrictions on your access to or use of the Service and the Content at any time, by any means (including without limitation by hacking, password mining or similar technologies or devices), or for any reason or purpose whatsoever (including without limitation for the purpose of disguising or changing the source or ownership of the Content).

Downloads may not be used in conjunction with any software application (including a CD burning application), personal computer, or portable device that does not recognize and respect the Security Components and enforce the Usage Rules.

Promotional Codes and Account Credits
To obtain a Download from the Service, you will be required to redeem a valid promotional code issued by USA Music Cards. Use of promotional codes is subject to this Agreement and may also be subject to additional terms and conditions imposed by USA Music Cards. Promotional codes and unused account credits are not refundable, transferable, exchangeable, or convertible to cash. Unused promotional codes will expire on the date specified in the terms and conditions applicable to the promotional code, and if there is no such expiry date then unused promotional codes will expire three (3) months after the date the promotional code was issued. Unused account credits will expire on the date specified in the terms and conditions applicable to the promotional code used to create the credits, and if there is no such expiry date then the unused account credits will expire six (6) months after the date on which the promotional code used to create the credit was issued. USA Music Cards is not responsible for any lost or stolen promotional codes. USA Music Cards may refuse to honour or accept any promotional code that was not obtained from USA Music Cards lawfully and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions.