Terms of Service

Last Updated: June, 2004

Welcome to the AMG Websites allmusic.com, allmovie.com, and allgame.com! We have developed these Terms of Service to govern your use of the AMG Websites. Your use of our sites tells us you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. Please read both of these documents carefully. If you do not agree with any of these terms, please exit the AMG Websites. All Media Guide, LLC. (AMG) owns all right, title and interest in the AMG Websites. AMG reserves the right to terminate Membership and deny access to the sites to any person who violates these Terms of Service.

Ownership of Intellectual Property. All software, design, structure, layout, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, artwork, graphic material, and any other copyrightable material that is contained on any of the AMG Websites, including the selection, coordination and arrangement thereof, along with all trademarks, service marks and trade names (the "Material") on any of the AMG Websites, is owned by AMG and its affiliated companies, licensors and suppliers and are protected, without limitation, by U.S. and foreign copyright, trademark and other applicable laws. You may use the Material online only, and solely for your personal, non-commercial use. If you operate a Web site and wish to link to the AMG Websites, you may do so provided you agree to cease such link upon request from AMG. No other use is permitted without prior written permission of AMG. The permitted use described in this Paragraph is contingent on your compliance at all times with these Terms of Service.

You may not, for example, republish any portion of the Material on any Internet, Intranet or extranet site or incorporate the Material in any database, compilation, archive or cache. You may not distribute any Material to others, whether or not for payment or other consideration, and you may not modify, copy, frame, cache, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of the Material. You may not scrape or otherwise copy our Material without permission. You agree not to decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any software or other products or processes accessible through the AMG Websites, not to insert any code or product or manipulate the content of the AMG Websites in any way that affects the user's experience, and not to use any data mining, data gathering or extraction method. The foregoing prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the practice of embedding AMG Website pages in "frames" running from other sites, and "mirroring" content from the AMG Websites on a server other than that operated by AMG. Any unauthorized or prohibited use or use in violation of these Terms of Service may subject the offender to civil liability and criminal prosecution under applicable federal and state laws.

Requests to use Material for any purpose other than as permitted in this Terms of Service should be directed to proposals@allmusic.com. In certain cases, you may be able to use individual content that appears on the AMG Websites through online functionality that we have specifically designated (e.g. to e-mail a story to a friend). In such cases, you will see a link in the Material itself. If you do not see such link, you should assume no third party has the right to allow you to use the Material.

Membership and Registration.
allmusic.com offers certain features and content that are available only to Registered Members. Registration requires you to provide certain information, including a valid email address. Children under the age of 13 may not become Registered Members. If you choose to become a Member of allmusic.com, you agree that you will not allow others to use your password and /or account and that you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account.

Voting, Feedback and Other Submissions.
Users may vote and submit feedback on AMG content. You agree that any and all information that you submit, including any and all numerical votes and written comments, are the property of AMG and may be used by us for any purpose.

Third Party Content/ Hyperlinks
Our sites contain links to other Internet sites owned by third parties. Your use of each of those sites is subject to the conditions, if any, that each of those sites has posted. Our inclusion on our sites of any third party content or a link to a third party site is not an endorsement by AMG, its subsidiaries or affiliates of the content, the opinions or views expressed by these linked websites and AMG does not verify, endorse, or take responsibility for the propriety, accuracy, currency, completeness or quality of the content contained in these sites. Furthermore, AMG is not responsible for the quality or delivery of the products or services offered, accessed, obtained by or advertised by such sites.

To access the audio clips available only to Registered Members of allmusic.com, you will need to install the Microsoft Windows Media Player. You are responsible for any hardware, systems, and/or software program(s) you use and any associated fees and expenses required to use the Internet or the Microsoft Windows Media Player.

To the extent that these sites collect personal information (the "Information") or postings from the end user, in no event shall AMG assume or have any responsibility or liability for the manner in which the Information or postings are exploited or for any claims, damages, or losses resulting from the use and/or appearance of the Information on these sites.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability: While AMG uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the Material and assume no liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the Material. AMG does not represent or warrant that use of any Material will not infringe rights of third parties. AMG has no responsibility for actions of third parties or for content provided or posted by others.

AMG IS PROVIDING THE AMG WEBSITES ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. AMG MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY WARRANTY ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, AMG DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT. INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. FURTHER, AMG DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THE AMG WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE AMG WEBSITES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL AMG BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF ADVANTAGE, LOSS OF SAVINGS, LOSS OF REVENUES OF ANY KIND, INCREASED COST OF OPEARTIONS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF INFORMATION, EVEN IF AMG HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES OR LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO LICENSEE. IN THE EVENT APPLICABLE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE COMPLETE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF CLAIMS AND DAMAGES AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AMG'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

International Users. The AMG Websites are controlled, operated and administered by AMG from its offices within the United States. AMG makes no representation that Material available through the AMG Websites are appropriate or available for use outside the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the AMG Websites or export the Material in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access the AMG Websites from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, and AMG accepts no responsibility for such access.

Miscellaneous: AMG reserves the right to change these Terms of Service at any time in its discretion and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing this Terms of Service. Your continued use of the AMG Websites after the posting of any amended Terms of Service shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Your use of this site prior to the time this Terms of Service was posted will be governed according to the Terms of Service that applied at the time of your use.

AMG may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of the AMG Websites, including the availability of any portion of the Material at any time, without notice or liability. AMG may deny access to any person or user at any time for any reason

Contact Us. To contact AMG, please use the following:

All Media Guide, LLC.
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
proposals@allmusic.com