Terms of Use

This website is operated and owned by The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright).

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Your use of this website indicates your acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the terms of the Privacy Policy and/or these Terms of Use, please do not use this website.

Access Copyright may update these Terms of Use from time to time. The effective date of the updated Terms of Use is posted in the bottom right-hand corner. Your use of this website after any update indicates your acceptance of the updated Terms of Use.

Ownership of Materials

Everything on this website (including the underlying HTML, text, illustrations, designs, icons, audio clips, video clips, documents, products, software and all other website content (collectively, the "Content")) is either owned by Access Copyright or is used under licence from the Content owner.

What you can do with the content: Authorized and limited licence

Access Copyright grants you a royalty-free, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to view and display the Content on your computer, and to download and print all or any part of the Content, provided that:

(a) You do not modify the Content.
(b) You do not make use of the Content for commercial gain.
(c) You keep intact all copyright notices for the Content and reasonably provide the name of Access Copyright and the title of the Content if supplied. Such credit may be provided in any reasonable manner; provided, however, that in the case of a collective work, at a minimum such credit will appear where any other comparable authorship credit appears and in a manner at least as prominent as such other comparable authorship.

Unless you have a separate written agreement with Access Copyright that permits further uses, you may only use the Content for personal or educational purposes.

To request written permission to use the Content for purposes not licensed above, to request permission to use a trade-mark displayed on this website, or for any other questions relating to the use of Content on this Website, you may email, call or write to Access Copyright Permissions Group:

permissions@accesscopyright.ca
(416) 868-1620 or toll-free at 1 (800) 893-5777
or by mail: Access Copyright, 56 Wellesley Street West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3

Restriction on use

Except where permitted by these Terms of Use, elsewhere on this website, in another agreement you have with Access Copyright, or by law, Content may not be reproduced, distributed, displayed, posted, communicated or used in any way without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyright in the Content. Separate Terms of Use govern access to and use of the Rights Management System Database, which is an online database, maintained by Access Copyright, containing information relating to millions of Canadian and international works, which can be searched using our Web-based search tool software (the "RMS Database").

All trade-marks used and/or displayed on this website (including "Access Copyright" and the Access Copyright logo) are registered or unregistered trade-marks of The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any licence to use any trade-mark displayed on this website.

DISCLAIMER

Neither the Access Copyright website nor any of the content should be interpreted as a recommendation for a specific course of action or as providing legal advice. If you have a specific issue about a copyright matter, you are strongly advised to consult an appropriately qualified professional.

To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, Access Copyright disclaims all warranties and conditions, including, without limitation, that the website will be available without interruption, error or omission; that defects will be corrected; or that the website is free from viruses or other harmful components. The website and Content are provided “as is” and “as available” without representations, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances shall Access Copyright, its officers, employees, agents or contractors be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the Content.

Links to other websites

To the extent this website contains links to other websites, Access Copyright does not control the availability or content of such websites. You access any third-party websites at your own risk.

Termination

Access Copyright may terminate any licences granted in these Terms of Use at any time. Upon termination, you must immediately cease use of the Content.

Contact

If you have any questions about your use of this website, these Terms of Use or the Access Copyright Privacy Policy, you may call, email or write our Privacy Manager:

By Email: privacy@accesscopyright.ca
By telephone: (416) 868-1620 or toll-free at 1 (800) 893-5777
By mail: Access Copyright
56 Wellesley Street West, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3
Attention: Privacy Manager