These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the musicbiog service at musicbiog.co.uk (the "Service"), operated by Colson Technologies Ltd ("we", "us"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms.
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By using the Service you confirm that you meet this requirement and that any information you provide is accurate.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your sign-in credentials with your chosen identity provider and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorised access.
You agree not to:
You retain ownership of the album, artist, concert, photo, and note data you add to your library. You grant us a limited licence to store, process, and display this content solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
What share cards are. The Service lets you create "share cards": images we generate that summarise your activity (for example, a concert you attended, a venue, or an artist in your collection). A share card may include photographs you have uploaded to your account. You create and share a card only when you choose to. Share cards are published through a unique share link and may be viewed by anyone who has that link.
The licence you grant us. In addition to the licence granted in the "Your content" section above, when you choose to share a card that includes an image you uploaded, you grant us (Colson Technologies Ltd) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to reproduce, store, cache, transmit, modify, crop, resize, overlay text on, and publicly display that image solely for the purpose of generating, hosting, displaying, and delivering the share card you have chosen to share. This licence exists only to provide the share-card feature you choose to use, and continues only for as long as reasonably necessary to generate, host, and display the share card and any associated technical copies, backups, or caches.
Scope and limits. This licence is limited to share cards you initiate. It is not a general marketing licence. We will not use your uploaded photographs in our own advertising, promotional material, or any other context outside a share card you have chosen to create and share. If you delete an image or the underlying record, we will stop using that image when generating new share cards. Copies already distributed or cached by third-party platforms, including social media platforms and search engines, may persist outside our control.
Your warranty. You confirm that, for each image you upload, you own it or have all rights and permissions necessary to upload it and to grant the licence above. You are responsible for ensuring your images do not infringe anyone else's rights. You must not upload images you do not have the right to use (for example, photographs taken from the internet or from another person without permission). This requirement is consistent with, and additional to, the Acceptable use section.
What this does not cover. This section applies only to images you upload (your personal photographs, such as concert photos). It does not govern other imagery in the Service, which is provided under separate licences or permissions. Album cover art and artist images are not used on public share cards. Venue photographs may appear on a share card under their own third-party licence (for example, Creative Commons), with the required attribution shown on the card; they are not covered by the licence you grant in this section, because you do not upload them.
Public visibility. Because a share card may be viewed by anyone who has its share link, do not include, or upload images containing, anything you are not willing to make public.
Your responsibility for third-party claims. If a third party brings a claim against us because an image you uploaded and shared breached your warranty above (for example, a claim that the image infringes their rights or privacy), you agree to reimburse the reasonable, direct costs and damages we incur as a result, provided that we notify you of the claim promptly, allow you a reasonable opportunity to respond, and do not settle it without your consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). This does not require you to pay more than the loss directly caused by your breach, and does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
The Service enriches your library using public music databases (Discogs, MusicBrainz, Apple Music, and similar). We do not own this metadata; it is provided by third parties under their own terms and may change or become unavailable.
The UK Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 apply to paid subscriptions. Where you subscribe as a consumer you will ordinarily have a 14-day right to cancel from the date of subscription. By starting to use the paid Service during this 14-day period, you will be expressly requesting that the Service begins immediately and acknowledging that you will lose your right to cancel and obtain a refund once the Service has been fully provided. This does not affect your statutory rights in respect of faulty digital services.
Outside the cooling-off right above, paid subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by law or where we have failed to provide the Service in accordance with these Terms. Pro-rata refunds for partial billing periods are not provided on cancellation.
If your subscription lapses (whether by cancellation, non-payment, or expiry), your library content will be retained on our servers but access will be blocked until you resume an active subscription. We may delete library content after an extended period of inactivity following lapse, in which case we will give you reasonable notice by email beforehand.
The Service is offered to consumers in the United Kingdom. Subscriptions are billed in pounds sterling with UK VAT applied. Paid subscriptions are not available outside the United Kingdom. Trial accounts may be available to users in other countries, but we make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use in your jurisdiction, and you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
We aim to keep the Service available but do not guarantee uninterrupted operation. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features, or perform maintenance, with or without notice.
We use commercially reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data, as described in our Privacy Policy. No system is completely secure. If we become aware of a personal data breach affecting your account — whether arising from our own systems or from one of our data processors — we will notify you without undue delay and within the timeframes required by UK GDPR.
Nothing in these Terms limits our obligations or your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation or the Data Protection Act 2018.
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be error-free, secure, or that metadata supplied by third parties will be accurate.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Colson Technologies Ltd will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid to us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred pounds (£100). Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under English law.
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms or use the Service in a way that risks harm to us or others. On termination, sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive (including limitation of liability and governing law) will continue to apply.
We may discontinue the Service at our discretion. If we do, we will:
This does not affect any rights you have under UK consumer law.
Our handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.
We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when they were last revised. Continued use of the Service after a change means you accept the revised Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service.
Questions about these Terms: [email protected].