Terms of Service

Last updated: June 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Chord Reaper, a project developed by Eclectic Emporium. These Terms of Service govern your use of our AI-powered chord recognition platform.

By using Chord Reaper, you agree to these terms. Please read them carefully.

Research and Academic Use

Important Notice

Chord Reaper is provided as a tool for educational and academic purposes. It is not intended for commercial use or production environments.

  • • This platform is part of an ongoing project at Eclectic Emporium
  • • Usage data may be collected to improve the service
  • • Features and availability may change as the project progresses
  • • No warranty or guarantee of service availability

Acceptable Use

You May:

  • • Use Chord Reaper for personal music analysis and learning
  • • Analyze publicly available YouTube videos
  • • Upload your own audio files for analysis
  • • Share results for educational or research purposes

You May Not:

  • • Use the service for commercial purposes without permission
  • • Attempt to reverse engineer or copy our machine learning models
  • • Upload copyrighted content without proper authorization
  • • Overload the system with excessive requests
  • • Use the service for any illegal or harmful activities

Intellectual Property

  • • Chord Reaper's source code and algorithms are owned by the development team
  • • You retain ownership of any audio content you upload
  • • Analysis results (chord progressions, beat data) are provided for your use
  • • Third-party content (YouTube videos, lyrics) remains owned by original creators
  • • Machine learning models are proprietary research assets

Disclaimers and Limitations

Service Availability

Chord Reaper is provided "as is" without warranties. As a project, service availability and accuracy are not guaranteed.

  • • Analysis accuracy may vary depending on audio quality and musical complexity
  • • Service may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance or updates
  • • We are not liable for any damages resulting from service use
  • • Results should be verified for critical applications

Privacy and Data Use

By using Chord Reaper, you acknowledge that:

  • • Your usage data may be collected to improve the service
  • • Analysis results may be cached to improve performance
  • • Aggregate data may be used in publications
  • • Personal information is handled according to our Privacy Policy

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Service as our project progresses. Significant changes will be communicated through the platform.

Continued use of Chord Reaper after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.