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This site contains intellectual property owned by Music & Media and others. No material from Music & Media Online or any Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Music & Media Online, Music & Media , or any of its related, affiliated or subsidiary companies (collectively, "MPR"), may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of Music & Media , except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Music & Media 's copyright and other proprietary rights.

If you download software from Music & Media Online, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by Music & Media . Music & Media does not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but Music & Media retains full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.

All comments, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information disclosed or offered to Music & Media through use of this site or in response to solicitations in this site or other Music & Media sites (collectively, the "Responses") shall become the property of Music & Media . Music & Media does not have any obligation of confidence and shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Responses. Unless otherwise stated, Music & Media and its licensees are entitled to unrestricted use of the Responses for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you.

This site is controlled and operated by Music & Media from its offices within the State of Minnesota, United States of America. Anyone who accesses this site from other locations does so on their own initiative and is responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Software from this site is further subject to United States export controls. No software from this site may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) of any country to which the U.S. has restricted exports. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country.

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You may link to individual pages within Music & Media Web sites, but you must do so in a way that presents the page in its entirety. You may not cause an Music & Media Web page to appear within the frame of another site nor may you link to individual page elements such as a graphic or photograph. You may not link directly to an Music & Media audio file or to an audio stream; you must link to the Music & Media page from which the file is accessed.

Links to Music & Media Web pages may be presented in text format only. Music & Media -owned marks, logos, photos, or other images may not be used in association with links without express permission.

Links to Music & Media sites are made at the webmaster's own risk. Music & Media reserves the right to change site structure and page filenames, which may result in broken links from external sites.

Requests for Permission
Requests for permission to republish Music & Media content in any form should be directed to:

Mary Burke
Permissions Coordinator
Music & Media
480 Cedar Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Tel. 651.290.1199
Fax 651.290.1243
E-mail: mburke@mpr.org

Our permission request form is now available to fill out online in a PDF file. (You will need Adobe¨ Acrobat¨ Reader¨ to access this form; download it for free at the Adobe website.

You can click in the form fields or tab between them. Please be as specific as you can, especially when identifying the particular program where the material appears.

When finished, you can print the form, sign, and fax to 651-290-1243. Please contact Mary Burke by e-mail or phone (651-290-1199) if you have any questions or problems using the PDF form.

User Submissions Terms of Use
User submissions include, but are not limited to, posts to the Music & Media Forum, submissions to the Music & Media Commentaries, and all other content provided to any Music & Media Web sites by a site visitor.

1. You are responsible for all of your submissions.
   You may not post any messages misrepresenting yourself as someone else, or by using a false e-mail address. In the Music & Media Forums, you must post under your own username, and are responsible for all posts from your account.
2. Your submissions may not infringe upon others' use and enjoyment of the Music & Media Web sites. Do not post any material or links to material that is libelous, defamatory, false, obscene, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, prejudicial, or is otherwise in violation of the law or Music & Media 's guidelines.
3. You must have the rights to what you submit.
   You may only submit content for which you have the copyright or other specific permission to distribute electronically. You may not violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, or proprietary rights. You acknowledge that any submitted materials are in the public domain.
4. You grant us rights to what you submit.
   When you submit materials to the Music & Media Web sites, you grant Music & Media an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free license to redistribute or republish the information in any medium or form.
5. You may not submit content for commercial purposes.
   You cannot use Music & Media Web sites, including but not limited to the Music & Media Forum, for commercial purposes, nor to distribute or otherwise publish any material containing requests for money, advertising, or solicitations and promotions of goods and services.
6. You hold us harmless. Music & Media does not endorse and is not responsible for any statement, opinion, or advice given or made by anyone other than authorized Music & Media representatives. All postings are those of the author, and you rely on such information at your own risk.
7. Your submission may be removed by us at our discretion, for any reason, or not posted at all.
   We will enforce the policies above through not posting offensive content, and removing such postings from the Music & Media Forums. In instances of willful abuse, Music & Media reserves the right to take whatever action it determines is appropriate, including the termination of access privileges and legal action.

How to Make A Claim of Copyright Infringement
Music & Media and its affiliated companies respect the intellectual property of others and we ask those posting to this site to do the same. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on this site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent with the following information:

1. The electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed and a description of the infringing activity.
3. Identification of the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists, for example the URL of the Web site where it is posted or the name of the book in which it has been published.
4. Identification of the URL or other specific location of this site where the material that you claim is infringing is located; you must include enough information to allow us to locate the material.
5. Your name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
6. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
7. A statement by you, made under penalty or perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Our agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this site can be reached as follows:

By mail:
Mitzi T. Gramling
Associate General Counsel
Music & Media
480 Cedar Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101-2217

By phone: 651-290-1259
By fax: 651-290-1243
By e-mail: mgramling@mpr.org

This contact information is only for reporting copyright infringement.